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BABE. BABE HEA. WARNINGS: Rated M+. Sexual references and mild language. For Jenny's challenge on RW.
Deal of a Different Kind
I was lounging in front of my television, bored out of my mind. I'd already been up for four hours. My day had started with a nice hot shower, coffee and donuts. I'd gone to the bonds office and found it shut up and locked. A note on the front door from Connie indicated no-one had skipped and that she and Lula had decided to drive down to Atlantic City.
Morelli had been transferred to New York a little more than six months ago. We'd called it quits; long distance didn't work for either of us, and there was no way I was uprooting my whole life and moving with him.
Ranger and I had been a lot closer lately. He was more 'hands on' in public, his arm possessively around me, cuddling me all the time. Kissing me anytime we were together. Oh yeah, lots of toe curling, air sizzling kissing. He hadn't taken the chance to jump in my bed though; something that puzzled me. Although he had started to take me on dates. He wouldn't admit to them being actual dates though, he'd simply show up at my door and ask if I wanted to grab dinner or go watch a movie with him. I doubted I'd ever figure out my Man of Mystery.
Sighing loudly, I perked up the instant I heard the batman ring tone.
"Yo!" I smiled, answering my cell. He chuckled quietly.
"Babe. That's my line." Ranger spoke, his voice caressing my body. I shivered a little before I spoke again.
"What's up Ranger?"
"I need you." My jaw dropped at his words, did he – did he mean...
"I –oh?" I stammered, completely flustered.
"I need you for a job." Oh. Disappointment flooded me, when he said he needed me, I thought he actually might... never mind.
"Sure, ah, ok, when, where, and dress?" I rattled off quickly, hoping to cover the sadness in my voice with cheerful enthusiasm.
"Right now, Rangeman. Slutty, slinking, sexy. Something that will draw all attention away from the monitors for approximately five minutes." Blinking, I processed his answer. It was kind of a bizarre request. Since when did he need to distract his men?
"Okay. Why?" I asked.
"That's not gonna float Ranger." I returned, tapping my fingernails on the arm of my couch.
"You better start talking Mr, or I won't be helping your sorry ass." Ok, maybe I went a teeny bit over the top with that...
"My sorry ass?" Ranger smirked; I could hear the laughter in his voice.
"I – well, yeah. I figure you must be in some kind of sorry state to ring for my help to distract your men." I hastily explained. A sigh answered me.
"Fine." He grunted.
"A skip got the better of me. A skip and his cousins, actually. I need your help, please Babe." My eyes fluttered shut, he needed my help and he said please... wait!
"What?! Oh my God! Ranger, are you ok? Are you hurt?" I panicked, sitting upright, my heart pounding.
"They decided to humiliate me, rather than kill me. I would have preferred death. I can deal with pain. But they'll know not to mess with me again." Someone humiliated Ranger. Ranger; the bad ass mercenary. Holy Shit.
"What did they do? Who were they?" I whispered softly. My poor Ranger, he must be a mess. Wait, my Ranger. Oh boy.
"I'd rather not say. It doesn't matter who they were, they're permanently out of commission." He stated blankly.
"You killed them?!" I gasped, rubbing my hand over my eyes. Shit, if he needed me to help him with the bodies...
"Ranger." I replied. Another sigh sounded in my ear.
"No Babe, I didn't kill them. I told their mothers and their wives what they'd been up to for the past couple of years. They're under house arrest, and are most likely sleeping on the couch for the rest of their pathetic lives." I couldn't bite back the laughter the bubbled up inside me. Man, Ranger does play dirty! As surprised as I was that he hadn't killed them, this just took the cake. Not many people upset Ranger and lived long enough to get punished for it.
"Ah – right. What did they do to you again?" I asked through bursts of giggles; it was hard to believe he'd actually punished them like that.
"Babe." The smile was laced through the gently spoken word; I was amusing him.
"Fine, I'll stop. So what do you need me to do?" I inquired, leaning back into the couch, closing my eyes and imagining him standing before me. God, he was so handsome...
"Distract my men." Ranger stated brusquely.
"How? You trained them all to be completely aware of their surroundings." I rolled my eyes.
"Babe. You're a woman. An incredibly amazing and sexy woman. I have faith in you; I trust you and I need you, Babe." My heart pounded again, and my hormones did a little dance. Those words coming from Ranger meant so much.
"I – you do?" I murmured.
"Yes, Babe, I do." The tenderness in his voice floored me. I had to take a deep calming breath before I could speak.
"Thank you." I answered warmly.
"You're welcome, Steph."
"So... do you have a plan?" I wondered, thinking of ways I could distract the Merry Men. I could blow something up... find a dead body... let Lula loose on them... or I could distract them with my feminine wiles. Silence echoed for a long moment on Ranger's side of the phone.
"Get dressed up like a sex kitten, do your hair and make-up, strut into the building like you own the place. Distract the men on five, I'll slip into the elevator, scramble the cameras and ascend to seven. Meet me in the apartment five minutes after you've entered the building." He instructed, his voice softening at the end.
"Can't you just scramble the cameras and get inside yourself?" I queried, thinking that it would be a whole hell of a lot easier than all the shenanigans.
"I have to get into the garage first, Babe. Even then, there is a possibility that one of the men may exit the elevator and see my person. It's not a chance I'm willing to take." Sheesh! He was really putting a lot of faith in me.
"Alright Ranger, give me half an hour." I agreed, standing up and stretching.
"Steph." There was a frown in his words that I knew I wasn't going to like.
"What?!" I mumbled sheepishly.
"You have twenty minutes." Ranger ordered.
"I what?!" My hand on my hip, I glared at the wall menacingly. Not that it would have frightened Ranger.
"Please, Babe. I don't want this stuff to set." He sounded so offended and there was sadness in the tone of his voice. Someone humiliating him was probably hitting him a lot harder than if they had of just stabbed him. I felt a rush of tenderness towards him, but couldn't help asking...
"You don't want what to set?"
"I'm going, I'm going." I laughed, shutting of the TV and moving away from the couch.
"See you soon, Babe. Thank you." My heart pounded at his words, but before I could say anything the dial tone rang loud in my ear.
Sighing, I tossed my phone on the dining room table and stripped quickly on my way to the bathroom. I was instantly thankful I had taken the time to shave, wash my hair and exfoliate earlier in the morning. After having the quickest shower known to womankind, I swiftly curled my hair into big loose curls, applied some make-up and hit the bedroom running. If I knew Ranger, he'd be timing me, and he'd start calling and harassing me every minute I was late.
I slid into a pair of lacy black panties, a matching bra and garter and then slipped into some sheer black thigh highs that had a band of lace at the top. My feet were unceremoniously shoved into a pair of four inch black peep toe heels. Rushing to my wardrobe, I grabbed the first little black dress I could find. I groaned when I saw which one I had chosen. It was the little black dress. It was barely more than a shimmery black scrap of material with a low cut neck and a short skirt that masqueraded as a dress. Gulping, I slid into the fabric. The material barely brushed the tops of my thigh highs. The lace of my bra peeked out of the top, but in a sexy way.
Glancing at my watch, I realized my time was up. I'd only just barely make it, if I sped and if I broke my record getting to Rangeman. Two minutes wasn't that different from ten...
Scooping up my keys, phone, wallet and stun gun, I tossed them into a black clutch and ran out of my apartment. I had to wait an agonizing thirty seconds for the elevator. Taking the stairs would have been too much of a hazard in my heels.
Once in the lobby I made a mad dash to my... car? One of Ranger's black Porsches sat where my little beat up Honda jazz had been parked this morning. Swallowing hard, I glanced at my key ring, sure enough; there was the key to his car.
Deciding just to accept it, I poured myself inside, buckled up and sped out of the lot.
Breaking more traffic laws than I cared to acknowledge, I stopped outside the Rangeman garage and key fobbed my way in. Pulling into one of Ranger's parking spaces, I took a deep breath and slowly climbed out of the car. Smoothing down the material of my dress, I sauntered my way to the elevator, swinging my hips sexily.
Pressing the button, I smiled as I waited for the carriage. I decided to flip my hair over my shoulder and then dance seductively on the spot, singing to myself, hoping it would keep the men's eyes focused on me and not on any other cameras. I had no idea how I was going to face the Merry Men after this stunt.
The door opened and I strutted inside, bending over just a little to press the button that would take me to the fifth floor. I twirled a curl around my finger and fluffed my hair a little. Laughing, I shook my head; this was ridiculous, as if any of Ranger's men were going to fall for this.
Arriving on the fifth floor, the doors parted and I had to bite my lip to stop my jaw from dropping. There was complete silence; every single Merry Man was either on his feet or leaning out of their cubicle, staring at me.
Feeling a blush creep up my cheeks, I pasted a big smile on my face and stepped forward, slowly approaching Tank, Bobby and Lester. They were congregated around the monitors I assumed they were supposed to be watching. The silence continued as I made my way towards them, yet I could feel every single man's eyes firmly planted on me. I guess it was good to know I still had it.
Two yards away from my destination, I watched horrified as Bobby began to turn around, back towards the screens. My mind panicking, imagining the things Ranger would do to me if I failed him... such as send me to Malawi... I dropped my clutch.
"Darn." I muttered, pouting just a little. Bending over at my waist I was certain I gave everyone behind and in front of me quite a show. The groans, gasps and growls that echoed seemed to give a pretty good indication anyway.
I glanced up at Bobby from under my lashes as I slowly stood up. He was transfixed, rooted to the spot. Exhaling a silent sigh of relief, I smiled at the men again.
"Is Ranger in his office?" I wondered coyly. Bobby gulped, Tank cleared his throat and Lester muttered a quiet "holy shit". I waited patiently as they shifted uncomfortably, all three's pants were tight in the groin region. Man, Ranger was going to owe me big time for this.
"I – uh, I think he's out at the moment, Beautiful. Anything, we can –uh – help you out of, I mean with!" Lester's eyes traced the lines of my body, roving like a warm caress.
I licked my lips again as I pouted.
"Oh. Well that's a shame. Maybe I'll just go and wait up on seven for him." My eyes cut to my watch and I breathed a sigh of relief as I noted six minutes had passed. Thank God for small mercies.
Shrugging with an ease that belied my nervousness, I turned and moved back towards the elevator.
"Later guys!" I called, giving them a finger wave as I stepped inside.
I giggled as I heard the men collectively let out a sigh of relief as the door closed. Clicking the key fob, I ascended up to seven.
The apartment door was cracked open an inch. Knocking, I slowly pushed it further ajar. My mouth fell open and my hormones started to riot.
"Oh. My. God." I whispered.
There he stood before me, shirtless, his body coated in a thick layer of chocolate and caramel sauce. Cherries, mini marshmallows, nuts, peanut butter chips and sprinkles were embedded in his hair and stuck to the sauce that was liberally painted on his body. It was hard to believe that someone so beautiful could be real. I was afraid that he might disappear in a sudden puff of smoke, and I would wake up.
He looked so defeated, though. As much as I wanted to take him to bed and lick every inch of his gorgeous skin, I knew he needed some support and care. Today had probably been rough on him; it wasn't often that someone got one over Ranger. Hell, I didn't think anyone got one over Ranger. If he was female, I'd give him some ice cream and watch a chick flick with him, but somehow, I didn't think he'd appreciate that. I decided on giving him a bath, feeding him some food and tucking him into bed and then if he wanted me to stay, we'd see what would happen.
Instead of laughing at me, or licking me head to toe like that look in her eyes suggested she desperately wanted to do, Stephanie stepped forward and cupped my face in both her hands before laying a delicate kiss on my lips.
"C'mon Ranger, let's get you cleaned up, fed and in bed." Her deep blue eyes met mine, the concern that shadowed her face shot straight to my heart. My throat suddenly felt tight. I wasn't used to being taken care of, and Stephanie's unspoken concern caught me by surprise.
"Ok, Babe." I muttered hoarsely.
The cute little smile that played on her lips was almost enough to distract me from the outfit she was wearing. Almost. Christ, I was going to have to rip out my men's eyeballs and bleach their brains. When I'd said sex kitten, I didn't mean throw you down and take you anywhere, consequences be dammed sex kitten, shit. I couldn't keep my eyes off of her as she took my hand, toed off her groin-tightening-heels and led me to my bathroom. My cock was so hard it hurt to fucking walk.
When she bent over to turn on the faucets and start the bath running, I almost growled. Her sexy lacy panties peeked at me, framing her ass to utter perfection. Steph turned back around to face me, the lace of her bra hugging her breasts and teasing me. I watched silently as she stood on her tip toes and removed the tie from my hair. Her fingers moved through my hair, combing it out, before gently rubbing my scalp.
She then dropped to her knees in front of me, unlacing my boots, removing them and my socks one at a time. Standing again, her hands moved to my straining pants, her fingers working the button through the hole. I caught her soft hands in mine, before she moved to my zipper.
"Steph," I started, but was cut off by another delicate kiss from her precious mouth.
"Let me take care of you Ranger." Her words touched a spot deep inside me and I found myself nodding, releasing her hands.
I clenched my teeth as she slowly lowered the zipper, my erection immediately springing free. Her hands slid under the waist band, pushing the material down over my hips. I stepped out of the fabric and tried not to groan as her eyes feasted on my body. My cock twitched as her hands pressed to my stomach and she gently pushed me backwards.
I could have cried when she turned on the shower and leisurely started stripping. Pushing me under the spray, her gorgeous naked body followed. I felt my cock hardened even more as Steph poured Bvlgari onto my loofah and started washing my body. I held my hands fisted by my side as she methodically and soothingly cleaned all the crap off my body. A gasp left her lips as she noticed the large bruise that covered one side of my chest; I'd been kicked repeatedly. Her lips pressed against my skin before she shut off the water, leading me back to the now full tub.
Once seated, she kissed my lips again and left the room. A couple of minutes later, she was back, dressed in one of my shirts. I groaned as she found some shampoo and started massaging it into my hair.
No-one had ever done anything like this for me before; it made me want to pull her into my arms and never let her go.
"Babe, why don't you join me in here?" I whispered, catching her wet hand and bringing it to my lips.
"Because it's my turn to repay you for all the times you've taken care of me. And before you start, I know there's no price, but I want to do this for you." I cleared my throat, pressed another kiss to her wrist and let her go.
"Thank you." I murmured, barely loud enough for her to hear.
"It's my pleasure." Steph returned, equally as quiet.
Once she finished washing my hair thoroughly, her fragile hands moved to my shoulders and soothingly kneaded the muscles there.
"That feels good, Babe." I sighed, letting my body completely relax as she tended to me.
When the water began to cool, I moved away from her hands, pulled the plug and climbed out of the bath. She was instantly before me with a towel, drying my body, before wrapping it around my hips. Her hand taking mine once more, she guided us to the kitchen and nudged me towards a bar stool. Sitting, I watched as she opened the oven and removed a plate of covered food, sitting it before me. Steph grabbed a bottle of water as well, placing it next to my plate.
"Eat." She encouraged with grin, handing me a knife and fork.
Digging in, I ate the chicken and rice dish, watching her the entire time. Once I finished, she took my dishes and sat them in the sink. She led me back into my bedroom, drawing back the sheets before pulling the towel off my hips. Her hands pressed against my shoulders, urging me to lie down.
I stared heatedly at her as she tucked me in and kissed my forehead.
"Thank you, Babe." I smiled gently at her, this was the nicest thing anyone had done for me in... since I could remember.
"No Price." She muttered. My arm shot out, catching her hand as she began to move away.
"Where are you going, Steph?" I whispered, nibbling on the tips of her fingers, drawing her back to me.
"I – uh, to get dressed and go home." I shook my head and wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her down on top of me.
"No. And you're wrong Babe," I took a deep breath, I couldn't believe I was about to say something so corny, but I hoped she'd appreciate where it was coming from. I had, after all, been building up to this for six months, "There is a price. Every time I do something for you, I give you a piece of my heart and every time you do something for me, I feel like I'm taking a piece of yours." My eyes traced her face as one of my hands moved to cup her cheek.
"I – there – you hurt me so much with DeChooch yet... I love you, Ranger; there has always been a price for me, the price of loving you." She breathed nervously, trying to wiggle out of my grip. I wasn't letting her go. Ever. "I know you don't feel- "
I lifted my head and brushed my lips against hers, silencing her words. My tongue darted out, tracing her lips before I kissed her mouth soundly.
"Could you believe that, despite everything I've put you through, I love you, too?" I whispered.
Her body melted into mine, tears glistening in her eyes.
"You do?" She sniffled, her breath tickling my cheek.
"I do." Kicking the covers off, I pulled her into my arms, cuddling her against my chest before moving the sheets over us again. "I'll prove it to you every day, for the rest of our lives. I love you Steph." Slanting my mouth over hers, I captured her lips in a kiss, sealing the deal of a lifetime.
The End.
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By FRANCO PANIZO
Clint Dempsey has had a difficult time finding his feet since joining Tottenham, but his performance on Sunday might just be what sparks his first string of strong outings with Spurs.
Dempsey enjoyed a stellar showing against West Ham United, assisting on one goal and taking part in the buildup of another in Tottenham's 3-1 win. Dempsey, who was starting in his eighth league game for Spurs, also had a shot smack off the post in what may have been his best game for the club.
Fabian Johnson did not set up a goal, but he did find the back of the net for Hoffenheim on Sunday. Johnson scored his career-high third goal of the Bundesliga season by netting Hoffenheim's lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen. The strike gave Hoffenheim a glimmer of hope after falling behind, 2-0, but they never found an equalizer.
Johnson's former Hoffenheim teammate, Joe Gyau, also had a noteworthy weekend. Gyau earned his first start for St Pauli in the club's 4-1 win over MSV Duisburg on Sunday and he played 64 minutes before being substituted.
More good news came out of Germany, as former U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team forward Bobby Wood played in his first game in more than a year in TSV 1860 Munich's 2-2 draw with FC Union Berlin. Wood came off the bench and played the final 16 minutes of the match to officially put an end to the knee problems that have been hampering him in recent months.
Here's how the Americans Abroad performed this weekend:
- Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes and made three saves in Everton's 1-1 draw vs. Norwich City on Saturday.
- Brad Friedel dressed but did not play in Tottenham's 3-1 win vs. West Ham United on Sunday.
- Clint Dempsey started, played 90 minutes and had an ASSIST for Tottenham.
- Brad Guzan started, played 90 minutes and made one save in Aston Villa's 0-0 draw vs. Arsenal on Saturday.
- Eric Lichaj came off the bench and played 39 minutes for Aston Villa.
- Geoff Cameron started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Stoke City's 1-0 win vs. Fulham on Saturday.
- Maurice Edu did not dress for Stoke City.
- Tim Ream started and played 78 minutes in Bolton Wanderers' 1-1 draw vs. Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
- Stuart Holden did not dress for Bolton Wanderers. He is recovering from a knee injury.
- Jonathan Spector started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Birmingham City's 3-2 loss vs. Derby County on Saturday.
- Will Packwood did not dress for Birmingham City.
- Conor Doyle did not dress in Derby County's 3-2 win vs. Birmingham City on Saturday. He is recovering from an appendix injury.
- Zak Whitbread started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Leicester City's 2-0 win vs. Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
- Robbie Findley did not dress in Nottingham Forest's 2-1 win vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
League One
- Frank Simek started and played 90 minutes in Carlisle United's 3-1 win vs. Yeovil Town on Saturday.
- Robbie Rogers dressed but did not play in Stevenage's 1-1 draw vs. Tranmere Rovers on Saturday.
- Mike Grella dressed but did not play in Scunthorpe United's 4-0 loss vs. Doncaster Rovers on Saturday.
La Liga
- Oguchi Onyewu dressed but did not play in Malaga CF's 4-0 win vs. Valencia on Saturday.
Segunda Division
- Carlos Bocanega did not dress in Racing Santander's 4-1 loss vs. Barcelona B on Sunday. He is recovering from a hamstring injury.
- Michael Bradley started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in AS Roma's 1-0 win vs. US Pescara on Sunday.
- Steve Cherundolo started and played 90 minutes in Hannover 96's 5-0 loss vs. Bayern Munich on Saturday.
- Jermaine Jones started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Schalke 04's 1-1 draw vs. Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.
- Fabian Johnson started, played 83 minutes and scored a GOAL in TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's 2-1 loss vs. Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.
- Danny Williams dressed but did not play for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
- Timmy Chandler started and played 90 minutes in FC Nurnberg's 0-0 draw vs. SpVgg Greuther Furth on Saturday.
- David Yelldell did not dress in Bayer Leverkusen's 2-1 win vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on Sunday.
2. Bundesliga
- John Anthony Brooks dressed but did not play in Hertha Berlin's 4-0 win vs. FC Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday.
- Alfredo Morales did not dress for Hertha Berlin.
- Andrew Wooten came off the bench and played 24 minutes in SV Sandhausen's 1-1 draw vs. FC Ingolstadt 04 on Sunday.
- Joe Gyau started and played 64 minutes in St Pauli's 4-1 win vs. MSV Duisburg on Sunday.
- Bobby Wood came off the bench and played 16 minutes in TSV 1860 Munich's 2-2 draw vs. FC Union Berlin on Saturday.
- Jozy Altidore started and played 90 minutes in AZ Alkmaar's 2-0 loss vs. Feyenoord Rotterdam on Sunday.
- Tony Taylor came off the bench and played six minutes in G.D. Estoril Praia's 1-0 loss vs. CD Nacional de Madeira on Sunday.
- Caleb Patterson-Sewell dressed but did not play in Vitoria Setubal FC's 5-3 loss vs. Rio Ave on Sunday.
- Sacha Kljestan started, played 82 minutes and received a yellow card in RSC Anderlecht's 4-1 win vs. Germinal Beerschot on Saturday.
- Eugene Starikov started and played 72 minutes in FK Rostov's 2-0 win vs. Mordovia Saransk on Friday.
- Terrence Boyd did not dress in Rapid Vienna's 2-0 win vs. FC Trenkwalder Admira on Sunday. He was serving a one-game suspension due to yellow card accumulation.
- Michael Parkhurst started and played 90 minutes in FC Nordsjaelland's 1-0 loss vs. Esbjerg on Sunday.
- Clarence Goodson dressed but did not play in Brondby IF's 2-0 win vs. AC Horsens on Sunday.
- Conor O'Brien came off the bench and played 15 minutes in SonderjyskE's 2-1 loss vs. FC Copenhagen on Sunday.
- Charlie Davies came off the bench, played eight minutes and received a RED CARD in Randers FC's 1-0 loss vs. Aalborg BK on Friday.
- Edgar Castillo started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Club Tijuana's 3-0 win vs. Leon in the second leg of their semifinals series on Sunday. Club Tijuana won on aggregate, 3-2.
- Joe Corona started and played 61 minutes for Club Tijuana.
- Greg Garza did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Ventura Alvarado did not dress in Club America's 2-1 win vs. Toluca in the second leg of their semifinal series on Sunday. Club America lost on aggregate, 3-2.
What do you think of these performances? How impressed were you with Dempsey's outing? How many more goals do you see Johnson scoring this season?
Share your thoughts below.
Good to see Wood back. Good weekend for Americans. Gyau and Starikov will hopefully start making frequent starts for their respective teams along with Wood.
Dempsey was money today, and finally looked in synch with his teammates.
onwards and upwards for Yanks Abroad.
Josh D
Bobby's return is astronomical. Everyone talks about Davies, but here's another feel good story – season Bobby was actually cut from the team and only brought back a little later to play in what is essentially their amateur team and told he would probably never play again because of his knees which I think he hurt playing for the US u20 team.
I had big hopes for him and was disappointed when injuries seemingly destroyed another YA career. But what a comeback! Pure grit and determination. I'd love to see a feature article on him and what exactly happened since his injury.
Josh D
Should say "last season"
Dempsey looked total class in the second half. Lots of haters happily eating crow on Twitter and Spurs boards.
Bradley played well enough, but was asked to do very little, sitting deep in a purely defensive role against a team that couldn't attack. His card was just a simple foul, by no definition of the rules a yellow. Roma's attack was woeful. Hopefully that results in Bradley getting to play more box to box. They are better when he is allowed to get forward.
Altidore had yet another stinker. Two goals since Sept. 16th. Earnie Stewart is watching money vanish right before his eyes.
I think altidore is still going through some of the growing pains of being a young player. Besides I hope he finishes the year at AZ and isn't sold during the winter
23 is hardly young. By 22 he should be clearly well on his way to being a quality adult player. Young player as a description ends by 22-24. He should be able to pass for a mature adult player most of the time now.
Have Spurs supporters been on Dempsey? It always takes a few matches to settle, especially in his position.
Shaun Ramirez
Do you all watch Altidore's games? Serious question because people on here make it seem like he is not playing to first 11 caliber and thats not true. Early goal disallowed today plus multiple dangerous passes. His teams problem is they give the ball away constantly, they seem to be on the back foot every game I watch which makes hard for guys like Jozy and Adam Maher to get going.
First 11 caliber on what team? I have watched most AZ games and Jozy has been average to poor for long stretches of nearly every game since mid-September. The best he has looked was in the first 15 minutes of last week's game against Groningen, but then he lost the plot entirely and played flat out awful football for the rest of the match. Today the whole team was overmatched but a lot of those giveaways that you mention were Jozy's. I don't remember these dangerous passes you mention. He had a couple nice diagonal balls to overlapping runs on the wings but they didn't produce scoring chances.
#3 goal scorer in the league.
Right, and of his 9 goals only 2 have come since Sept. 16. He was leading the league, then second, now third. There are 8 more players with either 7 or 8 league goals. You get the drift.
I'm not disputing you, but still… there's ~20 regular season games left. He has plenty of time to get back in form. At this stage I would barely call it a goal drought.
Plus, you know Jozy. He always drifts in and out. If he can ever keep the switch set to "ON" he's going to be amazing.
Most of those big Clydesdale forwards off the top of my head didn't start producing consistently at a high level until mid-late 20's (Ibra, Drogba, Anelka, Bent). The only beast I can think of killing it out of the gate is ole Van Nistelrooy. (There's probably so many arguments for and against me here, so feel free to rip my big forward theory to shreds).
What is the story with Stuart Holden? When will he be back in action? Wasn't he supposed to be back on the field by October of this year?
Latest I've heard is that a mid-December return is on the books.
I'd praying for a Holden comeback. He is pure class, and a damn hard worker. I remember when Bolton was in the Premier League Owen Coyle once said,"The boy doesn't know what it is to be tired or afraid." I also heard Alan Smith describe him and Muamba as one of the best CM pairs in the league at the time. Granted time has passed, and sadly Muamba was forced to retire, but the point is the skill and class is there, I can't wait for him to be back full swing for Bolton and the US National team.
Good Jeremy
Yeah Davies! Great comeback!
Somehow, it seems in really bad taste to laugh at him. Maybe it has something to with how amazing it is that he's even playing professional soccer.
Yeah, Good Jeremy! Another tasteless comment!
Some of you guys will excuse anything from Davies because of his accident. The guy played just eight minutes off the bench before receiving a RED card. That's just awful by him.
I don't understand why some of you guys get so butt hurt about these guys careers, as if they owe you something. Let's put your life under the microscope.
I wish Charlie Davies the best. Haven't paid any attention to him lately, so I'm not at all "hurt" to use the cleaned up version of your phrase. I found the Charlie Davies Miracle Comeback ™ story to be overkill in the extreme back when it was happening. Most people here appeared to buy into it. I think that's what Good Jeremy was referring to, perhaps tastelessly, to begin with.
yes, and some folks will never forgive him for getting in the accident to begin with. Wouldn't it be nice if we could find some middle ground?
Good to see Dempsey get those idiot spuds of his back for a minute. Great performance from him.
Another weekend and another yellow card each for Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones, like two peas in a pod 🙂
gosh, I hate those goofy smiley faces 😦
not 🙂
Are you saying they are more card prone than others?
In league play to date:
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De Rossi 1 yellow 1 red
Jones 3 yellow
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Scholes 5 yellow
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Hahahaha wheres adrian at????? All you do is talk (crap) about Clint week after week. How dare he go 90 minutes and add an assist. How dare he look disjointed early in the season because he missed out on the WHOLE preseason with spurs. Doesnt AVB know hes selling him in january? He should have stayed at fulham and settled for being a big fish in a small pond right?? Why would we expect USMNT players to try and succeed at the highest possible level when then can be comfortable at low tier clubs? Ill take one player that fights and earns his spot at the elite level than 10 that have playing time guaranteed and dont want to make a move because it might not be the right fit
Chris S
+1. Some people easily forget how hard it is to acclimate to a team when you haven't even gone through pre-season with them. Nothing new for Dempsey though, he thrives in tough situations.
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"Eugene Starikov started and played 72 minutes"
This is almost as surprising as Bobby Wood returning after missing a year with knee injuries.
Micah King
Finley needs to come back to MLS.
Robbie Rogers is a great athlete, and is still very young. The lack of playing time can't be helping his development though, or his morale.
Robbie's not that young. He's 25 and a speed guy. He'll only have top speed for 3-5 more years, tops. The clock is ticking fast on him. He has always been overly reliant on speed, resorting to pushing the ball ahead and running after it instead of ball skills.
Micah King
Also, Ives you need to add Sergio Duarte to Yanks Abroad. He play in the Portuguese division 1 league for CD Nacional
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Castillo and Corona both started for Tijuana, Corona just got subbed out in the 62nd minute. Tijuana is up 1-0 at the moment, down 1-2 on aggregate.
68th minute, 2-0 Tijuana (Riascos). 2-2 aggregate, if it stays like this los Xolos will advance as the higher seed.
91st minute, 3-0 Tijuana (Ruiz). 3-2 aggregate. 5 minutes of stoppage time.
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What´s wrong with JK?, Saucedo is a great keeper, cap him!!!
He isn't a U.S. citizen. This has already been talked about.
Alex G
He is, or his mom, update please
Saucedo is not a US citizen.
He may not have a green card
His mom is now a US citizen but it is not clear if she was one when he was born.
Assuming I have my facts straight, it is nearly impossible to get him eligble in time for the WC 2014.
And he is already in his thirties. I'm sure he would be a welcome addition but the US has more pressing issues.
Alex G
Didn´t know that, thanks for the info
Viva Tijuana!
increíble Tijuana derrotó a León!
No está mal para una ciudad de frontera sueño!
Anybody see Lichaj rocking the awesome facial hair?
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It seems like there's never any good news about Davies anymore… 😦
The 23th november 2012, Davies received a red card after headbutting Jakob Ahlmann Nielsen from AaB
Moyes plots keeper swoop after growing concerned over Tim Howard's form
Josh D
Interesting to see MacMath's name linked in the article.
I think Howard has always suffered concentration issues when he's not forced into a save for long periods of time. But get him in a game where shots are fired at all angles the full 90 and he's one of the best around.
Yes, but that kind f focus is an essential skill to have if you're team is aiming for a CL spot though. He's gotta get with the times, and he's been mentally a little questionable this season for Everton.
I'd hazard a guess that I am the biggest Tim Howard fan on this site and I will be the first to defend him when folks try to pin a loss on him, but the Norwich result was in the bag and he was committing to that cross and then changed his mind. A huge mental error that resulted in a loss of 2 points. Results aside, having someone to really push him in training for the #1 spot (not a kid like MacMath but a real challenger for the #1 spot) will be a good thing for him for his club and and for the NATS team. I am confident he will rise to the occasion, but it's clear he needs a push.
Josh D,
"concentration issues when he's not forced into a save for long periods of time."
I've never been as comfortable with Howard as I was with Keller and Friedel for that very reason. Timmy does well for long periods and then every once in a while, usually at a bad time, he goes to sleep.
If he really was the fantastic keeper that most USMNT fans believe him to be the USMNT would gone farther in the 2010 World Cup. It needed him to be as good as advertised. And he wasn't.
I think you will find that what separates the good keepers from the great keepers is mostly between the ears. There are a lot of goalkeeping coaches who will tell you that the more acrobatic and spectacular the save, the more likely it is that the keeper was poorly positioned in the first place. And what causes poor positioning in the first place? In a veteran keeper like Howard, it's usually a lack of concentration or indecisiveness.
There is a lot more to goal keeping than acrobatic saves. Maybe the best thing Howard did in the WC was that last minute outlet pass to Donovan, who was on the halfway line at the time, against Algeria which eventually resulted in THAT goal.
Now the next thing you will tell me is that Howard is burdened by a crap defense. Okay but Howard is part of that defense, part of the team. The keeper is the only one who has everything in front of him at all times. I would expect such a veteran keeper play a big part in organizing the defense telling his defenders what is going on and setting the walls for free kicks near the area, something that has been flawed recently.
I've watched Guzan for his entire USMNT career and he seems to be much more focused than Timmy. Of course, he has always been in the situation of having to prove himself better than Friedel, better than Howard and better than Given, while Howard, once Keller and Freidel retired, has been without any serious competition for the US for some time and is that most dreaded of things ,the automatic choice by default.
My hope is that Guzan, who is certainly capable of it, either replaces Timmy before the World Cup, or at least, lights a fire under him Timmy. Competition for the keeper spot can only be good for the USMNT.
So tell me again how Edu keeps getting National Team time???
did you see him set up the Bradley goal against Russia?
that's how.
Not all English coaches are geniuses!
Michael Bradley saw practically no time on the field for Villa. While you can argue he has continued to improve since then, it is hard to believe the move to Chievo made him so much a better player in the 2 months it took for him to establish himself as one of the best players on the squad and in only 6 months had everyone convinced he was too good to stay at Chievo. While you can argue Dempsey made his own stink in the process of leaving Fulham, the coach and management did little to make a case for their own good sense and probably ended up costing Fulham some amount of transfer fee.
We will see in a year or so if his present coach has it right or not.
Do you mean managers who work in England or managers who are English?
Houllier, the genius manager who brought Mikey to Villa is French.
Jol, who managed Dempsey to his finest year ever is Dutch.
And his predecessor, who also got good years out of Deuce, was Hodgson who is English.
AVB Clint's current manager is Portuguese.
I will agree with you about MikeyB.
I have made the point in the past that what happened to Mikey at Chievo was he got himself into a good situation with a team and manager that believed in him and had a role for him to play. Of course the reason they believed in him in the first place was they felt he already had all the necessary skills and ability already in him. Anyone who thinks the coaching staff at Chievo taught Bradley how to pass a ball or control it is foolish in the extreme.
I'm not surprised by the hysterically premature reaction to Dempsey's struggles at Spurs. Most of the rants I've seen fail to mention that the entire team is in disarray.
Americans fans still think in NFL terms; as if the performance of the attack, midfield, defense and keeper were separate entities; not unlike the offense, defenses and special teams in the NFL.
Soccer is a team game and Spurs are a team that has yet to gel properly.
The other thing about Dempsey is he has been missing the guy most likely to help him and Spurs look good,Dembele, Now that Modric is gone, Dembele may be Spurs most important midfielder.
away goals
Edu is a better option for the usmnt than the other available players. Not rocket science.
Cameron seems a lock over at Stoke.
Anyone knows what position he plays? Is it CB like for the Nats or in the midfield?
Nick a
He's actually been seeing some time at right back and I think he played one game at left back and maybe a few at cm. stokes cb are very solid but perhaps he could get a look in a cup match. Shawcross also is drawing some interest but apparently he is considering a 6 year contract which would keep him at the club for a while
What happened to that guy who was saying Bradley was 6th on the Roma depth chart anyway? I guess there's a reason they call him MB90 eh?

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'Ah crap it's lesson time I knew something would happen', things like this always happen. I'll probably never see her again; she probably wouldn't have talked to me anyway.
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Everything I have heard and felt,
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Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
May 05, 2008, 05:21:48 AM »
I hated it the last time it happened. I was a road warrior, working jobs all over Florida and Georgia. Got lots of tickets the first few months after the change.
Being considerably older now, I think it might be a good idea. It did save a lot of fuel and lives.
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 07:21:20 AM »
I despised the 55 speed limit back then. I had the sticker that said "I can't drive 55" and rarely drove that slow unless I knew there was a speed trap.
Now days, I drive 55 by choice because of the fuel savings. It is part of why my bus gets 7.5mpg. On my pickup, the difference between 55 and 65 is 5mpg. With so many busnuts cutting back on their trips or even giving up on their dream machine because of fuel cost, I would hope some are cutting back the speed as a means to keep going.
Many people slam other's choice of vehicles (SUV) as a cause of fuel prices. But then they go flying down the freeway at 85mph in their "more sensible light weight car" burning 30%-50% more fuel then they have to.
So, even as much as I hated 55mph speed limits when I was younger, I would support them now as a means to cut back on fuel use. But I don't expect it to lower fuel cost, because as I have said elsewhere, whatever we cut back, the newly fuel consuming 1/2 of the worlds population will quickly take up. But perhaps at least it will slow the rapid climb and just maybe burn the fingers of some of the bid happy speculators temporarily diverting their interest in investing in oil at any cost. (probably wishful thinking)
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 08:01:59 AM »
Len, I don't see the problem being slowing down to save fuel because it is so high. I see the problem being that it is so high becaused of GREED! If the price was where it should be we wouldn't be having this conversation!
Please Len, don't take this as an attack on your thread. I am simply saying I don't think that we should have to slow down due to the folks GREED that are setting the prices so GREEDILY high!
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 08:14:48 AM »
Jack is right. We shouldn't have to slow down for any reason other than we want to on our own.
Slowing down costs us a lot more than you'd think, and overall I don't think it helps. It takes more TIME to get somewhere, resulting in increased transportation costs and
scads of wasted man-hours. And if you'll remember, the gas companies telling us that they had to raise gas prices because the slow-down was cutting into their PROFITS...
Nothing's free....
This whole fuel thing is actually fine with me... higher prices? Our fuel STILL doesn't cost as much as people in England paid for it in the 70's!!!
It's not stopping me... I'll just keep on bussin and be really happy I don't pay $4 per LITER as do many people in this world...
Let's bring back VW bugs and Honda 600's that get 30-45MPG. Go to Europe and take a look at the cars they drive... ALL tiny as compared to ours, and they get VERY good mileage.
Smart cars for example. GREAT idea....
Then don't worry about fuel costs....
Heh heh don't try this with your bus....
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 08:48:38 AM »
One of the issues I have I guess is just in trying to stay out of the way. I find that if I'm driving at 55 on a two lane interstate, the 70+ traffic starts piling up around me. Trucks struggle to break out into the fast lane and that of course, slows everything down.
I guess I feel a little guilty in that situation, where if it was the law, I wouldn't feel the same.
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May 05, 2008, 09:00:51 AM »
If the car manufacturers would get off their butts and get the Diesel powered cars into production (over 50% of cars in europe are Diesel- 65% of BMW's and Mercedes are) we would lower our fuel consumption, even with higher Diesel prices. Example- Mini Cooper gets about 35 mpg on gasoline, Diesel over 50. Smart car gets 45 mpg on gasoline, 60mpg on diesel and an estimated 80 as a hybrid Diesel. I wish the car manufactures would quite making these gasoline powered hybrids, when Diesel would work. Now a Diesel hybrid that gets over 60mpg-that's what I'm talking about.
Freightliner is making a hybrid M2 (Uhaul size) that gets 20% better fuel mileage for pickup and delivery around town. Instead of trying to run the buses on biodiesel, I'd like to see someone figure out a hybrid. I'm sure all of us would like a 20% increase in fuel mileage. Good Luck, TomC
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May 05, 2008, 10:10:31 AM »
Tom, Isusu was the company that developed the Duramax Diesel for the Chevy and GMC market. I understand they are developing a smaller one for the Colorado and Canyon that would also probably fit in the mid size chevys and other GM's.
I feel like we are headed the way of Europe in developing diesel cars.
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 11:13:11 AM »
There are hybrid buses out there. Our transit operator is buying close to 200 of them over the next few years. They get 22% better mileage.
The bad news is they cost about an extra $200,000. The bus without hybrid technology costs less than $400,000. The local transit operator is really happy because the federal government is paying for the buses, but the transit operator saves on fuel costs.
From a strictly financial viewpoint these buses are a disaster. It would take at least 50 years of fuel savings to pay the extra costs of the bus. The big thing they are promoting about the new buses is the reduction in pollution and how green they are.
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 12:41:44 PM »
Trucks and vehicles pulling trailers in California have to go 55 mph and I haven't noticed a problem on the freeway with faster traffic going around them. I have been there several times with the horse trailer down I5 and when there is inforcement all trucks keep it under 60 (and so was I), and every thing was flowing pretty good. I have been all over the continent with my bus at 55, 60 mph without a problem. (I do look in my mirrors). I let them go by at every opportunity on the 2 lane hwys. I get good milage too.
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 12:54:54 PM »
I had a discussion with my friends about speed for our bus trip this year. I talked about maybe going to 60 MPH instead of 65 MPH, but they want to do 65 MPH again this year. 64 to 65 MPH in my bus is right at the torque peak of the Series 60.
I've noticed a lot of people slowing down on the interstates and it is really clogging things up. I get over 35 MPG at the speed limit of 70, so I go 70 MPH. The problem is I end up speeding and slowing down to pass all the slow cars. I try to pass a car before I have to slow down, but not always possible with folks going 75 to 80 in the left lane.
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 12:58:50 PM »
The 55 mph speed limit was created in the 1970s due to a perceived shortage of oil. The reason for today's high prices have been throughly explored by ths board and I think we can all agree that it has nothing to do with any scarcity of oil. I travel between my homes in New York and North Carolina at least a dozen times a year and being constrained to 55 mph would make the trip interminable. My current car, a VW Passat, gets about 30 on the highway, but I am waiting for the return of the diesel. The new ones are supoosed to be a lot better than the older one I remeber in the 1970s. Also, when I have taken my bus down, I get about eight mpg with a 1967 GM 40-foot suburban.
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May 05, 2008, 01:15:26 PM »
If I decide to drive at 55 mph, it should be MY CHOICE and NOT some stupid gov-munt APPOINTED tree hugger type telling what to do. Actually there should be no speed limits at all and we just let God sort it all out. He he he. But then again, like boggiethecat, we do/have owned Crown Super Coaches that cruise at 80 mph and will top out at 100 or sooss. CROWNS FOREVER!!!
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May 05, 2008, 03:46:13 PM »
When we had a 55 MPH limit the Police used any fuel that was being saved, trying to enforce it. Made alot of enemies too.
I think if your driving the Silver Bullet, and you can find a place to let the big dog eat, Let it roll. They sure ride nice at 100MPH. My old 05 (I recently sold it) had a real sweet spot at 90 MPH. It never mattered to my wife. I could say anything I wanted to her, wait 15 minutes, look over her shoulder and she would be running 90. She always made good time!
Its a shame what electonics have done to spoil our fun. Now Mr. DDEC controls my coach and its just not the same.
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Technology and time need to move forward not backward. Want to save gas, buy a high mpg car. Time is money and we need to put our efforts into moving faster not slower and with less effort. How about striving to keep traffic moving instead of starting and stopping every quarter mile which is where the real mpg loss is. We are supposed to be living in a free country and we should have the option and freedom to get somewhere if we need to or slow down as I sometimes do in my aerodynamic brick {MCI9} to save fuel. Now if we could just get American drivers to drive with the same professionalism as German drivers {proper lane, use of mirrors, no cell phones, etc} We could all get there faster and safer. Jim
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Re: Return to the 55 MPH speed limit?
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May 05, 2008, 07:16:50 PM »
here's a weird piece of info...
truckers in Holland were all going 100-120km/h between two cities on a 4 lane highway (2 lanes each way). Government decided to do a traffic flow study, restricted the truckers to 90 km/h and they were no longer allowed in the left lane (no more passing each other and cars). Truckers complained "Oh no we will take 20% longer to get from A to B !!!" Guess what? Flow was smoother, trucks took LESS time to get from A to B by driving slower. Turns out traffic flow dynamics are way weirder than fluid dynamics, engineers cannnot reliably predict the occurrance of reversing stall waves, and spontaneous (no obvious source) stoppages.
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Singers from the Houston Grand Opera Studio sing in KUHF's Performance Studio. They perform songs by American and Russian composers, as they preview the first of this year's salon concerts at Rienzi, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston's house museum and decorative arts center in River Oaks. We also hear from Mary Jayne Raleigh who is starring in the current touring production of Mamma Mia . . .
Ian Garrett is the producer for DiverseWorks who is responsible for that organizations participation in Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Suzan Lori Parks year-long 365 Days/365 Plays. He talks about it with KUHF's Bob Stevenson. Listen Download
Jamie Barton and Maria Markina are singers with the Houston Grand Opera Studio. They are joined by Music Director Kathleen Kelly in the KUHF Perofrmance Studio for a preview of the recital, Sarcasm and Spirituality: Songs from Modern Minds. It's the first of this years recitals by HGO studio members at Rienzi and happens Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30. Seating is limited and reservations are required. 713-639-7800. Listen Download
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The first thing that jumps off the film to you is Bell's length. He stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 220-pounds. Bell's long and you know he has plenty of room to add bulk to his frame. You are looking at a kid that could easily be 260 plus in a few years.
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Boris Johnson ramped up pressure on David Cameron to deliver sweeping reform in the European Union today by declaring it would be "easy".
In an exclusive interview with the Evening Standard, the Mayor rejected claims that the reforms he demanded in a keynote speech yesterday were impossible to deliver in time for a referendum in 2017.
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Surely the most important question that MPs on the culture and media committee must shine a light on (A special relationship, 15 July) is whether the backing of the Sun and other News International newspapers for the Tory party prior to the election was on condition that Coulson would be Cameron's press secretary and therefore the News International insider at No 10.
Joe Hayward
• It is possible that Coulson and perhaps Brooks drew on evidence obtained illegally to advise Cameron before and after the election. Brown was an obvious target for character assassination. This makes Phonegate the equivalent of Watergate. Hacking is electronic burglary. Elections should not be influenced by criminally obtained information.
Andy Bowles
• Ed Miliband is pulling his punches by only demanding David Cameron apologise for his employment of Andy Coulson. If discussions revolved around a swapping of favours – NI's political support for Cameron in exchange for government approval of NI's takeover of BSkyB – then Cameron's actions reveal corruption at the heart of the Tory administration. Miliband should be preparing to call for Cameron's resignation.
Dr Ben Selwyn
University of Sussex
• Foreign nationals hack into the phones of the great and the good. These include the family of the head of state and the prime minster. They make payments to the police for information and expose confidential information. Is this not a crime called espionage, for which people used to be hanged in the Tower?
Dr John Little
Middle Quarter, Kent
• The highest level in the Metropolitan police exercise discretion to wind up a case if suspects are unco-operative, and judges determine whether a trial will go ahead on the basis of their view on the affordability of a trial. Is there anything else I should know, such as the role of the Masonic Order?
Les Bright
Exeter, Devon
• "If you would have the springs of truth / Freely running, crystal clear /You must dam the Beaverbrook / And drain the Rothermere." Perhaps we can have an up-to-date version of those lines?
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• With such a multitude of characters, we feel the need for a wall chart.
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This evening, I went to feed the chickens. As I came out the door,
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he came back, brushing against my leg. I stayed there, and touched his
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though he
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train. I
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MAS Docent Education Program
September 18th, 2013
The Municipal Art Society is proud to accept applications for the 2014 Docent Education Program held in the Greenacre Reference Library at 111 W. 57th Street. This free program offers interested volunteers the opportunity to become an official MAS docent, leading the MTA/Metro-North and MAS tour of Grand Central Terminal, one New York City's most beloved landmark buildings. Continue Reading>>


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Red Hat Releases JBoss ESB 4.2
Red Hat Linux has just released JBoss ESB 4.2, a community variant of its JBoss middleware.
The JBoss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is a subproject of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS). The JBoss ESB component provides a kind of nexus for enterprise applications and services, and thus helps to automate business process workflows. JBoss ESB 4.2 supports various messaging products, the integration of data from Hibernate and MetaMatrix-based data sources, and component models as endpoints for a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The software can be scripted using the Java-based Groovy scripting language.
According to the developers, version 4.2 has improved software distribution and configuration thanks to a special ESB server. In April 2007, Red Hat forked JBoss development into an enterprise and a community driven branch.
Commercial enterprise products include support and maintenance contracts, and are more conservative with respect to their development, whereas the community version tends to push technical development along at a faster pace. The current enterprise products are the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and the JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform. JBoss ESB is not a standard module with either of these platforms right now. Source code and binary versions of the community software are available from JBoss Labs under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
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Microsoft Bakes Linux into Windows Server
Microsoft is slowly becoming a Linux vendor.
Fearless Coyote, Linux Kernel 4.11 is Out
The new kernel makes swap implementation more scalable, which will help cloud providers.
Docker Appoints Steve Singh CEO
The new CEO comes from a very strong SaaS background.
Docker Announces Linux Kit and Moby Project
Both projects help organizations build their own containerized systems.
Ubuntu Returns to Gnome as Its Mobile Plans Shatter
Mark Shuttleworth has resumed the position of CEO of Canonical.
Microsoft is Shutting Down CodePlex
Microsoft's open source code hosting platform CodePlex will come to an end after a more than 10-year stint.
Fedora 26 Alpha Released
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There are countless companies that are no doubt glad to see the back of 2008, even if they are a little uncertain about what 2009 might bring. One of them is certainly the biotech group Skyepharma, whose annus horribilis last year saw its share price collapse under the weight of two convertible bonds worth £89m, on which investors had put options, exercisable this year and next.
The shares dropped from a year high of 744p to 116p, with some analysts predicting last year that had the bond investors so desired they could have forced the company out of business.
Indeed, last July, when the group's share price fell 32 per cent in one day – in pre-Lehman-collapse times, such falls were still considered astronomical – as talks between the company and its bondholders collapsed, the writing appeared to be on the wall.
So what a difference a few months makes. The group has always relied on its potential blockbuster asthma delivery system Flutiform, which was perhaps what saved the group from collapse, as investors recognised that Skyepharma was worth saving, and eventually renegotiated the terms of the deal by putting back the put dates on the bonds by several years.
Since the deal was struck, the news has got even better. Last week, a treatment called Lodotra, which treats arthritis and joint stiffness, was given approval to be used in Europe. The medicine uses Skyepharma's "Geoclock" technology, which ensures that the treatment takes effect at the necessary times.
While the group will not be able to suddenly pay back those troublesome bonds on the back of Lodotra's success – the company will receive a single-digit percentage royalty on net sales – it is at least a further step back from the precipice.
The group is desperately hoping that its filing for Food and Drug Administration approval for Flutiform, which is expected in before the end of March, is successful.
While the earnings from Geoclock will be welcomed, it is still Flutiform that excites analysts, with those at Piper Jaffray saying that the treatment could be worth as much as $500m (£328m).
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With a stay at Homewood Suites by Hilton Greensboro Airport in Greensboro, you'll be near the airport and close to Piedmont Triad Farmers Market and All-A-Flutter Butterfly Farm. This hotel is within the vicinity of Celebration Station and Old Mill of Guilford.
Make yourself at home in one of the 104 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Workshop: Arithmetic of abelian varieties in families
12-16 November 2012, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
OverviewThis workshop, held during the semester-long program "Rational points and algebraic cycles" at the CIB, will focus on the distribution of arithmetic quantities attached to abelian varieties, and on the related question of the existence of rational points on surfaces fibered into genus 1 curves over number fields.
- Enumeration of n-coverings of elliptic curves and abelian varieties, towards average sizes of Selmer groups
- Distribution of ranks, Selmer groups, and Shafarevich-Tate groups: models coming from linear algebra processes, heuristics à la Cohen-Lenstra, and proofs when possible
- Constructing abelian varieties with prescribed Selmer ranks by twisting
- Rational points on surfaces fibered in genus 1 curves
- Applications of the above to Hilbert's tenth problem and other undecidability problems
Invited speakersSpeakers include Manjul Bhargava, Mirela Ciperiani, Tim Dokchitser, Noam Elkies, Jordan Ellenberg, Wei Ho, Daniel Kane, Zev Klagsbrun, Ambrus Pal, Eric Rains, Karl Rubin, Alexandra Shlapentokh, Alice Silverberg, Nina Snaith, Michael Stoll, Jack Thorne, Olivier Wittenberg, and David Zureick-Brown.
Schedule and abstracts
Mirela Ciperiani
Tim Dokchitser
Jordan Ellenberg
Daniel Kane
Karl Rubin
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Puppet Love
Flesh and Blooders is a new play about puppets, but it's more Being John Malkovich than Avenue Q — an eccentric love triangle in which egos clash, mad puppets attack, and amnesiacs and runaway brides find common ground. Written by Cynthia Joyce Clay and recently opened as the first full-scale production at Clay's new theater, Storycrafter Studio (7329 Collins Ave., Miami Beach), Flesh and Blooders is an American spin on the traditional Bollywood romance. A young stockbroker with amnesia and an Indian bride fleeing an arranged marriage converge at the studio of Judy Punchinello, a tyrannical puppeteer under contract for a large-scale Hollywood/Bollywood coproduction. Flesh and Blooders is filled with surreal moments, most of them of a piece with the Bollywood tradition of dance theater, which Clay reminds us is different from American musical theater. "The actors do not suddenly stop and sing and dance," she says. "Dances are reserved for those moments when a character must attend to their inner, powerful feelings. The ensemble at Storycrafter has studied Indian videos to learn the accents and dance moves, and I have studied hundreds of Indian films and read up on India's ancient dance theater. All of this was challenging, and the most fun imaginable."
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Swimming Pool Services Wins 2011 Wisconsin Remodelers Award
Award is latest of many recent honors for leader in pool and spa design and construction
The award, for "Landscape Design over $60,000," honored Swimming Pool Services' work at a home in the town of Erin. Recognizing the owners' desire to take their home pool experience to a new level, Swimming Pool Services (http://www.swimmingpoolservices.com)
The centerpiece of the backyard project is an 800-square-foot rectangle pool. Four arcing laminar water jets spray into the pool from the surrounding deck, the jets lit by LED lighting at night to create images resembling fiber-optic cables. A crown jet shoots multiple water streams from a single base elsewhere on the deck.
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A new pool house matches the owner's nearby home in design and materials. The building has an open area covered by a vaulted ceiling to offer protection from the sun and elements. A built-in bar and refrigerator complete its inviting aura.
The Wisconsin Remodelers Awards competition is open to all Milwaukee/NARI members. Swimming Pool Services is a longtime member of Milwaukee/NARI, firmly adhering to its high professional and ethical standards.
The 2011 Wisconsin Remodelers Award follows a 2010 WRA award for Swimming Pool Services, and adds to an impressive run of recent honors for the Pewaukee company. The Association of Pool and Spa Professionals has recognized Swimming Pool Services with Gold awards for its projects and service, including an Outstanding Service Company award for five consecutive years.
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Poetry for all time
This is poetry for all time, to be read and reread. In this Folio Society limited edition, Shakespeare's poetical works are gathered together in a single volume that does full justice to their eternal beauty. All are included: the narrative poems, the complete Sonnets, A Lover's Complaint and the allegory 'Let the bird of loudest lay'. Shakespeare intended that his poetry should last forever: this edition is a fitting tribute to that wish.An immortal portrait of the human heart
Shakespeare's Sonnets form the cornerstone of his lyric genius. They contain some of the most celebrated lines in the canon: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?', 'Let me not to the marriage of true minds', 'My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun'. Their themes are universal – the trials of love, the transience of human beauty and the eternity of art. Yet Shakespeare broke with sonnet convention by combining these themes with more everyday concerns such as loneliness, professional disappointment and the beauty of the seasons, and with homely images such as a distracted housewife or a nervous actor. The result is that the Sonnets present a portrait of the human condition, seen through the prism of the poet's emotions.
'Make but my name thy love, and love that still,
And then thou lovest me for my name is 'Will.'
The autobiographical clues within the Sonnets have tantalised readers for centuries. The poet addresses two characters throughout – the 'fair youth' and the 'mistress' or 'dark lady' – whose identities still remain unknown. The 'onlie begetter' of the Sonnets' dedication, Mr W. H., is another mystery. Whatever the historical facts, the personal nature of the Sonnets is undeniable. 'And then thou love'st me – for my name is "Will".' 'So will I pray that thou may'st have thy Will.' The poet's very name is used to express the fears and hopes of love, leading Wordsworth to declare that, 'With this key, /Shakespeare unlocked his heart.'
'Nor marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme'
The wealth of Shakespeare's poetical works in one superb volume
This edition is exceptional in presenting the Sonnets alongside Shakespeare's narrative poems Venus and Adonis (1593) and Lucrece (1594) and other verse. Venus and Adonis was the first work Shakespeare ever published under his name, and was so popular that it was joked that young men slept with it under their pillows. The story of Venus and her doomed love for the beautiful young Adonis is filled with rich, sensual imagery and humour, reminiscent of comedies like Much Ado About Nothing. In Lucrece, Shakespeare created an eloquent heroine, full of dignity and pathos. Many of the themes explored in Shakespeare's works, such as unrequited love and the reversing of male and female roles, were first developed in these poems.
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.


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Watch: Brad Davis scores for Houston Dynamo ahead of pre-World Cup camp
It's been quite a day for United States hopefuls trying to make head coach Jürgen Klinsmann's 30-man preliminary World Cup roster. Left-footed winger Brad Davis capped an eventful Saturday for Americans around the globe by scoring for the Houston Dynamo.
Houston's captain scored the equalizer for his team in the 12th minute against Chivas USA, fending off two defenders before putting home a shot to the back post. After receiving the ball at the top of the penalty area, Davis dribbled through pressure across the line before side-footing it across his body and into the goal.
Watch Davis' impressive individual effort, on the back of a team effort to build up the attack, here:
Davis has frequently been on the fringes of Klinsmann's first-choice squad, usually getting called in when a large group participates in a camp or midfield injuries dictate the need to use players deeper in the player pool. As such, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the MLS veteran in California in a couple weeks.


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This fabulous ranch home has a nice open floor plan. Large kitchen with island and lots of cabinetry and counter space. Double oven, dishwasher, refrigerator and flat surface cook top. Breakfast area has an abudance of windows to view property and wildlife. Step out of breakfast area onto deck and 30ft swimming pool. Formal dining is adjacent. Walk out basement.
Cathedral ceilings in great room with gas fireplace. Master suite and large bath include whirlpool tub, double vanaties and 6 x 14 walk in closet. Two other large bedrooms with walk in closets. Downstairs finds a large media room with surrond sound, another bedroom and bath. Large 30x60 shop. 220 electric service and plumbing for bathroom in shop. Home built in 2000. Beautiful all around, they do not get any nicer for the price.
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Proudly Serving our Customers Since 1979!
RC Engravables is a national trophies and awards supplier for corporate, non-profit and individual needs. We are a Marietta trophy company located in Cobb County, GA and service the Greater Atlanta area, as well as national orders. We have over 30 years of experience delivering high quality trophies and awards to local schools, sports teams and organizations. Please call us for your specific needs as there are many more awards options that are listed on the site. We aim to delight our customers and sync with your awards vision while exceeding your expectations through customer service and delivery!


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