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L'Kings sweep DH, take 3 of 4 from Bandits
Clinton sneaks past QC 5-4 in G1, rallies for 3-1 W in G2
By Cheyne Reiter / Clinton LumberKings | May 2, 2014 3:18 AM ET
Davenport, IA - April showers brought two May victories for the visiting Clinton LumberKings at Modern Woodmen Park. The L'Kings, who were coming off an up-and-down April where they went 10-13, swept the Quad Cities River Bandits in a doubleheader Thursday night. A tale of two very different ballgames, Clinton found ways to hang on, and come from behind, earning 5-4 and 3-1 victories over the Bandits.
In game one, Clinton (12-13) took advantage of three first inning walks by River Bandits right-hander Andrew Thurman. Ian Miller and Jack Reinheimer drew consecutive five-pitch walks to start the first, and Marcus Littlewood wasted no time giving the L'Kings a 1-0 lead with an RBI single to center. Austin Wilson then walked to load the bases. After Tyler O'Neill struck out looking on a 3-2 pitch, Joe DeCarlo drove an RBI double to the foul pole in right, scoring Reinheimer. Littlewood, however, was thrown out at the plate and Corey Simpson struck out looking to end the inning.
The scoring continued in the second where the teams traded single runs. Clinton made it a 3-0 advantage, thanks to their leadoff hitter and hot hitting catcher. Miller reached on a fielder's choice and swiped second base for the second time in as many innings. Reinheimer followed with his second walk before Littlewood laced another run-scoring single to center. Quad Cities answered in the bottom half on a leadoff home run by catch Brian Holberton, but the L'Kings came back with an answer immediately in the third.
Two additional runs came across for Clinton in the next half inning, coming on another mini two-out rally. Simpson singled to center before Jeff Zimmerman roped a double off the fence in right-center. Simpson, running on contact with two away, narrowly beat the relay throw to the plate, making it 4-1. Zimmerman moved to third on the throw, and the controversial call by Umpire Brandon Butler brought Quad Cities Manager Omar Lopez out of the dugout. After a lengthy argument, Butler tossed Lopez for the second time in two weeks. A Chris Cotton wild pitch came after Lopez' departure, which allowed Zimmerman to cross home plate, giving Clinton a 5-1 cushion.
Similar to game two Wednesday night, a four-run lead was not a comfortable margin. Quad Cities finally got to right-hander Carlos Misell in the sixth, as the first three batters reached against the 22-year-old Venezuelan. Misell departed and Rafael Pineda came on to limit the damage, and benefitted from a nice defensive relay to the plate. Brett Phillips doubled to the wall in right with two men on, and appeared to have come through with the game-tying hit. Instead, it was a Wilson-Reinheimer-Littlewood combination that nabbed a sliding Thomas Lindauer at the plate, keeping Clinton in front, 5-4.
Pineda flirted with danger in the seventh, but the righty managed to pitch around two walks. He induced a huge 6-4-3 double play, helping him earn his second save in three tries. Misell (4-1) grabbed the victory, despite allowing season highs in hits (8) and earned runs (4). Thurman (2-2) was handed his second loss of 2014 for Quad Cities.
Momentum from the game one victory didn't carry over until the later innings in game two. Righty Jose Flores made his MWL debut and pitched an impressive four innings, scattering two hits and three walks while allowing just one earned run. His counterpart, southpaw Chris Lee, did not allow a single hit in four innings, but did walk a career high six batters. Clinton left the bases loaded in the first after three two-out walks were issued by Lee, and the bats remained silent until the seventh.
Lee departed after the fourth, and right-handers Andrew Walter and Tyler Brunnemann kept the L'Kings off the board in the fifth and sixth. Meanwhile, Paul Fry, who arrived to the stadium midway through game one, was called on to pitch in relief of Flores. Fry sizzled away the Bandits in his first two innings of work, and the offense finally awoke in the seventh - against Game 1 starting third baseman, Alex Gonzalez.
The River Bandits bullpen, burnt out from the back-to-back doubleheaders, called upon Gonzalez to record the final three outs. Gonzalez retired Joe DeCarlo on a groundout to third beginning the frame, but Justin Seager followed with a single to left. Ian Miller replaced Seager at first and stole second. Christian Carmichael then grounded a one-hop smash back to Gonzalez who couldn't field cleanly. With runners at the corners and one out, Clinton needed a fly ball to tie the game.
Burt Reynolds, who had homered in his previous two starts, was the perfect candidate. And Burt came through, in a much bigger way. Down 0-1 in the count, Reynolds launched a belt high fastball, a three-run moonshot to straightaway center, putting Clinton on top 3-1. That's all Fry (1-0) needed, as the left-hander picked up the win with another zero in the bottom of the seventh. Reynolds, who had the game-winning hit, also broke up Quad Cities' no-no effort with a two-out bloop single to right in the fifth. The outfielder has three home runs in 24 at-bats this season.
The LumberKings continue their road trip tomorrow, opening a three-game series in Appleton, WI, against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (12-14). Righty Lars Huijer (0-1, 4.42) is scheduled to start for Clinton while Wisconsin will counter with left-hander Tyler Alexander (1-2, 4.96). First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM CT. The remaining six road broadcasts can be heard in their entirety on WCCI 100.3 FM, WCCIRadio.com, and lumberkings.com.
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Taste of Thaiyai
Kale G: There are certain cuisines that you find yourself craving - certain cuisines that, if uneaten long enough, become the itch you must scratch. For us, it's Thai food.
Phil B: (scratch, scratch) Along with the dreaded ?dry winter skin?. Anyway, eating Thai food is a great coping mechanism for the subzero temperatures we have this time of year.
KG: Thai is one of those incredible cuisines that spark across the tongue, combining all the extremes of sweet, sour, and savory while shading in nuances in between. If food were music, then Thai is a symphony orchestra.
PB: Great analogy -- think Wagner?s ?Ride of the Valkyries? instead of [insert name of boring song]. The flavors of Thai can be very exhilarating, yet subtle at the same time.
KG: This week, Phil felt the urge and we were powerless to resist. He?d heard of a little place in Apple Valley, and off we went to find this hole in the wall called ?Taste of Thaiyai?.
PB: Resistance is useless! (sorry, Douglas) This place was recommended to me over 5 years ago by a coworker who was also afflicted with Thai Urges. However, it was closed when we stopped by, and I promptly forgot about it until a few weeks ago.
KG: And hole in the wall was right. We knew what we were looking for and we almost missed it. It?s a tiny place, but don?t let that fool you. Good spices can fill up a joint, and Thaiyai did not disappoint. We were seated immediately by the chef, having arrived shortly after they had opened. He asked if we wanted anything, and the Special Spring Rolls came up.
After all, it was Phil?s week to pay.
PB: Hey, what?s up with that? Spring Rolls did sound really good, though. As usual, my stomach twisted my arm until I cried ?uncle? and agreed to buy appetizers. Kale cheered for my stomach during the match.
KG: The thing that differentiates the Special Spring Rolls from the everyday is mint. Three kinds, as a matter of fact. I?ve always like mint in my Spring Rolls, it just gives them a wonderful finish, and these started wonderful too. They came with the standard fish/peanut dipping sauce, which was so thick it was practically a syrup. If I have any complaint about these Spring Rolls, it?s that they skimped on the crushed peanuts in the sauce, but hey, it?s a minor quibble.
PB: I had never tried mint before in Spring Rolls, but I must say, it added a very tasty layer to the flavors. While we ate the Spring Rolls, Kale mentioned that mint is one of the world?s most versatile herbs. It is equally at home in sweet desserts or savory dishes, and is an excellent addition to tea or a cool, refreshing adult beverage (e.g. mojito). Guess it?s really not surprising that mint has found its way into virtually every type of cuisine.
Kale is correct on another point ? the dipping sauce coulda used a few more peanuts.
KG: After quickly devouring the appetizer we thought we?d be in for a wait, but here A Taste of Thaiyai surprised us again. Our order was turned around in mere minutes (I guess it helps we were the only ones in the location at the time) and tasty, tasty foods were laid before us. Phil got the Pad Bai Kra Prao, a mix of onions, peppers and basil, which he had them add beef to and then set to ?nuclear?. Myself, I ordered the Laab Nua, which is ground beef mixed with lime, rice powder, cilantro, green onions, mint and chilies, served on lettuce leaves with sticky rice on the side, one of my favorite Thai dishes.
PB: Thai fast food ? gotta love it. One of my favorite Thai dishes is Pad Bai Kra Prao, which roughly means ?stir-fry with holy basil ?. The basic recipe calls for stir-frying meat (usually chicken) with lots of Thai chiles and garlic, then adding fish sauce, sugar, and a big handful of holy basil at the last stage right before serving. Now, holy basil has a unique peppery flavor that you cannot reproduce with sweet basil (the kind used in Italian cooking), so don?t expect good results with a substitution.
As for Laab Nua, I have never tried it. Was definitely looking forward to a sample of Kale?s dish.
KG: I?m telling you now: A Taste of Thaiyai has perhaps the best Laab Nua on the planet. I have never had one so flavorful and delicious as this, and I have had some good Laab Nua. The mixed ingredients were juicy, dripping with lime and filling the mouth with texture, flavor and goodness. I had been a little worried when it came ? although presented beautifully, I had never seen Laab served with the meat portioned out into the lettuce already ? always before the lettuce had been on the side, you?d add some rice and Laab to the leaf and eat. Here it?s? well, see it above. The leaves are a little weaker and harder to eat with this way, but that?s okay. In other Laabs the lime is more of a supporting player, but here it?s front and center, and everything else plays across it and that is fine by me. The soup that comes with it is really good, packed with all sorts of interesting veggies and meat...
PB: Kale let me sample a few bites of his Laab Nua. Yum! You can guess what I will be ordering next time I come here.
KG: It was devastatingly good, and like all good Laabs that means the spice crept up on me. Remember ? spicy means flavorful first, nuclear second. And speaking of nuclear?
PB: Holy Basil, Batman! This is hot! Even though the Pad Bai Kra Pao was very spicy, I could tell that the dish was somewhat modified for the Minnesota palate. The bell pepper and onions were a nice variation, and the chef used jalapeno peppers instead of the Thai chiles called for in the basic recipe (which I didn?t mind at all). The Thai bird?s eye chile is one of the hottest peppers on the planet, perhaps surpassed only by the habanero. I once bought a few dozen Thai chiles at a Farmers Market, chopped up about 6 of them and threw them in a stir-fry I made at home for the family. Can?t really say it was very good, since the fiery heat from the chiles completely overpowered the flavor of everything else. The choking fits and tears were fun to watch, though.
KG: Mmm! I snuck a piece of the beef and this was scrumptious! The spices are strong, and I could see this getting really hot, really quick, but my god, the flavor would be worth sacrificing the taste buds for. Phil and I tried to work out what was in the brown sauce, but it was hard to understand Phil as he was licking the plate?
PB: Well, allow me to interpret what I was saying besides ?grrmmmph, mmmm, slurp?: I think the chef may have blended some minced ginger, oyster sauce, & soy sauce with the fish sauce. Whatever he did, it tasted great.
KG: A Taste of Thaiyai is exactly what the doctor ordered. We?ve been pleasantly lucky ? most everywhere we?ve gone we?ve enjoyed, but this is a cut above. Phil, in a word?
I give this place 4 tines way up.
KG: Exactly. Four tines, chopsticks, or whatever you want ? just go! It?s that good.
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The first question moderator Chris Wallace posed to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist was "what's at stake" in this election. Crist launched into an attack on former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio for allegedly misspending the Republican Party's campaign funds while speaker. Crist has made this a key issue.
"I view public service as a calling, something that you do to try to help other people, to improve their lives, their quality of life," Crist said. "Unfortunately, recent news accounts in Florida have come out that indicate, in fact, that Speaker Rubio views public service as a way to enhance his personal enrichment. And that's just wrong."
In response, Rubio denounced the allegations as "proven false" and then went directly to his chief line of attack on Crist: that the governor has stood -- literally -- with President Obama and his agenda. Rubio has been running TV ads attacking Crist for supporting Obama's stimulus bill and showing an image of Crist hugging Obama at an event the president held in Florida to drum up support for the stimulus bill.
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(Posted by Eugene Kiely)
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Today the 12 days of Christmas give way to the start of Epiphany. The celebration on 6th January focuses on the strange outsiders from the east, the magi, people obsessed by study and interpretation of the movements of planets and stars. They followed the direction of a new star, expecting to find a new special king. What they found was a toddler with his parents, in an ordinary house in Bethlehem, on what was presumably for Mary, Joseph and their son Jesus, an ordinary day. And they were overwhelmed with joy. Something wonderful was revealed to those mysterious strangers that the locals didn't see. They experienced an 'epiphany', a moment of revelation. They glimpsed the glory of God in the face of the child Jesus. You can read the story in Matthew's gospel here and you might notice that unlike most nativity plays there are no camels, no kings, no stable and the number of magi isn't specified.
Nancy Rockwell has published a reflective poem about their visit on her blog here. I reproduce it in full below.
"Once, long ago, distant travelers saw a star as a wonder,
and the star revealed to them a Child in a cattle-stall,
who they also saw as a wonder.
the travelers themselves were seen as wonders, revealed by starlight
to the villagers of Bethlehem.
With God, one showing leads to another,
first here, then there, time after time.
The travelers brought fabled gifts,
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The Child brought everyone ordinary gifts,
water, bread and wine,
and time after time, we see him in them.
One showing leads to another, and so we are here,
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Between eternity and mortality,
between hope and despair,
between wisdom and fear,
we are not lost,
for time after time,
God's love is shown."
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Boehner has brewed a warmed-over Mitt Romney plan while omitting the noxious idea of voucherizing Medicare.
Ashes were graying again over the embers long after he had boiled his pot of coffee and put away his can of warmed-over beans.
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It was one of those gentle, warmed-over summer days and the air was mild and filled with little whispers.
This she would eat while old man Minick guiltily supped up his cup of warmed-over broth, or his coddled egg.
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Has anyone else experienced this problem? I am using
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piece uses the entire texture, on a separate layer, a
1024x1024 image. In game, a line, usually dark or bright,
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wide appears between the two images. I have adjusted the
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When I pull the images up in a paint program and cut and
paste them side by side there is no 'seem'. The
seem looks like graphical corruption. I am using .png
images, 24 Bit Depth. They are not masked images, straight
blocks of picture.
I have also noticed this happening with my sprites. I am
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not optimized them yet, so they are each on one texture. I
notice dark spots, lines, pixels, which seem to be at the
edges of the sprite. I have noticed this seems to happen
on sprites where the content of the sprite goes to the edge
of the texture. In other words, when there is not the
masking color at the edge of the texture. When this
happens, I have made the texture larger so I could float
the content in the middle of the gross pink masking color
(255,0,255). This seems to make the problem go away. This
is not an option for the background pieces, as adding a
masking color makes them take WAY more time to load.
I have also noticed this happening with a font that came
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'g' or 'n'.
I am using Blitz3D 1.106, Sprite Candy 1.0.15, Windows 7/32
Home Premium, 3.40 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black
processor, 4GB RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 250 2414 MB, DirectX
Has anyone else experienced this problem? IF anyone has a
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| I sent Mike an email and got a response a couple of hours later(!):
Hi Ian,
those seems are caused by UV texture coords interpolation, this is a common problem with 3D graphics and engines. You'll need to leave a gap between the images or at the texture's edges, approximately 2 pixels wide.
Kind Regards,
So it looks like the solution is to use 1024x1024 textures and use 1000x1000 pixels from about 12 pixels inside. This will be nice anyway, as that will give 1000x1000 chunks, easier math :)
| Hang on...
Sprite Candy is a B3D source code library, right? So you can look through it as well as your own code. Are you making sure that images intended to be used as images are loaded with flags 16 and 32? This is supposed to prevent interpolation across the edge of textures.
| Yeah, clamping is a great idea.
It also fixes seams in skyboxes, if anyone ever faces this issue.
| Thanks Yasha and Kryzon! I just tried it with a couple of pieces of the background and the seems are gone :)
Like this:
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Subject: Re: Nut Joke
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 12:02:17 EST
I know you're just trying to change the subject, but have you ever heard
of a NUT family? Nice try. The BEANs go on! <Funny anyway.>
Bonnie M. Fountain
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998 14:42:46 -0500 John Giacoletti
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>This is a true story. It doesn't approach the realism of the Bean
>family accounts we have read about
>Oh, no matter Reverend she said, turning back into the kitchen to hang
up her >apron. I already sucked the chocolate off.
>John Giacoletti
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Sort of, but some details remain murky. Via Jim Geragthy, the New York Times reports today that the Obama administration is seeking to commit the United States to an anti-climate change international treaty without even attempting to seek formal approval from the Senate. According to the explicit verbiage of the Constitution, two-thirds of the upper chamber must assent to such an agreement in order for it to take on the binding effect of law. Given that Harry Reid couldn't lasso the votes to advance cap-and-trade when his caucus enjoyed a huge majority in 2009 and 2010, accumulating 67 votes in the current Senate environment for an initiative like this is unlikely in the extreme. From the Times' story:
The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international climate change agreement to compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions, but without ratification from Congress. In preparation for this agreement, to be signed at a United Nations summit meeting in 2015 in Paris, the negotiators are meeting with diplomats from other countries to broker a deal to commit some of the world's largest economies to enact laws to reduce their carbon pollution. But under the Constitution, a president may enter into a legally binding treaty only if it is approved by a two-thirds majority of the Senate. To sidestep that requirement, President Obama's climate negotiators are devising what they call a "politically binding" deal that would "name and shame" countries into cutting their emissions. The deal is likely to face strong objections from Republicans on Capitol Hill and from poor countries around the world, but negotiators say it may be the only realistic path.
Countries would be legally required to enact domestic climate change policies — but would voluntarily pledge to specific levels of emissions cuts and to channel money to poor countries to help them adapt to climate change. Countries might then be legally obligated to report their progress toward meeting those pledges at meetings held to identify those nations that did not meet their cuts. "There's some legal and political magic to this," said Jake Schmidt, an expert in global climate negotiations with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocacy group. "They're trying to move this as far as possible without having to reach the 67-vote threshold" in the Senate.
Magic, swoons the guy from the left-wing environmental group whose homepage features a video from actor Robert Redford lashing out at "big oil." I'd call it confusing, at best. The US would be "legally required" (how?) to "enact" (does that require Congress, or are they just for show?) some form of "domestic climate change policies." What would satisfy that so-called requirement? Any bill at all? It's unclear. But then the emissions targets themselves would be entirely voluntary, even as signatory nations would be "obligated to report their progress" towards those voluntary, non-binding pledges. Some of those details are to be hammered out at a drafting session in Peru before Christmas. The Times piece makes only passing reference to the fact that any treaty would be useless without countries like China and India signing on (and abiding by their voluntary goals), which is hardly a minor detail. The story also notes that the Senate "refused to ratify" the Kyoto protocols treaty in 1997, framing the issue as one of Republican obstruction. For the record, the Senate voted 97-0 against even considering Kyoto ratification. The article describes GOP opposition as a combination of nihilism, mindless skepticism of the "established science of human-caused global warming," and provincial self interest. Sen. Mitch McConnell, for instance, represents a state with major interests in coal, "the world's largest source of carbon pollution," the Times informs its readers. And the award for the most alarmist sentence in the story goes to...
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Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Use these vegan chocolate chip cookies to make delicious -- and allergen-free -- Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches, both recipes courtesy of Erin McKenna (BabyCakes NYC).
- Yield: Makes 24 cookies
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- 1 cup coconut oil, melted and cooled
- 6 tablespoons prepared unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups evaporated cane juice
- 2 cups Bob's Red Mill gluten-free all-purpose baking flour
- 1/4 cup flax meal
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
- 1 cup vegan chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325 degrees with a rack set in the center. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together oil, applesauce, salt, vanilla, and evaporated cane juice. In another medium bowl, whisk together flour, flax meal, baking soda, and xanthan gum. Using a rubber spatula, add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir until a grainy dough is formed. Gently fold in the chocolate chips just until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
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Providing integrated management of Omron's global network in Japan to support optimal IT resources allocation
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Tokyo, Japan — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today that AT&T had entered into a global agreement with Omron Corporation, (TSE:6645; ADR: OMRNY), a worldwide leader in automation, sensing and control technologies, to optimize the performance of Omron's global network. The agreement covers three years from April 2007.
Omron chose AT&T as a global network partner because of its excellent track record as a provider of networks between Omron's locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific and its ability to optimize the operation of a global network.
In the first stage of the agreement AT&T will integrate all of Omron's networks in various regions, including Japan, into a single VPN network provided by AT&T. This will establish a single network infrastructure that underpins all of Omron's global IT systems.
In the second stage, the two companies will consider moving internet connections, security, Internet Data Centers, operations management services, and other operations in various regions over to solutions provided by AT&T. By strengthening this relationship, Omron will be able to improve network quality and cost performance substantially, while establishing a global IT system, which is operated and managed from Japan in a unified manner.
As part of the agreement AT&T has also secured an order for consulting services concerning the performance of networks in India and Vietnam.
"We have been very impressed by AT&T's WAN at our overseas locations," said Michiyasu Takata, Director of Omron Network Applications Corporation. "We have chosen AT&T as an essential, mid-term partner for our shift to WAN-centered networks, which is part of a global overhaul of our IT architecture. In the future, we will consider expanding the scope of this partnership to include other areas, such as security and Internet data centers."
According to Norihiko Minato, President of AT&T Japan, Omron based its decision to enter the agreement on three areas, "AT&T's track record for the design, development, and operations of networks in Japan; our global networks, which are continuing to expand through strategic investments; and the support AT&T provides to many global corporations in realizing the optimal allocation of IT resources."
He added, "As Japanese businesses face many problems concerning the optimal allocation of IT resources, AT&T will continue investments in global networks and establish a Japan-led global account management system, thereby working with customers to support problem-solving."
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Greta continues ethically suspect Palin booster-ism with three-day pro-drilling infomercial
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As we're previously detailed, Greta Van Susteren has repeatedly tested ethical boundaries by providing ample (and glowing) coverage of Sarah Palin without disclosing the fact that her husband, John Coale, served as an adviser to Palin, starting both her political action committee, SarahPAC, and her legal defense fund.
Well, Palin now appears regularly on Fox as a Fox News contributor, but Van Susteren still managed to test the limits of "coverage" her latest piece with a multi-day special on location in Alaska -- filmed in part on Palin's own dock, no less. The piece is devoted to Palin's support for drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), with a view questions about Palin's other pet issues.
If day one was indicative of the entire report, it basically boils down to a three-day infomercial of Palin touting her positions on ANWR and her record of "play[ing] hardball" with oil companies as governor. For example, in the first segment Van Susteren noted her "surprise" that there was "nothing there" in ANWR, a suggestion Palin swiftly picked up to claim it's a "wasteland," and there's no reason not to drill there:
It's not clear why Van Susteren felt a report on ANWR was relevant right now. Nor do we know if she is planning to balance her coverage by speaking to an environmentalist or a government spokesman about why drilling there might not be a good idea, or if will she just continue to let Palin pontificate on her opinions uninterrupted. But it sure does seem like that "story" will be helpful video footage for Palin to use if she decides to use the PAC Van Susteren's husband set up for her to run for office.
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On Hardball, The Hill's Stoddard accepted Novak's claim that CIA leak was "inadvertent"
The Hill associate editor A.B. Stoddard claimed that "we learned" from Robert Novak's syndicated column that the leak of then-CIA employee Valerie Plame's identity "was inadvertent." But Novak's assertion that the leak was "inadvertent" appears to conflict with an earlier assertion he made, that his sources thought Plame's identity "was significant" and that "they gave me the name and I used it."
On the July 12 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, A.B. Stoddard, associate editor of The Hill, claimed that "we learned" from Robert Novak's syndicated column [1] that day that the leak of then-CIA employee Valerie Plame's identity "was inadvertent," based on Novak's statement in the column that his still-unnamed primary source for Plame's identity "told me ... that the disclosure was inadvertent on his part." But as Media Matters for America noted [2] when host Chris Matthews advanced a similar claim on the previous edition of Hardball, Novak's assertion -- in his new column -- that the leak was "inadvertent" appears to conflict with an earlier assertion he made: a July 22, 2003, Newsday article quoted Novak saying that his sources thought Plame's identity "was significant" and that "they gave me the name and I used it." Moreover, even before Novak received the information from his primary source, administration officials had reportedly disclosed Plame's CIA employment to other reporters -- casting doubt on Stoddard's assertion that, based on Novak's new description of the leak by his primary source, "the Valerie Plame revelation was inadvertent."
Additionally, Stoddard stated that "you could make [the] argument" that -- in Matthews's words -- special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald "should have folded" his investigation as soon as he learned of the purportedly "inadvertent" nature of the leak, an event Stoddard placed "just one month later or less" after Fitzgerald's December 30, 2003, appointment to head the leak investigation.
In a column that appeared [3] on the website Human Events Online on July 11 and syndicated on July 12, Novak wrote that "[a]fter the federal investigation [into the Plame leak] was announced," his primary source -- whom he still has not named -- "told me through a third party that the disclosure was inadvertent on his part." But as Media Matters noted [4], in a July 22, 2003, Newsday article [5] by reporters Timothy M. Phelps and Knut Royce, Novak was quoted saying that his sources leaked Plame's CIA employment because "[t]hey thought it was significant":
Novak, in an interview, said his sources had come to him with the information. "I didn't dig it out, it was given to me," he said. "They thought it was significant, they gave me the name and I used it."
Novak apparently backtracked on this assertion later, describing the leak by his primary source as "offhand" in an October 1, 2003, column [6], and telling host Tim Russert on the October 5, 2003, broadcast of NBC's Meet the Press that his original source had mentioned Plame's role at the CIA "offhandedly." When asked by host Tim Russert to "explain" the discrepancy between this characterization of the leak and his earlier statement that his sources felt that Plame's identity was "significant," Novak said his earlier characterization was not "very artfully put" and insisted that there existed "no inconsistency between those two." As Media Matters noted [7], after this episode of Hardball featuring Stoddard aired, Novak advanced a second explanation for the discrepancy in his statements about whether the leak was purposeful, claiming on the July 12 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes that Newsday mischaracterized his comments.
Additionally, as Media Matters noted [2], there is ample evidence that multiple administration officials disclosed Plame's CIA employment to reporters multiple times -- a pattern, among other things, that led Fitzgerald to assert the existence of a "concerted action [8]" by "multiple people in the White House" to "discredit, punish or seek revenge against" Wilson -- casting doubt on Stoddard's assertion that Novak's new description of the leak by his primary source shows "the Valerie Plame revelation was inadvertent."
From the July 12 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews:
MATTHEWS: Well, let me go back to the one I started with. Let's go to [Washingtonpost.com political columnist and blogger] Chris Cillizza. Chris, if we had known, say, October 2004 that despite what the president said, despite what his spokesman said, that there was a massive leak from the White House, it was people like Scooter Libby, of course, Karl Rove, all involved in it -- I've been counting, there's six leaks coming out of there -- in fact five there, one in the CIA -- actually four out of the White House, one out of the CIA, and one of the big mystery man out there so far. Would that have hurt the president's re-election if he was he caught not telling the truth?
CILLIZZA: Would it have hurt it? Yes, I think it would have. Would it have meant --
MATTHEWS: You only have to hurt him one percent, everything changes.
CILLIZZA: Good point. I think it's hard for us here in D.C. to measure how much people are really paying attention to this, but yeah, of course, it hurts it. When it looks as though were -- the administration is submarining someone, solely because of their political partisan ties, there is an element of people who don't like that. And again, you know, 100,000 votes, like you said, in Ohio, go a different way, and it's President John Kerry, so --
LYNN SWEET (Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief): But there are a lot of ways this could have come out, Chris. You know, Bob was one of many players that could have brought in Karl Rove's name. So he wasn't a central -- he was not central to just being the person -- he was one of many people that --
MATTHEWS: Right, well -- well, a lot of people knew about his attitude, of course, but the ones who knew about his leaking were the ones he leaked to, Matt Cooper of Time and in a kind of a supporting way, or affirming way, Bob Novak. A.B.?
SWEET: And Bob Woodward and Judy Miller.
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MATTHEWS: So he should have -- you think he should have folded his tent right then?
STODDARD: He -- you could make that argument.
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Going by a report on iLounge today, it would appear that the backlight bleeding problem on iPad 2s has been acknowledged by Apple, so much so that Apple is now swapping iPad 2s that are presenting with the issue. However, according to the iLounge report, several of their readers have informed them that the replacement iPad 2 that they have been given still has the same problem as the one that was deemed faulty, and in fact some of them are even worse. The above photo comes from the iLounge website, and shows an original iPad 2 on the left, and the iPad 2 replacement for the faulty unit on the right, which appears to have even more backlight bleed on the edge of the screen than the one on the left.
iLounge's editors have tested seven iPad 2s, and found one to be perfectly fine with no sign of any backlight bleed issues, three that only have a problem when used in very dark conditions with the brightness turned all the way up, and the rest where the problem is clearly visible on dark screens when viewed in daylight.
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Spiders, scorpions, no-see-ums—it's enough to give you the willies! Check your bedding before crawling into your bed, which you should move away from the wall if possible. Always shake out your shoes and clothing before putting them on. Repellent sprays and lotions are a must, especially in the rainforest, marshy areas, and coastal lowlands. Bites can easily become infected in the tropics, so avoid scratching. A baking-soda bath can help relieve itching if you're badly bitten, as can antihistamine tablets, hydrocortisone, and calamine lotion. Long-sleeved clothing and full-length pants help keep insects at bay.
Tiny, irritating no-see-ums (sandflies about the size of a pinpoint, known locally as purrujas) inhabit many beaches and marshy coastal areas; avoid beaches around dusk. They're not fazed by bug repellent with DEET, but Avon's Skin-So-Soft works great. Chiggers (coloradillas) inhabit grasslands, particularly in Guanacaste. Their bites itch like hell. Mosquito repellent won't deter them. Dust your shoes, socks, and ankles with sulfur powder. Sucking sulfur tablets (azufre sublimado) apparently gives your sweat a smell that chiggers find obnoxious. Nail polish apparently works on the bites by suffocating the beasts. Ticks (garrapatas) hang out near livestock. They bury their heads into your skin. Remove them immediately with tweezers—grasp the tick's head parts as close to your skin as possible and pull gently but steadily.
Tiny, irritating no-see-ums (sandflies about the size of a pinpoint, known locally as purrujas) inhabit many beaches and marshy coastal areas; avoid beaches around dusk. They're not fazed by bug repellent with DEET, but Avon's Skin-So-Soft works great. Sandflies on the Atlantic coast can pass on leishmaniasis, a debilitating disease; seek urgent treatment for nonhealing sores.
If stung by a scorpion (alacrán)—not normally as bad as it sounds—take plenty of liquids and rest. If you're unfortunate enough to contract scabies (a microscopic mite) or lice, which is possible if you're staying in unhygienic conditions or sleeping with unhygienic bedfellows, use a body shampoo containing gamma benzene hexachloride. You should also wash all clothing and bedding in very hot water, and toss out your underwear. The severe itching caused by scabies infestation appears after three or four weeks as little dots, often in lines, ending in blisters, especially around the genitals, elbows, wrists, lower abdomen, and nipples. Avoid bees' nests. Africanized bees have infiltrated Costa Rica, and they're very aggressive and will attack with little provocation.
Even the slightest scratch can fester quickly in the tropics. Treat cuts promptly and regularly with antiseptic and keep the wound clean.Many bugs are local. The bite of a rare kind of insect found along the southern Caribbean coast and locally called papalamoya produces a deep and horrible infection that can even threaten a limb. It may be best to have such infections treated locally, and certainly promptly; doctors back home or even in San José might take forever to diagnose and treat the condition.
Occasional and serious outbreaks of dengue fever have occurred in recent years, notably around Puntarenas and along the Caribbean coast and the Golfito region. Transmitted by mosquitoes, the illness can be fatal; death usually results from internal hemorrhaging. Its symptoms are similar to malaria, with additional severe pain in the joints and bones (it is sometimes called "breaking bones disease") but, unlike malaria, the disease is not recurring.
Rabies, though rare, can be contracted through the bite of an infected dog or other animal. It is always fatal unless treated. If you're sleeping in the open or with an unscreened window open in areas with vampire bats, don't leave your flesh exposed. Their bite, containing both anesthetic and anticoagulant, is painless.
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Water is safe to drink almost everywhere, although more remote rural areas, as well as Escazú, Santa Ana, Puntarenas, and Puerto Limón, are riskier. To play it safe, drink bottled mineral water (agua mineral or soda). Remember, ice cubes are water too, and don't brush your teeth using suspicious water.
Food hygiene standards in Costa Rica are generally high. However, the change in diet— which may alter the bacteria that are normal and necessary in your gut—may cause temporary diarrhea or constipation. Most cases of diarrhea are caused by microbial gut infections resulting from contaminated food. Common-sense precautions include not eating uncooked fish or shellfish, uncooked vegetables, unwashed salads, or unpeeled fruit. Diarrhea is usually temporary, and many doctors recommend letting it run its course. Personally, I like to plug myself up straightaway with Lomotil (cophenotrope). Treat diarrhea with rest and lots of liquid to replace the water and salts lost. Avoid alcohol and dairy products. If conditions persist, seek medical help.
Diarrhea accompanied by severe abdominal pain, blood in your stool, and fever is a sign of dysentery. Seek immediate medical diagnosis. Tetracycline or ampicillin is normally used to cure bacillary dysentery. More complex professional treatment is required for amoebic dysentery. The symptoms of both are similar. Giardiasis, acquired from infected water, causes diarrhea, bloating, persistent indigestion, and weight loss. Again, seek medical advice. Intestinal worms can be contracted by walking barefoot on infested beaches, grass, or earth.
Malaria is a limited risk in the lowlands, although an increase in the incidence of malaria has been reported in the Caribbean lowlands south of Cahuita; the majority of cases are among banana plantation workers. Consult your physician for the best type of antimalarial medication. Begin taking your tablets a few days (or weeks, depending on the prescription) before arriving in an infected zone, and continue taking the tablets for several weeks after leaving the malarial zone. Malaria symptoms include high fever, shivering, headache, and sometimes diarrhea.
Chloroquine (sold as Alaren in Costa Rica) and Fansidar are both used for short-term protection. Chloroquine reportedly is still good for Costa Rica, although Panamanian mosquitoes have built up a resistance to the drug. Fansidar may be a safer bet for travel south of Puerto Limón. Fansidar can cause severe skin reactions and is dangerous for people with a history of sulfonamide intolerance.
Avon's Skin-So-Soft oil is such an effective bug repellent that U.S. Marines use it by the truckload ("Gee, private, you sure smell nice, and your skin's so soft!"). The best mosquito repellents contain DEET (diethylmetatoluamide). Use mosquito netting at night in the lowlands; you can obtain good hammocks and "no-see-um" nets in the U.S. from Campmor (tel. 800/226-7667). A fan over your bed and mosquito coils (espirales) also help keep mosquitoes at bay. Coils are available from pulperías and supermarkets (don't forget the metal stand—soporte—for them).
Infection, Hepatitis, and HIV/STDs
Even the slightest scratch can fester quickly in the tropics. Treat cuts promptly and regularly with antiseptic and keep the wound clean.
Hepatitis is epidemic throughout Central America, although only infrequently reported in Costa Rica. Main symptoms are stomach pains, loss of appetite, yellowing skin and eyes, and extreme tiredness. Hepatitis A is contracted through unhygienic foods or contaminated water; salads and unpeeled fruits are major culprits. A gamma globulin vaccination is recommended. The much rarer hepatitis B is usually contracted through unclean needles, blood transfusions, or unprotected sex.
The incidence of HIV/AIDS is on the rise throughout Central America. Use of condoms or avoiding casual sexual contact are the best prevention against contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
Snakes are common in Costa Rica. Fewer than 500 snakebites are reported each year, and less than 3 percent of these are fatal. The majority of bites occur from people stepping on snakes. Always watch where you're walking or putting your hands. Never reach into holes or under rocks, debris, or forest-floor leaf litter without first checking with a stick to see what might be slumbering there. Be particularly wary in long grass. Avoid streams at night. Many snakes are well-camouflaged arboreal creatures that snooze on branches, so never reach for a branch without looking. If you spot a snake, keep a safe distance, and give the highly aggressive fer-delance a very wide berth.
If bitten, seek medical attention without delay. Rural health posts and most national park rangers have antivenin kits on-site. Commercial snakebite kits are normally good only for the specific species for which they were designed, so it will help if you can definitively identify the critter. But don't endanger yourself further trying to catch it.
If the bite is to a limb, immobilize the limb and apply a tight bandage between the bite and body. Release it for 90 seconds every 15 minutes. Ensure you can slide a finger under the bandage; too tight and you risk further damage. Do not cut the bite area in an attempt to suck out the poison. Recommendations to use electric shock as snakebite treatment have gained popular favor recently in Costa Rica; do not follow this medically discredited advice.
Sunburn and Skin Problems
Don't underestimate the tropical sun! It is intense and can burn you through light clothing or while you're lying in the shade. Use a sunscreen or sunblock— at least SPF 15 or higher. Zinc oxide provides almost 100 percent protection. Use an aloe gel after sunbathing. Calamine lotion and aloe gel will soothe light burns; for more serious lobster- pink burns, use steroid creams.
Sun glare—especially prevalent if you're on water—can cause conjunctivitis (eye infection). Sunglasses will protect against this. Prickly heat is an itchy rash, normally caused by clothing that is too tight or in need of washing. This, and athlete's foot, are best treated by airing out the body and washing your clothes.
Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration. Leg cramps, exhaustion, and headaches are possible signs of dehydration.
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"Mini-split" air-source heat pumps are establishing a strong foothold in northern states, based on the advancing capability of heat pump technology. The newest generation of mini-splits boasts cooling efficiencies of SEER 25 and better, with heating coefficient of performance (COP) ratings near 3 (meaning the equipment can supply heat equivalent to three times the electric power it consumes). Better yet, the latest equipment can heat homes even as outdoor temperatures plunge below zero, making heat pumps viable as the sole heat source for a well-insulated house — even through a harsh Northern winter.
JLC visited a jobsite in Maine in April to see technicians from Portland-based ReVision Energy install a system in an existing home, where the unit will "unload" the home's existing oil boiler during much of the year, limiting the boiler's heating role to the coldest part of the season when the heating demand is greatest (which is also the period when the boiler will operate at its highest efficiency). During swing seasons, the heat pump will take over much of the home's heating requirement — an effective use of the heat pump, which operates most efficiently when its outdoor-air heat source is relatively warm.
The heat pump system shown here, a Fujitsu Halcyon AOU12RLS2, retails online for about $1,600 (not counting professional installation), and is rated at 12,000 Btu for heating. When outdoor temperatures drop below 20°F, the heating capacity decreases. But the unit can still supply some heat at outdoor temperatures of -5°F. The system comes with outdoor unit containing the compressor, controls, and a reserve tank containing enough R-410a refrigerant to charge 49 feet of refrigerant lines as well as the wall-mounted indoor unit's heating and cooling coil.
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A system like this takes the crew one or two days to install, including the wiring and refrigerant line installation. The two technicians shown in this slideshow are master plumbers with additional training in refrigeration technology. They also have the skill to run the rough wiring for the system, but a licensed electrician will be needed to inspect the installation and hook up to the home's electrical panel.


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Understandably the narcos wanted to know the real identities of Felina and her compañeros at Valor por Tamaulipas.
By Jason McGahan No newspaper dares to publish the truth about the drug lords in Tamaulipas.
The founder of Valor por Tamaulipas confirmed that the photos are of Felina.
Tamaulipas is notorious as a state caught in the iron grip of organized crime.
Her activity as a citizen journalist had fed into a larger vision of building a supportive community in Tamaulipas.
In Tamaulipas two bats were caught in a mist net stretched across a narrow, brush-bordered arroyo in the Sierra de Tamaulipas.
Down there—in Tejas and Tamaulipas—things, I have heard, are bad enough.
In Tamaulipas two and possibly three subspecies of Canis latrans occur.
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Magazine covers: Does sameness sell?
Newspaper design guru Mario Garcia asks that question in his latest post for the Garcia Media blog. Why do so many magazine covers look the same? Why do they all use the same crop and style of photography, and why so many cover lines and tiny chip shots? Garcia has noticed this trend around the world (the above newsstand photo is from Buenos Aires). He talks with longtime magazine designer Robert Newman (that's me!) and weighs in with his own thoughts.
It's a good discussion. A couple key quotes:
Newman: "The sameness of cover design is a direct result of cover testing."
Garcia: "People want more items on the cover, more of the cover as navigator." (This will not make a lot of art directors happy).
The Mario Blog is updated daily with great insights and comments on newspaper design and publication design in general. It's one of the first things I read every morning and I always take away a lot of learning and smartness.
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