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Another week, another completely different test for Vacaville High School's football team.
The Bulldogs arrived in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II quarterfinals by stopping -- or at least limiting -- the ground-and-pound attack of 5-foot-10, 245-pound fullback Leonard Skattebo and Rio Linda.
If Vacaville is to reach the semifinals, it will have to contain the air assault of 6-2, 185-pound Jake Browning and No. 1 seed Folsom.
"The monster's just different," Vacaville head coach Mike Papadopoulos said. "Everyone has to be involved. Our defense did a great job last week. Now we just have to do it again, in a different way."
Kickoff is set for Saturday night at 7 in Folsom.
Folsom has won all 11 of its games by an average count of 47-20. The other Bulldogs have scored at least 24 points in every game, and have won every game by at least 11 points.
Almost all of the damage has been done via the pass. Folsom has thrown 445 passes, an average of 40 per night, all by Jake Browning.
Browning, only a sophomore, has completed 296 passes -- Vacaville has attempted 130 -- for 4,147 yards.
Unlike his predecessors at Folsom, both of whom led their teams in rushing, Browning has run just seven times for nine yards.
But that doesn't mean Folsom is completely one-dimensional. Running back Harry Lipnosky has rushed for 599 yards and five touchdowns, and Bailey Laolagi has added 520 yards and nine TDs.
"You have to be ready for four wide receivers, at least, but you can't ignore the run," Papadopoulos said.
Of course, the local Bulldogs are focusing on pass defense this week, since Folsom throws almost twice as often as it runs.
But even the pass defense can be tricky. Vacaville must decide if the best way to attack Folsom is to drop extra players into coverage, or to bring extra pressure at the line.
"And the other part is, you can't sit in the same thing the whole time," Papadopoulos added. "You have to continue to mix it up. If you're loaded up blitzing the quarterback, you're going to leave something uncovered in the secondary. If you stay back, he's going to have more time to throw."
Four-receiver sets will keep Vacaville's secondary of safety Jacob Te'o and cornerbacks Curtis Goins and Daniel Mewborn busy. Linebacker Conner Kanellis also will drop into coverage.
The rest of the linebacking corp -- Nick Lacey, Timmy Scott and Jimmy Cheechov -- will be busy as well, both stopping the run and covering backs and an occasional tight end in pass routes.
The starting front line of Jeramy Sweany, Kenyon Clay, Eric Gabbard and Jordan Whyel will try to limit Browning's time in the pocket.
"Basically our whole defensive line turned over from last year. They've done a great job," Papadopoulos said. "This week is another test."
The winner of Saturday night's game will face either No. 4 Antelope or No. 5 Buhach Colony in next week's section semifinals.


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Farmers co-op comes to its customers
Monroe Farm Market, a farming co-op based in Monroe County.The co-op was formed in 2005 as a means for farmers in Monroe and neighboring counties to get their products to market. Today, the co-op offers food and products produced by 25 farmers in Monroe and nearby counties.Every Sunday at 8 p.m., customers, about 470 currently, receive a weekly email listing seasonal fruits and vegetables, beef, chicken, lamb, pork, eggs, baked goods and crafted items. Orders for Thursday delivery may be placed through noon on Tuesday and are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.Savvy shoppers get their orders in early or risk seeing the dreaded "Available: 0" notation by the desired item. "I watch when the first orders are posted on Sunday. Within 15 minutes, all my asparagus is gone," said Tommye Lou Rafes, of T.L. Fruits and Vegetables. Asparagus, blueberries and peaches are big sellers for Rafes, as are fennel and young tender spicy mustard greens. "I couldn't grow them fast enough," she said.The farmers harvest, pack and label the orders, then take them to the local senior center, where they load chilled items into coolers and sort the rest of the orders in boxes by customers' names. A driver runs the orders to two Charleston delivery sites on Thursdays. Customers pick up their orders from 4 to 6 p.m. at Unity of Kanawha Valley Church, in South Hills, or Unitarian Universalist Church, 520 Kanawha Blvd.Shannon Vollmer stopped by last week to pick up an order for her young family. "We order very single week. We get fresh free-range eggs, grass-fed beef, vegetables. They have all sorts of great things," she said. "I love that they're so reliable. Every single thing I've ordered has been wonderful."The Vollmers joined Monroe Farm Market two years ago after her husband heard about it from friends at the gym.Vollmer said the prices are comparable to what she pays for organic produce, free-range eggs and grass-fed beef at the grocery store. "Organic is a high priority for me, and I like that I'm buying from West Virginia farmers," she said.The majority of the farmers do not use herbicides, pesticides or any chemical application. Their products are designated "chemical free" on the website. Jennifer "Tootie" Jones, of the historic Swift Level estate, offers grass-fed beef. She explained that her cattle feed on grass only from the farm's pastures year-round, supplemented in winter with hay from her fields, which have received no chemical applications in 19 years. Her methods contrast with many commercial producers of grass-fed beef who "finish" the cattle on grain for the last part of their lives to fatten them up.Becky McCormick greets customers by name as they pick up their orders in South Hills. McCormick works in Charleston, but her father, Dirk McCormick, owns Byrnside Branch Farm, in Union. He sends her a care box with each delivery. Last week's was a salsa box, loaded with tomatoes and peppers.Susan Conner heard about the market at a presentation at her garden club. She signed up on the spot. Yearly membership for Charleston delivery is $80, which covers delivery and market operating costs."I love the produce," Conner said as she picked up cousa squash, a variety she said she hadn't seen since her childhood. "I know it hasn't been in a refrigerated warehouse for two weeks, then on a truck for a week. This was picked yesterday." McCormick confirmed that it had been. Her husband, Cloyd, who accompanied her to pick up their order, said he appreciates the quality of the meats, especially the pork which he said isn't injected with saline."The eggs are wonderful. The yolks are orange," she said. "There's no comparison." Customers confessed that they sometimes forget what they ordered."It's like Christmas when I open the box and see what's in there," said Deb Mattingly as she picked up vegetables and eggs. "I appreciate eating what's in season, but then I'm sad when it's gone."Although Jen Wagner and her husband eat a largely vegetarian diet, it was the quality and taste of the grass-fed beef and smoked trout that first attracted them to the market. They eat so little meat they want it to be special, said Wagner as she filled her reusable bags with her weekly supply of produce.Kathleen DuBois joined the market six months ago partially because she wanted to eat a more healthful diet. As she peruses the list each week, she finds herself ordering produce she wouldn't normally order, such as the rhubarb she used to make pie and jam.She made Asian slaw, zucchini bread and salsa with the contents of a recent order.Their customers' enthusiasm fuels the market's growth and the variety of products grown, said manager Jennifer Frye. As the number of customers grows, more producers are using high tunnels to extend their growing season into cold weather to meet the demand. High tunnels are structures made of retractable plastic stretched over metal arches to create a protected growing environment. They resemble greenhouses but do not require heaters.Frye accepted her position in January and has been impressed with the farmers' dedication. "I realized when I first came here how seriously these producers take the issue of quality. If it's not right, if it's not something they'd use themselves, they pull it and won't send it," Frye said. "Each product is picked by the producer specifically to fill an order. When you're at Walmart, you have no idea who picked that squash for you."Johnny Spangler owns Spangler's Greenhouse and Farm, one of the market's biggest suppliers. His micro greens appear on dishes in Charleston establishments such as Bluegrass Kitchen, Bridge Road Bistro and Mission Savvy. The Greenbrier is a big customer of the greens he grows nine months out of the year in four high tunnels.Today, he produces mostly specialty greens and micro greens on his family-owned farm, but he grew other crops when he founded Monroe Farm Market in 2005 with three other farmers.Like his neighbors, his Greenbrier County farm wasn't near any large markets. "Around here, the cows outnumber people 5 to 1. Most folks grow their own produce. We had no customer base. I needed to support my children," he said.He'd tried selling his produce in farmers markets, but couldn't afford the time it took to travel to a market and man a booth. He established a 100-member Community Supported Agriculture in which customers paid a set fee and got weekly boxes of whatever produce was available, but customers tired of receiving produce they couldn't use."One person would say, 'Don't give me any more beets,' while someone else said she hoped those beets kept coming," he said. "I realized that evolving technology would allow customers to get online and order just what they wanted.""Today, we can pretty much fill a grocery order. It's really evolved. The quality and variety we're able to put out there is so much better," Spangler said.The convenience and efficiency of online ordering was especially attractive to Rafes, who joined the market this year to sell vegetables, peaches and blueberries she grows on her small, remote farm near Organ Cave. When sales close on Tuesday, she knows exactly how much she needs to harvest and package for Thursday delivery."I'm a one-man show. I do all the work myself. I couldn't give up a day to sit at a farmers market, hoping that someone would buy," Rafes said. "I probably wouldn't be able to do this without the market."Jones was invited to bring her farm's grass-fed, hormone-free beef to the market four years ago. An enthusiastic promoter of locally grown foods, Jones said Swift Level beef fit well with the market's mission to produce and sell foods locally and keep profits in the area of origin."Last year, the market farmers made more than $100,000. The market allowed that money to stay where it was made. It didn't leave West Virginia. And that's a good thing," Jones said.Jones butchers about four steers a month and always sells out. She sells just about all the steer, from the tail to the cheek. Swift Level sells lots of ground beef as well as other cuts to market customers, while restaurants like the prime cuts. In Charleston, both Bridge Road Bistro and Lola's are regular customers, as is Stardust Café, in Lewisburg.Monroe Farm Market offers producers a means to market and to distribute their products to a wider audience, she said. As the customer base increases, farmers will increase production of in-demand items and perhaps earn a reasonable living."We're hearing from our farmers who want to be full-time farmers. The market can assist them in doing that," Jones said.Monroe Farm Market offers equal benefits to established farms like Swift Level as it does to Zenith Springs Farm, where owner Jill Young produces lettuces, garlic, shallots, onions and shiitake mushrooms on three acres. Young's day job as Greenbrier County Local Foods Initiative coordinator wouldn't allow her time to market and to sell her produce on her own."It's going well. We've increased our sales with Monroe Farm Market. I coordinate with other farmers and grow specialty crops that other producers aren't growing," Young said. She grows peppers for her own use, but doesn't sell them in the market because other producers provide an adequate supply.Customers seem to appreciate the attention Young and other producers give to providing an interesting variety of locally produced foods, which Frye said makes her job as manager easier. Prospective customers may sign up for two weeks of orders without paying the $80 membership fee."How do I attract customers? I just tell them they can sign up for two free trial deliveries and try it and see for themselves," she said. "Until you hold them and eat them yourself, you don't know what they're like."For more information on Monroe Farm Market, visit www.monroefarmmarket.com, email email@example.com or call 304-646-8766.Reach Julie Robinson at email@example.com or 304-348-1230.


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Four of the five people arrested in relation to the fatal bashing of Featherston man Glen Jones have now been charged with murder.
Police laid the murder charges in Masterton District Court this morning against Tariana Jones, 32, Hayden Ranson, 27, Kristofer Jones, 23, and Matthew McKinney, 28.
All are also charged with aggravated burglary. A fifth accused, Toni Miller, 22, does not face the murder charge.
At this morning's hearing, a non-association order between McKinney and Miller was revoked, as they are in a relationship and have a child together.
All five were remanded until their next appearance on April 16.
Miller and Tariana Jones are on bail, while Ranson, McKinney and Kristofer Jones are in custody.
Glen Jones, 40, who is not related to any of the accused, was attacked in his Featherston home just after midnight on January 12 and died later in Wellington Hospital.
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Quinoa, how I love thee! I could write sonnets and love songs to quinoa. It's the perfect grain- it cooks up quick, packs a nutritional punch the likes of which are rarely seen, and tastes pretty darn great too! Truth be told? It's not even technically a grain (shhh! don't tell!). Quinoa is actually a seed. I'm not one to quibble over the details and for all intents and purposes it might as well be a grain.
Quinoa takes a back seat in this recipe, simply bolstering the protein and adding some structure to the filling, but it's an easy way to make a quick and classy vegetarian entree. If pine nuts are priced too high (seems like they just keep getting more and more expensive), use any chopped nut you prefer or try with sunflower seeds. This recipe actually comes from our cookbook, not the one we're giving away today.
Portobello Stuffed with Quinoa and Pine Nuts
- 6 large Portobello Mushroom Caps
- 1 small Onion, finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 cup blanched, drained, squeezed and chopped Spinach
- 2 to 3 Garlic cloves, minced
- Kosher Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper
- 2 cups cooked Quinoa (see package directions)
- 1 cup Ricotta Cheese*
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan*
- 1/4 cup Pine Nuts
Preheat the broiler and cook the mushrooms for about 5 to 8 minutes, turning once, until tender. Drain the mushrooms, pat dry and set on a baking sheet, gill-side up.
Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F.
Sauté the onion in the olive oil until tender, then add the spinach and garlic, season with salt and pepper, mix well and cook just to heat through. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the quinoa, ricotta and Parmesan. Mound 1/2 cup of this mixture on each of the prepared mushroom caps, sprinkle with pine nuts, season with additional salt and pepper if desired. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve hot.
* To make this recipe vegan, use mashed silken tofu mixed with a dash of lemon juice in place of the ricotta. Or try this recipe for making vegan ricotta from cashews. Substitute parmesan with a vegan variety (such as Parma! ), make your own or simply leave it out.
Now for a giveaway that most certainly does NOT put quinoa in the back seat. (Nobody puts quinoa in the corner! Sorry, just couldn't help myself.) Quinoa 365 by Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming contains over 170 recipes featuring quinoa for everything from breakfast to dessert. Recipes include beautiful photos and have designations for gluten free, vegetarian and kid-friendly. Filled with recipes for everything from Italian Wedding Soup to Quinoa Temaki, this book also includes a slew of tips for how much dry quinoa will yield, sprouting quinoa and how to cook quinoa in the slow cooker.
How to enter: leave a comment on this post with some fun fact about quinoa. We could all gain from learning more about this special seed (ha- see, beat you to that one!) then be sure to click on "I DID THIS" in the application below. This is what enters you into the drawing, but don't worry- I check all winners to be sure they complied with the rules for entry. In addition to this lovely book, I'll also kick in a package of quinoa to get you started. Contest runs until 12:01 on 12/5.


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Worcester's Aviva Premiership relegation was all-but confirmed as Saracens eased to a 44-20 victory at Allianz Park.
Jackson Wray claimed a hat-trick, Chris Ashton backed up his Heineken Cup semi-final brace against Clermont with two more tries, and David Strettle crossed to complete a routine win.
Chris Pennell's brace and a score for Semisi Taulava came to nought for the Warriors, who will now end the season bottom of the Premiership.
The Sixways side now face a second Championship season in five years, provided the second-tier promotion contenders pass the Premiership's entry criteria.
Bristol, Leeds and London Welsh will breeze through any scrutiny, while Rotherham are now likely to meet the minimum standards too.
Rotherham have agreed a ground-sharing deal in principle to play their rugby at Oakwell next term, and Barnsley's football stadium would pass Premiership regulations.
The RFU's Professional Game Board (PGB) will meet on Thursday in a bid to rule on Friday over the four promotion battlers' off-field set-ups.
The PGB aims to have the promotion-relegation issue resolved ahead of the Championship play-off semi-final first legs, to be played on May 10 and 11.
Two tries from substitute Toby Flood helped Leicester secure their place in the top four with a 42-22 victory at Sale.
The result ended the Sharks play-off hopes, with successive second-half scores from Michael Paterson, Henry Thomas and Johnny Leota proving to be mere consolation.
Niki Goneva, Niall Morris and David Mele also went over for the Tigers, who were also awarded a penalty try.
London Wasps overcame a dreadful start to virtually guarantee a place in the European Champions Cup play-off after beating Newcastle 44-38.
Early on, they trailed 17-0 but recovered to blitz the Falcons with 29 unanswered points before the interval.
Remarkably Newcastle rallied to regain the lead at 31-29 before Wasps regrouped to gain a deserved victory.
The home side scored six tries with Nathan Hughes (2), Ashley Johnson, Will Helu, Charlie Hayter and Joe Simpson all crossing with Andy Goode kicking four conversions and two penalties.
Newcastle scored early tries through Mike Blair and Joel Hodgson, with Hodgson converting both and kicking a penalty as an upset looked on the cards.
They were then subjected to a four-try blitz from Wasps but recovered to score three second-half tries from Noah Cato (2) and George McGuigan, all converted by Hodgson.
Wing Marland Yarde and replacement centre Shane Monahan both scored try hat-tricks at Kingsholm but Gloucester's bid to take seventh place and, with it, a Champions Cup play-off match, has gone.
And there was more bad news despite the 38-30 success - with a month to go before England take on the All Blacks in New Zealand, Gloucester centre Billy Twelvetrees left the pitch with apparent damage to his ankle.
Gloucester only lost the lead once during the nine-try feast of sunshine rugby as back row Sione Kalamafoni and wing Charlie Sharples scored tries before Monahan's three.
Twelvetrees converted Kalamafoni's touchdown with fly-half Freddie Burns adding three penalties and a conversion.
Yarde scored two tries before the break, one converted by fly-half Ian Humphreys, and his side's fourth try bonus-point after setting up replacement Gerard Ellis for a score.
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'We are not trusting the system. We are not trusting as a five-man group, each other, and that workload gets disjointed. And one person without working in unison with the other people isn't going to do any good on the ice. From that point on, and I think I've seen it in some other games, when we've had the mishap or the goal has gone in, we haven't stuck with it. We had a long discussion after the game and had another long discussion today about the system and how we need to play. The disappointing part is we've been in this situation now probably three road games in a row. You can call it bounces, you can call it whatever you want, but you still have to stay with it. And after that point I didn't think we stayed with it.'
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Just so everyone understands the issues that my family and I had to encounter on the Crown Princess for the July 2nd sailing.
Just an FYI, I believe the only time that I have ever went to the pursors desk for RCCL is for final acct payment and excursions. On the Crown Princess I went over 20 times to the Pursers office for complaints or problems on board.
Here is the letter that I sent with just some of the many problems with the cruise.
To Princess Cruise Passenger Relations Department:
I am writing you in regards to the Princess Crown Sailing out of NY on July 2nd. I have a laundry list of complaints, concerns and disappointments regarding the trip with my family on this particular cruise.
The issues actually began with the customer service line. The customer service line from phone to phone call was telling me different answers. For example, I called to find out where my brother in law stood in regards to the wait list and I was originally told 5 and they told 4 the following day. I called a couple of days later and they told me that he was 28 and that Platinum members get first dibs on the waiting list.
Do to the fact that they told me that they were number 5 on the waiting list I decided not to purchase the open balcony rooms that were available because of the cost. The following day they tell me that he is number 28 and that we should have purchased the balcony because it is a slim chance that we will be able to supply him the accommodations. Needless to say we did get him a room but the hours of frustration and countless conversations put a toll on me and my family.
Here are the issues that occurred from DAY ONE OF THE CRUISE:
1. Check in and Embarkment:
I called Princess Customer Service the day before the cruise to see if we could arrive early to do early embarkment. (I have done this with the other numerous cruise lines that I have traveled with). I was told that I would not be able to arrive earlier than 1pm or I would be locked outside.
I showed up at 1pm and the line was two hours long. When I arrived inside to discuss this one of the people at check in told me that I could have came as early as 10:45am to check in (Once again communication issues)
Upon arrival we could not find the EXPRESS CHECK IN that we were told would be able to use. We were put with my brother in law who did not have EXPRESS CHECK IN and he only booked his room 2 days before the cruise. When we did actually get inside the security check point I asked a women where the EXPRESS CHECK IN was and she told me that there was none. I asked another Princess Cruise employee about the EXPRESS CHECK IN and she told me This is not what I do full time and it is a part-time job so I really dont care.
After 2 hours in line with my kids and brother in law we finally arrive to the counter and the Princess employee was rude, curt and condescending to me.
Upon finally checking in, my brother in law who doesnt have EXPRESS CHECK IN was sitting on a bench waiting for us. He got on the ship faster??
I was greeted by a young man named ATHAN from Canada. Athan was the gentlemen who were going to show us to our floor and where the room would be. I tried to spark up some conversation with Athan in regards to where in Toronto that he came from He was condensending,moody and my other family members with told me that he gave a condescending look and rolled his eyes at me.( This is the greeter!!!) I should have known that this would be a sign of things to come
On arrival to my room the phone did not work and this would be this way for over 5 days.
After check in we decide to go to the buffet line after the 2.5 hour check in is finally over.
Buffet had limited service people working and the tables were all filled with dirty plates. My family and I decided to sit at a dirty table and stack the plates up on the table and floor.
The buffet line was chaos because it had no flow and direction.. All who were going through the line mentioned this.
Going back to the table we still did not get any waiters until we got the restaurant manager to wait on us and get the tables cleared.
Ordered drinks and they came when the meal was over. (Once again just the tip of the ice berg in regards to the service.)
We decide to walk the ship and see the other food services that the Crown Princess offered. We were shocked that you charged for Coffee and Ice Cream?? We have been on numerous cruises were this was free and couldnt understand why we had to pay.
Heading back to the room on DAY 1 we run into a young man named Christopher who is selling Juice/Soda stickers for our cards. We decide to buy juice/soda cards from Christopher because my kids have a tendency to drink a lot of juice. Of the 8 people with me all of them heard Christopher sell the stickers as Juice/Soda cards. I say this because the first time we try to use the cards at the buffet the waiter tells us that they are only good for certain sodas (NOT Orange Soda or any juice whatsoever.)
Once again here is where the communication problem with the crew and staff was terrible. I go over to the Pursers desk and address this with Rose at the counter and she told me that Juice/Soda were included on the card..
Two of my sons are home schooled and they were very excited about seeing the Statue of Liberty and the sites of NY on departure from Brooklyn Harbor. (Needless to say that the $200 dollars that you gave us for Turk Caicos does not make up for the loss in seeing these sites along with the only island that we have never seen.) This was the only reason that I chose this itinerary because of the Turk Caicos and the Statue of Liberty/NY departure. As you know and are well aware, this did not help in improving our time on the ship.
The above was just a typical day in the life of a cruise with the Crown Princess.
Here is a list of Service issues:
1. Speak Easy Cigar Bar: Took 45 minutes to get a drink and the cigar selections were poor. The waiter Eddie was not at fault, but the Casino bartender was the issue in getting our drinks to us.
2. Casino- EVERY SINGLE TIME we played in the casino, we never were waited on for drinks unless we bothered the pit boss. On the last day the casino was open, my brother- in- law Robert Guilmette and I played Roulette for over 2 hours and never saw a waiter!!!! One night at 2am in the morning we finally got sick of waiting around for a drink, so we told the pit boss. He got a waiter to come over and take an order for drinks ..50 minutes later we get up to leave and the drinks still didnt arrive!! We hunt the waiter down to tell him we are leaving and we still had to pay for the drinks!!! AND THEY WERENT even full.
3. Movie Under the Stars- Watching Dick and Jane Movie. When we finally got a waiter to come by to take our order, it took him 45 minutes to come back to tell us that he didnt have Melon Liquor.. (he didnt even know what he was talking about)
He had to go to another bar and get it. Took over one hour to get a drink and we still had to pay for it.. Adding to the insult was that we had to pay extra for the melon liquor.
4. Telephone didnt work in my stateroom (L222) and I called down to make them aware of it.. 3 days later it was fixed. We were unable to receive calls from our family members and wake-up calls as well.
5. Ordered four martinis at Crooners one night from a short haired Asian bartender. One of the drinks was terrible, so I went up to her and told her that I would like another drink to replace this one martini.. She told me that is the way martinis are made and that I might not be used to drinking them..She told me that she would make another one but I would have to pay for it!!!! The customer in her eyes is not always right I guess???
6. Attitude from Pursers office was very poor at times and they seemed tired and annoyed because they are powerless to do anything.
7. As mentioned from above the buffet service was poor.. We had to stack plates on the floor at times.
8. Express check from start to finish was horrendous.
9. Open dining room service was fair at best.. This is the first time that I did not use assigned seating and this could be the reason that they were unfriendly or unpersonable.
10. Short staffed in all areas of the outside pools. Wouldnt see waiters for up to an hour at a time. (NONE BY THE KIDS AREA)
11. Casino workers and dealers all had attitudes.. (Seemed over worked)
12. Almost every single time we called the passenger services line, the phone would time out and we would have to go all the way down to the Pursers office to get things resolved.
13. See above regarding the horror show of the check in and the attitudes that we encountered.
14. Do to the lack of deck attendants, there was no way to monitor all of the empty chairs that were being held. On two occasions my sons and I wanted to see a movie by the pool but couldnt because there were saved chairs with towels laying on them. I had to walk around the deck for 20 minutes and finally gave up.. If I did find a deck hand they didnt know how to address the lounge chair issues. (once again an example of inexperienced employees)
14. Lastly, and most annoying was Ernie.. He was the Princess rep who did all the excursions and lined everyone up to be in the correct line. He had a terrible attitude and I actually had to tell him to stop with his attitude right away or I would report him. I had numerous people in line tell me that he was being a jerk and they were glad I took care of it.
Overall the service was poor either due to lack of knowledge, communication, attitude or just simply being over worked. What I had heard from several Princess staff members was that this was their first cruise and they were still learning the rules and the way everything operated. IE: Eddie at the Speak Easy has never smoked a cigar and has no idea on the differences or nuances of them.
I was not happy to hear this because being Princess Cruises newest ship; you would think they would have their most trained and top notch crew on Princesss new pride and joy ship.(I was also made aware that the ship was way behind schedule due to the Italian work timeline/unions. I was told by staff members in one of your stores regarding this and they also told me that you were bringing in new employees to the ship. Actually, told me that you were bringing in first time job seekers.)
I have been on several Royal Caribbean cruises and Princess was supposed to be a step up from them in regards to service Wasnt even close.
Every single RCC staff member had good attitudes and knew their jobs inside and out.
The poor service was actually an ongoing joke on the ship and was the water cooler conversation in the elevators and on the excursions..(Story after horror story)
1. The first time that I attempted to go in the main pool, I found a large mucous flem floating on top of the pool.
I told the deck hand and he told me to call the pursers office..???? Needless to say the pool wasnt closed and I never went back in.
2. I brought the kids to the Kids Pool (Calypso) and there was pizza sauce and mixed fruit spread all over the deck. Since, there are no Princess employees that work in this deck area; my kids had to play around it for 2 hours.
3. Elevators constantly had food in them.
4. The main pool area was constantly littered with napkins, fruit and food.
5. Bathrooms were always immaculate?
6. Dirty dishes were piling up in buffet table and we had to put them on the floor to get room to eat.
7. Waiters in Michelangelos had rampant body odor that would disturb most of our dinners. They would reach over and the odor would permeate the area in which we were eating. (This occurred on the last two dinners)
1. Were told on the itinerary that Sunday was the second formal night and they changed it without notice to Saturday. (The put a small little change in the Princess Patter) I went to the Pursers desk to ask about it and they said they made a printing mistake. Then why wasnt everyone notified? You give papers in our room for Art Auctions but not for attire changes?
2. Coke and Juice Card Miscommunication (Check Above)
3. The Princess Cruise PreSail book told us that one of the excursions was open to all ages and when we booked it the tickets said that it was for ages 12 and up. It was too late to sign up for any other excursions.
4. Fitness was suppose to be open at 7am and was frequently not open on time.
5. Express Check In was non-existent (see above)
6. One of the recommended excursions in the Princess cruise PreSail book was the Kayak and Snorkling in a Marine Sanctuary. We booked this based upon past experiences snorkeling in St. Thomas, which had been great. The Kayak excursion was also in St. Thomas. What the brochure did not say was that this excursion would be in barren, desolate, gray waters that were filled with jellyfish. It cost our family $630 to kayak 2-miles out to this area to see a colorless floor of a lagoon, being led by a tour guide who had us chasing nothing from area to area under the water. (They also did not fit our youngest son properly in his life vest so he was not able to participate.) Needless to say, we felt as though we had been taken advantage of by this tour, which is suggested by Princess.
Overall the communication was terrible at the Pursers office. You have castrated them to the point that they are powerless. They can not do anything in regards to customer satisfaction. This is the same with Passenger relations on the ship. They have no autonomy to do anything. Everything has to be solved and resolved through Princess Cruise Corporate office.
I was never looking for any freebees from the staff, customer service, pursers office or passenger relations but they cant even offer anything unless the corporate office gives the almighty blessing.
I have had issues on other cruise lines but the problems were addressed quickly and correctly. Every time I went to Passenger Services and the Pursers Desk it seemed they would nod their head and have no apathy or sympathy for the issues that had arisen.
I am not sure what can be done for such a terrible example of how to run a cruise ship, but my family and I were extremely disappointed. We work hard all year to finally travel together and enjoy our trip. Whether it was the service, attitudes, the lack of apathy, missing ports, cleanliness, etc., the trip would have been better spent on another cruise ship.
Lastly, I must give Kudoss to a few people and departments:
1. Jesus Ramirez (Mexico) at the International Café was excellent and joy to see every morning and late night?
2. The guys at the Sushi Bar were top notch.
3. Eddie at the Speak Easy was a great guy and excelled in customer relationship. (not his fault that it took 45 minutes to get us a drink. (Has no knowledge of Cigars and should be able to offer expertise)
4. Reynaldo our cabin steward was also excellent.
I purchased close to 18k in cabins for this trip (L222,L220,L218,C731) and this could have been money better spent on Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas. (Service and Itinerary ended up being better)
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Mom says meth residue in apartment made her family sick
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Jade Winslow says her family got sick after moving into an apartment that tested positive for meth contamination.
Winslow had her suspicions the day she moved in, and talking to a neighbor made it worse.
"She said that people were coming and going all the time, that there would be 20 or 30 of them in there at a time and that they would be smoking cigarettes and meth," Winslow said.
Winslow wants to alert people to potential dangers when they move into new units at any complex, because she believes the meth residue left in her home made her family ill.
"We started coughing," she said. "I started coughing the day after we moved in."
Winslow ordered a testing kit online and the samples came back positive. Then she hired Theresa Borst of BioClean, Inc., to get further proof.
"We pulled some samples and all of them came back well above Washington state clean-up levels," Borst said.
Winslow also shared a series of photos she says she took in the apartment that shows corrosion on metal surfaces. Borst says that is often a tell-tale sign that methamphetamine might have been cooked in the apartment at some point.
As of Wednesday, the apartment remains vacant. In an email, the property manager for Enchanted Woods Apartments said they conducted separate tests, which "came back negative for the presence of meth residue in the unit."
The email went on to say that they interviewed neighbors "who denied every having witnessed or suspected illegal drug activity. Finally, the turn-over process and move-in inspection by the housing authority did not disclose any evidence of illegal drug use."
Darren McDonald, the senior portfolio manager for Guardian Management LLC, the property management company, added that "in light of the new allegation of a second positive test by an inspector hired by the resident, Guardian has scheduled another, state approved, testing service to inspect and test the unit. If evidence of illegal drug use is found, Guardian will comply with all legal requirements related to clean-up."
As for Winslow, she feels she fought this fight alone, and it cost her thousands of dollars in moving and storage expenses. She wants future tenants to know the risks going in, no matter what complex they are considering.
"It's hard to explain because they put my whole family at risk," she said. "I mean we're all asthmatic. Living there could have killed us."


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The List Compiles Co-Stars Who Became Real-Life Friends After Acting As Enemies
The April 17 episode of tvNs The List 2017 put together a list of actors who went from playing enemies to becoming close friends in real life.
Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook
Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook starred in the hit drama Goblin, where they started off bickering but ended up being bromance goals. The two actors proved they were close friends in real life when Gong Yoo appeared as a guest at Lee Dong Wooks fan meeting!


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Dozier eager to build on sophomore campaign
MINNEAPOLIS -- It's been a busy offseason for Brian Dozier.
Dozier, who dealt with a bone bruise in his left knee late last season, spent the first part of the offseason letting his knee heal before heading on a mission trip to Nicaragua in November.
The second baseman went with his fiancée, Renee, on the trip, and the two got married three weeks ago and spent their honeymoon in Maui before Dozier headed to the Twin Cities for Twins Caravan and TwinsFest.
So Dozier is ready to put his busy offseason behind him and focus on building on a solid sophomore campaign that saw him finish in the top four among Major League second basemen in extra-base hits with 55.
"We all have individual goals," Dozier said. "I want to steal more bases. I got shut down at the end of the year and didn't steal as much because of my knee. So I feel healthy now and want to steal bases and get on base more next year."
Dozier, who stole 14 bases in 21 tries last year, said his knee is fully healed and checked out just fine when he underwent a physical exam at Target Field on Friday.
He added that one of the things he's looking forward to most in 2014 is working with Hall of Famer Paul Molitor, who was added to the Major League coaching staff to help with infield defense and baserunning.
"Molitor will be doing the positioning and defense and all that, but he's so knowledgeable on the basepaths and has little tidbits on timing and reads on pitchers," Dozier said. "Having him in the dugout to pick up on all that stuff will be good."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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For whoever cares Adam Vinatieri stopped by work today , with his little kid.
Long time Reebok athlete..
Was really pumped to be here, hopes to bring multiple championships to Indy.
Said Colts have been so close lately, hopes to help put them over the top..
a blurry pic from my cell.. but here goes


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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Nothing to do with autism
It's the first conference for a while where I wasn't presenting, and the first conference that has had nothing to do with either autism, disability or education so it made a refreshing change.
In fact it was a conference on research ethics in the generality, my interest in attending being informed by my increasing concern over the ethics of autism research in particular, as has been reflected here and elsewhere.
It was certainly worthwhile for me to attend for a variety of reasons concerned with my academic development, career and of course campaigning effectiveness.
Firstly and foremostly I was there to learn, to learn more about what the current discourses in ethics are, from the various philosophical, practical, legal and medical perspectives and to understand them in the context of "doing ethics" that is to say the usual procedure that any research student has to go through in order to gain approval for their particular enquiry.
Secondly it was an opportunity to step back from my current fields (although of course there are the obvious overlaps) and realise here is a new and exciting area for me to take an interest in with a variety of opportunities presented in terms of both future involvement or possible research.
And finally an opportunity to realise that I do not have to remain a "one trick pony" in terms of how I can ultimately progress beyond my doctorate, which having provided me with the tools for academic enquiry and discourse does not necessarily have to progress in the direction of autism. I have much more potentially to offer than that, and indeed given the current climate in the higher education sector I do need to consider as many alternatives as possible when looking for what follows as I certainly cannot ensure getting a post involved in education and autism specifically.
Not that I leave my autism behind particularly, because it is always there for those who have the ability to recognise what they see, and some of them certainly did see it.
The session in the pub afterwards was as instructive as any of the formal sessions (as these sessions usually are) but had to be tempered with a certain amount of curiosity about me. For instance: the following progression of beer fuelled questioning: - "I hope you don't mind me asking but ...... I hope you don't mind me asking an awkward question but .... I hope you don't mind me asking another awkward question but ..." Me: - "no I don't mind because you are obviously going to ask it anyway"
Or elsewhere the inevitable social enquiry as to what one is studying and why one is interested in it, where although it is not my intention to overtly "out" my diagnosis it does emerge as my reason and motivation for having an academic interest in autism to be followed with the sometimes inevitable comment "
"You must be very high functioning then, because you are nothing like x's autistic child I know"
Oh woe is me, out comes a long line of explanation, and the unstated response "Of course I am not like the child you know, you are obviously a very high functioning neurotypical to be at University because you are not like y's neurotypical child I know"
Children and adults, never the same the thing so why the comparison... Ho hum, that I suppose is one thing I will never escape even if I do escape into an alternate academic engagement.
Well I am Larry Arnold, I am autistic (with a better knowledge of what that means than the armchair diagnostician, or the person who has only seen one autistic person)
I am not Temple Grandin, or the rain man, or even Shakespeare's stereotypical infant "mewling and puking in the nurses arms" Have you got that yet?
My success is nothing to do with Autism, it's what I do, and if I didn't would it matter to you ?
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- Norton Gunthorpe said...
"Well I am Larry Arnold, I am autistic... ..."
"My success is nothing to do with Autism... ...".
I am Norton Gunthorpe, I am autistic - I have a DMS IV-TR 299.8 diagnosis.
I am Norton Gunthorpe, I am Autistic - I have a self-evident, well-attested and distinctive cognitive style that in the absence of a pathological model would still cleave me from Corpus Homo.
The truth is autism (DSM style) is on its way to the phenotypic and genetic dustbin.
If you do not realise this, then your time in the Whoop has been wasted.
A veritable Marmoset inter Silverbacks. If so, who is your Professor Feilding, I wonder?
The quesion is: Are Autistics to be extirpated along with autism?
Quo Vadis, Mr Rex? Quo Vadis?
- 2:53 pm
- The author said...
Quo Vadis indeed.
Constantly looking for new paths ahead of me in that Yellow wood.
An ethical dilemma, to tread down the untrodden grass or to further stamp down the grass someone else has trodden down before me, turning it into a muddy morass.
Apart from anything else I am getting very tired of the same circular arguments in autism.
I do get annoyed when someone insists that his autism has prevented him from becoming a researcher. It hasn't he has prevented himself by not investigating all the alternatives.
If at the end of the day he said that economics prevented him from being a researcher, or lack of present qualifications, or other peoples prejudices prevented him from being a researcher I'd be more willing to accept that. Those are all problems I have faced one way or another as have many others, with or without autism.
Oh dear have I said too much, do I hear the lions roaring in the arena?
- 3:31 pm
- Norton Gunthorpe said...
The fate of the Academic Manqué in another Timeline, is likely to be the same Gerldization, suffered by Dawson and that PhD that's shacked up with Steve.
I'd imagine soon, they'll get to the point of waving a Bursary at you.
I shall return later. I need to do some reading before continuing.
- 4:17 pm
- Norton Gunthorpe said...
That should of course been Geraldization.
I have Dome my Reading, and then...
I've been thinking and I've been thinking 'till there's nothin' I ain't thunk...
It maybe my Autistic hyperfocus, but I personally feel that our Great Debate is qualatively different and by far the more important, than the many other Great Debates we are currenly immersed in.
Man has truly become God. It is up to us to draft the new Vulgate. I'm basing mine on the truth:
in principio creavit Homo caelum et terram...
...et ait faciamus Deus ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram...
So, again Dicit ei Laurentius Rex Domine, Quo Vadis?
Answers on a postcard or the back of a stickied-down greetings card envelope to the usual adress. Closing date is two weeks from tomorrow. We cannot return your thoughts but there will be a small prize for the most original.
- 11:00 pm
- The author said...
Is this guy in the whoop or out of it.
Vamonos Muchachos a las puertas del infierno y de regreso. (without passing Guantanemo I might add judiciosly)
And if you have never seen that movie, do. It is a classic.
- 6:35 pm
- The author said...
Unless you prefer this one of course
I'll leave you to judge who is a better singer from my recent selections :)
- 6:37 pm
- Norton Gunthorpe said...
I have to say introducing Cuba's answer to Wilfred Bramble into the discussion has non-plussed me.
My mother was quite strict about the musicians we had in the house and I had to content myself with Ernesto Lecuona - I have one of his albums from around 1954 and I'm looking forward to publishing it on the InterWebs.
Che left to show fraternal (flangernal?) solidarity with the Baboons. The cultural differences where bound to get him into trouble.
- 7:40 pm
- The author said...
Even in death Ernesto was like a relic of the wild west,
Compare these two iconic pictures, the latter being John Wesley Hardin, who surely existed in the 'time of the preacher'.
Even Moondog celebrated his outlaw cousin in song
- 7:56 pm
- The author said...
Oh well never mind Guerillas in the Mist, I suppose the question is more one of becoming a pig that walks on two legs. (so why didn't you say so!)
I have an interesting relationship with Autism Speaks and there UK offshoot, some of which is unrepeatable here for legal reasons, but I am not averse to taking there money, indeed, was Robin Hood averse to taking the Sheriff of Nottingham's money?
Rather it went on me than some crackpot researcher on a quest for some rather less holy grail.
- 1:31 pm
It is They who walk on the Two Legs of their assumed genetic superiority.
The more money extracted from Steve's wallet the better.
When I was at a 'Certain University' they were absolutely cock-a-hoop at Reagan's Star Wars plans, despite being dyed-in-the-wool tofu-weavers.
The grant applications, research proposals were despatched by the score.
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Trio arrested in Truckee after listing stolen bike on Craigslist
January 29, 2014
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Three people were arrested last week after "selling" a stolen bicycle advertised on Craigslist to an undercover officer, police said.
Rich Paul, owner of Velo Reno Bicycles, contacted the Truckee Police Department on Jan. 21 to report his shop at 3450 Lakeside Drive in Reno had been burglarized the previous day, TPD Sgt. Robert Womack said Monday.
Paul reportedly saw a listing for a stolen bike — a 2014 Giant TCR Advanced SL, valued at $9,000 — on sale through Craigslist in the Truckee area for $5,000.
Later that day, TPD set up an operation to "buy" the bike, and an undercover officer met with Darius McGillivray, 29, of Reno, Tyden Balais, 23, of Grass Valley, and Darlene Balmer, 24, of Grass Valley, at a Truckee business.
All three were arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property, according to TPD, and the bike was recovered and returned to Paul.
"Unfortunately, it was all drug-related," Womack said. "The burglary apparently happened to finance drug purchases, and they were going to use … this bike to finance more drug purchases."
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None of the three is suspected of committing the Jan. 20 burglary in Reno, Womack said.
In a Monday statement, officers reminded residents of the potential dangers of fraudulent advertisements through Craigslist and other online sites.
"… When a deal is too good to be true, it probably is," officers said. "Craigslist is a great tool for buying and selling items, but both buyers and sellers should be extremely careful during transactions and take appropriate safeguards.
"Don't meet alone, meet in public places, and make sure what you are purchasing seems reasonable … Trust your instincts during conversations with the other party and be particularly cautious with large sums of cash. No 'deal' is worth going against your gut instincts and putting yourself at risk."


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I don't know when this will get posted, but it is time for me to reflect on the year gone by. 1 year ago, my hometown and my home personally was blown away. I will never forget what happened that day. I'll admit, compared to a lot, I a lucky person. I didn't lose anyone in my family. I didn't lose a single friend. So many others did.
I don't have many possessions left from before the
So it is the end of the year and that has got me, and everyone else thinking...What was the best and worst of the year. I mean, take a look at some of the blogs and some of the stuff in the forums. That alone tells you what people think. Well, it is now time for me to add to that.
I am just going to go over the RAWs and the whopping 1 PPV I've seen this year and TNA Impact.
The Slammy's
What a joke. None of the matches were all that great except the Fatal 4 Way between, Ziggler, Bryant, Ryder and Rhodes. If you haven't seen it, watch it. It was really good. But honestly the biggest joke of all wasn't who got the Awards or the matches. It was the lack of crowd reaction to some of the legends who made their opinions.
Seriously, the crowd should
Alright, time for another overview. Today I'm gonna follow everyone and talk about Piper's Pit, James Storm, Bobby Roode and follow up on the Divas Overview I did a while back.
Piper's Pit 11/28/2011
Boy is this gonna be a memorable one. Because the Pits have been pretty bad since Shawn Michael's used Sweet Chin Music on him back during the Hogan Feud for Summerslam.
Wrestling Matters:
So, the WWE is just the WWE. It isn't World Wrestling Entertainment. It hasn't been the World Wrestling Federation since 2002. Funny world huh. We go from wrestling, to just entertainment. Than as Knox so kindly demonstrated in his blog, TNA did Wrestling Matters in response to this. Well, I don't know about you, but I get the feeling that has been scrapped as quickly


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A Georgian building overlooking the "home" used by Alan Sugar's current TV contestants has been revamped into a collection of seven boutique apartments and is set to launch early next year.
Two of the flats have private landscaped gardens, while the rest have big balconies.
The apartments' state-of-the-art technology will no doubt appeal to banker boys and girls. Through Hudsons.
Prices from £1.1 million
Take a tour of fabulous A-list homes...
Take a tour of fabulous A-list homes...
1/29 It's expensive to keep up with Kourtney
£38 millionAmerican reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian spent a week-long getaway at a beach-chic home in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The compound includes a main house with four bedrooms, a cinema and an entertainment room, plus a two-bedroom guest cottage. (Scroll right...)
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2/29 You better believe it
£64.4 millionCher's former Beverly Hills home has been transformed by the current owners into a 16-acre equestrian estate, and it's now for sale for £64.4 million. Hidden from public view by mature landscaping, the 20,000sq ft main residence has 11 bedrooms, wood-burning fireplaces and beamed ceilings. Outside there is a pool, spa and kitchen, plus a detached 7,000sq ft five-bedroom guesthouse. (Scroll right...)
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3/29 Matthew Perry's Fitzrovia rental is for sale
£6.95 millionMatthew Perry rented the penthouse while performing in his hit West End play 'The End Of Longing'. The flat is spread over the top three floors of the landmark Fitzrovia Apartment building in Bolsover Street and its roof terraces are more spacious than the average UK house. Perry is pictured here with cast member Jennifer Mudge. (Scroll right...)
4/29 Can't help falling in love
£4.5 millionLisa Marie Presley is selling her 15th-century manor house with three swimming pools south of Rotherfield village in East Sussex. Located within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Grade II-listed property, right, named Coes Hall, also includes 11 bedrooms. Modern luxuries which Elvis's daughter, left, has had installed include a cinema, and it's handy for upmarket shopping in Tunbridge Wells. A stunning circular garden room has dreamy views over the garden and lake, while there are stables and a cottage in the grounds. (Scroll right...)
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5/29 Dictator's doctor in the house
£10 millionOnce the Thirties home of the eminent Italian doctor Sir Aldo Castellani, who skipped England in a rush after it was revealed the dictator Benito Mussolini was his patient, the last privately owned and occupied house in Harley Street is for sale. The grand central London property has been in aristocratic hands for more than 100 years. A regular visitor today is model Liberty Ross, daughter of current owner Roxana 'Bunty' Lampson. The family is ready to say goodbye to the five-storey property which comes with three residential flats and medical accommodation. (Scroll right...)
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6/29 For sale, actually
£1.5 millionA Grade II-listed apartment which had a starring role in the hit 2003 movie Love Actually has just come on to the market. The two-bedroom garden flat was the home of writer Jamie Bennett, portrayed in the film by Colin Firth, right. Jamie lived there with his girlfriend — until he found out she was having an affair with his brother. The property is in Chiswick and was originally built for the English watercolour painter and lithographer Joseph Nash, who was apprenticed to the architectural draughtsman and artist Augustus Charles Pugin in 1827. The layout is still centred around the original artist's studio which is used as a big open-plan dining room with a wonderful large window and high ceilings. (Scroll right...)
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7/29 Indecent proposal revised
£45 millionDemi Moore has taken a staggering £12.2 million off the asking price for her New York City penthouse atop the glamorous San Remo building, below. The 7,000sq ft triplex was originally listed last year for £57.2 million. However, in a bid to sell quickly, the actress, above, has slashed the price of the six-bedroom home she bought 25 years ago with then-husband Bruce Willis from Saturday Night Fever producer, Robert Stigwood. The flat has its own lift entrance and the spacious roof terrace has one of the best views in the city. Hollywood's A-list favours the block, where neighbours include Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman and Steven Spielberg. (Scroll right...)
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8/29 The Clooney's new love boat
£10,000Power couple George and Amal Clooney have splashed out on a £10,000 small boat for their Oxfordshire estate. The pair are said to be spending £20 million renovating their Thameside Sonning home which they bought for a rumoured £7.5 million two years ago. (Scroll right...)
9/29 Location, location
£5.3 millionElstree Lodge in Hertfordshire has been used as a filming location by the likes of Reggie Yates, Fearne Cotton and Joanna Lumley. Now the five-bedroom family home is on the market for £1.35 million with Lumley Estates. The loud interiors won't be to every buyer's taste but that is easily fixed. (Scroll right...)
10/29 Buy Attenborough's £2m Riviera retreat
£2 millionThe celebrated actor and director used the property in the picturesque Provençal village of Châteauneuf-Grasse as his holiday home. Set in approximately four acres of gently sloped grounds, it offers uninterrupted countryside views all the way to the Mediterranean. Perfect for summer escapes, the grounds include a swimming pool, a covered patio and hundreds of century-old olive trees. Lord Attenborough, who acquired the plot in the 1980s, revamped the main house to include four bedrooms, three bedrooms and an open-plan living room.(Scroll right...)
11/29 The race is on for Nigel's former villa
£819,000In Bendinat on the island of Mallorca, Mansell's former retreat is part of a private community of 14 luxury villas with communal gardens and a swimming pool. There are four double bedrooms and the large terrace has a brick-built BBQ and a wood-burning pizza oven for al fresco dining. It would be ideal for keen golfers as the Real Golf de Bendinat club is just a few minutes away by foot. (Scroll right...)
12/29 Stylish flats set for a swift sale
£499,950A Victorian building in the middle of Eton High Street, once the medical wing of Eton College, is now seven apartments. With alumni including English actor Tom Hiddleston — seen right with his girlfriend, American singer Taylor Swift — to Princes William and Harry, Eton has long been synonymous with wealth and privilege. The new two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments are designed with this in mind, appealing to those with a taste for the finer things in life. At £499,950 the homes will also benefit from Crossrail completion in 2019, with trains to the City, Canary Wharf and the West End running from nearby Taplow station. (Scroll right...)
13/29 Kendall's £5.3m place on the Sunset Strip
£5.3 millionSupermodel Kendall Jenner has bought a five-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills from British actress Emily Blunt and her American actor husband, John Krasinski. The 20-year-old sister of the Kardashians spent £5.3 million on the 4,800sq ft house in Sunset Strip. Social butterfly Kendall loves the white walls, exposed brick and the fabulous outdoor pool area with a cosy fireplace and barbecue. (Scroll right...)
14/29 Branson student digs sell for record price
£5.95 millionBrexit isn't bringing down prices on the Hyde Park Estate in W2. A home in Connaught Square, has just exchanged at the asking price of £5.95 million, a record for the square in terms of pounds per square foot. Richard Branson started Student magazine, his first business, in the basement of the 3,671sq ft property in 1968. The five-bedroom Grade II-listed house with a pretty terrace has a location to die for — with Hyde Park and Oxford Street just around the corner. New residents should brace themselves for the paparazzi, as the Blairs are among near neighbours. (Scroll right...)
15/29 Cooking up a Cornish plot
£4.4 millionGordon Ramsay has won planning permission to demolish his £4.4 million home and, despite ongoing protests from locals who claim his scheme will ruin the picturesque coastline, the council has ruled in favour of the celebrity chef. He will be able to build two properties in place of the original. One will sit at the bottom of the garden, very close to the sea. He also has his sights set on a lower ground-floor swimming pool. (Scroll right...)
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16/29 Meet the Stillers new apartment
£11.5 millionHollywood couple Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have splashed out on a swish New York apartment. Overlooking the Hudson River in Manhattan, the apartment block has an on-site fitness club and private green space. (Scroll right...)
17/29 Duncan Bannatyne's Lake District lair
£329,000Dragon's Den star Duncan Bannatyne has put his picturesque lodge, overlooking Lake Windemere, up for sale. The wooden three-bedroom retreat is in the heart of the Lake District. (Scroll right...)
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18/29 The Highgate home with Fab Four connections
£3.45 millionA north London home that formed the backdrop for an iconic Beatle photoshoot has hit the market. St James's Villa boasts three bedrooms and a terrace overlooking trees. (Scroll right...)
19/29 Robbie's LA escapology
£8.3 millionRobbie Williams is leaving LA and returning to live in Britain as soon as work is complete on his home in west London. Williams, who bought the £17.5 million home, from Michael Winner's estate is selling his Beverly Hills mansion, above, for £8.3 million. It has seven bedrooms, and a recording studio off the master suite (Scroll right...)
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20/29 No red herring for Jonathan Creek
£1 millionThe Fisheries in Hertfordshire is a go-to property for TV dramas. The Grade II-listed Regency house, above, has been a location for Waking the Dead, Midsomer Murders and Holby City, as well as Jonathan Creek, starring Alan Davies and Sarah Alexander, pictured.Built in the 1820s as the fishing lodge for the Chorleywood House Estate the three-bedroom home has been occupied by the same family for over 75 years.
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21/29 Fragrant opportunity for Kendall Jenner
£8.2 millionHere is a fragrant French opportunity. Estée Lauder's former holiday home in Cannes is on the market.The late US cosmetics queen and her husband bought six-bedroom Villa Roche Cline, above, in 1963 and used it as a holiday home for the rest of their lives.The house passed to the two Lauder sons, but it was sold and refurbished keeping her signature mint green colour scheme. The grounds boast a cinema and a pool. Maybe Estée Lauder brand ambassador, the US model Kendall Jenner, inset, would love this glamorous retreat. (Scroll right...)
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22/29 Rent Britney's NY penthouse one more time
£18,190 a monthThe New York penthouse Britney Spears once called home is available to rent. The singer bought the 4,400sq ft flat in the Silk Building, pictured, in 2002 for £2.27 million, going on to sell it at a £758,000 profit. The current owner put it back on the market earlier this year but has failed to find a buyer — so he has gone down the rental path instead. The plush three-bedroom, four-bathroom home has a sprawling outdoor space with views of downtown Manhattan. (Scroll right...)
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23/29 Snap up Rowan Atkinson's Waterperry home
£2.65 millionRowan Atkinson has put his Oxfordshire home, The Old Rectory, up for sale for £250,000 less than when he first listed it a year ago. Originally dating from 1777, the grade II-listed, five-bedroom country pile has had a contemporary extension, linking the original Georgian village house to a stunning swimming pool complex and gym.
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24/29 Buy punk pioneer's Seventies party pad
£1,995,000Sex pistols frontman Johnny Rotten threw wild parties at his Chelsea home at the height of the band's fame in the late Seventies. The punk rocker used to visit Sex, Vivienne Westwood's boutique around the corner in King's Road. The refurbished three-bedroom flat still has the original 400sq ft roof terrace where 50 could party.
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25/29 The Oxford flat where Aung San Suu Kyi dreamt of democracy
£4,500 a monthUndergraduates seeking a pad with provenance in the city need look no further than the former four-bedroom apartment of Burma's revolutionary leader Aung San Suu Kyi, which is available to rent. The study, where the Nobel Peace Prize laureate must have spent many hours planning her return to Burma to bravely lead her people to democracy, has a balcony overlooking the gardens.
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26/29 Gallagher's £11.5m Little Venice oasis
£11.5 millionNoel Gallagher is struggling to find a buyer for his five-bedroom house. The decor is surprisingly safe, but there's a conservatory, a private terrace and Juliet balconies. The High Flying Birds frontman bought the semi-detached house next to Regent's Canal for £8m in 2010. Despite being keen to sell, the former Oasis star, is not under pressure to drop the asking price. He has already moved to another home in north-west London.
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27/29 Don't forget to invite the neighbours...
£3,931,000Brad Pitt fell in love with the Balearics after filming on the Spanish islands for his new Second World War drama, Allied. So enchanted was the Hollywood star that he and actress wife Angelina Jolie's latest home is reportedly a £2.65m villa in the ancient Majorcan town of Andratx. You could be a near neighbour if you buy this villa, with equally lovely Mediterranean views. Dare we say it, but this property seems even more luxurious than Brangelina's place. It's for sale with Mallorca Sotheby's International Realty.
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28/29 Mel's labour of love
£2.25 millionA beautiful village home renovated by Melinda Messenger is for sale. The Old Rectory, in Lydiard Millicent near Swindon, was built in 1855 by the Rev Christopher Cleobury. Messenger, of TV's Loose Women and This Morning, sold it in 2005, and the next owners lavished even more cash on the Grade II-listed house. It has six bedrooms and the master suite has lovely views over the gardens, the paddock and the Marlborough Downs.
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29/29 Stay in FC Barcelona's Neymar's £7-a-night Airbnb
£7,097 a nightBrazilian football player Neymar Jr is living the high life in a Beverly Hills mega mansion. The superstar, who plays for Barcelona, has been posting pictures of his stay at the palatial 22,000sq ft property, above, to his 50m Instagram followers. The seven-bedroom house has a cinema and a wine cellar and comes with maid, butler and chauffeur. For those keen to follow in the 24-year-old striker's footsteps, the estate is available to rent on Airbnb.
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CHICO — Ten days, three matches, one result.
The Chico High volleyball team, behind superior back and front row play, swept Paradise for the third time in a week-and-a-half, winning Thursday's Eastern Athletic League opener at home, 25-12, 25-14, 27-25.
"After playing Paradise three times we are now 3-0," Panthers first-year coach Chuck Johnson said.
While the first two sets were fairly easy for Chico (16-7, 1-0 EAL) on Thursday, the third and deciding one was entirely a different story.
Senior outside hitter and co-captain Mari Thomas, who was one behind Stephanie Ovitz for the team-lead in kills with 10, explained why.
"The first game we're ready and pumped and got that one pretty easily," Thomas said. The second and third time you seen them you know they're going to want to win and have more of a will power."
That's exactly how the third set went down. Paradise (6-8, 1-1 EAL) grabbed its first lead of the match at 3-2 with sophomore Bailey Bengson serving tough — accruing one ace during a span of four straight serves — and senior outside hitter Carli Parisi finally coming alive at Chico High.
The Bobcats' kills leader struggled against the Panthers front row attack this year. Last week in a preseason battle, which Chico won in straight-set fashion, Parisi missed on her first five attempts. Then on Thursday, Parisi entered the third set with just two kills.
However, she came back to floor seven to keep Paradise within reach of taking its first set on Chico this year.
"The first time we played them it was kind of shock, we didn't know what to expect," said Parisi, who finished with a team-high nine kills Thursday. "That's why we didn't fight back as hard. But we played them last weekend at tournament in Roseville and we came out with a lot more energy."
Down two sets, Parisi and the Bobcats fought back again, grabbing a 13-9 lead when senior setter Jessica Jackson solo blocked a Chico attacker on the right side for her lone rejection of the night.
Paradise amassed 12 ties, and even had two set points on Chico before dropping the third set, 27-25.
While Parisi kept the team in it most of the way, it was her attacking error into the net that enabled Chico to claim its third match and eighth consecutive set victory over Paradise.
"We still have these little mistakes and (against) a team like Chico you just can't do that," Parisi said. "I definitely make mistakes and when you do it you know what you did wrong. It was probably the most frustrated night in the third game that I've ever been."
While Parisi was frustrated, senior libero Nina Holmes and junior setter Amanda Manning were faring well for Chico.
Holmes amassed a 2.3 passing ratio, which what Johnson looks for with his back row players, and Manning collected a match-high 20 assists as the team's full-time setter in a 5-1 offense.
"I look at Nina Holmes, holy moly she gets up (to balls)," Johnson said. "She is a libero in its purest sense. One time in game two we had a set that missed our middle blocker and she comes running underneath the blocker and picks it up and takes it over. She does some wonderful things defensively."
Ovitz, Chico's leading middle hitter in most every match, collected a couple of kills and blocks in the waning moments of set three to put the finishing touches on Paradise.
"I suppose there are better middles than Stephanie Ovitz, but she's just a stalwart," Johnson said.
Chico travels to the Dougherty Valley tournament on Saturday, while Paradise begins next week on the road when it takes on Las Plumas on Tuesday.
For more on this match, including video highlights and interviews, go to www.paradisepost.com later.
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"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787


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Fitness expert Jillian Michaels has a healthy cure for the U.S. deficit/debt crisis.
The star of TV's The Doctors and The Biggest Loser has written to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging them to cut out wasteful agricultural subsidies that contribute to the nation's obesity crisis, one of her PR reps tells me in an email.
The crux of her argument is contained in the following excerpt from the letter: "Some of our government's current policies and programs actually promote obesity and other diseases by supporting the production and consumption of the very foods that contribute to … health problems."
Michaels also goes on to note, according to the PR rep, that diets high in meat, cheese, processed foods, and sugar can put people on track to develop Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and other costly diseases.
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Health and Wellness Expert Jillian Michaels Urges Congress to Slim Down Bulging Budget Deficit
Five-Step Proposal Saves $383 Billion by Slashing Subsidies for Unhealthy Foods
WASHINGTON — Jillian Michaels wants to put the federal budget on a healthy diet. The no-nonsense health and wellness expert from television's "The Doctors" is urging Congress to slim down the nation's bulging budget deficit by making five cuts to food and agricultural programs that promote the production and consumption of unhealthy foods.
The five-step plan, laid out in a report from the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), could save American taxpayers $383 billion over 10 years — and reduce obesity rates and health care costs for decades to come.
"Cutting subsidies for unhealthful foods would trim the nation's budget — and Americans' waistlines," says Michaels in letters delivered today to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Michaels is joining PCRM experts to propose eliminating the agricultural direct payment program, crop insurance, and agricultural pollution clean-up programs, since these programs directly or indirectly support the production and consumption of meat, cheese, sugar, and other unhealthful foods.
PCRM's proposal also recommends reconfiguring the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp program, to provide incentives to promote fruits and vegetables and exclude processed meat, candy, and other junk food items from the program.
"Cutting subsidies for cheeseburgers and sodas will mean healthier people and a huge savings in the process," says PCRM president and nutrition researcher Neal Barnard, M.D.
"SNAP is under threat when more Americans than ever need help. These reforms save SNAP and will serve more people for less money with healthier food."
The plan's five major policy changes will save nearly $400 billion in a decade:
Policy Change and Savings (Over 10 Years)
• End Direct Agribusiness Payments: $50 billion
• Privatize Crop Insurance: $70 billion
• Make Factory Farms Clean Up Their Own Waste: $9 billion
• Reform SNAP (Food Stamps): $240 billion
• Reform Commodity Foods Purchases: $14 billion
• Total short-term savings: $383 billion
The report also recommends prioritizing healthful commodity purchases for school meal programs to fight childhood obesity.
Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.
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I only brought one earnings play into today: Baidu (BIDU). I have already exited the meat of the trade, the diagonal put side -- perhaps a bit early, but at a profit, which is the goal of the trade. The BIDU trade wasn't drawn up for its home-run potential, but more for the high probability of the potential profit I saw in the trade. With the goal achieved, it is time to look forward to today where I have three names on my radar.
First up is Disney (DIS). I have to say that overall, I like the company and the stock. I'm a little worried about the upcoming movie Oz the Great and Powerful, as I do worry that it could underperform; however, that isn't a concern for this quarter. February earnings have been better for the bulls than the bears. I'm not expecting a huge move for DIS, but if a selloff takes the stock down to the $51 level in after-hours or tomorrow's trading, then I will buy some shares. However, given I'm not expecting a huge move, I'm will buy the February 15 $52.5-$55-$57.50 call unbalanced butterfly, which is long 2 by short 3 by long 1, respectively, for about $2.37 each....435 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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|The last photo of the private school of Mr. Dubrow's school
In the 1930s the Romanian authorities restricted Hebrew education when they implemented their obligatory education law. With the threat of punishment they forced parents to send their children to two government public schools. One was run by Gurayvsky, and the other by Likanyuk. There were now only two recognized Jewish schools in town the Talmud Torah and the private public school of Mr. Dubrow. All the other Hebrew schools and cheders were unrecognized or illegal. The extent of Hebrew education fell precipitously. In the center of the photograph are teachers Hadassah Dubrow (in Israel), Yisrael Troporovsky (who died in Israel), Mina Dubrow (in Israel), Hillel Dubrow (died in Israel), Feldman (husband of Hadassah died in Israel).
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|The Dubrow School in the 1930s
|Teachers: 1. H. Feldman (died in Israel), 2. Hadassah Dubrow-Feldman (Israel), 3. Mina Dubrow (Israel), 4. Clara-Claudia, wife of Likonyuk (Tchubanov), 5. Teacher Gurayevsky, 6. Teacher Likonyuk, 7. Yisrael Toporovsky (died in Israel), 9. Hillel Dubrow (died in Israel).
First of all he was not sad! In the springtime of his life he was already known to be a genius. They called him the Genius from Starshin in the Torah study groups of Slutsk, a major scholarly center in Russia. As soon as he felt confined by the yeshiva, he went off to the large House of Study and immersed himself in his own study of the Talmud, its commentators and early and later rabbinical scholars. He was a good and intelligent person. Everyone who knew him liked him, and he was considered a rising star for the rabbinate. We, the boys in the yeshiva accorded him respect and envied him as he spent his time among the great scholars, discussing Jewish law with them.
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Scientific Name: Poecile atricapillus
Size: Adult black-capped chickadees are just 4 to 6 inches long with a 6 to 8 inch wingspan.
Diet: Like many birds, black-capped chickadees are omnivorous. They eat a diet of seeds, berries, insects, invertebrates, and occasionally small portions of carrion. Chickadees also love to eat suet and peanut butter offered at bird feeders. However, chickadees have a penchant for storing food and eating it later, so they usually won't stick around at the feeder for long. Food items are placed in a number of different hidden locations, so chickadees must have excellent memories to keep track of their food.
Predation: Hawks, owls, and shrikes capture adult chickadees, but nestlings and eggs are in more danger of being consumed by tree-climbing mammals. A chickadee's alarm call sounds just like its name. Chickadees warn their flocks of nearby predators like owls and hawks by sounding out "chickadee-dee-dee!"
Typical Lifespan: The average lifespan for black-capped chickadees is less than 2 to 3 years. The oldest on record was a male that lived for over 11.5 years.
Habitat: Black-capped chickadees are found in deciduous and mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, especially near forest edges. They are commonly found near willows and cottonwoods, and like to make their nests in snags of alder and birch. Feeders and nest boxes can be used to attract chickadees to suburban backyards.
Range: Black-capped chickadees are non-migratory. They are found year round from New England to the west coast. In the West, their range extends as far south as New Mexico. In the east, they follow the Appalachian Mountains south to Georgia. Canadian residents and Alaskans can observe black-capped chickadees near their homes as well.
Life History and Reproduction: Male and female chickadees excavate nest cavities in the soft, rotting wood of snags or build nests in abandoned woodpecker cavities. They also take readily to nest boxes filled with wood shavings. Females build the nest and fill it with 1 to 13 eggs. The male brings her food while she warms the eggs, and both parents take part in raising the young.
Fun Fact: Chickadees are social birds that live in flocks. To keep up with changes within the flock—and to remember food cache locations—chickadees are able to replace old neurons with new ones. This essentially wipes out old memories, and gives the birds more space to store new information.
Conservation Status: Black-capped chickadee numbers are increasing due to large amounts of forest edge habitat, as well as nesting and feeding opportunities in backyards.
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Good old AM/FM. The last time I listened to regular radio outside of my car was in the 80s. I used to listen to stations for hours just to catch and record a song I liked onto cassette. Lucky for me that habit created a giant box of tapes recorded from the airwaves which I will make digital someday. These days most radio is harsh, loud, repetitive and loaded with more than 60% commercials. Since I moved back to New York from Berlin I bought a car and so I've been listening and seeking through stations.
The craziest thing happened. I find myself stopping on 106.7 Lite.fm more than any other music station. Lite.fm is one of those you know adult contemporary stations playing elevator, oldies and love songs (Joe Cocker). You still can hear a lot of Korg M1 sounds on this station! I got to thinking what's keeping me at this part of the dial. I think it's the fact that these songs are full of melodies and clear vocals/lyrics I can understand. If I don't know a song I like to follow along and hear the message. I've noticed a lot of songs I once thought were really horrible cheese are actually pretty good. I'm not leading this blog post to some profound point I just wanted to share. I know your going to say I'm getting old. That maybe but I still love me some kill evil music. They never really played any of that dark stuff on the radio anyway. Sometimes I check out 89.1 WFDU (Fairleigh Dickinson University) radio but it's hit or miss depending on the DJ. When it comes to AM NPR is where it's at.
My radio listening days are almost over as I finally ordered a new radio with an iPhone hook up. Pandora, Last.fm, Slacker, Simplify Media, podcasts, audiobooks here I come!
Do you still tune in?
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Gee roughed up by Phillies in three-inning outing
Mets' three-game win streak snapped; Buck hits two-run shot
PHILADELPHIA -- As the Phillies were busy completing their Tuesday night drubbing of Dillon Gee, Mets manager Terry Collins glanced up at Citizens Bank Park's left-field scoreboard every so often to watch replays of Gee's pitches.
"I mean, he'd miss his target by two feet," Collins said. "It was quite obvious he didn't make any pitches when he needed to."
The Phillies pounded out seven runs in three innings against Gee, including three home runs in the span of five third-inning pitches. By the time the carnage was complete, the Mets had absorbed an 8-3 loss at the hands of their division rivals, adding more than a full run onto their rotation ERA for a reality check.
"There's not a whole lot to say," Gee said. "A terrible night, but you've got to move past it. I've had a bad outing before but I've bounced back. And I'll do it again."
So strong last week in his first start of the season, Gee had already allowed four runs by the time Ryan Howard came to the plate to lead off the third. Howard and Michael Young then padded Philadelphia's lead by homering on back-to-back pitches; two batters later, John Mayberry completed the trifecta with another solo shot.
The seven total runs against Gee also included Mayberry's two-run double in the second inning, Jimmy Rollins' RBI double and pitcher Cliff Lee's run-scoring single. Entering the ballpark with a 1.87 rotation ERA over their first seven games, the Mets exited with a 3.11 mark.
"I was just living in the wrong part of the strike zone," Gee said. "I don't know what else to say about it. Just forget about it."
The ERA correction came on a rare night when the Mets mustered some offense against Lee, another Phillies nemesis, scoring twice on John Buck's fourth-inning homer and again on a passed ball in the fifth. Jordany Valdespin set up the latter run with an RBI triple, animatedly clapping his hands at third base despite the large deficit.
Buck's home run drove in his 13th and 14th runs this month, extending his National League lead. A year after Mets catchers combined to hit five homers, Buck already has four on the young season.
But Lee settled down to retire 11 in a row from the fifth into the ninth inning, positioning himself for a complete game victory. He would have achieved it had Marlon Byrd and Justin Turner not rapped out a pair of singles in the ninth, forcing Lee off the mound with one out to go.
"It's not a surprise or shock," Lee said of his success. "It's the standard I hold myself to."
Mets starters have held themselves to the same elite standard throughout the young season, enduring just one sub-par start -- Aaron Laffey's outing last Sunday -- through two turns of the rotation. It had been a comforting beginning to the season for the Mets, who did not know how they would respond this summer without former aces R.A. Dickey and Johan Santana.
Gee was one of those who responded with aplomb, pitching 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball in his first start against the Padres. But his success faded rapidly at Citizens Bank Park, against an aging Phillies team that can still be quite dangerous.
"They've obviously got a good-hitting lineup over there," Buck said. "They can put some runs on the board."
It was just unusual to see a team do so efficiently against New York's starting pitchers, who ranked second in the Majors in ERA heading into the game. Jon Niese had taken tangible steps toward embracing his new role as staff ace. Matt Harvey had enthralled everyone in blue and orange with his first two electric starts of the season. Even Jeremy Hefner, a rotation sub for Santana, had looked sharp.
It would have been tough to keep up. And the Mets know that they will have more nights like Tuesday.
The key will be making them the exception, not the norm.
"I think we had the right mentality to feel that we are going to get that every night," Buck said. "That's the right attitude, the right approach. But when it doesn't happen, I think we need to realize what sport we're in and what it is, just shake it off, and truly expect it tomorrow."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.