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PINOLE — A lease with Verizon Wireless to build a cellphone tower in Pinole Valley Park could be rescinded by the City Council in as little as two weeks because of concerns that the project would violate terms of a federal grant restricting the use of the land.
The deal, approved by the council in July, had come under fire from a well-organized and vocal residents group, mostly over aesthetic and health concerns about electromagnetic waves. One member of the group, Sal Spataro, then contacted the state, questioning whether the city was violating conditions of a federal grant administered by the state Department of Parks and Recreation.
The city acquired the land that would become Pinole Valley Park in the 1970s, in part with the help of a federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grant administered by the state, and has received several other grants for the park in ensuing years.
The state agency notified the city last month that the grant conditions prohibit commercial and other nonrecreational uses in the park. The city could get around the ban through a lengthy conversion process that includes environmental and other studies and would require the city to acquire replacement property of similar size, value and convenience for recreational use, in addition to providing a comparable "view shed," which could require acquiring yet more land.
The lease with Verizon is for up to 25 years, starting at $2,200 a month, on about 1,000 square feet along Adobe Road in the easternmost section of the park, where the communications giant wants to build a 78-foot-tall cellphone tower.
The state agency also informed the city that it violated grant terms when it carved out a piece of the park in the early 2000s to build the Pinole Valley fire station, which is currently shuttered.
Council members on Tuesday agreed to separate the two issues and put the cell tower lease question on the fast track, reasoning that because the antenna does not yet exist while the fire station does makes the latter a more complicated issue. The question of whether to rescind the Verizon lease is expected to be on the Oct. 15 council agenda.
Verizon has threatened to sue to hold the city to the terms of the lease, but city officials now say the discovery of the state grant conditions could change the legal situation.
Verizon spokeswoman Heidi Flato, in an email Wednesday, said the company had not had an opportunity to review any action taken by the City Council the previous night, but added, "Verizon Wireless anticipates working with the city to resolve any issues necessary for the parties to amicably fulfill their mutual obligations."
Jack Meehan, a former Pinole mayor, noted Tuesday that completion of the various steps of the conversion process were "the conditions requisite, the conditions precedent."
Because the city did not go through that process, "it means there is no lease," Meehan said. "It means it's void, or voidable."
City officials, acknowledging that the Verizon lease episode was riddled with mistakes, asked for more time to gather facts and make sure more mistakes do not occur in the aftermath.
But several residents said the council had all the facts to make a decision right away.
"Why not put it to rest right now?" Meehan said.
Contact Tom Lochner at 510-262-2760. Follow him at Twitter.com/tomlochner.


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That was when they actually had assets to trade. The only way they're going to get value out of Gasol's deal is if they trade him during the season this year... and they might just have to use the stretch waiver provision on Nash, especially if he doesn't ever play again.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You're right. MANAGEMENT MATTERS. The Lakers are basically blowing their opportunity to add another max-level free agent this summer, when there's going to be a bunch of good ones on the market. The only way they can add another $20M+ salary is if they dump Gasol altogether (and renounce their right to go over the cap to re-sign him) and either trade Nash or use the stretch provision on him so they take only about a $6M cap hit this summer. Basically, they have to blow their roster up to add one max-level guy and then they're going to have to piece together the rest of the roster with exceptions, unless they find takers in trades for Gasol and Nash (that still allow them cap space this summer).This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Every single one of these problems would have gone away if Kobe would have taken $15M or less. But he is The Last Alpha Dog, after all.
Dirk got a 4-year, $80M contract when he was eligible for 5-years and close to $120M. And his taking less money helped Cuban afford the Chandler contract via trade, and let's not downplay the fact that DIRK TOOK LESS MONEY AND THE MAVERICKS IMMEDIATELY PUT TOGETHER A CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER. They made moves after that, that reflected Cuban's view of the new CBA, and those didn't go well. But that was a gamble Cuban took that didn't have a lot to do with Dirk's salary.
And you cited two brilliant examples of guys taking less money: The big three in San Antonio and again in Miami. Hammers the point home.

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PIEDMONT — Some said Arnold Kelly possessed the voice of God. Others, more modestly, compared it to that of actor James Earl Jones.
Kelly, a 1977 graduate of Bishop O'Dowd High School, remained true to his alma mater, lending his voice as the announcer for home football games the past two years. In addition to O'Dowd, Kelly also was a longtime presence in the Oakland Girls Softball League.
On Jan. 10, a standing-room-only congregation of family and friends gathered at Piedmont's Corpus Christi Church in a memorial for Kelly, 53, who died Dec. 30 from a heart attack.
Friends recalled Kelly as a happy, people-oriented man dedicated to his family, friends and community.
"We've been best friends for 35-plus years," said Stephen Ghiglieri, a 1979 O'Dowd graduate who eulogized Kelly at Corpus Christi. "We were both at O'Dowd at the time, and we got to know each other there. When each of us got married, our families became tightly entwined. He was godfather to my oldest son, and I'm the godfather to his son. He was the kind of guy who always lifted you up. He was caring and compassionate."
"He did things for the benefit of others," added Rocky Laber, past president of the Girls Softball League. "I had known him for about 13 years. Maybe it wasn't his intention to touch the lives of so many people, but he did — and he did it with a measure of humility."
Kelly wore many hats in the Softball League, in which both his daughters once played. During his tenure with the league, Kelly served as a coach, umpire coordinator, fields coordinator and — of course — an announcer.
"He was extraordinarily kind," current league President Jonathan Klein said. "He had an impact on those who knew him and those who didn't know him — as a coach, in helping make fields available and in helping make equipment available."
Jim and Debbie Beck knew Kelly and his family since moving next door in spring 1988. A day after moving in, Jim Beck had accidentally locked himself out of his house when he met Kelly for the first time
"My son and I were attempting to get a bathroom window open when suddenly the voice of James Earl Jones was speaking from behind me, asking if he could help me," Jim Beck said. "I sheepishly confessed that I was the new owner and was breaking into my own home. We had a good laugh, and that was the beginning of (almost) 25 years of laughing with Arnold Kelly."
Kelly brought a sense of humor to the workplace, too. He lists his occupation on his LinkedIn page, for instance, as the "Dude In Charge at SolarCity (a firm specializing in solar energy equipment)."
"We were a bunch of young college kids working at the Ice Creamery," said Lisa Coffey-Mahoney, a 1976 O'Dowd graduate and former Piedmonter reporter who is the school's director of communications. "You were going to work hard. But you knew when he worked on your shift, it was going to be fun."
Kelly's welcoming manner continued throughout his life, even in volunteer positions.
"A lot of people say that they prioritize family, friends and faith — a lot of people aspire to that," said Colin Pugh, an Internet broadcaster for O'Dowd football and announcer for junior varsity games, "but Arnold embodied it."
Besides his distinctive voice, Kelly is remembered for his big smile, his work and for trying to help others in any way he could. In addition to many friends and acquaintances, Kelley leaves behind wife Shelley Murray Kelly and their three children, Milton (a 2006 O'Dowd graduate), Kate (who graduated from O'Dowd in 2010) and Claire (an eighth grader who hopes to attend O'Dowd next year).
The league also plans to memorialize Kelly in the form of a scholarship to be awarded to a player in the league each year.
"He was just a beautiful guy," league President Klein said. "He won't be forgotten."
An education fund has been established for Claire Kelly. Donations can be made to the Claire Kelly Fund, c/o the Foster Family, 6841 Estates Drive, Oakland 94611. Bishop O'Dowd High School also will accept donations on Claire's behalf in memory of Arnold Kelly.


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Although pork producer margins decreased by $5.62 per head last week, they remain positive by averaging $5.96 per hog last week according to the Sterling Pork Profit Tracker.
Negotiated cash hog prices were $4.19 lower per hundredweight to $89.91. Hog prices continue to fall, now $9.26 per hundredweight lower than a month earlier, however last week's prices are more than 10 dollars above averages from a year ago.
Last week's margins were hindered by higher feed costs which increased by $2.49 for last week's finishing placement and a higher breakeven price, up $1.26 compared to a week earlier. Both figures are still considerably lower than this time last year.
Pork packer margins took advantage of lower cash hog prices, improving their margins by $1.98 per head last week. Pork packer margins averaged $8.06 per head last week which was $3.10 per head lower than a year earlier when cash hogs sold for $76.56 per hundredweight according to the Sterling Pork Profit Tracker.
The Sterling Beef and Pork Profit Trackers are calculated using actual weekly prices for both cattle and hogs, feed costs, beef and pork cutout prices, drop credits and other factors that influence profit margins.
Although feeder margins didn't drastically improve last week, they did well in the face of rising feed costs and steady cash sales of Choice steers which remained at $123 per cwt, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.
Feedlot margins remained negative last week, but improved by $1.57, averaging -$57.96 per head. Last week's feeder margins are less than half as bad as a month earlier when cash sales were $119 per cwt and losses averaged -$124.83 per head according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.
Feeder margins were relieved by lower total costs which fell $25.85 per head last week.
The feedlot calculated breakeven price improved by $1.99 per cwt compared to the previous week, but at $132.39 per cwt, last week's breakeven was 45 cents higher than a month earlier.
Beef packer margins declined last week, down $1.96 per head compared to the previous week. Packer margins are $3.31 per head higher than a month earlier and $26.93 higher than a year earlier when the average was -$8.66 per head according to estimates by Sterling Marketing, Inc., Vale, Ore.
The Sterling Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending August 30:
- Average farrow-to-finish margins: $5.96 per head.
- Average pork packer margins: $8.06 per head.
The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker for the week ending August 31:
- Average feedyard margins: -$57.96 per head.
- Average packer margins: $18.27 per head.
The Sterling Beef and Pork Profit Trackers are produced by Sterling Marketing Inc. and John Nalivka, president, Vale, Ore., and are published weekly by Drovers/CattleNetwork, and PorkNetwork.


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By Soham Sarkhel and Jatin Thakkar
Scorecards: 1st ODI / 2nd ODI / 4th ODI / 5th ODI
Challenging England in their own den has proved to be a nightmare for many teams in the recent past and even though the expectations were high from the Aussies to provide a resistance, they ended up being just another casualty for the rampant English team. The 4-0 series victory meant that England have now gone 34 months without losing a series in their home conditions while it also brought Australia's first series loss under Michael Clarke's captaincy.
Here is an overview of the series through the Impact Index lens.
The domination of England in this ODI series can be very easily understood from the fact that the 5 highest impact players in this series belonged to England. In fact, out of the 10 highest impact players only 3 belonged to Australia.
Ravi Bopara
emerged as the highest impact player (3.63) of the series and was also the only player from both the sides to have an all-round impact. (Both Batting and Bowling IMPACT above 1). Even though Ian Bell has conventionally scored more runs than Bopara in the series, the latter has a higher Batting IMPACT than Bell, due to his chasing skills (high Chasing IMPACT). Out of the three times England chased, Bopara carried his bat twice and was the highest impact performer in the third. Bopara's Bowling IMPACT was also better than all the Australian bowlers (except Clint McKay) and his overall performance was 31% better than next highest impact performer (Alastair Cook) on the list. In such circumstances, the Man of the Series award going to Ian Bell is inexplicable and again shows how conventional statistics can clout the bigger picture.
Still, a big reason for England's success in the ODI series can be attributed to their openers Ian Bell (2.70) and Alastair Cook (2.41). They are the second and the third highest impact batsmen respectively in this series and provided good starts on a consistent basis. Their performances meant that the English batsmen came under pressure only once in the series in comparison to the Australian batsmen who faced pressure in each and every match. The only match where England came under pressure was the 5th ODI, where they were reduced to 34-2 in 10 overs but Alastair Cook absorbed it successfully to set up the series whitewash.
Shane Watson was the highest impact performer for Australia in this series (2.52) and his knock of 66 in the 2nd ODI helped Australia reach a competitive total of 251 and maybe was the only point in the series where the Australians had an upper hand at the halfway stage of the match.
It is perhaps also safe to say that George Bailey (2.28) was the only bright spot in the tour for the Australians. Bailey was one of the main reasons why the Australians managed to put up a fight in the 2nd and the 5th ODI. He displayed all the relevant batting skills—he absorbed pressure (Pressure IMPACT), built partnerships (Partnership Building IMPACT) and scored runs at a fair clip (Strike Rate IMPACT) and is definitely one of the talents to look out for as Australia try to rebuild their team for the future.
However, the biggest disappointment for the Aussie selectors on this tour would be the performance of their youngsters; James Pattinson, Peter Forrest, Matthew Wade and Xavier Doherty all failed to register an impact of even 1 in their respective disciplines. (In fact, Forrest had a negative Batting IMPACT in each and every innings he played).
When it came to bowling, England enjoyed a merry ride with 4 of their bowlers (Anderson, Finn, Bresnan and Bopara) constituting the list of the five highest impact bowlers in the series.
Steven Finn was the highest impact bowler (2.53) in the series and also registered the highest impact bowling performance of the series during the 4th ODI where he picked up 4-37 off 10 overs after reducing Australia to 6-2 in the first 6 overs. Finn displayed the relevant bowling skills – he was economical and he built pressure (second highest Pressure IMPACT after Anderson) while bowling in the series and had a failure rate of only 25%.
Tim Bresnan (2.24) and James Anderson (1.68) have time and time again proved themselves to be the epitome of consistency for this English team and were again the main reasons why England were able to sustain their impressive run of form. Their contribution to England's ODI performances since Sep 2009 (they haven't lost a single home series after that) has been quite remarkable - Anderson (Bowling IMPACT of 1.98 in 47 matches) and Bresnan (Bowling IMPACT of 1.63 in 51 matches).
James Tredwell, making his comeback to the English side after almost a year played only one match but his figures of 2-23 off 7 overs and a run-out reduced Australia from 43-0 to 49-3 in the fifth ODI and put them under pressure (Pressure Building IMPACT). He ended up as the second highest impact player for England in the series primarily because he played only one match in which he did exceedingly well.
Australia's bowling woes can be understood from the fact that their biggest strike bowler Brett Lee couldn't even manage a Bowling IMPACT of 1 in the entire series. A staggering 88% fall from his Career Bowling IMPACT of 3.21. Hopefully, just a temporary blip for the highest impact ODI player to ever play for Australia – perhaps there's still some fuel left for a memorable exit.
Clint McKay was the highest impact bowler for Australia (2.05) but barring him none of the other bowlers threatened the English batsmen on a regular basis. A point well iterated by the fact that only 2 of their bowlers managed to have a Bowling IMPACT of more than 1 in comparison to 5 bowlers from England.
Overall, on a team basis as well, England's Team IMPACT of 1.92 quite clearly overshadows Australia's Team IMPACT of 1.24, reflecting the 4-0 drubbing adequately.
This is only the third whitewash in Australian ODI history; interestingly, the previous ones occurred in 1997 and 2006-07 – when they were pretty much the best team in the world. Also, given that they missed Michael Hussey in this tour, there's still a lot to look forward to from the side that almost relinquished the no. 1 ODI ranking.
For more information, please go to www.impactindexcricket.com


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By camhead
From: Vandalia, Appalachia
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|I'm pretty sure that Honnold has repeated it as well.
By JNE
Aug 13, 2012
Yes Camhead, Honnold did this, and apparently quite quickly at that. Peewee did the second ascent, and some other folks including myself have done it as well. Of note is the fact that many if not most of the repeats (including mine) were done using a new sequence that involves dynoing from a thin finger lock that is a little farther out from the undercling lock that Petro uses to hit the jug at the horizontal near the lip in that clip on Masters of Stone. The new beta makes the route a bit easier IMO, and justifies a downgrade for this route (I would put it somewhere around 13b).
That being said, big respect to anyone who does this one with Petros original beta. That was was done in 1987 in Fires, and I find that very impressive. Any climbing historians know how that stacks up in the grand scheme of things? I would be curious who else was putting up bouldery routes (or any other type of route) of that calibur around that same time period. I would imagine that this has to be one of the standout lines from that era of any style regarding pure difficulty. Hats off to Steve Petro on this one. A truly inspiring accomplishment.
By JNE
Aug 17, 2012
Apparently not the hardest climb in the world at it's time, though right on the cutting edge and curiously unmentioned here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_...
Personally I find this one VERY impressive, especially after seeing that list. Count in the fact that Steve did this in relative isolation and its just that much more impressive. I also remember hearing about how he at first rated this one 13a, then repeated every other hard crack he could get his hands on, and afterward reflecting that the real grade for Fiddler was 13d. Just sick.
By Dave Budge
From: South Slope of the Hindu Kush
Nov 13, 2012
After seeing Nitro tonight and joking about his former mustache-power, I went looking on Google for the iconic picture of him on FOTR. Can't find it. If anyone has more pics of Nitro on that rig, post 'em up!
P.S. I'm pretty sure it's impossible without a Wyoming mustache, so I'm inclined not to believe Honnold sent it ;).
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HOUSTON - Football fans across the country Saturday watched as the new kids on the Southeastern Conference block took down number one ranked Alabama.
When all was said and done, Texas A&M beat Alabama 29-24.
The story was trending big on Twitter, and engaging many on Facebook.
Fans at the weekly A&M watch party at Pub Fiction in Midtown were thrilled by the win.
"Cannot believe it. We're just ecstatic," a fan said.
"Awesome. That's all I gotta say," another fan said.
For all Aggies past and present, this win was a long time coming.
"It's been a while since A&M's been on top. It's been 12 years. Feels good -- greatest day of my life," said one Aggies fan.
The 15th ranked Aggies went into the game as a a two-touchdown underdog, but came out as top dog.
Led by true freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, Gig 'Em Nation dethroned the defending champs.
"The fact that A&M won just goes to show that sometimes, things work out the way they're supposed to," a fan said.
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Winchester children put to the test for charity
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WINCHESTER children put their skills to the test to raise money for Children in Need last Friday (Nov 16).
Almost 60 children took part in a judo throwathon at River Park Leisure Centre on Friday, dressed in their pyjamas.
Three different classes were challenged by instructor Pauline Goater to see how many throws they could make in a minute-and-a-half.
Pauline, who has been teaching judo classes at the centre for 22-years, said "It's a lot longer than you would think and some of our advanced children can probably do around 40 throws in that time.
"We asked parents to sponsor them and are looking to raise as much as we can for a good cause. The children were very happy to do it and I think they were most excited about wearing their pyjamas."
The classes are divided into five-to-eight-year-olds, eight-to-10-year-olds and 11-to-17-year-olds.
It is the second time they have done a throwathon for Children in Need, raising around £200 two years ago.
Michelle Woodcock, of Colley Close, Abbotts Barton, whose six-year-old daughter Lily takes judo, added: "The children love judo classes here. I think the best part of today for them is seeing the instructors in their pyjamas though."
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Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm is right off Berlin's iconic tree-lined avenue of upscale stores and cafés, in City West. The ruins of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church are a short walk away, as is Berlin Zoo and the leafy oasis of Tiergarten, with Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag on its eastern side.
Leisure and luxury
Contemporary French cuisine is served in Le Faubourg Restaurant, and cocktails in the chic Lounge Bar Le Faubourg. The wellness spa features massage jet foot baths, along with a steam room and invigorating ice fountain. Modern artworks throughout the hotel add to the sense of opulence.
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The 5-star Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm is located in Berlin across from the legendary Kurfürstendamm. This 11-story Art Deco building by Jan Kleihues has 311 spacious rooms and suites, an intimate library for tranquil moments, and 16 conference rooms spanning over 23,680 sq. feet (2,200 sq. meters).
Modern French cuisine is served at Restaurant Le Faubourg, while refreshing cocktails are prepared at the chic Le Faubourg Lounge Bar. An 11th-floor Executive Lounge offers excellent service and views of Kurfürstendamm, known as the Champs-Elysees of Berlin. Additional conveniences include free WiFi, a 24-hour business center, a fitness center with sauna, and spa services.
- Conference space size (meters) - 2200
- Year Built 2005
- 24-hour business center
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Porter/bellhop
- Full-service spa
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Total number of rooms - 311
- Number of floors - 11
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Restaurant
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
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- Conference center
- Conference space size (feet) - 23681
- Steam room
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- Free WiFi
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- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
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- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Flat-panel TV
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Pay movies
- Room service (24 hours)
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- Minibar
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- In-room safe
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- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 11 AM.
Restaurant Le Faubourg - This elegant restaurant specializes in French cuisine using regional and seasonal ingredients for lunch and dinner.
Saint Germain - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast only.
Le Faubourg Lounge Bar - This chic lobby lounge features designer furniture and serves cocktails and light fare.
24-hour room service is available.
Cocktails are served in the chic Le Faubourg Bar Lounge, where DJs turn tables on weekends. Or, guests can relax with a book and a cup of tea and a French pastry on one of the comfortable sofas in the hotel's tranquil library.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include a health club, a sauna, and a steam room.
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Dynamite Entertainment announces The Green Hornet: Parallel Lives, an official comic book prequel inspired by the January 14, 2011 release of Sony Pictures' action film The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen. The first and second issues are now on sale at comic book stores everywhere. How do one man's actions affect another man's - either purposely or inadvertently? Or is it just destiny? In this lead-up and origin series, audiences learn how Britt Reid's actions lead to Kato coming in contact with the Reid family and the pair eventually becoming The Green Hornet and Kato. The comic book features a cover by Paul Renaud (pictured above).
"The Green Hornet: Parallel Lives is my take on the characters from the movie," says writer Jai Nitz. "Reading the screenplay is one thing, but then being able to imagine Seth Rogen and Jay Chou in my story is a real treat. The tales I tell in Parallel Lives sprung up while I was reading the script. I had several 'wouldn't it be great if...' moments and those turned into the seeds of The Green Hornet: Parallel Lives. Also, like the movie, I tried to defy expectations at every turn. I tried to throw every cliché out the window to make room for awesome stories that add to the movie lore."
The Green Hornet is directed by Michel Gondry, written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, based upon "The Green Hornet" radio series created by George W. Trendle, and produced by Neal H. Moritz. The film will be released on January 14, 2011 in 3D.


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Not everyone can be Athlete of the Week. Here are those who were also considered.
Chico's Chris Midkiff took second in the Northern Section CIF Cross Country Championships on Nov. 8 at West Valley. Despite muddy conditions, the senior turned in his best time by 11 seconds in 16 minutes, 2 seconds.
Willows' Chris Walter led the Honkers in total offense with 100 yards receiving on five catches and 37 yards rushing on three carries in a 41-14 victory over East Nicolaus on Friday in the Northern Section Division III quarterfinals. Walter, a junior, scored on a 48-yard touchdown catch and a 28-yard TD run.
Despite battling health problems the past few weeks that cut short her training, Chico senior Azure Grant made a successful return in the Northern Section CIF Cross Country Championships on Nov. 8. Grant placed 16th in 20:32 in poor weather conditions. Her finish was key for the Panthers to win the Division III title and qualify as a team for the state meet.
Oroville senior Rosy Reyes also qualified for the state cross country meet, completing the West Valley course in 20 minutes, 34 seconds for 17th place. Reyes also qualified for state last year as an individual.
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Bats fall quiet in Hudson's rough bid for history
PITTSBURGH -- Tim Hudson will have another opportunity to notch the 200th win of his career next week. But the Braves will have to wait much longer to exact revenge against Wandy Rodriguez, who stands as the latest pitcher to blank Atlanta's potent offense.
As Hudson was enduring his worst start of the young season on Friday night at PNC Park, Rodriguez was leading the way for the Pirates, who faced the minimum 27 batters while claiming a 6-0 win over the Braves.
"They were pretty good tonight," Hudson said. "They had a guy on the mound tonight who was giving us fits. I had to be pretty good tonight to win, and I wasn't."
Rodriguez allowed one hit over seven innings and the Pittsburgh bullpen surrendered just one more single against the Braves, who are still undefeated when they score at least one run. They have been shut out in each of the three losses they have endured through this season's first 16 games. Two of those shutouts have occurred in the past three days
On the way to being limited to two hits for the second time this year, the Braves were limited to 27 plate appearances in a nine-inning loss for just the seventh time in franchise history. The most recent occurrence had been the perfect game Randy Johnson threw at Turner Field on May 18, 2004.
The Pirates threw just two pitches with a runner on base. They turned double plays immediately following Jason Heyward's fourth-inning single and Andrelton Simmons' ninth-inning single.
"We didn't do anything offensively to help [Hudson] out or to get back in the game," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Wandy was pretty good. That was pretty much the game there."
While Rodriguez was breezing through Atlanta's lineup, Hudson never seemed to find comfort amid the chilly and windy conditions. The Braves veteran was charged with a season-high six earned runs and nine hits in just four innings.
"Obviously, I didn't make some pitches in some situations," Hudson said. "I just wasn't very good tonight. I didn't make some pitches. They had some pretty good at-bats. They hit some decent pitches. But it was a night where I just wasn't very good from the start."
Hudson was bidding to become the 110th pitcher in Major League history to record 200 wins. His next opportunity will come Wednesday at Coors Field, where he is 0-2 with a 8.04 ERA in five career starts.
"I obviously think about it because it's there," Hudson said. "But I don't change anything I do because of that. At some point this year, I'll get it."
Rodriguez, who has compiled a 1.88 ERA in his past 10 starts against the Braves, retired the first 10 batters that he faced before Heyward singled through the right side to account for one of the three hits he has recorded in 24 at-bats against left-handed pitchers this year. One pitch later, Justin Upton grounded into an inning-ending double play.
B.J. Upton accounted for two of the five strikeouts recorded by Rodriguez. He became the first Braves player ejected this year when he objected to plate umpire Sam Holbrook's called third strike in the seventh inning. This marked the first time Holbrook was behind the plate for a Braves game since making his infamous infield fly ruling in last year's Wild Card playoff game against the Cardinals.
"As sharp as you ever want to see a guy," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of Rodriguez. "From pitch one to the 82nd pitch he threw, he wasn't just getting his first pitches in for strikes, but the location of the strikes. He worked the ball glove-side. It was like throwing darts."
Hudson pitched around Travis Snider's first-inning double and then fell apart while surrendering four extra-base hits in Pittsburgh's three-run second inning. Neil Walker began the eruption with a triple that got past Justin Upton after he dove toward the left-field foul line. Pedro Alvarez followed with a two-run home run that cleared the right-field bleachers.
"He's a sinkerball guy," Gonzalez said. "I think Huddy can live with groundballs getting through the infield. That means your sinker is working and sometimes they find a hole. But the balls were up."
Jose Tabata capped the second inning with an RBI double and then began a three-run fifth with one of the two walks issued by Hudson in the fifth. The 37-year-old pitcher ended his 85-pitch outing after Garrett Jones hit an opposite-field, two-run single down the left-field line.
After lasting just 4 1/3 innings in his Opening Day start against the Phillies, Hudson allowed just two earned runs and completed 13 1/3 innings in the two starts that followed. The 37-year-old hurler has lasted fewer than five innings in four of the 19 starts he has made since last year's All-Star break.
"You've got to tip your hat to those guys," Hudson said. "They came in with a pretty good gameplan and I didn't make very good pitches. They had a guy on the other side of the field that was pretty good too. It just wasn't a very good night all the way around."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The first public exhibition of plans to improve Bradford on Avon's streets has raised concerns among residents.
Plans to 'declutter' the Market Street and Church Street junction went on display in St Margaret's Hall for three hours on Tuesday, giving visitors a chance to see the future of the town.
The plans include ramps to reduce traffic speed and raise the road surface to footway levels, realigning kerbs to reduce the width of road crossings and removing the zebra crossing to create 'courtesy' crossings.
Godfrey Marks, 78, of Newtown, has campaigned about traffic issues in Bradford since 1996.
He said: "The Historic Core Zone has been hijacked by the latest fashion for sharing space. By squeezing traffic, you are creating a bottleneck and slower traffic will increase queues.
"This is a safety issue and is discriminating against pedestrians. If you take away the obligation to stop, things will become worse."
The proposed scheme aims to 'rebalance' the relationship between pedestrians and vehicles.
Andrew Jenkins, who has been in business and lived in Market Street for 48 years, said: "A zebra crossing has only just been put into Silver Street and now they are taking the Market Street one away. It doesn't make sense.
"I use that crossing up to 20 times a day and, if it is removed, it will cause many accidents."
Laura Gosling, a senior transport planner for Wiltshire Council, said: "This is not a traditional traffic scheme; it is thinking outside the box. It will slow the traffic and has been proved to work in other areas, such as Shrewsbury, Bury St Edmunds and Halifax.
"Comments have been made regarding people with disabilities, but we met disability groups and made amendments."
Councillor Gwen Allison said: "A lot of people have concerns, which we will collate together and I hope we can deal with them."
Mayor John Potter said: "The scheme will slow down traffic and make drivers aware with what is going on."
The exhibition is open again in St Margaret's Hall on Wednesday, from 2-5pm, and on January 31, from 6-9pm.


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The Green Bay Packers won't need to wait much longer before they get the services of playmaking safety Charles Woodson back in the lineup. Although coach Mike McCarthy said that Woodson likely won't be ready to return from his broken collarbone for Sunday's Week 14 game against the Detroit Lions, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Woodson is on track to play in the team's Week 15 showdown against the Chicago Bears.
The Packers' defense has been doing its best to hold up without vital cogs such as Woodson and outside linebacker Clay Matthews (hamstring) in the lineup. It's been difficult, as they have given up big plays against both the pass and the run.
Woodson can help in both areas with his great versatility as a cover man, blitzer and run-support player. So while the Packers will need to deal with red-hot Lions wideout Calvin Johnson at home without Woodson's help over the top on Sunday night, he can make a huge impact in a more critical NFC North game against the Bears a week later.
The Packers, who have the same record as the Bears (8-4), are the current division leaders, thanks to their win over Chicago at Lambeau Field in Week 2. Woodson would be a big help as they try to sweep their archrivals at Soldier Field.


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Maryland gun control bill goes to state senate
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A proposal to require fingerprints from people who buy handguns in Maryland has generated a lot of discussion and questions in the state Senate.
The Senate took up a gun-control bill for more than two hours on Tuesday. Senators took turns asking questions about the measure that has the backing of Gov. Martin O'Malley.
The new licensing proposal that would require fingerprints is one of the most contentious aspects of the bill. Supporters say it will stop people from buying handguns for people who are prohibited from owning them. But opponents question whether that's as big of a problem as supporters say.
The Senate is scheduled to consider amendments to the bill Wednesday morning.
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, D-Calvert, says he hopes to have a vote by Friday.


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These are exciting times in the Humanities as the traditional issues of literature and philosophy are supplemented with questions about the roles of gender and race. From Shakespeare to Creative Writing to Feminist Philosophy to Minority Literary Studies, we have the courses for you.
Even if you are committed to another major, we have minors in English, Philosophy, Folklore, Religious Studies, and Women and Gender Studies which will complement your major.
Our departmental mission is two-fold. The service mission is to assist in providing students across the university with critical thinking skills, writing skills, and a broad introduction to the humanities and their importance, as well as provide for a number of other majors advanced skills and knowledge in the humanities which those programs believe their graduates need.
The degree mission of the department is to provide department graduates with the skills and knowledge for a variety of careers or for graduate or law school or other professional study through the development of close reading, writing, and critical thinking skills and through an in-depth study of a discipline.
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The Delta Blues Symposium was organized by the Department of English & Philosophy in 1994. The conference brings award-winning writers, renowned scholars and well known performers to campus each year attracting audiences and participants from across the country.
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Dr. Gregory Hansen, professor of English and folklore, has completed plans and developed the schedule for Delta Symposium XXI, sponsored by the Department of English and Philosophy and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. This year's theme, "The South Goes to the Movies," ties in with the concurrent inaugural Delta Flix Film and Media Festival, sponsored by the College of Media and Communication. The Delta Symposium overview is online.


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Now that Bird has decided to remove the interim tag from Frank Vogel and make him the Pacers' head coach, I think it's time to start feeling out the roster somewhat.
In his post-draft interview, Bird spoke of the "core" group of players for the team, but he didn't identify who was among that core group. I would think the core consists of:
Likely Starters:
C - Hibbert
PF - Jmac (or Hans, if Jmac doesn't resign)
SF - Granger
PG - Collison
SG - George Hill
Primary Reserves:
SF - Dahntey Jones
SG - Paul George
PF - Hans (if not the starting PF assuming Jmac walks)
Combo Guard: Lance Stephenson
Possibly retained, but Odd men out:
FA's...Doubtful to return:
Dunleavy, Foster (though I hope I'm wrong)
Most Likely to be Traded:
Won't return:
Ford, Solo, Posey
I think with the 9 players I've listed as likely starters and primary reserves, this team if healthy can win 45-48 games easily, if not more. The team's immediate needs at this point is to either retain Foster or find another backup Center. All other positions should be adequately covered.


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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2013-05-28
Listen to podcast version here.
Mark 10:28-31
Peter began to say to Jesus, "We
have given up everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Amen,
I say to you, there is no one who
has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother
or father or children or lands for my sake
and for the sake of the Gospel who will
not receive a hundred times more now in this present
age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and
children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in
the age to come. But many that are first will
be last, and the last will be first."
Prayer:Once again, Lord, I come to you to pray.
Even though I cannot see you, I trust that
you are present and want very much to instruct
me in your teachings. In the same way that you
demonstrate your love for me by spending this time
with me, I want to express my love for you
by dedicating this time to you with a spirit
of faith, confidence and attention. Here I am, Lord,
to listen to you and respond with love.
help me to have a pure intention in my acts
of self-denial.
1. Peter's Question: At first glance Peter seems
to be selfish, as if he were saying, "We have
given up everything, now what's in it for us?"
His question is not prompted by selfishness, but rather is
a response to Jesus' previous statement that it is
very hard for a rich man to enter heaven.
In light of the difficulty of riches, Peter wants to
know what the chances of entering the kingdom of
God will be for someone who has given up
everything to follow Christ. How detached from material possessions must
we be in order to be assured a place
in heaven? Jesus does not give us a concrete
answer to this question, but he does tell us that
those who have given up everything will not only
receive a reward of eternal life in the age to
come, but also ample reward in this life.
2. The
Real Motivation: Reward is not given only to those
who simply give things up, but rather to those who
give things up for the sake of Christ and
for love of the Gospel. Sacrifice for the sake
of sacrifice — or for that matter, sacrifice for a
selfish reason — is worth nothing in God's eyes.
Sacrifice has value only when it is done for the
sake of Christ and his Gospel, for love. Our
intention in self-denial must be to glorify Christ or
to witness to the Gospel message. Is this the real
motivation of my self-denial?
3. Eternal Life: The reward
for our self-denial begins in this life and has
its culmination in the life to come. The difference
between one and the other is that in this life
there are also persecutions. In this life we enjoy
both the love of Christ and suffering persecutions for his
sake. This life is a life of purification of
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love now, we will enjoy life with Christ for all
Conversation with Christ: Lord, you know how
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give up — out of love for you and
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I might get out of it. Help me not
to be afraid to deny myself for the sake of
drawing nearer to you.
Resolution:I will give
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Thatdirtykid wrote:is it fairly firm, the CE plastic (pearlish white usually) if it is Id reccomend selling it, I had a guy interested in mine when I was still throwing it, he offered me 25$, should have taken it :-\. Terry you might like it, you threw spiders a bit before right? it will proably be a bit more overstable than the regular champ spiders, and will hold a line better (firm plastic generally does)
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Seeking spot with Braves, Greene praises Cards
JUPITER, Fla. -- Thursday marked a homecoming for non-roster invitee Tyler Greene.
A first-round pick of the Cardinals in 2005, Greene made his Major League debut with the ballclub in '09 and played parts of four seasons with the organization. His family also lives in Jupiter over the offseason.
The 30-year-old infielder developed in the Minors with a few guys in the St. Louis lineup, including left fielder Jon Jay and starter Lance Lynn.
"I was able to learn a lot over there," Greene said. "They really know how to teach the fundamentals of the game and how to play the game the right way. The Cardinal Way they ingrain in us coming up. When you do get that opportunity to get on the big league team, you know what's expected of you and to execute all the fundamentals of the game."
St. Louis traded him to the Astros in 2012 after Greene went back and forth between Triple-A Memphis and the Majors. Greene was released the following March and signed with the White Sox.
Four days after his release from Chicago last August, Greene signed a Minor League deal with the Braves and was assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett. In 13 games, he hit .333 with four doubles, one home run and four RBIs.
Atlanta invited him to Spring Training in January. He is 4-for-23 (.174) with two walks and two steals in 13 games.
"Just coming to compete for a spot," Greene said. "Going to do everything I can on the field and just wait and see what happens and how it plays out. Excited to be part of this organization. A lot of good things happening here. They were able to get into the playoffs last year, so this is a contending team, a team with the goal to be here at the end of the season."
Christina De Nicola is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Lorde Not Interested in Working With David Guetta Because 'He's Gross'
David Guetta is pop-EDM royalty, a producer and DJ that most artists would sever a limb to work with, since he is known for being a hitmaker who teams up with the top of the pops!
One artist not keen on getting into bed, musically speaking, with the French superstar? Oh, none other than Lorde. Guetta will never be "royal" in her eyes!


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Turkey 'n' Swiss Calzones Recipe
These savory stuffed sandwiches are great when you're short on time. As the dough rises, you can prepare the simple filling and tend to other parts of your meal.—Suzie Salle, Renton, Washington
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4-1/2 teaspoons quick-rise yeast
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3-1/2 cups cubed cooked turkey
- 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1. In a large bowl, combine 3 cups flour, yeast, brown sugar and salt. In a small saucepan, heat water and oil to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- 2. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes. Cover and let rest in a warm place for 15 minutes.
- 3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the turkey, cheese and mustard. Divide dough into eight pieces.
- 4. On a floured surface, roll each piece into a 7-in. circle. Place filling on half of each circle. Fold dough over filling; pinch seams to seal.
- 5. Place on greased baking sheets. Brush with egg. Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece: 484 calories, 16g fat (6g saturated fat), 93mg cholesterol, 325mg sodium, 51g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 2g fiber), 32g protein.
Reviews for Turkey 'n' Swiss Calzones
Average Rating
Reviewed Jul. 5, 2011
"Delicious! I used ham instead of turkey, and it turned out wonderfully."
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2010
"The crust is excellent and easy to make, but the filling is very bland. I would try a sharp cheddar or pepper jack cheese."
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2009
"This recipe has become a family favorite! Sometimes we make them with pizza toppings and they always come out great."
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Sorry no war cry from me....I say we walk in like we own the place....take care of business......walk back out, but leave a couple of cat turds just to remind them we were there.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
That's not the woman they were showing as Teddy's wife last sunday night. She was hot, that girl is far from it.
2007 Super Bowl XLI Champions!
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
I never get tired of that.Originally Posted by Believe_in_blue
got love for my filipino boy Teddy Bruschi but sorry bro, you've had your day in the now is our time to shine. GO COLTS!!!!!
2007 Super Bowl XLI Champions!
Go Horse!!!!!
"If I tell you its Easter, you'd better hide eggs" - Peyton Manning to Marcus Pollard
The Brady Bunch of merry men will crumble
Originally Posted by IUColtPacerFan
2007 Super Bowl XLI Champions!
I'm not going to be pumped for the game at all. I refuse to, because I refuse to be pissed off for the 7th time in a row. Those are some real depressing times.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
, let's the !
Yeah. I get where you're coming from.Originally Posted by Suaveness
I think the Colts can win, but I'm not going to go all out like some and think this is going to be a Colts blowout.
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Artist Critiques Social Norms and Our Consumer Culture
Award-winning artist Mary Ellen Croteau covers a wide range of themes, from sexuality and warfare to global politics. But a strong current of her work is a critique of our consumer culture.
"I firmly believe in the power of the visual, and my work is my voice: a social critique and a visual challenge to all the cultural detritus we are force-fed every day," she explains. "My art is about looking at things in a slightly different way, and is intended to undermine the status quo with wit and humor."
Based in Chicago, Croteau uses a variety of media, from traditional painting to photography to sculpture and installation. Her project "Mountains" (2008) is a series of photos of trash arranged in the shape of a mountain range. The piles include electronic waste, plastic and metal, cattle dung from feedlots, and nuclear waste.
Recent projects have focused on the use of plastic—plastic bags, plastic water bottles, and even plastic bottle caps.
One of her latest pieces is a large (8-by-7 foot) self-portrait, "Close", made entirely of nested bottle caps and modeled on artist Chuck Close's painted portraits. Croteau also created several "endless columns" of these caps, after Constantin Brancussi's iconic modernist sculpture.
"Bag World"
In an earlier series, "Bag World" (2004–09), Croteau explored the ubiquity of plastic bags in the environment. Her first project involved making a braided bag rope using plastic bags that she accumulated over a seven-month period in 2004. The piece is titled "A Measure of Consumption: 225 days, 68 meters" and is intended to harken back to an era when all waste was recycled.
"I was trying to think what to do with all those bags that you get every time you go to the store," explained Croteau. "Even if you bring your own bags, they still try to put the stuff in plastic bags before they put it in the ones you brought. And no matter what they tell you, these bags are not recycled. They are just collected and disposed of."
For later pieces in the series, Croteau painted replicas of works by well-known artists such as Van Gogh, O'Keeffe, Monet, and Matisse, but she added her own twist by featuring plastic bags among the beautiful landscapes. When exhibited, the installation could only be accessed by wading through a bag-strewn floor, resulting in a performative interaction.
Croteau's installation "Waterfall" is made from more than 700 plastic newspaper bags and plastic water bottles, and offers a commentary on "the plasticization of our world, and the destruction of the source of life itself." In another series, Croteau crocheted plastic bags into replicas of dead coral reef, part of the Hyperbolic Crocheted Coral Reef project. Croteau talks more about the "Bag World" series in a video interview (below).
"Ad Me"
In another recent series, "Ad Me" (2010), Croteau photographed children imitating models posing in magazine advertisements. The children were asked to pick an ad from the New York Times Fashion Magazine, study it, and pose themselves as they saw the models do.
"This project was designed to help kids (young and old) really look at advertising, and see how media images are constructed to manipulate our self-image," Croteau explains.
"The resulting photos say as much about the individual kids as they do about the ads. Some saw the vacuousness in the model's face, some just saw the pose, but in the end what shines is the kids themselves. These faces are rarely seen in American media culture, but their beauty far outshines the hollow shells being portrayed in the ads."
Why Political Art?
Croteau has been asked why she can't just make "pretty pictures." Her response? "I can't because I think. I can't because I read. Because I live in this world. And I can't because I identify with those people who are having their lives destroyed so that Americans can keep driving SUVs fueled with cheap gas…. I make political art because I can't NOT make art that says what I feel, that rages against those who are trying to destroy us. Art is my voice."
Croteau says she considers it a victory when she has upset someone's complacency, and when someone who sees her art has their own feelings validated and reinforced. "We all need to know we are not alone, we are not crazy. We need to find ways to bridge the isolation that is being imposed on us in contemporary American culture."
To Croteau, art is a way to raise provocative issues but also to tell basic human truths. "What would the world be without Kathe Kollwitz's and Goya's prints, Picasso's Guernica; Dorothea Lange's photos; Sequeiros, Rivera, and Orozco's murals, and other great and wondrous images of people in their struggle for life? We would be left with the stupid advertisements to tell us what our life is about."
Mary Ellen Croteau studied sculpture at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and earned her BFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her MFA in mixed media from Rutgers University. She has exhibited extensively across the U.S. as well as abroad. She has lectured internationally and won numerous awards for her work, which has appeared on the cover of The Last Taboo: Women and Body Hair; New City news, Artpaper and On The Issues magazine, and has been reproduced in Ms. and other publications.
View more of Croteau's artwork on her website.
View more of Croteau's artwork on her website.


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Sutta reference?DAWN wrote:Only that i know is that demons are made by fear. Some kind of anti-mater.
Barionic (light) mater is made by gravitation, by unification, by love. Demons are made by fear, by devision, by anti-gravitation.
They are not visibles by eye be cause our eye can see only the light.
They are feed by fear, and hurt by love.
So if you have deal with it, you must to know that its just some beings like you, who knows suffering (much more suffering, they even take delight in it) and want just to be happy, to survive, to exist.
They just want exist, this why they make us fear sometimes, because in this fear they exist, by this fear they feel their existence.


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Karstens' progress halted by shoulder discomfort
MILWAUKEE -- Jeff Karstens went to Buffalo a couple of days ago. Now he is on his way back to Pittsburgh.
But no one really knows where the right-hander is headed after he felt discomfort in his right shoulder Friday while playing catch, once again shutting down his on-and-off rehab from year-long shoulder discomfort.
Instead of staying with Triple-A Indianapolis and taking the mound for the Indians, Karstens will undergo an evaluation by the Pirates' medical staff.
"We feel bad for Jeff," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.
Other than the natural expression of sympathy for the fan favorite and good teammate, there wasn't much else for the Pirates to say. This setback did not come as a shock, and it does little to alter the team's depth among starting pitchers.
While Charlie Morton and James McDonald continue to work their way back, aiming to somehow crack a rotation that is going strong, Karstens has been patient since first feeling discomfort in the shoulder before the start of exhibition play in Spring Training.
Karstens never made a Grapefruit League appearance, and ever since has been limited to bullpen sessions and simulated games. He was originally non-tendered by the Pirates, who re-signed him for $2.5 million in mid-January.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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We're also more popular than John Kerry.
Woohoo! We can now say we could win a popularity contest against a former presidential candidate. Not a good one, but a candidate non the less.
That's just in posts, you can also sort it by members, average members online, and some other cool things. We have a fairly high Post to member ratio.
Thank you, counting thread.
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" Manufacturer: Subway / Type: Sandwich "
A sub or submarine sandwich is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split lengthwise either into two pieces or opened in a "V" on one side, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces. According to an article I read about the history of Subway, "Fred DeLuca borrowed $1,000 from family friend Peter Buck, to start his first sandwich shop on August 28, 1965. At the end of 2010, Subway was the largest fast food chain on Earth, with 33,749 restaurants worldwide, 1,012 more thanMcDonald's. In terms of revenue, McDonald's still led Subway."
Subway is a chain of restaurants that serve lovely sub sandwiches that aim to be healthy, cheap and tasty. There are so many different subway sandwiches that you can go for, you can choose to make your own and add lots of different things or you can order off their menu and one of my favourites from their menu is the Italian BMT. According to Subway this stands for Big. Meaty. Tasty!, and I definitely agree it is. They say it is packed full of delicious pepperoni, salami and ham for a spicy kick. Obviously, depending on what you add, for example sauces and different cheeses etc the calorie count will vary but according to their website if you go with wheat bread and salad there are about 396 calories. This is not brilliant but no bad either and compared to a Big Mac which is about 700 ish calories its a better lunch choice than a hamburger.
Like I've said above, the fun thing about this restaurant is that you can choose exactly what goes in your sandwich, unlike other fast food sandwich bars where you just buy a ready made sandwich. I love the choosing bit and there is quite a lot to choose from. I like to start with the BMT lineup and really like the meat that goes into this sandwich. I love salami and the salami I have here is always nice and spicy and tasty and not at all rubbery or bland. The ham is good too and then this is when I like to customise my sandwich. You are first given the choice of the size of sandwich you want, half a sandwich or a foot long and I generally go for the foot long which is almost too big but the half a sandwich is generally a bit too small! There are lots of different types of bread, such as brown bread, white, cheese on the top etc. I like to add some slices of white cheese, tomato, salad, peppers, pickles, mayonnaise and then mustard.
You can choose to make your sandwich part of a meal deal by adding a soft drink and a packet of crisps. I usually add this to my sandwich and you end up paying in the £6-£7 region for a whole Italian BMT meal which is not too bad, a nice treat and one I love from time to time.
Im sure by now everybody knows how convenient Subway has become, from just out doing your shopping, popping in for a quick bite of lunch, or on your way home from a night out, popping in to line your stomach with something - we all know Subway is a food outlet that will provide us with what we are after.
Subway stores are everywhere, with them scattered around the UK, Europe and America and further. They have proved very popular, and their fast, eat in/take out for a low price approach has got us all tempted. They do a variety of bread, which is your first step in picking what you want. There is an option to choose your size, which you have the option of a footlong or a 6 inch sub. The next step after your size is to pick your bread (personally i think Itallian works best with every sandwich), were you can then put your favourite sandwich together. You can add extras for 50p, which is always a nice thing to do. You then get to pick what salad you would like, and whether you would like cheese and/or toasted, and get to add some sauce if you wish. You will then usually be prompted if you would like "any cookies or drinks", which can make it a meal deal. Your sandwhich is made right there in front of you, nice and fresh, with bread just coming out of the oven.
The Italian BMT sandwich is my favourite, and hasnt been around to long. The sandwich contains salami, pepperoni and ham, with cheese if you wish. You can choose any bread and any salad you like. Salad to choose from includes lettuce, tomato, cucumber, jalapenos, peppers, olives and lots more. Sauces to choose from are once again down to personal preference, but some include BBQ, Mayo and Ketchup. The Italian BMT is lovely and personally i think is the most gorgerous out of the choices available to you for the price. A 6" one of these made in to a meal deal is great and easily fills you up, and doesnt lay heavy on your stomach. This sub is just short of 550 calories, which isnt great if your dieting but you could choose a healthier bread and cut back on the unhealthy sauce. Subway likes to give the impression of being somewhere healthy to eat, especially with their latest advert of atheletes eating there, but you have to be so careful. Usually the ones you think dont have many calories in are usually the ones that contribute to you carrying extra pounds at your next weigh in! The price of the Italian 6" inch will get you change from £3, and a footlong adds £2 on to that.
All in all its a very tasty sub, and i am thinking now of going to buy one as ive tempted myself writing this!
Subway sandwiches would have to be one of my favourites. I don't usually have a foot long subway but if I do it's so that I can have it for lunch the next day as well.
At subway you make the choice about sandwich fillings and bread. There is a good selection of bread on offer; my favourite is now the herb and cheese sub. There is a large selection of meats on offer as well as a great selection of salads. You basically make the sandwich to your specification, including the size. You have the option of a foot long sub or a 6-inch sub (basically half the size).
I first tried the Italian BMT when it was on offer as sub of the day. I knew I liked the types of meat that they put in it so I thought it was worth a go and it was. I had hearty Italian bread for the BMT, the meat is salami, ham and pepperoni and for the salad I had lettuce, onion, gherkins and mayonnaise for the sauce. There are so many combinations that would really work for this sub but these were my favourites.
The sub itself is quite spicy, obviously the pepperoni is the main contributor to that. If you don't like spicy food though don't worry it's not that spicy, I don't like spicy food but this I can eat this without any problems, plus I find the mayonnaise helps reduce the spice a bit.
The price of the BMT sub is not bad either. For the sub of the day it's £2.29 for a 6-inch sub it's not a lot more to go for the foot long sub. If you have your cheese toasted or you eat in you will also have to pay more not much, I think it's about 30p. I would recommend doing the meal deal where you'll get a drink and cookie or crisps with your sub - the double chocolate cookies are very nice.
I have just finished a foot long BMT on cheese and herb bread which is toasted with cheese and with the full works salad and then finished with south west sauce. That is a large name and description but the sub is equally massive. The BMT includes pepperoni, ham and pastrami cold meats which give it a very meaty texture and cured meat flavour which I like. The bread is made on site and smells fresh with a soft texture and crispy when cooked.
The sub is served overflowing with salad and sauce and this makes it very messy but the salad is crisp and fresh and although cold against the rest of the warm sub it does work as a complete unit. The important point though is that it will be made to your spec in all areas as it is made in front of you. What I list is how I like mine only.
It is priced at £3.05 in my local shop although some places may be different. The foot long is an extra £2.
I lie going to Subway, and not sure if I like it there more than Baguette Express. Guess it depends what mood i'm in. The BMT Sandwich is on of my favourites though.
You can have this on a 6" or !2" Sandwich. The 6" is normally £2.80, but if it is Sub of the Day then you get it for £1.99. You can get this on 5 different types of Sub, I go for the Italian White.
The Sub is is nice, soft and fresh. It is baked on the premises and I think that since my local Subway is pretty busy, then the Subs don't sit around too long. You can get the Subs toasted as well, which I normally do. Since it has Cheese on it, then it is nice with the Cheese melted over the Meat.
So what's the filling in this? The main part is Pepperoni, Ham and Salami. You then have the choice to add Cheese, plenty of Salad such as Red Onion, Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber, Peppers and then a Sauce on top such as Mayo, Sweet Chilli, 1000 Island and a few others.
The Meat in here is nice. It tastes fresh and also good quality. There doesn't seem to be fatty bits in the Meat, and although it may seem a bit much having all this Meat crammed into a Sub, if you have Salad and sauce then it gives it a whole new flavour.
A good one to try if you are a Meat eater - obviously.
I go to Subway quite a bit and one of my fave sandwiches from there is the Italian BMT which is a real meaty sandwich that you can dress up with whatever salad you want.
You choose from the breads in Subway as usual and I think this goes best on the hearty Italian one because it goes good with all the flavours of the meat and you get a choice of having cheese or not, I recomend having the cheese because it melts nice if you have your sandwich toasted and mixes in with the meat to give it an extra nice flavour.
The person in Subway will put pepperoni, ham and salami on the sandwich and then it's up to you to decide what salad you want on it. I think red onion, olives, sweetcorn and lettuce go the best but sometimes I have tomato and cucumber as well if I'm very hungry. This sandwich is probably the greasist one in Subway because of the salami and pepperoni and this is even worse if you get it toasted because then the grease will come out of the meat and even though it tastes nice it's not very good for you like that!
The meat is all good quality and tastes fresh to me. The salami is nice and spicy and so is the pepperoni but I think some days that the pepperoni is a bit too spicy because it makes the sandwich taste dead hot sometimes, but this doesn't always happen so I reckon it depends what supplier Subway are using that day if they change suppliers but if they don't then I don't know what makes the meat spicier some days than others.
I usually have their spicy bbq sauce on this sandwich because that goes nice with the meat but when my mum has it she always has mayo because she thinks the pepperoni is too spicy to add a spicy sauce to.
The Italian BMT is a very filling sandwich and a 6 inch one will keep you full up until your next meal is due. Sometimes if I'm very hungry I'll have a footlong one but I always struggle to finish that because the fillings in the BMT mean I get full up before I can finish it, but that's ok because I just wrap up what's left over and then nuke it for a few seconds in the microwave to liven it up again. This doesn't work with all Subway sandwiches though but this is one that is ok when it's been reheated.
Every Thursday the Italian BMT is Sub Of The Day and that means it only costs £1.99 instead of about £2.79. I just realised, it's Thursday today so I guess I'll be having a BMT for my dinner!
I have been a fan of Subway for a few years now, and recently I have started eating sandwiches from this company almost everyday. While I normally like to have a balanced diet and to cook for myself, since starting a new job, it has often made a lot more sense to bring a sandwich with me to work rather than eating before hand, as I would be absolutely starving if I had to wait for a ten hour shift or more to end before I could eat.
Since there are two Subway shops on my way to work, and since Subway sandwiches are relatively good value and healthier than many other takeaways, I have started getting an Italian BMT sandwich almost every day on my way to work.
Most of you will be familiar with Subway stores and how they work, but I'll describe them briefly before I talk about this sandwich in particular. Basically, in Subway you can order a sandwich with any combination of fillings that you want, including a choice of bread, meat, salad and sauce. Your sandwich is made fresh in front of you according to your instructions, and is always absolutely gorgeous and well worth the money (in my opinion at least).
The Italian BMT sandwich is a sandwich that contains pepperoni, salami and ham, and comes in any bread, with any combination of salad ingredients and sauce that you like. I usually go for lettuce, cucumber, peppers, olives, pickles and jalapeños, as I feel that these flavours complement the meaty flavours fairly well. The Subway website recommends that you have either Southwest Chipotle (a deliciously spicy sauce) or Barbecue sauce in this sandwich, and I would definitely agree with that, as those are the only two sauces I ever have on my Italian BMT and they both taste great. I would say that the best way to enjoy an Italian BMT is to have it toasted on Herb's and Cheese bread, with the salad I mentioned above, grated cheese and Southwest Chipotle sauce, as all these flavours mix together well to make it an amazing sandwich. The melted cheese and hot pepperoni makes the sandwich feel like a bizarre yet exciting pizza, and the sauce is absolutely out of this world.
Italian BMT is always my first choice when going to Subway, as it is the most delicious of the choices available. I always find that a 6" sub is enough for a meal, and with the sauce salad and bread that I choose, this weighs in at roughly 550 calories. While that seems like quite a lot for a sandwich, it fills me up enough that I don't feel the need to have any more, and isn't too bad even if you're on a diet. Of course, if you go for the foot long sandwich then the calorie level doubles, but that really is a large meal for anyone, so it's unsurprising that it's calorific. They're not particularly healthy things to eat, but since you can get a fair variety of salad into them, you're probably getting close to one of your five a day by having one, so you can't really complain. A 6" inch BMT will set you back £2.89, and a foot long will cost you £4.69 (I believe), though if you pop along to Subway on a Thursday you can get a 6" BMT for only £2 as part of their 'Sub of the Day' offer. Italian BMTs can only be bought at Subway, but if you live in a major city, you shouldn't have to walk for more than 10 minutes from your doorstep before you find one.


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|This was my first time trying sorrel, and I loved it!
At the Salt Lake farmer's market I purchased a ziploc bag full of pointed greens the farmer told me were sorrel. "The small leaves are good mixed with lettuce in a green salad," he told me. "It's delicious." Hmmmm. This sounded interesting. A new type of plant I hadn't written about yet for Weekend Herb Blogging
I found many other recipes for sorrel soup online, often French in origin. When I searched for a recipe to use my sorrel leaves in a salad, one thing was clear, you should carefully select a dressing to complement the tangy flavor of the sorrel. I never found a recipe that I wanted to use, but did get inspiration from many sources to create the recipe for this salad. Just as with some other unusual ingredients I've tried, I loved the flavor of sorrel. To me it was just tangy enough without being overwhelming, and I thought the combination of this salad was just perfect. Of course, if you don't happen to have any sorrel around, you can still use this salad recipe with any combination of salad greens that strikes your fancy!
Spinach and Sorrel Chopped Salad with Pecans and Goat Cheese
(2 servings, original recipe by Kalyn)
2 large handfuls baby spinach, washed and dried
1 large handful young sorrel leaves, washed and dried
1/4 cup toasted pecans
2 slices goat cheese (Chevre or Montrachet type), crumbled
Dressing Ingredients:
1 T white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp. Dijon vinegar
1/2 tsp. honey
2 T olive oil
pinch salt
This would be a perfect salad to serve with dinner for the South Beach Diet, and it's fancy enough to be served for guests without any suspicions that it's "diet food." I'd serve this with something like Janet's Mustard Chicken, Chicken and Asparagus with Curry Sauce, or Almond and Parmesan Baked Tilapia.
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