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PHILADELPHIA -- With six weeks remaining in the regular season and the Mariners in contention for their first playoff berth since 2001, Major League Baseball has granted permission for the club to begin offering tickets to potential postseason games at Safeco Field.
Mariners season-ticket holders have priority access to the initial offer, with the opportunity to purchase full or partial strips of tickets, depending on their plan. In addition, fans who make a deposit for new 2015 season tickets will also receive priority to purchase 2014 postseason tickets.
Current Mariners season-ticket holders were notified earlier this week about how they can secure their tickets for potential postseason games, including the American League Wild Card Game, AL Division Series, AL Championship Series and World Series. A potential tiebreaker game is not included in postseason strips.
Fans can make a non-refundable $500 deposit toward new 2015 full season, half-season, business or weekend plans, which will qualify them for the opportunity to purchase a full strip of postseason tickets. A non-refundable $250 deposit for new 16 Game Plans will provide the opportunity to purchase a partial strip of postseason tickets. All deposits will be applied to the cost of new 2015 season tickets.
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Despite spring struggles, Wright never lost faith
BOSTON -- Jamey Wright never seemed worried during Spring Training that his sinker would be ready by Opening Day, despite posting a 7.36 ERA in 10 Grapefruit League outings. In four appearances this season, he's yet to allow a run over 4 1/3 frames.
"I feel good, I feel strong and I knew I would once it was for real and the adrenalin comes and all that good stuff," said Wright. "I'm still not exactly where I want to be. When I feel the best, I feel like I can go out there and throw nothing but sinkers and have success. I'm not there yet, but it's coming, getting a few outs with it.
"[The sinker is] a pitch where I get ahead in the count and get ground balls, or foul balls, or takes. In Spring Training, it wasn't doing what I wanted it to. It was ball one, ball two and I'm behind in the count. So now it's coming along a little better."
While Wright believed all along that the sinker would arrive, he experienced a sense of relief once it did.
"No doubt about it, yeah," Wright said. "I don't walk off the mound all mad after giving up home runs. I gave up ... four home runs on four sinkers [in Spring Training], and that just doesn't happen. I just sat there scratching my head."
Wright said his spring problem stemmed from a mechanical flaw in his delivery.
"I didn't see a lot of video from the spring, so I didn't know how to correct it," Wright said. "I was trying everything I could. ... The first game I threw during the regular season, I went in there and watched the video, and I'm like, 'Huh, OK, that's weird. Why am I doing that?' But it's real minor and it's not a big adjustment, but if you've been practicing it a certain way all spring, you kind of get used to throwing that way. Tough to get it back."
The veteran of 18 Major League seasons obviously has more seasons behind him than in front of him, so he was asked if he has ever worried that the sinker wouldn't come back once the season started.
"I remember going into Spring Training with Seattle a couple of years ago and I thought, 'If I don't make this team, then I think I'm OK with it. I'll be fine with it,'" Wright said. "Then I think I went out there and threw like 12 innings in the spring, gave up like four or five hits. I just kind of let go. I had the best spring I've ever had, had a great year, had a great year last year. I'm as good now as I've ever been, so that kind of creeps into the back of my mind, too. If I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing out there and having success, I want to keep playing. The main thing is to get a chance to pitch in the playoffs."
Even though Wright struggled in Spring Training, manager Joe Maddon wasn't worried.
"He was doing some things differently from the past in his delivery, and it made all the sense in the world," Maddon said. "He's getting back on top of the ball better. Breaking ball easily how much better it was the last time from the side, the sink, all the stuff. The velocity's been really good. We just need the sink. We need the ball on the ground, and I know he's feeling better about it. So I feel confident."
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George Osborne, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, today hiked the bank levy to offset other tax savings by financial institutions, as he seeks to provide greater tax relief for businesses in the Autumn statement to Parliament.
Here Financial News provides reaction to some of the key measures announced by Osborne in Parliament today.
• Bank levy increase
In the statement. Osborne declared that corporation tax, which the government had already lowered from 28% to 24% and was set to decline to 22%, will now fall further - to 21% from April 2014.
However, to take into account the benefit to the banking sector of the reduction in corporation tax, Osborne said the bank levy will rise to 0.13% from the start of next year to ensure it raises at least £2.5bn as stipulated by the government. In his Budget speech earlier this year, Osborne had said the levy rate would rise to 0.105% from the start of next year.
The Chancellor said: "Making banks contribute more is part of our major reforms to the banking system."
However, financial industry commentators branded the hike in the bank levy as "unhelpful" and "counterproductive" at a time when institutions are being required to lend more to boost the economy.
Chris Price, head of financial services in the UK for Ernst & Young, said: "If a bank is growing its balance sheet to try to quickly increase the supply of credit it can offer UK businesses, a blanket increase to the bank levy will actually penalise them. The fifth successive increase in the banking levy with no reward or differentiation for those banks that have made material strides towards meeting the government's lending targets is counterintuitive if the government is serious about trying to persuade banks to lend more. "
Mark Boleat, policy chairman at the City of London Corporation, said: "The banking sector has been working hard to improve balance sheets while mobilising capital and stands ready to pay its fair share to support the economic recovery. What the banks, like all businesses, require though is stability and predictably in the tax system so that they can confidently plan for the future. In this context, a fifth increase in the bank levy is unhelpful."
Tom Aston, financial services tax partner at KPMG, said: "This is the fifth successive increase in the bank levy over three years - probably some kind of tax record. News of the increase will be wearyingly familiar for banks, and is an alarming symptom of how rapidly banks' balance sheets are shrinking. There is an element of the government chasing its own tail at each Budget and Autumn Statement in order to ensure that the bank levy yield still meets the magic £2.5bn figure."
• The Deficit
Within his statement to Parliament, Osborne insisted that "the deficit is down, borrowing is down". Osborne said the independent Office for Budget Responsibility had forecast the UK deficit would fall from 7.9% last year to 6.9% this year and 6.1% next year, while borrowing was expected to fall to £108bn this year and then £99bn next year. He said: "The deficit is still far too high for comfort. The road is hard but we are on the right track."
Osborne had pledged in 2010 to eliminate the UK's structural deficit within five years, and for the debt to GDP ratio to be falling by the end of the Parliament term in 2015. However, the OBR found the UK has not met its test on debt reduction, and Osborne announced a one-year delay before the debt ratio starts to fall, which is now expected to be in 2016.
Angus Campbell, head of market analysis at Capital Spreads, said "there is very little in the way of improvement to our fiscal difficulties".
He said: "The OBR's growth forecasts have been unsurprisingly downgraded citing that they were previously based on a much stronger eurozone economy, so if the eurozone is to blame for so much we need to focus on readjusting who we trade with."
Nick Beecroft, chairman and senior market analyst at Saxo Capital Markets, said the statement struck a "careful balance between fiscal probity and growth promotion, and between rich and poor". He said that as the statement showed no diversion from the Plan A deficit reduction programme, "stocks, sterling and gilts will be virtually unmoved".
• Pensions tax allowances
The annual allowance for pensions tax relief is to be lowered from £50,000 to £40,000, though the drop is not as extreme as had been predicted in some quarters.
Andrew Tully, pensions technical director at MGM Advantage said that the step sends "totally the wrong signal to savers across the country".
He said: "It is not so much the 1% of wealthy people who are immediately impacted by this change, but the legacy of undermining yet again the pensions system when we least need it."
He added: "While this is a short-term win for the Treasury, in the longer term it will have a detrimental impact on savings in the UK. We need a simple, consistent savings system that people can trust."
Tony Stenning, head of UK retail at BlackRock, said the measure should not put Britons off saving for retirement.
He said: "Britons need to be educated on the importance of saving regularly and as early as possible in their working life, as we look to build a savings culture which helps people to plan ahead for their retirement - they need to build what they need tomorrow, but can't wait until tomorrow to begin."
Mike Smedley, pensions partner at KPMG in the UK, said: "It is of course disappointing that Government is tinkering with tax and pensions again, less than two years after the current regime was introduced. This change will bring more ordinary people, not just "fat cats", into the complicated area of tax charges on their pensions entitlements. Because people are not able to save uniformly for pensions over their careers, it will affect the pensions planning of many people as they approach retirement."
• Consultation on SME shares
The government said it would launch a consultation regarding allowing small businesses' shares to be included in new stocks and shares ISAs. Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, welcomed the proposal as "good news for small businesses up and down the country".
• Infrastructure investment
The government has earmarked an extra £5.5bn for infrastructure investment, of which £1bn is aimed at road projects.
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Doyle declined to identify any of the players who boarded the boats.
Almost immediately after boarding, crew members noticed partially disrobed women walking around, he said. One employee opened a galley and three nude women popped out, he said.
Then the crew -- about five people on each boat -- saw women giving lap dances for money.
"Players were approaching the wait staff telling them they would be tipped if they danced," Doyle said.
The players started to become more aggressive, wanting to pour their own drinks and screaming at the bartenders, he said. Naked woman walked around without hesitation. They performed oral sex in the open, he said. Sex toys were strewn about, he said.
At some point, the yacht captains called each other to see whether similar activity was happening on both vessels. It was, Doyle said, recalling what he called eye-popping conversations he had with crew members.
"They [the captains] had to step around people who were having sex on the floor," he said. "They were thinking it couldn't be safe out in the middle of the lake. It was a petrifying scene."
A woman working as a hostess on one of the boats called Mound police about 7:30 that night to report possible prostitution, drugs and sex acts, according to police.
The boats had been cruising only for 40 minutes when the supervisors on shore were told of the party and ordered the captains to return.
When they got to shore, some women asked if they had stopped to switch boats, Doyle said. The guests departed in their limos without incident.
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Prior to boarding, at least one group in a limo urinated on Cathy Hough's lawn in Mound, according to Hough and police. She said she confronted the men. "I said, 'Excuse me, do you mind?' And they looked at me as if I was crazy," Hough said Tuesday. "One of them said, "It's only water, ma'am,' and he continued peeing. I said no, it's not."
She followed the limo to Al & Alma's, where the men got on board, and she reported the incident to police.
It is no longer under investigation because Hough could give only vague descriptions, said Mound Police Chief Jim Kurtz.
Doyle said Al & Alma's is a longtime family business that would never have allowed such behavior to take place on their boats. Doyle, contacted by Al & Alma's on Monday, said he was concerned that detectives hinted to him that the captains didn't have control and didn't act quickly enough.
The Sheriff's Office said it is investigating a report of alleged criminal conduct on the yachts. Sgt. Haans Vitek wouldn't say whether Vikings were involved. "It was a stag-party atmosphere on the boat with allegations of strippers and sexual conduct," he said. "We're still trying to sort things out at this time."
Said Doyle: "The staffers were really shook up. It sounded as if they were fending off people. It was just a scene."
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ALDS Game Four Preview: Tigers at A's
Game Three was, in its most visible respects, diametrically opposed to the way Game Two went: Ryan Cook, Sean Doolittle, and Grant Balfour held a close game late rather than blowing it, and Coco Crisp made a miraculous catch, committing grand larceny on a Prince Fielder homer rather than dropping a pop-up. The result was a 2-0 win, another day of life for the A's, and a second home playoff game for the fans.
Tigers (Max Scherzer) at Athletics (A.J. Griffin) - 9:37 p.m. ET
Projected Starting Lineups:
PECOTA likes this matchup for the A's even better than it did in Game Three when it had Oakland at 58.1 percent to win. (We ran the simulations again with Derek Norris at catcher instead of George Kottaras, and PECOTA came out 0.3 percent higher for the A's. Call me, Mr. Melvin, and let me know what you think.)
Scherzer had a breakout year in certain respects; while he had a better ERA in 2010 and threw more innings in each of the last two years, he added almost 50 percent to his previous career high in WARP, racking up 3.8 wins on the strength of a tremendous 29.4 percent strikeout rate. (The next-highest qualifying pitcher was Yu Darvish at 27.1; following those two are three pitchers just above 25 percent: Clayton Kershaw, Gio Gonzalez, and Justin Verlander. The gap from first to fifth is remarkable, especially when you read the names of the players involved.) His walk rate was also better than average, and he gave up a reasonable number of homers, especially seeing as how he's a fly ball pitcher.
So why is Scherzer not blowing the competition away for the Cy Young? Our old friend BABIP. I don't mean that in the sense that you often see it meant, however. I'm not explaining away Scherzer's hit-rate as luck and claiming that the A's had better watch out lest they be unceremoniously dumped from the playoffs via the no-hitter. No, check out Scherzer's BABIPs in his four full seasons in the big leagues:
It is worth noting Detroit's horrendous defense this season (27th in defensive efficiency and park-adjusted defensive efficiency), but Scherzer's two previous Detroit teams and his Arizona squad in 2009 were merely below average, so the difficulties with keeping hits from falling can't be placed entirely at the plodding feet of Miguel Cabrera.
In any case, if there is any team that will express a willingness to whiff, it's the record-setting wind-makers in green and gold, and if there's any park that forgives the occasional fly ball on a 95 mile per hour heater, it's the O.Co Coliseum (hereafter, "the OCoCo," which is precisely what all of baseball fandom, minus Tigers fans, yelled when the A's center fielder stole a homer from Prince Fielder in Game Three).
On the other side, A.J. Griffin does not exactly have Scherzer's track record. He's a big, 24-year-old righty who began 2011 in Class-A. He is the first person from his draft round (13th, 2010) to make the majors. Nobody in the 12th, 11th, or 10th rounds have made it either. Josh Spence, a Padres pitcher out of Arizona State and a ninth-round pick, has made it. That's the lowest pick above Griffin. Exactly three players drafted behind Griffin have broken through (two of them from the 30th round, oddly).
Anyway, that's trivia. For those not familiar with his game (since, again, he's tossed all of 82 1/3 innings in the big leagues), Griffin is a low-velocity (90-mph average four-seamer) hurler with a slow curve (sub-70-mph) who tends to work up in the zone:
(That is a normalized plot from the catcher's perspective, so the colors represent where Griffin has put his pitches this year compared to other right-handers.)
Griffin's curve was the second-slowest among starters with at least 200 curves thrown this year, behind only Randy Wolf, which allowed him to keep batters off-balance enough to strike out 64 of them for a just-below-league-average rate of 19.1 percent. Combine that solid rate with how few walks he allows and you can see the trade-off: low-velocity offerings up in the zone result in a fair number of souvenir baseballs for the bleacher bums, especially considering Oakland is his home park, but if he hasn't put anybody on base for free, there's less chance that it really hurts him.
Besides the park, Griffin probably benefits from being a fly ball pitcher rather than a groundballer given the A's defense; the current infield configuration features not one, not two, but three recent conversion projects: Josh Donaldson (catcher to third), Cliff Pennington (shortstop to second), and Brandon Moss (outfield to first). Stephen Drew is the steady presence defensively, and even he gives A's fans palpitations with his throwing. The outfield, by contrast, features Josh Reddick's athletic, strong-armed play in right, Yoenis Cespedes's athletic, strong-armed play in left, and Coco Crisp's athletic, str… uh, well, athletic play in center. If you want to send fly balls to die, you send them to the Oakland outfield.
Just so we're not spending all our time talking about starting pitching: Prince Fielder hasn't hit in the series. Of course, the series is all of three games old and he was burglarized (robbery requires violence or the threat thereof) twice in Game Three alone. Remember that Griffin likes to pitch up in the zone. As it happens, Fielder likes to swing up in the zone against righties:
And he doesn't whiff up in the zone against righties:
He does, however, hit the ball quite a distance when it's up in the zone from a righty, as his chart of ISO by location shows:
A.J. Griffin should probably take some care with Prince Fielder.
I want to sum up with a platitude. I really do. I like platitudes. Something about how a good start from Scherzer or Griffin is crucial to victory, or about how the team that strikes first will likely win, or about how the squad that most limits its mistakes will come through. The problem is that every platitude that isn't demonstrably false is a tautology or otherwise meaningless. Instead, then, I'll ask you to look back at the PECOTA odds above and then return to this:
Jason Wojciechowski is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @jlwoj
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Is Oakland's lineup really so much better than Detroit's that they still have a 61% chance of winning a single game even given the advantage that Scherzer has over Griffin? I'm to believe that if this lineup played each other over a full season Oakland would go 99-63? Seems silly.
Oct 10, 2012 07:24 AM
The A's are strongest at home at night against righties. (Well, if this year's stats are meaningful.)
Oct 10, 2012 09:40 AM
Travis Leleu
Thanks for pointing this out. The whole article read like Detroit is better / has better matchups, and that Scherzer is significantly better than Parker. I'm almost wondering if the author flipped the teams (that DET has the 61% chance of winning).
Oct 10, 2012 09:57 AM
Jason Wojciechowski
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The percentages are not flipped.
Oct 10, 2012 10:02 AM
I'm assuming part of the odds is also that it is at the Coliseum, and there has historically been a real advantage for the home team.
Oct 10, 2012 09:34 AM
Also, the A's are a demonstrably better team. Factor that in, plus the home field advantage, and sure, you're getting up there at 60% or so.
Oct 10, 2012 10:07 AM
I agree... this is starting to look like last years Texas series, where a superior rotation is nullified by decided advantages in bullpen and lineup. At this point, I don't understand why anybody ever gives Miguel Cabrera or Prince Fielder a pitch to hit. I can totally see Mad Max keeping the A's under three runs, and still losing.
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Opening season in hometown special for Brown
ATLANTA -- Everybody knew Phillies left fielder Domonic Brown would be in the Opening Day lineup weeks ago thanks to a fantastic spring.
But he still considered it special to be in the visitors' clubhouse Monday at Turner Field, where the Phillies opened their season against the Braves.
"Man, it means the world," he said. "I'm basically at home."
Brown attended Redan High School, which is about 20-25 minutes away from Turner Field.
Todd Zolecki 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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City Councilman Kevin Faulconer on Monday released a plan to bolster the San Diego Police Department a day after a group backing Councilman David Alvarez aired the first televised campaign ads for the Nov. 19 mayoral election.
Meanwhile, former City Attorney Mike Aguirre said he's working on his own plan for the Police Department and city infrastructure upgrades and will roll those out later this week. Former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, now a Qualcomm executive, was gearing up for a bike ride with Bill Walton and others Tuesday to focus on the city's cycling community and its needs.
Faulconer's police plan calls for boosting staffing, raising pay for experienced cops and meeting equipment and modernization needs. Foremost is filling the department's roughly 135 vacancies among the 1,800-plus sworn officer force.
"I am going to make sure we hire those officers and that we reduce our attrition rate," he said.
The GOP-endorsed candidate also wants to speed recruitment, and hire grant writers to find more money for the department.
He was unable to cite a specific dollar figure for the plan.
"A lot of factors will determine the cost and how we pay for that, including savings from pension reform and putting city services out to bid. Costs, however, are not going to drive this," Faulconer said. "What's going to drive this is priorities in a $1 billion budget. The changes I've outlined will be the focus of my budget priorities as mayor, and I'm confident I will build the support I need with the City Council."
The seven-year councilman said he wants the city to set goals for getting more officers on the beat and meeting their equipment needs, including finding the money to replace San Diego's dispatching system. While nearly $4 million has been allocated for a new, computer-aided dispatch program, Faulconer said $3 million more is needed.
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Brian Marvel, head of the San Diego Police Officers Association, said the plan looks good on first blush.
"There is a lot of good stuff in there — it clearly shows that Kevin has been listening," Marvel said. "Based on what I have read, they have put a lot of work into it, and it will resonate well with our officers."
Faulconer, Fletcher and Alvarez are vying for the POA endorsement. Fletcher gained the union's backing for his mayoral bid last year and earlier was the favorite to get it again, but the POA has so far held off. Faulconer has received its backing in his council campaigns and is the first mayoral candidate out with a plan to deal with increasing concern about retention of police officers.
Elsewhere, Aguirre's campaign was talking Monday about his work with unions and minority groups in the city. And the candidate quipped that as he works on the rollout of Police Department, sidewalk, road and water improvement plans, he also focused on another area.
"And of course I'm continuing to work on my personality," joked Aguirre, whose tenure as city attorney included dust-ups with other city officials.
The Alvarez television ad was a positive biographical spot that introduced him as a lifelong San Diegan. It aired several times on Sunday, including during the highly viewed Chargers game and the "Breaking Bad" finale on AMC.
The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council has raised $573,000 for Alvarez through its "Working Families for A Better San Diego" political action committee, according to campaign filings. The PAC spent more than $251,000 on television, though it was unclear when and how many spots.
Independent committees backing Fletcher and Faulconer have raised nowhere near the amounts of the labor PAC, but their direct campaigns have far out raised Alvarez's so far: $257,500 for Faulconer, $152,000 for Fletcher and $38,000 for Alvarez.
Meanwhile, former NBA star Bill Walton, an avid bicyclist, and Ed Clancy, the city's bicycle guru under former Mayor Bob Filner, are slated to join Fletcher on a ride Tuesday morning to identify danger spots and get feedback on how the city could make local streets safer.


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Roland TB-303 Documentary BASSLINE BASELINE by Nate Harrison from Jack Time on Vimeo.
I first heard Acid House at club Mars in the late 80s. I believe the first Acid record I bought was from Fast Eddie called Acid Thunder. I bought my first Roland TB-303 from Rogue Music in New York City for $300. I later bought another one and used them live. They eventually were stolen and since then I used various soft versions such as the Audiorealism ABL.
"If you're interested in the early history of ROLAND, the Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments and the TB-303 Bassline, you'll enjoy this 20-minute video. The TB-303 and its design are described in depth, and many examples of popular music made with the machine are presented. Director: Nate Harrison" – Jack Time
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Parrino claimed off waivers by Texas
OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland A's infielder Andy Parrino was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers, the club announced today. Parrino was designated for assignment Feb. 27 when the A's acquired infielder Jake Elmore from the Chicago White Sox for cash.
Parrino had two stints with Oakland last year and went 4-for-34 (.118) with two doubles and one RBI in 14 games. He spent the balance of the season with Sacramento where he hit .210 with a .300 on-base percentage and .302 slugging percentage in 108 games. Parrino was originally acquired by the A's from San Diego with Andrew Werner for Tyson Ross and A.J. Kirby-Jones, November 16, 2012.


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what is taking so long.......pie says hop hop. i need more pictures of me on the internets.
we still ride bikes, take long walks to empty places, we dug a pond in the backyard - toads showed up and croak every nite. last nite i was at polvos paying my respects to the margarita and happy bike ride home.
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When the weather turns cool and the days begin to shorten, nothing beats a hearty bowl of soup. That's why, for October, we're celebrating our four soup mixes- 13 Bean Soup, Vegi Soup, Bountiful Black Bean Soup and Whole Grains and Beans Soup. Our soup mixes contain no seasonings and are simply blends of beans and grains. Think of them as a delicious blank canvas on which to paint your culinary desires. To inspire you, we've asked some of our favorite food bloggers to come up with a creative recipe using one of our soup mixes to inspire you. Some of the recipes are not soups at all, but take advantage of the blends to create something new and special. To help get your creative juices flowing, we've also placed these mixes on special for the month of October when you order on our website, check them out here. Enjoy!
When I think of Bob's Red Mill soup mixes I immediately think of my favorite, our Bountiful Black Bean Soup Mix. With its rich and creamy beans and bursts of barley, the possibilities of where to take this mix are endless.
October brings crisp and cool days but the sun still shines. There's nothing better to warm your tummy yet still celebrate the warmth of the sun but a bowl of soup livened with limes, cilantro and end-of-season tomatoes.
- 2 Tbsp Oil
- 1/2 cup diced Onion
- 1/4 cup diced Carrot
- 1/4 cup diced Celery
- 2 Garlic cloves, diced
- 1/2 Jalapeño, diced
- 1/2 tsp ground Cumin
- 1/4 tsp ground Cayenne
- 1/4 tsp dried Oregano
- 6 cups Vegetable or Chicken Stock
- 1 cup Bountiful Black Bean Soup Mix
- 4 Cilantro sprigs including stems
- 2 diced Roma Tomatoes
- 1 cup cooked and shredded Chicken (non-vegan option)
- Salt , to taste
Step 1
Rinse bean soup mix until running water. Drain and set aside.
Step 2
Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrot and celery and cook until softened, 5 – 7 minutes.
Step 3
Add garlic, jalapeno and spices and cook until spices are fragrant, about 1 minute.
Step 4
Add stock, rinsed and drained soup mix and cilantro. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until beans are tender, about 1-1/2 hours. Adjust liquid as needed.
Step 5
Remove the cilantro stems and discard. Add diced tomatoes and shredded chicken, if desired. Season to taste with salt.
Portion into serving bowl and garnish as desired
Serves 4.
Tortilla Strips
- 10 Corn Tortillas, cut into ¼-inch wide strips
- Oil, for frying
- Sea Salt to taste
Heat oil 1-inch deep in a heavy pan to about 365°F. Add ¼ of the tortilla strips to the hot oil, making sure they do not touch. Fry until golden-brown, about 3 minutes.
Remove strips from oil and drain on several layers of paper towels. Season with sea salt.
Recommended Garnishes: Diced Avocado, Lime Wedges, Cilantro, Sour Cream, Hot Sauce, Tortilla Strips.


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It's a coincidence of course, but Goh Nakamura's tunes orbit the same sphere as a triumvirate of "E" songwriters: Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, and Evan Dando. And while we bandy about the alliterations let's include: Ken Stringfellow, Matthew Sweet, and Ron Sexsmith. Also: "smart," "soaring" (as in melodies), and "significant" (as in talent). His videos have been viewed over a million times on YouTube, which, in our hypervirile economy, wouldn't impress necessarily after all, this is the same site that brought instant fame to a Britney Spears apologist who gives histrionic dispatches from beneath his blankie. The difference is Nakamura is not a fleeting flavor: Ulysses (self-released) has wings.
» Nathan Baker (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
"Listening to Goh Nakamura is like falling in love for the first time. It's bemusing, sweet, and a little clumsy in moments, but pricelessly charming in spite of itself. You hope it never ends. Nakamura, a Bay Area native, successfully marries earnest and bemusing lyrics with catchy refrains and solid guitar melodies, without delving into cloying sentimentality or heavy theatrics."
» Min Jung Kim
"Armed with an acoustic guitar and an active imagination, Goh Nakamura strums to the beat of a processed drum machine, singing the minimum wage, dial-up connection blues. Like Neil Finn gone broke or a male version of Mary Lou Lord, Nakamura could be a patron saint for lonely code warriors with good record collections. Geekdom doesn't get any more pronounced than on 'N.P.', a wistful stalker anthem about a girl in a Star Wars trilogy."
» Todd Inoue (Hyphen Magazine)
"Daylight Savings makes no pretenses, it just carries you away with its heart and searching soul. Love it."
» Richard Chang
"A guy with a PC and a guitar (and a boatload of effects pedals I hear) making delightful music. It's like coffee spot folk music, but with a sense of humor and an undercurrent of romance. Lots of catchy little love songs on his debut."
» A Whole Lotta Nothing, Best of the Net 2004
"S.F. crooner, Goh Nakamura, has been stewing up a bittersweet collection of musical confections to delight a loyal following every other Tuesday night at Ireland's 32. His self described 'Dreamsicle pop' has sophisticated influences the likes of American literature, Chopin, and the Beatles. His new album Daylight Savings features salty, sweet melodies about love, meter maids and the Embarcadero blues. Meet Goh Nakamura."
» Bay Area Buzz
"This is the debut release for Bay Area troubadour Goh Nakamura. He draws from the no frills, sensitive singer/songwriter inkwell...' ultra heartfelt and barebones, much like that of Elliott Smith's early albums. The ache is palpable in each of the eleven songs on Daylight Savings. Impressive."
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Hello everyone. This blog is going to be about what I think would be an ideal Championship situation in WWE, and by that I mean what titles do I think they should have, rather than the current setup.
Undisputed WWE Heavyweight Championship
This is the big one, I think we need one world champion. The World Heavyweight Championship has lost a lot of its prestige, and the brand extension
Hello everyone, this is my first blog on this site and I thought I'd start off with something simple: my idea for what I believe to be a decent pay-per-view schedule for WWE.
First off, I went with 10 PPVs. I didn't work out the exact dates on the calendar or anything, but my reasoning was that this would allow for longer build-ups, especially for the major PPVs like 'Mania and Summerslam.
Updated 03-22-2013 at 11:14 AM by Frank
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Part of my husbands collection...
The first picture is a painting of the Kansas City Southern Railroad Depot in DeQuincy Louisiana. My husband works for K.C.S and this was painted by one of our neighbors (Mrs. Ellender) before she grew old and lost her sight. We are so glad we have this painting as she passed away two years ago. She was a wonderful grandmother figure to my daughter.
The second picture is something we picked up just because it had a train in it lol.
The third is an old map of the K.C.S lines.
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LAST month, the governing body for the Church of England in Worcestershire, the Worcester Diocesan Synod, voted overwhelmingly to support proposals from the General Synod of the Church of England to enable women to become bishops.
The proposals will need to be approved by the majority of Diocesan Synods across the country, before the legislation can be fully debated at the General Synod meeting in July later this year, but there was only one vote against from the Worcester Synod.
Bishop John Inge said: "The vote was wonderful news. The Diocese of Worcester has always been overwhelmingly in favour of allowing women to become bishops so I was not surprised that the vote was almost unanimous. We hope that other dioceses will give a similarly clear steer to General Synod and it won't be long before we are consecrating our first female bishop."
Professor Michael Clarke, one of Worcester's representatives on General Synod introduced the subject for discussion. He said: " "Through facilitated discussions we have explored new territory and found ways of reconciling what had seemed to be irreconcilable interests. This new way forward is now widely supported by the majority of viewpoints in the Church of England."
There will still be provision for members with conscientious theological objections to the ordained ministry of women, with the installation of a code of practice.


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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Pulmonary fibrosis means scarring of the lung. Many diseases can cause pulmonary fibrosis including infections, radiation therapy, certain medications, and some diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus. The most common cause of pulmonary fibrosis is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (pulmonary fibrosis of unknown cause).
In some types of pulmonary fibrosis, the process starts with inflammation. Evidence suggests that inflammation can contribute to the scarring process. Once scarring sets in, medications can do very little for the disease. The approach in the medical treatment of pulmonary fibrosis is to stop the inflammation in hopes of stopping future scarring, although new medications are focused on attacking the cells producing the scar.
In other types of pulmonary fibrosis (such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), there may be little inflammation before scarring develops. The most common symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis are shortness of breath, particularly with activities, and cough. The fibrosis is usually first suspected by your physician when he or she hears "crackles" when listening to your lungs (sounds similar to Velcro being torn apart) or when he or she sees scarring on a chest x-ray.
To confirm a diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis, a high-resolution chest CT scan is often performed because it can sometimes determine the cause of the fibrosis. It can also lead the lung specialist to the best part of the lung for biopsy.
The next step is frequently a bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and sometimes with transbronchial biopsy. Bronchoalveolar lavage is a technique in which the lung is rinsed out. The rinsings are then analyzed in the laboratory for the type of inflammation present, evidence of cancer cells, and evidence of certain infections. A transbronchial biopsy is performed through the bronchoscope and yields small, pinhead-sized pieces of lung, which can be looked at under the microscope to determine the cause of fibrosis. Because these biopsies are small, they do not permit a confident diagnosis in all types of pulmonary fibrosis.
All in all, high-resolution CAT scan and bronchoscopy will yield a firm diagnosis in about half of cases. If the diagnosis remains uncertain, then an open lung biopsy is often performed. This is done by being admitted to the hospital, being taken to the operating room, and being put under general anesthesia. A surgeon makes an incision in the chest to remove thumbnail-sized pieces of lung for microscopic analysis.
To determine the stage of the pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary function studies and sometimes pulmonary exercise tests are performed to determine how severely the fibrosis is affecting your lung function. Pulmonary function studies are frequently performed periodically to determine whether the lungs are responding to treatment.
Pulmonary exercise tests can be done either with a 6-minute walk test (when the patient walks in a hallway as fast as possible for 6 minutes) or with a cardiopulmonary exercise test (when a patient rides a stationary bicycle and various breathing measurements are made during exercise).
The treatment of pulmonary fibrosis varies depending on the cause of the condition. For the form of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis called "usual interstitial pneumonitis" (the most severe form of pulmonary fibrosis), options can include no treatment, conventional treatment with immunosuppressant medications, and experimental treatment.
Conventional medications include prednisone (an oral corticosteroid medication) and/or cyclophosphamide or azathioprine. These medications are usually given a trial of three to six months and if there is no benefit, then they are discontinued. The benefit of these medications in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is fairly minimal, but these drugs can be very effective in some forms of pulmonary fibrosis associated with collagen vascular diseases (such as scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.). N-acetylcysteine ("NAC") is an over-the-counter medication taken 3 times a day that may be helpful in some patients with usual interstitial pneumonitis, particularly if coupled with prednisone and azathioprine.
If the pulmonary fibrosis continues to advance despite medical therapy, lung transplantation is often considered. Persons who are candidates for lung transplant from pulmonary fibrosis are generally those who are under the age of 65 and who have developed the need for supplemental oxygen. Patients who are eligible for lung transplant cannot have other serious medical problems (such as cancer or severe heart disease) and cannot be obese (defined as a body mass index of > 30). As the scarring advances, the lung's ability to transport oxygen from the air we breathe into the blood stream becomes diminished and supplemental oxygen is often necessary. Initially, this usually means oxygen is needed during exercise, but it can advance to the point that oxygen is required while at rest as well.
Certain types of pulmonary fibrosis advance more slowly than others. For example, pulmonary fibrosis associated with scleroderma tends to have a more benign course and responds better to therapy; it can often be put into remission permanently. Certain types of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have a more favorable prognosis as well. There are several types of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which we define by the microscopic appearance of the lung after biopsy.
Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis has the most favorable prognosis and is almost always caused by tobacco smoke. Smoking cessation and corticosteroids generally result in complete or partial resolution. Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease has the next most favorable outcome and is also caused by tobacco smoke. It also is generally treated with smoking cessation with or without corticosteroids.
Non-specific interstitial pneumonitis has a variable response to immune suppressant medications such as steroids and/or cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, or mycophenylate. Usual interstitial pneumonitis occasionally responds to cyclophosphamide (or azathioprine) and corticosteroids; however, it is the least responsive and often progresses despite early drug treatment. A number of new treatments are being investigated for usual interstitial pneumonitis. However, these medications are only available as part of clinical trials.
In patients who develop worsened lung function despite treatment and for those who develop a low blood oxygen level requiring supplemental oxygen, referral for lung transplantation is the best alternative. A number of tests must be done before a patient can be placed on a transplant list so referral is made early if further decline in lung function is anticipated by your doctor.
Patients with pulmonary fibrosis can develop a number of respiratory and nonrespiratory symptoms that can often be annoying.
Supplemental oxygen can greatly improve exercise tolerance and can relieve the sensation of breathlessness. Because of the reduced exercise tolerance, patients often become deconditioned (out of shape), and pulmonary rehabilitation programs can be very useful to help you use your muscles most efficiently.
Often what patients need most is information. This includes satisfactory confirmation of the diagnosis, an honest assessment of the prognosis, and risks and benefits to be reasonably expected from treatment. In this regard, community resources such as the American Lung Association and the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis can supplement some of the information provided by your physician.
This article is a NetWellness exclusive.
Last Reviewed: Aug 11, 2014
James N Allen, Jr, MD
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Preparing for a Healthy Birth
by Sylvie Donna
[2010, Fresh Heart Publishing: 547 pages, paperback.]
[Review first published in Midwifery Today Issue 96, Winter 2010/2011, © 2010, Midwifery Today, Inc. Review by Toni Rakestraw.]
This is a really positive book. It outlines labor, what to expect from a cesarean, how hormones work, planning ahead, psychological aspects of birth…the whole works. So what makes this book different? For starters, Donna includes what she calls birth frames. Inside these frames, mothers from all walks of life share their particular stories. These stories add a personal touch to each segment of the book, kind of bringing to life each explanation the author provides. Some segments have a single birth frame while others have several to show how experiences can vary. The cesarean segment, for instance, includes several stories about women who ended up with cesareans that left them feeling something went wrong, as well as stories by women for whom cesareans were life-saving.
Another special aspect of this book is that many of the women who share their stories, including the author, had birth researcher and male midwife, Dr. Michel Odent, as an attendant at their births. How many readers have wished to have an experience like that? With forwards by Sheila Kitzinger and Odent, you can see the book is endorsed by two of the most powerful forces in the birth field today. Donna was able to interview Odent several times in the book about various topics. His reassuring voice comes through loud and clear, setting the reader's mind at ease when she is looking forward to her own birth.
Donna goes on to cover all possibilities from Down syndrome, multiples and birth defects. She gives mothers-to-be tips on how to stay focused, embrace the unexpected and refuse pain relief if that is the goal. She includes an extensive list of useful Web sites, books and other resources.
This would be an excellent book for a lending library so parents-to-be could learn how to get past their previous experiences or go into their first experience with an open heart, yet be prepared to do everything they can to get the experience they want.
Reviewer Toni Rakestraw, mother of eight children, was once a practicing birth doula. Now she spends her time writing, editing and creating birth art. She's happy to accept editing and art projects. You may contact her at http://tonicreatesart.wordpress.com


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Church of Scientology of Moscow – A Beacon for Religious Freedom and Human Rights
| Moscow, Russia • FEBRUARY 26, 2011 |
Thousands gathered in Moscow to open the first major Church to open in the Russian Federation. The building stands in the city's central Garden Ring, just a mile from Red Square.
Commemorating this new Scientology Church, Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center and ecclesiastical leader of the religion, declared: "It has been said that Russia cannot be understood with the intellect, that it cannot be measured by any common standard and that it can only be believed in. Well, let Russia now believe this: The Church that now stands in Moscow possesses a technology that is all but synonymous with the human spirit. It is a technology to bring forth the goodness in people and the greatness they are destined to achieve. It is a technology that is both kind and strong. It is a technology for freedom and wisdom."
The new Moscow Church not only meets the needs of its growing congregation of Scientologists, but also serves as the center for all faiths to unite in the name of religious freedom.
The Church of Scientology of Moscow already stands at the forefront of Russia's greater human rights movement. It works in coordination with the internationally renowned Moscow Helsinki Group, founded by Ms. Lyudmila Alexeyeva. Ms. Alexeyeva is one of the original Soviet era dissidents to decry communist oppression. She is also the recipient of the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. On the occasion of the Moscow Church opening, Ms. Alexeyeva stated: "For me, as a human rights advocate, all religions are equal in their rights. Your Church is particularly devoted to defending the freedom of belief not only for its own parishioners but for all religious people of any denomination."
Scientology's Drug Free World initiative is but one of the Church programs now adopted by citizens of the Russian Federation. Among its foremost advocates is Dr. Victor Ivanovich Cherepkov, two-term State Duma Deputy, who said: "The drug industry has taken its toll on Russians for years. Until recently we had no solution that could prevent the problem. Your drug education is well recognized in Russia. We are already using your literature and your methods in the fight against drugs. In fact, these are widely disseminated throughout Russia. And it's spreading for one reason only: it simply is working everywhere and anywhere."
With the new Church of Scientology of Moscow, so begins the next historic chapter for Scientology. It is a chapter that not only signifies a renaissance for the religion itself, but a new era for religious and human rights in Russia.


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Alice In Wonderland inspired series this November...
For a great selection of action figures and collectibles, check out BigBadToyStore.com, BriansToys.com, ToyWiz.com, SmallJoes.com, PastGenerationToys.com, Urban-Collector.com, ZoloWorld.com, MonkeyDepot.com, HobbyLinkJapan.com, and Sekaido.com.
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Alice In Wonderland is a timeless piece of fantasy fiction about a young girl named Alice and her adventures in a strange, make believe land. In November of 2010 things are going to get really strange for Alice as she enters the dark, gothic, fashion-heightened world of Pullip Dolls.
This November, Jun Planning USA, will release the Pullip "Lunatic Alice World" series of Pullip dolls.
"Lunatic Alice World" is a series of four Pullip dolls:
Pullip Lunatic Alice Series Queen "The Lonely Queen" - $129.99
Dal Lunatic Alice "Melancholic Alice" - $109.99
Taeyang Lunatic White Rabbit "Crazy White Rabbit" - $109.99
Byul Lunatic Humpty Dumpty - $109.99
Each doll has an ornate fashion sense and accessories without peer in design and beauty.


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A wish upon a light, this Philips pendant light will be a delightful addition the princess's bedroom. Now every little girl dreams will be granted by fairy and her magic wand. Made from child safe and environmentally ethical materials. See all benefits
Save up to 80% energy compared to your standard bulb. It pays for itself and saves you money year after year. So reduce your energy bill and start saving Now.
This Philips light is delivered with long cables to offer you a maximum flexibility during installation. Choose the perfect height matching your needs.
Philips Kidsplace goes a long way to helping little ones feel cozy in the comfort of their own room. Friendly characters encourage children to play and explore, by the kind light of this reassuring luminaire.
Including the energy-saving bulb which conserves energy, helping you to save money on your electricity bills and do your bit for the environment.


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The Detroit Lions will have a key offensive weapon back for what sets up to be a shootout against Chicago in Week 4. Running back Reggie Bush practiced for the second consecutive day on Thursday, after he confidently declared he felt good about his knee on Wednesday.
Bush missed Week 3's win at Washington, but the 2-1 Lions will be happy to feature the speedy threat at home to help combat a tough Bears' defense. Although supersub Joique Bell performed well as a runner and receiver against the Redskins (132 yards from scrimmage, touchdown), Bush's open-field explosiveness is a critical element for the Lions, especially after losing wide receiver Nate Burleson to a broken arm.
The Bears rank No. 24 against the pass, and have only five sacks through three games. They have been strong against the run, but have yet to face an oft-targeted pass-catching back. Having both Bush and Bell makes the Lions' dynamic backfield that much harder to defend in the passing game.


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Leaks just needs to learn to stay out of the big inning. He is going to be crafty. Arroyo is not much better, but he gets a pass for eating innings.
Leaks just needs to learn to stay out of the big inning. He is going to be crafty. Arroyo is not much better, but he gets a pass for eating innings.
Cueto goes 6 innings and gives up 3 runs today .... YAY JOHNNY!!!! YOU THE MAN!!!!
Leake goes 6 innings and gives up 4 runs yesterday ..... LEAKE IS TERRIBLE!!!! GET RID OF HIM!!!
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CIN-SATIONAL: Left-hander Tony Cingrani's Louisville debut was pretty impressive. He threw six hitless innings and struck out 14.
But what's even more impressive is this: Cingrani threw nearly all fastballs. Seventy-three of his 84 pitches were fastballs.
Cingrani, 23, topped out at 96 miles per hour.
Now if he can just develop his change and slider.....
Hes going to have to do something quick because if Cingrani continues to pitch this way. Bye Bye Mikey
KYRedLeg (04-09-2013)
Cueto and Latos have not consistently exhibited the same weakness, which I think is a "head" or confidence problem as much as anything. Beside this, Leake also does not yet have the physical strength to overpower hitters or the craft to outsmart them. He's young -- with enormous potential -- but he should be developing in the minors.
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It's not Mike Leake's fault the Reds choose not to use Chapman in the bullpen. It's time to let go of that dream. Regardless of how good Chapman might have been as a starter, it is not going to happen, and Mike Leake shouldn't be a whipping boy just because people are frustrated that Aroldis is in the bullpen.
People need to stop evaluating Leake versus what Aroldis Chapman might have done and start evaluating him versus what other fifth starters have actually done. Leake is better than the vast majority of fifth starters around the league, even those on playoff teams.
I don't -- and won't -- compare Leake to other fifth starters. That may be a reasonable standard for a league average team, but it is not a high enough standard for a team hoping to be a World Series contender.
You don't achieve excellence in life by lowering standards or expectations. You rise to meet and exceed them. Clearly, Leake is not yet capable of excelling at the major league level.
Arroyo seems to look awesome, then the bottom falls out.
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I guess buying furniture online is no different than purchasing it from a local store in this respect: how will you know your new furniture is going to fit nicely into your room? We discuss this topic alot with customers and often recommend that you use newspapers or string or even cardboard mock-ups to layout your furniture footprints in your room.
We've used online room planners before but the software used to be a little clunky. I found a new online planner yesterday that I like much better. It's called Arrange-A-Room and it's available free courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens.
Arrange-A-Room lets you select the shape of your room, designate the dimensions and then add furniture to it. It's easy and fun! You select which room you're working with (dining room, bedroom, living room or home office) and the software gives you typical furniture pieces to put in the room. You then adjust the dimensions of your furniture pieces, rotate and move them around… and VOILA! You can really get a good idea of how your new furniture will fit into your space.
Arrange-A-Room provides a color pallet too. If you give it a try the folks at Vermont Woods Studios would love to know how you like it.
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NEW YORK (CNS) -- What better way to spend a few hours over the holidays than in the company, not only of Santa Claus himself, but of the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman?
Courtesy of the delightful 3-D animated adventure "Rise of the Guardians" (Paramount), moviegoers of almost all ages can do just that.
Based on books by William Joyce, the film focuses on the destiny of the legendary bringer of winter, Jack Frost (voice of Chris Pine). Free-spirited and mischievous, youthful Jack is also lonely and uncertain of his purpose in life. Until, that is, he's invited to join the Guardians, a force made up of the mythical characters listed above.
The Guardians' mission is to protect children against the machinations of the Bogeyman, aka Pitch Black (voice of Jude Law).
As the initially reluctant Jack is introduced to his newfound comrades, we discover a new slant on each traditional persona. Thus Santa, alias North (voice of Alec Baldwin), is a hardy Cossack type with a heavy Russian accent, while everyone's favorite seasonal rabbit (voice of Hugh Jackman) turns out to be a boomerang wielder from Down Under. (Parents of a certain age will recognize a play on a famous line from 1986's "Crocodile Dundee.")
The elusive distributor of quarters under children's pillows (voice of Isla Fisher) is portrayed as half-human, half-hummingbird. She's at least human, and feminine, enough that Jack's shining teeth (and, by implication, his appearance in general) set her a bit aquiver, though only in the vaguest, most innocent way. As for the chap who makes all our eyelids heavy, he's presented as a mute but cheerful and endearing sprite.
In his feature debut, director Peter Ramsey, working from a script by David Lindsay-Abaire, pits the hope and wonder championed by the Guardians against the fear and self-doubt that arm Pitch with his most effective wiles. The result is a tenderhearted and touching family movie -- one, moreover, that's entirely free of objectionable content.
This is, though, a struggle between the battling archetypes of good and evil over the fate of the world's children. So there are portions of the action that might be too dark and scary for the smallest members of the clan.
The film contains perilous situations. The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.


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New Book on Topology Optimization for Electromagnetics
Fanny Littmarck July 7, 2014
There's a new book out there for those of you who work with or research electromechanical system design. It's titled Multiphysics Simulation: Electromechanical System Applications and Optimization and is more than your average textbook. This is a reference guide on simulation and topology optimization written with both students and industry engineers in mind.Read More
Fanny Littmarck July 4, 2014
IEEE Spectrum recently sent out a "Tech Alert" that included an article about vacuum transistors, which combine vacuum tubes and metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). The article suggests that this technology may wind up replacing traditional silicon transistors.Read More
Alexandra Foley July 3, 2014
Under an initiative by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), nuclear research reactors currently using highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel must be converted to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel with a goal to help prevent the spread of material that can be used to create nuclear weapons. Nuclear engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have turned to multiphysics simulation in order to precisely and accurately explore new designs for the safe conversion of the ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor.Read More
Lars Gregersen July 2, 2014
This is Part 3 of a blog series on how to handle selections and entity numbers when using LiveLink™ for MATLAB® and the COMSOL® Application Programming Interface (API). In this section, I'll discuss how the internal handling of selections and entity numbers in COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software is performed and how you can utilize these methods when setting up your own models.Read More
Temesgen Kindo July 1, 2014
In engineering analysis, the need to compare solutions obtained under different circumstances frequently arises. Some possible scenarios include comparing the effect of different load or parameter configurations, and enveloping results to find the worst or best case at each point of the domain. In each of these and other similar cases, you need access to more than one data set. Here's how to accomplish such tasks using COMSOL Multiphysics.Read More
Andrew Griesmer June 30, 2014
A couple of weeks ago, we exhibited at PTC® Live Global. In addition to manning the exhibition booth and learning about PTC® Creo® Parametric™ 3.0, we were introduced to a fantastic program called FIRST®, which gets kids involved in science and technology.Read More
Walter Frei June 27, 2014
When using COMSOL Multiphysics on a Floating Network License, it is possible to use the Client-Server mode of operation to access remote computing resources for solving large models, while still using the graphics card on a local machine to display graphics. This can have some significant advantages, so let's look at Client-Server mode in more detail.Read More
Fanny Littmarck June 26, 2014
Sound Navigation and Ranging (SoNaR, more commonly written in all lowercase as "sonar") technology can be used for investigating and communicating underwater. To improve the sonar system, you need to optimize the design at a component level. A major component of sonar is the electro-acoustic transducer.Read More
Alexandra Foley June 25, 2014
Wind turbine noise is a (hotly disputed) topic that we've mentioned on the blog before. While research into noise production by wind farms is still being debated among researchers, one way we've found to overcome these noisy turbine troubles is to place turbines offshore where they can't be heard and, conveniently, high winds with more regularity make energy production more effective. However, a question that comes to mind is: What impact do offshore wind farms have on marine life?Read More
Laura Bowen June 24, 2014
The Passive Vaccine Storage Device (PVSD) is a highly advanced container that combines ingenuity and insulation technology to empower aid workers delivering vaccines to the toughest-to-reach corners of the globe. Designed as a prototype that improves upon earlier models of vaccine transportation devices, this compact apparatus was developed with all the necessary steps: careful planning, simulation, and testing.Read More
Fabian Scheuren June 23, 2014
One of the main issues with high-power electrical devices is thermal management. Together with BLOCK Transformatoren-Elektronik GmbH, we created a model using COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software that encompasses all of the important details when modeling heating of high-power electrical devices. To do so, we had to utilize high performance computing (HPC) with hybrid modeling. Here, we will discuss how to approach this real-life task with the COMSOL software.Read More


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Hey, look, hockey news!
After things lurched to a post-free-agency stop—save for the whole Ilya Kovalchuk thing—Wednesday is shaping up to be a big day, "filled" with "actual things."
Hope still is for #nhl to announce scheds Wed., but Olympic agreement must happen first. Could be busy day: Oly, div names, scheds #mnwild— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) July 16, 2013
Let's go through Russo's theoretical schedule of events.
1) The Olympic announcement
It'll be nice to have this out of the way—yes, it's the Winter Olympics we're talking about, and yes, it's July, but the whole thing has that whole "inevitable until it's not" feel we all remember from last year's labor (non)talks. The main difference—NHL players want to play, and the league does, too. The latter wasn't exactly true last fall.
Just get it done, figure out the rights-sharing arrangement or whatever is holding things up, and move on to more important things, such as …
2) The division names
Sadly, it seems that the Jesse Spector-approved alignment of Patrick Plus, Flortheast, #ConferenceIII, and The Other One isn't an option. We know that the names will be geographically based, which makes it easy enough to peg the Atlantic (Patrick Plus), Central or Midwest (#ConferenceIII) and Pacific (The Other One) … but what about the Flortheast?
Basically, it's made up of the current Northeast Division, the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Good luck finding geographically common ground for them—unless you go with Atlantic. Then you need a new name for the "current" Atlantic; Northeast doesn't work for that because of the Columbus Blue Jackets and, to a lesser extent, Pittsburgh Penguins. It's not very Central or Midwestern either because—Flyers, Rangers, Devils, etc.
We have no solution, other than to morn the death of the #ConferenceIII dream and hug J.R. Lind.
3) The schedule
The best possible news:
Rumor is that the NHL schedule will be released later this week and will include games in Oct. Nov. & Dec. Big change from last year.— Winging It In Motown (@wingingitmotown) July 16, 2013
Other than that, does anything matter? Here's a few things we want to see: Rangers vs. Canucks ASAP, since they flip-flopped coaches. Tyler Seguin's return to Boston, home of the internet's most devious Twitter hackers. The Coyotes' first game in Seat—never mind. The first game for that one really good free agent who signed with a new team. Ilya Bryzgalov's Philly return, if and when it happens. The Toronto Maple Leafs' first set of back-to-back games, so we can gird for the Jonathan Bernier vs. James Reimer stuff. And, of course, our favorite offseason tradition—"Count the times the Penguins play on national television."


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First look at this summer's anticipated sci-fi shoot 'em...
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After months of secrecy, the curtain is finally starting to lift on PREDATORS, this summer's anticipated sci-fi shoot 'em up directed by Nimród Antal. The official website -Predators-Movie.com - is now open, revealing a first look at the new movie, with a full-length trailer promised for release March 18. You can also check out the sneak peek video below.
As stated, collectibles company NECA will be rolling out numerous Predators from the new film to time with its July release. With the look of the new Preds slowly being unveiled, it should only be a matter of time now until we get a full look at the new action figures.
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The future of a popular village pub looks uncertain after it was hit by floods again yesterday.
Paula Webley, the owner of Corston's Radnor Arms, says she was devastated to see the pub flooded for the second time in three weeks.
The free house, which is owned by Paula and her husband Andrew, was hit by a flash flood on Sunday November 4 causing damage throughout the building.
They have been married for 20 years. They bought the pub as their first venture together and they live there with their two teenage sons Connor and Mark.
The pub had just reopened two-and-a-half weeks ago after closing at the end of August and it was only a year since the couple had spent £40,000 on refurbishments.
Despite this Mrs Webley remained positive and was hoping to re-open within a week. To get the pub ready again she had the heating on every day, but once again her plans were disrupted by the weather.
Yesterday she had carpet fitters at the pub when she noticed the cellar was flooded and had to call the fire brigade.
The fire brigade attempted to get water out of the pub, but all the water was bubbling up through the drains and there was nowhere to pump the water to.
In the afternoon the Highways Agency arrived with a lorry to suck up the water instead.
Mrs Webley said the water was coming from the outside and from the cellar. It was running off the surrounding fields and also bubbling up from a sump in the cellar, which is a hole where excess water can be poured.
Although the main area is mainly sorted, the cellar is still 12 to 14 inches deep in water.
She said: "It's worse than last time. I stopped them doing the underlay to the floor, but this time it was about four to five inches deep because there wasn't any carpet to soak it. This time even our barn at the end of the pub has flooded.
"The thing is I don't want to open again because I know it's going to happen again. I'm really down about it now because I can't see a solution, there are forecasts of heavy rain again. Until there is a solution for this problem of flooding I can't go on with it.
"The villagers have been phoning to see if there's anything they can do, but unfortunately there's nothing we can do."
Elsewhere the River Marden burst its banks in the centre of Calne.
Simon Shelley, 59, of Quarrydale Close, Calne, said: "It's one of the highest but it's not drastically high at the moment, I don't think it will get higher.
"What you see in place there is all quite artificial.
"When the bacon factory was there in Calne all the buildings that used to be flooded in Calne were demolished. You wouldn't have seen the river because it was underneath the bacon factory, but when the factory was knocked down they restored it."


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16 U.S. Code § 831m–1 - Tennessee Valley Authority least-cost planning program
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(a) In general
The Tennessee Valley Authority shall conduct a least-cost planning program in accordance with this section.
(b) Conduct of program
(1) In general
In conducting a least-cost planning program under subsection (a) of this section, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall employ and implement a planning and selection process for new energy resources which evaluates the full range of existing and incremental resources (including new power supplies, energy conservation and efficiency, and renewable energy resources) in order to provide adequate and reliable service to electric customers of the Tennessee Valley Authority at the lowest system cost.
(2) Planning and selection process
The planning and selection process referred to in paragraph (1) shall—
(A) take into account necessary features for system operation, including diversity, reliability, dispatchability, and other factors of risk;
(B) take into account the ability to verify energy savings achieved through energy conservation and efficiency and the projected durability of such savings measured over time; and
(3) "System cost" defined
As used in paragraph (1), the term "system cost" means all direct and quantifiable net costs for an energy resource over its available life, including the cost of production, transportation, utilization, waste management, environmental compliance, and, in the case of imported energy resources, maintaining access to foreign sources of supply.
(c) Participation by distributors
(1) In general
In conducting a least-cost planning program under subsection (a) of this section, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall—
(A) provide an opportunity for distributors of the Tennessee Valley Authority to recommend cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities, rate structure incentives, and renewable energy proposals for inclusion in such program; and
(2) Assistance
The Tennessee Valley Authority shall provide appropriate assistance to distributors under paragraph (1)(B). Such assistance shall, where cost effective, be provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority acting through, or in cooperation with, an association of distributors. Such assistance may include publications, workshops, conferences, one-on-one assistance, financial assistance, equipment loans, technology assessment studies, marketing studies, and other appropriate mechanisms to transfer information on energy efficiency and renewable energy options and programs to customers.
(d) Public review and comment
Before the selection and addition of a major new energy resource on the Tennessee Valley Authority system, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall provide an opportunity for public review and comment and shall include a description of any such action in an annual report to the President and Congress.
(e) Exemption from certain requirements
Source(Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 113,Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2798.)
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Thumbtack.com recently released its second Small Business Friendliness Survey, which again rated the Bay Area the friendliest small-business region in California.
The survey, conducted in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, compiles data from nationwide job creators and entrepreneurs to rank business-friendly locations. The survey includes full sets of rankings, regional comparisons within states and U.S. Census data comparing California's key demographics against those of other states.
"In surveying thousands of small businesses across America, we found that clear and consistent regulations and relevant training programs are among the most important factors in determining how they view their region's friendliness," said Sander Daniels, co-founder of Thumbtack.com. "Given the enormous size and importance of California's economy, it is particularly important that state and local officials listen to the concerns of the state's small-business owners and provide them with an environment conducive to growth and success."
Following are the key findings for California.
• The Bay Area was the top-rated region in the state by small businesses for the second consecutive year, followed by the Central Coast. San Francisco was the state's highest-ranking city, followed by San Jose.
• California earned a D grade, up from an F in 2012. Although the state struggled overall, it ranked above average for its online resources for small businesses.
• Nationally, professional licensing requirements were more important to small-business owners than taxes in determining a state's overall business-friendliness, confirming the findings from last year's study.
• African-American and Hispanic small-business owners were more likely than their white counterparts to encourage others to start new businesses.
• The top-ranking states overall were Utah, Alabama, New Hampshire, Idaho and Texas. The lowest rated were Illinois, California, Hawaii, Maine and, in last place, Rhode Island.
• The Bay Area ranked highest in the state in terms of the availability of helpful small-business training and networking programs.
• Within California, more than one-third of small businesses rated securing and maintaining health insurance "very difficult."
For full survey results, visit www.thumbtack.com/ca/#2013/state.


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Here is a link to my Putting Video. All putts are from 27 ft. Take a look and see what you think. If there are other angels you would like to see, just let me know.
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Scotty N wrote:All of the putts fluttered and I believe it is due to not enough snap on the disc. The way I get my putts to not flutter is I started hyzer putting. You just need to put a slight hyzer on your disc. I find the longer the putt the firmer my grip.
dgdave wrote:The flutter isnt an issue. Watch yeti putt. The thing looks like a dead duck and he'll hit everything from 80' and in.
BLURR wrote:Actually...if I miss...it is usually to the left side. very rarely do I miss right side.
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