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The PaintPlay Game is part of Briarpatch's PlayPlay line of collaborative games designed to encourage creative and imaginative thinking. This game includes a paint tray with eight colors, two paint brushes, four sheets of paper, 40 cards, a spinner, and six paint tokens. The object of the game is to use all of these materials to create a collaborative work of art and collect as many paint tokens as you can. But there are six Meanies (nagging thoughts that make us feel like we can't do something) that want to steal your creative juices.
Players take turns drawing a card from the deck and following the instructions based on the card type. If you choose an Art*Wild & Action Card, simply follow the instructions and discard the card. These cards could tell you to draw a yellow line somewhere on the piece of paper that is serving as your art canvas.
If you draw an Inspiration Card, collect the matching paint token shown on the card. If the Meanie has the paint token, you get to take it back and discard the Meanie. If the token was hidden by the Meanies, you get to take the token, but do not discard the Meanies.
If you draw a Meanie Card, give the Meanie its matching token no matter who has the token.
If you draw a Spin! Card, spin the spinner to try and take back a paint token that was hidden or taken by the Meanies.
The game ends when the card deck runs out. Count up all the paint tokens you and the other players have collected. If you have more paint tokens than the Meanies, you win.
PaintPlay is for two to four players.
We found this game to be incredibly frustrating. There are a lot of rules, which makes the game way too complicated for a 6-year-old. It's also very confusing as to whether it's collaborative or competitive. On each turn you have to try to figure out what to do, and there are way too many variables for kids.
The PlayPlay PaintPlay Game is for ages 6 and up.
This is one of those games that may be well intentioned, but it attempts to add a structure to co-play and creativity that isn't really necessary. Give kids some paper and art supplies and let them color together, and you've got them interacting and being social, which is the point of the game.
We are hard-pressed to think about who would benefit from or be entertained by this game. Most kids will find it way too complicated and will just want to color and paint.
The paint, brushes, and paper are included, but you can use any paper, paint, and brushes you may already have around the house to play. You can even use markers and crayons if you'd rather not deal with messy paint.
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Now we know why Tom Brady built a moat around his new mansion. It's to keep angry quarterbacks and their infuriated agents out.
They'd like to breach the fortress and ask Brady just what the heck he's doing.
He just restructured his contract so the Patriots will have more salary-cap space. Brady will be paid about half the going rate for superstar quarterbacks.
"I really do just want to win," he said.
That's all well and good, his colleagues would say. But why did you have to make us look bad in the process?
First, it was never Brady's intention. Second, he can't help it. He's Tom Brady.
Mr. Handsome. Fashion Icon. Supermodel wife on his arm. Next to Brady, every male looks like Iggy Pop.
Other than the occasional kick to Ed Reed's leg, everything about the guy is impeccable. Right down to how he talked about not talking about his new deal.
"I don't want to talk about this on the radio or anywhere else for that matter," he wrote in an email to Boston radio station WEEI. "Athletes are always talking about money at a time when everyone else is struggling so badly to make it. We all make way more than our fair share. And I just think it reflects poorly on myself and my teammates."
Before Pope Benedict canonizes him, it should be noted that Brady didn't exactly take a vow of poverty for New England owner Bob Kraft. He got a $30 million signing bonus and a lot more guaranteed money.
Besides, he's not even the breadwinner in his household. Gisele Bundchen makes $45 million a year looking even prettier than her husband. That's why she probably got dibs on the hot tub in the $20 million house they just built in Los Angeles.
Sacrifice is definitely a relative term here. But by industry standards, Brady took one for the team. His money was all but guaranteed anyway because the Patriots weren't going to cut their icon.
And sure, Brady could have signed for the 10-year veteran's minimum of $940,000 a year to really clear cap space. But you don't see any other players taking 40 cents on all the dollars they could get.
Brady will average $9 million in the final three years of his deal. That immediately freed $15 million in cap space the next two years. Hopefully Brady insisted the Patriots use that to sign Wes Welker and a babysitter for Rob Gronkowski.
Almost every athlete says winning is the most important thing. Brady has put his lack of money where his mouth is. The NFL Players Association said it doesn't comment on individual contracts, but the Brady Act can't be sitting well down at the union hall.
The baseball union scuttled a deal in 2003 that would have sent Alex Rodriguez from Texas to Boston. It couldn't swallow the thought of his average salary going from $27 million to $20 million.
NFL agents are dismissing Brady's deal. They won't allow it to financially impact anyone, but there will be a ripple effect. Carson Palmer is feeling it in Oakland, which wants to renegotiate the deal that will pay him $13 million next season.
With a $123 million salary cap, it's tricky when one player gets one-sixth of the money. But that's what quarterbacks like Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning are going for.
After his Super Bowl run, Joe Flacco wants more than all of them. When asked about Brady's new deal, Flacco's agent went, Tom Who?
"It doesn't matter. It's an extension for cap purposes," Joe Linta told USA Today. "The bottom line is, whether Brady took a pay cut or took $27 million a year, it wouldn't have an impact on what we're doing."
He has a point. Flacco didn't invent the system. All he's done is work hard for his payday and capitalize on it, as have the other quarterbacks. As has the guy in New England who has won more Super Bowls than any of them.
We shouldn't go all Occupy Wall Street and demand they give up what they've earned. It's just hard for us Iggy Pops in the 99 percent to grasp the need to make $22 million a year.
Why not settle for $18 million if it will help your team sign better players?
Winning is the most important thing, right?
That's what Brady could ask his colleagues, assuming they got over the moat. He wouldn't do it, of course, because he doesn't want them to look bad.
Compared to Tom Brady, that usually can't be helped. In this case, it could.

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Love this image! It is the cover for the mass market paperback edition of Star Wars: Red Harvest, which publishes in February 28, 2012. I love the zombie-fied hand holding the Sith lightsaber bursting free. Here is a bit more about the book:
Unlike other young Jedi sidelined to the Agricultural Corps — those whose abilities have not proved up to snuff — Hestizo Trace possesses one extraordinary Force talent: a gift with plants. But suddenly her quiet existence among greenhouse and garden specimens is violently destroyed by the arrival of an emissary from Darth Scabrous, a Sith Lord with a fanatical dream poised to become nightmarish reality. For the rare black orchid that Hestizo has nurtured and bonded with is the final ingredient in an ancient Sith formula — crucial to the Dark Lord's obsession, but with consequences far worse than fatal. Now, spawned by a heretofore unknown virus, the rotting, ravenous dead are rising, driven by a bloodthirsty hunger for all things living — and commanded by a Sith Master who lusts for power and the ultimate prize: immortality… no matter the cost.
It's the prequel to Star Wars: Death Troopers. If you haven't read that, it's out in mass market paperback right now. If you love zombies and Star Wars, it's the perfect blend!
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Bruno Mars Shows What Kind of Man He Is in Funny or Die Parody Video
Bruno Mars is the man! From swooning the ladies with his voice to being the best-dressed guy at awards shows, the pop crooner is a stud. But if you want further proof of his manliness, check out Bruno's hilarious Funny or Die parody called 'Whatta Man.'
"People ask me all the time what it's like to be Bruno Mars," he says in the video. "That's like asking me what it's like to be a man. A mighty, mighty good man." Then it segues into the 1993 song 'Whatta Man' by Salt 'N' Pepa (featuring En Vogue) and we see Bruno showing off his, um, manhood.
In the clip, the 'Grenade' singer shoots bad guys, takes showers in his tuxedo, wields nunchucks and saves pets and a pregnant woman from a burning building. Bruno is so comfortable in his manhood, he's not afraid to cry in front of his girlfriend while watching chick flicks. He also breaks a man's arm off during an arm-wrestling match and celebrates by giving the bloodied limb to a teenage fan. What a stud!
We also get to see Bruno dance in gold shorts but his moves are kind of lame. He should get Psy to teach him how to do the 'Gangnam Style' dance.
Jokes aside, Bruno released the video on Twitter to celebrate the completion of his second album. "Over a year workin on it and now Im finally finished," he tweeted. "My 2nd album is complete!!!!! Therefore IM THE MAN!!!"
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SEMS After Deepwater Horizon
Oil and Gas Operators Have a Lot to Do Before November 15, 2011, to Meet the New SEMS Requirements
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The material in this article is extracted from Ian Sutton's latest book, Offshore Safety Management due to be published by Elsevier in the fall of 2011, and on Process Risk and Reliability Management (2010). Mr. Sutton will also be conducting a series of seminars on SEMS.
Deepwater Horizon changed everything.
Prior to that event, which occurred in April 2010, safety trends in the offshore oil and gas industry in the United States had been improving steadily for many years, as shown in Figure 1.
The above chart was published by the United States Mineral Management Service (MMS) — the government agency that was responsible for the regulation of offshore safety prior to April 2010. The chart provides data to do with the number of offshore safety incidents for the period 1996-2008. The trend is impressive: In just a twelve year period the recordable injury rate declined from 3.39 to 0.64, a drop of around 80%. The number of lost workdays dropped by a similar percentage. Moreover, the trend is quite smooth and steady, showing that the results are not a fluke or one-time event. And these advances were made as the industry has worked in ever-more challenging conditions — particularly as it has moved into very deep-water operations.
Figure 2 shows a similar positive trend with respect to the industry's environmental record. The data, which are provided by the United States Coast Guard, include some land-based facilities, and also spills from inshore (state) waters. If the two bars for each of the years in Figure 2 are combined, it can be seen that the amount of oil spilled annually has declined from just under 6 million gallons in the early 1980s to an almost negligible amount by the year 2005.
So up until the year 2010, the offshore oil and gas industry was able to demonstrate a good and steadily improving safety and environmental performance. And then, on April 20, the large and modern drilling platform Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned for about 36 hours and eventually sank. Eleven men died, the nation suffered its worst oil spill and a billion dollars-worth of equipment wound up on the bed of the sea.
In the year that has followed that event an enormous number of changes have been made in the management of safety offshore. Most of the attention has focused on specific drilling issues, particularly the integrity of blowout preventers (BOPs), but there have been sweeping management changes also. One of these changes was to reorganize and rename the MMS; it is now the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE). There was a wholesale change of management at the agency also.
Prior to Deepwater Horizon, the MMS had been working on the safety and environmental management systems (SEMS) rule. One of the consequences of that event was that the agency (now BOEMRE) speeded up the implementation process for SEMS. The rule was finalized in October 2010 (BOEMRE 2010). Companies operating on the outer continental shelf of the United States have to be in full compliance with this rule by November 15, 2011. The rule's requirements are demanding. Getting into compliance will be a challenge, even for those companies that already have an effective offshore safety management system.
From SEMP to SEMS
For many years the offshore oil and gas industry in the United States had a safety and environmental program (SEMP) standard. The standard was based on the API's Recommended Practice 75 that was itself published in response to the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988. SEMP is very similar to an onshore process safety management (PSM) program, as can be seen from inspection of Table 1.
The key to SEMP is that it is a voluntary program. RP 75 is a recommended practice. In the year 2004, the MMS had started toward creating their SEMS rule based on just four of the elements in Table 1. Progress was unhurried, and resistance from industry was strong. And then came Deepwater Horizon.
The public response to that event was not favorable to the MMS, which had already suffered considerable criticism based on the highly inappropriate activities of some of its employees (these activities had nothing to do with safety). Therefore, having changed its name, the agency gave high priority to SEMS.
At the heart of the SEMS rule lies the following BOEMRE statement.
BOEMRE is incorporating by reference, and making mandatory, the American Petroleum Institute's Recommended Practice for Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities (API RP 75), Third Edition, May 2004, reaffirmed May 2008. This recommended practice, including its appendices, constitutes a complete safety and environmental management system (SEMS) program.
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SF Beer Week kicks off Feb. 8 and naturally there are brews and events featuring Marin-based beers and venues.
Pizza Antica in Mill Valley is offering "Crafts and Cotechino" with a selection of beers from Russian River Brewing Company from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 9 through 17; Novato's Hopmonk features a Firestone Walker Beer Dinner with brewmaster Matt Brynildson plus Dean Biersch from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 10; Drake's Brewery and Fairfax's Iron Springs Brewery are putting on a "Strong Beer Brunch" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 10 at 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco; a Drakes Bay Oyster Day pairing beer with raw and barbecued oysters is from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 14 at Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Inverness; and Novato's Beltane Brewing will be the spot for a Mon Coeur Chocolate Ale Special Release Celebration from 2 to 9 p.m. Feb. 14.
For more information and a full listing of events, go to www.sfbeer week.org.
More beer goings-on
Want to start your beer experience sooner? Head to Larkspur's Left Bank Brasserie from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 2 and enjoy three Almanac Beer Co.'s "farm to bottle" beers paired with food.
Honey Saison is paired with a smoked pork belly slider with apple and bacon relish, Extra Pale-Ale is paired with ras el hanout-marinated chicken brochette with spicy tomato jam and Bière de Chocolat is paired with Roquefort cheese, walnuts and sun-dried cherry clafoutis.
The pairing is $14.95, and Almanac staff will be available to answer your beer questions. Almanac Beer Co.'s beers will be available at the Left Bank through Feb. 2. Left Bank Brassarie is at 507 Magnolia Ave. in Larkspur. Call 927-3331 or go to www.leftbank.com.
Meanwhile, Larkspur's Marin Brewing Company is releasing what it bills as its "biggest and baddest IPA yet" at the brewery Feb. 1. The brew will be available on tap, in growlers and kegs, and also in 3-liter bottles ($69).
Marin Brewing Company is at 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle in Lark-spur. Call 461-4677 or go to www.marinbrewing.com.
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So who makes the best appetizer, soup and dessert in Marin?
The people — and judges, including David Haydon of Il Davide, restaurant critic Leslie Harlib and I — have spoken at the Community Institute of Psychotherapy's Loving Spoonfuls Challenge.
Some 250 people stopped by the Mill Valley Community Center on Jan. 26 to enjoy the scents and tastes, and to vote.
San Rafael's Whippersnapper took first prize in the appetizer category with its chicken skewer with spicy peanut sauce and jicama salad; second place went to Tiburon Tavern's grilled cheese with tomato dip. The People's Choice award went to Tiburon Tavern's grilled cheese appetizer as well.
The Tavern at Lark Creek got the judges' nod with first place for its wild mushroom soup; second place went to Tiburon Tavern's sunchoke soup with cashew cream, which grabbed a People's Choice award.
Desserts were an Italian sweep, with Mill Valley's Frantoio's gelato di tiramisu e panettone taking first place from the judges as well as those in attendance. Second place went to Corte Madera's Marin Joe's for its traditional tiramisu.
Epic event
Cheers to San Francisco's Waterbar and EPIC Roasthouse, both celebrating their fifth anniversary.
"We are extremely proud of the accomplishments of Waterbar and EPIC Roasthouse over the last five years. Both restaurants have become unique San Francisco dining destinations," says Pete Sittnick of Tiburon, managing partner at both restaurants.
Other Marin people include business partner Mark Franz of San Anselmo, executive chef Parke Ulrich of Novato and pastry chef and cookbook author Emily Luchetti of Sausalito.
To celebrate, EPIC will feature the Big Five cocktail ($11), made with Temperance Trader Whiskey, Ron Miel Honey Rum, lemon and a splash of soda water throughout February.
Waterbar is at 399 The Embarcadero in San Francisco. Call 284-9922 or go to www.waterbarsf.com. EPIC Roasthouse is at 369 The Embarcadero in San Francisco. Call 369-9955 or go to www.epicroasthouse.com.
Max's in Corte Madera has closed and the owners will transform it into La Plancha Mexican Grill & Tequila Bar on Feb. 9. Look for more info next week.
Chef Peter McNee's last day at Poggio in Sausalito will be Feb. 3, according to Scoop. Replacing him will be Ben Balesteri, the senior sous chef. McNee, who's headed Poggio for the past seven year, is toying with the idea of opening his own place, perhaps in San Francisco.
And say goodbye to Vin Antico in San Rafael, which has closed, Scoop reports.
Super Bowl win-win
No matter which team is the Super Bowl champion, a charity is going to win.
Robby Morgenstein of Miller's East Coast Delicatessen in San Rafael and San Francisco, and Marc Attman of Attman's Delicatessen in Baltimore are not only football fans but cousins. The two delis have wagered on the outcome of the Feb. 3 Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore's Ravens. The losing location will make a donation to a Jewish charity of choice in the winner's city.
Miller's East Coast Delicatessen is at 421 Third St. in San Rafael. Call 453-3354 or go to www.millerseastcoast deli.com.
Anna Haight is a longtime Marin resident and an even longer foodie who blogs at Anna's Cool Finds, www.annascoolfinds.com. Her bread and butter column appears Wednesdays. Have news about chefs, restaurants and other foodie goodies? Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/annahaight.


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crap, wanted to add a poll:
Does Petrino:
A) Get fired
B) Get suspended
C) Resign to spend more time with (what is left of) his family
D) Continue Coaching
Comedy GOLD!!!Dorrell's fiance is Arkansas's director of swimming and diving operations, Josh Morgan.
Morgan is a Florida graduate, which makes this Petrino's first career win over the Gators.
This little nugget was in the comments. Make sure you read this in your head with the DirecTV announcer's voice.
When you are an offensive genius, you get a job in the NFL. When you get a job in the NFL, you lose games. When you lose games, you take a job at Arkansas. When you live in Arkansas, you get bored. When you get bored, you go looking for strange. When you go looking for strange, you find strange. When you find strange, you take it for a ride on your motorcycle. When you take strange for a ride on your motorcycle, she reaches around and grabs your junk. When she grabs your junk, you wreck your motorcycle. When you wreck your motorcycle, you end up at a press conference in a neck brace. Don't end up at a press conference in a neck brace...switch from cable and upgrade to DirecTV.
At least she was hot right?
Petrino fired - ESPN
Dang gotta feel sorry for the sap that got cheated on by his fiancee who he was supposed to marry in 2 months. smh.
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This thing just keeps getting uglier and uglier for Arkansas. the news stories coming out today say that Petrino requested a waiver to begin the hiring process immediately instead of after the position had been posted for 30 days. Arkansas apparently granted the request, forwarded to HR through the athletic director. The only trouble is that this is a violation of federal equal opportunity laws which resulted in one of the least qualified candidates that applied getting the job offer at what most of us would consider a pretty decent salary, at least for a 25 year old. The folks in Arkansas athletic and HR department will be lucky to escape this one with their jobs.
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The 2014 Golden Globe nominations have been announced with quite a few surprises and, as always, some serious snubs!
It was a good morning for "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle," who each earned seven nominations – also a very good indicator that Oscar nominations could follow.
On the TV side, Emmy favorite "Breaking Bad" scored three nods, while "House of Cards" and the HBO movie "Behind the Candelabra" topped the small screen categories with four nominations apiece.
AccessHollywood.com takes a closer look at the surprise nominations and those who were snubbed!
- "Lee Daniels' The Butler" was completely shut out of the race after Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey scored SAG Awards nominations on Wednesday.
- "The Wolf of Wall Street" scored a Best Picture, Drama nod, but director Martin Scorsese was passed over.
- More director snubs included Spike Jonze for "Her" and Joel and Ethan Coen for "Inside Llewyn Davis" after both films earned nominations.
- Michael B. Jordan and his critically acclaimed "Fruitvale Station" were also passed over
- Last year's Golden Globe darlings Claire Danes and Damian Lewis – who both took home trophies for "Homeland" last year – were left out, as was their Showtime series.
- "The Walking Dead," "Mad Men" and "Game of Thrones" and all the cast of "Modern Family" (with the exception of Sofia Vergara) were also pushed aside this year.
READ: American Hustle & 12 Years A Slave Lead Golden Globe Movie Nominations
- Andy Samberg and his Fox comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" managed to score two nominations.
- Showtime's "Masters of Sex" surprised many with a nomination for the freshman series and star Michael Sheen was also honored.
- Tatiana Maslany from BBC America's "Orphan Black" delighted and surprised the show's fans earning a nod.
- "Rush" and "Philomena," two films that have gone somewhat under the radar, both scored two major noms.
- Justin Timberlake and T Bone Burnett earned a nod for the song, "Please Mr. Kennedy" from "Inside Llewyn Davis" (a '60s song they rewrote with the help of Joel and Ethan Cohen for their folk music movie).
- Indie darlings Julie Delpy scored a nod for "Before Midnight" as did and "Frances Ha's" Greta Gerwig.
The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards will air live on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 8 PM ET and 5 PM PT on NBC with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returning for the second year in a row as hosts.
VOTE: Biggest Golden Globes snub?
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3VO Presents & Hangar 13
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 8:00 PM - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 5:00 AM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Hangar 13 & 3VO Presents A FREE Appreciation show featuring international Producer/DJ RAZIHEL!
*Please read disclaimer below!
RAZIHEL - Italy
Razihel is an eclectic young Italian producer. Coming to EDM out of his worldwide success in the screamo post-HC scene, where he toured the world gaining performance experience as a singer and front-man, he is set to mirror and surpass that success with his solo efforts.
"I think being in punk-rock, metal and hard-core bands from when I was just 14 and touring a lot helped me to grow up as a musician for sure but also as a person. You can really hear the difference between a producer who is also a real musician and can play real instruments and one who is just a producer and worked only with digital stuff," and he's probably right when he says this, in fact, his official remix for "Come And Get It" by Krewella, which starts with a brilliant melodic live recorded guitar arpeggio, reached 1 million+ views in just 5 months on YouTube, and has been regularly dropped by big names like Adventure Club and Krewella.
Razihel first burst onto the scene with his official remix for Benny Benassi "Perfect Storm" [Ultra Music] which has been played to massive effect by Benassi himself at major festivals like Ultra and Coachella. Ever since then, and in the space of just a few months, he released a plethora of new original tracks and collabs with some great names like Savant, Varien and Virtual Riot, official remixes for Krewella, I See Stars and more.
"I love collaborating with other producers! You can learn a lot of great things from these super talented people. It's just an incredible feeling to share your knowledge in music production with someone else you respect", he explains. His collab with the Norwegian genius Savant reached the #3 on the Beatport dubstep chart and his track with the great composer Varien has been #1 in the glitch-hop Beatport chart for over a month.
Razihel seems to be making a habit of dominating charts, in fact, his original track "Falcon Punch" is #1 in the "all time chart" by House.net and his Krewella remix is #2 in the "all time chart" by Glitchhop.net, not to mention his remix for "Spectrum" by Zedd which has 40,000 downloads around the web and was #7 in the "all time chart" by Dubstep.net. Also impressive is his recent bootleg of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" having half a million Soundcloud plays in just 2 weeks.
Razihel has played some great shows on his home turf, supporting big names like Zomboy, Skism and more. His exploding contingent of US fans will soon have a chance to see Razihel live as he just announced his presence in a big music festival in Miami with DUB FX, Matisyahu and more. His shows are powerful and that's probably because of his past with hard-core and punk bands. He explains, "I started to make Dubstep because the drops reminded me a lot of the breakdowns you find in some HC music but you can also have a really melodic build-up...it's just what i wanted to make since i started to make music, it has everything i love... melody and heaviness in the same song"
*Disclaimer - There may be more tickets given out than what the capacity of the venue can hold. Just because you hold a ticket wont guarantee you entry. Entry will be based solely on first come first serve and when venue hits capacity doors will be closed and it will be 1 person in for every 1 person that comes out.
When & Where
New Orleans
1511 S Rendon
New Orleans,
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 8:00 PM - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 5:00 AM (PST)
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Amsterdam, Netherlands Royal Ahold NV said Friday its overall fourth-quarter sales rose 0.2%, with the weakening dollar limiting growth. Net sales rose to $69.65 billion in the last three months of 2007.
At the company's Dutch Albert Heijn chain, sales rose 13% to $2.9 billion, due in part to acquisitions.
In the United States, sales rose 2% to $3.9 billion at its Stop & Shop chain and 8.6% to $1 billion at its Giant-Carlisle chain—the latter due partly to an acquisition.
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If you could peel back the layer of the future in North Platte, you might see movie camera trucks parked downtown, filming a doctor in an upstairs office handing someone a bottle of morphine and getting some money in exchange.
This is part of a series of Bulletin reports about future possibilities in North Platte.
That is just one scenario that might take place by the end of the year, as filmmakers finalize a two-year plan to make a long-awaited, often-rumored movie about the troubled side of North Platte during the early part of the 20th century -- the days when prostitution, drugs, gambling and booze were prevalent and an evil woman named Annie Cook profiteered.
The story of Cooks crimes and obsessions was meticulously told by the legendary North Platte writer, Nellie Snyder Yost, in the book Evil Obsession.
The book was published in 1991 and Yost died a year later, but book sales remain steady 22 years later.
The powerful story of good and evil captured the attention of Jon Robinson, a California writer who moved to Gothenburg five years ago to be near friends and relish the great Midwest.
Robinson found the story riveting. He suggested to friend and film director Robert Manciero that they make a movie.
The two agreed and began building a business plan, lining up funds and developing the script. Recently, Robinson was in town to scout locations.
The two men are 95-percent certain that the film will be made, Manciero told the Bulletin. Final plans should be set in July and filming could begin in late fall.
It will be a full-length feature film. They have an executive producer who has put together an investment group and the budget is just about set.
As Robinson drove around the area in his restored DeSoto from the era, he was happy with the possible locations that he saw.
He said they both want to film most if not all the movie on location in Lincoln County.
It is a North Platte and Lincoln County story about those who suffered and who survived, Robinson said.
It is a very compelling human experience in which people were harmed terribly, he said. It is a story of an organized crime operation that was well in place even before prohibition.
The criminal underworld perfected many practices in the early 1900s, in places such as North Platte, rather than the big cities of Chicago or New York, Robinson said.
The story also shows that women have as much criminal potential as men, and very sophisticated crimes arise in out of the way places.
Annie Cook could have taught Lucky Luciano some of his criminal practices, Robinson said.
On the positive side, no matter how corrupt a town has been, the story shows the town can survive and good people can take it back from the underworld.
Robinson said some interior scenes might be shot inside the Fredrickson house at the Lincoln County Museum. Farm machines at the museum could be used.
Other scenes might be filmed in the house that was the home of a prominent person in the story, as well as downtown and out in the country.
The producers are looking for a big authentic barn to use inside and out, a barn with a climbable windmill nearby, an authentic hog pen and a dozen hogs, and a good-size coop of chickens.
Most importantly, we are looking for a variety of 1930s autos in authentic condition, not overly restored, Robinson said. They cannot be too shiny to use. We want a variety of brands and models; and, a variety of farm trucks in the working condition they would have been in the 30s."
Two accomplished screenwriters have converted the book into the movie script, boiling the time frame down to about two years while depicting the authentic story.
The story, including the ending, will be true-to-life, Robinson said.
Its going to be quite a movie," Manciero said. I am really pleased with the script. We looked at several prospective scripts. This one was clearly the best. Its an unbelievable story, real and original.
About Annie Cook
Annie Cook was one of North Plattes most notorious residents.
Cook moved just west of town after marrying Frank Cook. Her childhood frustrations of being denied money (because she was female) fueled her desire to own land and make money. She demanded power and respect from everyone around her.
After she arrived at the farm, she quickly became dissatisfied with the land. So she devised a plot to purchase more from her neighbors, thereby doubling the size of her farm and acreage.
But Cook wasnt satisfied. In order to be as successful as a man, she greased the palms of corrupt government officials and high-powered businessmen. She had a sixth sense about what weakness could be exploited in local businessmen, and exploit them she did.
Cook landed a contract with the county to run the poor house and she took in indigent men. She opened a prostitution house in North Platte.
In 1896, Annie gave birth to a daughter, Clara. As far as Annie was concerned, Clara was just another employee. As soon as Clara was old enough, Annie put her to work in a prostitute house that Annie acquired in her many business dealings.
Over the years, Annies husband Frank became fed up and tired with the overbearing, aggressive, money-loving nature of his wife. Frank was not a confrontational man; but when Annie accused him of sexually assaulting Clara, he was finally done with it. Frank moved into the barn and lived there until he died in 1936.
Cook lived a life of selfish, greedy domination and abused anyone who crossed her path. Many North Platte residents knew and feared Annie. If they had to walk by her house, they walked on the opposite site of the road, afraid of the mean witch who lived in the Cook house.
Annie easily survived during the Great Depression and didnt let the downturn in the economy stop her from continuing to prey upon the weak and the innocent.
First published in the May 8 print edition of the North Platte Bulletin. The summation of Annie's story is from the Bulletin's files and North Platte Cemetery Tour information.
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Ryan Gosling at the wheel in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011)
Here's a typically elegant and perceptive essay by J. Hoberman from The Village Voice on Drive (2011), the new action film by director Nicolas Winding Refn. As Hoberman usefully points out,
"As stripped-down and propulsive as its robotic title, Drive is the most "American" movie yet by Danish genre director Nicolas Winding Refn. The film, for which Refn was named best director last May in Cannes, is a sleek, tense piece of work that, as a vehicle for Ryan Gosling, has a kind of daredevil control [. . .] Refn is primarily a stylist, and this tale of a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a hired wheelman (or is it vice versa?) and gets played for a patsy is a lovingly assembled, streamlined pastiche of '80s movies and TV. The most obvious reference is Walter Hill's schematic action flick The Driver: This 1978 paean to professional cool in the person of Ryan O'Neal more or less provides Drive's title, premise, uninflected antihero, and minimalist existentialism, as well as its two-dimensional attitude."
I've always thought that The Driver was one of Hill's best films, and this is an inspired riff on the original, by a thoughtful and intelligent genre artist. Interestingly, the project was originally pitched to Gosling, and it was Gosling who chose Refn as the director for Drive; a first for Gosling's career, and a very smart decision. Those who think that Cannes only honors more traditional "art" films should think again; this is a festival that continually surprises informed observers, in the most pleasingly possible fashion. Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Christina Hendricks are also in the film, so all in all, this is a very strong ensemble cast for any project. And you know what's really refreshing? As Mike Fleming reports in Deadline Hollywood, the film was made for roughly $30 million, and in today's economy, that's bare bones filmmaking.
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Campers on Mission help church construct new Family Life Center
AUBREY — The New Hope Baptist Church just south of Aubrey was surrounded this past week by an army of recreational vehicles driven by volunteers seeking to help the church construct its new Family Life Center.
The volunteers were a part of a mission group called Campers on Mission, which assists congregations with their construction needs for free, said Lisa Temple of New Hope Baptist Church.
The church is located at 5800 U.S. Highway 377 and volunteers were from Texas and several other states, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri and Louisiana.
Campers on Mission is a national fellowship of Christian campers working in cooperation with the Adult Volunteer Mobilization Unit of the North American Mission Board and with the Southern Baptist Convention.
Campers on Mission representative Rickey Youngblood said that people volunteer to donate their time and skills where they are needed the most. He said that many of the volunteers have specialties in construction and other related fields.
The fellowship includes Christians of all denominations who want to share their faith and the love of Jesus Christ while camping or participating in mission activities, officials said.
"The campers basically use their vacations as mission trips to come out and help other churches," Temple said. "It's an amazing sight to see the support surrounding the church."
About 100 people helped with the construction of the center. Most of the campers were husband-and-wife teams that volunteer regularly.
"It's a great feeling and blessing to be able to help," volunteer John Whither said.
Church members said the project was an incredible show of work ethic, morals and values for everyone in the community.
The campers departed on Saturday, but the center isn't completed just yet.
Officials said they hope to be in the new building soon. A few years ago, New Hope purchased an additional four acres of adjacent property, which is now being used for the Life Center.
The new Family Life Center will enhance the ministries of New Hope, not only for the church family but also for the surrounding communities, church members said.
Church members said they hope the center will enhance their ministry, create an educational space for more than 400 people and increase fellowship.
Architect Gary Land said the center is about 20,000 square feet. It includes a kitchen, a fellowship hall and a gymnasium with a basketball court.
"This is a great addition to our church," Temple said. "And it isn't just for us — it's for the community and everyone around."
For more information about the Life Center, visit the church's website, www.newhopeaubrey.com.
JOHN D. HARDEN can be reached at 940-566-6882and via Twitter at @JDHarden.


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ATLANTA - An amended $19 billion budget plan for Georgia now heads to the state Senate.
House lawmakers voted 145-18 on Friday to adopt a new spending plan for the financial year ending in June. The plan now goes before the state Senate for approval.
The Republicans who control the House largely stuck to a spending blueprint from GOP Gov. Nathan Deal. A weak economy meant Georgia received less tax revenue than initially anticipated and faced rising costs in Medicaid, a health insurance program for low-income Georgians.
Deal had earlier ordered state departments to trim their spending.
House lawmakers cut some regional development funding and made health care changes intended to save money.
House lawmakers will now review budget plans for the coming fiscal year.
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The combination of tomatoes, basil, and goat cheese is one of my favorite flavor trios, and I loved it in this Roasted Tomato, Basil, and Goat Cheese Holiday Spread for crackers, celery, low-carb pita, or sliced cucumber and this tasty holiday spread is also delightfully red and green.
This recipe was quite honestly inspired partly by the fact that I had slow roasted tomatoes and frozen basil in my freezer, since it was snowing like crazy in Salt Lake and I didn't want to go to the store. However if you don't have those two ingredients, you could make something very similar to this with sun-dried tomatoes and pesto; see suggestions in the recipe. (Thanks to Chris from Mele Cotte who sent me the charming chile-pepper knife I'm using in the photo.)
Roasted Tomato, Basil, and Goat Cheese Spread
(Makes about 2 cups of spread, recipe inspired by Walnut-Basil Cheese Spread in Southern Living Christmas Cookbook, a very old cookbook where I've found a lot of good holiday recipes.)
1/2 cup slow roasted tomatoes (or use 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes)
1/4 cup frozen basil, thawed (or use about 1/3 cup basil pesto)
6 oz. goat cheese (the type that comes in a log, such as Chevre)
1/2 cup cottage cheese (I used low fat)
whole grain crackers, for serving
Put cottage cheese in processor bowl and pulse until mixture is blended. Then crumble in goat cheese and pulse until cheeses are blended together. Put cheese mixture in the bowl with tomato/basil mixture and gently combine. Chill mixture for a few hours before serving. Serve with whole grain crackers, French bread, or whole wheat pita bread, or spread inside celery for a low-carb option on the buffet table.
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Despite recent national attention on rising domestic production of light sweet crude oil, especially from tight oil formations in North Dakota, some Midwest refiners are reconfiguring their facilities to process more heavy crude oil, which will likely come from Canada.
The refinery coking capacity in PAD District 2 (the Midwest) is set to increase significantly this year as refiners in the region focus on heavy crude oil. As this additional coking capacity comes online, Midwest refiners will be able to significantly increase runs of heavy crude, such as Western Canadian Select (WCS).
WCS currently sells at a steep discount to other crude oil benchmarks used in the United States, including West Texas Intermediate, Louisiana Light Sweet, and West Texas Sour, and processing WCS reduces refiner crude oil costs. When the additional coking capacity comes online, the average API gravity of crude runs in the region is likely to decrease and the product yield patterns are likely to change.
Coking is a thermal cracking process that converts heavy hydrocarbons such as atmospheric residuum, vacuum gasoil and residuals, and bitumen into lighter hydrocarbons such as unfinished gasoline and gasoils as well as petroleum coke and light gases. Coking allows refiners to increase gasoline and distillate yields from heavy crude oils (details).
Between 2002 and 2012, Midwest coking capacity increased from 400,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) to more than 480,000 bbl/d, an increase of about 20 percent (see chart). Three major coking unit construction projects have recently been completed or are in process in PADD 2. In November 2011, Phillips 66's Wood River, Illinois, refinery (which is jointly owned by Phillips 66 and Cenovus and operated by Phillips 66) completed the addition of a 65,000-bbl/d coker. A year later, Marathon Petroleum completed a 28,000-bbl/d coker at its refinery in Detroit, Michigan. Currently, a 102,000-bbl/d coker is under construction at BP's Whiting, Indiana, refinery and is scheduled for completion later this year.
These three cokers and related refinery projects will enable processing of 509,000 bbl/d of additional heavy crude, which likely will come from Canada. The increase in heavy crude processing is based on increasing overall refinery crude processing capacity and replacing existing runs of light crude with heavier crude.
The displaced light sweet crude, like other crude in the midcontinent, will find its way east, west, and south, moving by rail and pipeline to refineries in those regions and displacing imports of waterborne crude.
The additional heavy crude is expected to lead to decreases in average API gravity in the region. From 2010 to 2012, the average API gravity of crude runs in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, and Ohio fell by 2 percent, going from 33.64 to 32.98 degrees.
Trade press reports indicate that additional Midwest refiners may undertake coker installation projects in the coming years. Husky's refinery in Lima, Ohio, and NCRA's McPherson, Kansas, facility are said to be considering upgrades that would expand coking capacity, which could lead to further changes in average API gravity and refinery yields in the region.
Gasoline and diesel fuel prices both down for the 4th consecutive week
The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline decreased two cents to $3.68 per gallon, down 24 cents from last year at this time. The U.S. average price has declined 10 cents over the last four weeks. Prices were lower in all regions of the nation except the Midwest, where the price is $3.66 per gallon, up a penny from last week, and the Rocky Mountain region, where the price is unchanged at $3.47 per gallon. The West Coast price is down 5 cents, and now below the $4-per-gallon mark at $3.96 per gallon. The East Coast price is $3.66 per gallon, down three cents from last week, and the Gulf Coast price declined two cents to $3.51 per gallon.
The national average diesel fuel price decreased four cents for the third consecutive week, to $4.01 per gallon, 14 cents lower than last year at this time. The U.S. average price has fallen 15 cents over the last four weeks. Prices decreased in all regions of the nation, with the largest drop on the West Coast, where the price fell six cents to $4.10 per gallon. The Gulf Coast price is a nickel lower at $3.94 per gallon. The Midwest and Rocky Mountain prices are $3.98 per gallon and $3.94 per gallon, respectively, both down four cents from last week. Rounding out the regions, the East Coast price dropped three cents to $4.05 per gallon.


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Elizabeth M'Clintock drew these cartoons as part of her response to the rejection of her application to work at Edward Davis's silk business. The writing below the bottom cartoon on the left says, "Stop miss, give me a chance at the covey." The "N.Y. Digest" was a reference book that collected important court cases.
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text: Goodwin grants order blocking MIC unit start-up By Ken Ward Jr. February 11, 2011 Story Share Read the judge's order.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered Bayer CropScience not to resume production of the deadly pesticide ingredient methyl isocyanate at its chemical plant in Institute.Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin cited a history of safety violations at the plant and the "catastrophic dangers presented by the production" of the chemical, known as MIC.The judge said his 14-day restraining order was warranted because a group of residents who sued Bayer were likely to win the case on its merits and also were "likely to suffer irreparable harm" without relief from the court. Goodwin also cited Bayer's "alleged misrepresentations to the public" about prior incidents at the plant."This short-term temporary restraining order is in the public interest," Goodwin said. The judge ruled from the bench at the end of a nearly 90-minute hearing, and later issued a three-page written order. He set a hearing for Feb. 25 to consider the residents' expected request for a lengthier court injunction.The judge's ruling is the latest chapter in a 25-year effort by some Kanawha Valley residents to rid the community of the Institute plant's huge stockpile of MIC. Community activists have focused their concerns on MIC since December 1984, when a leak of the chemical killed thousands of people near a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India."We're happy that the judge has entered the order that he has," said William V. DePaulo, lawyer for Maya Nye and 15 other residents named as plaintiffs in the case.Bayer spokesman Tom Dover said company officials were disappointed with Goodwin's decision and would "review our options" in response to the ruling. Last month, Bayer announced it was going to stop making, using and storing MIC at the Institute plant as part of a corporate restructuring and a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop selling the pesticide aldicarb, which MIC is used to make.Bayer had already spent more than $25 million on a project to reduce its MIC inventory by 80 percent. The unit has been off-line and there's been no MIC on site since that project began in August. In last month's announcement, Bayer said it would restart the unit and make aldicarb for another 18 months before shutting down production -- and mothballing the MIC unit -- in mid-2012. The first new MIC was scheduled to be produced in a week, Bayer said Thursday.On Tuesday, 16 area residents filed suit in federal court to stop Bayer from restarting MIC production, armed with a U.S. Chemical Safety Board report that blamed the company's poor safety practices for an August 2008 explosion and fire that killed 2 workers.That 2008 explosion occurred in the plant's Methomyl-Larvin pesticide production unit, which is on the opposite end of the plant from the MIC production unit. But CSB investigators found the explosion could have damaged an MIC storage tank located just 75 feet away from blast, and caused a disastrous MIC release that could have rivaled Bhopal.In court filings, DePaulo gave Goodwin a long list of other previous accidents a the facility, as well as details of Bayer's own projections that a major MIC accident could impact 300,000 people living within a 25-mile zone around the plant. "Bayer has a very checkered history on safety," DePaulo told the judge. DePaulo reminded Goodwin that Bayer CEO William Buckner admitted during a congressional hearing that Bayer officials tried to use homeland security regulations to avoid embarrassing disclosures about the August 2008 incident and prevent debate about the plant's MIC stockpile."How do we know that Bayer is telling the truth?" DePaulo asked. "The court can't take things at face value." Michael Fisher, a lawyer for Bayer, held up a copy of a state Department of Environmental Protection air pollution permit for the Bayer MIC unit, to emphasize his argument that the company has all of its required governmental approvals for the operation.Goodwin asked Fisher, "Who at the DEP in West Virginia has any clue about what is safe or isn't safe with MIC production?" Fisher said he couldn't answer that question, but that DEP was a competent agency that had granted the company a permit.The judge asked Fisher if the MIC unit had been inspected by anyone from any government agency prior to the company beginning the process of restarting MIC production. "No, your honor," Fisher responded.Fisher also told Goodwin that he had "overstated" the potential economic impacts when he said in a legal brief that a temporary restraining order would "immediately" cost 300 workers in Institute and a related plant in Georgia their jobs. Fisher said the temporary order would not cost workers their jobs, but that a lengthier court order would likely do so.DePaulo pointed out that those jobs are already scheduled to be eliminated by mid-2012 as part of Bayer's announced plan to stop making aldicarb. "They've already announced this business is going away," DePaulo said.Fisher also repeated several times during Thursday's hearing Bayer's previous statement that "MIC was not involved in" the August 2008 incident. Chemical Safety Board investigators have said that statement is probably inaccurate and that Bayer can't prove it because key MIC monitors were not functioning the night of the explosion. Residents argued in their lawsuit that restarting the unit continued a private and public nuisance, creating the risk of a disaster and leaving community members afraid of a major leak or other accident.Much of Thursday's hearing consisted of Goodwin questioning lawyers for both sides about previous court rulings in other cases that defined the boundaries of nuisance law in West Virginia, and about whether the residents could meet the test for a temporary injunction until a full hearing could be held.In his written order, Goodwin said that, based on the limited evidence currently before him, the residents were likely to win. Goodwin said West Virginia nuisance law is "flexible" and "adaptable to a wide variety of factual situations." The judge also said state courts have "acknowledged the authority for courts to enjoin prospective or anticipatory nuisance."Goodwin also ordered the residents to post a $10,000 bond, under federal court rules allowing bonds to be required to pay the costs and damages sustained by any party found to have been wrongly enjoined or restrained.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 2 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 3 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 4 WVU seeking improvements during off week 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Kanawha residents want Bayer's studies of MIC unit Previous Story Operation Cloverleaf members named Troy Strawberry Festival Parade Grand Marshals Next Story


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Twins' bats can't back Correia in rubber game
Right-hander fires six solid innings, but he labors in key two-run 2nd
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins just can't seem to be able to find any traction offensively over the last two weeks.
A day after busting out for 10 runs, the offense fell flat yet again in a 4-0 loss to the Royals on Wednesday afternoon in the rubber game at Target Field.
After reaching double digits for just the fourth time this season in their 10-2 win on Tuesday, the Twins were hopeful the offensive eruption would carry over. Instead, the offense continued its recent struggles, as the club was shut out for the sixth time this year and for the second time in the last week.
The Twins seemingly can't put it all together and match their strong pitching performances with any offense, and it's led to a funk that has them matching a season-worst seven games under .500 at 38-45.
"We're streaky right now in all aspects and we need to put two and two together," second baseman Brian Dozier said. "We thought being at home, we could match up with Kansas City. They played good so you have to tip your cap, but we just need to hit."
Right-hander Kevin Correia took the hard-luck loss after allowing two runs on six hits and two walks over six innings. Correia has pitched well of late with a 3.50 ERA over his last nine starts, but he has been saddled with five losses over that span and leads the American League with 10 losses on the season.
"I was comfortable early in the year, but I wasn't getting the results," Correia said. "But I was confident I'd turn it around and get the results. But at the end of the day, you're trying to win a ballgame and it didn't happen today."
The Royals scored their two runs against Correia in the second inning with Mike Moustakas and Jarrod Dyson providing back-to-back RBI singles. But Correia settled down from there, retiring 13 of the final 16 hitters he faced before coming out after throwing 108 pitches.
"Kevin gave us an opportunity," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "His pitch count [108] got high, but he hung in there. He got through six innings and gave us an opportunity to win."
Kansas City didn't score again until the eighth inning on a solo homer from Raul Ibanez off reliever Casey Fien. It was the fourth homer of the year for the 42-year-old, and his first since re-joining the Royals for a second stint on Monday.
The Royals added an insurance run in the ninth inning on an RBI single from Eric Hosmer off closer Glen Perkins.
"You're just really hoping to tack-on one run or two somewhere over the course of that game because if one guy gets on, they're one swing away from tying the ballgame up," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "So when Raul hit that home run, that was a huge run."
It was enough offense for Royals left-hander Jason Vargas, who tossed seven scoreless innings to pick up his eighth win this season. He scattered four hits -- all singles -- and two walks with five strikeouts.
"I was able to keep the ball down early, and that helped me later when I was able to elevate a few and miss with a couple other pitches," said Vargas, who is 2-0 with a 0.86 ERA in three starts against the Twins this year. "Just good rhythm and tempo out there, we had a good thing going, and guys were making plays behind us."
The Twins didn't have many scoring chances against Vargas, as they went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position. Trevor Plouffe grounded out to shortstop with two runners on and two out in the fourth, while Dozier grounded out to third to end the fifth to strand Sam Fuld, who stole second on a play that was overturned by instant replay.
The lack of offense handed the Twins the series loss and their seventh defeat over their last nine games. Minnesota scored more than four runs in just two of those nine games.
"We didn't really get any runners on to begin with," Dozier said. "Usually it's a problem with a lack of hits with runners on. So, we need to hit and we're not doing it."
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The letter "o" has been removed from the following words. Can you guess them all?
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7) rthdx
8) cckat
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HintThere are three o's missing from every word except #5 and #10.
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4) onlooker
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The fastest reload with a low chance of paint coming out. Ultra Soft Elastomer keeps paint from coming out under most conditions, but vigorous shaking may lose a few balls. For LOW PROFILE on HALO / MAGNA it's better to use the Ultra Soft Elastomer (see below).
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The Crown for the HALO includes 3 parts: Locking Ring, Crown, and the Extension Collar. Players who want the lowest possible profile do not need to use the Extension Collar, and can simply attach the Crown to the hopper and lock it in place with the Locking Ring.
However, the Extension Collar offers a minimal height increase, while increasing paint capacity and improving reloading performance.
Key Features
Option (included) Extension Collar:
The HALO / MAGNA have a shallow basin near the drive cone, so an Extension Collar is provided for a more consistent feed. The Extender also allows you to pack an extra 20 balls into the hopper before the start of a game. For LOW PROFILE setups without the Extender, we suggest using the Ultra-Soft Elastomer Crown. If using the Crown without the Extender, a slight downward tilt while reloading yields the best results. The downward tilt is only needed/helpful if you are not shooting while reloading. If you are shooting and reloading keep your gun up and the Crown will feed great.
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ONTARIO- The City Council will discuss tonight a resolution requesting the consent of the City of Rancho Cucamonga to participate in the formation of the Greater Ontario Tourism Marketing District.
Ontario's district would include all 38 hotels in the city, as well as those in Rancho Cucamonga.
The new district is being requested by business owners and those in the tourism industry, according to the staff report.
The process to form the marketing tourism district will only begin once the city of Rancho Cucamonga agrees, the report states.
If Rancho Cucamonga agrees to form the marketing district, Ontario will oversee the creation and operation of the proposed marketing tourism district.
Ontario City Council meets at 6:30 p.m., Ontario City Hall, 303 E. B Street.


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New Figures And Items Celebrating Everyones Favorite Serial Killer...
One of the best shows on TV, Dexter somehow makes us love a serial killer, and BifBangPow! lets you take him home without having to worry about what he might do. Theyve already produced several products and figures from the show including a series of great 3 ¾ inch figures and Comic-Con exclusives over the years. At Toy Fair this year the company showed off plenty of new Dexter goodness like the Blood Spatter Analyst Bobble Head, Dexter Morgan Bobble Head with Sound (coming from a removable Dexter sound keychain - and the back of the figure doubles as a card holder), and Dexter Kill Outfit with Blood Spatter Bobble Head, Monitor Mate Bobble Head, and a new 8 inch figure.
Best of all (for us 3 ¾ inch collectors) were the reveals of the upcoming Blood Splatter Analyst 3 ¾ inch figure with camera gear (in pink shirt and a white one with blood splatter). But thats not all... This figure will come with a set of three blood slides, a checklist of all the slides released with figures thus far, a slide holder (just like Dexter uses in the show), and a tin tote decorated like Dexters air conditioning unit! Expect word of a Comic-Con exclusive version packaging the same figure with some added things.
- Scott Rubin
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For years, climate scientists have been worried about the impact of climate change on storms. Now we are starting to see the effects:
Global warming puts more energy into storms. This means stronger winds and larger storms. It also means that storms sustain their powerful winds longer as they make their way out of the tropics.
A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, meaning that storms bring more rainfall.
Higher sea levels, resulting from thermal expansion and from melting glaciers and ice caps, lead to higher storm surge and more flooding damage. Sea levels along the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are rising up to four times faster than the global average.
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Generation On has some great ideas for things that kids and families can do in their community to help others in need. Check out their website:
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Is that the Pacers had pretty much the same record last year at this point, as they do this year.
Last year at this point the Pacers were 10-21, this year they're 9-22.
I think the difference is how they're losing games. Last year the Pacers seemed like they were in every game until the end, losing tight games that may you think, hey that was a good game.. we almost pulled it out.
This year the losses are more painful b/c we're simply not playing good basketball, there's no Jarrett Jack to take over at PG, there's no Marquis Daniels who can step it up while Dunleavy or Granger are missing (though Head is starting to make a case)
Same injuries, same coach, a lot of the same players, but this team just feels different... it feels lifeless.
Maybe a healthy Granger will be the spark this team needs, maybe Bird finds a deal that sparks the team,... or maybe this is simply what we can expect for the rest of the year.


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Are you interested irrigating your home's landscape more efficiently and effectively?
Join the city of Woodland and Yolo Resource Conservation District on Wednesday, for the fourth presentation in the Water-Wise Wednesdays workshop series. This session will cover water use efficiency, irrigation timing, along with a hands-on overview of irrigation parts and drip irrigation installation. The talk will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Woodland Community and Senior Center at 2001 East Street.
All attendees will be entered into a raffle for the Sunset guide "Sprinklers and Drip Systems," the Sunset "Western Garden Book," and the American Water Works Association DVD "Detecting and Silencing Leaks."
The city of Woodland and Yolo RCD will also have information tables and will be available to answer questions. Handouts from the first three presentations, which covered soils and soil amendment, plant choice and placement, and rainwater retention and online landscaping resources will be available.
Additional information, including more detailed descriptions of the individual workshops, the workshop flyer, and information on upcoming events, can be found at the city's Water Conservation website www.cityofwoodland.org/waterconservation or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EnviroWoodland.
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- Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (1982)
- Ancient City of Sigiriya (1982)
- Golden Temple of Dambulla (1991)
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1988)
- Sacred City of Anuradhapura (1982)
- Sacred City of Kandy (1988)
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- Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (2010)
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve (1988)
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A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
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- Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)" Monday, 4 April 2005
- UNESCO offers tsunami assistance to countries in South Asia Thursday, 30 December 2004
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A CHURCH'S congregation embarked on a 14-mile walk to mark its 175th anniversary.
About 60 members of Christ Church, Walmsley, walked the length of the parish's historic boundary, resurrecting an ancient tradition in the process.
The walk took between seven and eight hours to complete, with the idea coming from an ancient Norman tradition.
Before maps had been invented, communities would walk the perimeter of their area to make sure they remembered where the boundaries were.
It is thought that children and young people would sometimes be taken along and bumped against the boundary stones so they remembered for the future.
Organiser Ken Holt said: "We had a super day for it and the weather was fantastic.
"It was a really good event. As far as we are aware no-one from the church has done this before.
"It was an historical occasion and went very well.
"Fourteen miles is no walk in the park, so to get 60 people to do it is fantastic." The historic boundary of Walmsley was established by an act of parliament in 1844.
The walk started and ended at Dunscar Bridge and took in Eagley Brook, the eastern side of Bromley Cross, the Last Drop, Turton Heights and Blackburn Road, before heading over towards Belmont and dropping back down to Dunscar Bridge.
Christ Church now plans to embark on this walk every five years.
Free copies of the route are available at Bolton Library.


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Xander Schauffele is playing on his adopted home course at San Diego Country Club, and he already felt the nerves last year of being in contention going into the final round of the prestigious SCGA Amateur Championship.
For a young man who has experienced some tough close losses, the time would seem to be right for the biggest breakthrough in the San Diego State golfer's young career.
Only one problem: The most sizable obstacle on Schauffele's path happens to be one of the best golfers of their generation, Beau Hossler.
Hossler was the first high-schooler since the 1950s to qualify for consecutive U.S. Opens, including last year in San Francisco, where he briefly held the second-round lead before fading on Sunday to tie for 29th.
Since their early days in junior golf, Hossler, 18, and Schauffele, 19, played against each other, but the stakes have never been higher than they will be for the closing round of the 114th SCGA Amateur on Sunday. After each shot 1-under-par 71 on Saturday, Hossler owns a one-stroke lead with a 6-under total.
Playing in the twosome with him at 9:30 a.m. will be Schauffele, the Scripps Ranch High alum who is alone in second. Seventeen-year-old San Diego CC member Ben Doyle (70) and Pasadena mid-amateur Dan Sullivan (72) are two shots off the pace.
To this point, Schauffele's biggest accomplishment is winning a college golf tournament as a freshman and finishing runner-up to current Web.com player Bhavik Patel in last year's SCGA.
"Beau's a great player, and that's why I'm looking forward to it,' Schauffele said.
The San Diego State golf team has membership playing privileges at San Diego, and Schauffele figures he's toured the course more than 50 rounds there. He calls that a "huge" advantage because of the speed and subtleties in the greens. But that's only if putts well. He hasn't been pleased with how he's rolling it, and that battle with his putter led to three straight bogeys in the third round.
But Schauffele is also explosive, and he made up for the gaffes by scoring birdie-birdie-eagle to close his front nine. That is a fine run, though it doesn't compare to the extraordinary double eagle-birdie-eagle stretch Schauffele reeled off during a round at Barona Creek in May 2010.
Of how he'll have to manage himself on Sunday, Schauffele said, "I want to stick to my own game plan. I've been in this position a couple of times, and I usually have a tendency to get stuck in what the other person is doing."
Hossler is tough to ignore. He looks to have a grown a couple more inches since last year's U.S. Open – though he insists he doesn't know how much – and he has taken off some weight and looks far leaner. The gawky look from his braces is gone too.
He graduated from high school early and started at Texas in the spring, but stuck to his plan of not competing.
Since school ended, Hossler has played in only a couple of tournaments. "I'm well rested," he said with a smile.
Hossler's short game and putting are easily his strengths, and he displayed that Saturday when he missed the first four greens and still walked out of the stretch at even par for the day. He gave himself the one-stroke cushion on the tough 18th hole, hitting an approach to 15 feet and draining the birdie putt.
He hadn't played San Diego CC until his practice rounds, so getting used to the slick putting surfaces was a chore.
"I've never seen poa annua greens this firm before," Hossler said. "The whole golf course is firm and fast. It's pretty impressive."
For the tournament, San Diego – which recently was awarded the 2017 U. S. Women's Amateur – has given the competitors all the challenges they would want. The course has surrendered only eight scores in the 60s. The best is a 66 by Notre Dame senior Niall Platt, who is tied with Chula Vista's Tyler Torano and Laguna Niguel's Stewart Hagestad at 2-under.


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WALNUT CREEK — A Danville-based developer want to build a four-story,141-unit apartment project on Ygnacio Valley Road downtown, just east of the BART station.
"The Landing at Walnut Creek" would be built on a 1½-acre parcel runs all the way back to Lacassie Avenue cul-de-sac), where the entrance to its underground garage is proposed. This is on the southeast side of the Ygnacio Valley/Interstate 680 off-ramp intersection.
The developer is Centerstreet Development.
The land would have to be rezoned to allow denser residential development there — apartments instead of the single-family houses now there. Centerstreet Development is also asking for an increase in the allowed building height on that spot from 50 to 60 feet.
City Planner Ken Nodder said the city's review process will likely start within the next few months.
— Sam Richards, Staff