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This past week has been a busy one for Microsoft, with lots of Xbox developments both in India and globally. Elsewhere, Sony readies Move Street Cricket 2 for release and Vishal Gondal announces his departure from Disney.
Here's a recap of all that made news in India over the past week courtesy MCVuk.com' sister site MCV India.
- Microsoft unveiled new console bundles for India's summer season, the most attractive of them being the 250 GB Xbox 360, which comes bundled with Batman: Arkham City, Darksiders 2, Gears of War 3 and Halo Reach. FULL STORY
- Move Street Cricket 2, the PlayStation Move cricket sequel from Trine Games, has gone gold and the PlayStation India Facebook page has published the game's first promotional image. FULL STORY
- Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Indian telecom and broadband major Bharti Airtel to offer savings on Airtel broadband internet connections and free games to Xbox 360 buyers. The deal also benefits existing Xbox 360 owners and Airtel broadband subscribers. FULL STORY
- Vishal Gondal, founder of Indiagames and managing director at DisneyUTV Digital, will leave the company at the end of June, ending his 15-year association with the company. Gondal will be replaced by Sameer Ganapathy, who previously headed DisneyUTV's media networks distribution business. FULL STORY
- Microsoft has re-priced several older Xbox 360 games and now offers a variety of games ranging from Rs 699 to Rs 2,999 in price. While titles like Alan Wake and Fable 3 are now at Rs 699, others like Crackdown 2 and Dance Central are now at Rs 1,199. FULL STORY
- Specialist retailer Game4u has expanded its presence in northern India with a new store in Chandigarh's Elante Mall. Game4u is also present in Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Gurgaon in the north India region. FULL STORY
- Zapak Mobile has crossed the 100 million downloads milestone on the Nokia Store. The company offers over 350 games on the store, of which 22 have racked up more than a million downloads. FULL STORY
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I don't expect many overtly gay moments from the Super Bowl, but one kept coming back to me. No, it wasn't Christina Aguilera's anthem fail, which drag queens most likely will bypass in future performances; and it wasn't the emergence of probable new bearish icons Brett Goode and Mike Tomlin. Actually, it was nothing that happened on the field.
The commercials were up and down in cleverness, but I have to admit, my jaw dropped in pure silence after watching this commercial. Gay? OK, maybe not overly, but I kinda doubt the straights will be running with the catchphrase, "Cram it in the boot."


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The idea of travelling when you're pregnant may seem daunting at first. When it's hard to get comfortable in your own bed, you might think there's no way you'll manage it on a plane or in a strange hotel room.
Wondering whether you should fly in your second or third trimester? Are seat belts and air bags safe when you're pregnant? We'll answer these and other travel safety questions and give you the information you need for a safe and comfortable trip.
In most airports, passengers walk through metal detectors, which use a low-frequency electromagnetic field to look for weapons. Anything that generates or uses electricity, such as power lines or household appliances, produces an electromagnetic field. At the low levels a metal detector emits, this exposure is considered safe for everyone, including pregnant women. (The same holds true for the wands that security personnel sometimes pass over individual passengers.)
Many people mistakenly think these metal detectors use X-rays – they don't. Luggage X-ray machines do, though. They emit the same kind of radiation as in a dental X-ray and are used only on your bags and other inanimate objects going on the plane. You would have to place your hand through the curtain of a luggage screening machine while the X-ray was on to be exposed to a significant level of radiation.
There are now two new types of body scanning machines being installed in U.S. airports. Both create an image of the surface of your body in order to detect objects hidden under clothes. One, the "backscatter" machine, which uses low-level X-rays, has raised health concerns. (The other, the "millimeter wave" machine, which uses electromagnetic waves, is less controversial.)
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) claims the potential for dangerous radiation exposure from the backscatter machine is low and that it doesn't pose a significant risk to pregnant passengers. The agency says each scan emits less than 1/1,000 of the radiation given off in a standard chest X-ray, or the equivalent of two minutes of high-altitude flight.
But some medical experts have questioned whether the machines have been tested thoroughly enough and they're worried about what would happen if a machine malfunctioned. If you have safety concerns or feel uncomfortable being scanned, the TSA insists that you can opt for a physical "pat down" search instead. You can find out more about the machines (known as Advanced Imaging Technology) on the TSA website.


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For 2013, crime in Hesston was most abundant in the summer months and property crimes were common.
The Hesston Record has compiled police reports and municipal court reports throughout the year. The Record classified reports into five categories:
• Property crimes, which include theft, burglary, forgery and criminal damage;
• Traffic violations, which include accidents and traffic violations;
• Drug-related crimes, which included illegal substances and minors in possession;
• Violent and personal crimes, which include domestic incidents and crimes against another person
• The final category was other.
Statistics include reports from Jan. 1, to Dec. 24.
Property crimes outnumbered all other incidents with 87 property-related reports throughout the year.
Property crimes were followed closely by traffic accidents and violations with 85 reports.
In 2013, more reports came in the summer months and tapering off in winter.
June had the highest number of reports with 31 total reports. That month 20 were property-related, there were eight traffic incidents, one violent crime and two other category reports.
While many residents may be concerned about burglaries and thefts during the holiday season, the most property crimes were reported in June, 20 reports, followed closely by July with 13 incidents.
A winter storm in February, as well as a high volume of municipal court reports resulted in the highest number of traffic-related reports at 13 in the month.
Violence peaked in Hesston in April and October with five violent/personal reports both months.
Drugs were the least-reported crime in Hesston with only 12 reported incidencts in 2013. Nearly half of these illegal-substance crimes were minors in possession of alcohol.
However, in September, Hesston officers made a significant drug-bust off a traffic stop on Interstate 135. Three men were arrested on possession charges for marijuana, ecstasy and methamphetamine.


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Red Chapeau Sugar Cookies Recipe
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- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Red colored sugar or decorating frosting, optional
- In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Divide dough into fourths. On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 6-in. hat-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Sprinkle with red colored sugar if desired. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Decorate with frosting if desired. Yield: 5 dozen.
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Baseball fans in Pittsburgh haven't had much cause to pay attention to the All-Star game in a couple decades.
The Pirates usually only had one token representative and, more often than not, that player was fortunate to sneak into the game in the latter innings.
But with both Andrew McCutchen and Joel Hanrahan promising to play prominent roles in tonight's game, Pirates fans might tune in a little longer than usual.
Major League Baseball changed its rules a few years back to make the game "meaningful" by awarding home-field advantage in the World Series to the winning league, and there should at least be more than a passing interest in Pittsburgh.
That's right, I'm mentioning home-field advantage in the World Series and the Pirates.
Why not?On May 9, the Pirates were 14-16. On July 9, they were 48-37 and had the second-best record in the National League. Only the Washington Nationals at 49-34 have been better.
The biggest difference for the Pirates has been the offense.
Over the season's first two months, the Pirates were dead last in the majors nearly every major offensive statistic except home runs. They weren't just bad, they were historically bad.
But over the past month, the team has climbed up to respectability.
Consider that on May 9, this was a team that had scored 87 runs in its first 30 games – fewer than three runs per game and exactly half of what then-NL Central Division leader St. Louis had at that point. That also was 15 runs fewer than the next lowest-scoring team, San Diego.
A look at that most important offensive statistic now shows that the Pirates have 345 runs, which puts them at a still-mediocre 10th in the National League.
But a closer look at that shows more of the picture. Since that terrible start, Pittsburgh has scored 258 runs in its last 55 games, an average of 4.7 per game. Nobody is going to confuse the Pirates with the Ruth-Gehrig era New York Yankees, but they've been plenty good enough offensively recently to win games.
McCutchen has obviously been a big part of that. Now in his fourth season in the majors, he's turned into a superstar, ranking among the league leaders in nearly every offensive category.
Over the last two months, he started getting help from others in the lineup, be it Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez, Garrett Jones or Casey McGehee.
It's still not an ideal lineup. This is still a team that could use another bat, preferably at one of the corner outfield positions.
But manager Clint Hurdle is making it work, at least for now. Everyone, after all, remembers the swoon of 2011, when the Pirates quickly fell out of contention after playing solid baseball into late July.
However, there is a different dynamic this year. The Cardinals and Brewers aren't as good this season as they were last year. Houston and Chicago are awful.
This just might be the year the Pirates not only end their streak of 19 seasons without a winning record, but make the playoffs as well.
And once that happens, why not dream big? Why not think World Series?
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Kurt Busch was in the wrong place at the wrong time but felt a little bit fortunate as he started barrel-rolling Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.
Busch landed atop the hood of Ryan Newman and rode atop Newman's car before coming off and landing on all four wheels.
It was the first time Busch ever flipped, and he felt he was a victim of circumstance with less than six laps left in the Aaron's 499.
"I'm just an innocent bystander, wrong place at the wrong time," Busch said Tuesday. "There's nobody to blame.
Race recap: Kyle Busch causes first wreck | Kurt Busch-Ryan Newman | Danica's day
"I can't even blame NASCAR for it. It's just when it's a free for all like that at the end of the race, you have to expect bumping and grinding."
Newman, however, blamed NASCAR for the accident with harsh words following the race.
"They can't get their heads out of their asses far enough to keep them on the race track, and that's pretty disappointing," Newman said Sunday. "I wanted to make sure I get that point across. Y'all can figure out who 'they' is.
"That's no way to end a race. … You got what you wanted, but poor judgment and running in the dark and running in the rain."
— SN's Power Rankings: Johnson, followed by Edwards, Kenseth
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NASCAR did not fine Newman for his comments.
"We disagree with the comments that he made," NASCAR Spokesman Kerry Tharp said. "He wasn't critical of the racing product so therein lies the decision not to fine him."
Busch said he was glad Newman was there.
"I got lucky that Ryan Newman was in the position he was in to save my car from multiple barrel rolls," Busch said. "When I reviewed the tape, I was in the mode of this barrel roll is going to last from Talladega (in Alabama) to Georgia. I mean, it was going to be a long barrel roll.
"But Ryan Newman was in the right place at the right time to help me settle back onto the track and not be as big of a wreck as it could have been."
Newman said Monday on SiriusXM's NASCAR channel there is not enough protection in the roof or windshield area for drivers for those flips. He said NASCAR needs to slow down the cars.
"When we come by at 180 miles an hour versus coming by at 200, it doesn't make any difference in the racing," Newman said. "It just makes a difference in how close we are to being airborne.
"The speed is the best and easiest way to fix it."
Newman wants a restrictor plate that limits even more air through the engine and sap more horsepower from the engines than the restrictor plate currently used.
"To get caught up in a crash is one thing," Newman said on SiriusXM. "But to have another car land on top of you is something that totally does not make any sense in my mind. … That's three times in the last eight races at Talladega where I've either landed on someone or someone has landed on me.
"We should all be keeping all the racecars on the racetrack."
Both drivers will try to move on to the race at Darlington this weekend.
Busch will test Thursday in an IndyCar for team owner Michael Andretti at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He hasn't ruled out one day racing an IndyCar.
"It's always tough when you wreck and go out in a blaze of glory like that," Busch said. "The only way to get back in the groove is jump back on your horse and go again.
"This week I have a unique opportunity to test with Andretti Autosport and drive at Indianapolis in the month of May in an IndyCar. This is an experience of a lifetime, and we'll see what happens from Thursday. I'm really excited about it."


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LAKEPORT -- A judge last week dismissed the intoxicated-driving case against a Lucerne woman charged in connection with an injury crash last spring.
"I'm relieved but I'm still traumatized," Jolynn Jennifer Johnson said Friday. "They had nothing on me. They had no evidence that I was impaired whatsoever."
Johnson, 31, faced a count of driving under the influence causing bodily injury after her Infiniti G35 crashed into a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highway 20 in Lucerne the evening of May 8.
The California Highway Patrol reported Johnson turned left into the path of the motorcycle, causing Orland residents Bobby Hendry Jr. and Terra England to be thrown off the bike.
Johnson disagrees with the investigators' analysis of the collision and instead puts the blame on the motorcyclist.
"I safely turned. It was just a matter of he was speeding," she said.
Johnson denied being under the influence of drugs or alcohol that night but said she told first responders she was wearing a pain patch.
"My behavior was fine. It was just a simple fact that I had a sticker on my arm," she added. "You're guilty until proven innocent, and that's not fair."
A blood sample was taken from Johnson but the results have still not arrived, according to senior deputy district attorney John Langan. As a result, Langan moved to dismiss the DUI case against Johnson without prejudice Jan. 14.
"With any case, we need adequate evidence to proceed, otherwise we're wasting everybody's time," the prosecutor said.
Attorney Mitchell Hauptman, who represented Johnson, did not object to the prosecution's request, according to court records. Judge Richard C. Martin ordered the charge dismissed in its entirety.
The incident might be re-evaluated when the toxicology testing results are received, according to Langan.
"I'm not worried about what they're going to find because there's nothing there," Johnson said.
For the record, the article "Couple on motorcycle airlifted, driver of car charged with DUI," which ran in the Record-Bee May 10, misspelled Johnson's first name. Lake County Publishing regrets the error.


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This morning I was playing a round alone had my camera in my bag so I decided to film one of my drives for critique.
The hole is marked as 315' and I parked it about 5 feet past the basket. It's not a big distance shot, but my form is all there.


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Gluten-Free Black-Bottomed Vanilla Cream Pie
Serves 8 to 10
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Crust:
Makes one (9-inch) crust
Pie Crust Ingredients:
Nonstick cooking spray
1 1/2 cups finely crushed Gluten Free MI-DEL® Chocolate Chip Cookies
5 tbsp. coconut oil or butter, melted
Pie Crust Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly spray a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray.
In bowl, toss cookie crumbs with oil or butter. Press mixture into bottom and up sides of prepared pie plate. Bake until light golden, about 10 minutes. Cool completely before filling.
Black Bottom Chocolate Sauce:
3 oz. semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup heavy cream
Vanilla Cream Filling:
3 tbsp. butter
3/4 cup demerara sugar
3 tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
2 3/4 cups whole milk
3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten in separate bowl
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Filling Directions
Place chocolate in small bowl. In heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk together cream and 1 tbsp. butter until the mixture begins to bubble around the edges. Pour hot mixture into chocolate bowl and whisk until smooth.
Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a pot. Slowly whisk in milk. Return pot to medium-high heat. Whisk until thick and bubbling, 6 to 8 minutes. Whisking constantly, slowly pour the warm milk mixture into the yolks. Return mixture to pot and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it returns to a boil, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat immediately and strain into a bowl; stir in remaining 2 tbsp. butter and vanilla.
Let vanilla cream cool 15 minutes (until room temperature). Pour chocolate sauce into cooled piecrust and let sit for 30 minutes. Pour vanilla custard over the chocolate and smooth surface with a spatula. Let pie cool to room temperature, then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours or overnight.


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PARK RIDGE, Ill. - Why should Michigan State fans feel indebted to Chase Gianacakos' mother, Stephanie?
Well, it turns out that when Michigan State was in the final stages of landing an on-campus commitment from Enoch Smith Jr. on April 20 during the annual Green-White Game, Gianacakos' mother was front and center preaching the Spartan message.
Stephanie, who played volleyball at the University of Illinois, has experience in the recruiting game. Three weeks after her son committed to Michigan State, Mrs. Gianacakos did her part to help the Spartans land another Chicago-area football prospect during a visit to East Lansing.
Smith, Gianacakos and Brian Allen, each of whom are rising, three-star prospects in the Rivals.com database, all committed to Michigan State in April.
Mrs. Gianacakos and Enoch Smith Jr. happened to strike up a conversation about recruiting during their visit for the Green-White game. Mrs. Gianacakos' son was already committed to Michigan State. Smith was strongly considering making a commitment. Smith eventually committed later in the day.
"My mom talked to him a lot," said Chase Gianacakos. "All the coaches were talking to me afterward and saying, 'Hey, thank your mom for us because he was recruiting the heck out of him.' That was pretty funny."
Following last week's Rivals Camp Series event in Chicago, Chase and Enoch posed for photos. Enoch approached Chase and said, "What's up, Teammate?" Chase just smiled back and threw his arm around him.
Chase was the first of three Chicagoland recruits to commit to Michigan State in April. After Smith and Allen joined the fold later in April, Chase loved the company.
"It felt awesome because I actually know guys going in," Gianacakos said. "Me and Brian have become really close through all of this recruiting together and me and Enoch are getting a lot closer, so that's really cool."
What's been the key in MSU doing well in Chicago this spring?
"I think it's the program that Coach Dantonio has built," Gianacakos said. "He has built a very comfortable program. For me, the coaches are just spectacular. People talk family but that program really shows that they are a family-oriented environment, which is great.
"Academically, the school is a big draw for my major, which is business. That's a great plus for them as they just have a great bunch of people there."
Gianacakos (pronounced eYahn-uh-COCK-owes) discussed Michigan State's Chicagoland recruiting rush and his mother's involvement during an interview at last week's Rivals Camp Series Chicago:


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Saturday, 2 January 2010
January 1, 2010: Episode Update
After getting his hopes built up and his imagination picturing him and Becky and a handful of rug-rats, Steve has been bitterly disappointed now that he knows Becky doesn't want any kids. She skives off work which annoys Liz no end. She tears a strip off Claire for telling Steve. She tries to talk to Steve but they make no headway. She can't really explain why other than talking about her rotten genes and her inability to handle it all. She runs to Roy and Hayley for a comforting ear and tells them that if she had a kid, she couldn't just come and go as she pleased. The Croppers urge her to talk to Steve but when they try to discuss it again, it ends up with Steve wondering if they got married too quickly and didn't really know each other properly after all. They are disillusioned and disappointed and Becky sleeps on the sofa that night.
Michelle spent the night in the hotel with Jake after all. She tries to talk to Ryan about responsible sex and offers to buy him protection or let him have some of hers, as she has loads, ... er... well she has enough... well, let's just leave that aside for the moment. Nice. I guess she's trying to be cool with all that and even allows Sian to stay overnight as long as it's ok with her dad. She says it is but I just wonder because she admits to Ryan that she will lie to her father and say she's staying at Sophie's. Sophie's upset with Sian and won't talk to her.
Rosie's got a broken roller skate due to Graeme trying them out on the cobbles at 3 am. Sounds like Rosie got a taste of her own medicine, cherry vodka flavoured! Graeme later takes her to the precinct on his window-washing wagon so she could get it fixed at a shoemaker there. She is aware that he fancies her rotten. Could this be the beginning of another odd couple, similar to Ashley and Maxine were? Bimbo and butcher?
Natasha backs out of a Stylist Dinner that she'd promised to go to with Audrey in favour of a hot date with a welder. Audrey books Lewis and later has cold feet but it's too late to back out. Lewis, well used to women getting nervous when they first do this sort of thing, sits with her and talks over a cup of tea and later a G&T and when her nerves are gone and they're enjoying each other's company, they go to the dinner. Audrey has such a lovely time she drops into Gail's afterward, tiddly and giggly and offers to pay for Joe and Gail's honeymoon.
Dev visits the kids and things seem to go well. He even shakes Matt's hand and scolds the kids to listen to Matt when he asks them to get their coats on. Sunita offers him a visit with the kids on Monday which he gratefully accepts before leaving. One little moment of kindness and his imagination has taken off. He later admits to Molly that he wants his whole family back and thinks Sunita's smile in a photo of her and the kids is just for him! Oh dear.
Bits and bobs: Steve takes Amy for a visit to see Tracy. Rosie and Sophie both end up spending quality time with their hungover mother and watch a girly film with her in bed. Tyrone misses a lunch at home with Jack and Connie because Kevin asked him to go out on a breakdown. The woman was impressed and was talking about job offers. Molly decided that sounded like a very good idea and tried to talk Tyrone into calling the woman but he's quite happy where he is. I don't think she's about to drop the subject. Pam tried to find out what was on Bill's mind but he kept quiet. Gail remarks to Kevin that Sally has looked tired lately but he covers, pointing out that Sally was in top form the night before at the party. Betty seems to have Geographical Tongue. Very sore. Everyone seems to be interested in watching the film Escape to Victory (a WWII film about POWs playing footie against a German team in Paris, made in 1981).
Our Yoork should be back with her Corrie episode reviews next week!
9 comments:
- Flaming Nora said...
Thanks so much for doing the episode reviews Diane!
- 2 January 2010 at 15:23
Audrey was a hoot last night; the more she drank, but more fun she got, esp. with the giggling with Gail on the couch. Would love to see a Pretty Woman, er, Man(?) story for her.
Have the Barlows forgotten that they have another grandchild besides Simon? Not a peep about their Amy at Christmas, Boxing Day, or on any visit to the pub, where she is just up the stairs. It's nice that she gets to play with Josh, but shouldn't she also spend some time with her cousin, esp. since there's a battle brewing between the Rovers and Peter's wine bar.
- 2 January 2010 at 15:47
How come everyone was open on New Year's day? Audrey's salon, the cobblers? Great to see Nigel Havers, hope he has a long stint. Poor old Gail, she may as well have "Disaster" iced on her wedding cake but she is the only one that can't see it! And we also noticed that Amy is Diedre's natural grandchild but not a mention of her was made over Christmas, just angst about Simon not being there!
- 2 January 2010 at 16:10
Corrie writers have a habit of 'forgetting' key pieces of information such as Deidre being Amy's Nana. I am sooooooooooo hoping they might treat the dreadful Molvin story line the same way, after all My-2nd-Son (Michelle), Dr Matt Returns (Ashley & Cluur), Wicki's friend falling down the stairs at Underworld, and the Loony KC story lines all seem to have disappeared into the slops tray at the Rovers. Please please please let Molvin go the same way!
- 2 January 2010 at 16:24
- Merseytart said...
Never mind the Barlows forgetting their other grandchild - Ken's put his other son back in the plot cupboard, after supposedly "bonding" with him and Denise again last year!
- 2 January 2010 at 19:13
The difference with Amy and the missing sons of Ken, Michelle and Hayley is that she lives on the street, and her grandmothers are good friends. If she lived away, or there were a problem between Liz and Dierdre, that would be different, but in the current situation, it's a careless omission.
- 3 January 2010 at 17:52
I know that Corrie can't have amazing cliffhangers every episode, but ending the episode with Becky asleep on the sofa was a very boring choice. What will it be next time, Becky brushing her teeth? Looks like her character is going to be overused once again.
- 3 January 2010 at 21:48
- Yoork said...
Thanks so much TVOR for covering me! You kept this blog afloat these holidays!
I will be back this Monday!
Thx again!
- 4 January 2010 at 06:00
- Tvor said...
Good to see you back Yoork! Hope you had a brill holiday!
- 4 January 2010 at 17:56
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From Serbian yacht builders Art of Kinetik comes Antagonist, a boat so beautiful that it could find a home in a marina or a museum.
The 37-foot open weekend cruiser was announced last week at a press release that made ample use of the word "bespoke," but if the pictures are any indication, we wouldn't want to customize a thing. With inlaid wood and chrome trim, it's like someone launched an art deco skyscraper's executive boardroom.
The yacht offers extremely comfortable accommodation for eight passengers, with a teak deck, sunbathing area and swimming platform. The air conditioned cabin is said to be finished in luxurious fabrics, though the designer hasn't offered any more details or photos.
According to Art of Kinetik, since the company was founded in 2007 their mission has been to "create the ultimate balance between art and performance." For that, the Antagonist promises a top speed of 42 knots from its twin 370 hp Yanmar diesel engines. Cruising speed is 33 knots, and the 237-gallon fuel tank promises 11 hours of cruising time before topping off — perfect for a relaxing weekend on the water.
"Antagonist is targeting all those who want to spend a day on the water in style and in [an] environment not seen on any other yacht in its class," the company said. "It is destined to become a new benchmark in the weekend cruisers market segment."
Though it's undoubtedly and unashamedly extravagant, Antagonist actually fits right in the middle of Art of Kinetik's lineup of über-luxurious yachts. On top is the appropriately named Hedonist, a 63-foot flagship for the aristocrat who isn't about to mince words. The entry-level boat is a 30-footer named Mazokist.
Even though the company doesn't release prices, we'd be willing to bet that they all cost a significant amount more than Bayliners or Sea Rays of comparable size.
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VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals infielders Anthony Rendon and Danny Espinosa are competing for the starting second base job. So far, Rendon hasn't done anything to lose the starting job that he had last year, going 11-for 22 [.344] with a home run and four RBIs.
But even though Espinosa doesn't have a good batting average, manager Matt Williams likes Espinosa's approach at the plate and his work ethic.
"He is eager to play every day. It's really hard to get him out of the ballgame, which is very good trait to have. Numbers are misleading both ways in Spring Training. I'm encouraged by the way he is going about it."
Espinosa most likely will start the season on the bench. He brings a lot of versatility to the club. He can play three infield positions and switch-hit.
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Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann visited the State Capitol on Monday (March 19) to hawk two north metro transportation projects.
Flanked by a semi-circle of Republican legislators and local leaders, Bachmann pushed for funding lane additions on I-94 — a business- life artery, said one business leader — and dollars for improvements on heavily travelled Highway 10.
"One thing we all know is politics is a team sport," said Bachmann, touting her own efforts by citing hundreds of meetings with district officials and speaking of shared resolve on transportation.
A parade of business leaders stepped to the podium to stress the importance of Highway 10 and I-94 to their businesses.
David King, a production manager at Vision-Ease Lens in Ramsey, spoke of safety concerns and frustrations for company employees needing to navigate Highway 10 in that city.
Beyond this, the company, which produces a staggering number of lenses for eyeglasses, relies on the state's transportation infrastructure to conduct business.
Concern over Highway 10 was shared by Anoka County Commissioners — a handful in attendance — with Commissioner Matt Look talking of transportation heart blockage and the need for stents.
Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, said: "Hopefully we can get some of the pieces of the puzzle to fit together so we get funding."
Rep. Nick Zerwas, R-Elk River, spoke of the vexing problem of Highway 10 to his city, saying the nearby railroad trackes complicated upgrading the vital highway.
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Anoka County officials look to upgrading five intersections on Highway 10 through a stretch of highway between the cites of Anoka and Ramsey.
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According to the I-94 West Corridor Coalition, I-94 from Highway 241 in St. Michael to Highway 23 in St. Cloud accounts for 40 percent of the congestion on the Minnesota Department of Transportation's interregional system, though accounting for less than two percent of the roadway. Proponents want to add additional I-94 lanes in phases, with idea of eventually adding lanes from Maple Grove to St. Cloud.
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An artist that we have continued to enjoy this year, especially after seeing his work at the Pulse Art Fair in Miami in the Rick Wester Fine Art booth, is NYC-based Martin Wittfooth. In the tradition of great animal painters we have enjoyed in our magazine over the years, whether Walton Ford, Josh Keyes, or Tara Tucker, Wittfooth continues to push the genre and subject matter in subtle, elegant ways. Can't wait to see more in the coming years...
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Beavers set points record, trounce Nicholls State 77-3
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Storm Woods ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter and No. 16 Oregon State put up its highest point total ever, routing Nicholls State 77-3 on Saturday in a game postponed by Hurricane Isaac.
The Beavers surpassed their 76-0 win over Willamette in 1931.
Oregon State (9-3) started playing its substitutes against the lower-division Colonels in taking a 35-0 halftime lead. Markus Wheaton caught 12 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown and sat out the second half.
Officials from both schools decided to put off the Sept. 1 opener when the storm bore down on the Colonels' campus in Thibodeaux, La.
The Beavers had a complete turnaround from their 3-9 finish last year. Oregon State is possibly headed to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 27, and representatives from that bowl and the Alamo Bowl were in attendance. The team will learn its destination on Sunday.
Oregon State piled up 683 yards against the FCS Southland Conference Colonels (1-10), who lost their eighth straight.
Woods scored on runs from the 8 and 1. Wheaton added a 10-yard score early in the second for a 24-0 lead.
Terron Ward added a 15-yard TD run after Oregon State took out starting quarterback Sean Mannion and put in Cody Vaz, who had missed the past two games with a high ankle sprain.
Vaz hit Wheaton with a 2-yard touchdown pass with 1:14 left in the first half to make it 35-0. On the prior play, Wheaton caught his 223rd career pass, surpassing James Rodgers' school record.
Mannion was Oregon State's starter when the season opened and led the team to its first four wins, but injured his left knee and required surgery. Vaz took over the job, but he hurt his left ankle in the Beavers' loss to Stanford. The Cardinal won the Pac-12 championship on Friday night with a 27-24 victory over UCLA.
Mannion, coming off a rough outing the week before with four interceptions in a 48-24 loss to rival Oregon, also started the second half, throwing an early 4-yard touchdown pass to Richard Mullaney and a 22-yard TD pass to Kevin Cummings.
The Colonels avoided the shutout with Andrew Dolan's 26-yard field goal with 2:40 left in the third quarter. The Beavers answered with Vaz's 7-yard scoring pass to Obum Gwacham early in the fourth. Vaz added a 20-yard TD to Jordan Jenkins to make it 63-3.
Malcolm Agnew ran for an 11-yard touchdown and Michael Balfour ran 4 yards for another score for the final margin.
Mannion finished with 231 yards passing and two touchdowns, while Vaz threw for 190 yards and three TDs.
Junior Landry Klann threw for 164 yards, becoming first Colonels player to throw for 2,000 yards since Brad Zeller in 1998. Klann finished with eight touchdown passes this season.
Oregon State was the third FBS team that Nicholls State has played this season. The Colonels also lost to South Alabama and Tulsa. The Colonels have two wins over FBS opponents since 2000: They beat Arkansas State 28-22 in 2001, and Rice 16-14 in 2007.
Nicholls State coach Charlie Stubbs was an assistant at Oregon State from 1985-90 under coach Dave Kragthorpe.
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Oregon State Team Notes
Oregon State's 77 points is a new school record for a single-game. It's the fourth time in school history OSU surpassed 70 and the first time since defeating Willamette, 76-0, in 1931.
Mike Riley improved to 81-66 all-time as head coach at Oregon State.
Oregon State finished with 683 yards of total offense, giving the Beavers 5,312 on the year. OSU surpassed 5,000 yards in a season for the seventh time in school history - all seven have come since 1999. The 5,312 yards is good for fourth.
The 683 yards of total offense is a season-best and is the second-best single-game mark in school history, trailing only 703 against Utah in 1951.
Oregon State finished the regular season with a 9-3 record. The six-win improvement is tied for the best in the nation with Middle Tennessee (2-9 to 8-4) and Ohio State (6-7 to 12-0). It's the biggest swing in wins in Oregon State history.
The Beavers surpassed 60 points for the second time this season. That's the second time in school history and the first time since 1921.
Oregon State finished with 453 yards passing, good for the fourth-best mark in a single-game in school history.
The 453 yards passing gave OSU 3.798 on the year, the second-best tally in school history.
Oregon State limited its fourth opponent in 2012 to nine points or less. OSU last held four or more teams to nine points or less in 2000 (San Diego State, Stanford, Washington State, Arizona and Notre Dame). In 2012 it was against Wisconsin, Washington State and Utah in addition to Nicholls State.
Oregon State's had a 10 and 12 play drive on touchdowns in the first quarter. Fifteen Oregon State scoring drives this season have been with 10 or more plays.
The Beavers went undefeated in non-conference regular season play for the first time since 2002. OSU also defeated then-No. 13 Wisconsin, 10-7, and BYU, 42-24.
The Beavers concluded their regular season with a non-conference game for the first time since traveling to Hawai'i in 2006. Since 1949, it's just the sixth time OSU did not play in the Civil War to end the regular season.
Oregon State Individual Notes
Storm Woods' scored on rushing touchdowns of 1 and 8 yards in the first quarter, giving him 11 scores on the ground this season. He has multiple scores in three games this season.
Markus Wheaton finished with 12 catches for 123 yards and is now the Oregon State record holder for receptions in a career with 224. He took over the No. 1 spot from James Rodgers, who had 222 catches from 2007-11.
Wheaton's first catch, a 14-yarder in the first quarter, gave him at least one catch in 35 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the Pac-12.
Wheaton's 10-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter was his second of the season and fifth of his career.
Wheaton also scored on a 2-yard reception in the second quarter, his 11th of the season, which moves him into second in OSU history. He has 16 career receiving touchdowns, now sixth in school history.
Wheaton's 123 yards receiving game him 1,207 on the season, pushing him past Brandin Cooks for sixth in a single-season at OSU. Cooks moves to seventh after one catch for 7 yards, giving him 1,120 yards on the year.
Wheaton also has 2,957 yards receiving in his career and needs 43 to become the third OSU player with 3,000 or more.
Terron Ward scored a 15-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter for his fifth score of the season. All five have come in his last five games.
Jordan Poyer intercepted Nicholls State's first pass of the second half. It was his 13th career interception, tying him for fourth at Oregon State. It was also his seventh of the season, tying him for fifth in the OSU books.
Sean Mannion completed his first eight pass attempts for 94 yards.
Richard Mullaney caught a 4-yard touchdown in the third quarter, his first career score.
Kevin Cummings' 22-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter was his first of the season and second of his career.
Mana Rosa's third-quarter sack was the first of his career.
Obum Gwacham's fourth-quarter touchdown reception was the first of his career.
Jordan Jenkins' 20-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter was his first of 2012 and second of his career.
Brian Watkins' fumble recovery in the fourth quarter was the first of his career.
Joel Skotte's forced fumble in the fourth quarter was the first of his career. It was recovered by Jaswha James, also his first.
Michael Balfour scored his first career touchdown on a 4-yard rush in the fourth quarter.
Blake Harrah's fourth-quarter sack was the first of his career.
Micah Audiss' fourth-quarter interception is the first of his career.
Oregon State Head Coach Mike Riley
On if he saw this one coming
"You never anticipate that, but I was really proud of our coaches and our team. There was the big question of if we were going to be ready to play coming off of the disappointment of losing the Civil War and not having played very well. I thought that the kids came back and followed the lead of the coaches who prepared them. That was a good week of work and I am really proud of them for doing that."
On offensive records
"Scoring every time that you have the ball is what you always want to do. We can't o that sometimes even against the air in practice. We executed well and I thought that our guys made plays and stayed after it. We played hard, which is a key element in winning."
On passing/running yards being almost 700 and playing a balanced game
"Balance is a very good thing and we are always working toward the idea of really good balance. I think that we became a better running team this year and obviously we got more efficient in a lot of ways. There were a lot of good plays today, special teams-wise, too. It was really good to win because I worried all week about how we would rebound. We couldn't take a step back now because we are trying to set ourselves up for the best bowl game possible."
On the offensive line
"That group has grown a lot and I think that the addition of Isaac Seumalo has been great for the team. He has done remarkably well for anybody, particularly for a true freshman. The other four guys that have started with him have all played and they all got better. I am really proud of them for that because they all went to the weight room, studied, grew more this year and simply got better. The five of them together have really made a dramatic improvement from where we were a year ago. They have become a tough minded group. Our offensive line just keeps going and pretty soon we start wearing them down."
On Marcus Wheaton breaking the school record
"I was surprised because I just heard a couple days ago that he was in striking distance of this record. I did not even realize that because I think the record was just set last year by James (Rodgers). I was surprised that we were already at the point where somebody else would break it, but when we found that out, I left him in for a couple extra plays so he could get that out of the way before we get to the bowl game."
On the defense
"I thought they did a great job and played hard. There were a lot of guys who got to play and they were well prepared. They did a really solid job and had a great game of football."
Oregon State Quarterback Sean Mannion
On Markus Wheaton getting the record ...
"It was awesome. I know Markus is a great friend of mine and that he has been a wonderful leader for our team. Obviously he is an outstanding player but the part that might get overlooked is just how good of a teammate he is to everyone. Since the day I got here he has been an outstanding leader, a great guy and a good friend. It was awesome seeing him break that record. I know it meant a lot to us and definitely to him."
On the win and its importance after last week's game ...
"It was really big. I know that everyone wanted to come out strong and play our best football and I think we came close to that. I don't want to say we did it because there is always room to improve but I think we did a good job. We came out and executed well from start to finish and that is just about all you can ask for."
On the first bowl game in three years ...
"It's awesome. It shows how hard we have worked in the off-season and everyone's concentration. I don't think it is any surprise that when we work hard great things happen, and to be able to play in an outstanding bowl game this season is going to be an honor."
Oregon State Wide Receiver Markus Wheaton
On knowing how many receptions needed to break James Rodgers' record
"I didn't. I think I was three short and someone came up to me and told me. I was wondering why I was getting the ball so much. Then someone told me to keep the ball after I got the record. It was exciting out there."
On what the record means to him surpassing James ...
"I looked up to James when I got here; he was amazing. I knew he was as good as they get; his work ethic, his dedication, and I really wanted to be just like him as far as what he did on the field. And breaking the record I feel like I have worked, all of the hard work paid off."
On who is going to break his record ...
"Brandin (Cooks); he will take it soon."
On sitting on the sidelines the second half ...
"It's very exciting. It is exciting to see the guys working so hard in practice get to go out on the field and show what they can do."
On walking off the Reser Stadium field for the last time ...
"It hasn't hit me yet, and I don't know when it will, but it hasn't yet."
On setting the record as Reser ...
"It meant a lot, having all the fans here and having the fans all cheering for you. It feels good. Records are meant to be broken though so I'm sure it won't last too long."
Oregon State Cornerback Jordan Poyer
On younger players getting on the field ....
"I always say experience is a huge factor in the way you play. Some guys got in there today and were able to get their feet wet and make some plays. Micah Audiss had an interception, and with that comes confidence."
On defensive play
"We knew what they were trying to do with a lot of their formations and a lot of their sets they would only run certain things out of them. We prepared really well this week. It's probably one of the best weeks we've had preparing for the game and it showed on the field."
On the lopsided score
"We knew the game was going to be on us. They're not going to come out there and physically beat us. It was going to be on how well we executed on defense and offense and special teams."
On his last time playing at Reser
"It was crazy. It's been a fun ride here at Oregon State. We obviously have one game left, but for that to be my last game stepping on that field at Reser Stadium, definitely some weird emotions going through me right now and kind of surreal that its finally here and finally happened. I took a little round after the game and made sure all the fans knew I appreciated them. There's nothing like these fans out here and I'm going to miss them."
Nicholls State Head Coach Charlie Stubbs
On lack of execution...
"We were stopped offensively on many third and short situations and we weren't able to convert. We also kept punting back to their high-powered offense. The area of our team that struggles a lot is our defense, but an offense helps that. If we stayed out on the field longer it would give them (the defense) a chance to rest and regroup. If you can finish drives it gives a team hope."
On team's goals against the Beavers...
"My goal was to have some things to build on from a game like this. I knew the matchups at some positions were going to be terrible for us. For example, when a true freshman is going up against an All-American, it isn't going to be favorable. I will probably look at the film and see some individuals who really grew and did some nice things for us to build on. I signed up for these games and I want to play them. We want to be more competitive, there's no question about that. I aspire to bring this program up and it's tough on me, but I know it's something that I want to do."
On playing non-conference FBS opponents....
"First of all, you want games like these in the front of your schedule due to the element of surprise. The Beavers knew where our weaknesses were because they had film. They knew who couldn't match up favorably and they attacked that. What we are going to do now is move into 2013. I told the team my concerns, and things that we need to do moving forward. I also appreciated the seniors in the locker room after the game. Right now, Nicholls State is knocked down but we don't plan on staying there."


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10 of Our Favorite Pitches
1. Chris Sale's Slider
It's not the league's most valuable slider—actually, it didn't even crack the top 10 last season. When you actually watch Sale throw it, though, you'll probably look up those PITCHf/x numbers again and think, "Wait, that can't be right…"
The only thing more cringe-worthy than these helpless swings-and-misses is pitching coach Don Cooper's comparison of Sale's slider to "the Harry Potter thing where that thing flies around and zzzzht!" He tried, he really did. —Nick Bacarella
2. Cole Hamels's Changeup
Remember your first post-Little League encounter with a lefty that had a really good move to first (that may or may not have been a balk)? Remember how even when someone took a one step lead, reducing their base running goals to "don't get picked off," that even then the lefty could still get the base runner to flinch towards second and subsequently pick him off? That is Hamels's changeup. When batters sit on an average off-speed pitch and get one, they do not miss too often. Conversely, when batters sit on Hamels's changeup, they still flinch, they still think it is a fastball, and they still get the rugged pulled out from underneath them. —Jeff Quinton
3. Jake Peavy's Old-Man Fastball
4. Clayton Kershaw's Curveball
5. Zach Britton's Two-Seamer
The culprit for this is Britton's two-seamer, which just drops off the table to hitters, leaving them no choice but to either swing through it or smack it into the ground. In fact, per Brooks Baseball, before his latest outing against the Red Sox on Patriots' Day, he'd thrown it 174 times and it had been put in the air twice. Literally, twice. The first was a double by Dustin Pedroia in his second outing of the season and the second was a pop out by Dioner Navarro on April 12. Of course, in his last outing, he gave up two fly balls (including a home run to David Ross), which lowered his ground ball rate to a rather pedestrian 79.5 percent. It may not be the sexiest pitch on this list (well, I know it's not—I've seen the pitches other writers have chosen), but it is a beautiful thing to watch—especially as someone who's wanted to watch Britton succeed for years. —Bret Sayre
6. Kenley Jansen's Cutter
7. Koji Uehara's Splitter
In baseball, as in any competition, there are various styles: the overpowering force of Aroldis Chapman's fastball; the knee-buckling, physical impossibility of a Jose Fernandez slider. But these are physical gifts. The one true style—yomi—is all mental.
Koji Uehara dominates on the back of a 90-mph fastball and an 82-mph splitter. When batters swung at the fastball last year, they missed it 25.63 percent of the time—nearly two standard deviations above the average fastball—think 70-grade results on a 50-grade pitch. When batters swung at the splitter, they missed it nearly 45 percent of the time. These hitters are the elite of the elite.
The splitter is an odd pitch to explain. It's more or less like a changeup—an armside-moving offspeed pitch—and yet its mechanics are very different. The best splitters have low spin, which gives them a sort of knuckling, unpredictable quality. Because of this low spin, they not only appear to drop because of their much lower velocity, but also because they don't have the backspin force "lifting" a four-seam fastball. Koji, as do many of the pitchers that throw one, claim to throw multiple variations of the pitch, but to the best of my knowledge no one has ever been able to pick out which variations are which based on the trajectory information.
But, what really makes Koji's version of this weird changeup so difficult to hit? Why in combination with a 90mph fastball is it so devastating? I have no idea. If it feels like it's moving in some strange, never before seen way, that's probably a trick of your mind reinforced by the batter's ineptitude.
And so, I'm left with only one explanation: Yomi. Koji doesn't just know how to throw 90mph and locate. He knows when and where to do it. He knows the one, true style. —Dan Brooks
8. Craig Kimbrel's Curveball
There's no kind of analysis I can offer you here that would be a better use of your time then simply going over those stats again. I just thought you deserved to know. —Dan Rozenson
9. Jose Fernandez' "The Defector"
The Defector looks like no other breaking pitch in the game. It is well-supinated, leaving the right hand of Fernandez at a fastball trajectory before the laws of physics cease to apply and the laws of awesome take over. It has the most egregious horizontal movement in the game, with 9.15 inches of lateral break that ranks ahead of Yu Darvish's slider as the farthest-sweeping pitch in baseball.
Big Fern leaned on the Defector nearly one-third of the time last season, and in 2014 he has upped the tune to an astounding 41 percent frequency. He will throw the pitch in any count against any hitter, regardless of handedness, and the breaker is most daunting when Fernandez is ahead in the count—he goes to the pitch 54 percent of the time when he gets two strikes on a batter.
His dependence on the breaking ball reached new heights in yesterday's game versus the Braves, accounting for 54 out of the 109 pitches that Fernandez threw and registering 11 of his 14 strikeouts. In fact, two-thirds of the strikeouts that Fern has registered in his brief career have come at the behest of the Defector. His command of the pitch is unbelievable, an element which grows more stupefying when one considers his novice age as well as the pitch's ludicrous movement, and yet the pitch is edgy enough to keep batters from digging in—all five of Fern's career hit-by-pitches have occurred on breakers. All told, hitters have a collective .111 batting average and .158 slugging percentage on at bats that end with the Defector.
It appears that the only thing that can stop Big Fern at this point is himself, as the heavy pronation necessary to throw the pitch combined with his escalating frequency creates a potentially frightening scenario for the young arm, and the fact that he possesses an 8 fastball along with a plus change-up suggests that he should limit the exposure of his signature pitch. —Doug Thorburn
10. Luke Gregerson's Slider
But maybe not the greatest. Even nearer and dearer to my heart are the few pitchers who work off another pitch type entirely, so here's looking at you, Luke Gregerson. Gregerson, along with Sergio Romo (who also deserves his own entry, but this will have to do) is one of the few pitchers who uses a breaking ball as his no. 1 weapon. Despite relying on a pitch that typically subjects its practitioners to severe platoon splits, Gregerson has held his own against left-handed hitters, likely because his slider comes in two or three flavors, each of which does something different and has the power to incapacitate opponents. Although he no longer uses the slider a majority of the time, it still retains a plurality among his pitch types. I can't help but admire anyone with a secondary pitch so good that it becomes a primary pitch, so Gregerson gets my salute. —Ben Lindbergh
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Defector = slider
Apr 23, 2014 06:57 AM
Best named pitch since Rick Vaughn's Eliminator-Humiliater-Terminator arsenal.
Apr 23, 2014 09:48 AM
Loved this, but I wish each entry had a .gif. Thanks for the HIMYM references Doug!
Apr 23, 2014 07:07 AM
I wish to thank the Marlins for allowing me to watch Fernandez now instead of 3 years from now. What I watched last night was beyond belief. Hitters should be allowed to use cricket bats when they face him.
Apr 23, 2014 10:16 AM
Nice list. Was Felix's circle change in consideration?
Apr 23, 2014 14:37 PM
The lack of Darvish gives me a sad.
Apr 23, 2014 21:56 PM
Myles Handley
Notable omissions:
Apr 24, 2014 07:12 AM
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for a conference and want to hang out somewhere where I won't feel pressured to drink and won't feel out of place if I'm flying solo.
also, staying downtown. clubs there within walking distance in case I care to drink?
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for a conference and want to hang out somewhere where I won't feel pressured to drink and won't feel out of place if I'm flying solo.
also, staying downtown. clubs there within walking distance in case I care to drink?
Last edited by MyFavMartin; 04-09-2010 at 02:15 PM.
What kind of club are you looking for? There are plenty of places to walk to. I don't drink anymore, but I was more of a "Pub Guy" than a "Club Guy". If you need to know where to get the best microbrews, I'm your man. When are you coming? The Indy Indians home opener is next weekend, the Civil War Monument is pretty cool, There's an IMAX theatre and a few cool museums downtown also.
Canal, walk to north end. There's a converted church with 2 restaurants. Creation Cafe is on the lower level, you sit on the porch area and have a mild drink, enjoy the weather and the view which is the best one you'll find. If it's nice out you can't do much better.
At night, I think Slippery Noodle is your best bet for "just hanging by myself" because you have something to do as you sit - watch live music. And it's right by the downtown hotels, 2-3 block walk typically.
If you want bar drinking then I'd go to McNivens on Mass Ave, that's about 8 blocks from Illinois/Washington intersection or a $5 cab ride (basically 3 meter clicks or something). It's a Scotch theme where you can have all sorts of Scotch (natch) and enjoy food like Scotch eggs, etc.
Chatam Tap is a bit farther down on Mass Ave and is a good place if you like soccer and a more British themed pub. It can be pretty busy, but it's hangout rather than a pickup joint.
Rathskeller is also on Mass Ave and a good time in the summer for outdoor live music in the back patio area. Probably not as low key as Slippery Noodle, might feel a bit more odd to be hanging there by yourself. But it's a party without being a pickup place or a club. Just festive.
I live downtown, these are all safe areas and while I might not want my wife walking around alone at midnight, I'd feel safe myself or if she was with me. The walk to Mass Ave has 4-5 "nothing here" blocks between the hotels and there, but once you get there you have a nice amount of mild activity that's generally more interesting than the offerings over by the hotels.
Downtown Indy is pleasant and simple.
BTW, there is a Jillians downtown, totally forgot. So that gives you something to do as you hang out, always good when you are on your own. Vid games, bowling, pool if you aren't familiar with the chain. That's Meridian and Georgia I believe.
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I have a question about a passage from Dvayatānupassanā-sutta (Snp 3.12), which puzzles me a bit. In Pāli it says:
- Etamādinavaṃ ñatvā dukkhaṃ saṅkhārapaccayā,
Sabbasaṅkhārasamathā saññāya uparodhanā,
Evaṃ dukkhakkhayo hoti etaṃ ñatvā yathātathaṃ.
Does it indicate that at the point when dukkha is destroyed one of the saṅkhāras which are stilled is saññā?


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Correction: In an earlier version of this story, the number of acres reserved for public use on the former military base was incorrectly reported by the Secure the Promise group. In its notice of intent to circulate a petition, the group wrote: "Under the [Fort Ord] Reuse Plan, nearly 28,000 acres at the former Fort Ord, or 85 to 86% of the lands, are reserved for public use." The Fort Ord Reuse Plan, however, says roughly 23,800 acres are set aside for public use.
Each side in a petition fight over a development plan for Monterey County's former military base is accusing the other of attempting to "confuse the public."
While it may not have been intentional, many potential voters are in fact perplexed by what is happening with Fort Ord and the dueling petitions.
Here's a primer on the situation:
What are the petitions?
The petition sponsored by the Fort Ord Access Alliance seeks to keep 540 acres on the former military base from being developed. A counter-petition with a 12-word title wants to make all that land open for development.
Which one supports the veterans cemetery?
Neither petition has any direct say in the proposed cemetery or an adjacent "endowment parcel." The state has already approved the site, so there's very little legal action one could take to stop it.
So why is everyone talking about the cemetery?
To pay for the upkeep and construction of the cemetery, the state gave cemetery organizers the endowment parcel. The idea is they would get money from development there.
The Access Alliance petition would keep the area around the cemetery and endowment parcel from being developed. Supporters of the counter-petition, which has the slogan "Secure the Promise," believe isolating the endowment parcel would doom any development on that land.
Without a successful endowment parcel, there will be no money for a cemetery.
Who is pulling the strings behind the petitions?
The Access Alliance people say the Secure the Promise campaign is being run by backers of Monterey Downs, a proposed equestrian-themed park that includes a controversial horse racing track.
Monterey Downs' current plan is to buy the endowment parcel, which would raise about $1.5 million for construction of the cemetery.
Developers have said they will raise an additional $900,000 to defend the veterans cemetery from legal challenges and are paying for the environmental review of the land.
The ambitious project calls for 1,500 housing units, a horse park, equestrian center, offices and hotel rooms.
Beth Palmer, chief operations officer for the Monterey Downs venture, is frequently at the side of veterans at public gatherings.
The Secure the Promise campaign says most of the Access Alliance people are members of Keep Fort Ord Wild, a group that has criticized the location of the cemetery and asserted that the original Fort Ord reuse plan did not include a veterans cemetery.
At a Seaside City Council meeting two years ago, Access Alliance spokesman Jason Campbell complained about how area residents would hear "five or seven taps ... and 21-gun salutes every day" emanating from the veterans cemetery.
Jack Stewart, judge advocate of the United Veterans Council of Monterey County, then stood up and accused Campbell of dishonoring taps.
The argument got so heated a police officer intervened and the meeting was recessed.
(View video of the Seaside council meeting. Select the video for the Nov, 17, 2011, meeting. Skip to 2:35:33 to hear the start of Campbell's comments, and go to 2:58:15 to hear Jack Stewart's argument.)
Many veterans — and even Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, in a Herald guest commentary — say they have a hard time believing Campbell and other Access Alliance organizers are not trying to stop the cemetery. Access Alliance members have said their interest is in protecting thousands of trees and preventing development of the horse park, not the cemetery.
How are the petition drives going?
The Secure the Promise campaign turned in 20,000 signatures — 3,000 more than needed — on Thursday.
The Access Alliance said later that day it was "more than halfway there" with signatures and confident it would get enough by the September deadline.
Why should I care?
The special election for both petitions will likely cost more than $1 million, according to the Fort Ord Reuse Authority. If you pay taxes in Monterey County, you will be financing this debate.
Democracy prevails! Am I right?
It depends on how you look at it. As a result of state laws, the vote on the proposals will be countywide. That means people in Soledad will have a say in what happens in Marina and Seaside.
Also, it takes control out of the hands of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority board members who were elected to decide the base's future.
Anything else?
There are a few things that both sides use as rallying cries in their petitions:
Access Alliance points out Carmel and Pacific Grove have more park/open space per resident than Seaside and Marina.
The Secure the Promise campaign counters that roughly 85 percent of Fort Ord is already designated as public use. That's 23,800 acres. The campaign also says the reuse plan calls for "commercial economic development ... to replace the contribution to the local economy of the 15,000 soldiers and thousands of civilian employees when Fort Ord was active."
Access Alliance makes note of a 2011 Stanford Research Institute study for Monterey County that recommended "eco-recreation" opportunities to bolster the local economy.
Other parties, meanwhile, are working on plans to turn the Fort Ord National Monument into a destination for hikers and mountain bikers.
Where can I go for more information?
Fort Ord Access Alliance: fortordaccess.org.
California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery, Open Space Preservation and Economic Revitalization Initiative: securethepromise.org.
Phillip Molnar can be reached at 646-4487 or email@example.com.


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