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2nd Stage's TRUST Begins Previews, 7/23
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) presents Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, and Ari Graynor in the world premiere comedy TRUST, written by Paul Weitz, directed by Peter DuBois. Mr. Weitz returns to Second Stage Theatre, where his plays Privilege and Show People premiered in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Directed by Peter DuBois, who staged Second Stage's acclaimed production of Becky Shaw, TRUST will begin previews on Friday, July 23 at Second Stage Theatre (305 West 43rd street) and officially open on Thursday, August 12. The production runs through September 5.
Harry is rich. Harry is married. But when Harry doesn't trust any of it is enough, he looks to find something real in the most unlikely of places. Paul Weitz's dark comedy TRUST explores the corrosive effect of power on relationships and the hope we need to make them better.
TRUST will feature scenic design by Alexander Dodge, costume design by "Project Runway" runner-up Emilio Sosa, lighting design by David Weiner, and sound design by M.L. Dogg
Zach Braff's stage experience includes roles in the Public Theater Productions of Twelfth Night and Macbeth directed by George C. Wolfe. His feature film writing and directorial debut, Garden State, premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and earned him a coveted WGA nomination for "Best Original Screenplay." The film also earned him an Independent Spirit Award for "Best First Feature" as well as a nomination for "Best First Screenplay." In addition, Braff was awarded "Best Directorial Debut" by the National Board of Review, "Breakthrough Director" by the Hollywood Film Festival and "Most Promising Filmmaker" by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Braff has recently wrapped the independent film, High Cost Of Living, for director Deborah Chow and will next direct the feature, Swingles. Braff was nominated for a 2005 Primetime Emmy Award and a 2005, 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Dr. John "J.D." Dorian in NBC's comedy "Scrubs." His film credits include roles in The Broken Hearts Club, Getting To Know You, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Dreamworks' The Last Kiss and The Weinstein Company's The Ex. Zach is a native of New Jersey and graduate of Northwestern.
Bobby Cannavale made his Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2008. He also received rave reviews in the off-Broadway revival of Hurlyburly. On television Bobby won an Emmy for his performance as Will's boyfriend on "Will & Grace." He has appeared in many series including a recurring role in HBO's "Six Feet Under," as well as the starring role in the comedy series "Cupid." Bobby's film credits include The Station Agent, for which he and his co-stars were nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Other film credits include Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, The Take, Merry Gentleman, Diminished Capacity, Fast Food Nation, The Night Listener, Snakes On A Plane, Haven, Shall We Dance, Happy Endings, Romance and Cigarettes, The Postman, Night Falls On Manhattan, Gloria, The Bone Collector and Washington Heights. Upcoming films include the comedy The Other Guys with Will Ferrell, the independent film Weakness and Win Win for director Tom McCarthy.
Sutton Foster recently starred on Broadway as Princess Fiona in Shrek: The Musical, for which she was honored with Tony and Drama Desk nominations, and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Prior to that, Sutton was Inga in the Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein, Janet Van De Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, LA Ovation Award) and Jo March in Little Women: The Musical (2005 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations). She is the recipient of the 2002 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Awards for her performance as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie, a role she created in the 2000 La Jolla Playhouse premiere. Other Broadway credits include Les Miserables, Annie, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Grease!. Regional productions include What the World Needs Now (Old Globe), Dorian (Goodspeed), The Three Musketeers (San Jose Musical Theater), Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Sally in Me and My Girl (both at Pittsburgh CLO). She has toured nationally in The Will Rogers Follies, Les Miserables, and Grease!. She has appeared as Svetlana in Chess in Concert and as the "I'm the Greatest Star" Fanny Brice in Funny Girl in Concert, both Actors Fund of America benefits. On television, Sutton recently guest starred on "Law & Order: SVU." Other appearances include the Disney Channel's "Johnny and the Sprites" and several episodes of the HBO series, "The Flight of the Conchords." Sutton has performed in concert at Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, at Feinstein's, Joe's Pub, and at concert halls and theaters across the country. Recordings include The Maury Yeston Songbook (PS Classics), Jule Styne in Hollywood, and the original cast recordings of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Little Women, The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein and Shrek. Her debut solo CD, Wish (Ghostlight Records), was recently released to critical acclaim and is now available in stores. She has just completed a sold-out limited run of the highly-anticipated City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle, starring as Nurse Fay Apple.
Ari Graynor returns to Second Stage Theatre, where she appeared in their production of the play Spanish Girl. She also appeared in Second Stage Theatre's Broadway production of The Little Dog Laughed. Graynor made her Broadway debut in Donald Margulies's Brooklyn Boy, for which she earned the 2005 Clarence Derwent Award for "Most Promising Female Actress." She also appeared in the hit off-Broadway play Dog Sees God. She is currently in production opposite Anna Faris and Chris Evans in What's Your Number and is starring in Holy Rollers, opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Additional upcoming films include Betty Anne Waters starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell, which will be released later this year, as well as the independent feature Lucky, in which she stars with Colin Hanks and Jeffrey Tambor. Graynor was last seen starring as Lacey, Steve Buscemi's tarty girlfriend, in Miguel Arteta's Youth In Revolt also starring Michael Cera and as Eva Destruction, captain of the Black Widows, in Drew Barrymore's feature directorial debut, Whip It!, alongside Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig. Her additional film credits include roles in the following: Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings; An American Crime (Sundance Film Festival 2007) with Catherine Keener and Ellen Page; Michael Hoffman's Game 6 (Sundance Film Festival 2005) with Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr; The Great New Wonderful with Maggie Gyllenhaal; Bereft, directed by Tim Daly and Clark Matthias; Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration; and Book Of Love (Sundance Film Festival 2004). Her feature film debut was in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-winning film Mystic River. Known to television audiences for her portrayal of Meadow Soprano's troubled roommate, Caitlin, on "The Sopranos," she recurs on "Fringe" as the younger sister to the female lead played by Anna Torv. Her additional television credits include roles on "Law & Order: SVU," "Veronica Mars," "CSI Miami" and "Numbers." Graynor has been singled out by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "Top 25 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood" and received the "Comedy Award" at the 2009 Hollywood Life Young Hollywood Awards. Graynor was born in Boston, Massachusetts and currently resides in New York City.Paul Weitz is the author of the acclaimed plays Show People and Privilege, which both premiered at Second Stage Theatre. His play Mango Tea was produced Off-Broadway with Marisa Tomei and Rob Morrow by New York's Ensemble Studio Theatre, which also produced his next works, Captive, All for One, and the acclaimed ensemble comedy Roulette. He also wrote and directed the comedy American Dreamz, starring Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, and MAndy Moore, as well as the critically acclaimed film In Good Company, starring Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansen. With his brother and frequent collaborator Chris Weitz, he co-directed and adapted the screenplay from Nick Hornby's novel for the award winning hit, About a Boy. The screenplay received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as similar nominations from BAFTA, Writers Guild, Chicago Film Critics, and Humanitas. Prior to their screenwriting work on About a Boy, the brothers collaborated on several screenplays, including Antz. He made his feature directorial debut teaming with his brother on American Pie, the phenomenally successful first installment of the Pie franchise.
Peter DuBois is entering his third season as artistic director of the Huntington Theatre Company where he directed the world premiere of David Grimm's The Miracle at Naples; Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, after directing its Off Broadway production at Second Stage Theatre and its world premiere at The Humana Festival of New American Plays; and most recently, a production of Craig Lucas' Prelude to a Kiss. For five years he served as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as the artistic director of Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Public Theater directing credits include Bob Glaudini's Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman (NYT Critics' Pick) and A View from 151st Street (NYT Critics' Pick), both with LAByrinth Theatre Company; Measure for Pleasure (SSDF Callaway Award for Excellence in Direction; Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Production of a New Play); Richard III with Peter Dinklage (Newsday top-ten New York production of 2004); Adrienne Kennedy's Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles (NYT Critics' Pick); and Biro (NYT Critics' Pick). Perseverance credits include The Seagull, The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Glass Menagerie, the West Coast premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks' In the Blood. Other regional credits include a revival of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class at American Conservatory Theater. Prior to leading Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic, where he co-founded Asylum, a multinational squat theatre in Prague.
ABOUT Second Stage Theatre
Second Stage Theatre is currently represented on Broadway by two acclaimed musicals: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal, which celebrated its one-year Anniversary at the Booth Theatre On April 15th, and Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott's Everyday Rapture, currently at the American Airlines Theatre. The company's current mainstage production is the Pulitzer finalist, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, written by Kristoffer Diaz and directed by Edward Torres.
Founded in 1979 under the leadership of Artistic Director Carole Rothman, Second Stage Theatre produces a diverse range of premieres and new interpretations of America's best Contemporary Theatre, including Tiny Alice and Peter and Jerry by Edward Albee; The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry; The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane; Little Murders by Jules Feiffer; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin; A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller; Afterbirth: Kathy & Mo's Greatest Hits by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy; Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo; Painting Churches and Coastal Disturbances by Tina Howe; Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants and On the Stem by Ricky Jay; Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey; Living Out by Lisa Loomer; This Is Our Youth and The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan; Some Men by Terrence McNally; eurydice by Sarah Ruhl; Everyday Rapture by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott; Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deavere Smith; Saturday Night by Stephen Sondheim; Crowns by ReGina Taylor; Uncommon Women and Others by Wendy Wasserstein; Spoils of War by Michael Weller; Before It Hits Home, Jar the Floor and Birdie Blue by Cheryl L. West; Jitney by August Wilson; Lemon Sky, Serenading Louie and Sympathetic Magic by Lanford Wilson; and Metamorphoses and The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci by Mary Zimmerman.
The company's more than 130 citations include the 2010 Pulitzer prize for Next to Normal, the 2009 Tony Awards for Best Score, Best Orchestrations, and Best Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley) for Next to Normal, the 2007 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed), 2005 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical (Rachel Sheinkin, ...Spelling Bee) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Dan Fogler, ...Spelling Bee), 2002 Tony Award for Best Director of a Play (Mary Zimmerman for Metamorphoses), the 2002 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, 26 Obie Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Clarence Derwent Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, nine Theatre World Awards, 11 Lucille Lortel Awards, the Drama Critics Circle Award and 15 AUDELCO Awards.
In 1999, Second Stage Theatre opened its state-of-the-art, 296-seat theatre, designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. In 2002, Second Stage launched "Second Stage Theatre Uptown" series to showcase the work of up and coming artists at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre. The Theatre supports artists through several programs that include residencies, fellowships and commissions, and engages students and community members through education and outreach programs.
Second Stage Theatre AT THE Helen Hayes
Second Stage Theatre has acquired the right to purchase the historic Helen Hayes Theatre, located at 240 W. 44th Street. With this new home, Second Stage will be the only theatre company on Broadway dedicated exclusively to the development and presentation of contemporary American theatrical productions. Second Stage will also become one of only four non-profit theatre companies that own and operate theatres on Broadway. The company will continue to lease and operate their original theatres on the city's Upper West Side and in Midtown Manhattan.
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TRUST will be performed through Sunday, September 5 on the following schedule: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm.
The following exceptions will be made to the regular performance schedule:
Sunday, July 25 - 2pm and 7pm performances
Wednesday, July 28 - no 2pm performance
Sunday, August 1 - 2pm and 7pm performances
Monday, August 9 - 8pm performance
Friday, August 13 - no performance
Wednesday, August 18 - 7pm performance
Thursday, August 19 - 7pm performance
Friday, August 20 - 7pm performance
Sunday, August 22 - no performance
Tickets are $70 and may be purchased by phoning 212-246-4422 or 800-766-6048 or online at www.2ST.com.
$30 UNDER 30 YOUTH ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE - patrons age 30 and under may purchase a limited number of specially-priced $30 tickets in advance. Proof of age must be shown at the box office.
For groups of 15 or more, special preview pricing is available for performances July 23 - August 11 for $42.00; and $56 for performances August 14 - September 5. $25.00 tickets for student groups are available for all performances.
A limited number of student rush tickets are $15 and are available one hour prior to curtain.
Group tickets are available by phoning 212-246-4422. Box-office hours are Monday, 10:00am - 6:00pm, Tuesday 10:00am - 7:00pm, Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00am to 8:00pm, and Sunday, 10:00am to 3:00pm.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride for Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale and Ari Graynor


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I created a bank of presets for Arturia's fantastic iSEM synthesizer. The presets are available in the latest update. I also did an interview for Arturia (link). iSEM is really one of if not the best iPAD synth app. I worked hard on making these sounds so please check them out and enjoy the preset names too.
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Holiday Schedule for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 5, 2010
News Highlights
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Note: Also closed Jan. 15 for Lee Jackson Day.
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Fastran – Not in service
Park Authority – RECenters will be on regular schedules. Nature centers and historic sites open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Frying Pan Farm Park open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; visitor center open 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Green Spring Gardens open noon to 4:30 p.m.; historic house will be closed.
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- Note – Most also closed Saturday, Jan. 16.
McLean Community Center – Closed. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday celebration will be held Sunday, Jan. 17, 3 to 5 p.m. More information is available online.
Reston Community Center Hunters Woods – Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Reston Community Center Lake Anne – Closed
County Trash and Recycling Collection– Regular collection
Recycling and Disposal Facilities at I-66 Transfer Station and I-95 Landfill Complex – Open
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Manning Award Watch List, 2012The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, published its complete preseason Watch List on Tuesday, July 31. The list included 25 of the top quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2012 season. The winner will be announced after the bowls in January and will be honored at a ceremony in New Orleans.
"This is always an exciting time of year for college football players, coaches and fans," said Archie Manning. "It's a time of great anticipation for the upcoming season and we like to add to that by recognizing some of the best quarterbacks returning to the field. It's always a challenge to limit the numbers on our Watch List, but we want to remind everyone that every quarterback in the country is eligible to win this honor and we can't wait to see how another great year plays out."
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Can 'tweets' predict obesity? UW Researchers aim to find out
SEATTLE - Are your Twitter interactions directly related to the size of your waistline? That's what researchers at the University of Washington's School of Public Health want to find out.
The school has funded a new study lead by Professor Ali Shojaie to understand the impact of social networks on obesity among different demographic groups.
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Shojaie's work was influence by a 2007 study by Harvard Medical School in which researchers discovered obesity can spread through social networks. The study suggests one person's health influences the health of others in their social circle, in positive and negative ways.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's hard to argue REITs should not be in your core portfolio when the dividend-centric sector is crushing just about all other well known asset classes.Year to date, all equity real estate investment trusts have returned over 15%, according to NAREIT, beating out the broader S&P 500 index (11.6%) and the Russell 2000 (9.2%). Some of the REIT sectors have produced some extraordinary results including the freestanding, or triple-net, sector that has returned an average of 28.8% for the year to date. The health care sector has also had a remarkable run, returning around 23.7% in the same period, also according to NAREIT. I'm not a gambler but I'm betting retail REITs will continue to outperform. Year-to-date the shopping center REITs have returned around 17.3% and the regional mall REITs have returned over 11% in April alone. This week I'm attending the annual ReCon Las Vegas conference, where I plan to provide several exclusive CEO interviews for TheStreet. This global convention for shopping center professionals expects over 35,000 professionals projected, up 10% from last year. Some of the REIT CEOs I plan to interview include those of Taubman Centers ( TCO), Kimco Realty ( KIM), Realty Income ( O), National Retail Properties ( NNN), Weingarten Realty Investors ( WRI), Regency Centers ( REG), Federal Realty ( FRT) and Tanger Factory Outlets ( SKT).
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SVA Undergraduate Catalog 2010/11
Visual Arts Press, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, 2009
The objective of the School of Visual Arts' undergraduate catalogue, Proof, is to show prospective students why SVA is the preeminent training ground for the next generations of artists. We want to prove that SVA, located in New York City, is the best art school. Our solution to that objective was to present visual and factual evidence—proof—first by giving dozens of facts about New York, SVA and its students, and then by presenting hundreds of examples of student work throughout the book.
Juror Notes
The unexpected choice of the thin, newsprint-style paper stock helps to unify the large variety of very different art styles included and adds an appealing tactile quality. The concept of "Design Your Own Cover" with the enclosed stickers would appeal to its artistic audience and the custom clothing-tag headband is a nice touch.
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Congratulations to Senior 100
Each year, the University of Illinois Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Ambassadors recognize 100 outstanding seniors through the Senior 100 Honorary. Recipients of this award are honored for their outstanding achievements in leadership, academics and campus involvement throughout their undergraduate education.
The Alumni Association honored the 2008 recipients at the Senior 100 Honorary Banquet on Sunday, April 13.
Below are listed those outstanding seniors in the College of Business. Congratulations!
- Amanda Olsen
- Ashley Aneloski
- David Louis Berland
- Gil Edward Harmon
- Hetal Petal
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Exciting news alert!!! We've moved up the release date for Brink by a week. The game will now release on May 10th in North America and May 13th in Europe. Wanna learn more? Read the media alert below…
Bethesda Softworks Announces Earlier Release Date for Brink
Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, today announced that its acclaimed first-person shooter, Brink, will be available one week EARLIER than originally scheduled. Brink will now first be available for purchase in North America on May 10th instead of May 17th, and in Europe on May 13th instead of May 20th.
"Production wrapped on Brink earlier than we planned and we didn't see any reason to keep gamers from getting their hands on this highly anticipated game as soon as it was ready," said Pete Hines, VP of PR and Marketing for Bethesda Softworks. "It's apparent from the tremendous reaction so far that people are eager to jump online and play, and if we can make that happen earlier – we're going to."
Brink, an immersive first-person shooter under development at Splash Damage, a studio celebrated for its multi-player expertise, was named as the 'Game of Show' at Eurogamer Expo 2010, while G4TV.com declared "Brink takes shooters to a whole new level" and Destructoid.com proclaimed "it's going to be one of the standout shooters of the year." Blending single-player, co-op, and multiplayer action into one seamless experience, Brink features dynamic battlefields, extensive customization options, and an innovative control system. Brink will be released for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows.


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Borrow a keychain, a ring, and visually link the ring onto the keychain.
You know how long and how much work it takes to hook a key onto a keyring. But somehow, mysteriously, the magician merely touches a borrowed ring to a borrowed keyring and it is on it. This is Nexus.
The instructional video will teach you everything you need to know to perform this illusion. No trick props neccessary, this illusion is completely impromptu. Can be done anywhere, anytime, with a borrowed set of keys and a borrowed ring.
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If you're looking to buy a home, welcome to 2003. Average home prices continued their trajectory by rising 8.1 percent in the 12 months ending in January, among the 20 cities measured in the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price index. They are now at the levels they were in 2003.
All 20 of the nation's largest cities posted a year-over-year gain, with Atlanta, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix and San Francisco reporting double-digit annual returns. Phoenix topped the list with a 23.2 percent gain. New York's rise of 0.7 percent was the smallest gain among the markets, but the first time that city has posted a positive return in 28 months.
The positive news is another sign the housing recovery is well under way. "This marks the highest increase since the housing bubble burst," said David Blitzer, chairman of the index, in a statement. Year-over-year gains haven't been this high since 2006, when prices reached their peak. Overall, the index is still down 28.4 percent from what it was in 2006.
Rising home prices have a compounding impact on the housing market, says John Walsh, president of Total Mortgage Services in Milford, Conn. Homeowners who were considering foreclosure are more likely to stay in their homes as their equity increases, he says. That means the inventory of distressed properties will continue to shrink, resulting in stabilization of home prices. Additionally, banks become more confident about lending when home prices are rising. "We'll probably see underwriting guidelines loosen up a little bit," he says.
Potential buyers are reporting a small inventory of homes for sale, Walsh says, which also helps drive up prices. "We're doing a lot of pre-approvals for clients who are saying there's not a lot out there for sale," he says, fueling pent-up demand for buyers who want to cash in on their equity and move up.
For those currently in the market to buy or refinance, the negative result of home prices rising is that mortgage rates will probably go up, and it could happen quickly, Walsh says. "I think the end is near for near-record low rates. If you're thinking of refinancing, my advice is to do it now."
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Ever made a traditional Peking duck? Turns out it's a pretty involved process, requiring not only multiple steps but multiple days, cooking apparatuses, and spices. The end result: an incredibly crispy, juicy bird that's seriously delicious.
Come along with Serious Eats's own Carey Jones as she learns how to make Peking Duck. Chef Brian Ray of Buddakan gives us the grand tour.
Spoiler alert: My favorite part is when Carey helps Brian blow up the duck with compressed air before it's broken down. It's kind of like blowing up a balloon... if said balloon were actually a duck.
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CHINO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will host a public meeting to discuss the possibilty of construction at the California Institution for Men in Chino.
The Notice of Preparation for the construction is the first step in the preparation of an environmental impact report that will address the potential placement of level II infill correctional facilities at the Chino-based prision as well as four other sites.
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Christmas in July – Homemade Vanilla Extract
With just under 5 months until Christmas, it might be time to start thinking about gifts for your friends and family. That's what I was doing about a year ago. I am definitely a big planner and had decided early in 2009 to make as many Christmas gifts as I could. Some of these gifts required quite a bit of time and some were easy to throw together. This week I'll be sharing the gifts that I gave our family and friends last year.
The first gift came about due to a sale on Amazon. There was a great deal on 1/2 lb of vanilla beans. I started with two bottles of vodka and the vanilla beans. Once the beans were split (but not scraped) and placed in the vodka, the bottles just had to sit in a cool dark place. Every couple of weeks Hubby would pull the vodka out of the closet and shake the crap out of it. A couple months later the vanilla extract was ready to go!
I ordered some bottles online and made some labels for the bottles to finish off the look. I also placed two vanilla beans into each bottle.
I love that the vanilla extract tastes so good, has the specks of fresh vanilla beans, and will essentially never run out. If the vanilla starts running low, you can just top it off with some more vodka. As you use vanilla beans, just throw the pods in the bottle to replenish the vanilla flavor.
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13 Responses to "Christmas in July – Homemade Vanilla Extract"
I love this!
Fantastic idea, I will have to give this a go x
What a great idea! Now I just have to think of what to pair this with to give as gifts.
Hi Jen,
Great minds think alike!! I have been brewing vanilla extract for months for Christmas gifts.
I thought I'd answer your question here. I love your idea for frosting. It would be heavenly!
What? You can just add more vodka to your supply? I had no idea! I just used the last of my homemade vanilla, and it was soooo deliciously dark 🙂 Now that I know that, I'll have to remember when I make my next batch! Do you have a favourite type of bean? I used Tahitian the last time, and it didn't have that "normal" vanilla scent to it… I'll have to find which beans give that traditional scent (though, really… any vanilla works for me!)
This is definitely on my gift giving list.
I received homemade vanilla once and it is still one of my favorite gifts.
I have always wanted to try this!! My brother did it once but that was before I was into cooking and I totally didn't appreciate it. I would now! Thanks!
I think it's the perfect idea for a gift and never even thought of making it myself. Of course, if I do end up making it, I'll probably just end up using it all before I give it away! 🙂
how many beans did you put in the vodka bottles to start?.. love the idea.. Thanks
jmanley – I put 24 beans in each bottle of vodka. They were the big bottles of vodka. As you can see in the pictures, I used skyy, which is great, but I couldn't watch the color of my vanilla change! Definitely try to get clear bottles or pour the vodka into a clear jar so you can tell when it's ready.
thanks for the quick response.
Love your website:)
what type of vanilla bean did you use – does it matter?
KV – The type of bean you use will have an impact on the flavor. I used Bourbon-Madagascar beans for my vanilla.


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Knicks, Celtics proving they don't belong
By Terry Brown
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Wednesday, April 21
Updated: April 21
If the NBA is going to let the New York Knicks (39-43) and the Boston Celtics (36-46) into the playoffs, then the least it can do is match them up against each other, so they don't ruin it for the rest of us.
To be specific, I want Brandon Hunter guarding Kurt Thomas.
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80 11.1 8.3 1.9 .473 .835
As it stands, both teams are a combined 0-4 against the Nets and Pacers, respectively, with an average margin of defeat of 17.7 points and are now the most dangerous teams in the NBA.
"If we can take one of their guys out of the game by being physical with them, then that's definitely an advantage for us," Thomas told the New York Times. "We were hitting hard. We were laying some wood out there."
Thomas said that before Tuesday night's Game 2, a 99-81 loss to the Nets and, of course, after the Nets' 107-83 rout in Game 1. But he could also have said it after the Nets beat New York 108-83 on April 2, their final meeting of the regular season. Or on March 28, 2003, when the Nets smashed the Knicks 122-101 in the final regular-season meeting of that season. How about the 105-76 thrashing on Feb. 26 of that year? Or the 115-93 whipping of Feb. 22, 2002?
In all, the Nets have beaten the Knicks 12 of the last 14 times they've met, the only two victories coming this year, when Nets all-stars Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin were both out injured, and last year, when Allan Houston hit a running jumper with 36 seconds left for a 101-99 victory.
Other than that, the Nets have beaten the Knicks by an average of 17.4 points per game over the last three years.
Regular season or playoffs. In New Jersey or at Madison Square Garden. It doesn't matter. The Knicks do not belong on the same floor with the Nets.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for the underdog, and still remember Knick back-up center Dikembe Mutombo, then the starting center for the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets, clutching the ball on his back after his team upset the No. 1 seeded Seattle SuperSonics.
But this is different.
This is as different as Brandon Hunter and Jermaine O'Neal.
By now we know that in the first game of their matchup, Hunter grabbed O'Neal and tossed him to the floor, prompting Ron Artest to temporarily leave the bench and eventually get suspended for Game 2.
But even without Artest, the Pacers still beat the Celtics 103-90 Tuesday night, a nearly identical score to the 104-88 outcome of Game 1.
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"We knew he was sent in to shake it up. This is the NBA," said O'Neal. "Each team has a person that's supposed to do that. I just have to do a better job keeping myself focused. If I get thrown out, our loss is greater than theirs."
What you may not know is that Hunter scored 125 points this year and grabbed 118 rebounds. In the playoffs, he's totaled two points and one rebound.
On the other hand, O'Neal scored 1,566 points and grabbed 778 rebounds on his way to becoming an MVP candidate. In this year's playoffs, he's totaled 46 points and 22 rebounds in two games. Artest was recently crowned the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year and rang up 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and two blocks in that first game.
But that's not the only difference.
The Knicks and Hunter aren't the most dangerous entities in the NBA because they can beat the Nets or stop O'Neal and not because of what they can do to Jason Kidd or Richard Jefferson or O'Neal.
They are the most dangerous people because of what they can do to the NBA, since there are no longer any consequences.
Fine them, suspend them, kick them out of the playoffs for good. It's too late. The Knicks are going to lose no matter what, and Hunter is still the third-to-last player selected in the second round of the last draft, who didn't play a single minute in Game 2. They had little or no chance coming into these games, and the last four contests have only confirmed that.
But what happens if Kidd ends up injured? What do we do if Artest gets suspended again? How about Martin taking revenge on Chauncey Billups? All of a sudden we're a Tim Duncan knee injury away from proclaiming the Miami Heat the 2004 NBA Champs with a 42-40 regular season record.
Meanwhile, the 42-40 Utah Jazz are wondering why they have to sit home and watch the Knicks and Celtics.
* Big Talk, No Action as Knicks Go Quietly
Chris Broussard / New York Times
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Wednesday, April 21
Updated: April 21
Miami Heat: Apparently, there will be no mercy from the Heat for Baron Davis and his sore ankle. "When he goes to the hole, foul him," Heat forward Lamar Odom said in the Palm Beach Post. "Use your fouls. Take charges on him. Just try to wear him down. Ball goes up, look for him. See a little point guard, you hit him. Just things like that throughout the game where you can wear him down. Anytime you have a dynamic player like that, you have to do that." No mercy at all. "I saw him fall, and I saw him tweak his ankle," Dwyane Wade said. "At the same time, I've seen him out there on the court hitting threes. I've got to continue to play and not worry about whether he's hurt."
Orlando Magic: It only hurts when Grant Hill laughs. "I can get through metal detectors (at airports) without getting stopped," Hill said of his ankle with five screws to Florida Today. "But we'll have to wait and see how it holds up running on it every day." So don't you start laughing, too, when he says he's coming back next year. "Grant is arguably the best he's been," Weisbrod said. "I know it's easy for people to roll their eyes or be cynical because we've been through this so many times, but he feels great. He doesn't have that pain and throbbing and need to ice immediately after working out. The doctors say his pictures look better than they ever have in the past. There are a lot of positive parts to that, but obviously a world-class athlete looking to put the impact on his body with all that hardware, surgeries and damage done, I'd guess it's still a 50-50 proposition."
Detroit Pistons: This love triangle at power forward seems to be working for Detroit. "He's a young guy," Pistons president Joe Dumars said in the Detroit News of Mehmet Okur. "He understands the circumstances here. He just happens to be playing behind two of the premier players in the league in Rasheed and Ben Wallace. Our feelings for him are as strong as they've ever been . . . The question of whether there's room and a place ... that's what this team is built on -- depth. Size, depth, talent. So there's always going to be a place for that here. We made that abundantly clear to Memo and all his people around him."
Utah Jazz: For all the Jazz care, the NBA can take its Coach of the Year award and shove it. "I can't rate this year above any of the others, to be honest," said assistant coach Phil Johnson in the Salt Lake Tribune. "He's been the same guy, doing the same job, for a long time. Whether you get recognized or not doesn't diminish your career, and his career speaks for itself." It would have been nice if Sloan was recognized instead of Hubie Brown "but it's just an award," Johnson continued. "It's a nice award, but you know what? I would exchange [my] trophy for his career. That's the important thing, and Jerry's career achievement says a lot more about what kind of coach he is."
New York Knicks: While the Knicks were getting their butts kicked on the basketball floor, Tim Thomas was still trying to recover from his. "He's sore," head coach Lenny Wilkins said in Newsday. "He's been in treatment three times a day, so I'm hoping he'll start to feel better. He walked a little better [Monday]. When you land on a tailbone, you're sore and you're tight in [the lower back]. He's a guy that is a jump shooter and goes to the basket. He would need that." And Wilkins can only pray that he can play in the third game. "I hope not, but I don't know," the coach said.
Los Angeles Lakers: The Lakers power forward is hurt. No, not that power forward. "I would feel better if Slava (Medvedenko) hadn't hurt himself in the game last night," Phil Jackson told the Los Angeles Times of Medvedenko. "He's no better today. That's a concern for us. We hope the time he has to & recover is going to be adequate. We may have to watch him very closely Friday in that ballgame . . . It's obviously a very serious situation. The Achilles' is one of those injuries you really have to be careful with."
New Orleans Hornets: Jamal Mashburn has been banished from the Hornets' presence after making critical comments of the team. "It came at an inopportune time for us. It was somewhat of a distraction for us, so he won't be with the team or on the bench with us," general manager Bob Bass said in the Miami Herald. "He's not on the playoff roster anyway. So he won't be with the team the rest of the playoffs." Mashburn said the team had misdiagnosed his injuries and didn't have his best interest at heart. "All I am worried about is this basketball team and our opponent [tonight]," head coach Tim Floyd said. "This is unfortunate, but it happened and we've got to move on."
* Heat's plan targets Davis' sore ankle
Chris Perkins / Palm Beach Post
* Hill: No more visits to the doctor
John Denton / Florida Today
* Okur's lack of playing time isn't sign of his future
Rob Parker / Detroit News
* No award for Sloan
Phil Miller / Salt Lake Tribune
* Tim may also miss Game 3
Greg Logan / Newsday
* Latest Injury Is a Concern
Tim Brown / Los Angeles Times
* Mashburn banished for playoffs
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Title: Sir Robert Heath papers, 1614-1699
Primary Creator: Heath, Robert, Sir (1575-1649)
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The collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Correspondence (boxes 1-6), arranged alphabetically by correspondent
Series 2: Legal and official papers, accounts and bills, and personal papers (boxes 7-8), arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series 3: Reginald L. Hine's research notes and correspondence (boxes 9-10), arranged by subject and correspondent
Series 4: Additional Items
The finding aid provides more detailed information about the contents of each box, where possible. Dates of correspondence are given in the form YYYY/MM/DD. Some of Reginald L. Hine's correspondence is described only at the folder level, and some of Series 2, "Legal and official papers, accounts and bills, and personal papers,"is described only at the box level. The presence of transcriptions or additional notes by Reginald L. Hine or Carleen Stottler is occasionally indicated. These transcriptions and notes are interfiled with the items they concern.
Languages: English
Papers of Sir Robert Heath consists of letters, documents, commonplace book, and a diary relating to London legal life, Parliament, the royal prerogative, prosecution of recusants, Star-Chamber prosecutions, Puritanism, English Civil War, personal and family matters and English agriculture. Correspondents include Arthur Parfey, Richard Lour, Mary Morley, Lucy Heath, John Heath, Edward Heath, James Harrington, Edward Harrington, William Ayshcombe, Ephraim Wright, Henry Croke, Richard Dawson, William Sharpe, Susanna Croke, Katherine Wirdnam, Thomas Allanson, John Dunkin, Colonel Thomas Waite and John Wood.
The papers also contain research notes and correspondence from Reginald L. Hine (1883-1949), who collected the papers and discusses them in his Cream of Curiosity: Being an Account of Certain Historical and Literary Manuscripts of the XVIIth, XVIIIth, & XIXth Centuries (1920).
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I can hear it now. TV ratings are low, scoring is low, and people are complaining. Where is the splash and dash where are the stars, where is the hype, where is the controversy, where is the fun. Over the next two weeks those questions will be asked as the ratings will be low and the scoring even lower. The casual sports fan won't be watching the NBA Finals, the casual basketball fan might watch a little, even the causal NBA fan will want more sizzle and might tune out.
Well I say that is their loss because this will be a great, great NBA Finals. Anyone who is actually a true NBA fan will be in heaven watching these two teams play. If you hate the Pistons, then fine root against them. But please watch this series, because this is what NBA basketball needs to be
DREW SHARP: Will fundamentals overshadow the fun?
June 9, 2005
Fathers, warmed by grainy recollections of basketball as a five-man symphony, gather their sons in front of the high-definition television tonight -- provided, of course, they can pry the PlayStation Portable from their carpal-tunnel clawed hands.
"Put away your NBA Extreme video game, my son, and come watch basketball the way it was meant to be played," the father says.
"What's that?" the son asks.
"It's called a pass. See how they keep moving the ball, stretching the defense? I remember back in the day when the Boston Celtics wou--"
"What's that?" the son asks.
"That's Tim Duncan using the backboard as an offensive partner. That makes him dangerous from pretty much any angle on the floor. I remember my dad telling me when George Mikan wou--"
"Isn't the backboard there just to bounce the ball off it during the slam dunk contest?" the son asks.
"No, it has another use, son."
"And what's that?" the son asks.
"That's Rip Hamilton coming off the screen, running into the lane and pulling up for a mid-range jumper. Sweet, isn't it? Ah, I remember when Jerry West wou--"
"Why doesn't he just take it strong to the hole, split the defenders and -- BOOYAH!!! -- slam it home?" the son asks. "That's how you roll."
"You're not understanding. This is the purest form of basketball. See that? See how they boxed out underneath the boards, denying the offensive rebound? See how they reversed the ball offensively, moving it faster than the defense can rotate, creating an open look?
"You're getting a real education on basketball tonight, son. ... The professional approach and the lack of showboating. ... The attention to minute detail. ... The snail's pace. ... The missed shots. ... The numerous 24-second shot clock violations. ... It's enough ... to make ... you ... ZZZZZZZZZZ."
It's time for the Old School to take its teeth out of the glass and step forward -- or shut up. Old Schoolers have the NBA Finals they've long desired -- the league's two most fundamentally sound teams as well as its last two champions, something that hasn't happened since 1987, the last time the Celtics and Lakers swapped league titles.
The Pistons and San Antonio Spurs share the ball as well as the acclaim, the antithesis of the rampant egomania that the basketball moralists maintain has killed the sport over the last 20 years.
But can these two put the funk in fundamental?
If not, it could be a hard-played, smartly executed, grind-it-up, methodically slow torture -- even to those who profess their loyalties to the virtues of substance.
"They have won two championships with Gregg (Popovich) and not very many talk about it," said Pistons coach Larry Brown, who added Popovich to his bench in San Antonio as an assistant more than 10 years ago. "And we're the defending champs and not very many people talk about that. As far as ups and downs, that's the way it is in basketball, pro basketball. It's a marathon. You know, we've overcome every obstacle with all the supposed distractions. We managed to show up, and I think we helped the game the way we play."
But can that translate to serious interest to places not Detroit or San Antonio?
Even a basketball junkie might envision going cold turkey should scoring become as scarce as a hockey puck this playoff spring.
The NBA becomes a convenient target because of its hip-hop influence. Patience has turned paper thin and if anybody dares challenge your manhood, you must respond forcefully. That attitude was an underlying motive behind the black eye of this season -- the Palace brawl of Nov. 19.
And as much as many fans crave professionalism, they still demand personality.
And that's the one component this series lacks.
Where's the villain?
The coaches are best friends. How can anybody dislike Duncan? Spurs point guard Tony Parker, though, probably merits a fair amount of envy from the male species because of his relationship with that delicious Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria.
Old Schoolers consider this Pistons-Spurs series as a celebration of team over temerity, but they could find themselves as easily disinterested as the fringe audience if the fundamentals overshadow the fun the next two weeks.
The NBA Finals weren't intended to become a classroom. It's still about entertainment, isn't it?


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Perfect fit in a niche market
A new recruiter specialising in sales and marketing and recruiting candidates for a number of industry sectors has entered the fray. Elaine Khoo, the director of recruitment services for TalentSEARCH Asia, talks to Andrea Zavadszky.
What was the idea behind setting up this company?
TalentSEARCH was set up to locate high-calibre candidates for multinational companies wanting to launch or expand in markets throughout Asia Pacific.
What are you specialising in?
We specialise in recruiting for sales and marketing positions in banking and finance, legal, the media and fast moving consumer goods.
Why did you choose to such a specific specialise in such a well-defined and narrow field?
My background is in sales and marketing recruitment and the consultants we hired also share this background. This is very important because, when you recruit a sales person for a company, it is more about the clients trusting me, trusting that I know the candidate and can find the right fit.
Did you see a niche in the market?
I see now as a unique time for job seekers in Asia. As the global economy continues to face challenges, many companies across various industries are looking to allocate more resources in Asia, including China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Vietnam.
This trend is consistent across industries, including financial services, consumer and luxury products, industrial and manufacturing production, and so on.
As more and more regional headquarters are being set up in this part of the world, job seekers can expect to see an increase in vacancies, especially across functions such as sales and marketing. Our strategy is to assist corporations with their talent acquisition process by providing local market expertise.
How will you differentiate yourself from your competitors?
For the time being, by remaining in this narrow niche market. Another point of differentiation is that we don't simply advertise on behalf of the client – this is something they can do by themselves. We add value by getting to know our candidates and their future plans – to achieve a perfect fit.
How do you see the employment outlook for this year and early next year?
We did a lot of research before we started the business. As is seasonally typical across most sectors, recruitment in Q4 will experience a slowdown. This seasonal slowdown is typical in banking and finance and in other sectors in general. A lot of people will wait for their bonuses before moving on. Come January, in most companies, there will probably be more newly created roles, and there will definitely be candidates seeking new opportunities.
Why did you start the company now?
Our approach is very different from our competitors. In this quarter, we want to get to know our candidates. We meet them even if they do not want to leave right away, to understand their long-term objectives and what they want to do. We go out networking and meeting candidates. We will start matching them, in earnest, to jobs next year.
What do you see as your future challenges?
The number one challenge will be changing employers' mindsets. Employers often give very specific parameters and only want to hire people from exactly the same industry and background they require. However, it is often not possible to find someone with the exact same experience and qualifications. If someone is a good sales person, they can sell and cross over to other industries. They should be given a chance. Another challenge will be the competition. If we are successful, people will follow.
Do you have any expansion plans?
Presently, we are a specialised boutique recruitment company. If things go well, we may open an office in Singapore in March next year. We are already doing a little some cross-over business. In addition, when we feel we are on solid ground with sales and marketing, we will hire people to set up their own divisions in other fields.


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Patience, anyone? Reds tout prospects
Column by The Post's Lonnie Wheeler
The Reds, bless their hearts, aren't thinking about the future yet. And really, as long as they can reach second place without getting to .500, they oughtn't. But there's nothing stopping the rest of us.
So Friday, when the Pirates came to town to slap on the latest low-level whuppin', I figured that you guys were tired of reading about what's wrong with the local nine and sought out Grant "Good News" Griesser, who doesn't actually have a nickname (that I know of) but is in a position to say a lot of nice things about players in the Cincinnati organization. Griesser is the assistant director of Player Development, and he had just returned from Louisville, where he saw Joey Votto extend his hitting streak to 16 games, during which time the dark-haired first baseman is batting .470.
"It's ridiculous what he's done in May," said Griesser, whose boss, Terry Reynolds, is putting in a five-day stint (the Development dudes typically stay five days in order to see every starting pitcher) with Chattanooga. "He got some contact lenses, and he started wearing them right around the time he started going on this tear.
"He's a great hitter. Joey's never going to be a Gold Glove guy, but he can swing the bat and he works as hard as anybody in the system."
Feel a little better? Here's another one.
"With Sarasota," said Griesser, obviously embarking on one of his favorite subjects, "you've got to start with Jay Bruce. He's been fantastic. He's doing everything right. He has had no problems stepping into the Florida State League. He leads the league in hitting by 20 points. He's nearly got Triple Crown numbers right now, and he's doing a great job defensively in the outfield. He's got a lot of passion for the game. You root for a guy like that because he doesn't have the ego you sometimes see in a first-round draft choice (2005).
"A lot of guys say Bruce reminds them of Larry Walker. You hate to put a can't-miss label on guys, but certainly, when you watch him play, it's hard to not see him playing in the big leagues and doing well. He struggled early last year against left-handed pitching, but then he got way better, and this year he's improved even more against left-handers. His progression to Double-A will be in '07. He's a guy who (at age 20) is dictating when he needs to move. I can see Jay Bruce hitting in Double-A as easily as he hits in A. He's that kind of player."
OK, Bruce and Votto are obvious. You know they're good. Homer Bailey is so obvious that we didn't even talk about him. The only question involving Bailey was, who's the second- hardest thrower in the Reds' system?
Griesser had to study on that one for a minute, ultimately settling for a few candidates too close to call. Phil Dumatrait, perhaps the readiest pitcher on the farm, is not among them. But there's Calvin Medlock, a short right-handed reliever at Chattanooga. Johnny Cueto, a short right-handed starter at Sarasota. And 24-year-old Josh Roenicke, the Sarasota closer - leading the league in saves (14 for 14) - and son of former major-leaguer Gary Roenicke.
Roenicke played the outfield, and also football, at UCLA, pitching just a bit, and was drafted last year on something somebody saw. It might have been the 95-mile-an-hour fastball. "Big-time power arms like that don't grow on trees," Griesser observed. "He's intriguing because you don't have a lot of those guys. He's just been fantastic. He's one of the big reasons that Sarasota (32-14) has the best record in the country."
Two of the starters whom Roenicke had been saving, Richie Gardner and Carlos Fisher, have already been promoted to Chattanooga because they were (1) doing really well and (2) 24 years old. Gardner, in particular, has "a lot of people very excited" because he dominated the high- A league after missing most of two years with a shoulder injury.
The place of those two aces has been half-taken by Daryl Thompson, the 21-year-old promoted after a smashing start (5-0, 0.96) in Dayton. Thompson was returning from an injury when he was acquired last year in the Kearns-Lopez-Bray-Majewski trade, and pitched minimally the rest of the season. "He just took off in Dayton," Griesser reported.
The Dragons (30-14) were expected to be good this year, because most of the same guys were good last year in Billings. Chief among them: "Chris Valaika. He's the man at short. The same guy who had a 32-game hitting streak last year in the Pioneer League to break a record. He can flat-out center the ball, and he's a gamer. He's the kind of guy you really want on your team."
The organization, it seems, has been drafting and developing more and more of those types. Griesser can see the difference. He joined up seven years ago, when Jim Bowden was the general manager. Bowden drafted in sunglasses and a tool belt.
"It's a breath of fresh air sometimes to get these guys, and they know how to play baseball," Griesser said. "They're going to continue to progress because they take their jobs very seriously. Guys like Valaika and Justin Turner (Dayton second baseman) and Drew Stubbs (Dayton center fielder and last year's first-round draft choice).
"I'm not knocking a guy who's a tools guy, because those guys are fun to watch. Stubbs is as gifted a guy as you'd ever want to see in terms of his tools. He's 6-4, 200 pounds and he can fly. But he has a real idea how to play the game. He's a really good center fielder, and he's got a great feel for it. If you're looking for the perfect athlete, that's the kind of guy you're looking for."
So there you go. Rub some of that on the bruise (if you can find it among all the others) left by Friday night's eight-run 10th inning.
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I never read my blog, or post on it, etc anymore. It's been a LONG, LONGtime. I highly doubt others are reading it either. Somehow, I've onlydropped 1 or 2 slots in the "Top 20" though. Pretty funny....
I was coming home yesterday from work, after a long day and decided to geta small cheeseburger at Wendy's to hold me over until I got home. In aneffort to not drink so much pop, I decided to ask for a water, at first,not even thinking at all about PFB.
When I got to the window, I was given a nice, large glass of water with mycheeseburger. :) Not a courtesy cup, not a 10 cent charge, not a fullprice charge. They gave me a free, large cup of water to go along with mycheap order. Reminded me of the letter here recently about such things...
Then, I drive home, shaking my head as I realized that during the day, thegas prices shot up to almost $4 a gallon down the road from my house. Damnthose greedy bastards. :)
Finally, tonight I go to the store and see that Breyers ice cream is buy 1,get 1. Of course, all of the other ice cream is full, but the shelf forthe Breyers is completely empty. Leading me to think about whomever it wasthat is like me and usually only buys ice cream when it's on sale.
Gotta luv it...
For the heck of it, I am testing the theory that you should not use Wordfor spell check and then paste it in. Hmmm, I could have sworn this wassuggested to us at some point.
Anyway, here goes!! Copy and pasting!
Today was a nice day....
Anyone want my seat this weekend to Germany? Free movies and meals in anice comfy seat! LMAO Please!!!
Am I still in the Top 10? Barely, I might add, but still there. I neverpost here and no one reads here or cares, so I have no idea why im notdropping down like crazy! LOL
Off to pay bills..................What a joy!
See what happens when my laptop from work does not agree with PFB!?! :PKeeps me quiet, much to the delight of many I am sure LOL!
Just peaking in again after a hellish month at work :)
*sits back and relaxes*
Pistons are in the playoffs
Red Wings are in the playoffs
NFL draft is on this weekend
Baseball is in full swing
College Football spring games have started and they are getting ready forthe fall!
Oh...it's great to be a sports fan!!!! :)
Is this thing still here? LOL...
So, down below I was debating what to get for a new car. I finally justwent ahead and bought a certified used G6. Black should be hot in thesummer and hard to keep clean...but I still like how it looks! LOL I tryto switch colors each time, so I didn't want to get another red car.
It has most of what I wanted again in a car...V6, Sunroof, side curtain airbags, ABS, Traction Control, etc. And, since it's used, my payments arenot so hard on the wallet! LOL
Amazing how as I grow up and have more money, I get cheaper on things liketransportation. When I was younger, I would have just went in and ploppedover $20K on a brand new car. Now, I don't see the need of wasting thatmoney :P
So now I am starting to get addicted to Cold Case. I don't normally go forthese kind of shows, but this one is not too bad! Just what I need -another thing to watch on TV!!
So, for those that ever get bored, I wanted to start my first FreeAssociation blog. I am sure many know how it works, but for the rest, itgoes like this.
I will start with a word. You reply to that word with one that somehow isloosely associated (related to, ryhmes with, describes, etc) with it, andso on. So, an exchange might be something like this.
Post 1 - Toes
Post 2 - Fingers
Post 3 - Sticky
Post 4 - Sucky
Post 5 - Lucky
Post 6 - Dog
I just wanted to make sure that anyone reading this keeps Starlight'slittle guy in their thoughts and prayers. He is going to have his surgeryand will do great. Still, always good to keep them in our thoughts.
New entry! All nice and clean. Doesn't it look spiffy? Nothing reallyinteresting to say and I have to get out to work.
Happy posting...even if it's not Happy Period Posting!
I never miss work. Ever. Though, sometimes I should.
Today, I had to miss because of the strep being so contagious until I hadenough antibiotics in me.
Can we say bored?? LOL
Ughhh...I can only do so much work from home too - and I really need to bethere.
State of the PFB world...
I suppose Greg decided he would delete all evidence of his spat last night. Oh well, not that it would matter. The entire community could think ofGreg as unprofessional and I don't think anything would change.
It is a shame - as the concept of this site is a wonderful one, even whilethe second in command is asleep at the wheel. I was accused last night ofhaving this written down - since I have "made this speech before". Nottrue, of course. Simply a matter of speaking what is on my mind and themind of many.
If blogs are not free - I suppose my account will not work the next time Igo to login. If that is the case, good bye to all :)
And in honor of the latest profile wave...
So much for the "Snow Maker 2007". We ended up with maybe 4 inches orso...drifts might have been a foot or two. Nothing near the 8 inchespredicted up here!
I am not sure where to start, or why exactly I am writing this.
As some know, my job will take me to different parts of the world. Whileit's nice to visit such places, most business travellers will say much thesame thing.
"You see the airport, rental car, hotel and the place
of business you are visiting". You usually do not spend much time enjoyingwhat is often fantastic scenery. In much the same light, you meet alltypes of people. You are in their lives for a very short amount of time. These people could be the airport parking lot drivers, airplane pilots,other business travelers, hotel staff, etc. They are all going about theirlives, earning a living and hopefully enjoying life.
Usually, you leave their lifes as fast as you enter it. Sometimes you arenothing more than a face they pass in the airport. Other times they arepeople that you know by face, but not by name. In my most recent stop,which was off and on all year and then finally 7 weeks straight, I had allof that, and more.
Something happened that, in all my years of travel, has never happened. Ibecame attached. Instead of counting down the days of travel left until Icould return home, I was dreading them. Not that I did not want to be athome. Of course I did. However, it was the simple fact that being at homemeant I would be missing out. Missing out on the attachment. Thatattachment would be in the form of 4 terrific and special people that I metthere. They know who they are - though they will never read this. Andthat's ok. They are four people who helped make travelling that lesspainful. Actually, they not only made it less painful, but they made itenjoyable. They became my friends. Yes - I know you have lots of friends,including all those at home. That much is very true. However, I can seemy friends at home "anytime I want". These - I may never see again. Theywork at the bar in the hotel I stayed at.
It's amazing that 4 people can grow on you so quickly, but if you knewthem, you would surely agree.
They may quickly forget me, as they continue to meet new people every week. Just as I was supposed to flow into and out of their lives and them frommine, others will do the same in front of them as they continue to work. But for me, I spent too many hours hanging out with them, enjoying theircompany.
Maybe I learned a lesson - to not let yourself get attached to new friendswhile on the road. It had never happened before. However, for theemptyness I feel now, it was still worth every moment. Memories filed awaywhere I hope to never forget, where I know I won't forget.
Again...they will never read this. But I wanted to thank you all...
"Strike 3"...
Let's start this test! :)
First, no, I am not the one that suggested that PFB manipulates blogrankings or letter rankings. However, after that post, I found it funnythat some new person with 5 posts can be at some Top 10, but I don't everbreak the Top 25.
Do I care?? Nope! ;) But I'm a loser and am still trying to decipher whatgoes into the equation. LOL
So, now I have a "new" profile message. And I am starting this sillylittle message.
Let the testing begin! :)
Just got back from an evening out to see Larry!
Git R Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotta say, I'm a sucker for silly humor! It was a great show and a goodtime was had by all.
Should I buy a new car? And if so, what kind?!?! LOL
Mine is currently a 6 year old Grand Am GT with 131,000 miles, but stillgoing strong. Engine could easily see 200,000 miles and I am kinda likingthis no car payment thing!! LOL It's a fun car to drive too, usually Igive up cars after 3-4 years, but I am stuck on this one for whateverreason.
Must haves...
Air bags all around
ABS - TC and VSC preferred
Good radio/sound system
Should have, but not required...
Manual Transmission
So what, if anything, should I get?!?!
First PFB post of 2007?? LMAO
Did everyone get what they wanted from Santa?!?
All I want for Christmas is a dictionary for Dickie, and a heart forPhyllis. :) Oh, and a new car would work out well too!!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful and safe holiday season, no matter whatyou celebrate!!
So, we had 5 major proposals on the ballot in Michigan on Tuesday. One ofthem was regarding Affirmative Action as it relates to publiccompanies/organizations/schools/etc in Michigan.
It passed, and we will now have a state ban on those institutions fromusing race as a factor for anything.
California has had this law for awhile, and I believe one other state doesas well.
I voted for it. I was rejected from the University of Michigan because oftheir open policy of bringing in minorities over non-minorities with highercredentials. I grew up in a very diverse environment, one that I amthankful for all the time because it made me a much more well roundedperson, a better person. However, I have a hard time with usingaffirmative action in the year 2006 to discriminate against someone tosatisfy AA.
With that said, there have been all sorts of very good conversations todayin the area on local TV and radio. While it's easy to say that we all knowwhat the spirit of the proposal and resulting law was for, others alsobring up good points about un-intended consequences like people being ableto argue against publically run female centers for battered women, etc.
These are obviously not what the law was intended to go after at all, andMichigan will have a long learning curve to deal in the new environment inwhich we voted ourselves into.
Not sure that anyone cares, just one of those things that can be verypolarizing between people. I don't see it as "A yes vote is a vote thatyou are a racist". I think that many minorities think the same, they wantto get places because of their merits too. Women, asians, africanamericans, etc We all know that everyone has the same capability to learnand succeed, no one race or sex is better than another.
For what it's worth...:)
*Sits down*
*Waves to my friends*
I heard some ticky lady was back, and Libby, and, and, and....Hopefullythere is still a seat at the bar for me too :)
Now that we have established that we are all addicted to PFB, I'm curiousto see what other sites people frequent all the time. As I said before, Ifind myself on the same sites often, checking them multiple times a day.
For me...Top 5
1) www.planetfeedback.com
2) www.foxsports.com
3) www.msnbc.com/www.foxnews.com (depends on my mood)
4) www.detnews.com (Detroit News Paper)
5) www.yahoo.com/www.google.com (depends on my mood)
6) www.is_chrism_hotornot.com ok ok, I made that one up! :)
There are few sites that I check as much as this one.
Fox Sports, local/national news pages, Yahoo Mail and PFB. That's a fairlyshort list of sites that I visit on a regular basis throughout a normalday. Why though, PFB? Were it not for the commenting, I will be honest, Iwould only visit on an "as needed" basis. Actually, it's possible I wouldforget and use other sites instead for research on major purchases.
For now though, I find myself with this page open at work, allowing me tooccassionally scan through to see if anyone has posted anything new thatgrabs my attention.
I suppose I should check into a clinic for PFB addiction!!


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NEIL YOUNG has criticised his players' disciplinary record ahead of this weekend's hastily arranged league match at Histon.
Antoni Sarcevic, Wes Baynes, and Dominic Collins have all picked up five bookings, but will be available for selection this weekend due to a two-week delay being served to their one-game suspensions.
Sarcevic and Baynes were both booked for the fifth time this season in the Blues' FA Trophy replay defeat at Worksop last week and will miss next Wednesday's scheduled home match against Corby Town.
Collins, who was booked in Sunday's 1-0 victory at Gloucester City, will serve his one-game ban at Brackley Town on December 8.
And Chester striker Nathan Jarman and midfielder Scott Brown have both picked up four bookings ahead of the Blues' match at Histon.
Young admitted he was far from happy about his team's disciplinary record as he prepares his side for the weekend trip to Cambridgeshire.
"Our discipline so far this season hasn't been great, but I have had a few words with the players about that situation and hopefully we'll now see some improvement," Young said.
"I feel we have been harshly treated on a lot of occasions by the match officials and that has been very frustrating.
"One example of that was when Dominic Collins slipped in Sunday's match at Gloucester and picked up a booking which now sees him suspended for our match against Brackley."
Young revealed he had been impressed with the manner in which his side had adopted a new 4-3-3 formation during Sunday's 1-0 victory which featured a 65th minute winning goal from Jarman.
The win hoisted the Blues into second spot in the Conference North table, just two points behind leaders Brackley Town with two games in hand.
Young added: "One of the most pleasing aspects of Sunday's victory was seeing us managing to keep a cleansheet, but I was also impressed with the way Antoni worked hard after being given the licence to find areas behind Nathan to carve out chances.
"We'll be without Matty McGinn this weekend who is continuing to nurse his back injury, and Scott Brown and Dominic Collins are also carrying knocks, but I'm hoping we can build on last Sunday's performance because I was very encouraged with the way we played after changing formation and making four changes from our previous match at Worksop.
"We did well against a Gloucester City side that had pushed Leyton Orient all the way to the line in an FA Cup tie just days before and whose home record so far this season had been very good.
"I'm hoping we can now push on and go on a good run of form to consolidate our position at the head of the league table."
- Chester Supporters Club are organising coach travel to this Saturday's match at Histon.
Coaches will depart the Exacta Stadium at 9.15am and seats will cost £20. Blues fans wanting to secure their place should call the Chester FC Ticket Office on 01244 371376 (10am-4pm).
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SAN JOSE — A prominent office tower in this city's downtown has been bought by a veteran developer and an investment partner with robust resources, a signal that investors are bullish on the city's urban core, realty agents and city officials said Thursday.
The 160 West Santa Clara building has been sold for $56.5 million to a group led by developer DiNapoli Capital and investment firm Angelo, Gordon. The 15-story building is located at West Santa Clara Street and San Pedro Street.
"The DiNapoli family has a long history in the South Bay, and it is great for them to be the owners of a Class A office building downtown," said David Bucholtz, a broker with Colliers International. "They are big proponents for downtown San Jose."
The investment by DiNapoli and Angelo, Gordon could help the downtown area attract more technology companies into that part of San Jose.
"We are starting to see more tech companies exploring their options downtown," said Geoff Hubbard, a broker with commercial realty firm Kidder Mathews. "As Palo Alto, Sunnvyale, Mountain View fill up, San Jose becomes more viable."
Recently, Move.com, Malwarebytes and Kerio Technologies opened offices in downtown San Jose. They are far from alone.
"We have more than 75 tech companies located downtown," said Nanci Klein, deputy director with San Jose's city Economic Development Department.
City officials believe downtown San Jose is the type of location that can be attractive to technology companies and the type of people they employ.
"Tech companies are looking at ways to attract young talent," Klein said. "You have restaurants, cultural, entertainment amenities downtown. A lot of young people want to be in a downtown like that." Plus, new high-density housing has helped bring residents to the downtown.
Real estate agents and city officials pointed out that the Caltrain and light rail lines that serve downtown may also be seen as attractive to technology companies. Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Mountain View have landed major tech leases at a brisk pace in part because companies like their employees to be able to access the rail line.
Downtown San Jose has faced plenty of obstacles in its evolution, and the transformation of the area has been a struggle over the decades. Much of the difficulty stems from the downtown's inability to nurture a viable major retail complex. Malls such as Santana Row, Oakridge, Eastridge and Valley Fair have siphoned off retail activity that might otherwise head downtown.
Despite that, the downtown is making steady progress, said Mark Kuiper, a senior vice president with Colliers.
"The downtown has a nice little buzz to it," Kuiper said. "They don't roll up the sidewalks at 5 p.m. any more and wait until the next morning."
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KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Over the years, when Mary Pliego would glance at the bulletin board in Kingston Hospital's kitchen, she often would see a note tacked up that said "Best meal ever."
Louis Pliego often found similar notes of praise on serving trays he retrieved after delivering meals to hungry patients.
The two met at the Broadway hospital in the 1960s, after they both started working there; married in the early 1970s; have been employed together for more than four decades; and now are retiring together.
The Pliegos are the longest-serving current employees of Kingston Hospital.
Mary, 62, has worked there for 47 years, including 25 as a cook. Her husband, 68, began his employment there two years earlier, in 1964, and has, over the course of his time there, been a dishwasher, served food in the cafeteria and brought meals to patients' rooms.
The two started dating in 1968, got married on June 26, 1971, "and the rest his history," Mary said.
The husband and wife say they've enjoyed their work, especially making people's hospital stays a little more pleasant with helpings of meatloaf, turkey, mashed potatoes and other vegetables.
As for sharing both a marriage and a place of employment, Louis said, "Any problems that we might have had stayed at home."
Of receiving notes of thanks, Mary said she was "very proud that I could make their stay a little more pleasant."
"Nobody likes being at the hospital," Louis said.
The couple said working at the hospital has been like "having an extended family."
They also have had some real family at the hospital: Their daughter, Jillian Lind, two of Mary's sisters and Louis' mother, Carmella, all have worked there over the years.
On Friday, as she walked through the hospital's hallways, Mary got many hugs, and people shouted out, "Have a good life!"
Of course, a change far more dramatic than the Pliegos' retirements is on the horizon for Kingston Hospital: The facility soon will shut down as its parent company, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, consolidates services into nearby Benedictine Hospital to combat large financial losses.�
The pending closure bothers Mary and Louis, having had Kingston Hospital as part of their daily lives for so long.
"It's like IBM," Louis said, referring to the computer giant closing its Kingston-area plant 18 years ago. "You just would never think that Kingston Hospital would close. (But) it ends."


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New, separate snow park to open in Eagle this year
EAGLE, Idaho (KBOI) - With delays holding up the Ada-Eagle Sports Complex terrain park, the company in charge is opening an additional snow park in Eagle this year.
Gateway Parks says it's been working with the State of Idaho for about a month to get work started on the new snow park, which is taking shape at Eagle Island State Park.
"It kind of developed organically when we got through the city of Eagle process and then started running into delays from Ada County," construction manager George Transtrum said.
Progress on the larger Ada-Eagle sports complex has been stalled, but Transtrum said the company wants to make sure snow bunnies in the Treasure Valley still get a place to play this year.
"It doesn't matter what mother nature is doing, we're going to have snow here," he said.
That's because the company will make their own snow with water from a pond at the park. Then they'll haul it up onto the hillside where the snow park will sit. Gateway Parks says the hill will be two to three times smaller than many other hills they build, but still think it will be a hit.
"It's going to be perfect for families to get a feel for what's going on," Transtrum said. "We think this is going to be a great value and venue for the community."
The finished slope will have space for a tubing hill and terrain features for skiers and boarders
"I think it's a great idea," Nampa resident Autumn Irwin said. "I have a little four-year-old and it's kind of hard getting her all the way up to Bogus to do those kinds of things, so if it was closer it'd be a lot easier to take her out."
Gateway Parks says there is little cost to the snow park, but that they're footing the bill for equipment. The only thing you will have to pay is the $5 admission fee to get into the park.
"It would be great to have," Eagle resident James Wittenberg said. "There are a lot of great things happening in this park and in the winter, I think it's great. When the snow comes in and its on the hill its very popular with the families to sled and tube here."
The company plans to start making snow tonight. Now, they are just waiting on remaining equipment to arrive. Transtrum said it will only take about half of a day to get the snow up onto the hill and groomed. He hopes they can have the snow park up and running shortly after Christmas.
The park is running on a one-year deal with the state right now, but it could be open every year depending on public support.


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A few names stick out:
Maurice Clarett
Adrian McPherson
Alex Smith
Mike Williams
With Leinart staying for his final season at USC, that makes Alex Smith the odds on #1 pick. I think Williams will go in the first round. McPherson's draft will depend on how his workouts go. I think teams will avoid Maurice "I-have-ricky-williams-written-all-over-me" Clarett like the plague. Thoughts on the other names on the list?