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Writing takes a lot of not-writing, I find. Some people, I've heard, call this "procrastination," but I think those people have "Work Ethics." I try to avoid that sort of thing. It's why I moved away from all those Work Ethic-y people in New England to live in laid-back, beach-addled Los Angeles.
Some of my favorite ways to not-write include:
- Watching my collection of television shows on DVD, and does it matter that I've already seen the entire series of Buffy sixty-seven trillion times? Or that I can speak all of the lines along with Claire Danes in My So-Called Life?
- Ordering new television shows on DVD. Because I am a completist and must own every single season of La Femme Nikita or die trying.
- Watching newly-recorded television shows on TiVo.
- Programming new television shows into my TiVo, which is very time-consuming and then there's the question of season passes. It's a delicate operation.
- Reading the eighty-seven blogs which comprise my daily "Blog Rounds," because I am convinced I might spontaneously combust if I do not keep up on these matters. Also, many of these blogs are Industry Related, (i.e., once or twice a month, someone mentions writing), so this is actually Working.
- Reading my favorite political blogs, the better to work myself up into a towering rage, which has nothing to do with work but means I am A Well-Rounded Person Who Knows What Is Going On In The World. Which is very important when one is actually more of a hermit, who hides in her little cave for days at a time, only emerging when it is time to make a spectacle of herself at social events.
- Catching up on the approximately four hundred emails I have, at any given time, left unanswered in my Inbox.
- Deciding that it is time to Get Serious about my personal fitness, which involves a trip to the corner store to purchase fitness magazines like Shape, hours spent becoming hysterical about how much my body does not now and never will resemble that of the Shape girls, approximately thirty-nine tons of chocolate and/or Ben & Jerry's to ease the brutal pain of having more of a keg-shaped abdomen than any six-pack nonsense, and a guilty sugar coma in front of the aforementioned television shows on TiVo or DVD. Then and only then, I might consider going to the gym.
- Re-reading favorite books from my personal library. To be honest, most of the books in my personal library are "favorites" and it's not so much a "personal library" as a "dizzying heap of books around which I have crammed in a small apartment."
- Reading books from my mountainous, ever-expanding To Be Read pile, the one that is currently more of a "bookshelf all its own" than any piddling "pile."
- Buying new books online, which requires hours of research, review reading, and contemplation.
- Buying new books in actual bookstores, which involves Leaving the Apartment (a rare occurrence, as I might have mentioned), taking myself to a mall, accidentally shopping at Lucky Jeans and Anthropologie (crack dens, both of them), maybe having some lunch or coffee, lurking around in the book aisles attempting to will people to buy my book with the force of my stare, and then spending hours picking out new books to cart home and add to the terrifying To Be Read pile. This can take whole days.
When you think about all the things I have to overcome, it's a wonder I get any writing done at all.


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text: Thanks everyone for all the messages! And thank you for always following me and my career, I hope to never disappoint you and always do the best I can.From Christian Castillo - 2:55 pm I sometimes travel to Washington DC, what do you think of the city even though you've only been there a short time? How is it different from El Salvador?From HACKALEX - 2:20 pm It's a very beautiful city but I don't enjoy the cold one bit [laughs]. But it's nice. It will be good for my family. I hope to be here a long time and I've liked it, it's a nice city.From Christian Castillo - 2:51 pm Hey Cristian CastilloDo you compare yourself to Cristiano Ronaldo?From Jessica - 2:16 pm No! I admire him as a player but I can't compare myself to someone like him. I do try to watch him play, his style and try to imitate him but I could never compare myself to someone of his level. From Christian Castillo - 2:49 pm Hey Cristian, I wanted to know if you feel nervous or anxious before playing at the Azteca???From juan iraheta - 2:15 pm From the first moment you learn you're going to play at the Azteca you get very nervous but at the same time you want time to pass quickly so you can play that game already and you wait for it anxiously. From Christian Castillo - 2:47 pm Hey Christian..hos are you? How have you acclimated yourself to your new team?From Erick - 2:14 pm I'm very happy to be here. From the first moment the coach welcomed me and slowly I've been getting used to the team. My teammates have already started playing pranks on me to help me fit in. The language barrier is a challenge but gradually I've been getting used to it. From Christian Castillo - 2:46 pm Cristian,Congratulations on being part of D.C. United! You deserve it! My question: How is your rehabbing going? Do you think you'll be ready for the game against Guatemala?From Humberto Perez - 2:10 pm My injury wasn't as bad as we first thought. With rehab my leg is a lot stronger and I don't feel pain in my knee anymore. When I had surgery I was told the cold would make it hurt and when I moved to DC it was so cold there it did start to hurt. But I've been getting used to it and now I don't feel pain. Now I'm waiting for the season to start. As for the game against Guatemala, I have to wait and see how I'm feeling and if I am 100% ready to play in that game. From Christian Castillo - 2:44 pm Do you think you'll stay with D.C. United for a long time and do you want to win trophies with the team? From humberto - 2:08 pm Yes, I come to work hard first and foremost and to win a spot on the starting eleven because this is a very deep team. I think hard work day in and day out with show my character and talent and I hope to earn a spot. From Christian Castillo - 2:40 pm Christian what motivated you to play for D.C. United, even though you had other offers? From guillermo munoz - 2:05 pm Its history. D.C. is a big team with history in this league and I always wanted to play here. When I got that chance, to come play for a team as big as this one, I had to take advantage of it. From Christian Castillo - 2:39 pm Cristian excluding you, who is the best Salvadoran player right now? From Cesar Saravia - 2:01 pm Right now I think the player who has done the most for El Salvador outside the country is Eliseo Quintanilla.From Christian Castillo - 2:37 pm Hola Christian.What advice would you give kids who want to be a soccer star like you? From carlos - 2:04 pm I can tell them that the most important thing is school. A soccer player's career is very short and you need to prepare yourself by studying. And working hard because if you put in the work you can do anything. Also, soccer goes hand in hand with your studies because it keeps you on a positive path and doesn't let you stray into bad stuff like drugs. From Christian Castillo - 2:37 pm Hey Cristian, I live in Pennsylvania and I am more Salvadoran than Pupusas! When I see the National Team play I feel great emotion and I've cried when I've heard the national anthem. How do you deal with that overwhelming emotion when you're on the field? From Juan Ramon Rivas Caceres - 12:36 pm I think it's a beautiful thing to represent your country. It has always been my dream to play for and represent my country. When you sing the national anthem in front of a packed stadium you get these chills that make you rise to the occasion and motivate you to face the challenges life brings. From Christian Castillo - 2:36 pm From San Miguel, El Salvador...what number are you going to wear Christian?From Enzo Araujo - 2:01 pm #12From Christian Castillo - 2:26 pm How do you think El Salvador will do against the US? How do you see the team? Are they prepared?From Wilson - 1:59 pm I'm hoping for a positive result for El Salvador but we know we're facing a strong team that is getting ready for the World Cup but hopefully it'll be a victory for the Salvadorans. From Christian Castillo - 2:26 pm What's your biggest dream in life and in your career as a soccer player? From guillermo munoz - 1:58 pm I think throughout your life you keep getting different opportunities. I would like to play in Europe someday, a big team like Barcelona. With hard work you can do so much.From Christian Castillo - 2:24 pm I've been following you since you were in Alianza and I've seen you score a lot of goals. Which has been your favorite? From manny - 1:54 pm There's many! The one I remember the most is the one I scored against the US with the National Team in that game we played at El Salvador.From Christian Castillo - 2:23 pm What do you expect from the Salvadoran fans in DC?From Adan - 1:49 pm The fans have shown me a lot of love here, every Salvadoran I run into tells me that they're going to the stadium and support me. I hope to represent my country as a Salvadoran. If the stadium is packed, it will help motivate us and get three points at home.From Christian Castillo - 2:22 pm Christian, do you think the National Team will qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil?From amilcar garcia - 1:42 pm Yes, I think there's a good chance we can if we keep up the hard work and the same group. We have a solid foundation and we can definitely qualify, we were close this year. From Christian Castillo - 2:20 pm Who would you like as the National Team coach? A Salvadoran or a foreigner? From jorge Luis - 1:37 pm The truth is Carlos de los Cobos did an excellent job. He made the National Team grow. Any coach that comes will have to motivate the players and the team, doesn't matter if he's Salvadoran or not. From Christian Castillo - 2:19 pm How old were you when you started playing and did you join an academy? From nelson - 1:22 pm I wasn't in any organized academy. I preferred playing street soccer, that's where it all started for me when I was 11 years old. At 16 I started playing professionally.From Christian Castillo - 2:18 pm If you got an offer from Spain, what team would you choose, Barcelona or Real Madrid? From rolando sánchez - 1:19 pm Barcelona!From Christian Castillo - 2:17 pm How do you see your role within the team? When you were brought one, did they tell you what they wanted from you, not only for the team but within the Salvadoran community? From Sebastian - 1:19 pm I know there's a big Salvadoran community here and for me it's a dream come true to play for a team with so much tradition as D.C. I'm just excited to know that so many people are going to come out to RFK Stadium and support me. From Christian Castillo - 2:16 pm Christian after the short time you've been practicing with D.C., what are your thoughts on the team? What are the differences in the way they play in the USA and in El Salvador? From elvis - 12:50 pm The difference is that soccer here is a lot more contact, a lot more physical, while in El Salvador it's a lot slower and more technical. Here it's a lot of strength. From Christian Castillo - 2:14 pm My question is what is your goal and what do you want in the future? From Oneyder - 4:37 pm First and foremost to enjoy the life that God has given me. I hope to play well and take full advantage of this opportunity. From Christian Castillo - 2:13 pm Do you think in the near future there will be Salvadoran players in Europe? From eduardo - 3:48 pm Yes, I think so, nothing is impossible. Just like the National Team has grown even though our country is small, I think we will have players in the European leagues.From Christian Castillo - 2:13 pm Welcome to D.C. United! Diaz Arce and Quintanilla were great players and legends here. What do you hope to do to leave your mark on this team and in the history of D.C. United? From bk2erth - 10:02 pm That's what I hope to do. I came to work hard and try to con tribute to this team. If things go well hopefully my name can me at the same level as Raul Diaz Arce and Eliseo Quintanilla here. From Christian Castillo - 2:11 pm How are you preparing for the new season with D.C. United? From joel ayala - 7:45 pm I've just been rehabbing a minor injury on my knee. Now I'm starting to train so I can be ready to paly. I'd been doing limited training for three days and just today I started training 100%. From Christian Castillo - 2:10 pm What players from the El Salvador National Team do you think could play in Major League Soccer?From Memo Ortiz - 5:30 pm I think there's a lot, five, seven, eight, there's a lot of players who have the talent to be playing in this league, like Manuel Salazar, Alfredo Pacheco and Alex Escobar.From Christian Castillo - 2:09 pm


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Addressing business and data security requirements worldwide. NYSE Euronext, one of the oldest financial institutions within the U.S., has seven equity platforms that make up their global organization. NYSE Euronext has more than 4500 companies listed with them on their New York floor, who have a combined presence in over 45 countries and a worth, in terms of capitalization, of $23 trillion. This makes them a target, so they are focused on ensuring their systems and infrastructure can meet the challenge.
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I did not hate vegetables when I was a kid. But I was not really fond of them either. I just did not have any special feeling about them. They were just there in every meals, as an essential dish in a traditional Chinese meal. And the ways that they were cooked by my mom were very similar; stir-fry plain by itself or with some meats, adding some soy sauce or oyster for seasoning, or adding salt only. Sometimes, my mom also liked to boil, not steam, the vegetables in some flavored broth or salted water. When they were tendered, just poured some soy sauce or oyster sauce on top. That is the quickest and easiest way to make cooked veggies Chinese style.
Not until the time that I lived by myself in Canada because my parents sometimes went back to their homeland to stay for an extended period of time that I started to cook for myself. I was so busy and lazy at that time that I skipped the veggie dish sometimes. But I found out very quickly that there was something missing in my diet. I felt that I did not have a full meal. When I started to make vegetable dish again, I realized how important it was. The natural sweetness from the juice of the vegetables are magical. They help me to feel refreshed and revitalized my body. From then on, I hardly ever skipped my vegetable dish again.
Even though I like almost all types of vegetables, zucchini is never my favorite kind. I do not like to eat them raw as salad and if making stir-fry with it, the flavor get buried with all the sauce and the meats. They are never the star of the dish. But once I explored outside Asian cooking, I began to like it more and more. The followings are two of my favorite zucchini recipes. Simple but delicious, with zucchini as the star of the dish.
The first one is a Mexican flavored Zucchini and Corn Saute. The cumin and cilantro greatly enhance the flavor of the zucchini, accompanying by sweet corns, every bite is filled with the sweetness and juiciness of these two vegetables. You can use frozen corns if you want to make it quicker. But fresh corn really makes a difference in the taste of this dish.
Corn and Zucchini Saute
Adapted from Gourmet, September 2004
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup sliced shallots (you can replaced it with scallions or onion)
1/2 tsp minced garlic
2 cups corn *
2 medium zucchini, quartered lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1/4″ thick pieces
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
salt and pepper
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Heat oil in a 12″ heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Add shallots, stir and cook until softened, about 3 mins. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 sec.Add zucchini and 1/4 tsp salt, stir and cook until zucchini is half cooked, about 4 mins, Add corn, cumin and cayenne, stir and continue to cook until zucchini are softened to a degree that you prefer, about 1 to 2 mins longer. Stir in cilantro. Adjust taste with salt and pepper.
*If using fresh corn, you can rinse the corn with water and wrap them in saran wrap. Microwave for 2 to 3 mins. Then cut out the corn.
The second dish is even more easier. It is a great side dish for meat or fish. The recipe is originally from Martha Stewart Everyday Food magazine but I forgot which issue it is. As with lots of other recipes in this magazine, you follow the instruction once and then do not need the recipe anymore. Here is my adaptation of the recipe.
Zucchini and Dill
Adapted from Martha Stewart Everyday Food
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 medium zucchini, cut crosswise into 2 halves; cut lengthwise into strips of about 1/2″ wide
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp or more fresh dills, chopped
Heat oil in a 10″ skillet over medium heat. Add zucchini strips and a pinch of salt, cook until golden brown on all sides, flip occasionally, about 6 to 8 mins.
Add lemon juice and fresh dills, toss and cook for another minute. Season with salt and pepper to taste. I usually add quite a bit of salt to balance the lemony taste.


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Whose voice says "You've got mail" on AOL?
Dear Straight Dope:
Whose voice is that on AOL telling subscribers "You've got mail," etc.?
This answer comes from our friend Jon, who knows about these things:
The voice is that of a guy by the name of Elwood Edwards, who does professional voice-overs. (Presumably he was doing these before becoming anonymously famous, but since his identity has become public, he's apparently getting quite a bit of work.)
Back in the old days, before AOL released version 1.0 of their software, Edwards - a friend of an AOL employee - recorded the "Welcome," "File's Done," "Goodbye," and the grammatically inadequate "You've Got Mail" sounds for the company.
Edwards remained mostly unknown until Wired Magazine - in their forum on AOL - revealed his identity in 1995, as well as providing users several gag sounds, recorded by Edwards, which they could use to replace the familiar voiceovers. News reports announcing AOL's celebrity "Welcome" promotion early this year further publicized Edwards' contribution to American pop culture... such as it is.


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CLEVELAND -- A woman escaped an early morning house fire thanks to the help of two quick-thinking sanitation workers.
The fire at the house on West 25th Street near Myers trapped the woman on the top floor.
Workers with Waste Management were in the area and called 911 just after 6 a.m.. The workers then used their garbage truck to help rescue the woman. The woman escaped the burning house by jumping onto the top of the truck.
The woman has been taken to Metro where we're told she is in stable condition.
The Waste Management workers were not hurt.
Fire investigators will determine the cause of the fire.


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Assistant Coach Josh Buis '01 Celebrates Division II National Football Championship
December 24, 2005
December 24, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - "No matter where he has gone, Josh Buis has left an impression that will not be forgotten," begins a story in Greencastle's Banner-Graphic on Buis, running backs coach and recruitment coordinator at Grand Valley State University in Michigan and 2001 DePauw University graduate. "One week ago he accomplished something that every collegiate coach hopes to do -- win a national championship. GVSU brought home the NCAA Division II football championship last Saturday for the third time in five years and it was one of the greatest moments that Buis has ever experienced as a coach."
He tells the newspaper, "It was a great feeling sharing that moment with 100 guys on that field who poured their hearts into that game." Buis was a graduate assistant on Northwestern University's football team while he worked on his master's degree and was on the sidelines with the Wildcats in the 2003 Motor City Bowl. "I'm only 27 and I have accomplished things that coaches who have been coaching for 30 years haven't done," he says. "I've coached in a major college bowl and have won a national championship."
Buis says that DePauw's now-retired head football coach "Nick Mourouzis is the number one reason I am a football coach besides my family. Nick is like second father to me and he recruited me from South Putnam. He took me under his wing and taught me a lot, and if there is anything I took from DePauw it is how to coach. He also taught me how to balance everything between me being a coach and my family."
Mourouzis (seen at left) tells the Banner-Graphic, "After his first year coaching, he showed things on a chalk board and I was amazed at the knowledge that he had learned in a short time. Josh started out as a defensive back for us, then moved to center where he led the offensive line, knowing all the blocking assignments, and he was a captain his senior year. He was a true leader... I am proud of him. He was like a son to me, and he could handle a head coach's position. He has coached the offensive line, defensive line and the backs, and the experience he received is what he needed."
Buis was a three-year letterman at DePauw and earned All-SCAC and Academic All-SCAC honors during his career. Read the complete story at the newspaper's Web site.Back


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Of the top five markets for TV ratings through three days of the Olympics, four are winter sports havens and one is just south of Vancouver.
Here they are:
1. Milwaukee (23.9 percent of households)
2. Seattle (22.7)
3. Denver (22.6)
4. Minneapolis (22.0)
5. Salt Lake City (21.7)
New York is 40th of the 55 markets measured at 16.0.
New Orleans is last at 10.4.
The Super Bowl party apparently hasn't stopped yet.
NBC should have a strong ratings night Monday, with the men's downhill and the long program of the pairs figure skating on tap.
I am mired in my worst case of mid-February doldrums ever and could use some sports excitement.
Maybe Bode Miller will win a bronze medal or something tonight. You never know. Could happen.


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Today, we had a quick overview with Mr. 'Tomasz Dominiak'; Project Manager / CEO of Talk.io in Warsaw.
Talk.io (http://www.talk.io) is a new product designed for anyone who wants to break free from inner social circles and meet some new people. In general, it is an internet chat application, that takes on an up-to-date form. With extensive social networks integration for the best possible matching algorithms, Talk.io takes users outside their inner social circle and makes new connections.
Talk.io is a product for all people ready to build new connections. Existing social networks (e.g. Facebook or Google+) prefer users' activity within existing circles of friends. What is more, they expect a continuous display of their true identity. Both of these features restrict the freedom of making completely new, valuable contacts.
There is something alluring about meeting new people in chat rooms. In order to take advantage of this potential Talk.io offers an up-to-date and much more cooler internet chat application.
Talk.io is a product for all people ready to build new connections. Existing social networks (e.g. Facebook or Google+) prefer users' activity within existing circles of friends. What is more, they expect a continuous display of their true identity. Both of these features restrict the freedom of making completely new, valuable contacts.
Talk.io integrates social networks to find the best matching algorithms to create a fun way to meet new people outside their inner social circle. It is also characterized by simplicity and a hassle-free entry to its main chat features such as searching for new people and holding conversations. Users don't have to be registered to send chat invites to each other and have a chinwag with them, everything is done in a simple and convenient way. Talk.io project manager Tomasz Dominiak says "Talk.io offers a touch of novelty to chatting with random people."
Thanks to Talk.io people can experience a sense of online serendipity when they meet people from around the world who have similar interests. One of the most fun features of talk.io is creating an online identity (fake ones are totally cool too). But users can upload an image, pick a nickname, specify a gender and an age, and start getting connected to their serendipitous internet friends.
Users can integrate Talk.io account with their accounts on social networking services (Facebook, YouTube, Last.fm, Foursquare, Linkedin). Data collected from these services helps in assigning a user to groups of interest on talk.io, where they can find similar people. Extensive integration with Facebook is another important feature. If one talk.io user is online on Facebook, they're on talk.io too.
Talk.io wants to fill the gap left by the largest social networking platforms (such as Facebook and Google+). The area from which talk.io wants to carve out a piece of the pie for itself revolves around the natural need of meeting new people. In the five months since the launch of the Talk.io service won more than 500 000 unique monthly visitors and over 25 000 active users (people that carry on conversations). Tomasz Dominiak claims:
"We follow a Lean Startup methodology and the site is currently kicking it MVP-style with only the most important functionalities available to see what users think. The planned development of Talk.io is primarily concerned with developing mobile applications and taking Talk.io to a more global level."


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Russian warplanes were sited off the coast of Alaska and California on the 4th of July.
The warplanes were probing US defenses twice. US F15s and F20s were forced to scramble as a result of the incidents.
This came the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin called Barack Obama to wish him a happy Independence Day.
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Thanks Nova, glad you liked it.
Excellent.....for solving & pure enjoyment. Thanks, Robbie.
That is all that matters PK, thanks.
Thanks Robbie didn't make the board but had fun solving....
Thanks JC, worth all the laughs!
Loved both of your large leaf puzzles, Robbie! LOL!
Thanks bentleyd, I guess I caught it at the right time!I know what you mean dondi, I chose 20 count only to allow people to move on to other puzzles and comments. I try to keep up with everyone's puzzles but it is a losing battle. There are so many jigidi friends it is impossible. I don't understand any photo or computer talk, I think we have a 22" Mac and that is plenty for what I do. I would like to do more large puzzles, but then time comes into the factor. Thanks.
Beautiful Robbie. Looks so fresh with the water drops. Thanks
Thanks, Robbie. I too like to do puzzles with an intermediate number of pieces (I like larger numbers, too, but they simply take longer than I'm willing to allow most of the time). This works very well, with the several background areas, the vein pattern and all the shades of green. Also, the larger-number puzzles seem to display the final picture larger than the lower-number puzzles (at least in the new system, and assuming you posted a picture larger than 1024x768). On my 27-inch iMac, that makes a difference, and I have plenty of screen real estate to spread the pieces out.I think some people select for the puzzle size when they're looking at Jigidi; I post most of my puzzles in two sizes, and find that the higher-count version will typically generate 1/2 to 2/3 of the number of solves as the lower-count, and on certain types of puzzles, the large count outscores the lower-count.
You're welcome Jana.
Beautiful color, thank you Robbie
Hi JoanL, if you are asking if this is a purslane plant, no, it is called a Baygrape leaf.Glad you liked it David, I cannot believe 99 solves , it shows how diverse we all are. I had fun with you as usual, thanks.Hi OM, yes I did and thanks very much. A year ago I wouldn't have thought to even try this!!
Did you take this photo, Robbie? If you did, you need to stay away from Jigidi for a while and spend more time taking more photos like this terrific one!
Woo-hooo! Thanks, Robbie that was a trip. Very nice to use that pattern of veins and the color contrast for a quick getaway. And it is still a very handsome photo. Thanks a bunch.


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As a senior at Texas-Permian Basin this spring, Basom earned first-team all-Heartland Conference honors after batting .354 with 12 home runs, 22 doubles, 44 RBIs and 44 runs scored. He led the Falcons in homers and doubles and also boasted a .998 fielding percentage, committing only error in 498 chances.
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Final Score: Doncaster Rovers 3 Hartlepool United 0
ELEVEN games to go, eleven cup finals. And Hartlepool United could do with winning seven of them to probably stay in League One.
Losing at Doncaster on Saturday was, in the grand scheme of things, an affordable reverse.
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But defeat to Colchester tomorrow night or Oldham a week tomorrow would make the situation a lot less appealing.
Tomorrow's match is Pools' game in hand on their rivals - they sit eight points short of both Scunthorpe and the Us, six shy of Oldham.
Pools went to South Yorkshire unbeaten in seven games, but were brushed off by the League One leaders.
Doncaster were steady without being spectacular, while John Hughes' side were a shadow of the team who had won their three previous games.
On an excuse of a pitch - covering the surface a few weeks ago to get a game on in frozen conditions killed the grass - Pools never got going.
The verve and purpose they have played with of late just wasn't there and Hughes wondered how much the recent level of displays has taken out of his players.
They need to regain that panache and momentum for tomorrow.
"The Doncaster result is already behind us - it has to be,'' he declared.
"On a pitch like that we should have turned it into a right fight and a battle and have no embarrassment doing it.
"I just felt we didn't play with the energy we did on Tuesday, which was disappointing. Doncaster were worthy winners.
"We need to use the disappointment as fuel going into Tuesday.
"Maybe in the cold light of day one or two of them will say 'I'm better than what I showed there'.
"You can channel that for Tuesday.''
He added: "I'm reluctant to be critical of them but I ask was there the same effort and commitment which was there on Tuesday night (against Crewe)?
"Did Tuesday take too much out of them? If I say that it gives them an excuse.
"There cannot be any excuses between now and the end of the season.''
The way Pools defended as a unit for the opening goal was inexcusable.
Rob Jones was solid throughout and he let Charlie Wyke know who was in charge from the opening minutes. He brought the ball out of defence without a challenge and rolled it into the feet of Iain Hume.
The striker dropped deep, turned and went at goal. As he turned to catch the defence off-guard things opened up for him to roll a shot into the bottom corner.
For a team that plays with a compact midfield, without much width to really stretch the play, the fact that the ball travelled from one end of the field to the other along the deck was especially galling.
Wyke lost his marker from a corner and nodded over the bar at the start of the second-half, as clear a chance as Pools had until that point.
Three minutes later Rovers made it two. Dave Cotterill played more advanced after the break and he roamed across field in possession. The ball was played into James Coppinger, who pushed a low finish across Flinders.
Two changes were made by Hughes to try and engineer some improvement - and perhaps keep James Poole and Jon Franks fresh for tomorrow.
One of the subs, Steve Howard, nodded across goal from a deep Horwood ball and Wyke might have turned it in if he had dived to try and connect.
But Rovers completed the win when Billy Paynter peeled off at the far post to arc his header past Scott Flinders.
"We can't afford any more like that,'' admitted Hughes. "It was flat.
"We needed to go and have a right go at them.
"I thought before they scored the goal we were working our way into the game, but the goal knocked us.
"It's hard to keep asking them to go back into the well and find more - but this time of the season that's what you've got to do. You have to find that motivation to say 'I'm going to lead from the front'.''
Pools, backed by 850 fans, were without Simon Walton, the midfielder kept out with a hamstring strain. He is expected to be fit for tomorrow and Pools certainly missed his influence.
"I haven't got many options to make changes, that's why I'm desperate to keep everyone injury free,'' added Hughes. "I've been in this situation before and the experienced players usually serve you well.
"We need to keep that with the younger lads coming on to give us energy.
"Let's not lose sight of where we were at Christmas. We're still giving ourselves a fighting chance. We can't feel sorry for ourselves. Let's put this result right on Tuesday.''
1-0: Hume (35, dropped deep to take a pass, turned, ran at the defence and finished low)
2-0: Coppinger (55, slow, low angled effort across goal from the left side)
3-0: Payner (81, powerful header from eight yards after meeting an inviting left wing cross from Husband)
Booking: Wyke (90, foul)
Referee: Stephen Bratt (Walsall): Kept his cards in his pocket when other referees would have dished out four yellows 7
Attendance: 7,457
Entertainment: 2/5
DONCASTER ROVERS (4-4-2): Woods 6; Quinn 6, Jones 8, McCombe 7, Spurr 6; COTTERILL 8 (Bennett 85), Sykes 6, Lundstram 7, Husband 7; Coppinger 6, Hume 7 (Paynter 63, 6). Subs (not used): Maxted, Sinclair, Harper, Wakefield, Ball.
7 Flinders: Called into action plenty of times in the second half and kept the score down;
6 Austin: Pressed back and unable to get forward as much as he needs to in Pools' narrow formation
6 Collins: Switched on and, while he might have got tighter to Coppinger for the second goal, was generally firm
5 Hartley: Always seemed uneasy and didn't play with the authority he has been doing of late
5 Horwood: As he pushed forward in the second half, Rovers picked off the space left behind him to attack;
6 Baldwin: On a pudding of a pitch, he showed his ability to pass the ball with confidence and simplicity
6 Humphreys: Busy in the holding role while sitting deep in front of the back four
5 Monkhouse: Saw his share of the ball when Pools had it, but would have wanted to make more of an impact on his first start in a while;
5 Franks: Had an early shot bounce wide, but wasn't able to run at the defence with the ball at his feet like he has been doing
5 Poole: Always on the edge of the game, was always closed down and couldn't use the ball well when he had it;
5 Wyke: Snuffed out by Jones at the back, he put a free header over the bar from a corner when Pools were one-down.
James (for Franks 59): Took up a spot on the right side, but didn't make much impact 5
Howard (for Poole 59): Put a header wide beyond the far post which could have made a difference at 2-0 5
(not used): McHugh (gk), Walker, Luscombe, Holden, Rutherford.
DAVE COTTERILL - when Rovers stepped up a gear in the second half, he was their architect.


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I am new to Linux Mint and love it. I am using LM 4.0 KDE CE. My question concerns CPU throttling. I know this has been brought up on this forum before, and on others, I just can't seem to find a straight solution. After reading the posts on this forum, and this: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_ma ... .6_Kernels
I'm left confused. Does LM 4.0 KDE CE have CPU throttling built-in? Like out of the box the kernel does the job, or do I need to use Kpowersave? Or is Kpowersave just a way for the user to control it? I tried out Kpowersave save but it won't work. I read that there's a workaround here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_ma ... .6_Kernels
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my celeron m susposidly supports throttling in windows. Although, each time I try to run them applets and such, I get errors too.
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With four of his five official visits already completed, four-star tight end Jack Tabb of Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic, may be a few days away from putting an end to his recruiting process. However, a late push by a new program, which may offer this week, could extend his process into January.
Tabb has already taken four official visits, but it's the attention he has recently received from a new program that currently has his attention.
"I might take a visit to Miami, if they end up offering," said Tabb. "If not, I was actually hoping to commit this week before the holiday."
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Coach Al Golden stopped by Red Bank Catholic last week to check on Tabb.
"It went very well," said Tabb. "I really like him a lot. He actually went to my high school, so I've heard a lot of great things about him. It was great to finally meet him. He said that he is in the process of going through his recruiting board and will get back to me."
If Miami does not come through with an offer this week, Tabb is likely down to his final five.
"It'll be between Michigan, North Carolina, Iowa, Arkansas and Rutgers, if Miami isn't involved," said Tabb, who gave his thoughts on Rutgers, considering he has not planned an official visit there. "I've been up there multiple times and I know what it's about, so I'll go on the official if I do commit."
With the four schools that he has already taken a visit to, he gave his thoughts on why they have made his final cut.
Michigan: "I really like the coaches, but I really like the prestige of the schools. It's an awesome university and has awesome football."
North Carolina: "I also really like the coaching staff. It's an awesome area with up and coming football and a great broadcasting program, which is what I want to major in."
Iowa: "I like Iowa because it is a hard-nosed program with an awesome coach. They just get the job done."
Arkansas: "I really like how the tight end is used. DJ Williams won the Mackey Award, so they are doing something right."
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I ordered a few of the SBT to try since the fiance (soon to be husband!!! OMG I'M GETTING MARRIED IN ONE DAY!!) and I both really like iced tea. There was a bit of an ordeal getting these. Our mail carrier didn't deliver these because "no one was home" in order to receive the package. um, wait, we were home all day! We didn't get the slip stating that the package wasn't delivered though. I only found out because I checked the tracking knowing that it was supposed to arrive. ugh.
On to the tea though! I was really nervous to brew this up due to some of the "brewing mishap" reviews I've read regarding this tea series. I measured out the two quarts into my pitcher, and then transferred about 2 1/2 cups of that to a pot on the stove. Covering the pot I brought the water just to a boil, shut off the burner, added the bag of tea, and started my timer. Two minutes and 50 seconds later I fished out the bag, and poured the tea from the pot to my pitcher. Set in the fridge and wait until cold!
The dry tea had hints of a creaminess to it, but I wasn't really getting anything else. Brewed up there is definitely a creamy vanilla scent going on. Taste-wise it's an enjoyable base, smooth. I am just not getting coconut cream pie. I really really really wanted coconut cream pie. Added some home-made simple syrup to make it a sweet iced tea. Again really lovely, just not what I was expecting/hoping for.
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JOSEPH West, an under-14 cyclist from Haygrove School in Bridgwater, took part in a national series of races over the weekend at Milton Keynes.
This was Joseph's first racing experience at national level, and after getting caught up behind a couple of early accidents he fought his way back into the leading group and then went off the front to lead the last lap until the final 50 metres when he was caught by the chasing group.
This was a strong first attempt at national level racing.
Joseph is also lying in third place in the southern region track (velodrome) series with one more meeting to go.
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Retiring overseas may seem like a warm and relaxing way to spend your golden years, but if you want to retire to any one of 120 destinations, including Canada, the Caribbean and Australia, you will pay a massive and utterly unfair price - you will have your state pension frozen, and it will gradually become worth less and less as you see inflation destroy it.
So why is this happening, and how can it be fair?
Unfair pensionsThe issue depends entirely on where you retire to. Around 5.3% of all pensioners (635,300 of them) have retired to Europe, the US or any one of 40 countries which have an agreement with the UK. It means their pensions increase in exactly the same way as if they lived in the UK.
It's the 4.4% of pensioners (55,750 of them) who retired to Commonwealth countries and elsewhere who have had their state pensions frozen at the rate it was paid at on the day they left. The five affected countries where British ex-pats are most likely to live are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and India.
Clearly this is a ridiculous anomaly. All the pensioners are paid an income that depends on the number of years they paid National Insurance between the ages of 16 and retirement. They all paid at the same rate, so it's clearly wrong that they should have pensions paid out at different rates.
Why?The source of the problem is that those countries which do uprate pensions in line with inflation do so because of legislation, which is renewed every year. It's this same legislation that means they are still entitled to their Winter Fuel Payment every year - despite the fact that many of them are living in dramatically warmer climes. Those countries which don't uprate the pension simply don't have the legislation.
There have been a number of legal challenges by campaigners, but after fighting through the British and European courts, last year their appeal in Europe failed and they are back to raising awareness and putting pressure on the government. Last week the International Consortium of British Pensioners stepped up their campaign for fairness, by launching a Pension Justice website.
They say that half of all people between the ages of 45 and retirement would like to move overseas after retirement, but 62% of them don't know that their pensions will be frozen if they move somewhere without an agreement.
The Runnymede Trust has argued that the situation discriminates particularly against those who were encouraged to move to the UK from the Commonwealth in order to help rebuild the country after the second world war. They are being punished once they retire to their country of origin.
Mark Bodega, Director at currency broker HiFX comments "The cost of living for expats receiving a fixed income in sterling has already shot up in the last few years as sterling has depreciated. So the fact that their income does not rise in line with inflation as it does for pensioners in the UK is a double blow for hundreds of thousands of pensioners who are already struggling".
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If you are struck by the unfairness, the Consortium is also calling on people to sign its e-petition. At the moment there are just under 20,000 signatures, and it needs 100,000 by September in order to have the issue debated in parliament.


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So since I hardly ever post in here, I guess it's about time I started. Flipinidaho and I headed up into the trees for an epicish ride. Part of our ride included some small, doable (like as in I can do them) logs and stuff. Its very fun and a great place to ride when we need a change of scenery from the lower foothills. So anyways, heres some pictures of us messing around on our Yetis.
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Heavyweights prepare to do battle
SHANGHAI -- Come for Ronaldinho, stay for Gervinho. That is the message that emerges as the men's Olympic soccer tournament heads into the knockout stages.
From a team standpoint, there have been few surprises. Every single favorite in the competition -- with the exception of Serbia -- progressed, with the Ivory Coast deservedly taking its place among the tournament's elite. That means some heavyweight matchups now dot the quarterfinal horizon, including the resumption of a classic rivalry, and an all-West African battle.
Brazil vs. Cameroon
In perhaps the most intriguing matchup of the round, the Auriverde will take on the Indomitable Lions in Shenyang. Brazil's offense has been the most prolific in the tournament with nine goals, but it's worth noting that eight of those tallies came against weak sisters New Zealand and China. When forced to go up against an organized side in Belgium, Brazil huffed and puffed, failing to reach a breakthrough until the Little Devils' Vincent Kompany was sent off.
In Cameroon, Brazil faces a side that is also tough on defense, one that shackled Italy's high octane attack in a 0-0 tie on Wednesday, despite playing the last 58 minutes a man short. The key matchup will see Cameroon's back line, one marshaled by Andre Bikey, going up against Brazil's attacking triumvirate of Ronaldinho, Alexandre Pato and Diego.
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Brazil vs. Cameroon
Shenyan, China
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Italy vs. Belgium
Beijing, China
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Argentina vs. Netherlands
Shanghai, China
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Nigeria vs. Ivory Coast
Qinhuangdao, China
9 a.m. ET
In attack, Cameroon has struggled, and looks to get Stephane Mbia and Aurelien Chedjou back on track. Brazil's defense is one of two in the tournament that has yet to concede a goal, making Saturday's match even more of an uphill climb for the Indomitable Lions'.
Argentina vs. Netherlands
The two combatants, who have staged so many memorable encounters at the World Cup, resume their rivalry Saturday in Shanghai. And while both teams entered the tournament among the favorites, both sides have yet to hit their stride.
Despite having the incomparable talents of Messi and Juan Roman Riquelme at their disposal, the Albiceleste have done just enough to win all of their games, although this is largely due to the difficulty of their group. The sense is that Argentina is more than capable of taking their game up another notch or two.
The Netherlands meanwhile made hard work of earning the second spot in Group B, and were it not for Gerald Sibon's late goals against the U.S. and Japan, the Dutch would be heading home.
But qualify Netherlands did, and it looks to unleash the likes of Ryan Babel and the recovering Roy Makaay. The bigger question is: Can the Netherlands defend well enough to contain Argentina's embarrassment of riches in attack, one that also includes Sergio Aguero? Also on the minds of the Dutch will be trying to get players like Hedwiges Maduro and Royston Drenthe to rescale the lofty heights of last summer, when Netherlands claimed the European U-21 championship.
Nigeria vs. Ivory Coast
The two West African rivals face off in Qinhuangdao, with Ivory Coast actually looking sharper than its neighbors during the group stage. The Ivorians' creative hub, Gervinho, has been in scintillating form throughout the competition, feeding the likes of Sekou Cisse and Salomon Kalou.
Nigeria prevailed in arguably the toughest group of the tournament, and with forward Victor Obinna peaking at the right time, the Super Eaglets have a player capable of winning the match on his own. Head coach Samson Siasia also welcomes back defenders Onyekachi Apam and Olubayo Ademfi from the suspended list, thus improving the team's chances of stifling Ivory Coast's attack.
One interesting battle that figures to emerge is between the respective teams' holding midfielders; Nigeria's Sani Kaita and Ivory Coast's Kafoumba Coulibaly. Both offer an imposing physical presence while being adept at playing the simple ball. Whichever man can impose his will on the midfield largely determines which team carries the day.
Italy vs. Belgium
This all-European affair to be held in Beijing appears to be something of a mismatch. Italy has been one of the class teams of the tournament so far, and their attack, with the diminutive Giovinco pulling the strings for Giuseppe Rossi and Riccardo Montolivo, looks to be too much for the Little Devils to contend with.
Belgium has done well to reach the quarterfinals after losing its opening match to Brazil, but the fact that lynchpin defender Kompany has been recalled by club side Hamburg is a huge loss. It's not the first time that Belgium has had to cope without Kompany however, as the Hamburg man was sent off in the team's opener.
Fortunately Thomas Vermaelen has picked up the slack for his absent teammate, and he'll need to deliver another sharp performance if Belgium is to have any chance of springing an upset. The onus also is on attackers Maarten Martens and Moussa Dembele, as well as midfielder Jan Vertonghen to try and crack an Italian defense that has yet to concede a goal in the tournament.
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Pohren is 'coming into his own'Washington's 120-pounder is currently 12-1 this season
Washington 120-pounder Tristan Pohren has been anxiously waiting for the holiday break to end.
When the undefeated Demons travel to Fort Madison tonight for a key Southeast Conference dual meet, Pohren will have a chance to avenge his lone loss of the season. Pohren suffered a 5-3 loss to Fort Madison's Chase Seaney, who is ranked ninth in Class 3A, in the finals of the Mediapolis tournament on Dec. 8.
"That's my first match back, and I've just been training hard to get my revenge and beat him," Pohren said.
The loss to Seaney is the lone blemish of Pohren's season so far. At 12-1 this season, Pohren is off to the best start of his career.
"He's kind of coming into his own this year," Washington head coach Brent Van Weelden said.
He sure is. Besides the loss to Seaney, Pohren has been dominant. He's outscored his opponents 77-13 this season while winning seven matches by fall, one by technical fall and two by major decision.
"He's very hard to score on," said Washington 113-pounder Fletcher Green, who wrestles against Pohren every day in practice. "He takes advantage of every little opportunity."
But Pohren hasn't always been this dominant. His freshman year, stuck behind several other 103-pounders, he wrestled just five varsity matches and went 2-3 — although he went 20-0 in junior varsity bouts. He got his first real chance to wrestle varsity last season as a sophomore and went 34-13 and was a sectional champion at 113 pounds. However, he finished third at districts and just missed a chance to go to state.
But he worked hard in the offseason to improve his technique, and it's paid off so far this season.
"I think he's more confident than he's been in the past," Van Weelden said. "He did a lot of work in the offseason. He went to camps with us and went to some camps on his own, which obviously paid big dividends."
Pohren worked hard in the offseason to shore up the glaring weakness in his technique — he'd never been a good wrestler on his feet.
"I used to like to go on top because I felt better on top than on my feet, but I feel comfortable on my feet now," Pohren said.
The improvement Pohren has made since his freshman season is remarkable.
"It's ridiculous. He's gotten so much better," Green said. "I'm not trying to sound cocky or anything, but freshman year it wasn't even close between him and me. Now we're beating each other up every day head to head. He's gotten so much better. It's great to have a partner like him. I basically wrestle somebody better in practice than I'm ever going to wrestle in a meet."
Wrestling against Green, a two-time state qualifier who is currently ranked sixth in Class 2A at 113 pounds, has helped mold Pohren into the wrestler he is today.
"Fletcher is the reason I'm wrestling better than I was," Pohren said. "He pushes me every day. He's a great wrestler."
As iron sharpens iron, so Pohren and Green make each other better. Green, like Pohren, is also 12-1 this season.
"Usually what you see in a room is if you have a good 120-pounder, you probably have a good 113- or 126-pounder as well. They kind of go hand in hand," Van Weelden said. "They've been workout partners their whole lives."
Pohren, the son of Tom Pohren and Erin Brown, began wrestling in kindergarten. And now, having the best season of his career, he has some big goals.
"I want to make it to state, win a match at state, and try to place," he said.
But before Pohren can take his place on the medal stand inside Wells Fargo Arena, he'll try to get his revenge against Fort Madison's Seaney tonight.


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Editorial: How are we doing, Rosemount?
The start of a new year is a good time for reflection, and here at the Town Pages we've got a lot to be happy about as we look back at the year that's just gone by.
Back in January we collected a nice pile of awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association and in September we got a boatload more from the National Newspaper Association, including one for first place overall in our circulation category. We finished just ahead of the Farmington paper we put out each week from the same office.
In other words, we're pretty darn happy with the newspaper we put out every week here at the Town Pages. We hope you are too.
But we know there are areas where we can improve.
We've already had some conversations in the office about what we do well and what we can do better. But we want to hear from you, too.
What is it that keeps you reading the Town Pages each week? Is there anything we do that nearly drives you away? Are there types of stories or special features you'd like to see more frequently? Or things we don't do that you think we should? Are there things we do you'd like to see cut back or eliminated altogether?
In the rush of putting out a newspaper every week we sometimes forget to step back and ask people how they think we're doing. We think we do a pretty good job bringing our readers a mix of what they need and what they want. But the only concrete proof of that is the fact there are still people out there willing to pay for the paper every week. The only way to know for sure how we're doing is for you to tell us.
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Weiners, Weiners… time for the weiners.
Weiners of the WD-40 giveaway. And like I said in the announcement post, the grand weiners will be awarded the Now&Then two pack of WD-40 and a baseball hat. A hat that looks darlin on babies 🙂
And the smaller weiners will be getting the No Mess pens. It's like a bleach pen but instead of ruining your blouse, it will degrease your squeeky doors. and do 2000+ other things.
But I did lie. We won't be having two weiners for each catagory. Nope. Color me a big fat liar. The truth is that we will have THREE weiners! EXTRA WEINERS! Everybody loves more weiners!
And now to tell ya who our SIX weiners are….and all the stuff they loved in a can.
our grand prize weiners are:
Jen N. loves Dr. P….definitely.
Melissa who loves spray paint…no contest.
Elaine digs reddi whip and pillsbury croissants. I am with you on that sistah.
and our no-mess pen weiners are:
My girl Cait loves her some Coca Cola Classic and then opens a can of SPF 45.
Isabell can't get enough Coke, corn, spraypaint and brown beans. Interesting combo.
And last but not least is Kylee who likes to be lubed up with Diet Coke.
Be on the lookout for an email from me folks. And yes, ten thousand points if you can tell me how many times I said 'weiners' without scrolling back to look 🙂 And a special thanks to the fine folks at WD-40 who made this giveaway possible.


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Damon hopes bullpen remains strong
Damon hopes bullpen remains strong
Instead, Chamberlain made his Major League starting debut on Tuesday for the Yankees, spending 62 pitches to get seven outs against a patient Blue Jays lineup. One day later, Damon was among the first players to voice concern that the Chamberlain move may hurt the Yankees in the short term.
"That's what we're going to go with, and it's going to help our team in the long run," Damon said. "In the short run, we have to try to find a way to get the ball to Mariano [Rivera]. Simple as that.
"Yeah, we could've used that on the last road trip, no doubt about it. Could we have won those games? Maybe."
The Yankees went 3-4 on their trip to Baltimore and Minnesota, and speaking before Thursday's 9-8 Yankees win over the Blue Jays, Damon reiterated some of the comments he made to the New York Daily News.
In print, he said that the Yankees' bullpen had been one of the team's biggest strengths coming out of Spring Training. Now that Chamberlain has been removed from the mix, the depth has been depleted.
Most recently, right-hander Kyle Farnsworth was charged with a loss when he allowed a go-ahead hit pitching the eighth inning in a June 2 game at Minnesota. LaTroy Hawkins was also charged with a loss on May 27 at Baltimore, an extra-innings loss that some believe may have turned out differently if Chamberlain were available.
"I want to know the games that we sacrificed by doing what we did," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Everyone's assuming that we would have won that game in Baltimore had we had Joba in the bullpen that night. You'd be pretty smart if you know that.
"You're still getting innings out of Joba. You may have got one inning out of him in the eighth, but then you're talking about a different starting pitcher. We still got 2 1/3 innings out of him, which is more than we usually get out of him, so I don't feel that you're making a sacrifice."
Asked if the move somewhat sacrifices the Yankees' 2008 season in favor of the future, Damon said, "I sure as heck hope not. I think we have enough talent here to get back to the playoffs. We do have a better division this year, and we need to hang around, stay as close as possible until we figure out who's going to bridge the gap to Mariano."
Girardi said that he had not heard or read Damon's comments, but he bristled at the idea that Chamberlain's absence from the bullpen is weakening the team.
"So much has been made during this transition of us losing games because of our bullpen, and I don't necessarily agree with that," Girardi said. "I think we've lost games because we've had opportunities and we haven't taken advantage of opportunities.
"By moving Joba to the rotation, we feel that we're really strengthening our rotation. To me, to have a chance to win a game usually, you have to get a good start. It's the organization's belief and it's my belief that this is the best move for the club."
Chamberlain's big league debut was cut short in large part by the 41-pitch first inning Toronto worked, even though Chamberlain pinned the bases loaded and allowed just one run. In his next start, on Sunday against Kansas City, Chamberlain is expected to get a bump of about 15 pitches added to his count, but he still may be forced to work aggressively because of the need to get deeper into the game.
"I think teams realize he's on a pitch count," Damon said. "Joba's a guy who strikes guys out, so his pitch count [is] going to get up a bit higher than, say a [Chien-Ming] Wang or [Andy] Pettitte, or the guy who uses his pitches most effectively in this league, Roy Halladay.
"Teams know about the pitch count, but Joba's going to learn how to pitch to contact and realize that hopefully he doesn't get hurt with it."
In the third year of a four-year deal with the Yankees, Damon has made little secret of his desire to win a World Series in New York, but it is a fair question to wonder if the Yankees' chances of accomplishing that goal in '08 would be better with Chamberlain in the bullpen.
That, the Yankees have said, is not an option. Damon said that players as a whole would need to "strap it on" and get it done with the landscape that remains.
"We knew how good Joba was in the eighth inning, probably the best in the game," Damon said. "So now we have to mix things up a bit, use a couple of guys there. We should be a good enough team that it shouldn't matter."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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World design is great, especially how artistic it is (just like GW1). The cities are IMMENSE - it's really hard to describe the scale… suffice it to say that waypoints were implemented in each province to get around - and it can still be a trek to get back from a defeat. Persistent world.


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Prolific kicker John Kasay retires as a Carolina Panther | NFL
Kicker John Kasay signed a one-day contract so he could retire as a Carolina Panther. Kasay kicked for the Seahawks from 1991 through the 1994 season.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — John Kasay retired as a Carolina Panther on Tuesday, a fitting end for a kicker who played in more games than anyone in franchise history.
Kasay, 43, signed a one-day contract, then spoke to media at a reception attended by his family, members of the Panthers' front office and several former teammates.
"I've been to these and lots of times they come off more like funerals than they do celebrations. And it really is (a celebration)," Kasay said after opening remarks from Panthers owner Jerry Richardson.
"I told Mr. Richardson the reason I wanted to do this is simply I can't write 70,000 thank-you notes. I wish that I could. But this is my feeble attempt to tell everybody thank you."
Kasay kicked for the Seahawks — who drafted him out of Georgia — from 1991 through the 1994 season. He was with the Panthers from 1995 until being released before the 2011 season and kicked for New Orleans that season. He was out of the league last season.
Kasay ranks sixth in NFL history with 461 field goals and eighth with 1,970 points. He is tied for second all time in field goals of 50 yards or longer with 42.
Kasay holds more than 20 team records, and his 221 games with Carolina are the most in franchise history.
Kasay recently was named athletic director at Charlotte Christian, a private school where two of his children are enrolled.
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WESTLAKE, Ohio — Embarrassed by a federal investigation of fraud inside his truck-stop company, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam apologized to Cleveland fans and promised to bring the city a winning team.
Haslam, who purchased the Browns last year from Randy Lerner, was the featured speaker at a scholar-athlete banquet. It was one of Haslam's first public appearances in Ohio since the FBI raided the headquarters of Pilot Flying J, his family's business, last month as part of an investigation into an alleged fraud scheme.
From a dais that included Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and former Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel, Haslam spoke to a packed banquet room and held a brief news conference afterward when he offered his regrets about recent legal troubles.
"I apologize to the city of Cleveland, Northeastern Ohio and all Browns fans because the last thing we ever wanted to do as a new owner was detract from football and the Browns and just what a great football area this is, and so I apologize for that," Haslam said.
Haslam was pressed about his knowledge of the purported fraud at Pilot Flying J, a company founded by his father 54 years ago, but declined to respond.
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NEW YORK — Carrie Underwood will take over the theme song for "Sunday Night Football," with NBC sticking to the formula of a female country-music star for its intro.
Underwood steps in for Faith Hill, 45, who announced last month she would not be back for a seventh season.
Underwood, 30, will sing a new version of "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night," network officials said.
• California authorities say ex-Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Sunday — then arrested again the same day for allegedly trying to take his car from a tow yard.
Riverside County sheriff's spokeswoman Lisa McConnell said Young, 23, was arrested on suspicion of DUI, cited and released.
About 14 hours later, police responded to a report of a man jumping over the fence of a tow company and arrested Young. He was booked on suspicion of burglary.
The Lions released Young in February after a drop in productivity and disputes with teammates.


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Mayor Bob Johnson started tonight's meeting by acknowledging the members of city boards, committees, commissions and task forces who are retiring. He then handed out the yearly Mayor's Community Service Award.
So who got it? Johnson selected the Lodi Police Partners and Lodi House to recieve the award.
The Lodi Police Partners are a group of volunteers who assist the Lodi Police Department with day-to-day duties. They serve subpoenas, take down garage sale posters, check park bathrooms and help direct traffic when there is an accident.
The group started 18 years ago. In October, there were more than 82 volunteers. Most of them are retired because Partners have to be able to work during the day. For information on becoming a Police Partner, check out the city's website.
"They do marvelous, marvelous work on behalf of our citizens and the police force. They create a workforce which frees our police officers to deal with more pressing issues," Johnson said.
Johnson also honored Lodi House, a non-profit agency that provides shelter for homeless women and children. They also provide food, advocacy, counseling and numerous workshops on a wide variety of topics.
Lodi House opened its doors in 2000 after building a home for five families on Washington Street. They also now has a thrift store at Central Street and Lodi avenues. For more information on how to help, visit their website.
"Many of the women come in and they are stressed out and have a lot of problems, and these people and this board work hard to give these women and their children the best opportunities," Johnson said.
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A proposed state constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriages in Wisconsin has the support of 45 Republicans and one Democrat who signed on as cosponsors. The measure, formally introduced on Monday, seeks to amend the constitution by declaring "only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state." One of the measure's authors, Rep. Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin), said the amendment would still let state and local governments offer limited benefits to same-sex couples. Rep. Wayne Wood (D-Janesville) was the only Democrat to sign on to the resolution. To become law, the resolution must pass the legislature in two consecutive
sessions and get voter approval in a statewide referendum. The earliest the measure could go before voters is April 2005. A hearing on the resolution was scheduled for Thursday before the assembly
judiciary committee.
The proposal follows a veto by Gov. Jim Doyle on November 7 of an anti-gay marriage bill that sought to prohibit recognition of all same-sex marriages. "This bill is just another example of the legislature focusing its time and energy on divisive, mean-spirited bills that do nothing to grow Wisconsin's economy, make health care more affordable and accessible, or improve our public schools," Doyle said at the time.


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Took this last night looking out our front door!
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Took this last night looking out our front door!
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Beautiful.....that's how it looks around here all winter..but deeper snow
I don't know that I would like it all the time, but we get so little that everything shuts down and we get to just ENJOY! A no work day!!
Beautiful, but I am soooo glad ours has gone and life is slowly getting back to normal
That is a beautiful pic. We got our first big snow last night. It's still snowing this morning.
We have a beautiful snow covered day here.
Very pretty!! Love how the snow is glowing :D:D:D
I'm in central Arkansas too. I love the snow, it looks so pretty. I'm getting a sewing day also.
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