text: AIDS and hepatitis advocacy groups last week sent a letter to drugmaker Hoffmann-LaRoche criticizing the company for the high cost of its new hepatitis C medication Pegasys, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October, will cost more than $14,000 per year. The groups, including Project Inform, the Hepatitis C Action and Advocacy Coalition, the AIDS Treatment Data Network, and the Treatment Action Group, threatened to draw congressional and media attention to the pricing of the medication if the company does not voluntarily reduce the price of Pegasys. Hoffmann-LaRoche spokesperson Charles Alfaro said that the company has not yet received the letter and therefore could not comment on its contents. He added that Pegasys is "priced competitively."


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When i lived in Canada, my Hongkong friends taught me the expression "kung hei fat choi" as a new year's greeting, and I'm wondering which expression people in Taiwan commonly use during the cny season, both when writing, such as on cards, banners, etc., and when speaking. (I haven't yet had the experience of being in Taiwan during these festivities, and i will miss them this year, too, since I'll be out of the country until the last third of February).
May i ask you to help me here? I'd like to have your some kind of popularity ranking concerning the following expressions and also would like to ask for other expressions that i haven't listed here if you know any. Many thanks in advance!
新年快樂 xīnniánkuàilè
新年進步 xīnniánjìnbù
恭賀新禧 gōnghèxīnxǐ
歲歲平安 suìsuìpíng'ān
招財進寶 zhāocáijìnbǎo
恭喜發財 gōngxǐfācái
And are these (versions known in Japan) used at all?
恭賀新年 gōnghèxīnnián
謹賀新年 jǐnhèxīnnián


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I'm a fan of Thomas Campbell. And contrary to popular belief, I can be as irie as the next flannel wearing hippie. I just watched Thomas' latest film, The Present. I call it a film because it's shot on film and it looks like film with its beautiful colors and lush textures. Anyway, The Present stays the course of Thomas' previous films, The Seedling and Sprout—featuring a mix of log sliding, quirky commentary, a jazzy mix of music, and some funny skits. The Present stays true to the log sliding roots it grew from, but adds the spice of Dane Reynolds, Dave Rastovich, and Ry Craike to the mix, which may cause some of the most granola-fueled hippies wanting to ditch their log and blast an air—but wait, that would be against the whole message. Basically, Thomas Campbell's ethos has always been that of "ride everything"—and this movie pushes that theory. Dane rides fish boards and bodysurfing-handguns, Rasta, Dan Malloy, and Chris Del Moro charge Wiamea and Sunset on Alia boards, Kassia, Devon, and CJ look lovely on some logs on perfect waves at Shipwreck Bay in New Zealand, etc. The mock surf contest hosted by Machado and Dane is my personal highlight and could be one of the funniest surf-flick-skits I've ever seen. The music is perfect as well, one of my favorite bands The Mattson 2 are prevalent through the score and it made me so happy.
The Present is one of the best surf films I've seen in a long time, and many a shred dog would agree. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trading in my skate shoes for Birkenstocks any time soon, and I will still be riding my … Lost fish and 5'8" Plus One swallowtail on the daily while watching 5'5" 19 ¼ Redux at full blast—but if the conditions call for it, I may have to dust off a log and get irie as f—k thinking about The Present the whole time.—Chris Coté
For more info on The Present, head to trimyourlifeaway.com/home/present/index.html.


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The therapists at The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Miami all have extensive training in their specific areas of specialty and practice, whether that's delivering pore-perfecting facials or soothing tense, tight muscles. They are schooled on spa standards, protocol, proper body mechanics, specialized treatments, contraindications, product training, safety procedures and any new treatments the spa introduces. On top of all this, these relaxation pros receive refresher training from ESPA International, the top spa brand behind this Five-Star spa, five weeks out of the year and also go through heavy training on all treatments in the summer when business is a bit slower. The team at the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star spa are qualified professionals who strive to achieve excellence and care with each ritual they perform for a client.


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Suns Sign Japanese Star Yuta Tabuse
Posted: Sept. 7, 2004
The Phoenix Suns today signed guard Yuta Tabuse (pronounced you-TA ta-BOO-say), who will attempt to become the first Japanese-born player to play in the NBA.
"Yuta earned the opportunity to sign this contract because he has now proven in two consecutive summers that he can play at the NBA level," Suns President and General Manager Bryan Colangelo said. "Yuta will get every opportunity to make our team and perhaps this shot at the league will work out for him. He has a great feel for the game and pushes the ball up the floor extremely well. He really has the ability to electrify an audience."
The Yokohama, Japan native participated in two summer leagues for the Suns in July. In three games at the Reebok Vegas Summer League, the 5-9, 165-pound playmaker averaged 5.0 points and 2.0 assists, while posting averages of 3.8 points and 2.5 assists in six games at Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue.
The 23-year-old attended the Denver Nuggets training camp last year, but was waived prior to the start of the regular season. His tryout with the Nuggets was well documented in the media and on NBA TV's "Real Training Camp". He averaged 3.0 points and 2.7 assists in three preseason games with the Nuggets, including seven points, three rebounds and three assists in 11 minutes vs. Phoenix on Oct. 9, 2003. After his release, he signed with the ABA's Long Beach Jam and averaged 5.3 points and a team-leading 6.3 assists in 18 games.
Tabuse, who played two seasons at Division II Brigham Young-Hawaii, is the fifth player on the Suns' roster who was born outside the United States (Tabuse - Japan, Steve Nash - Canada, Leandro Barbosa - Brazil, Zarko Cabarkapa - Serbia and Montenegro, Maciej Lampe - Poland).


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The CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) has decided to launch vocational courses on gym and fitness operations for Class XI and XII students from the academic session of 2012-13.
Initially, the course will be launched in 50 schools this academic year. Later it will be extended to other schools in the next academic session based on the feedback.
The board is also in talks with organizations that have expertise in this area and with universities for commencing either a full or partial joint certification of the course.
The new subject will comprise of a theory part with 5 units of 60 marks. In Std XI textbooks chapters will be fitness and wellness phenomenon, health, physiology of exercises and training, health and fitness profiling, structure of health related fitness, diet and nutrition and wellness program.
The practical part carrying 40 marks will comprise of 4 chapters, to be covered in 3 terms. The board has also prepared a list of equipments that would be required for practicals in schools.
For class XII, the theory component will include health planning, weight management, fitness aerobics, gym operations, dimensions of modified lifestyle and fitness aerobics.
For introducing the course, the CBSE schools should have a full time postgraduate PET (Physical Education Teacher) faculty appointed.
The PET will be required to undergo 2 orientation programs each of 15 days duration. The first orientation program will be for class XI and second one for class XII. Moreover, the students who take this subject during summer breaks will have to appear for an internship program of 1 month at a CBSE recognized gym.
The CBSE board will soon introduce course textbooks for class XI that is designed to facilitate students to gain skills in health management, create career opportunities and develop employability skills.
Source: Hindustan Times
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Let's talk about cleaning and refreshing your mattress today. If you haven't cleaned your mattresses recently, now would be a great time. We don't have to go into all the details about the microscopic things that can live on your mattress and I don't dwell on it too much, but every time I change the sheets on the beds I think about it and remember it's probably time to vacuum them again.
Wash your bedding every week, in the hottest possible setting allowed. I also take off the bed skirt and throw it in the wash every couple months. And when was the last time you washed your pillows? You should wash your pillows at least once a year, twice would be better. Most can be washed. Follow the manufacturer directions. Mattress covers and pillow covers should be washed once a month. I take my bed covers to the laundry and use the big machines that can handle my king size bedding (usually twice a year).
Now let's get to the mattress! Take the mattress off the bed to vacuum the top of the box springs, sides, bed rails and other parts that are hard to get to with the mattress on. I also wash the wall and baseboards behind the bed and vacuum under the bed. If your mattress can be flipped, vacuum the side of the mattress that is going to be down and put mattress back in place. Some mattresses are not meant to be flipped so you can just skip that step.
I use a sifter and sprinkle about 1 1/2 cups of baking soda on the top of the mattress. Then go do something else for an hour or start working on another mattress in the house. The baking soda helps draw any moisture out of the mattress, deodorizes it, and leaves it smelling fresh. You can also add a few drops of lavender essential oils to the baking soda if you like.
After an hour or so use a vacuum attachment to vacuum up the baking soda and those yucky microscopic critters we were talking about earlier. I use an upholstery attachment for the top and the crevice attachment for the seams and sides of the mattress.
I like to use a lavender spray on the mattress after cleaning it well. This one is from Bath and Body Works. I love the smell and it's so relaxing. I love slipping into my bed after deep cleaning it. How did I ever sleep well on a dusty bed? I also like to spray my pillow a couple times a week with the lavender spray. It's so relaxing!
I spot clean the throw pillows on my bed when needed. I dust them a couple times a year by tossing a few of them in the dryer on a low setting for a few minutes. I also like to spray lavender on them from time to time. When was the last time you cleaned your mattress?


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Darington Hobson had 22 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 19 New Mexico rallied from its biggest deficit of the season to beat Creighton 66-61 on Saturday night.
The Blue Jays jumped to a 31-15 lead and shot 71.4 percent from the field in the first half, taking a 40-28 lead into the break. But the Lobos (12-0) opened the second half with a 17-4 run, taking their first lead at 45-44 on Hobson's putback with 11:47 left.
The teams traded the lead until Hobson's layup broke a 57-57 tie. Dairese Gary helped seal the victory with two steals in the final minute.
P'Allen Stinnett led the Bluejays (4-6) with 14 points.
Roman Martinez added 11 points and 10 rebounds for New Mexico, which struggled from the field all night. The Lobos finished 20 of 67 from the floor, including 3 of 15 on 3-pointers in the first half.
Martinez had one of the game's bigger plays with about a minute left. After Hobson missed two foul shots, Martinez slipped underneath, grabbed the rebound and quickly fed it back to Hobson for a dunk to increase the lead to 61-57.
The play was indicative of how the Lobos came back. They had a 22-7 advantage on the offensive glass, and the Bluejays committed 18 turnovers to five for New Mexico.


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In April gymnast Graham Ackerman won the national championship in the floor exercise event at the 2005 NCAA Mens Gymnastics Championship at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., making him a three-time national champ and one of only a handful of openly gay top-ranked college athletes. In 2004 he had nabbed the national titles in two eventsfloor and vaulta stunning double win for the University of California, Berkeley, political science and European affairs double major. Ackerman, who was raised in Seattle and is 22, seems like a perfect poster boy to encourage athletes to come out of the closetin addition to his achievements in the gym, hes a good student and hes very attractivebut hes a bit of a reluctant role model, and being a trailblazer wasnt on his mind when he told his teammates that he is gay.
Did you see any irony in the fact that you were presented your championship award by a West Point cadet, given that as an out gay man you wouldnt be able to attend the school or join the military?
I dont really remember. Its all kind of a blur once youre competing. Any competition is really hard for me to remember.
When did you come out? What led you to decide to tell your team?
I came out my sophomore year. Id been out to a few friends in high school before that, but up until I was 19 it was something I tried not to think about, but to concentrate on school and gymnastics. But it kind of got to the point where I realized that I needed to be honest with myself and I wanted to be honest with my friends too. I came out to my team first. That was the hardest. They all took it well. I credit the team captains who took the team together and said, Graham is part of the team, and this is who he is. I was really blown away.
I imagine youre one of the most visible college competitors because of the media attention for being openly gay. Have any opposing teams or competitors said anything derogatory?
No, no one has had a problem with it. Its a little weird because I didnt know who knew and who didnt. It fazed me a little bit the first year. I was a little uneasy. I wasnt comfortable being out yet.
What do you make of the assumption that there are many gay gymnasts?
Its just a stereotype of the sport. Because of the stereotype, I think a lot of straight gymnasts are guarded. Its been good for my team to be exposed to someone who is gay, because theyve had to adjust. Its been a learning experience for so many of us: for teammates, myself, my coaches, my parents. The assumption that gymnasts are effeminate might come from the fact that there are a lot more famous female gymnasts than male gymnasts out there. Everyone knows Nadia [Comaneci] and Olga Korbut and Mary Lou Retton, but if you ask the average person to name the last five [male] gymnastics all-around champions, no one can do that.
For more from Ackerman, including his thoughts on encouraging other athletes to come out, being a role model, and dating while competing, pick up the August issue of Out.


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Believing others is what breaks up most relationships and the first that cause it aren't even friends anymore they just do it because they have sad life's themselves. True love never dies it just gets torn apart by selfish people. ~ Ziggy Macdonagh
Everything happens for a reason but sometimes the reason is that you're stupid and you make bad decisions.
Life is not random. We meet people for a reason. Souls don't just connect without reason. Some soul connections will last a life time, some won't. Some interactions will only last a night, some for a week and some for a life time. Some will be intense, some crazy others insane and messy and some straight up honest and raw. For every interaction and every soul connection we will learn something. We will grow if we chose to. There will be a meaning for every meeting between two souls. Some will be our friends. Some lovers and some just a fling. We are going to fall in love and we are going to get hurt at some point there is no way around it, it is a part of life.
There will be heartaches that will be easier to get over then others. Some interactions will be harder to left go of because they nurtured our soul on a deep level. We will try to cling to what was, but what was was. We should be grateful for that we got the chance to met a soul that was able to take down our walls and heal some cracks in the walls of our hearts rather than holding the beautiful connection between two soulmate hostage in our minds. Let what was be what it was in its purest meaning and let it go. Let it fly.
It won't be easy but our hearts are wild creatures and are meant to run wild and be free. Hearts can't breathe in suffocation and the clinging to it all.
So when your connection has reached its destination and the season is over, let go. Because if you truly love somebody set them free. Let them be who they are and the reason why you fell in love with them. And maybe someday you will met again and be lovers all over again. With more intensity then before. You never know, so let go. See what happens. Let love be free.
Let yourself be free and open your heart for all the beautiful things life has to offer no matter how hard and impossible it may seem because in the end love will always be worth it no matter how it turns out or how long it lasts.
~ Turid Husgard
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According to a new report, the market is expected to grow to $350 million by 2018
BCC Research reveals in its new report, "Fracking Water Treatment: The North American Market [10]," the North American market for wastewater treatment equipment for hydraulically fractured gas and oil wells is expected to grow to $350 million by 2018, with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1%. The hydrofracted oil well market, the fastest growing segment overall, is growing at a significant 11.2% CAGR.
The North American produced water treatment market is the world's largest. Equipment sales for equipment used to treat wastewater from fracking operations as well as conventional wells reached $889 million in 2013. Sales into the fracking market alone make up approximately 24% of the total, or $216 million in 2013.
Hydraulically fractured gas wells, the largest segment of the hydrofracture market, is expected to grow to $248 million by 2018, registering a CAGR of 9.7%.
However, the hydraulically fractured oil well segment, valued at just $60 million in 2013, is growing more rapidly than the market as a whole and is expected to jump to $102 million in 2018.
"The desire to treat produced water to a level suitable for beneficial reuse (other than reinjection) plays an increasing role in market growth," says BCC Research membrane and separation technology analyst Susan Hanft. "Currently, some reuse applications are limited by the cost to treat the highly saline waters to potable quality and the logistics of transporting the water to potential end users. Initial equipment sales into this sector are at wells located in water scarce areas where alternative disposal options are limited and/or have stringent regulatory standards."
Fracking Water Treatment: The North American Market provides an overview of the North American hydrofracturing water treatment market, including market size estimates and forecasts for developing markets for fracking water treatment technologies through 2018. It focuses on the developing North American market for hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water treatment equipment for the oil and gas industry. The market is broken down by several different parameters, including country, equipment type and wastewater source. The study covers the industry in the U.S., Canada and Mexico in terms of the manufacture and deployment of treatment systems. In addition, government roles in support of global markets, including regulatory support, government requirements and promotional incentives for various technologies as relevant and available, are examined.


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FOLSOM — "Too Marvelous for Words" presents some of the much-loved songs of Johnny Mercer — one of America's great lyricists— and captures them at their most intimate. Linda Purl and Lee Lessack return to Three Stages in Feb. 14 in a powerhouse evening, dedicated to the heartwarming music of Georgia's favorite son. Four-time Academy Award-winning songwriter Johnny Mercer comes to life as the two artists weave heretofore little-known stories with his timeless tunes, including Moon River, Autumn Leaves, Black Magic, My Shining Hour, Come Rain or Come Shine, and more.
"This duo is delightful; the songs are time-tested and classic," Executive Director Dave Pier noted. It will surely warm these February nights, and is a perfect Valentine for our audience."
Brought to the stage by TV actress and singer Linda Purl (originally Fonzie's girlfriend on "Happy Days," more recently on "The Office" and "Homeland") and Lee Lessack ("Cabaret romanticism of a high order," Billboard Magazine), the performance will feature some of Mercer's unforgettable songs performed by two top-notch singers. Of Purl, Rex Reed of the New York Observer stated "serendipitously discovering this kind of beauty and talent is like seeing a unicorn on the subway.…" Of Lessack, the Chicago Tribune stated he's "the best male cabaret singer to come around since Michael Feinstein!"
Born in Connecticut and raised in Japan, Purl's television credits range from "Happy Days "as Ashley Pfister (Fonzie's fiancée) to Charlene Matlock on "Matlock" to Joe Mategna's wife on the acclaimed Supreme Court series "First Monday," co-starring James Garner. Purl has more than 30 television movies credits to her name such as "Born Free," "The Last Days of Pompeii" (with Sir Laurence Olivier), "The Manions of America" (with Pierce Brosnan) and "Like Normal People," the award-winning docu-drama about a mentally retarded couple co-starring Shaun Cassidy. Purl's feature film credits include Disney's "Mighty Joe Young," "The Walking Major" (with Toshiro Mifune), "Crazy Mama" (directed by Jonathan Demme) and "Leo and Loree" (produced by Ron Howard). Stage credits include Broadway: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "Getting and Spending"; Off Broadway: "The Baby Dance" (with Stephanie Zimbalist); and Off-Off-Broadway: "Hallelujah, Hallelujah!"
Purl is recipient of six Dramalogue Best Actress Awards and two Dramalogue Awards as Best Producer. She has received two Robby Awards for Best Actress, is a three-time nominee of the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Award for Best Actress and is the recipient of the Connecticut Critics' Award for Outstanding Performance in a Play for her work in "The Baby Dance."
Lessack's graceful lyric baritone vocals and endearing persona have made him a shining star of the international concert scene. Billboard Magazine calls his singing, "Cabaret romanticism of a high order." Touring extensively in the United States and Europe to sold-out performances and releasing five albums, Lessack has proven himself both as performer and recording artist.
Lessack's newest concert is titled "Chanteur" and is homage to the Great French Songbook, celebrating music by Michel Legrand, Jacques Brel, Gilbert Bécaud and Charles Aznavour to name just a few. His fifth and most ambitious recording to date, "In Good Company," features duets with music notables like Michael Feinstein, Maureen McGovern, Amanda McBroom, Ann Hampton Callaway and Stephen Schwartz. It has earned a MAC and Bistro Award for Best Recording of the Year.
Musical Director John Boswell has served as musical director for Judy Collins, Andy Williams and Bob Newhart. Boswell played the role of Moos" in the national tour of "Crazy For You." Broadway/Off Broadway credits include "Crazy For You," "The Secret Garden," "Back To Bacharach And David" and "The Kathy And Mo Show: Parallel Lives." Boswell also composed music for the HBO special "Kathy And Mo: The Dark Side."
"Two Marvelous for Words: The Songs of Johnny Mercer" will be presented at Three Stages at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, (a special Valentine's performance); at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15; at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17. Tickets are $39 to $45. They may be purchased online at threestages.net or from Three Stages ticket office at (916) 608-6888 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Three Stages is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, facing East Bidwell Street.


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The performance will be broadcast live as part of the CBS pre-game show.
The chorus is made up of 26 children from the Newtown, Connecticut school where 20 first-graders and six adults were killed in a December 14 shooting rampage.
Gunman Adam Lanza also killed his mother before committing suicide at the school.
Some Newtown residents have taken a prominent role in the national gun debate that was renewed by the massacre.
About 100 people from the town travelled to Washington DC last weekend for a march on the Capitol to advocate for stricter gun control laws.
And hundreds of Newtown residents - including parents of the young victims - participated in hearing in their hometown on Wednesday held by the Connecticut legislature's task force on gun violence prevention and children's safety.


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Simon Property Group Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering by Melvin Simon Family Enterprises Trust
Sep 20, 2012, 08:38 ET from Simon Property Group, Inc.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) announced today the pricing of the 5,873,620 shares of its common stock offered by the Melvin Simon Family Enterprises Trust (the "Trust"), as selling stockholder, resulting in gross proceeds of $943,714,525 (before deducting underwriting commissions and offering expenses). The shares offered represent the Trust's entire direct ownership in the Company and Simon Property Group, L.P., the Company's operating partnership subsidiary. The shares are being offered under the Company's effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, including officers and directors, sold any shares in the offering.
BofA Merrill Lynch acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering.
A prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement relating to this offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus and final prospectus supplement relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, from BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10038, attention: Prospectus Department or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the offering of shares of the Company's common stock owned by the Trust. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from projections. Readers should carefully review the Company's financial statements and notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in its most recent annual and quarterly periodic reports and other reports filed from time to time with the SEC. These forward-looking statements reflect management's judgment as of this date, and the Company assumes no obligation to revise or update them to reflect future events or circumstances.
About Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) is an S&P 100 company and the largest real estate company in the world. The Company currently owns or has an interest in 332 retail real estate properties in North America and Asia comprising 241 million square feet. We are headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employ approximately 5,500 people in the U.S.
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First, let me thank you in advance for considering this post. I have read about 75% of your previous posts, and find them very insightful. It was in reading one such post that i discovered a discussion on play v. flush draws. You indicated your preferece for making the big bets on the turn as opposed to the flop, where your odds go from 30-40% to 20% of opponent completing a four flush. I was considering that, and being aggressive late ("GO TIME") when the following came up:
11 player left,of 115 in Paradise $30
I had about 16k in chips which put me 3rd overall
Blinds 400/800 with 50 or 100 ante
1. Dealt A3sd in SB. folded around. Made it 3000 to go. BB called (slightly smaller stack, but still top 6). flop J 9 rag no diamonds. Check fold by me. i know weak. What type of action may be required here? Hand above is basically an overview, but wouldn't mind hearing strategy there out of position. felt the dude would call a bet and didn't want to waste more on really a bluff.
2. Very next hand. K9 offsuit on button. Again fold to me (Table had 6 players). I raise again to 3000. same player in SB now calls. With this call i felt that my hand at worst was a coinflip. did not sense strength by his call.
flop: K 9 x -- 2 clubs
now i really think i have the best hand after the flop, i put him on a flush draw at best. I am thinking about getting to 4th street where assuming a blank, i can get my chips in. He bets out 10, 500 putting me all in. I still think i have the best hand, but its now or never for this hand. I called. He hit flush on turn, i went out 11th.
Did i get tunnel vision on this hand? was the pot giving me the right odds to call his all in? I think it did, but 60% of the time i get 26k to play with at the final table, and 40% of the time i get $37 and 11th. Does a true survivalist fold the top two pair? even feeling strongly about being ahead after flop?
Any insight would be hugely appreciated.
Unless you put him on a set, play in the second hand was correct...lets review...not only did you have the best hand when all the money went in, but even if he DID catch the flush, you still had 4 outs to make a boat. And if you King was a club, it makes the call even easier...so, you played the second hand correctly and ou pretty much explained the right reasons why in yor post.
The first hand is a little easier, but with NO draw and such a weak kicker (meaning you cant even count on an ace to save you...I think you made the right play..I would have done the same thing!
Hey man , I'll try to give ya some advice on these. On that first hand , you could of played that hand a number of ways , including the way you played it . I don't mind the chk and fold since you did not hit the flop . That doesn't mean you should always chk / fold there but given ur chip stack - I think it was ok for you there. Other times a bet might work to take down the pot .
Another move in the same situation would be to limp in with ace-high . Now if he raises , you can re-raise him for all your chips assuming that you think your A high is ahead . Most of the time he prob will raise just to take the blinds , thinking that you want to see a cheapie -- if he just checks , thats fine . Hopefully , you flop something like a pr of aces , which he'll not put u on since you just limped in, ------ something to think about.
Second hand is easy : Call , Call , Call . Your opponent isisnt going to have a flush draw everytime - most of the time you'll be up against a king or even nothing at all. Its a GREAT spot to chip up and kings up is way ahead the majority of the time .
Hope this helps . Curious to see other responses though.
When you have the best hand (meaning you have the largest pecentage chance of winning the hand), the pot is always laying you odds to make a call. It's impossible for you to call a bet that is larger than 50% of the pot. Remembering that the bet from your opponent, i.e, the bet that you are calling, is PART of the pot, how would you make a call that is greater than the amount on the table?
What you bring up, however, is very important - chip management. Is it better to guarantee more playing time and a chance to finish in a better position, or take a 40% chance of busting out right now. This is a question that many players struggle with, and the answer may be one that separates good players from great players.
I dont know how you dont make that call.
I think its more likely this guy is bluffing, has a K or maybe a set with the "x" (I say that cause that's a big preflop bet w a sh***y flush draw). At the time of that call, you have chips around 5x the starting pot which puts you in a situation where you welcome an all in with apparent good odds.
Read that last line again b/c its key. Even if you know he's on the flsush draw, you were now so low on chips that you HAD to call a pot that gives you a 60% chance.
I really think this is a hand where you are beating yourself up with hindsight. I also would wager, (not having read the aaawnutz post u reference on this) that his post was on putting a player who loves the flush draw all in on the turn with a big bet rather than on the flop. But that wasn't what confronted you here.
Your opponent made the bet, not you. If you were right about him being on the flush draw, I dont think its close on whether to call there.
Life late in a tourney puts you in bet your life situations sometimes. This was a good bet imo
He had K5 of clubs. Hand gets a little better for him. I can see his point of view as well. He probablly thought i was steaming and had something like i had the previous hand A3. in hindsight i like the limp with A3, but i was trying to steal blinds, not see flops. Good solid input so far. Thanks.
-- i just re-read the thread and realized i didn't add anything to this conversation with my post... disregard ...
in very good or very weak chip position in tournaments my normal blinds play is quite passive, i will limp the small blind when it's folded around to me once or twice to get a read on how aggressive the guy on my left is. if i think he is overly aggressive i will not go out of my way to get involved with anything other then very good starting hands (AK/AQs) or pocket pairs, especially when the blinds are not worth it. i will occassionally limp with the purpose of folding to his constant rases as this sets up your play for later when you pick up aces (or whatever you deem is "good enough" to move over him with) in the small blind.
the more tournaments i play the more i realize that the best players dont make moves because they feel like they have to make a move based on a number of chips or players left or the blind size, they make the move because the timing is perfect, and the timing is perfect because they have spent the last 1+ hours setting up the timing.
(i left it here because i am vain, sue me)
Hi Tim-
on point 1, no arguments with your play. You may want to occasionally open with a bet in this situation after the flop though. Odds are that the flop didn't hit him either, so taking a stab with a 50% pot bet is a good play when used sparingly.
on point 2, in general I think you had to make the call. There's 6600 in the pot after the flop, and he's betting 10.5 at you. you have to risk 10.5 to win 17.. even if it were a coin flip you have a very profitable call, but it's much better than a coin flip for you. The only reason to fold here I believe is if you and your opponent both had a very healthy chip stack and by folding you're leaving yourself in a great position to play the final table rather than risking your tournament life on a 70% favorite. However, in these online tournaments where the blinds are so large, odds are that before long you're going to have to get all your money in a pot where you aren't even this much of a favorite... so I say take the chance now when you can be fairly sure you're well ahead .. unless the next pay grade up is substantial to you, in which case just fold and hope to outlast some of the lower stacks... and continue to fold because at this point you're essentially giving up on winning the tournament.
1. I actually think a bet is almost mandatory in this situation. You said that you checked because you felt he would call, but this is very bad thinking. After all you have no way of knowing what the guy has here. He could have a King thats true. But you put him in a difficult spot by betting if he just has the Jack and if he has an underpair or two other high cards you make it very hard for him to continue. I would have bet about half the pot. Its a good value play. 2. I like your play in light of the hand before and I don't think you could have even considered folding. Its not like he had to have the flush draw. I don't think many "true survivalists" win tournnaments and you certainly aren't going to win by folding top two pair there.
Many people struggle with what they want to accomplish in MTT's...and this could be part of the problem. I have been hearing more and more people that are in love with online MTT's (I am definitely one of these people) and the number of people that participate in all money denominations continues to rise with the popularity of poker. However, many people are making the mistake of playing in MTT's that have high costs relative to their bank roll. For example, there is a recent post on here that talks about a guy that had $130 dollars and played in a $30 MTT that had a very large number of people in it. So basically this guy risked almost 25% of his bankroll on a MTT, which can be very discomforting if you do not place in the money... ...this is my personal rule on MTT's that I have recently set. My goal in MTT's is to win...I have had a great deal of success in $10 MTT's with about 200-300 people in them, so I have no desire to just place in a MTT ever again. Therefore, my rule is "Never play in a MTT that will take a large chunk out of your bank roll and leave you frustrated if you don't at least get in the money." I have no point in just slipping into the money because the money I am making per hour is not what I could be getting playing either SnG's or ring. Basically in a nut shell...figure out what your goal is before you start playing your MTT. Therefore when you are confronted with situations similiar to this one (I didn't comment because I agree with everything all the other people have said about your second call) then you won't be disappointed in hindsight. My opinion, you were ahead, and you prolly would have been chip leader going into the final table, I might consider calling even if i thought I was slightly behind........play to win!!!
Hey Tim,
Hand #1:
Generally, I think the raise to 3,000 makes most people inclined to think that you are stealing. I would, personally, dial the raise back into the "does he want action range?". Maybe make it 2400 to go, even consider 2000. It's still a big enough bet to make him have something, plus it puts in his head the fact that you are not really scared of a call. This smaller bet will also give you more options after the flop. It will make a continuation bet a little easier to stomach.
At this stage of a tournament, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH A CONTINUATION BET. He does not have a pocket pair that can beat the J on the board because he did not re-raise you. He is under the same pressure you are under from the blinds.
Personally, I would raise to 2400, follow up with 3600 continuation bet. I know it's tough to do some times, but this is what is required.
He did not re-raise you. There is a good chance that he did not start with a pocket pair. An excellent chance that he doesn't have 99 or higher. He ONLY CALLED your bet.
When I talk about "MOVE TIME", this is it. If he calls your flop bet, you shut down. You still have 10k. You can steal a couple of blinds or find other opportunities. At this stage 6k is not a big deal.
Hand #2:
There is simply no way to avoid going broke on this hand. That's poker.
The other player made the mistake mathematically, but when you consider the fold equity, it's not a bad play by him either, especially if he had the A. He was actually playing pretty good "move time" poker, but got unlucky that you had such a good hand. He then got mildly lucky to hit his flush which now had reduced odds because of your boat draw.
Feel free to ask questions any time. I enjoy analyzing the situations.
As it often is in poker, the hand that looks more harmless is the one where improvement can be made. I absolutely see the point of the continuation. In relation to the size of the bet, i also gotta say you are spot on there as well. I partially built the stack i had by making rasies of 2200 -- 2600 earlier. I was thiniking of Harrington's advice on raiseing the blinds by up to 5x from sb. I thought the number sounded good the next time, and thought both times that the bet was big enough to chase people out. If i would have won the continuation hand, i probably take the next also. Makes sense now.
I look forward to asking you questions about play in the future.
Thanks for answering.
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LIVE REVIEW: Dos Enos + The Zilzies + Tropical Wax + Colin Jones and the Delta Revue at Rad Bar 23/9/16
Dos Enos headlined a night of fantastic music at Rad Bar on Friday the 23rd of September, supported by The Zilzies, Tropical Wax and Colin Jones and the Delta Revue. Rad Bar is a popular venue located in the heart of Wollongong, within walking distance of Wollongong train station and a variety of clubs, pubs, bars and restaurants. Hosting live music most nights of the week, it's a popular place to kick back with friends and have a few drinks. A set of stairs at the back of the venue lead to a second floor with vintage arcade machines and a window overlooking the stage, allowing you to relax with a drink and watch the show. If you've ever hung out in your mate's garage listening to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, you're likely to feel right at home at Rad Bar.
The Zilzies kicked the night off and captured the vibe of Rad perfectly, easing the audience into a psychedelic rock trance with smooth dialogue between the lead guitar and saxophone. Generally, I'm upset with any band that has a sax player and doesn't at least mess around with Baker Street, but The Zilzies proved to be an exception as they made up for it with a solid set that established an upbeat mood for the evening. Kicking it into gear later in their set, The Zilzies skilfully set the stage with a controlled mess of rhythm and groove.
Tropical Wax were up second with a groovy set. Their frontwoman Grace George danced and sung to the crowd, keeping the vibes going throughout their performances. A highlight was their cover of Gnarl's Barkley's 'Crazy', which Tropical Wax ramped up to a crowd-pleasing, rocking track. A few songs saw a duet between the drummer and singer which worked perfectly and showed off their vocal skill. Their energy and size worked well with the small venue and the band were well practiced and worked flawlessly together. Tropical Wax are a prime example of the popular South Coast sound seen in a lot of local bands and put on a great show.
I've got a sweet spot for Blues music, and growing up on Leadbelly and B.B. King has given me a decent sense of how it should sound. Colin Jones and the Delta Revue obviously have a similar background; it was clear that these musicians knew what they were about. With a sound reminiscent of George Thorogood with a raspier voice, Colin Jones flicked the switch from a sweet groove to a hard rock, ramping up the crowd for Dos Enos's set. They played the crowd like an instrument and got every single person up on their feet with minimal and effective blues riffs, a feat that only the best musicians can pull off.
Dos Enos started their set with an acknowledgement of country of the local Aboriginal people and proceeded to pump up the audience, even after a previous three hours of exhaustingly great music and non-stop dancing. I noticed a lot of people in the crowd wearing their shirts, and it was easy to see why they had so many fans. Dos Enos put on a high-energy performance and it was clear that they truly enjoyed playing music and entertaining a crowd. Their high-energy got a similar response from the crowd as they danced alongside the band – one of the highlights of Rad Bar is the lack of a raised stage, allowing the crowd to mingle with the band mid-performance, resulting in high-fives, tambourine playing and drink sharing. Dos Enos's mix of hypnotic grooves and upbeat funk meant that even their slower songs captured the interest of the crowd. Their song 'Unicorns' encouraged the crowd to 'take off all of their clothes and run until they find unicorns and rainbows', which truly sums up Don Enos – trippy, fun music delivered by talented musicians.
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Fedora 17 End of Life: Where to next ?
So I'm running Fedora 17 on my HP Pavilion G6 laptop, and I've got it fully customized just the way I like it. I've been running Fedora since it had a core suffix, but I've only recently got into yum update-ing since I didn't have a solid internet connection before.
Now what I've run into is that fedora 17 has reached it's end of life. I've looked it up and there's a tool called fedup to update me to newer releases, but since my system is running solidly at this point, I want a few reviews before I get my hands dirty.
Has anyone used this method to update their systemm? How succesful were you, and would you recommend it? Thanks.
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Fedora 17 End of Life: Where to next ?
didnt work for me. i ended up backing up, replacing fedora and reintegrating the settings. be sure to get an rpm-qa for your package lists. it helps.
FedUp and away and enjoy
I moved to OpenSUSE after getting off the fedora "new install every 6 months" roller coaster
In place upgrades never worked and "preupgrade" never worked well for me .
A bit longer life span 18 months VS 13
and unless you install " factory" it is not SO bleeding edge
for upgrading from 12.2 to 12.3 i did an inplace upgrade and had no real issues , just a few small minor everyday issues
Kernel 2.10 but still pushing down Firefox 22.. with Fedora you're less than a user, you're a corporate test rat. :eek: Almost went back to Ubuntu but Linux Mint 15 had everyhting I needed plus all the proprieteray codecs (MP3 and DVD) were pre-installed.
Bye bye Red Hat. :D
Just as a reminder - preupgrade is no longer available and has been replaced by Fedup.
Fedup has done an amazing job for me whenever I have tried. Most of the accounts I have read about 'Fedup' upgrading has been positive. Do try the upgrade (after backup)! :)
Also, F19 is, in my opinion, a rock solid distribution and in my hands, the most stable distro (of all I have tried).
Ubuntu is a testing ground for ubuntu. You're still a corporate test rat, but with canonical/ubuntu you're a test rat for a company that doesnt give much, if anything, back to 'upstream'. The only projects they do much work on are those in house projects which require people to 'sign' the 'canonical contributor agreement'.
With the ubuntu based versions of mint you are still a corporate test rat, its just not quite so obvious.
to add to cascade9 post, dont forget that Canonical is not only selfish in what they do, but their desktop OS is full of intentional built in MALWARE that collects and sells your personal data to the likes of Amazon and Facebook WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE for the most part.
so please know what you are talking about before you spout out the wrong side of your mouth FUD just like Microsoft does on a daily basis. Thank you.
Yeah, yeah, you caught a typo, that makes you a genius I suppose. Anywho, Linux Mint 15 is using kernel 3.8 instead of Fedora's bleeding edge 3.10 which is bug central. Corporations like Red Hat need to be financially responsible members of the community and pay people for testing their software.
this thread has really digressed and is getting rather off topic
Indeed. Please keep this thread on topic.
i have been fighting an issue with Fedup on systems with FULL DISK ENCRYPTION... fedup does not work. it breaks and i can not get an answer as to why.
So if you are using Full disk encryption on your Fedora 17 box, DO NOT use fedup to upgrade to 18/19 respectively. it is broke. you will get the new data on your system but it will not be bootable into the newer kernels. you will be stuck on F17.
Hmm.... as for complexity of the system mine is a fairly standard install ..... I do
Hmm.. i do have a couple of encrypted partitions but root isn't one of them, so that shouldn't be an issue. My main concern is that I have spent months tuning my system, so that what I have on my hands is a set-up that gives me 4.5+ hours of battery life, looks exactly as I want it to, does exactly what I want it to, and has everything I need. The only thing is that I do want updates, but I really don't want to re-install everything from scratch!
If fed-up fails, would I have to do just that? Do post install issues crop up? I've got such a comfortable configuration that I don't want to mess it up :o
BTW, I do know that Ubuntu does collect user information, and that Canonical doesn't contribute code upstream. Red Hat is just a company that is promoting open source software in the corporate world and making a profit along the way. Most of all, they do contribute code back. Plus Fedora is community oriented, and while Red Hat does have a say in its affairs, the community plays a big role too. Personally I've been using Red Hat as well as Debian on my systems, and both seem like good solid stable distributions. Rather than ubuntu IMHO debian would be the better choice if you don't want to go the Red Hat way.
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By Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com
Snider suffered the injury last week while playing golf in Innisbrook, Fla. He is experiencing soreness on the left side of his body in the intercostal muscles, which are located between the ribs.
"I tweaked something about four or five days ago and we've just been taking a very cautious approach with the idea in mind that the ultimate goal is to be ready for Opening Day," Snider said.
"I'm trying to be as involved as I can without being physically involved. It's unfortunate but I think ... right now time is on my side and hopefully this thing is short term and we can get it under control and comfortable, back out there doing what I need to do to prepare myself for the season."
The injury was revealed by manager John Farrell during an afternoon scrum with a group of reporters. The Blue Jays' skipper was asked about the general health of his ballclub and he then proceeded to describe Snider's rehab. That came as a surprise to those in attendance because it had not previously been disclosed during Spring Training.
"Snider shows steady improvement, there's some resistance testing that he's going through and [he] is responding well to that," Farrell said. "We haven't turned him loose yet as far as beginning a hitting progression, but the fact that he's making progress is certainly encouraging."
Snider has yet to swing a bat and is not taking part in any throwing programs at camp. His role is limited to being an observer around the batting cage and outfield while the rest of his teammates actively participate.
When the injury occurred early last week Snider said he wasn't sure how serious it was.
"It didn't explode on me or anything it just progressively got worse in 24 hours and we decided to take a cautious approach to it," Snider said.
"It's not significantly [better], I'm not feeling like I'm going to be swinging [Monday]. But again, it's one of those things where keep doing what I've been doing, keep a positive mind about it and keep it going with the mindset of being ready for April 1st."
Having to deal with injuries is nothing new for Snider, who has been through his fair share during the early part of his Major League career. Last season, he spent more than two months on the disabled list with a right wrist injury.
He also has been forced to overcome hamstring issues and an oblique injury but this is the first time he has experienced soreness in his upper rib-cage area. While there's never a good time to deal with an injury he is at least thankful it happened now instead of later in the year.
"That's one of those things where we hope it doesn't happen in August," Snider said. "I'm glad it happened in February so I that don't have to have that mindset of being away from the team and trying to rush things back as a competitor.
"I've gone through that now twice and understand. The timing is unfortunate, for Spring Training there's a lot of work I wish I could be out there doing, but the most important thing is getting healthy."
The 23-year-old Snider is expected to be the Blue Jays' Opening Day left fielder. Last season, the native of Seattle hit .255 with 14 home runs and 32 RBIs in just 298 at-bats.
It is still unknown when he will be able to resume baseball activities, but Farrell indicated that it's not something that should be considered overly serious.
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Whether you've never heard of Grand Vue Park, you visited several years ago or even if you visited last week, the sprawling facility featuring days' worth of activities is worth another look.
While a lot of the park's shine had faded through the years, targeted renovations and upgrades have put the park in a new light for residents who may have discounted it as well as tourists looking for an outdoor playground in the heart of Marshall County.
"Back in '03, the county commission decided to really start to invest in Grand Vue Park again," explained Grand Vue Park Manager Craig White. "They went out, got some grants and were able to build a new banquet facility, add three new cabins to the park and they built a new playground and miniature golf course."
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The new 12-passenger bus was initially to get zip line riders back to their vehicles, but White said it also will help the park build on its partnerships, taking visitors into Marshall County for shopping or a stroll through area museums. And it also could take visitors to other hotels to the park for a quick zip.
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In Reply to: Potty Training dilemma - help! (desperate) posted by Yvonne on July 20, 2000 at 08:21:22:
: I've finally getting down to potty training my daughter, who just turned 5. We tried half a year ago for a few months with no success, and now since huggies size 6 are getting snug, I figure it's high time.
: She is only slightly verbal. My problem is this: when we put her on the potty, she just holds it, no matter how long. Last night we did a "potty party" where she pretty much stayed in the bathroom for half a day, with snacks and juice. She held it for 10 hours! FInally in the last hour she started tantruming and crying, so we gave up because it was becoming traumatic. She was so uncomfortable, but she just would not go in the toilet! Shw trying pouring warm water, everything. Any ideas? This was an awful experiene. I should add that we've been habit training as well for about two weeks, taking her in for 5-10 minutes every 1-2 hours, with no success. She's very stubborn! We have the big-gun renforcer for when she goes (a mickey mouse lollipop) that we've shown her, but she just doesn't understand what we want.
Have you taken the pullups and put underwear on her? If not, take them and theen try again in a few days. I did this frist and my son would hold it and try not to go in his underwear. Then try watching the times she goes and then about that time try sitting her on the potty and talk to her and have things for her to do again. My son cried and every thing before releasing himself. After 2 or 3 times he figured out it was ok to release himself in the potty. I hope this helps.
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Hoffman accepts blame for defeat
After a shaky six-run start from Jake Peavy and 5 2/3 scoreless innings from the bullpen, the all-times saves leader strode to the mound at Coors Field to protect a two-run lead and send his team into the postseason.
Nineteen pitches later, it all came to an end for San Diego as Hoffman allowed two doubles, a triple, an intentional walk and a sacrifice fly to send San Diego into the offseason.
"We're going home tonight," a dejected Hoffman said. "Unfortunately, we're going home. You can't really point to any other factor than my performance tonight. It's a burden I'm going to have to deal with."
Hoffman stood tall in defeat, despite choking up with emotion as he tried to express his thoughts about what he acknowledged may be the biggest blown save of his career.
The game was an instant classic. It was the 163rd game of a 162-game season, filled with marquee performers including leading candidates for the Cy Young (Peavy), MVP (Matt Holliday), Rookie of the Year (Troy Tulowitzki) and the Hall of Fame (Hoffman). For the man who has accomplished more at the back of the bullpen than anybody to ever play the game, to have the opportunity to put the exclamation point on the end of a regular season that captivated all of baseball was storybook.
But for Hoffman, the story went horribly awry, and he acknowledged that it would be no easy task to put this one behind him.
"Being a part of that game in the way I was, and the way everybody participated the way they did, and to have it turn out the way it did -- it's hard to deal with," Hoffman said. "The finality of it all just comes roaring down pretty quick."
It was the second blown save in three days for Hoffman. He allowed a two-out double followed by an RBI triple Saturday in Milwaukee to let the Brewers back in the game they went on to win. If the Padres had finished either that game or Monday's with a win, they'd be on their way to Philadelphia.
"You're always trying to strive for consistency," Hoffman said. "You can't have a carryover effect in this role. I was prepared, I was ready to go. Unfortunately in these situations, where you're a strike away like a couple nights ago, and I barely got an out tonight -- it's very devastating."
Though the mood in the clubhouse was somber following a 15-minute team meeting, the Padres' confidence in Hoffman was unshaken.
"We don't want anyone but '51' taking the ball," Brian Giles said of Hoffman.
Manager Bud Black concurred, refusing to give any more weight to the rare shortcomings of his ace and his closer than to the entire team's collective inability to clinch the Wild Card, losing three of its final five games.
"It's baseball," said Black. "If it wasn't for those two guys, we wouldn't be in this position. It's one of those games where the other team beat us."
Even the other team tried to take the burden off Hoffman's shoulders. Having won 14 of their last 15 games to edge past San Diego for the Wild Card berth, the Rockies were as close to unstoppable as the game will allow.
"He didn't blow that save," said Todd Helton, who was intentionally walked in the 13th to set up Jamey Carroll's game-winning sacrifice fly. "The guys just came in and battled their butts off and got us to this point."
Hoffman had been up and down as the two teams held a 6-6 tie from the eighth through the 13th inning, trying to loosen up as his team threatened to break the tie. But he refused to accept that occupational hazard as an excuse.
"The game's about adjustments," Hoffman said of the break in routine. "Part of the routine is getting up if you go ahead. This was no different."
Nor was Coors Field a factor, in Hoffman's eyes, despite his 1-4 record and 6.03 ERA in the park, including 20 saves in 31 appearances.
"I'm a professional," he asserted. "It doesn't matter where you're at. You've got to be ready to go wherever you're at."
After taking the lead on Scott Hairston's two-run homer, the Padres saw the looming threat take shape when Kazuo Matsui led off the bottom of the frame with a double to left. Tulowitzki knocked him home with another double to left, and Holliday tied the game with a triple he bounced off the right-field wall.
"He's a great pitcher," said Holliday. "But he's human. He's going to make mistakes. You have to capitalize, because he doesn't make many of them."
The Rockies' hit parade took shape in a flash, leaving Hoffman with an unfamiliar sense of bewilderment at his inability to complete the task.
"It happened pretty quick," Hoffman said. "Everything felt real good out there. I just couldn't get the job done. My velocity was OK. It's October baseball, so it had a flat feel, but you have to be able to execute. I saw a lot of people in front of me execute their pitches."
Though his career accomplishments give him an aura of immortality, Hoffman never seemed more human than in his efforts to answer the questions waiting for the future Hall of Famer. While losing locker rooms are often littered with closers denying the lingering effect of blowing a game of this magnitude, Hoffman faced it head on, acknowledging the difficult offseason in front of him as he waits for another opportunity to take the ball and put this memory behind him.
"There are no clichés to use in this situation," Hoffman said. "It's not going to be easy to deal with, but people don't want to hear that. They want to see execution. They want to see the ballclub moving forward. That didn't happen tonight because of one glaring reason: that was me."
Owen Perkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The wizards of Hogwarts appear to be in full control of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1," the seventh movie of eight in the series based on the remarkable novels by author J.K. Rowling.
With an amazing record opening weekend box office of over $125 million, can the series actually end with just one more movie to come? Time will tell, but for now tens of millions of fans are still rejoicing at this newest release.
However what one expects may not be what one wants in this story. Director David Yates unreels his third straight "Potter" tale in a much slower, darker story as screenwriter Steve Kloves has adapted it for the big screen.
Leaving the all too familiar setting of Hogwarts School, we now head for London in search of the Horcruxes, with Death Eaters and the threatening skies projecting a potential doom for our heroes.
You still have to remember that this 2 hour and 26 minute fascinating adventure is just half of the series (for now) finale. You will have to wait until next July to complete this episode.
Having watched Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) grow-up before us through the years, it is amazing to think how well they have performed and matured. Where will their future careers lead?
With unique animation and amazing special effects, Alexandre Desplat's exceptional music score that helps keep the story from coming apart in places further entertains us. This is easily the series best score.
As Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) leads the final assault on our now seasoned veterans, we can only hope for our heroes to successfully carry the banner of good over evil. Don't be disappointed by the new settings or pace, it is still an enjoyable experience.
Joining the all-star cast are Bill Nighy (Scrimgeous), Alan Rickman (Snape), Toby Jones (Dobby), Ray Ifans (Lovegood) and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix).
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" is rated PG-13 for some sequences of intense action violence, frightening images and a scene of brief sexuality. I would recommend parents not to bring children under 10 with them.
With the six previous "Potter" movies having grossed over $5.4 billion, this could be the series lucky seven, the most successful yet.
Different in its approach but still extremely entertaining, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" receives my second highest rating of "4-J's/Don't miss it!"


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Good morning, my lovelies. Jet lag is a whore. I will write something meaningful about the comic in the next couple of minutes.
*crickets chirping*
So yeah, I think I'm sober enough to write a few words. When we originally created the storyboard for this 60th page, it looked like this. Incidentally, this should give you a good insight into our 'creative process'. OK, so it's not all that, but it's a fun spin on things (pardon the pun).
What you see in the storyboard is my original concept, but I liked the idea of one of our readers so much (thanks, Enova), I actually went ahead and modified the storyboard to fit the general outline of his suggestion. I just thought the idea of Spin tripping he's got powers had quite a bit of comedic potential and I think that comes off fairly well in this panel.
Granted, the story itself is not as fully consistent (if you can call TehGladiators' plot 'consistent' in any context) as it may be in the original storyboard, but I think we did OK in putting some sort of structure to it. This will be even more apparent as we publish 61, so stay tuned.
first... and wtf? was he trippin or summet?
second =)))
Have spin been playing with his good old pipe again? :D
Awesome stuff!
Go Trevor junior, chew his bubble!
and so Spin became useless again...
but a nice one as usual:)
No freakin' way!
This made me laugh... hard. Really really REALLY hard xD
is the bubble sugar free?
jr. Trevor is gnawing on the "bubble" ?
That's the first thing I recall even scratching that infernall thing :P
haha my sob bro is famous :))the comic is lovely as always...the last bit with the bubble is ownage
To bad he doesnt have his set on him =(
But nice one ^^
Man, I'm touched... honestly...
Actually, I'm at a loss for words, but thanks...
so is the paladin part of the DK grp?
ROFL when Jr. Trevor try put his head on floor
I've survived a whole month!
You could just make it so Spin slowly gets buffs. An idiot with powers is still an idiot, and can make for a great character ;).
That was really funny :)
Oh no :( Spin picked up again his NERF STICK... on the last picture.
Good job
Sto znaci ovo "teh", ako smijem da pitam?
T_T i want to see shaman!!
Spin realy shouldnt smoke that much from his pipe! its not good for him!
annyway onwards to the next match (or is there anny plan for killing the bublemadman?)
Good riddance for sitting on that gnome.
aaaw, too bad for spin. Well I guess it would have been too much to ask for with the tier 2 set and all :)
Ahhhhhhh ...maybe he will get it right next time ..
Man, I feel so sad, that Spin isn't truly a shaman.T-T
poor spin, i really hope one day he will be a class that he will like
Lol... Click the mouse... or mouse will click the trigger!
i hate you all i wanted him to be a shamy dude why did you make him just high T.T
agian i hate you all
(not emo)
aww. . . I wanted Spin to get some powers.
He's my favorite character tied w/ Vallant.
I definitely think he should do something, because it's not very much fun if he's just sitting in the background.
After all, You can't make fun of what he's doing if he's not doing anything!
A suggestion for what this could've been - He becomes a elemental god for JUST this one match because the Spirit that resides in this arena lent Spin it's power. That would look so awesome, humour is good but once I would like to see them win without a fluke :)
If you did something like that, like spin or somebody else being really strong as owning people properly with cool effects / drawings just for one match, I'm sure people would love that change :)
I was sure one of the ideas will get in the writers mind. On pgae 59 i also liked most enova's idea:) So great job writer you really did it good:P
Would be nice if they finally go to some raid or instance (reminds me on beginning of this comic). BTW, great job, keep it up :D
LOL @ Trevor Jr. eating bubble!
How I loved to see Spin being an elemental shammy, this idea is far better indeed! Thanks for the smile you put on my face today!
Muahah , Still hope on Tauren rogue xD
Go Jr, Blow that bubble !! ^_^
Let me guess it was Murlocs Creation that made Spin kinan MC ^^;;
I hate that arena... reminds me of a match where i fought too mages and one of them nova'd me in the fire..=(
:D haha i LOVE this comic, it's without a doubt hilarious. Keep up the good work guys! Edit: i LOVE Trev Jr ripping away at the bubble on the last scene!! Haha :D
Awwww, no �ber shammy powers :P Well, I hope we'll see some kind of powers later on to ^^
When can we assume friday updates are going to start up again?
I must say I wouldve loved to see Spin become a massively powerful Shaman, but then again, he would be one of Teh Glads if he had powers. Did love the art on the T2 set, keep up the great work!
Most people overlooked the "blue post" in this comic or what? (last pic ;) ) What Spin is going through is clearly the usual buff-nerf game of Bli... *cough*... the gods :) He got buffed, so he could almost be useful in arena, but then he got nerfed suddenly again. Just as shamans usually...
"Divine spreadsheet" ftw...
Lol yes the blue voice are blizzard admins. Great idea! Good job:D /Clap to the ppl who spot it:P
Couldn'T spin adleast get some sort of "Shaman spell book" like the hunter one Valant got in comic 22? he could adleast start sparkle from his fingers:)
Or let him smoke a bit more, so that he thinks he's a bear/cat....
Idea; Spin keeps trying to cast spells then nothing happens a few seconds later the new pet does something to cause a related activity to what Spin was trying to do, then people think it was Spin?
spin doesn't need a class, all he needs is to catch a cold from a frost DK and sneeze everyone into traps.
snowy, cmon, gief us new page
omfg wtbupdate! work blows
still perfessional :D great
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J&K: Two militants killed in encounter
Mukhtar Ahmad In Srinagar | December 29, 2007 23:19 IST
Two militants, including a commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit, were killed in a fierce south Kashmir encounter that ended on Saturday evening.
Security personnel said acting on specific information, troops of 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and police, surrounded a house in Ladkigam village of south Kashmir Pulwama district early Saturday morning.
"As the troops were zeroing in on the house in which the militants were hiding, they came under heavy automatic gunfire, which triggered a sustained encounter between the surrounding security forces and the holed up militants," a senior police officer said.
He said, "The encounter ended in the evening, after both the holed-up militants were eliminated, from whose possession one AK-47 rifle was recovered while searches are still going on."
"One of the slain militants has been identified as JeM commander, Abdul Gani Dar who was a category "A" militant in the most wanted list of the police."


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The U.S. Census Bureau is having difficulty working with local community groups—especially in Chicago—due to its former ties with ACORN, says Robert Groves, the new head of the people-counting-bureau.
Just a few months from now, the 2010 census forms will be delivered to mailboxes all over the country. Normally, the Census Bureau works with 100,000 small community groups, along with ACORN, to help advertise the safety and importance of these forms.
But now those groups are reluctant to partner with the bureau because of controversies surrounding ACORN.
The bureau already severed its ties with the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) this month, after employees for the organization were caught on tape advising two people posing as a pimp and a prostitute on how to work the system to get a mortgage.
"The negative press on ACORN was becoming a distraction, and hurting our overall effort to get the facts (about the census) out," Groves said, reports the Washington Post.
It may be too little, too late.
"I just came back from the Chicago region," Groves said at a press conference in D.C. "I talked to partnership specialists, and they were telling me that the existence of ACORN as a partner and the negative press and the action of the local groups affiliated with ACORN were actually impeding their getting other partner agreements in Chicago."
The census, which takes place every 10 years, helps determine how more than $400 billion in federal funds should be distributed.
Groves is concerned that the ACORN controversies and the recession may prevent people from participating. He could not stress enough how important citizen input is.
"I want to carefully say that the people served by ACORN are important to us," he said. "We need their participation in the census."
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NEWPORT, R.I., July 9 (UPI) -- American Michael Russell ousted No. 7 seed Donald Young and sixth-seeded Ryan Harrison advanced Monday at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
Russell rallied to upend Young 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 and advance on the grass courts at Newport, R.I. Harrison battled past Ruben Bemelmans 7-6 (10-8), 6-7 (5-7), 7-5 in 2 hours, 48 minutes at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Nicolas Mahut of France, the 2007 Newport runner-up, beat Swiss Marco Chiudinelli 6-0, 7-6 (7-2).
Other winners Monday included American wild card Jack Sock, Israeli Dudi Sela and two-time Hall of Fame runner-up Olivier Rochus of Belgium, who squeezed past Japan's Go Soeda 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Top-seeded American John Isner is seeking to defend his Hall of Fame title this week.
The tournament got under way following the weekend inductions of former world No. 1s Jennifer Capriati and Gustavo Kuerten, as well as former U.S. Open champ Manuel Orantes of Spain.


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I urge you to take a good hard look at the chart in this article (click here to view in full size) and you will quickly realize that the "healthy" food brands that you know and love are actually owned by the who's who of Big Food.
So, what's the problem? Glad you asked! I'm not against companies that traditionally sell unhealthy products deciding to improve their offering with new, healthier options. However, history tells us that that's not what's happening here. When these large corporations take over smaller health companies, they often take once healthy products and turn them into products that are little more than glorified junk food─filled with GMOs, preservatives, chemicals and filler ingredients devoid of any nutrients. Their mantra seems to be: produce the food as cheaply as possible, while convincing the gullible public that it's still healthy. In short, their loyalty remains with their shareholders, not with American families.