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Online item description is for a sterling silver necklace (and there are many variations of the item in question), but the silver came off the piece after a few wearings revealing the brass beneath.I notified Kohl's customer service, they said I could return it but I asked them if they could be sure it was removed from the website.
It is still there, at a price of $100. Never, ever buy jewelry from Kohl's. They don't know what they are actually selling and worse, they don't care about the customers. The packing slip that came with the item I bought DID state in tiny letters that it was BRASS SLV PLT ENAMEL but I didn't notice this until looking for the receipt to return the item.
They KNOW it's brass, but still market it as sterling silver.SHAME ON THEM, and shame on us if we continue to buy jewelry from Kohl's.
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Quit your whining about the website and move on with life!You brought something, didn't like it, discovered it wasn't what it said it was, returned it, got your money back, now move on and quit trying to raise your blood pressure over something so petty!
They have jewelry stores for a reason.
They still have that necklace, so why would they stop selling it because it's fake? Kohl's is a department store, not a jeweler so I don't know why you thought it would be high quality anyway.
Jewlery fROM kohls IS ALL junk.They sell glass as DIAMOND.
sliver as brass total junk.I have also been scammed by KOHLS (JUNK FAKE SEMIREAL JEWLERY) you weren't the first and won't be the LAST!!!
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December 30th, 2007, 02:35 PM #1HELP with Rapidweaver and PHP
I had never heard of Rapidweaver until it was mentioned in another thread a day or 2 ago. I looked at the site and saw a lot I liked, so I downloaded the demo and have been playing with it since yesterday, and basically love it. But one of the features is being able to plug in PHP. I've never used PHP but would really like to be able to plug in GoldenCan PHP code, instead of using the Javascript code.
The Rapideweaver manual clearly states that on HTML pages, you can enter "anything including Javascript, CSS, PHP, and more".
Well, I can enter Javascript, and it shows up fine, but whatever I do and try, I cannot get the PHP code from GC to work at all - just a block of empty space.
I want to purchase Rapidweaver, and get going with it, but if I can't get PHP to work with it, I may have second thoughts.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Also any thoughts, opinions on Rapidweaver?
December 30th, 2007, 03:19 PM #2
Are the pages ending in .php? If not (if they end in .html) you need to instruct your server to parse php on .html pages. That can be done via CPanel on some servers or through your .htaccess file.Bill / Marketing Blog @ 12PM - Current project: Resurrecting my "baby" at South Baltimore..
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December 30th, 2007, 03:23 PM #3
I haven't published anything - just using the demo preview, but I have had extensions set to .php (and tried various others).
December 30th, 2007, 03:51 PM #4Originally Posted by AffiliateHound-Don't criticize anyone til you've walked a mile in their shoes. Then when you do criticize them, you'll be a mile away and have their shoes.
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December 30th, 2007, 03:53 PM #5
Hmmmm...Where is the demo preview being hosted? If it is on your computer the .php may not work. Even when I use Adobe GoLive (my editor of choice) and I preview a page in a browser, the php will not work until I put the sample page on a server somewhere.
I'll have to check out that RapidWeaver site when I get a chance. For Macs, eh???Bill / Marketing Blog @ 12PM - Current project: Resurrecting my "baby" at South Baltimore..
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December 30th, 2007, 04:10 PM #6
Thanks Beachy and meadowmufn.
I thought that could be the problem, but wasn't sure. Yes, Beachy, the preview is on your own computer.
The site I've been trying out on Rapidweaver is an old, existing site, and I can't really upload a totally new page or two that I do on Rapidweaver to test the PHP, so I'll have to do a page or 2 for a new site and see how that works once its on a server.
They should add this to their manual, or does everyone who uses PHP take this as a given?
Rapidweaver does look pretty good, is easy to use, cheap to buy (at the start, but they charge for a lot of the add-ons and updates), and they boast of good support, but you can't access that with the demo - you have to buy in first. I'll ask this question right after I make the purchase.
December 30th, 2007, 05:44 PM #7
You can get PHP installed on your Mac
Or you can install PHP on a Windows machine. PHP pages would then work on your local machine
December 30th, 2007, 08:40 PM #8Originally Posted by markschok
...this looks complicated
January 10th, 2008, 12:13 AM #9
I just got my first new RapidWeaver site live, and the Golden Can PHP works fine.
Thanks for all the help and insight.
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Previously on The World on Wheels: Bakersfield, we ate some great tacos, drank an awesome margarita, listened to some country music, and took in some stock car racing.
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It's a Sunday, so that means a day game. A stiff breeze greets us as we get to the parking lot of Sam Lynn Stadium in Bakersfield. I like the wheelchair seats here because they are elevated platforms in the first row of this small stadium. It's rare that wheelchairs get to sit in the front row anywhere.
We set up on the platform, buy some hot dogs and beer and wait for the game to begin. The wind is blowing stronger, so Letty has us move back a few feet where we can use a stairwell as a wind-break.
The game begins, and the wind gets worse; kicking up clouds of dust. Soon, our hair is dusty and there is grit in our teeth. Our beers are polluted with that Bakersfield dirt.
The Blaze get out to a quick lead. The announcer asks people to avoid a tented pavilion down the right-field foul line for safety reasons. Advertising banners are being blown off of the outfield wall.
In the second inning, the Jethawks pitcher steps off of the mound and starts rubbing his eyes. The two team managers come out and ask the umpires to delay the game. They do and now we're in a wind delay. Since it's only a delay, we have no recourse…your tickets are still good for today only. We wait and luckily one of the team execs comes by and says they'll wait a half hour and make a final decision. We can live with that.
Howling winds buffet the stadium and the fans. Finally, the umpires relent and suspend the game. In baseball, there are no refunds…your tickets for a cancelled game can be used for another game later in the season. We will hope for better weather tomorrow but it's too windy to put the tarps on the field and a short but heavy rainstorm hits that night, drenching the field. Tomorrow's game will be cancelled too. Oh well, we'll hold on to our stubs and come back in a couple of months.
UPDATE: June 2010
Since we still had tickets to a Blaze game, we went back up to Bakersfield last weekend to catch the game. It would have been cheaper just to eat the tickets but anything for an excuse to go to Bakersfield… yes, we are nerdy like that and, yes, we do like Bakersfield but this weekend would probably be the last weekend we could go before it got unbearably hot.
It was a pretty uneventful drive over the Grapevine and we pulled into Huichos for lunch and then headed to Dewar's for dessert at the newer location on Hageman Road. The server was a delight but the lady that rang up our bill seemed to want to get into an argument for some reason. Sensing a little hostility there, I just kept my mouth shut and paid the bill. Great ice cream, though.
Again, we stayed at our home-away-from home, the Springhill Suites by Marriott just off Rosedale Highway. I was on the verge of being sick so I took a nap while Letty went out to the pool. Dinner was at Benji's, a Basque restaurant near the hotel. We love Basque restaurants and Benji's gets my vote for the best salad I've ever had. Their pickled tongue is also good, second only to Centro Basco in Chino. Overall, it gets my vote over Woolgrower's as the better of the Basque restaurants we've ate at in Bakersfield. The only other one we've been to is the Basque Café which is no longer in business.
On to the game. We got blown out by a dust storm in April but today the weather is fantastic. Due to the batters facing directly into the sunset because of the field alignment, night games start at 7:45pm this time of the year. We get great seats right behind home plate in the first row.
Sam Lynn Stadium…home of the Blaze…is old and in dire need of a rehabilitation but it is also so down-home friendly and comfortable that I can overlook that. We sit in the middle of a small group of friendly season ticket holders who are more than happy to chat about all things baseball and Bakersfield. Like the usual Bakersfield residents, they are kind of amazed that someone would actually visit their city for a getaway but most acknowledge that they live in a hidden gem of a town.
The Blaze give the lead away early to Visalia via a solo home run.
After the first inning, just like in April, Letty is chosen to be the sweetheart of the game and is given flowers by the mascot, Heater, and is announced over the PA system. No, I didn't pay anyone off…just a happy coincidence.
The Blaze tie the game and take the lead. After nine good innings, they take the game with a score of 5-4.
Breakfast the next morning was at the 24th Street Café in downtown. It has a good reputation for a breakfast place and the food is very good, but the service was slow and they really try to shoehorn people into the smallest tables that they can. Later, I would get sick on something…I think the chorizo I had for breakfast here…and would spend the rest of the day in bed when we got home.
Overall, a fun and very quick getaway to one of our favorite places. Bye Bakersfield…you are far too hot for me now, we'll meet again in the fall.
We go back to the hotel where we take a swim and then a shower to get all the dirt off of us. Luckily, our hotel has an indoor pool so we don't have to go outside. The day is ended with a dinner at Frugatti's, an Italian place on the eastern side of town. It's good but expensive and the service a bit slow.
Bakersfield is world-renown for its Basque restaurants. The Basque people (from a region that straddles the border of France and Italy) were shepherds and many migrated to this region. It's hard work and requires hearty food to keep up. There are at least half a dozen Basque restaurants still operating in town and the culture is still a big part of the city's identity.
We've been to the Basque Café (now closed) and Benji's. My wife made me promise to try a new restaurant this trip so we head to Woolgrowers located in the old, rundown section of town east of the current downtown. For around $12, we get a meal that starts off with a bowl of hot, vegetable soup followed by a bowl of salad accompanied by a plate of marinated tomatoes and onions. Next come the beans, bread, and salsa. Tim likes to dip his bread in the salsa. The entrées arrive…a New York steak for me, a beef dip for Tim, and a garlic-infused lamb sandwich for Letty with some great French fries on the side. You can also get just the "set up,", everything but the entree and fries, for about $8. It is all very good and very filling but I'll give the edge to Benji's, who is just ever-so-slightly better than Woolgrowers.
On the road to our next destination, it's about 45 minutes west of town, the Tule Elk Reserve. Tule elk are smaller elk that are native to the area. They are endangered so a reserve was set aside for them here, where they can be protected and breed to replace diminishing populations within the state.
It costs $8 to park here. There are clean restrooms, picnic tables, and a wheelchair accessible elevated viewing platform.
We went up the platform and it took us awhile, but we finally saw some antlers poking up through the grass about a half-mile away. It took some binoculars to see that much. There's also a pond in front of the platform and many birds to watch flitting around from black phoebes to golden eagles.
Next, some time is spent driving around the nearby hills, looking at wildflowers which are in their peak season in mid April and then it's back to town to find the game has been cancelled.
A stop at Dewar's is in order. This 102 year-old ice cream parlor packs 'em in with their sundaes, shakes, and ice creams. My wife swears by the pink peppermint and chip ice cream. They also make great candies. I especially like the caramel chews, which I call "Dewar's Chewers."
The old shop is small and tight. Even normal people in this day and age have trouble fitting on the small stools at the counter. The few tables are squeezed in very tight and are not easy to get a wheelchair in. There is another, newer location on the north end of town at Hageman Road and Calloway Drive that is much more roomy and accessible and another at the corner of Rosedale Highway and Calloway Drive, on the west side of town, is scheduled to open in January 2012.
The original shop is at California and Eye Street. Bakersfield has some quirks, and that street name..."Eye"...is one of them. The downtown streets are in a grid, mostly with numbers (1st Street, 2nd Street, 3rd Street) running east and west, while the letters (A Street, B Street, C Street) run north and south. Eye Street is in between H Street and J Street.
Another quirk is with business names.
"Curl up and Dye" is a salon. The lot next to Too Fat Sandwiches has a sign on the wall saying "Parking for Too Fat Customers."
With no baseball to watch, it's back to downtown Bakersfield and the "Arts District." There are many bars and nightspots here. Fishlips is a good place to watch some hard rock acts, the restored Fox Theater features big names, and the new Brimstone in the old Padre Hotel is drawing a crowd. The granddaddy of them all is Guthries Alley Cat.
Famous as a dive bar, it's gotten so much popularity and attention that I'd have to call it a former dive bar. Drinks are good, the resident dog can be friendly…if its owner tells it to be, and the locals are nice. A lot of history on the walls and a pool table in the back. Something about it, however, doesn't call to me so while it's nice to see what the fuss is all about, I'll stick to my regular watering hole…
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The Harvest is a science fiction-themed action RPG that takes place on future Earth, some years after the fallout of a destructive alien invasion. These aliens, who have come to be known as The Harvesters, use humans and animals to create cyborgs: crude amalgamations of flesh and machinery. Mankind, in the form of the Global Defense Force is fighting a war against The Harvesters using human controlled mechanized infantry units.
The GDF army has been deployed to various parts of the world in order to fight back against The Harvesters in hope of restoring Earth to its rightful owners. You are part of a group that has been sent to investigate reported Harvester activity in the region of the ruins of an ancient city that was once used as a military base for an organization that was a precursor to the GDF, which is where the game begins.
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After reading reviews lately, I have decided that I am a complete failure as a hobbyist. In all my experiences, I have successfully made my female companion achieve a mind blowing orgasm less than 30% of the time. (the real figure is probably about 1%, but I digress)
I have had 2 lovely women achieve a significant level of wetness, that I attribute to my amazing skills, but even with that, I am obviously a disappointment to the ladies out there.
So, I certainly apologize to you ladies that, unlike my bretheren in hobby who manage to make you reach mind blowing, earth shattering, once in a lifetime, orgasms every time they see you, I have failed in helping you reach your potential.
Sincerely, "the only hobbyist out there who cannot get every woman to have the best orgasm of her life"
I have had 2 lovely women achieve a significant level of wetness, that I attribute to my amazing skills, but even with that, I am obviously a disappointment to the ladies out there.
So, I certainly apologize to you ladies that, unlike my bretheren in hobby who manage to make you reach mind blowing, earth shattering, once in a lifetime, orgasms every time they see you, I have failed in helping you reach your potential.
Sincerely, "the only hobbyist out there who cannot get every woman to have the best orgasm of her life"
Good point, but you have to admit that you received "the best BBBJ of your life"! One girl after the other topping the previous one LMFAO
LOL! Every one is the best ever!!
Sarcasm - mocking, contemptuous, or ironic language intended to convey scorn or insult
Honestly, I go into the session only wanting my own desires fulfilled half the time. I'm usually kinda tired when seeing some providers, so, I get kinda lazy fucking them. It's no big deal to me. I've come to the realization that I am the one paying the money, and, I really don't have to please anyone but myself. I'm not selfish, I tip them all the time despite my efforts.
If I can get them to ride me throughout the session, then that's what I tend to do. Some providers want me to thrust faster so they can climax, but, when I don't have the energy, then I can't give them what they want. Sometimes, I just like to go slow, take my time, and pick up some speed that will last about 30 seconds to one minute of thrusting fast at different intervals. Other than that, I kinda like go slow sometimes.
They never seem to be totally disappointed, they themselves try to fuck me all they want, and I just sit back. So, if they want their nut, then, they get on top and ride me. Otherwise, half the time, I'm taking my time. When I fuck girls, I have no intention of giving them O's. Some will achieve that regardless of what I do.
Well you're definitely not a failure. I for one think that hobbying is a fun thing and should not be tied down with the responsibility of pleasuring a girl friend, wife or some other form of significant other. If I want to worry about giving o's I ll go fuck my gf. But hobbying is different. It's my time and I get to pretty much do whatever I want. I can be with a tall busty blonde, or a sultry brunette with a bubble butt or shit, both of them at the same time. The provider is providing a service for me and no one else during the time I am with her. Of course the level of service differs with providers as we have all come to know but that's what keeps me going back! If I am having fun with a provider and I o and she o's as well then hey! Win win for us all. I know as men we like to hear from a partner how awesome and mind blowing the sex is but in truth it's not like that all the time. As a guy having sex with a girl (non provider) haven't you ever has a bad lay? I mean shit I ve fucked plenty of girls that were just awful in bed. How? Dead fish, amazon jungles, god the list goes on! I think that's what any good provider DOESNT want to be. They want you the hobbyist to have a good time and keep you coming back to them. That's a providers basic business dynamics. My opinion. Ladies if I m wrong please don't hate on me lol
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Do swimming on a regular basis. It will make you nice in hard. That helps in making the ladies wet. Also use those twisty trojan condoms.
A top provider once said that to me at the end of a session when I said, "this was great for me, but I'm sorry I didn't give you an O." Then she added, "as a matter of fact, I can come almost any time I want if I'm having a good time, and I came just now because I enjoyed being with you." True or not, she made it sound convincing and she was so good I believed her.
that read this post as making fun of the storytelling that many reviewers do, and not as a request for advice? If my first thought was correct, then I hear you brother. It's amazing how many reviewers have foot long packages and make all the girls fall in love.
I was getting concerned that no one would actually see the post for what it was meant to be
I have a very clear goal in my adventures. I love a woman that has "O's". OMG as many as is possible.
And I think by now I can pretty well tell when they fake it or not. Actually, lately I have been with woman that are silent. So its hard to tell when or even if.
Lovable, kissable, edible, and oh yes responsive.
Its the oral dinning at the Y, O that is amazing. You get to feel the gush, the quiver, the muscal spasm. They cant fake that. And If I pay a lot of attention to their body signals, and listen really hard, they cum. Im so easy after that, LOL.
Having said all that, some of our fine ladies just are not going to let go, or they have been worn out by the days events, or just the life. Since my baggage is tied to their pleasures, I shy away from the BP girls alot, they are mostly used up. Or the professional lady, for the same reasons. Now thats a generalization of course. I dont mean that in a derogitory way either. My goal is a womans pleasure. If they arent into it, or came 20 mins ago, they may be done or too sensative. that has happened. I usually move on and finish and go.
And having said all of this, I am almost too embarrassed to call an old friend, and see her. Years have gone by, now. Her posts are like personal letters to me, an invitation to see her. The last time I saw her I was so nervous I barely functioned. Not sure I could do much better if I saw her now. And she has never been more beatiful, more alluring, and more inviting. Oh, to make her have an O, would be a thrill that would last my life time. One of those, great thoughts of a great career kinda thing. That moan, sigh, breath, kiss of passion, that quiver in her body. Hopefully, she reaches out and holds me.
Good topic, Listen, the girls know what they are doing, you dont have to appologize to them, they are there for you. But i do remember what one very fine lady said to me, many many years ago. In a very soft voice she said " thats what you want, thank you, and come make love to me".


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Custom Equipment, Inc. engineers and manufactures all-purpose Hy-Brid scissor lifts in electric and push-around models. The all-purpose lifts offer exceptional capabilities in a heavy-duty but lightweight design, are easy to maneuver and reach working heights up to 20 feet. Contractors and maintenance technicians can use them from start to finish for a wide range of applications in industries as diverse as construction, drywall, electrical, HVAC, industrial manufacturing, painting and plumbing.
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There are times when you're stuck in an elevator with a stranger and you start getting anxious about the situation!
This guy enters the elevator, seeing this Muslim girl encased in a hijab. He feels a little awkwardness and moves in grabbing the other corner of the lift trying to avoid his discomfort. But something absurd and unimaginable happens..


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Cat Vs. Dog is a simple and entertaining flash game. It is well known that dogs and cats have their rivalries from ancient times, some of them do get along, but most of them don't. Inspired by this rivalry the developers of this game thought of a very funny way to let you have a good time.
Cat Dog Cat Dog Cat is the title of a highly unusual game in which you'll have to form two groups, one consisting entirely of cats and the other of dogs. The game sounds easy and simple at first, but the only way to understand its difficulty is by playing it. Thing is, you can only move pairs of tiles - group of two consecutive boxes, one with a cat and one with a dog.
Dog and Cat is a basic strategy sound computer game that simulate desk board game.
There are a dog and a cat on a field 25 X 25 cells in size. There is a fence around the field. There are 4 trees on the field. There is one tree in each corner of the field. The task of the dog is to force the cat to climb up the tree.
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This pedigree software product has many features designed specifically for cat breeders and fanciers. Amongst its comprehensive feature set, including of course many styles of professional quality pedigrees, Breeders Assistant for Cats offers :
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Sushi Cat 2 is a puzzle game about Sushi Cat and his wife who are out shopping at the local mall. A new nemesis, Bacon Dog, sees Sushi Cat's wife and decides to steal her. You can help Sushi Cat get her back, by guiding him to as much sushi as possible. You will watch him grow fat as he eats more and more sushi along his way.
Your task: take an up-and-coming clothing store and turn it into the hottest spot in town for new threads. To get customers pouring into your store and opening their purses and wallets, you'll have to keep an eye on popular trends in the fashion industry, take into account the demands of the market and compete against rivals.
Dog Name Generator is a very small application that has a huge database of dog names classified by color, breed, gender and other characteristics. The program will allow you to generate random names based on your criteria (and if you want a random name, you just select the "Any" option).
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This Chrome extension lets you play the Nyan Cat FLY Game. This is a small 2D arcade style game of a flying cat. You fly in an environment of space where delicious candies, shiny lollipops, squashy gums and other types of sweets that you love. However, the mystic space is filled with other things rather than sweets such as those healthy but ugly to eat veggies that you must avoid at all costs.
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Help Raxx return home from the drawing world! Using magic crayons, alter the landscape and help him on his arduous journey! Find delicious sugar bones as you journey a great distance. Full of adorable landscapes and cartoony graphics, Raxx is fun for the whole family. Use your ingenuity and wits to help Raxx: The Painted Dog in this gripping Puzzle game!
Purrfect Pet Shop 2.5 by Techfront Studios is shareware game for the PC; we can purchase online, download and try for free for one hour, or play web trial. In this game, Nana has invited us to come to her adoption center and manage it. We must look after stray animals. We must give them food, water, and keep them clean and healthy. Then we must match the animals with their perfect owner to be.


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Congo: Bishop escapes gun attack, relative injured
The Catholic bishop of Goma, in the troubled region of North Kivu in Congo-Brazzaville, escaped unharmed in a shooting incident, which left a relative seriously injured. According to missionary news agency MISNA, gunmen opened fire on Bishop Faustin Ngabu and his brother-in-law on Sunday night as they were going home. The bishop managed to hide until the gunmen fled the scene. The brother-in-law was then taken to hospital. It is unclear if the attack was an act of banditry or if the bishop was the target of the gunmen. North Kivu has for two months been fighting between the regular Congolese forces and militants loyal to the pro-Rwandan dissident general Laurent Nkunda. The fighting has sent thousands of people across the border into neighbouring Uganda. Source: CISA


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Day 31 - On The Canals
Amsterdam Travel Blog› entry 31 of 41 › view all entries
July 5th, 2006 – by: tommylennie
A quick regroup later and we decided to take a boat trip, which would weave through the canals of Amsterdam. We boarded a decent sized boat, which offered some shelter from the sun and set sail when the vessel was fully loaded. The trip itself was fairly pleasant and the tour guide explained our surroundings well, but we were glad when it did finish as everything soon became very similar.
The afternoon was spent wandering around the city centre, giving us plenty of photo and people watching opportunities. This really was our favourite past time in Amsterdam. Following on from that, we stationed ourselves in the Doors coffee shop for the afternoon, playing cards as usual and discussing our past travels with Niki. Time almost stood still at the coffee shop and we soon found that it was well into the evening and so we headed back to the hostel, but not before filling our bellies with 2 portions of French fries first!
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Let's Finish Strong
Let's Finish Strong
As we build for victory in November, every supporter must be engaged with I-182.
Victory is won in the final weeks of a campaign. We have built an amazing movement through sweat, smiles and a few tears, and now, we have to cross that finish line strong and together.
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PM vow as unemployment hits high
The Prime Minister has admitted that the Government had to do more to get the economy moving after "horrific" figures showed unemployment at a 17-year high, the number of young people out of work nearing a million and Jobseeker's Allowance claimants increasing for the seventh month in a row.
Both sides of industry voiced concern about the state of the jobs market, while Labour leader Ed Miliband told David Cameron it was time to admit the Government's plan "isn't working".
The Prime Minister told the Commons: "I accept we have got to do more to get our economy moving, to get jobs for our people, but we mustn't abandon the plan that has given us record low interest rates."
Unemployment increased by 114,000 to 2.57 million in the quarter to August, the worst total since the autumn of 1994, giving a jobless rate of 8.1%, the highest since 1996.
Youth unemployment reached a record high of 991,000, while the numbers claiming Jobseeker's Allowance increased for the seventh month in a row, to 1.6 million, date from the Office of National Statistics has shown.
Other figures showed a 178,000 slump in employment in the quarter to August - the biggest fall in more than two years - and the largest-ever cut in the number of part-time workers, down by 175,000.
The number of people classed as economically inactive increased by 26,000 to 9.35 million, a rate of 23.3%. Taking the inactivity rate and the new jobless figures together, half of 16 to 24-year-olds are now not employed, it was revealed.
At Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Mr Miliband said it was time for Mr Cameron to admit the Government's plan "isn't working", adding: "The same script, month after month. Doesn't he realise? It isn't working."
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "These are terrible figures. The Government's austerity measures have turned unemployment into a full-blown crisis - with job losses not seen since the darkest days of the recession."
John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), said: "The quarterly rise in unemployment is reminiscent of an economy in recession rather than any kind of recovery and confirms that the private sector just isn't creating enough jobs at present to offset public sector job cuts."


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"Better deal at a non approved Subaru dealer."
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"I was very happy with the response to my questions. As I explained to the associate I am just checking current prices and do not expect to make a purchase decision until April 2015. Tom Walton"


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Safeguarding wildlife in the face of climate change is now our biggest conservation challenge. Today climate change is already having profound effects on our wildlife and the habitats they call home. To ensure that wildlife can continue to thrive in a warmer world, we need to make conservation "climate-smart."
In a warmer world, we may work in new places or protect plants and animals that haven't needed our help before. Becoming climate-smart doesn't mean forgetting about existing problems like pollution and invasive species that hurt wildlife. Instead, it means looking ahead and integrating the new challenges created by climate change into our conservation efforts.
Preparing for and coping with current and future climate impacts is an emerging field known as climate adaptation. The National Wildlife Federation has been at the forefront of this emerging field, working closely with federal and state agencies and other organizations to help conservation managers understand how to incorporate climate considerations into their work to better protect our species and ecosystems.
The National Wildlife Federation's work on climate adaptation includes developing innovative new conservation approaches—such as our widely used guides to climate-smart conservation and climate change vulnerability assessment, as well as reports about climate adaptation that address impacts on wildlife and natural habitats and advance science-based solutions. We're also working with local partners to make their on-the-ground conservation projects more resilient in the face of climate change, and collaborating with local communities to find nature-based approaches to protect people from the impacts of climate change and increasingly severe weather.
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National Wildlife Federation staff have published extensively on the topic of climate change and wildlife conservation.
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Man, these Mondays sure do come around fast. But I'm keeping my promise (just) and publishing a new episode of A 'Verse Full of Scum every Monday.
Remember when I posted the last episode and said how some people had started referring to the story as VFoS? Well, some people are referring to it simply as Verse now as well. An acronym and an abbreviation – this story is going from strength to strength. Feel free to leave comments on these posts, you don't have to just email me on the quiet. Let everyone know what you think.
Episode 10 is online now – click on the Serial Novella button on the left to get to it.


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Recent Mac App sale?
August 8, 2014 4:50 PM Subscribe
Can you help me find a very recent price reduction on a number of Mac apps? I ran across it within the last two days, Aug 6 or 7. A blog mentioned a short-term price reduction on apps via the App Store, perhaps 20 titles. Some were of interest to me. Since I was rushed, I briefly noted it and moved on, expecting to be able to retrace it in my browser history. Only thing is, now that I am able to look for it, there doesn't seem to be anything that matches this. Any help would be appreciated.
(Turned out they were iOS apps, not Mac. That may be why I did not find them.)
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Release Date: 1957
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 48 min
Plot Summary
Idealistic British surgeon Alec Windom (Peter Finch) travels to Burma, where he quickly becomes embroiled in the politics of the region. Favoring the native interests over the imperialists when the workers of a rubber plantation go on strike, Windom supports them and hides their leader in a hospital. His support falters, however, when the workers join a growing and active rebellion. Windom's activities are further interrupted by the arrival of his strong-willed wife, Lee (Mary Ure).
Cast: Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Natasha Parry
Director: Ronald Neame
Genres: Drama
Keywords: Marriage, Hospital, Melodramatic, Pursuit, 1950s, Wife, Quest


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It's easy to miss the forest for the trees when it comes to the New York Yankees 2011 season. They've been riddled with injuries to important members of the roster and dealt with serious downturns in performances (and media circuses) from aging stars such as Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada, while still posting the third-best record in baseball.
Despite their success in the standings, multiple missed opportunities around younger players are clearly costing the Yankees.
For much of the first part of the century, the Yankees didn't have the prospects to help the team due to some downright embarrassing drafts, but that's not the case anymore. A combination of good picks and excellent work in the international market has transformed the system into one of baseball's best and one that general manager Brian Cashman is happy to show public pride in while insisting that the Yankees want to keep their top prospects rather than using them as trading chips come July.
For the first time in a long time, the Yankees actually have the kind of prospects they've been hoping for, but they don't seem to know what they are doing with them.


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New York Mets (19-15 Road: 7-7) at San Francisco Giants (18-16 Home: 12-6) 10:15 pm
Livan Hernandez (3-1 5.08) vs. Tim Lincecum (3-1 3.25)
TV: SNY Radio: WFAN
What to watch: This game certainly appears to be a big mismatch on paper. Lincecum, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, going up against Hernandez. But that's why they play the games. Lincecum has pitched very well lately and hasn't lost a game since April 12th. Jose Reyes is out again with soreness in his right calf debunking the rumors that he was being punished last night for his bad base running. Also, Jeremy Reed gets the start at first base. That should be interesting…
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Govt plan for swimmable rivers by 2040 – In the News
Sarah-Jane O'Connor posted in E. coli • environment minsiter • freshwater • ministry for the environment • swimmable • water quality on February 24th, 2017.
The Government plans to ensure 90 per cent of New Zealand rivers and streams are "swimmable" by 2040, but critics have said to achieve the goal it has changed what qualifies as swimmable. The target, announced yesterday, is estimated to cost the Government, farmers and councils $2 billion over the intervening 23 years. Other additions […]
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Changing of the guard: As doctors at West River Health Services in Hettinger retire, 5 more physicians have moved into take their place
HETTINGER — As older doctors have retired from West River Health Services in Hettinger, the clinic and hospital have been recruiting, and have found five doctors to fill some pretty big shoes, CEO Jim Long said.
And he hopes they fill them well.
The newest is Dr. Tracy Boschee, who practices family medicine.
Other new physicians are Dr. Joshua Ranum, internal medicine, and his wife, Dr. Carrie Ann Ranum, pediatrics.
Dr. Jennifer Sheffield and Dr. Stacie Wellman, who practice family medicine with an interest in women's health. Sheffield also has an interest in dermatology and allergies, and Wellman specializes in obstetrics.
"That's really typical of our physicians," Long said. "Each picks a specialty area and then does additional education so they can provide it. For example, we don't have OB/GYN. We have family practice physicians with a special interest in obstetrics."
Those doctors have received additional training to deliver babies and do c-sections, but have not done the full coursework as a specialist, allowing them to see more patients with the family medicine designation.
Joshua Ranum grew up in Scranton, and, after working with West River Health Services during medical school, was excited to come back to his home area.
"It's actually been really rewarding," Joshua Ranum said of being a hometown doctor. "I've taken care of and run into a lot of people that I've known growing up and it's been a very rewarding experience to help people out and come back and hopefully make a positive difference in the community."
Carrie Ann Ranum grew up in suburban Stillwater, Minn., and Hettinger is a little more rural than she is used to.
"I knew a lot more people down here than she did," Joshua Ranum said. "I think it's growing on her and she's getting more and more used to the community and the people."
The Ranums were a bit of a package deal, but alternate travel days, so are rarely in the same building, Joshua Ranum said.
"I had a pretty strong feeling that I was going to work in a smaller area and probably here, and she was apparently OK with that," Joshua Ranum said. "We both had a thought of doing a smaller community practice, so the odds of working for the same organization was going to be pretty high."
The hospital serves about 20,000 square miles with patients coming from three states, Long said.
All of the new doctors are from the Midwest or West, so North Dakota winters don't faze them the same way it has affected doctors in the past, Long said.
"There's been other employees that have come through the system here that they go, 'I just can't stay. This is just too cold,'" Long said.
This year has been especially hard. Two administrators — one from Iowa and one from Nebraska — were almost froze out. There have also been a lot of retirements in recent years from West River.
"We're kind of in that transition from Baby Boomers to the next group," Long said. "A good share of our transition has been the earlier crew to today."
The community has been welcoming to the new doctors, Long said.
"Our patients are just tickled pink with these new recruits, as are we," Long said.


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Rebel Radio Ep. 7: Garth Trinidad - How to Handle 'The Hustle' as a Radio DJ
Rebel Radio is a weekly podcast, hosted by your humble servant, exploring the relationship between art and business in underground culture. Through interviews with creative entrepreneurs who have shaped the roots and future of the underground, we uncover what it takes to build and sustain a career out of making art. Rebel Radio is presented in partnership with EDM.com.
This week I'm in studio with Garth Trinidad.
Garth has been a DJ on LA's legendary KCRW independent radio station for over 18 years, helping to shape the city's landscape of progressive music. His playlist blends an international mix of future soul, deep dance, indie rock, and jazz, and his show has won LA Weekly's award for Best Radio Program multiple times. He helped to break some of the most important alternative artists of our time — Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Little Dragon, and he keeps on digging.
We talk about the important mentors in Garth's career, including American Idol judge Randy Jackson, and how he manages all of his side hustles: Music journalism (NPR, PBS, LA Canvas magazine), music supervision (Entourage), and most recently music production as half of the deep house duo Trinidad-Senolia. And there's more. Cousin stays busy.
I hope you enjoy the interview. Make sure you subscribe at soundcloud.com/rebel_radio, and leave us comments or suggestions for future guests at www.twitter.com/rebelradionet.


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This auction house macro cancels all of your auctions that have less than 12 hours remaining on the bidding. Caution should be used with this because you could end up losing lots of gold due to auction house fees.
See the related macros below for a macro that just cancels items of a specific name if you want to be more careful or you don't deal in massive AH quantities.
/script local o="owner" p=GetNumAuctionItems(o) i=p while (i>0) do local _,_,c,_,_,_,_,_,_,b,_,_=GetAuctionItemInfo(o,i) t=GetAuctionItemTimeLeft(o,i) if((c>0)and(b==0)and(t<4))then CancelAuction(i) end i=i-1 end
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VoicePort on Thursday announced a patent licensing agreement with Walgreens that covers 11 U.S. patents and patent applications owned by Walgreens in the field of prescription alignment.
Rexam Prescription Products on Tuesday is changing its name to Centor, the company announced.
Canada's pharmacy retailer the Jean Coutu Group is optimistic about the expanded role of pharmacists in Quebec under Bill 41.
NeuroMetrix on Tuesday announced that its wearable technology for treatment of chronic pain received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use.
Cardinal Health recently introduced a legislative toolkit that makes it easy for community pharmacists to share their views about policies affecting the pharmacy industry.
The theme for this year's Cardinal Health RBC 2014 is "Leading Change." For community pharmacists, that means playing a more active role in patient care. And Cardinal Health has a suite of services to help community pharmacists take the next step in making a difference in their patients' lives — the Cardinal Health Adherence Suite.
Rite Aid realized a 3.9% same-store sales increase for the four weeks ended June 28, the company reported Thursday.
Walgreens on Thursday reported June sales of $6.3 billion, an increase of 8.9% as compared to the same month in fiscal 2013.
Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012 — many more in some states than in others — according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that highlights the danger of overdose.
Walgreens is currently piloting two MedAvail self-service pharmacy kiosks — one located at one of its distribution centers and a second at an Access Health Clinic.
Cardinal Health on Monday announced the introduction of a legislative toolkit that makes it easy for community pharmacists to share their views about policies affecting the pharmacy industry.
Less than a year after Meijer opened a supercenter at the historical Michigan State Fairgrounds on 8 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, the retailer continued its investment in the city of Detroit on Monday with a formal groundbreaking ceremony for a second supercenter to be located at the site of the former Redford High School on the city's west side.
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the Anti-Diversion Industry Working Group created an educational video for pharmacists to help better combat prescription drug abuse. The video, titled "Red Flags," was released at NABP's 110th Annual Meeting.
SilverScript Insurance Co., a CVS Caremark company, has entered into collaborations with seven accountable care organizations across the country.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday notified health professionals, their provider organizations and caregivers for infants, that prescription oral viscous lidocaine 2% solution should not be used to treat infants and children with teething pain.
Worldwide prescription drug sales are expected to exceed the trillion dollar mark by 2020, according to Evaluate's "World Preview 2014, Outlook to 2020" report released Wednesday.
Mobile technology company GetMyRx on Monday announced its smartphone app is available to New Yorkers.
Motley Fool analysts Michael Douglass and David Williamson last week discussed what kind of positive disruption pharmacy kiosk MedAvail — which is backed by Walgreens, among other investors — will have on the market.
As Walgreens carefully considers how to best execute the second step of its acquisition of Alliance Boots, Walgreens on Tuesday relayed its progress in improving its domestic business, including the company's success in winning the prescription business of high-value seniors and the pending national launch of its Boots No7 beauty brand.
The Food and Drug Administration has published a draft guidance document for prescription drug supply chain stakeholders as part of the agency's implementation of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy has reported.
Meijer pharmacies marked a milestone in June when one of the retailer's pharmacists dispensed the 20 millionth free customer prescription through its free prescription program.
As patients across North America continue to turn to their neighborhood pharmacy for vaccinations, state and provincial governments in the United States and Canada are widening the range of immunizations that can be administered by a pharmacist.
QS/1 is now offering the ESI Rx History interface, a medication reconciliation program allowing healthcare professionals to instantly retrieve a patient's medication history.
Carex Health Brands on Thursday introduced AccuRelief Pain Relief Systems, a line of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy FDA–approved for full-body, over–the–counter use.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday advanced bipartisan legislation sponsored by full committee vice chair Marsha Blackburn to address the nation's growing prescription drug abuse epidemic.


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Persons attending the Bethany School group annual fellowship are always full of enthusiasm. When 18 school friends meet, there is much "old" news to share.
Those present for the July 14 meal at Noble Restaurant near Corinth were Lucille Mason, Naomi Shiver, Lair Skirvin, Frances Lloyd, Ann Siders, Marion and Joyce Mason, Arthur Wright, Liz Dunavent, Linda Allnutt, Jean Murphy, Duard and Ann Glass, Ernest and Sara Smith, Donald Crupper, and Jim and Betty Lawrence.
Georgia Heise, director of the Three Rivers District Health Department, has been recently elected as the vice president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
On Aug. 14, the Owen County Chamber of Commerce along with local business owners sponsored the staff appreciation breakfast for the Owen County School District. This year's theme was "Only In America."
The last time they lost a regular season football game was Oct. 29, 2010.
Friday night in Erlanger, the Rebels saw their 10-game regular season winning streak come to an end as Lloyd defeated Owen County 25-21.
The Juggernauts took the lead with less than two-minutes left when their quarterback Dexter Smith plunged into the end zone from one-yard out.
Things looked good early for the Rebels. The opening drive culminated with Owen County quarterback Adam Hazlett connecting with Collin Trammel on a five-yard touchdown pass.
For more than a decade at this very time, Lee McIntosh has been preparing for one of the Commonwealth's great traditions: the Kentucky State Fair.
McIntosh is one of about 80 employees at the Kentucky Department of Agriculture who work around the clock in the mid-August heat to put on the fair. This year, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer is honoring career employees such as McIntosh who work behind the scenes for the event but rarely get the recognition they deserve.
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"Industries and utilities" was the theme of the August gathering of the Leadership Owen County program, as the group was able to visit a few key examples of these producers and service providers in our home area, including Owen Electric Cooperative, Itron, and Kentucky-American Water Company.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently congratulated the 1,073 outstanding Kentucky high school juniors who attended this year's Governor's Scholars Program for five weeks in June and July.
"The Governor's Scholars Program is an outstanding educational experience for Kentucky, and one I'm proud to say both of my sons had the opportunity to enjoy years ago," Beshear said. "My congratulations go out to those young Kentuckians who had the great opportunity to share in this exciting program."
Owen County Clerk Joan Kincaid has received a grant totaling $17,280 from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives to preserve and manage local government records. KDLA is an agency of the Twenty-six grants have been awarded for a total of $345,756 from fiscal year 2013 Local Records Grant Program funds. During the program's 27-year history, a total of more than $19 million has been distributed across Kentucky and included grants to all 120 counties.
As some parts of the country continue to suffer through the drought of 2012, Owen County received some national attention through Kentucky American Water.
The Kentucky River Station II at Hardin's Landing played host to CNBC reporter Jackie DeAngelis and crew on Aug. 15 as part of the network's coverage on drought conditions in the nation.
Live shots from the plant occurred throughout the day and an interview with American Water CEO Jeff Sterba, conducted elsewhere, was also part of the day's coverage.
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MLB All-Star Game: 7 Changes That Should Be MadeJune 1, 2011
MLB All-Star Game: 7 Changes That Should Be Made
The 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game will take place this July in Phoenix, Arizona. The game is one of the greatest traditions in sports history and a fun event to watch every year.
Despite this, there are a few improvements that could be made to the All-Star Game and All-Star break in general.
Get Rid of Online Balloting
Online ballots are great because they allow MLB to report higher vote totals. They're terrible for everything else. Online balloting allows anyone to vote as many times as they want. MLB claims there is a 25-vote limit per email address, but who actually has only one email address these days?
Another problem is that the vote total of an email address resets after a day or two and the email address doesn't even have to be real. If baseball went back to only at-the-park voting, this would make sure that casual fans didn't elect Derek Jeter as the starter for five straight years.
Baseball should also go back to having people collect the ballots, so people can't go and pick up 100 ballots, like I saw someone do at Nationals Park.
Start Voting Later
The idea that All-Star voting should start in mid-April is completely ridiculous. How can anyone make an educated decision when only 10 to 15 games have been played? Voting should be started on June 1st. That way, fans will have had 50 or so games to watch everyone perform and decide who is most deserving.
This could also ensure that non-starters aren't on the ballot because someone else won their position, like Marco Scutaro being on the ballot instead of Jed Lowrie. Teams have to submit their candidates for the All-Star game during spring training, but if the voting didn't start until June 1st, teams wouldn't have to submit their candidates until all starters had been decided.
Stop Awarding Home-Field Advantage to the Winner
This rule was a poor attempt to make the game more important and prevent another tie, like in the 2002 contest. The biggest problem with this rule is that a player can help out his rivals, or even hurt himself. If a player contributes to an All-Star game win, and then is traded to the eventual pennant winner in the other league, he contributed to his team not getting home-field advantage in the World Series.
Instead, home-field advantage should go to the team with the better record, and the All-Star game can decide if the two teams have identical records. This system isn't actually making teams play more competitively, which was the whole purpose of the rule, as managers still shuffled players in and out to try to get everyone a chance to play.
Make the All-Star Break the All-Star Weekend
Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.
—Bob Lemon
This sums up why the game should be during the weekend. Baseball is losing popularity with younger people and the All-Star game is a great way to display the game's best players.
The problem is kids can't watch the game because it starts at 8:00 PM ET on a Tuesday night. Instead of the break being from Monday to Wednesday, it should be from Friday to Sunday.
I would like the schedule to look something like this (all times ET with PT in parentheses):
8 (5) PM: Futures Game.
1 PM (10 AM): Red Carpet Parade.
4 (1) PM: All-Star Game.
1 PM (10 AM): Celebrity and Legends Softball Game.
4 (1) PM: Home Run Derby, followed by other skills competitions (will be mentioned later).
Change the Method of Selecting Backups
Now the managers of the two All-Star teams decide all the backups, as well as the pitching staffs. This has led to a number of poor choices over the years, most notably the selection of Mike Williams in 2003. It's not necessarily the manager's fault, but they are working a very tough job and don't have time to analyze the entire league.
Instead, there should be a vote that includes all players and managers in the league. Everyone would be able to vote for anyone who is not on their team. This would hopefully lead to more educated decisions.
Starters for teams should still be elected by the fans. Not because they make the right decisions, but because it is, after all, a game for the fans. Hopefully in this system, there would be a healthy combination of popular and good players.
Change the Home Run Derby Format
Many people have complained that a three-hour Home Run Derby is too long. Instead of the present format, there should only be two rounds.
In the first round, players will have five "outs" to hit as many home runs as possible. Afterwards, the two with the most homers will move on to Round 2 where they will have 10 outs, which will be added to their total from Round 1. Whoever has the most home runs over the two rounds will be declared the winner.
This will ensure that the player who has the best performance will always win, specifically Josh Hamilton. This will make the Derby significantly shorter, which will make it more exciting, and will allow more time for...
More Skills Competitions
The Home Run Derby is fun and exciting, but it only allows players to put one skill on display. MLB should add a variety of skill competitions to let players display all of their skills. These competitions could include:
Hardest Thrower
Pitchers get three pitches to throw as fast as they can. The fastest average speed wins. This competition probably won't be competitive until Aroldis Chapman retires.
Longest Throw Contest
Whoever can throw the ball farthest wins.
Best Outfield Arm
Whoever can make the best throws to bases wins. Players would be graded on time to reach the base, as well as where it hits on a target.
Fastest Man
Quickest time around the bases wins.
Players are placed in a rundown, with other competitors playing as fielders. If a player safely reaches base, he is given a 10-second bonus and the rundown is reset. Whoever has the best time wins.
Best Backstop
A machine throws different pitches to a catcher, who has to block or catch them. One point is awarded for keeping a pitch in front of him, two for catching it.
Best Control
A pitcher throws at a target with holes in it. He gets 10 throws to put as many through as possible.
Best Outfield Range
A machine shoots a variety of fly balls that a player tries to track down. Whoever reaches the most wins.
Whoever takes the fewest total pitches to throw five strikes at over 85 MPH and then hit five home runs wins.
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Best blogging about sports, of which there surprisingly wasn't much from me this year. It mostly took the form of 14 Saints record predictions (and one final joke pick), during which I twice picked the Saints to finish 7-9. It's like I had a crystal ball, but different.
At least the Ragin' Cajuns got to the New Orleans Bowl, again. And won the game, again. This year, they beat the Nevada Wolf Pack 16-3, which was awkward for me in all the best ways.
Abuse is complex. It's not defined exclusively by 100 percent satanic behavior by the aggressor and 100 percent cowering by the victim. The bullied often fight back, and even more often attempt to establish equilibrium. The aggressor also has moments of humanity. I'm not surprised to hear that Martin and Incognito occasionally connected as confidantes, any more than I am to see people in an abusive relationship getting along at times.
College athletics is a unique creature. In a nation that defines itself by its capitalist work ethic, we not only expect athletes to compete for free, but we also lionize that free labor. Unpaid internships are a hot-button issue, but athletes are usually excluded from that conversation. They shouldn't be, no matter how much love for the game they have.
I'm all about the love of the game. But that love doesn't exempt people from needing to eat and otherwise meet their basic needs. That's what needs to be addressed.
Kissing Michael Sam (5/12)
Michael Sam is not Bizarro Tim Tebow. Yes, people make fun of Tebow as they tend to do with public figures who give them fodder, but that isn't persecution. Tebow is an insufferably sanctimonious Christian in America, where it's socially acceptable to be an insufferably sanctimonious Christian. In 1998, Matthew Shepard was killed for being gay. Tebow would have been drafted that year. So spare me the comparisons.
Statistically speaking (and from my own recollections), Brooks generally played well in his games. He was far from perfect and never won any titles, but this is also true of many quarterbacks who aren't nearly as polarizing. And it isn't his fault that he was quickly overshadowed by possibly the greatest man ever to wear a Saints uniform.
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"No. And even if I did, it doesn't matter, because Saints, Angels and Padres are not blatantly offensive names. They're simply words that can be used in a religious context, and — this is key — still are used by polite society today. When was the last time you heard anyone say 'redskin?'"
"The other night at a dinner party. We had red skin potatoes, and someone joked that they now had to be called indigenous-American potatoes. We all laughed so hard that someone had do the Heimlich on Tanner."
One of my main issues with professional baseball is its lack of parity. The NFL's revenue-sharing program ensures that every team has a shot every year — or, at the very least, that a few deep-pocket teams don't always have a built-in advantage over smaller-market teams. Major League Baseball, on the other hand, has widespread income inequality which, to paraphrase Bob Costas, means only a few teams are truly competitive and the rest are just selling ballpark ambience.
Ben Watson: When God is good (12/8)
Religion becomes a problem when it narrows thinking. When it convinces people that the world is a separate, unimportant entity, whose people are out to harm and condemn the true believers. When it convinces people that they are the chosen ones and that no one else matters. When it convinces fanatics already inclined toward control, murder and destruction that such actions are justified. And, most commonly, when it short-circuits the human capacity for introspection.
Watson, on the other hand, is the kind of Christian who makes atheists like Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins look insufferably obnoxious.