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- "Yarrrr!"
- ―McCallister's Catchphrase
- "I'm married to the sea, plus I have a thing on the side with two of the Great Lakes."
- ―The Sea Captain
Horatio Peter McCallister, more known simply as the Sea Captain, is a resident of Springfield. He is always seen holding a corncob pipe and squinting: because he has at least one glass eye - though once he was seen tapping both of his eyes and says he has "two glass eyes." In addition to eye(s), he also has an artificial leg. Owing to his occupation as a sea captain, he also spoke with a Bristolian accent. He was created by the writer Conan O'Brien.
Though he admitted he isn't a real captain, Captain McCallister has (incompetently) piloted several vessels. On one occasion, he wrecks a cargo ship full of hot pants (although in that particular case, it wasn't actually his fault: The lighthouse's light had been destroyed by a desperate Homer and when he saw the lighthouse light turn back on, he attempted to correct his course); on another, in a reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, he causes an oil spill by crashing his tanker while drunk.
He launches a river raft for Homer, only to have it sink immediately to the bottom. The captain's idea for Mr. Burns' casino involved three ships and fifty "stout men" who would "sail 'round the Horn and return with the finest spices and silk". On several occasions, he acknowledges his incompetence with a depressed, "Arr, I don't know what I'm doin'." Shortly before Mr. Burns blocked out the sun at 3:00 PM, he indicated that he had in fact seen the sun set once at that time while he was sailing in the arctic, but Mr. Burns interrupted him before proceeding to activate the Sun Blocker.
Personal Life
At one time, he tried selling his houseboat to Marge and Homer while they were looking for a new home, and in an obvious nod to Robert Shaw's character in Jaws starts grappling with a shark when it attacks through the floor. He was apparently a Christian, as he had his ship blessed by Reverand Lovejoy until he learned at least three months later that Lovejoy's blessing the ship didn't count as a blessing since during the three months, his minister license was expired.
In The Simpsons Comics 66- Crusin' For A Bruisin' we are introduced to his long-lost wife Tenille.
In "The Way We Weren't" he mentioned that he was the sailing instructor at Camp See-A-Tree and on movie nights he runs the projector. He sails a young Homer across the lake to see a young Marge who is staying at Camp Land-A-Man. In the past he was slimmer and wore a jacket and jeans with a belt instead of a captain's coat and boots. He also implied that he did plundering as a hobby, although he often was forced to give up his loot to pay his taxes on April 15, causing him to bitterly wonder why he even bothers doing that hobby at all.[3]
He lives on a houseboat on land as seen in 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky.
As an entrepreneur, McCallister is equally incompetent. His restaurant, The Frying Dutchman, is a failing business venture that does not generate enough income to support its owner. He also once used Homer's bad review for his restaurant despite his hatred of it because it covers up the "D" from the health inspection agency nicely.[4] The captain once appeared as a penniless bum. When seeing Homer and Marge walking Homer's pet lobster at the beach, he approaches them and claims that he runs a "small academy for lobsters." However, when Marge refuses to send the lobster away to "some snobby boarding school," McCallister asks her for spare change instead [5].
He has never been shown with a girlfriend and, while it's generally believed that he's not gay, he has hinted at the fact that he has engaged in "situational homosexuality" with his fellow sailors. However, McCallister once took a picture of Patty and Selma in the nude, a picture which he claims to need for "those lonely nights at sea"[6]. He supposedly has at least one son, whom he describes as "the catch of the day" .[7]
- The Sea Captain was created by former NBC "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien, while he was a writer for The Simpsons. Voiced by Hank Azaria, the character first appeared in 1992 in the episode "New Kid on the Block" episode as the owner of The Frying Dutchman all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant. In that episode, McCallister is sued by Homer for not letting him eat all he could eat. Homer Simpson's visit to the restaurant caused the captain to observe about him, "'Tis no man, 'tis a remorseless eatin' machine!"
- The Sea Captain's squinty eye and pipe are based on Popeye
- The manner in which the Sea Captain speaks is a direct reference to Long John Silver.
- The Sea Captain's real name may be derived in part from Captain Horatio Hornblower, the title character of a series of sea-adventure novels by C. S. Forester, or from British naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.
- In the Simpsons Comics #134 - In the Swim, it's revealed that Agnes Skinner was the Sea Captain's third wife[8].
- His signature is a drawing of sailors crashing against the head of a gigantic whale (à la Moby Dick)
- He has a real estate license, and is an expert on house boats.
- He is neighbors with Bumblebee Man.[9][10]
- In The Simpsons: Tapped Out, his name is misspelled as McCallister.
- According to the "Are You A Patty Or A Selma" quiz, the Sea Captain is a Selma.
- According to the episode "And Maggie Makes Three", he has at least one child.
- ↑ Simpsons Comics 216
- ↑ Simpsons Comics 66
- ↑ The Trouble with Trillions
- ↑ "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
- ↑ "Lisa Gets an "A""
- ↑ "Bart's Inner Child"
- ↑ "And Maggie Makes Three"
- ↑ Simspons Comics #134 - In the Swim
- ↑ The Simpsons Movie
- ↑ Robot Chicken couch gag


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The Healing Arts Initiative is a program of the St. Tammany Hospital Foundation to promote art as a core component of healthcare and the healing process in the hospital and its outpatient facilities.
A healing arts culture can lighten the burden of illness carried by patients and their families and speed recovery.
The St. Tammany Hospital Foundation Healing Arts Initiative, launched in 2004 out of an employee campaign, has funded programs including the player piano in the hospital's lobby, aquariums in both the Pediatric Unit and the Cordes Outpatient Pavilion, Healing Ceiling tiles in MRI and CT rooms as well as a meditation garden at the Women's Pavilion of St. Tammany Health System
The St. Tammany Hospital Foundation's decade-old program promotes the link between art and healing through projects such as artwork and special lighting in patient rooms, water elements and creative use of space such as the meditation garden at the Women's Pavilion of St. Tammany Health System.
Music plays a vital role in the healing arts, with concerts in the lobby on the employee-campaign's player piano, occasional visiting musicians and singers including a local harpist and choir, and the playing of Brahms' Lullaby on the occasion of each new birth at STHS.
The foundation encourages Northshore artists and other members of the community to join its Healing Arts committee as it looks for ways to expand the initiative to include music, performance, poetry and storytelling.

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Misoprostol hotline Pakistan, June 2010
A new hotline has been launched in Pakistan that gives information about how women can use the medication misoprostol to have a safe abortion, or to prevent dangerous hemorrhaging after giving birth. Every year 30.000 women die from pregnancy related causes in Pakistan. The use of misoprostol by women themselves after giving birth or for induction of safe abortion can save the lives of 10.000 women in Pakistan every year. Misoprostol is available in Pakistan under the brand names Arthrotec, Cytotec, Cytopan, and ST Mom®.
Women needing information in Pakistan/ hotline numbers:
03159170408 – (Urdu and pashto)
03159473366 (Urdu)
03159473399 (Siraki)
03448053864 (Balochi and Brahvi)
These mobile phones services for 24/7 days.
The launch was carried out by the coalition of Pakistani Organization who support women's rights – Aware Girls from Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Peace Foundation from Sindh and Wake Up Call International from Lahore, The hotline is supported by Asia Safe Abortion Partnership, Women on Waves and Women on Web.
This is the only hotline of its kind in Asia, following the launching of successful hotlines in Latin America. This hotline will put life-saving information directly into the hands of the women who need it.
Misoprostol can easily be used by women themselves without supervision of health professionals for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage. Immediately after giving birth women should put 3 tablets of 200 mcg misoprostol under their tongue (after making sure there is not another baby inside the womb) to reduce the risk of PPH by 60%.
Women can also safely and effectively use misoprostol at home by themselves to induce a miscarriage (3 doses of 4 tablets of 200 mcg under the tongue every 3 hours). This is very safe and 85-90% effective if taken during the first 9 weeks of pregnancy. It is far safer than the unsafe surgical or traditional methods that women will use when desperately trying to end an unwanted pregnancy and has the same health impact as a spontaneous miscarriage. Usually a miscarriage is handled by women themselves without additional medical supervision. Women who do need further medical attention because of an incomplete abortion can easily be treated by any doctor. Follow-up treatment for miscarriage and even post abortion care is legal everywhere.
Making information about the most effective regimens of misoprostol for prevention of Post partum hemorrhage and for inducing miscarriage easily available to women themselves can save women's lives.
Suhaile - Misoprostol hotline launch in Pakistan!
Press Release from the Misoprostol hotline in Pakistan: Press release June 25 th, 2010: Suhaile - Misoprostol hotline launch in Pakistan! A hotline that gives women practical information about sexual and reproductive health in general and the use of a medicine called misoprostol to prevent heavy… Read more »
Facts about pregnancy in Pakistan
Pakistan has a high level of maternal mortality and restrictive abortion laws. Abortion is permitted only to save a woman's life, preserve her physical and mental health, and in cases of rape, and most of the 890,000 abortions performed every year happen outside of the health system, often… Read more »
Media launch safe abortion hotline Pakistan 2010
Here is a sample of the press coverage following the launch of the safe abortion hotline in Pakistan. Read more »
Campaign at night in Lahore
In the evening the Women on Waves group and their Pakistani partners explored the reality of Lahore and pasted stickers with information about the best use of misoprostol and the hotline number. Read more »
Training hotline and community counselors
During a 4 day training 35 members mostly from rural areas of Pakistan of the Pakistani organisations "Aware girls" from Peshawar, "Peace Foundation" from Sindh and "Wake up call international" were trained in the use of misoprostol for prevention of heavy bleeding… Read more »
Lahore, what a city!
As most of the pakistani trainees had never been in Lahore before the group visited the historical center in the few hours of free time between the training sessions. Read more »


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Intel has announced a partnership with open source Enterprise Service Bus vendor MuleSource to integrate Intel's software library into Mule Xpack for Intel XML Software Suite 1.1, a set of instructions and Mule extensions that improve XML processing performance for SOA deployments.
The Mule Xpack provides Mule integration support for the Intel XML Software Suite, which can be used to support three categories of XML operations:
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The week in review
Most jarring headline: "Neighbors: 5-year-old Stabbed 3 People After Argument Over Juice Box" details the January 16 attack on two juveniles and an adult at a mobile home park on Shady Grove Road in Ruckersville. According to the Newsplex's Jessica Jaglois, Greene County police won't confirm the attack with an "edged weapon" was triggered by a juice box, but the three victims were taken to UVA Medical Center with non-life-threatening wounds, and the child may have briefly been in police custody.
Least busy board: Albemarle's Planning Commission cancels its January 10 meeting because of a lack of business, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports. Chair Duane Zobrist doesn't seek another term, and new Supe Christopher Dumler appoints Glenmore resident Richard Randolph to represent the Scottsville District.
Busier: Charlottesville Planning Commission looks at a proposed 300-unit apartment complex across from Barracks Road Shopping Center where Peak Campus Development wants to build two five-story building, Sean Tubbs reports for Charlottesville Tomorrow.
Worst news for Albemarle teachers: Despite widespread complaints from parents, students, and teachers over the 4 X 4 block scheduling that dramatically increases the workload of county high school teachers, the Albemarle School Board deadlocks on a vote to get rid of it January 12, with newly elected at-large member Ned Gallaway abstaining. Aaron Richardson has the story in the Daily Progress.
Worst free publicity: "Pedestrian hit by BMW" is the headline January 11 after a cellphone-talking 23-year-old woman is flipped up into the air on Fifth Street Extended near Harris Road. The woman was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and police decide not to charge the Beamer driver, according to NBC29.
Best news for law school fabricator: The Honor Committee finds third-year Johnathan Perkins not guilty of violating UVA's lie-cheat-steal code for writing a false tale that alleged racially motivated UVA police harassment. Perkins gets his law degree, although the circumstances will go down on his permanent record, according to a Law School release.
Newest homegrown product: Charlottesville can claim SpermCheck Fertility, a device that allows at-home sperm count– soon available in a pharmacy near you and manufactured by local company ContraVac, according to the Daily Progress.
Latest Route 20 crash: A dump truck blows a tire around noon January 16 and crashes into a Toyota, closing the Scottsville Road for about an hour, NBC28 reports. Both drivers are treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Latest armed robbery: A female employee of Payne's Check Cashing on Seminole Trail has a gun pointed at her head January 13 and is robbed as she's closing the store, NBC29 reports. Two men flee on foot.
Latest missing man: Buckingham resident Richard Joseph Kwiatkowski, 68, is last seen in Fluvanna January 12 driving his white 2000 Chevy S-10 pickup with Virginia license plate JKC-5456. Earlysville man James Alvin Shifflett, 69, has been missing since December 7.
Latest cop-hits-pedestrian incident: Albemarle Officer Caroline Morris, who was demoted in March 2010, allegedly for inappropriate behavior while on the clock, strikes a jogger around 5:30pm January 13 when turning right on Fifth Street Extended from eastbound I-64. The jogger is treated for minor injuries.
Latest in the cat-euthanasia-by-billy-club case: Harrisonburg police officer J.N. Snoddy is charged with one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty January 12. In November, Wayne Meadows found an injured cat and called authorities. Snoddy offered to euthanize the cat, and allegedly beat it to death with his baton, WHSV reports.
Most controversial climatologist: Michael Mann, whose global warming work inspired AG Ken Cuccinelli to subpoena emails from UVA, returns to his former employer January 17 to discuss "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From the Front Lines."
Most popular books: The top five circulated in the Jefferson Madison Regional Library last year are The Help by Kathryn Stockett, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson, Hell's Corner by David Baldacci, The Confession by John Grisham, and Room by Emma Donoghue, according to the Newsplex.


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Blueberries could be small wonder for Delaware
Move over Maine, the First State has its eye on blueberries as a production crop.
Blueberries,Vaccinium corymbosum, the tiny sweet blue fruits touted for their health benefits are a favorite among fruit lovers and health conscious people. With consumer demand trending toward buying local, blueberries could be a no-brainer bonanza for the First State. For Delaware to do it right, knowing the best varieties to plant and growing conditions for commercial production is essential.
At the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and beyond, Emmalea Ernest is informally known as "the lima bean lady" in part for her research efforts to build a better lima bean, a vegetable crop that has enjoyed success and prominence in Delaware.
An Extension agent and fruit and vegetable researcher, based at UD's Elbert N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center,Ernest works closely with her colleague, Gordon Johnson, Vegetable and Fruit Extension Specialist. Ernest's efforts have focused on evaluating varieties of crops that can be grown in Delaware for commercial production. Though lima bean breeding remains her specialty and area of doctoral study, Ernest also conducts trials of sweet corn, lettuce, watermelon, pole beans and for the third year in a row, blueberries are part of her research repertoire.
"Not a lot of Delaware acreage is devoted to blueberries at present," Ernest explains, "but there is a lot of interest from growers." Ernest's research will provide valuable information on what varieties produce the best yield and taste for success in Delaware.
Since 2011, rows of blueberries-in waiting occupy approximately a third of an acre at the Thurman G. Adams Agricultural Research Farm part of Carvel's 344 acre complex. In all, each of 23 blueberry varieties, with names like Aurora, Sweetheart, Star, Reka, and Chandler, to name only a few, are part of the large, multi-year study. In addition to the Carvel site, Ernest is conducting variety trials and other studies in collaboration with Hail Bennett, of Bennett Orchards in Frankford.
In the first two years, Ernest and her "veggie team" have been pinching off the flower blossoms, preventing fruit production.
Stopping blossoms from progressing into blueberries allows the plant to become fully and firmly established. This summer, the third year of research has been the charm, or at least a change for the senses. Now, they will see and taste the fruit of their labors.
Ernest refers to her crop as "my blueberries" but she is willing to share their various shapes, sizes and flavors, as well as give credit to her team of interns and UD colleagues for the hard work. This summer, the study will benefit from volunteer Master Gardeners who will help harvest the 275-plus bushes as they ripen. Size, weight, color, taste and overall health will be logged in and evaluated. While she is curious to receive feedback from others about their taste and texture, Ernest's trials currently concentrate on the results of soil amendments, mulching techniques and specific variety's response to Delaware's seasons and weather conditions. The varieties reach their peak at different times in the summer, important knowledge that will help growers to expand their production over several months.
Blueberries are relatively disease free Ernest explains, and while her research plot has yet to be picked off by birds, she anticipates they will be a major issue for the crop. Currently, uncovered, Ernest says there are plans to enclose the entire trial area with a trellis covered by one large net.
Also working closely with Ernest is Extension IPM Specialist Joanne Whalen, who monitors the plots for the presence of spotted-wing drosophila, a potential, pesky fruit fly for the crop. The best bird netting won't stop visits from fruit flies, however. If the presence of the spotted-wing becomes more of an issue, Extension experts will seek to find a solution to the pest.
As the berries turn from green to blue and violet, they are picked and weighed from each bush. Taste tests at this stage are informal, with Carvel's staff serving as willing taste critics.
Three different experiments are being conducted at the trial site. In addition to the variety trial, the team is evaluating blueberries' response to various soil and mulches that she and her team apply.
Blueberries are traditionally planted with peat moss under the root, Ernest explains. They are evaluating less-costly alternatives. Materials being tested include pine bark fines, waste silage, composted saw dust horse bedding, chipped-up construction waste wood, and for control, no amendments at all. Mulching materials include the same list of ingredients, and also chopped corn stalks. The ongoing results are published in a vegetable and small fruit blog she and Gordon Johnson maintain, and articles also appear in the Weekly Crop Update.
"Blueberries like wet conditions," Ernest said, acknowledging that a very wet June has been good for the blueberry's first year of production.'They've been very happy this summer," Ernest says. "They do well in bog-like conditions, but they aren't an aquatic plant," she cautions.
Ernest plans to collect data for several more years before being comfortable making recommendations to area growers. Conducting successful variety trials, soil amendment studies and mulching recommendations can only be executed across an array of conditions and time. It is exacting work where patience is a virtue. Ernest, ever the scientist, is nonetheless excited about the prospects of bigger and better blueberry crops in Delaware. "I think people will get more excited about them than lima beans," Ernest admits, and she's probably right. "I have no shortage of people offering to eat them."


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I noticed some footage of Mrs Thatcher on the television on Friday shot during her 'glory' days when she sold off all our national assets, destroyed trade unions, fired on retreating ships and completely and utterly fucked up my education by making so many cuts I wound up being taught the wrong syllabus in three separate subjects in a freezing warehouse by actual criminals and perverts. I kid you not, the deputy headmaster of my school went down for burglary and the PE teacher went to prison for, well, fiddling with nippers.
Senile dementia is a funny old thing. Like cancer, the common cold, the shits, it is a random assassin, similarly, the severity and the effect it has on its targets is entirely undirected –some people become benignly childlike and gently confused, others became immensely distressed and scream at cups of tea for hours on end before having a 24 carat fit and attacking anything with a face.
In 2002 Thatcher became patron of the Alzheimer's Research Trust primarily because she's riddled with it (self serving old fucker anyone?). What I'd like to know is why aren't we privy to 24 hour rolling footage of her going about her daily business as we were in her heyday? I feel we're being denied our rights as subjects to her wilfulness when she was prime minister. It only seems fair that all the individuals, and their families and friends of those that suffered at the hands of this dreadful crone, should be allowed to see her pissing herself in an armchair, for example, or walking about with handfuls of her own excretion (or someone else's, I'm not fussy) or just crying herself to sleep because she's forgotten where she left her Golly.
My weekend was quiet, it contained all the right elements of what constitutes 'a weekend', drinks with friends, shopping trips for food, lots of cooking and what have you, but made unique because of the killer bike ride I had yesterday. The Black Bitch is like a new machine after its service, this has been mentioned before but I'd not had a chance to properly test it on A roads. Yesterday I did, I even managed to frighten myself testing lean angles on my new stickier-than-Bostik tyres and blasting away from junctions with such ferocity I though my bollocks were going to burst. By the time I arrived at my folks I was physically shaking with my IQ reduced to Peter and Jane, it felt sublime. As I parked up my dad came running from the house, 'quick!' he said, 'the World Superbikes have just started…' I rolled back my head in ecstasy, he may as well have informed me that Sarah Beaney was lying prone upstairs all a-froth insisting I sate her lascivious libido prior to going down to the pub for a month.
The first race of the season heralds the dawn of spring and, for me, the New Year. Dad and I watched reverently as young men put themselves in abject danger for the sake of victory and for our viewing pleasure, you come off one of these a bit wonky and you're not going to break your leg a little bit like a footballer might, your head can come off. After a few minor tweaks to my machine, with dad's help, I rode home feeling alive and victorious, almost as if I'd conquered the winter single handedly.
When I got home, as I was preparing supper, Myfwt popped downstairs to get something from the car when she bumped into Cunt. Apparently he began to apologise profusely for his selfish and unreasonable behaviour with regards to making a fucking racket by gitishlessly twanking his strungs and crakeing like an amplified Scrub Bird. He wasn't pissed, he wasn't in the grip of some psychotic episode… Myfwt said it was genuine enough… I'm not buying it for a second.
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Nowitzki scores 35, Mavericks beat Rockets 117-110
DALLAS (AP) Dirk Nowitzki should have been tired after playing 96 minutes in consecutive overtime losses. Instead, Nowitzki was at his best late when the Dallas Mavericks needed him most. ''The first half I was a step slow. Then I got going. The guys kept us in it,'' Nowitzki said. ''The second half, guys were looking for me. I got some good looks and got into the game.'' Nowitzki scored 31 of his 35 points in the second half, and 21 in the fourth quarter Wednesday night when the Mavericks rallied for a 117-110 victory over the Houston Rockets, whose playoff hopes took another blow with their fifth consecutive loss. Jason Terry put Dallas ahead to stay with a 3-pointer that made it 93-92 with 7:37 left. By the time Nowitzki completed a three-point play 3 1/2 minutes later, the Mavs led 102-94. That wrapped up a 20-6 go-ahead run their 11-time All-Star forward started with consecutive 3-pointers. Then he made 10 free throws in a row over the final 2 1/2 minutes of the game. ''Dirk put the team on his back,'' Delonte West said. ''It's not how you start, it's how you finish. Dirk was a prime example of that.'' Two nights after playing 53 minutes and scoring 40 points in a triple-overtime loss at Utah, Nowitzki was only 2-of-7 shooting with four points in the first half against the Rockets. He made eight of 11 shots after that. Houston matched its longest losing streak of the season, and slipped to ninth place in the Western Conference with Phoenix, a half-game behind Utah for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with four games left. ''We could use some help,'' Chandler Parsons said. ''We have to stay together, we can't get our heads down. As crazy as it sounds, it's not over yet.'' Vince Carter added 23 points and Terry 19 for the defending NBA champion Mavericks, who can clinch a playoff berth with a win over Golden State in their regular-season home finale Friday night. ''This game was really pivotal in so many ways because it's a double-count game on the whole magic number thing, and it effectively takes one team out of it, which is big,'' Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. Goran Dragic had 20 points to lead seven Rockets in double-figure scoring. Dragic also had 10 assists, and Marcus Camby had a double-double with 11 points and 17 rebounds after missing the previous game because of his back. Luis Scola had 18 points for Houston, Courtney Lee 16, Chase Budinger 14, and Parsons 12. Jason Kidd has 12 points on four 3s for Dallas while West had 11 points after finding out earlier Wednesday he had been fined $25,000 by the NBA for jabbing his finger in the ear of Utah swingman Gordon Haywood in Monday night's game. Houston was up 71-62, its largest lead, when Scola made a short bank shot midway through the third quarter to wrap up an 11-0 run. The Rockets still led by eight after Scola made two free throws in the closing seconds of the third. But when Carter missed a 3-pointer, Brandan Wright grabbed the rebound and beat the buzzer with a 10-foot jumper. Budinger's pull-up jumper with 10 minutes remaining had Houston up 88-82 before Nowitzki hit the first of his consecutive 3s. ''Dirk got on fire and got to the line a lot in the fourth,'' Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. ''They executed better than we did in the fourth and we couldn't get stops.'' After Terry's go-ahead 3, Carter followed with a 3 of his own at the 7-minute mark. Soon after that Terry was fouled and went hard to the ground while driving for a dunk attempt. After staying down for several minutes and Carlisle calling timeout, Terry got up and walked away smiling and urging the crowd they get loud. After the Friday home finale, the Mavericks close the regular season at Chicago and Atlanta. Houston, trying to get back into the last playoff spot, plays at New Orleans on Thursday. The Rockets have home games left against Golden State and the Hornets with a trip to Miami in between. Phoenix lost to Oklahoma City later Wednesday night, but owns the tiebreaker against Houston since the Suns won two of three this season, including a 112-105 victory at Houston last Friday. Utah beat Portland to move into eighth place. ''We still believe in our chances,'' Dragic said. ''Ten days ago, we were really confident, but we've been playing bad. Four games left, win those, we have a chance.'' NOTES: Kidd made three 3s in a 90-second span late in the first half before Scola made two free throws for a 55-all halftime tie. ... The game was tied 27-all after the first quarter, when Carter scored the last 10 Mavericks points including consecutive slam dunks in a 20-second span. ... Terry broke a tie with Chauncey Billups (1,783) for No. 4 on the NBA career 3-pointers list with his first one Wednesday night. He had three pushing his total to 1,786. At No. 3 on the list is Kidd, who has 1,874 after his latest four.


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Cocaine-Stuffed Tamales Seized at Houston Airport
File this under "ways not to smuggle drugs."
-- File this under "ways not to smuggle drugs."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they found about seven ounces of cocaine stuffed inside some tamales while screening a passenger at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Wednesday.
According to the agency, a 46-year-old man was traveling from El Salvador to New York when officers found a box of 200 tamales inside his luggage. Nine bags of cocaine were found inside the tamales.
"This type of seizure speaks to our level of commitment in disrupting criminal activity despite the concealment method," said CBP Service Port Director Beverly Good.
The alleged smuggler was turned over to Houston police, according to the CBP.
Woman Arrested With Coke in Breast Implants
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There are a vast array of variations on the solitaire/patience theme, using either one or two decks of cards, and with rules of varying complexity and skill levels. Many of these games have been converted to electronic form and are available as computer games. A basic form of Klondike solitaire comes with every installation of Microsoft Windows, for example. A two-deck electronic example is Arachnid Solitaire.
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Miggy settles in on game's biggest stage
Tigers slugger a first-time starter; Verlander able to relax, watch festivities
NEW YORK -- Miguel Cabrera has always been a popular figure on All-Star media day. His talent draws attention. This year, though, was different.
The crowd of reporters holding cameras, microphones and notebooks was three-deep around his table by the time he settled in for All-Star media day on Monday afternoon. They ranged from Venezuelan reporters looking to talk to the national hero, to beat writers looking to set up his quest for the Triple Crown opposite Chris Davis in the season's second half, to general interest writers asking players what kind of animal they would be if they could be any animal.
Cabrera took it all, a smile on his face. If he didn't have a superstar spotlight in past All-Star festivities, last year's Triple Crown and this year's gaudier numbers assured he would.
Amazing to think, then, that this All-Star Game is his first where the fans put him here by voting him into the starting lineup. That's what makes this special for him.
"This is a lot different," he said as he finished up his 45-minute session in the afternoon heat at Citi Field. "This is special. I'm going to start tomorrow. It's a different feeling."
Instead of competing against Davis, for one night, Davis will protect him in the lineup. Cabrera will bat third in the American League batting order, the same spot he has owned in Detroit ever since Prince Fielder came to town. He'll just have a different first baseman hitting behind him for a while.
It's a 3-4 combination whose half-seasons totaled 67 home runs, 188 RBIs and better than an 1.120 OPS.
"Even I can't mess that one up, I don't think," Tigers and AL manager Jim Leyland said of his batting order at a Monday afternoon press conference.
Cabrera is still dealing with a sore back that has bothered him for at least two weeks, but he's not going to let it keep him out of this.
"I feel better," he said. "Hopefully, Friday I'll be 100 percent."
Leyland has said he will play his regulars more than the required three innings. More likely, they'll get five or six innings, so Cabrera will not have a cameo appearance like in the previous few years. He'll get two or three plate appearances to try to give a glimpse of the hitting show he has put on all season in Detroit.
While Cabrera prepares for a larger role, the last Tiger to follow up an AL MVP Award with an All-Star start is kicking back a bit. Justin Verlander came to town Sunday night knowing he won't pitch Tuesday, having just started for the Tigers to close out the first half.
He might throw a side session in the bullpen on Tuesday afternoon to prepare himself to start for the Tigers next weekend at Kansas City, but that's about it.
He's going to enjoy his time here. He wants to talk to Mariano Rivera in his final All-Star Game, and he wants to take in the festivities.
"This is a great vacation for me," said Verlander.
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the official voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com via the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the official vote determining the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
The 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field on Tuesday. Come to MLB.com for extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 84th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM also will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.


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(a) The public library board shall employ a firm of independent certified public accountants to examine and report each year upon the status of financial records and accounts, and may renew that employment annually. Copies of these reports shall be furnished by the board to the Governor and the Legislature.
(b) The public library board may make intergovernmental or contractual agreements for expert consultants to advise or consult with it in all matters related to the operation of the public library, including systems design, plant design, planning, budgeting and legal matters.
(c) The public library board shall provide an annual report for each fiscal year, which shall include descriptions of financial and programmatic activities of the public library during the year, to the Governor and the Legislature, not later than 31 December.History: 1999, PL 26-3


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American Apparel: Nail Lacquers -- Review, Photos, Swatches (Part 1)
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American Apparel: Nail Lacquers, Part 1
American Apparel launched eighteen shades of cream nail lacquers. I'll be showing you fourteen of the eighteen shades (all but Dynasty, Hunter, Mount Royal, and Passport Blue) spread over two posts (there are forty-two photos–too many for one post!).
NOTE, American Apparel has recalled all bottles of their nail lacquer due to a defect in the packaging itself — the glass is prone to breaking, so the brand has done a voluntary recall so that they can rollout a second run with safer, more durable packaging. There is nothing wrong with the formula itself. American Apparel is offering customers the following: bring in your old bottle or a receipt and receive two new bottles or a $10 gift card. They expect to roll out the new and improved bottles in the next week or two.
The nail lacquer is free of DBP, toluene, and formaldehyde. Each bottle retails for $6 or you can purchase a three-pack for $15. They're currently sold exclusively in American Apparel store locations and online at americanapparel.com (expect them to be back online in a week or two).
The formula is really good, actually. I wasn't quite sure how an apparel brand was going to do polish, but they did an exceptional job designing a formula that is richly pigmented, easy to apply, and wears beautifully.
Even without a base, I experienced no chipping over four days and only minor tip wear. With a base, no chipping, minor tip wear, and it looked nice and glossy with a top coat of Seche Vite. All of the shades are cream finishes and, overall, have a nice consistency that's thick enough to get bold color with just one coat, but not so thick that it's goopy. Each shade, without a top coat, has a lightly glossy finish, but they all look better with a nice and shiny top coat (I like Seche Vite with these).
- Pinto is a reddened brown cream. It goes on opaque in just two coats.
- Berry is a deep raspberry-burgundy cream that goes on opaque in really just one coat, but I did two just 'cause.
- Downtown LA is a bright orange-based red cream. I'm sure this one is dupe-able, but it has a great formula and consistency. It's surprisingly orange-based without being flat out orange.
- Poppy is a bright orange cream. It's not quite neon orange, but it gets pretty close. It has just a smidgen in red in it that keeps it from being neon, I'd say. You only really need one medium-thick coat to get good opacity, but I did two.
- Rose Bowl is a pretty, played-down yellow-based pink. It's muted and paled a bit, but it's not boring. This is one of those easy-to-wear more neutral shades. It found two coats was perfect to get the right color and thickness.
- Coney Island is a light, airy cotton candy pink. It's definitely a cool-toned, blue-based pink, so warm skin tones may find it a little hard to wear. I found two coats was almost enough, but three would get you totally opaque. I found my Coney Island seemed a little thinner in consistency than the majority of the American Apparel polishes, as well.
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If you get overwhelmed, feeling like you're living through one of the craziest times in history, it's worth dipping back into the era of Mutually Assured Destruction for a reality check. Here's the most ridiculous scene from The Manhattan Project, the 1986 movie better known as "the dumber version of War Games." Watch in horror as John Lithgow and Frasier's Dad chew the hell out of the scenery while they talk about nuclear war. It's all because a plucky teenager has built his own nuclear bomb, with the help of Sex And The City's Cynthia Nixon. It all starts because nuclear weapons researcher Lithgow wants to impress the kid's mom, so he invites the kid to see "the sexiest laser in the world." Ewww. You know, we have a word for grown men who invite teenage boys to see their sexy lasers. I think it's the same word we use for guys who tell teenage boys their home-made nukes are "very pretty" and beg to be allowed to touch them. Anyway, later the kid breaks, with Nixon's help, and steals some plutonium, replacing it with dish soap. (Of course!) He wants to build his own nuke so he can win the science fair. Yeah. I think what actually puts this sequence so far over the top is the part where the snotty teenager lectures Lithgow about the meaning of M.A.D. — right after Frasier's Dad has given him the "we're all sons of bitches" speech. When he talks about how they're all complicit in nuclear destruction, it sounds just like when he told Frasier to stop throwing away his half-eaten anchovy pizza in that one episode. [IMDB]
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The MobileMe Gallery is now officially dead. However, customers who have previously purchased the MobileMe Export Plug-in can now purchase a plug-in for another hosting service for only $10. The following plug-ins are offered as migration options:
The MobileMe Gallery is now officially dead. However, customers who have previously purchased the MobileMe Export Plug-in can now purchase a plug-in for another hosting service for only $10. The following plug-ins are offered as migration options:
Congrats ! Excellent plug-in ! I thought I would never find something like this.
I've tested to upload some pictures. Is there a size limitation ? I need the original images to be downloaded, without any compression.
Thank you !
To upload photos at their original size simply uncheck the Resize to Fit box. However, you still need to specify Resolution – leave it at 96 pixels per inch.
I believe MobileMe has a limit of 6 MB per photo. Currently, the plug-in doesn't automatically check if a file exceeds the limit, but I will include this in the next update.
Thanks for your answer ! The Resize to Fit box was unchecked. The dimensions of the photo in pixels remain the same, but the file size is much lower. Is the file compressed by your plug-in or by MobileMe ? When I upload a picture from the MobileMe App in my browser, the file isn't compressed. Where does this difference com from ?
The plug-in doesn't compress images. If you chose specific dimensions then Lightroom would resize your photos while rendering JPEGs from your originals. If the Resize to Fit is unchecked then rendered JPEGs would remain at their original pixel dimensions. How can you tell if there is a difference in file size between a photo uploaded through the plug-in and the same photo uploaded through the MobleMe App? Could you provide specific details?
PS: You might want to reply to firstname.lastname@example.com so we don't clutter comments with our dialogue. I'll post a summary when we find what's causing the difference.
This is just what I was looking for! It works great!
One question? Do you have plans to include the options of allowing downloads in the mobileme gallery (either single image or whole gallery)?
Dave, please clarify what you mean. Once photos are exported and uploaded to the MobileMe Gallery they are in Apple's hands – you can only access them through the gallery interface, and I don't believe there's an option to download. On the other hand, why would you want to download – you still have your originals in Lightroom.
When you create an album from iPhoto, Aperture or the MobileMe App in your browser, you can specify if the visitor of your gallery can download the photos or the entire album. You can also choose if your album is visible on the gallery home page or even protect an album with a password.
I think that David means it would be very cool to have this options in your plug-in and indeed it would be 🙂
To enable the download function of your photos once on the mobile me gallery, until the update is available on this plugin, just go into your Me account > Photos and adjust settings. You can add the download function in there.
Thanks for the great plug-in. Looking forward to the updates you've mentioned.
Hi Vlad,
seems to be a great plugin … if I finally get it running 😉
The problem is the following: I installed the plugin corectly, which isn't the licensed one yet (as I would asume) but when tempting to log into to my mobile.me account I receive the foolowing eror:
Error code: 0
Unable to establish connection with the remote server.
What's the problem, or better: how can I solve the obvious problem?
Thanks for your help.
Greetings from Germany
Please generate and e-mail me the debug log as explained in the "Support" section of the plug-in home page: http://alloyphoto.com/plugins/mobileme-gallery-lightroom-plugin/.
Thanks for adding the download options for new galleries. Now I don't have to open iphoto at all. Perfect!
Keep up the good work!
Hi Vlad,
Thanks for your work ! The plugin gets better every week !
But I have one more feature request. Is it possible do add an option to choose the profile. Now the plugin exports by default in sRGB, in some cases I would prefer Adobe RGB.
For the last month or so I have been working on the new version to integrate the plug-in with the new Publish Services API, which will be introduced in LR3, and my plug-in will support it. You will need to install an update, however you won't need to re-purchase.
Version 1.16 does not support Publish Services. I am waiting for Adobe to resolve the issue with Lightroom 3.0 for Mac. Once this has been squared away I am going to release a new version of the plug-in (1.17?) with added support for Publish Services and a couple of new exciting features.
The plug-in is already compatible with Lightroom 3, as outlined in the System Requirements section above. Yes, it doesn't work yet in Lightroom 3 for Mac for most users, but this will remain so until Adobe fixes the bug causing authorization failures in LR 3.0 for Mac (again, explained above).
What exactly did you have in mind?
I have a new Mac Mini (2010) running OS X 10.6.4 and Lightroom 3 trial (64-bit) and the plug-in to MobileMe is working fine. I will purchase if this is correct. Why do you say it won't work in this environment, or what am I missing?
There are some options on the export I can't choose, like Gallery Options to sort photos, but other than that it's working.
FYI MobileMe supports password protected albums published from iPhoto or Aperture.
What I have seen happening in the past, the plug-in would work once or twice with no issue, then it starts giving the "Unexpected server response" error. Overall, this bug causes a very intermittent behavior.
I would suggest trying to log in and upload pictures a few times more before you make your purchasing decision. Otherwise, I would recommend simply waiting for the next Lightroom update – supposedly, the bug will be fixed there.
PS: iPhoto and Aperture use a different method of uploading photos, this is probably why the MobileMe web interface doesn't have this feature, and so doesn't my plug-in.
I kept getting the message that I couldn't upload more than 10 photos, so I purchased for $15. Not a big deal. I occasionally see the Unexpected server response error, but try to login again and it seems to work and I can upload.
Thanks for continued development on this and I hope Adobe fixes whatever they need to fix for us.
Your plugin might be just what I need to choose and buy Lightroom over buggy Aperture 3. I'm evaluating both and so far Lightroom in a couple hours has impressed me with it's stability much more than Ap3.
Just bought your plugin. Nice setup and good work. BUT if it keeps striping all my exif from my photos its really useless. The main reason to buy this was to make it talk with my ipad and iphoto, without duplicating my photos. I GEO tag all my photos and also miss the caption. Are you working on a fix for this?
Hello Vlad, Im having a similar problem as Sofus. When I export the photos to MobileMe, the photo titles are not displaying underneath the photo after the have been uploaded and published. I made sure the box for "minimize metadata" was NOT selected. Please advise…
Thank you! I have been able to reproduce and fix this issue with stripped photo titles in version 1.18.3, now available for download.
Although I must say, Sofus had a different issue – he was saying the entire metadata got somehow stripped. I re-tested, and the metadata remains intact, unless you select the Minimize Metadata box in the Export dialog.
Seems logical but I cannot make it work. I still get a mixture of titles and filenames.
Ian, please e-mail me with a screenshot of the template settings and the resulting photo properties in the MobileMe gallery, so that I can understand where exactly things go wrong.
Thanks for the great job you've done here and the well-understand instructions! I am glad that there is this program. It helps me with my future projects. The upgrade and the activation was done quickly (Mac OS X, Vers. 10.6.4 / Adobe LR3 Vers. 3.2)!
Thanks again 🙂
Hi there, thanks for a great plug-in – it is a real timesaver…
There is one small issue though, and I take it that it might not be an issue at all and that I am just doing something wrong – when I upload photos to my MobileMe gallery – the preview image does not "skim" if you mouse over it – any ideas?
Take a look at http://gallery.me.com/danijelmihajlovic#gallery – galleries up to and including Goran BREGOVIC were exported via iPhoto and their previews "skim", the later ones were exported using the plug-in and their previews, well, do not "skim"…
Thx a lot,
You are right, this is not really an issue, it's rather a feature available only when you upload through iPhoto or Aperture. The things is, when those two products upload a photo they render a special multi-framed image for the scrolling thumbnail. With Lightroom, we are limited to only one rendition, the one you specify in the export settings dialog, so there is no way to generate additional thumbnails on the fly, let alone concatenate them into a multi-framed JPEG.
If, however, one day I find a solution, I'll definitely implement it. I agree, it's a nifty feature.
Hey vlad,
thanx for the great plugin – keep up the great work!
i have just one question: if i choose "publish" instead of "export" i don't have the possibility to chose for overriding the mobileme sorting – so i always use exporting while i think publishing would be much more comfortable – if it would be with the option of overriding. can you help me with this?
thank you in advance
Hi Sebastian,
When you use "publish", the sort order is enforced automatically to keep your published album in sync with the filmstrip in Lightroom, this is why there is no such option for manual control. Just keep in mind, your online album may get out of sync if you also use other methods to manage your photos, i.e. if you "export" to a published album, or use the web admin interface to upload or re-order photos in your album.
The rule of thumb here is simple – published albums are online representations of Lightroom collections, they must be managed through Lightroom to stay in sync.
Hey Vlad!
Love your plugin, and it is a real nice one this. It saves me alot of hassle with iPhoto and stuff like that. I have just one question I've been troubleing with lately, I had to reinstall Lightroom, and install the plugin again. Now the plugin didn't show any albums, but they are still in mobileme luckily. Here comes the "problem": I had to get the pictures from mobileme, down to my computer, and upload them again to make it work, is it possible to make an option to make this plugin look for already established albums, and pictures, so it can "update" itself in lightroom? In that way I have full control of my albums and can run everything from lightroom.
Thanx, and again, a very good job with this one!
Hi Vlad,
I seem to have the same issue as Kent. I'd like to be able to sync or display some albums I had in MobileMe Gallery before I started using your plugin. It would be great if the plug-in could look for established albums, add them to the MobileMe Publish Service in Lightroom.
Hallo Vlad,
hatte nach der Installation Probleme, Photos zu exportieren. Ein kreierter Ordner entstand auf MobileMe, allerdings ohne Photos. Eine Support-Anfrage über die Debug-Funktion wurde binnen weniger Minuten mit einer eMail und angehängtem Fix beantwortet. Seitdem läuft alles wunderschön. Und das alles an einem Samstag abend! Gratulation, so müßte der Support in Germany auch funktionieren.
Gratulation und viele Grüße aus Deutschland
Hi Jack,
You can remove photos using the admin interface of MobileMe. You can also re-export photos with the "replace" option.
Or if you are using Publish Services, simply photos should become automatically marked for re-publish when you modify their title or caption in the Metadata panel. Simply click Re-Publish and your changes will be uploaded to MobileMe.
Hi, probably because MobileMe does not have a way to show that information. Otherwise all metadata is transferred over and should be stored in the JPEG image.
In fact, MobileMe does not show IPTC metadata, only EXIF, this is why Copyright and Author fields are not visible.
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This is an awesome picture taken in the early 1900s in America. All the boys are wearing foil for some odd reason. Was foil in style? Was it to protect themselves from an alien invasion? Did it represent the future?
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October 8, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY – Governor Gary R. Herbert has appointed Sharon S. Sipes to fill a vacancy on the Second District Juvenile Court bench.
"Sharon is a prime example of the power of determination, hard work, and the importance of education. She began her working career in a print shop and retail, and is now being appointed as a judge," said the Governor. "Having dedicated her legal career to working in child welfare and the juvenile court system, I'm honored to appoint her to serve as a judge."
"I am humbled and proud that Governor Herbert finds me deserving of his trust and that he has nominated me to sit on the bench the Second District Juvenile Court," said Sipes. "I look forward to joining the other dedicated jurists in the juvenile courts across this state who commit themselves to serving our children and families."
Sipes has operated her own private practice since 1998 with the Law Office of Sharon S. Sipes in Ogden with the focus of providing indigent defense in Juvenile Court. Since 2004, she has worked with Parental Defense Alliance in providing education and support to attorneys practicing in juvenile court and child welfare. In addition, she has served as a public defender and worked in personal injury litigation.
Sipes passed the Utah State Bar in 1994 after finishing her Juris Doctor from S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science from Westminster College. She is also a Certified Child Welfare Law Specialist from the National Association of Counsel for Children.
Sipes is appointed to the position held by Judge Paul Iwasaki who retired September 16, 2013. Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the Utah State Senate.


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Rochester town icon symbolizes recovery
Town growing little by little after Irene
Gordon Merrill's playground is back in business this summer, after Tropical Storm Irene almost swept it away last year.
"It actually started bobbing and floating," Merrill said.
That ended up being the least of his worries. The White River sits a few hundred yards from his home in Rochester, Vt. When the storm came, it flooded the field and the entire first floor of his home -- almost $400,000 worth of damage.
"Nobody could have imagined what it was going to do here," said Merrill.
The family couldn't move back in until Christmas. The first few months were spent cleaning up the muck.
"You know, that's time I won't get back," said Merill.
He said he couldn't have come home without the help of Rochester volunteers.
"The sense of community is amazing," Merrill said, which is why he took a break from fixing the house to maintain a neighborhood icon, his sunflowers.
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Losing trend continues as Reds shut out by A's Griffin
Backed by two hits, Bailey allows big fourth; club has lost five of six
OAKLAND -- It didn't matter how good or bad Homer Bailey pitched for the Reds vs. the A's on Wednesday. His lineup went down quietly, too quietly.
Oakland jumped Bailey for four quick runs in the fourth inning, but the Reds managed to scrape together just two hits against A.J. Griffin during a 5-0 loss to drop both games in the two-game series at O.co Coliseum. The complete game and shutout were the first of Griffin's young career.
In third place in the National League Central behind the Cardinals and Pirates, Cincinnati heads into its second off-day in four days on Thursday with plenty to think about. Besides having lost five of their last six games, the Reds' eight-game road trip is off to a 1-4 start, with three tough games remaining against the Rangers.
"We could say 'Homer didn't do this,' or 'he was quick,' or whatever. We didn't score any runs, and we had no chance even if it was 1-0," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "We're trying to figure out how we go through these streaks or, not just scoring runs, but not getting hits.
"Is it the good pitching against us? I'd like to think so. Or is it us maybe not as good as we want to be at hitting? Or are we expecting too much out of the guys we have? You don't know. One thing for sure, it's not going to get any easier where we're going."
Griffin, who entered the day 0-3 over his previous five starts, encountered little resistance along the way. He gave up two walks in the first inning, including a four-pitch free pass to the game's first batter, Shin-Soo Choo.
"I'm sure you guys weren't thinking after the first inning that it was a complete game," said Griffin, who struck out seven -- including Jay Bruce four times. "Neither was I, but I just went out there and tried to execute pitches, and it worked out."
The Reds did not notch their first hit until Devin Mesoraco's one-out single in the fifth inning. Mesoraco was promptly erased by Cesar Izturis' inning-ending double play.
Reds hit No. 2, and their final baserunner, was a two-out double off of the right-field wall by Xavier Paul in the seventh.
"That's the first time we've seen him. He was very impressive," Baker said. "He was throwing the ball to all four quadrants. ... There was a 20-22 mph differential between his fastball and breaking ball and changeup. He had us eating out of his hand today."
It was the fifth time this season that the Reds have been shut out.
Bailey pitched six innings and gave up four runs and six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. All four runs and four of his hits came in the fourth inning.
It was a scoreless game until the bottom of the fourth, when Bailey very suddenly found himself in a four-run deficit. The first four batters reached with hits. Jed Lowrie and Yoenis Cespedes hit back-to-back singles before Brandon Moss lined a 2-2 breaking ball for an RBI double to right field that scored Lowrie.
On the very next pitch, Josh Donaldson hit a 91-mph slider from Bailey for a three-run home run to left field.
"It happened really quick," said Bailey, who is 1-2 with a 3.97 ERA over his last five starts. "I went back and looked and everything was on breaking balls that were either just up and actually weren't bad pitches early in the count. They didn't do a whole lot of damage with the fastball.
"All the times everybody says you need to throw your breaking ball for strikes, I should have just thrown the [stuff] out of it. They're a good hitting team. They have good approaches at the plate, grind out at-bats. Maybe we need to make a little better pitches there."
It's been a road trip on which the team has excelled in few areas. Reds starters have a 6.30 ERA in the five games thus far. The bullpen gave up another run as Tony Cingrani allowed an RBI double to Nate Freiman in the seventh, which made it eight earned runs over the last nine innings for the relievers.
Offensively, Choo is in a 1-for-15 skid over the last four games, while Todd Frazier is also 1-for-15 in his last five games. Bruce is 0-for-his-last-9 with seven strikeouts. Brandon Phillips, who missed the Oakland series for personal reasons, will be 1-for-11 on the trip when he returns for the series at Texas on Friday.
"Good teams, they bounce back and find a way to get back on track," Paul said. "And we're a good team. I don't think it will take long to get back on track and winning the way we're capable of."


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Yesterday morning I had the privilege of traipsing around a couple's private garden.
It was a lot of un, and I got a lot of great pictures.
In addition to a beautiful garden, they had a dog and two cats.
Here is one of the two cats:
That's Cleo.
Cleo is an Abyssinian cat, 15½ years old and suffering from renal failure.
To me, Cleo doesn't look happy. In fact, he looks in pain.
Zoey the Cool Cat (picture ►) is a mere 7½ years old but it's obvious to me that she has slowed down, and she's continuing to slow down. She's not a kitty anymore….
I know we all love our pets, but at what point do we decide that it is time for our pets to leave us, to cross over that rainbow bridge?
My mother-in-law's boyfriend spent several thousand dollars on treatments for his cats when they got old.
I want to think that I would easily spend thousands of dollars to keep Zoey the Cool Cat with me as long as possible, but I don't think I could.
Instead, I think I would say my goodbyes to her and, from the vet's office, go right down to the animal shelter and get another loving feline friend.
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In addition to the most important discovery during the war – unearthing and destroying dozens of tunnels snaking into Israel to be used for terror attacks and the kidnapping of soldiers and civilians – the war in Gaza revealed some important discoveries. And like the tunnels, we may have known about their existence but not the full extent of the story.
1. The war revealed the Jewish nation's underlying unity. There has never been a time in recent history where the vast majority of Israelis – along with Jews around the globe – came together to fight a just battle that was forced upon us. Tens of thousands of yeshiva students delayed their summer vacation so that the merit of their Torah learning would help protect soldiers. We came together at Israel solidarity rallies (some erupting spontaneously in the New York diamond district, and in an outpouring of love to soldiers. And we united in pain, at the funerals for our 64 fallen soldiers.
2. We showed our determination and courage to fight and risk our lives to defend our country. And with the upsurge of anti-Semitism rattling the streets of Europe and the threat of radical Islam intensifying, all Israeli understood that we are fighting not just for Israel, but for the entire Jewish People.
3. Max Steinberg and Sean Carmeli, two heroic American lone soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their homeland, displayed what it means to live a life for a higher cause when most Jewish American youth have no idea what they would be willing to die for.
4. The war in Gaza unleashed a wave of Jew-hatred that has not been seen since pre-Holocaust days. With cries of "Death to the Jews" being heard in Berlin and Paris, Natan Sharansky said, "I believe we are seeing the beginning of the end of Jewish history in Europe. I see this as a historical moment — as the beginning of the process of distancing Jews from Europe." It is no longer fear-mongering to say that it is too dangerous for Jews to live in Europe. It is time for them to leave and come to Israel.
5. We witnessed once again the media and segments of the Western world upending truth in its perverse pathology against Israel. , Navi Pallay, the UN Human Rights Council commissioner, blamed Israel for not sharing with Hamas the Iron Dome technology used to protect against Hamas rockets, thus erasing any distinction between victim and aggressor, while calling for an investigation into possible war crimes committed by Israel – not Hamas. Does anyone doubt that "we are a nation that dwells alone"? We cannot fret about world opinion; we are on our own.
6. Even though the war in Gaza ended with a definite loss for Hamas and an ambiguous win for Israel, one thing became clear: Israel cannot tolerate any neighboring Palestinian state that is not completely demilitarized. We took that risk in pulling out of Gaza and now see the result: terror tunnels, thousands of rockets able to reach 80% of Israel and the closure of Ben Gurion airport and a barbaric enemy intent on our destruction even at the cost of its own civilians.
7. We saw firsthand the amazing protective powers of the Iron Dome, and cannot forget to connect all the dots and give thanks to the Almighty for His unceasing protection.
8. The war may seem to be ending, but it is not over. We bought some time, that's all. There is no simple solution to this. We are surrounded by enemies in a part of the world where tyrants are committing genocide. We live in a small island of sanity and ought to feel our vulnerability, not just our strength. And like a mother who prays for her son clearing out tunnels in Gaza, we must pray every day to God to foil our enemies' designs to wipe us out and to shield us from all harm.


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In an early Wednesday morning, at 5.30 a.m., residents of Khirbet Umm al-Kheir were woken by the noise of bulldozers. The children were terrified, their parents alerted. Sheik Sulaiman Hathaleen, an elder of Umm al-Kheir, ran out of his makeshift tin house and stood in front of a bulldozer to stop it from destroying his home.
This was not the first time that he confronted bulldozers, however. The village of Umm al-Kheir has been demolished at least eight times over. Each time the Sheik has stood in front of the bulldozer, military forces pull him aside. There were times when they beat him as a warning, but the old Sheik keeps getting on their way.
"Where is the humanity? Where is the justice?" asks Sheik Sulaiman rhetorically.
"Where is the humanity? Where is the justice?" asks Sheik Sulaiman rhetorically.
"They say Israel is a democracy. But what kind of democracy sends soldiers to people's homes at five in the morning, when the kids are still sleeping?", he added.
On that day, April 9, 2016, seven houses in Khirbet Umm al-Kheir were demolished, leaving 35 residents homeless.
Umm al-Kheir is a Bedouin village of approximately 150 people, belonging to the al-Hathaleen tribe who originates from Arad in the Negev. In 1948, the tribe was uprooted after the establishment of the State of Israel. They were then forced to move north to the edge of the desert, in the South Hebron hills where they currently settle.
In 1964, Sheik Sulaiman's father bought the land from the villagers of Yatta, a Palestinian town located eight-kilometers away, for the price of 100 camels. Elders of Umm al-Kheir say evidence of this transaction can still be found in Yatta.
After the 1993 Oslo Accords, the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) were fractured into Area A, Area B, and Area C. Area C encompasses approximately 60 percent of the West Bank, where Israel exercises full civil and military authority. There are about 300,000 Palestinians living in Area C, according to a recent UN OCHA estimate in 2014.
"Residents of Area C are among the most vulnerable in the West Bank in terms of humanitarian needs, including access to basic services," Ramesh Rajasingham, Head of the OCHA office in the oPt said.
The village of Umm al-Kheir falls in Area C, surrounded by an Israeli settlement of Karmel and Israel's declared closed military zones in the southeastern side.
According to Hisham Sharabati, a field researcher in Hebron for Palestinian rights group Al-Haq, back in 1981, Israeli authorities decided to build a road that connects South Hebron hills to the Israeli city of Be'er Sheva. Many residents of Umm al-Kheir also joined in the construction, having been promised that the road was built for their own good.
But just two years later, Israeli settlers arrived in Karmel, where residential infrastructure had already been put in place. Since then, the settlement has appropriated more and more land of Umm al-Kheir. At the moment, there are about 70 settler families living in Karmel.
As for the residents of Umm al-Kheir, there still exists no regular transportation to even the nearest town of Yatta.
Though built alongside each other, there is world of difference between the two communities. Israeli settlers live in lavish, fully-equipped houses, all beautifully painted in orangish shades, with organic farms and poultry barns spreading on both sides of the main path up the hill.
Residents of Umm al-Kheir, however, shelter in tents and tin houses in abysmal conditions. "As Umm al-Kheir is located in Area C, it is disconnected from all services available, including water and electricity," Hisham explains. The villagers use solar panels to provide for themselves. Water is collected in tanks.
To reach their village, residents of Umm al-Kheir have to commute through Karmel's organic farms everyday. Yet the farms are a no-go zone for the villagers, which are thoroughly enveloped by barbed-wired fence.
"We are paying the price of the Oslo Accords," Sheik Ibrahim Hathaleen, Head of the Legal Council of Khirbet Umm al-Kheir, tells the Palestine Monitor.
"We bought this land. But Israel does not allow us to live here," he adds. "We realize that this is the nature of the occupation."
According to a report released by Al-Haq in 2014 on the impact of Israeli occupation on the Palestinian Bedouins living in the West Bank, Israel's destruction of private properties and settlement expansion have violated the Hague Convention and Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Every year, thousands of Bedouins are still facing the prospects of "forcible transfer", the report reads, while no Israeli courts have questioned the legality of Israeli settlements.
Almost all structures in Umm al-Kheir were not granted any building permits, as a result, they are considered illegal by Israeli authorities. Hisham says most families in the village have received demolition orders. Despite this, its residents remain.
As he guides through the village, Sheik Sulaiman points to the ruins that were once his son's house.
"This was a wedding gift for my son," says Sheik Sulaiman. "There were five people living in this house: my son, his wife, and their three daughters."
The house was among the structures pulled down that morning. Unlike the other ramshackle tents and huts in Umm al-Kheir, the walls of the house were made of wood, covered by tin, adorned by white aluminum windows that are now lying wrecked among the rubbles. "Many of the houses here were funded by EU organizations", explains Hisham.
Israeli forces, however, have many times confiscated building materials to prevent construction, he adds.
Overlooking the demolished house is a vast area of land, now left barren, where residents of Umm al-Kheir once used for grazing for nearly thirty years. Since residents of Umm al-Kheir are registered refugees to UNRWA, they were granted funding to cultivate the land.
The land has been completely fenced off by Israeli forces. The UNRWA sign is still there, hanging desolately on the fence. Since the settlement blocks the western part of the hill, the villagers are forced to "move east, move south, and then west again" in order graze the sheep, Hisham tells the Palestine Monitor.
In the meantime, residents of Umm al-Kheir whose houses were destroyed that morning have to temporarily stay with neighbors.
Sheik Ibrahim tells the story of the previous demolition at Umm al-Kheir in October 2014. "Then it was during the winter, it was really cold," he says. "At least now it's sunny."
A few meters away, Umm al-Kheir's children play on the rubble of the houses that once stood. Sheik Sulaiman looks up to the sky, both his hands raised up, and cries out, "How many more catastrophes will we have to suffer?"
"We suffered from 1948. We suffered from 1967. Now we suffer from the settlement. How can these kids have any peace? Can you have peace with someone who destroys your home?", asks the old Sheik.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Hailing yellow cabs with smartphone apps is on hold in New York City a day after the experimental service began.
An appeals judge agreed Wednesday to bar e-hailing, at least temporarily. A panel of judges is expected to weigh the case later this month.
A lawyer for e-hail opponents says they're gratified and calls the program "fundamentally flawed" and illegal.
But Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky says the apps are "perfectly legal" and good for riders.
In December, the city OK'd a year-long test. Car service owners sued, saying it's unfair to them because they rely on pre-arranged fares and it's too broad to qualify as a test program.
A judge dismissed their lawsuit last week. They then went to the appellate court.
Uber Technologies launched an e-hail service Tuesday.
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