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Straight outta Germany, here's nine minutes of adorable new footage from Pokémon X, the latest entry in Nintendo's longrunning animal abuse simulator series.
Shot by the folks at NTower, this footage shows how we'll prod and poke and battle creatures in Pokémon X, which comes out for 3DS in October alongside Pokémon Y. And for some reason watching this makes me want to play the whole game in German.
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Man poses as ex-girlfriend; faces cyber-bullying charges
Suspect created "adult friend finder" profile
A Van Buren man faces cyber-bullying charges after man posing as his ex-girlfriend online , according to police.
The Van Buren Police Department took a report in reference to a man using his ex- girlfriend's identity to create an "Adult Friend Finder" account and set up dates with men online.
Investigators arrested 44-year-old William Jack Gregory Wednesday afternoon after he turned himself in to police and charged him with cyber-bullying, a misdemeanor.
Gregory was using his ex-girlfriend's photos, address and phone number on the fake profile.
Police said she was being contacted at home and work by men who were responding to the fake profile - two of which actually showed up to her workplace.
Police said the crime is punishable by up to 90 days in jail.


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Torchlight returns! The award-winning Action RPG is back, bigger and better, with Torchlight II. Runic Games, located in Seattle, is a veteran team composed of the designers and leads of projects including Diablo, Diablo II, Mythos, Fate, and Torchlight, which won the Game Developer's Choice Award for Best Debut of 2009.
[tab name='DESCRIPTION']Torchlight II captures the quirky charm and furious action of the original, while expanding the world and including the features players wanted most. Torchlight II is fast, fun, and filled to the brim with action and loot. Adventure solo, or online with your friends!
The most exciting new feature of Torchlight II is the multiplayer component. Play with friends old and new, using the free matchmaking service. Together you'll discover expansive outdoor areas and ominous caverns; random dungeons teem with a huge variety of all new monsters and villains, powerful magical loot, and quests to complete. Journey through vastly differing locales, enjoying all new weather features, time of day events, and a new and more deeply developed story.
Years ago, the Heroes of Torchlight saved the world from the ancient evil, Ordrak. Now someone has stolen the essence of his power, and is using it to upset the balance of the six elements. After witnessing the destruction wrought by this terrible artifact, you'll begin a quest to uncover the villain's identity and avert disaster. The trail leads from the beleaguered Estherian Steppes, through the war-torn Mana Wastes and the haunted ruins of an ancient dwarven city, before descending to a realm where no mortal has set foot for thousands of years—and where an even more terrible evil struggles to unleash itself into the world.
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nERv Torchlight 2 (c) Runic games 09/2012 :..... RELEASE.DATE .. PROTECTION .......: Steam 1 :.......... DISC(S) .. GAME.TYPE ........: Diablo Clone The award-winning action RPG is back, bigger and better than ever Torchlight II takes you back into the quirky, fast-paced world of bloodthirsty monsters, bountiful treasures, and sinister secrets - and, once again, the fate of the world is in your hands Torchlight II captures all the flavor and excitement of the original game while expanding the world and adding the features players wanted most, including online and LAN co-op multiplayer. Torchlight II is fast, fun, and filled to the brim with action and loot. Adventure solo or online with your friends Key Features Multiplayer - Play co-op with your friends via LAN or over the Internet for free. No subscriptions, no item sales. Our new matchmaking service lets you find friends, start new games, and join existing games. And, as always, you can play single-player offline as well Customizable Characters - Players will create and customize a character from one of four brand new classes. Each class can be played as either male or female, with customized cosmetic features and looks to make each individual character stand out. All new skills and loot give loads of opportunity for unique character builds Moddability - TorchED, the Torchlight II editor, will give players the ability to create their own mods, adding even more content to the world. Have your friends download the same mod and play together. TorchED will be available as a separate download very shortly after launch New User Interface - Torchlight II boasts a new and improved user interface, designed to be easier than ever for new players to pick up and play. This intuitive interface ensures you can focus on playing the game the way you want to Open World - We're not only in the town of Torchlight anymore Explore vast overland areas and multiple hub towns, fight through rain, snow, day and night. Our level randomization ensures new layouts, paths, loot, and monsters every time you play New Game Plus - In New Game Plus, the game's not over until you say it is. Once you've beaten Torchlight II's primary campaign, you can start again with the same character for a significantly greater challenge. You'll keep all of the skills, gold, and gear you worked so hard for Pets & Fishing - These popular features make their return in Torchlight II in improved form. More choices, better effects, and your pet will still make the run to town to sell your loot so you dont have to 1. Unrar 2. Burn or mount the image 3. Install the game. 4. Copy over the cracked content 5. Play the game 6. Support the software developers. If you like this game, BUY IT
hey skid, i wanna say thank you for all the great games you cracked so to speak.
btw, i'd like to ask if we could use mods for this version. I really would like to expand the game. I already finished it for quite some time.
I know you can do this! Please make it happen pls pls.
It has a password after downloading and i dont know what it is
please help.
Can you install mods with this version of the game? How do I install mods? I tryed to use Mod Launcher but it just says searching for steam… Tried to install SynergiesMod…. Also does this work with muliplayer?
I finish downloading the TL 2 reloaded. my question is where can i find the crack that i will place to the original icon.
I downloaded my files from putlocker and one of the archives has a different password, I think you should review it.
Hey, does this do the multiplayer? like the co-op and stuff?
What version?
why does the last screenshot have a different UI?
are they both from the same game?
HI for any one who have a problem with run it
U must download crack 😛 and take it inside folder with torchlight 2
please buy its this at a low price and the company is good with people hopefully prove after all to buy pirated
pls, i need the password to unrar
for those who could not even run the game, do this:
install the file named vc2010redist_x86 and then run the "setup" file in the directx folder
the game will open the steam, but it will not enter … then place the crack
I dl the game but i cant find any iso in there to mount, can any1 give me any info about how to install this ?


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PARIS (Reuters) - France is looking to sell millions of surplus vaccines for the H1N1 flu strain after ordering many more shots than it actually needed, officials said on Sunday.
The Health Ministry said in a statement it had originally bought 94 million individual vaccinations against the H1N1 virus at a cost of 869 million euros ($1.25 billion), thinking that everyone would need two jabs for immunity against the illness.
Doctors now say a single vaccination is sufficient, meaning that France, with a population of some 65 million, has a massive oversupply that it is looking to sell on.
The Health Ministry confirmed reports in Sunday's Le Parisien daily that it had already sold 300,000 shots to Qatar and is set to sell some two million more to Egypt.
"We are in contact with other countries, notably Ukraine and Mexico," the ministry said in a statement, without providing any financial details.
Le Parisen newspaper said France was looking to sell its stock at the price it paid for it -- between 6.25 euros to 10 euros depending on the product.
France bought vaccinations from Sanofi-Pasteur, a unit of Sanofi-Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Baxter International).
Some five million people in France have so far been vaccinated against H1N1, health officials say.
The flu virus has killed an estimated 198 people on mainland France, according to data released on December 29, but doctors have said new infections have fallen sharply in recent weeks.
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Before the release of 2008's Real Animal, 59-year-old singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo signed on with Bruce Springsteen's manager Jon Landau, a seemingly savvy move that appears to have had at least a subliminal (and not entirely welcome) effect on Escovedo's music. Following up on the hopped-up, slickly packaged guitar anthems of Real Animal, Street Songs Of Love is a full-fledged stab at crafting the most radio-friendly mainstream rock album of 1984. Escovedo's gritty snarl and survivor's spirit are still as vital as ever, but Street Songs Of Love is hindered by dated, bombastic production choices—including intrusively sterile female backing vocals on loan from an Eric Clapton Michelob commercial—that sound more contemporaneous with Born In The U.S.A. than anything happening today.
At least Escovedo is still in a happy, life-affirming mood, singing "I'm in love with love" on the chugging opening track, "Anchor." He says as much on the album's 12 other songs, occasionally fleshing out his love-centric musings with choice lyrical details like the would-be lover "who cries when she hears Johnny Cash" on "Fall Apart With You." But the rush of Escovedo's ecstasy and agony proves frustratingly one-sided on the stale, hard-to-embrace Street Songs Of Love, which reduces all the unruly feelings that go with rough-and-tumble romantic relationships down to a series of blustery, MOR power ballads.


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Q: A bit of a long shot here. I'm writing from outside London, UK, and am trying to trace a recipe that appeared in the Chicago Tribune back in the '50s/'60s. Told you it was a long shot! I'm looking for a recipe that appeared way back when ... it's "Apricot Sunshine Cake." Apparently it's a sponge cake base with apricot/orange (kind of gel) frosting, and real whipped cream dollops on top. A dear friend's mother cut it out of your paper all those years ago but the recipe has been lost. My friend was hoping to bake this cake for her 55th wedding anniversary which is June 7, so the race is on to find it! I don't have access to the archives and I don't even know if the recipe can be found on there but I thought I'd give it a try anyway.
—Sophie Hughes, Epsom, Surrey, England
A: I looked for an "Apricot Sunshine Cake" in the archives and found just one recipe with that title. It was a recipe for a breakfast dish, mot a sponge cake as you describe. I broadened my archival search by looking just for "Sunshine Cake" and found a number of sponge cake recipes, most with an orange-lemon flavoring. Finishing treatments for these cakes differ. A 1972 recipe, for example, suggested serving the cake unfrosted "topped with strawberries and whipped cream, shortcake fashion. Or drizzle on an orange-flavored confectioners' sugar glaze. For extra glamour, ice it with a fluffy yellow or coconut frosting."
Why all the finishing options? Well, the sunshine cake is an old recipe that's pretty basic, so there are plenty of opportunities for bakers to add their own unique touch — like, possibly, your friend's mother with the apricot flavor.
Sunshine cakes were very popular with thrifty homemakers who would make it to use up all the egg yolks left over after the whites were whipped up into an angel food cake. You can find recipes that call for both yolks and whites, as in this recipe from Oct. 3, 2001 from Raeanne S. Sarazen, who wrote a column for the Chicago Tribune called "Test Kitchen Connection."
Sarazen's cake was an adaptation of a recipe from "Mary Meade's Country Cookbook," written by Ruth Ellen Church in 1964. Church was the Tribune's food editor from 1936 to 1974. She sometimes wrote columns and stories using the "Mary Meade" pen name. In the cookbook, a number of flavor variations are suggested; Sarazen went with lemon-orange. She topped the cake with a glaze developed in the newspaper's test kitchen.
I don't see why you couldn't substitute a little apricot nectar or jam for the lemon in Sarazen's recipe, particularly in the glaze. Spoon whipped cream on top, if you like.
Just to be safe, I would make a few test cakes before the big anniversary celebration on June 7. Recruit your friend to taste what you bake and together you should be able to approximate an "Apricot Sunshine Cake" your friend's mother will recognize. Don't worry too much if the cake you create doesn't match mom's memories; she will be so delighted at all the work and love you've put into it that she won't care if your version misses it by a mile. And, who knows? Your cake might be even better. Let me know how it works out!
Any reader with a recipe for "Apricot Sunshine Cake" is invited to send me a copy. I'll forward it on to Sophie Hughes.
Orange-lemon sunshine cake
Prep: 40 minutes
Cook: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Makes: 12 servings
The cake is adapted from "Mary Meade's Country Cookbook." The glaze was developed in the Chicago Tribune test kitchen.
1 cup sifted cake flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
12 eggs, separated
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon each: vanilla, orange juice, lemon juice
1 tablespoon each, grated: orange rind, lemon rind
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons orange zest
1/8 teaspoon salt
1. Sift flour with 1/2 cup of the sugar. Repeat sifting 3 times; set aside. Beat egg whites in bowl of electric mixer until frothy. Beat in cream of tartar. Add remaining 3/4 cup sugar gradually; beat until stiff peaks form. Sift flour and sugar mixture again over egg whites; fold in gently. Set aside.
2. Beat egg yolks, vanilla, orange juice and lemon juice in medium bowl until thick and pale yellow. Fold egg yolk mixture, orange rind and lemon rind into egg white mixture. Scrape batter into ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Bake in a 325-degree oven until top springs back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool upside down 1-1/2 hours, setting the tube over a bottleneck. Slide knife around cake to detach from pan, pressing knife against pan to avoid tearing cake.
3. For glaze, whisk together all ingredients in bowl until smooth. Drizzle over cake, allowing excess to drip down the sides.
UPDATED: Ask the readers and they deliver. Like Joanne M. Radke of Glen Ellyn, who offers her grandmother's recipe for an apricot sunshine cake. Radke also shared three tips: Don't use low-fat sour cream; apricot brandy can be substituted for the apricot nectar in the cake; and zest a lemon and/or orange into the batter and glaze for more flavor.
Apricot sunshine cake
3 cups sugar
2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
1/2 cup apricot juice or nectar
6 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon each: orange extract, lemon extract, vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup apricot nectar
1. Grease and flour a Bundt pan or tube pan; set aside.
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2. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add in the apricot juice, then stir in the eggs, sour cream and extracts; incorporate thoroughly. Add the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt).
3. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake in a 325-degree oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes before inverting onto cake plate. Continue to cool for approx. 30 minutes more or until cake is completely cool.
4. Place the powdered sugar in a small bowl, gradually stir in apricot nectar to create a glaze; drizzle glaze on cake.
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Finding a Good Injury Lawyer Just Got A Lot Easier
Looking for a good lawyer in the South Dakota area (particularly in Sioux Falls) can be a real drag. There are countless practicing firms out there, but it can be daunting to try and find the right one for the situation at hand. Was it a domestic dispute? Is a criminal felony on the table? Is someone being charged with a DUI? Was someone injured at the workplace or was a victim of negligent behavior? All of these questions are absolutely necessary to ask before going out and seeking the right kind of support.
It is crucial that one rigorously researches what kind of lawyer is needed, before wasting countless time, energy, and money finding the right kind of aid. Thankfully, finding a good injury lawyer in Sioux Falls is easier than one might think. Personal injury claims are some of the most recurrent cases to grace this continent; so finding a suitable attorney should be easier done than said!
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When it comes to law, it is important not to confuse personal injury with injury claims and cases, even though the two terms can be used interchangeably. A personal injury lawyer deals with injury caused to a person's body, mind, and or emotions. Personal injury has nothing to do with the property of the person seeking assistance; it only has to do with the continued well-being of said person.
Sometimes the result of an injury caused by negligence leads to disability. If somebody becomes disabled due to the negligent circumstances of another person, they may become permanently incapable of working or going about their lives in a normal manner. The stress and strain associates with this withdrawal from society as it once was hits people in unimaginable ways. Taking the time to find the right kind of injury lawyer in Sioux Falls could lead to a major settlement, with large awards. This settlement might be the only thing keeping one positive and motivated during the whole ordeal.
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When you think of monsoons, floods (like those in Pakistan in 2010) might be the first thing to come to mind. But in some areas, malaria epidemics can follow the monsoon rains. Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium protozoa carried by mosquitoes. These mosquitoes hatch from standing water. In some of the drier parts of India, the conditions necessary for malaria are only present during the monsoon season—the wetter the year, the greater the risk.
Being able to forecast a likely malaria epidemic far enough ahead of time to mobilize help for those regions could save a lot of lives. The best we can do at present is watch the rainfall totals. Recognizing particularly wet weather gives about a month's notice before the malaria cases will start to climb. A new paper in Nature Climate Change seeks to increase that lead time by using sea surface temperatures in the South Atlantic to predict the rainfall before it happens.
The researchers looked for correlations between malaria in India and sea surface temperatures around the globe, which affect atmospheric circulation and weather patterns. The tightest correlation was between malaria in the drier regions of northwest India and temperatures in the South Atlantic.
Since correlations can be coincidental, the researchers analyzed the relationship using a climate model. This allowed them to experimentally test the connections by warming or cooling one portion of the ocean at a time, while holding sea surface temperatures constant everywhere else. They were also able to run the experiments repeatedly—another luxury that isn't available when examining real-world data.
The model simulations displayed the same correlations, with cool surface temperatures in the South Atlantic linked to higher rainfall in northwest India. The simulations also allowed the researchers to see why that would be the case. The pattern of air circulation in the region is altered by temperatures in the South Atlantic. Cold sea surface temperatures there mean high pressure and sinking air. In response, the rising motion of air over the warmer seas of the Indian Ocean is strengthened. As the moist air over the Indian Ocean rises, it cools, generating precipitation.
Because these conditions develop over the course of the monsoon season, the temperature pattern in the South Atlantic can be identified four months before the malaria season it influences.
The researchers also found a moisture threshold, beyond which the number of malaria cases in northwest India jumps up considerably. Those are the epidemic years that it would help to be better prepared for. Just using July sea surface temperatures in the South Atlantic, the researchers show they could have correctly predicted whether or not an epidemic would occur in 21 of the last 26 years.
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the study is the finding that a major sea surface event isn't a factor. The El Niño Southern Oscillation is considered to have the largest impact on the monsoon rains in India and Southeast Asia. For Northwest India, however, it's the South Atlantic that appears to be in the driver's seat.
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Couldn't have said it better.Originally Posted by Spitball
Couldn't have said it better.Originally Posted by Spitball
any farther north of 30, this club's gonna be pitching from Sault Ste. Marie.Originally Posted by KronoRed
Marty mentioned on ESPN that the Reds were looking for a relief pitcher who is young with some experience that throws mid-90's. I'll have Krono start up the wayback machine and I'll see if I can whip up Doug Bair.
Oh whoops, my bad, he's a pitching coach now.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
I'd almost deal Jason LaRue and a LOOGY-or a ROOGY TBNL to the Rockies for Zach Day and Ryan Shealy.Originally Posted by max venable
But Dan O'Dowd might laugh.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
If those mechanics are the key to his success, Wagner is in big time trouble. Command and health have a whole lot more to do with successful pitching than violent (deceptive???) mechanics.Originally Posted by traderumor
Thanks, Randy.Originally Posted by RANDY IN CHAR NC
Couldn't have said it better.
"I am your child from the future. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this earlier." - Dylan Easton
Them and 29 other teams.Originally Posted by Heath
No Day, please.Originally Posted by Heath
"I am your child from the future. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this earlier." - Dylan Easton
Wagner has pouted in the past. It will be interesting to see how he handles his demotion this time around.
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
zach day sucks
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
Originally Posted by Team Clark
I REALLY hope that the days of "message-sending" demotions are over for this club. I'd rather they just trade the bad apples than look like a two-bit day care.
Yep he does. But I'd be banking on "Heath's Hometown Theory" - You might do one of two things when you get traded home.Originally Posted by pedro
Rule 1 - You might pitch better in more familiar surroundings. You might be hasseled to family get-togethers, more ticket requests, and phone calls from old girlfriends, but the distractions might be enough to where you aren't thinking too hard about pitching or hitting and you do the things you need to do and it falls into place.
Rule 2 - You do all the above, but the distractions are too great and you get WORSE.
Thomas Wolfe can pound salt. You can go home again - it's just how you deal with it that makes or breaks you.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
No more hometown junk.
Go Gators!
How old is Wagner?
That's right! He's young,....very young. And had he been brought up through the organization like he should have been instead of being rushed, he'd be right where he's supposed to be this far into his career.
The REDS are fools to consider anything but keeping Wagner on the roster for the entire season.
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
From Wednesday's (3/29) mlb.report.
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Almost there.
The latest wave of Reds cuts claimed three more players Wednesday morning, when pitcher Brian Shackelford and infielders Matt Kata and William Bergolla were optioned to Triple-A Louisville.
Cincinnati has 33 players remaining in big league camp. That number dwindles to 30 healthy bodies since pitchers Paul Wilson (shoulder) and Grant Balfour (shoulder/elbow) will start the season on the disabled list. Non-roster outfielder Dewayne Wise (sprained left ankle) also won't be heading north.
These 20 players appeared to be roster locks for Opening Day:
Catchers Jason LaRue and Javier Valentin; infielders Rich Aurilia, Edwin Encarnacion, Ryan Freel, Scott Hatteberg, Felipe Lopez and Tony Womack; outfielders Adam Dunn, Ken Griffey Jr., Austin Kearns; starting pitchers Bronson Arroyo, Brandon Claussen, Aaron Harang, Eric Milton and Dave Williams and relievers Chris Hammond, Kent Mercker, David Weathers and Rick White.
That left 10 players competing for the final five spots on the 25-man roster.
"When it gets down to these last few cuts, it gets very, very difficult," Reds manager Jerry Narron said.
Four pitchers -- Matt Belisle, Mike Burns, Todd Coffey and Ryan Wagner are fighting for what's expected to be three bullpen spots. All four have Minor League options left.
In the sixth inning of Wednesday's 7-6 win over the Devil Rays, Belisle gave up a three-run homer to first batter Ty Wigginton but then recorded two quick outs. Coffey later pitched a scoreless ninth and recorded the save despite allowing a hit and a wild pitch.
Narron is expected to carry 12 pitchers.
"I'm still 99 percent sure it will be 12," Narron said. "(Saying) that gives me a tad of wiggle room."
Catchers David Ross and Dane Sardinha and outfielders Jacob Cruz and Quinton McCracken are leading the fight for the final two roster spots. The decision on whether or not to keep an extra catcher will depend heavily on LaRue's recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery. LaRue contends he'll be ready by Opening Day but he could likely start the season on the disabled list.
Ross -- acquired in a March 21 trade with the Padres -- and Sardinha are out of options. Both would likely be claimed off of waivers by a catching-starved club.
Cruz, the Reds' pinch-hits leader last season with 20, has struggled at the plate during camp while batting .194 (6-for-31). Batting .356 (16-for-45), McCracken appears to have the edge but has been bothered lately by a sore right foot.
Throwing a wrench in the projections are two things -- the potential for a last-minute trade and veteran outfielder Brian Buchanan.
Buchanan, who was not even invited to big league camp, might be enticing for Narron and general manager Wayne Krivsky to consider keeping after he made the most of his chances. He batted an eye-popping .568 (21-for-37) with 13 RBIs in 20 games with Cincinnati this spring.
News and features:
• Arroyo stifles Red Sox in Reds' win
• Reds notes: Roster sees further trimming
• Dunn, Griffey lead Reds over Rays
• Reds notes: Second base not set
• Five-run sixth inning propels Reds
• Griffey stars as Reds rip Bucs
• Reds Spring Training report: 350K
• Sheldon on Ruhle's cancer diagnosis
• Reds broadcaster Welsh on Dunn signing
• Reds GM Wayne Krivsky on plans
• MLB.com's Mark Sheldon on Krivsky
• Reds introduce new GM Krivsky
Spring Training info:
• MLB.com coverage | Schedule | Ballpark | Tickets
More on the cuts: The decision to cut Shackelford came down to control. The lefty posted a 4.50 ERA (six earned runs over 12 innings) in 10 games, but issued seven walks.
"Shackelford was inconsistent this spring, especially at throwing strikes," Narron said. "He did a good job against left-handers this spring. But overall, we would have liked to see a little more consistency. He's got to be able to get right-handers out."
The versatile Kata, who was claimed off waivers from Philadelphia earlier this month, batted just .143 (4-for-28) since joining the Reds. Bergolla missed most of camp with a high groin strain. He didn't play in his first game until Tuesday night.
Sick numbers: Harang, the Reds' Opening Day starter, put a crooked number (5) on the scoreboard for the first time all spring on Wednesday. It happened during the final inning of his final outing.
But Harang certainly had a valid excuse -- he was sick. Before the game, the right-hander said he needed to nap for about an hour to feel better.
Still, Harang looked good for three scoreless innings. After Cincinnati posted four runs during a long bottom of the fifth, Tampa Bay responded with five runs -- four of them charged to Harang. Overall, he gave up five runs on 10 hits. He also walked his first batter of the spring and struck out three.
"I ran out of gas. I was exhausted," said Harang, who still got the win and finished the spring 4-0 with a 2.84 ERA. "I'm getting a bug that's going around. I had a little temperature this morning. I haven't been sleeping the last couple of nights. I wanted to make sure I got my work in."
Harang pronounced himself ready for Monday's opener against the Cubs, but wasn't dwelling on it.
"It probably won't hit me until we get to Cincinnati," he said. "It probably won't hit me until that day."
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
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Around the Horn: Bullpen's heart an unlikely pair
Paths aligned just so to bring Henderson, Kintzler to Milwaukee's relief corps
This is the second installment of an Around the Horn series that features a position-by-position look at the Brewers heading into the 2014 season and has already covered the starting rotation. Up next: Bullpen.
PHOENIX -- Jim Henderson considered quitting baseball before signing with the Brewers in April 2009 and heading off to Appleton, Wis., to be a 26-year-old Class A closer. Two months later, Brandon Kintzler almost chose a chance to appear in the movie "Moneyball" over auditioning for scouts at an Independent League All-Star Game.
Nearly five years later, both right-handers have pitched their way from the fringes of organized baseball to the heart of the Brewers' bullpen.
"That's why you like baseball," said Kintzler, 29. "It doesn't really matter who you are or what round you got drafted in. Once you get in pro ball, you're even."
Henderson is the closer and Kintzler one of his primary setup men in a 'pen full of intriguing stories. There is Francisco Rodriguez, the former star closer, who is back for a third stint with Milwaukee after signing a one-year free-agent contract. There is Will Smith, the newcomer, acquired in an offseason trade with the Royals. Veteran lefty Tom Gorzelanny is trying to come back from shoulder surgery in time for Opening Day. Wei-Chung Wang, the 21-year-old Rule 5 Draft pick from Taiwan, is trying to jump from Rookie ball to the big leagues.
There is also Rob Wooten, Michael Blazek, Alfredo Figaro, Donovan Hand, Zack Duke, Mike Fiers, Hiram Burgos, David Goforth and others -- all hoping to get the same opportunity that Henderson and Kintzler seized last season.
"I try to think it's not any different," said Henderson, 30. "I think I've said this before -- I played so many years in the Minor Leagues, you're just trying to move up a level every year. I still feel that's part of who I am and how I play the game. I'm still trying to get to the next level, even though this is the top level."
It took Henderson, a onetime Montreal Expos Draft pick, parts of 10 Minor League seasons before he finally reached the Majors in 2012. He'd endured shoulder surgery and a release by the Cubs in 2008, but impressed Brewers pro scout Dick Groch in a tryout in Arizona before signing a contract that took him to Class A Wisconsin, where Henderson was the old man on a club that included a 19-year-old Brett Lawrie and 20-year-old Wily Peralta.
Henderson rose to Double-A Huntsville the following season and to Triple-A Nashville the year after that. In 2012, after logging 15 saves and posting a 1.69 ERA in 35 games for Nashville, he earned a long-awaited promotion to the Major Leagues at age 29. In early '13, when closer John Axford faltered, Henderson became a rookie closer in the big leagues.
He earned his keep by going 28-for-32 in save opportunities and logging a 2.70 ERA. Even after the Brewers re-signed Rodriguez for 2014, Brewers general manager Doug Melvin was clear that Henderson is the closer.
But don't try convincing Henderson himself.
"I think he still comes into camp with the idea that he's going to make our team," manager Ron Roenicke said with a chuckle. "He's going to go at it that way, and I think that's good. It's been a long road for him to get to the Major Leagues to have the success that he's had, and he doesn't want to lose that."
Does being anointed closer change anything? Not really, Henderson said.
"Last year, still, I felt like I was just holding that job, just holding it temporarily with Ax and Frankie there," Henderson said. "When both of them got traded, that's when it started to kind of open my eyes and see that I can do this. There was nobody else to back you up, so you had to go out there and just kind of make it your own. I think after they got traded, I needed to step up and take control of that role a little bit more."
With Henderson elevated to closer and Rodriguez and Axford dealt to the Orioles and Cardinals, respectively, Kintzler stepped up to setup duties. He finished with a 2.69 ERA in 71 appearances spanning 77 innings, by far his heaviest workload since he was still starting games for the independent St. Paul Saints.
Kintzler was pitching well in 2009, well enough that he was asked to start the American Association's All-Star Game. But there was a conflict. Kintzler was also a finalist to play Tim Hudson in "Moneyball," and a final audition coincided with the game.
Knowing there would be some scouts in the stands, Kintzler chose to pitch. The Brewers signed him for $1,000.
The 2013 season represented his breakthrough.
"You just get hot and you just take off," Kintzler said. "They give you the opportunity to succeed, and hopefully you succeed and you establish yourself."
Both men prepared for this season in warm weather. Kintzler trained at home in Las Vegas. Henderson, who grew up near Calgary, moved to Phoenix and trained every day at Maryvale Baseball Park. It was a good move, considering how much of North America was introduced to the term "polar vortex."
"I'm a big believer in coming down to Spring Training early, and I like getting down from the cold in Canada," Henderson said. "So this year I said, 'Let's just do it the whole year.' I rented a townhouse right near Westgate and the hockey area, so I could walk over and check out hockey games.
"It was strange" being out of the cold, he said. "I went home right before Christmas, and it was still 30 Celsius here [in Phoenix] and we were out at the pool and stuff. But it kind of turned into a no-brainer for me. The training facility is down here, the trainers are here year-round. Cost of living is expensive in Canada compared to here. So I said, 'Let's do it.'"
He has been working on his slider, a key pitch against the left-handed hitters that gave Henderson trouble at times last season. His role assured, Henderson will have the freedom to tinker with some options this spring without worrying about results.
Kintzler is focused on staying healthy. An elbow issue sidelined him for much of 2011 and at the start of '12, but he said he was still feeling strong at the end of a long 2013.
For both Henderson and Kintzler, 2014 will be about earning their keep.
"One year, I don't think you do [earn your spot]," Kintzler said. "You have to do it a few times. I'm sure I still have doubters, which is fine. They'll always find something."


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Pascha 2014 at the Saint Steven's Cathedral
CHRIST IS RISEN! Христос Васкрсе!
On the blessed Feast of Feasts, Pascha, the day of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savoir Jesus Christ, His Grace, Bishop Maxim, together with the Clergy and faithful of the Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Alhambra, California celebrated with much joy and gladness the Resurrection Matins just before midnight followed by the Divine Liturgy.
The unwaning light illumined the hearts and minds of the altar servers, myrrhearers, subdeacons, choir members, chanters, and parishioners who all participated fully in what was a magnificant and joyous celebration!
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One bad example would be Hugo Chavez in Venezuela who just up and decided to nationalize the oil industry there… then the mines… then the telecommunications… then the utilities… then the_____, and so on. I can't think of a better way to drive away capital, can you? A person would be nuts to do business in that environment.
People forget that China is still a communist country – central planning and CONTROL. Sure, they are "embracing" some free market principles in an attempt to draw in capital to produce employment, but the rule of law is not really settled there, is it?
You will find an interesting discussion on the rule of law in Wikipedia where some basic principles are spelled out:
-That laws should be prospective rather than retroactive.
-Laws should be stable and not changed too frequently, as lack of awareness of the law -prevents one from being guided by it.
-There should be clear rules and procedures for making laws.
-The independence of the judiciary has to be guaranteed.
-The principles of natural justice should be observed, particularly those concerning the right to a fair hearing.
-The courts should have the power of judicial review over the way in which the other principles are implemented.
-The courts should be accessible; no man may be denied justice.
-The discretion of law enforcement and crime prevention agencies should not be allowed to pervert the law.
I would contend that some of these rules are slipping right here at home, such as the "independence of the judiciary."
The rule of law is what led the world out of the dark ages. The concepts began to form about that time and really solidified with the signing of the Magna Carta, a document that underpins our own founding papers. But the rule of law really took shape in regards to the economy and how it allowed capital to form and concentrate in the 17th century as described by Wikipedia:
...two of the first modern authors to give the principle theoretical foundations were Samuel Rutherford in Lex, Rex (1644) and John Locke in his Second Treatise of Government (1690). Later, the principle was further entrenched by Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws (1748).
In 1776, the notion that no one is above the law was popular during the founding of the United States, for example in the pamphlet Common Sense by Thomas Paine: "in America, the law is King. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other." In 1780, John Adams enshrined this principle in the Massachusetts Constitution by seeking to establish "a government of laws and not of men."
I would contend that capital forming and concentrating is a great thing – it has advanced the human race and without it exploration and stunning new technologies would not be possible. BUT, it definitely can be overdone – as with most things in life there is a balance. When capital becomes too concentrated in the hands of just a few, bad things tend to happen after greed takes over.
That's why the original intent behind corporations was a good one. Limited liability allowed capital to concentrate. But once concentrated, WHO decides where and how it should be put to work? That's where governments who get too involved get in and muck up the works as they are terrible at choosing the areas where capital would best benefit society. I know that sounds terrible because that's pretty much what you "elect" your representatives to do. In the United States corporations have become so powerful that they tell your representatives what to do or else they will not get the money to get reelected.
That's how capital becomes misallocated in this country. It's concentrating all right, but it's concentrating in all the wrong places – the central banks.
Here's a PATRIOT who understand this basic premise and gave Nancy Pelosi a serious piece of his mind!
BRAVO! And well deserved I might add. However, Mr. Guthrie, like most good Americans, still has not figured out that the wars he and his son so bravely fought, were wars designed and extended by the manufacturers of the fractional reserve, interest bearing, fiat money system - you know, the purveyors of debt! "Credit" equals debt, DEBT equals control. These are the same people who manufacture the weapons of war, and now the same people who control the media and the other three branches of government – you know, the executive, legislative, and judicial. What, you call that a conspiracy? I don't, I call it fact, and I call it concentration of capital taken to an extreme.
So, what's all this have to do with China?
What really got me thinking about this piece was the following article:
China Said to Plan Rules Tightening Capital of Banks
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- China plans to tighten capital requirements for banks, threatening to curb the record lending that's fueled a 60 percent rally in the nation's stock market, three people familiar with the matter said.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission sent draft rule changes to banks on Aug. 19 requiring them to deduct all existing holdings of subordinated and hybrid debt sold by other lenders from supplementary capital, said the people, who have seen the document. Banks have until Aug. 25 to give feedback, said the people, declining to be named as the matter is private.
As a result, banks may need to rein in lending or sell shares to lift capital adequacy ratios to the 12 percent minimum. Chinese stocks briefly entered a so-called bear market this week on concern the government would stymie new loans that exceeded $1 trillion in the first half. A news department official at the regulator declined to comment by phone and didn't immediately respond to a faxed inquiry.
"This move will cut one of the most important funding sources for banks," said Sheng Nan, an analyst at UOB Kayhian Investment Co. in Shanghai. Banks will "have to either raise more equity capital or slow down lending and other capital consuming businesses to stay afloat."
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index slid 0.6 percent at the 4:00 p.m. close, after having risen as much as 0.5 percent. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.7 percent to close at 2960.77, paring earlier gains of as much as 2 percent.
Debt Sales Triple
China's banks have sold 236.7 billion yuan ($34.6 billion) of subordinated bonds so far this year, almost triple the amount issued during all of 2008. The banking regulator estimates about half of the subordinated bonds in circulation are cross-held among banks.
"We understand the regulator's concerns about the proportion of subordinated debt," Shenzhen Development Bank Co. Chairman Frank Newman said on an earnings conference call today. The bank hopes that any new rules are applied only to future debt sales, Newman said.
The subordinated debt sales came as new loans rose to a record 7.37 trillion yuan in the first half. Lending in July fell to less than a quarter of June's level. About 1.16 trillion yuan of loans were invested in stocks in the first five months of this year, China Business News reported on June 29, citing Wei Jianing, a deputy director at the Development and Research Center under the State Council, China's cabinet.
Cheap Money
"I'm worried about a correction in a market that has been driven by cheap money," Devan Kaloo, who oversees $11.5 billion as head of global emerging markets at Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd., said Aug. 19.
The Shanghai Composite Index almost doubled during the first seven months of this year through Aug. 4, after falling 65 percent in 2008. Since reaching this year's high on Aug. 4, it's plummeted 15 percent. The index on Aug. 19 briefly fell 20 percent from this year's high, the threshold for a bear market, before ending the day down 19.8 percent. The gauge rebounded yesterday, rising 4.5 percent.
Regulatory Concern
The banking regulator has indicated it's concerned about excessive credit creation. Last month, the commission ordered lenders to raise reserves against non-performing loans, to ensure loans for fixed asset investments go to projects that support the real economy and announced plans to tighten rules on working capital loans.
Banks are allowed to count subordinated bonds they sell as supplementary or lower-Tier 2 capital. In the event of bankruptcy, holders of subordinated notes receive payment only after other debt claims are paid in full.
The regulator's rule change requires banks to subtract all existing holdings of subordinate bonds issued by other lenders from their own subordinated bonds being counted as supplementary capital. The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported earlier that the regulator was considering this measure.
In addition, the new rules also limit the amount of subordinated or hybrid bonds banks can hold, the people said. A bank's holding of subordinated and hybrid bonds issued by a single bank can't exceed 15 percent of its core capital, the people said. Holdings of all subordinate and hybrid bonds issued by banks can't exceed 20 percent of core capital.
Capital Adequacy
The regulator has called on small publicly traded banks to have a minimum capital adequacy ratio of 12 percent by year's end, up from the current 10 percent. The ratio, a measure of how much in losses a bank can absorb, is calculated by dividing capital by risk-weighted assets. A bank's risk-weighted assets are comprised partly of loans.
After deducting subordinated bonds issued by other banks, lenders must either raise core capital or reduce their loans to meet the capital adequacy ratio requirements.
"It'll be hard for commercial banks to sell subordinate bonds because much of the debt is sold to their counterparts," said Xu Xiaoqing, a bond analyst at China International Capital Corp. in Beijing. "This rule would tighten lending by commercial banks, especially small and medium sized banks that have relatively less capital."
So, let's review the past… a huge stock market bubble was blown in China, a result of a massive world wide credit bubble started by the geniuses on Wall Street who managed to end Glass-Steagall and create the unregulated and untracked shadow banking system that was behind all the financial bubbles. China just happened to be seduced by all the cheap and easy money and opened themselves up to it.
Later, long after it was painfully obvious that their entire markets were fueled by speculation and hot money, the central planners of China intentionally pricked their bubble by repeatedly raising capital requirements.
Then, seeing the aftermath of a popped bubble, they loosened everything up again and now, surprise, they have fueled a massive reflexive bounce…
Only to prick it again and to reenter another bear market. We would never do anything like that would we, because we are WAY different than China, right?
I mean after all, we've neeever seen anything like that in history before, have we?
WILD GYRATIONS are caused by economic "pilots" who make their inputs out of synch with the economy – in the world of airplanes these are called Pilot Induced Oscillations (PIO). The problem with PIO is that if you let it go too far, eventually the wings will literally break off. That's what China is doing, and that's what we're doing. What we're NOT doing is keeping the swings small by letting FREE MARKET FORCES correct the gyrations early.
But here's another clue for all the central bankers of the world… free market forces will only dampen out the cycles naturally when the system is built with DYNAMIC STABILITY to begin with.
DYNAMIC STABILITY is the tendency that once the current state is "upset" that it tends to dampen and return to neutral ON ITS OWN.
Dynamic Stability:
This contrasts with Dynamic INstability which, when upset, will tend to DIVERGE from neutral, producing larger and more violent swings.
Dynamic Instability:
Interest Bearing Fractional Reserve Money by Fiat is NOT built with dynamic stability in mind. It is built with never ending growth via inflation in mind, because that's how the people who produce it (central banks) make their riches. Never ending growth leads to exponential math which produces a parabolic curve that ends in a blow-off top and then collapse.
And here's the thing about stability… it's always a tradeoff. The jet fighter trades stability for maneuverability. The same is true for the Corvette. Your family mini-van, however, is built to be stable and not too maneuverable.
So why was our money system "designed" to be inherently "unstable?"
Here's an observation that may help you answer the "why…" Those who are closest to inflation gain, while those being whipped at the opposite end of inflation lose.
I'd call those at the end of the inflation "whipping boys," they are also known as the "sheeple." Or, they are also known as you and me!
China = Central Planners? America = Central Bankers!
Speaking of wild gyrations… They are the "hound dogs" and they ain't no friends of mine.
Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
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The men's singles final of the Queen's Club Championship came to a bizarre end today as Argentine David Nalbandian defaulted the match after injuring a line judge.
Nalbandian had advanced to the final and was leading Marin Cilic 7-6, 3-4 at the world's second-biggest grass-court tournament when in frustration he kicked a wooden base surrounding a line judge's chair, shattering it and sending fragments into the shin of the judge.
Chair umpire Fergus Murphy immediately defaulted the match and awarded Cilic the win, making him the first Croatian player to win on grass since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001 at Wimbeldon. The default was the first in a tournament final since Pete Sampras defeated Greg Rusedski in San Jose in 1997.
If Nalbandian could have held on and avoided kicking anything else, it would have been his 12th career victory. [BBC]


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Similar to a glossary or bibliography, the document is typesetted once (latex). Next, the nomenclature is generated using
makeindex. Finally, the document is typesetted again, adding the nomenclature to it.
latex filename.tex makeindex filename.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o filename.nls latex filename.tex
makeindex command takes the nomenclature file (.nlo), the style file (nomencl.ist) and the name of the output file (.nls) as input arguments.
Complete code of a working example and its output
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{nomencl} \makenomenclature \renewcommand{\nomname}{Time Zones} \begin{document} UTC\nomenclature{UTC}{Coordinated Universal Time} is 3 hours behind ADT\nomenclature{ADT}{Atlantic Daylight Time} and 10 hours ahead of EST\nomenclature{EST}{Eastern Standard Time}. \printnomenclature \small\hfill Created by http://texblog.org \end{document}
Note, to save some typing, you can define your own nomenclature command that prints the symbol/abbreviation and generates a list entry at the same time.
\newcommand*{\nom}[2]{#1\nomenclature{#1}{#2}} ... \nom{EST}{Eastern Standard Time}
Refer to the nomencl package documentation for more details.


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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day.
•The Carmelo Anthony trade has officially reached shitshow levels. One source says Anthony himself is holding up the deal by refusing to sign an extension. Another says he's been texted by Amar'e Stoudemire, telling him to sit tight until the Knicks can get him in free agency. Look, no one wants to play in New Jersey. Or Denver, for that matter. Or Detroit.
•Jimmer! Fredette scored 47 points in a beatdown of rival Utah, and would have had more had he not been pulled with five minutes left. POY candidate? Kemba Walker was good, but not Jimmer good.
•Antonio Cromartie says he hates the Patriots and Brady's an "asshole." Cromartie might be angering the wrong person, because unless Darrelle Revis dies or something, Brady is going have the opportunity to make Cromartie look silly about 30 times on Sunday.
•Holy cow, did the Cavs get wallomped. At 112-57, the Lakers were within two points of doubling them up. Antawn Jamison's pissed. LeBron's laughing. There is no God.
•Trevor Hoffman calls it a career, and will rejoin the Padres organization in some capacity. You've got to assume he'll be elected to the Hall of Fame, as no one with 600 saves has ever been kept out of Cooperstown.
(Thanks to Cheo for the photo. I don't know who decided a
Mets jersey(Senadores de San Juan!) was the best representation of Alomar's career.)
Wake yourself up and dig yourself out.


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In response to Nintendo's attempt to trademark "It's on like Donkey Kong," Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert decides to squat on other dated catchphrases, just in case.
Nintendo's trademark application for "It's on like Donkey Kong" might be more of a marketing stunt for Donkey Kong Country Returns than a serious attempt to secure the phrase, but that hasn't stopped the internet from stopping to point and laugh, and when the internet laughs, Stephen Colbert laughs with them.
Be strong, Kirby fans. I'm sure he was only kidding.
|The Colbert Report
|Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
|Stephen Trademarks Dated Catchphrases
|Click to view
Thanks for the link, Drew!


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(...while jogging on windy days.)
Wind does not whisper in deciduous trees or long grass or fields (or gardens) of flowers. Instead it says, "Shhhh...", which--as I've told any number of Primary children--is as noisy as speaking. While it does not involve vocal cords, it does involve noise. It is true that you can make a relatively quiet "shh..." or a much louder "shh...", but either way, there is sound involved.
A whisper, on the other hand, involves NO vocal cords; and your lips, teeth, tongue, and jaw make no harsh popping, grating, or, well, shushing noises. Because THAT, my friends, is the definition of whispering. By definition, a whisper is quiet.
The wind whispers in evergreen trees.
And now you know.
Friday, May 28, 2010
This is What I Learned...
(...while jogging on windy days.)
Posted by wjmom at 7:18 PM 2 comments
Labels: whispering, wind
It's Love!
There is a man who I worked with for a couple of years. I never disliked him. I never avoided him. He was always kind. He just kinda ruffled my feathers wrong. Today I saw him in the cafeteria and said hello. His eyebrows flew up, and he said, "Aundrea! You cut your hair! You look beautiful!"
And just for that, I will love him forever.
Posted by wjmom at 12:08 PM 1 comments
Labels: love
Adventures in Running -OR- Cinderella at the COB
I have started taking my running clothes to work with me. When my work shift ends, I change into my running clothes. Then I grab the bus, which drops me off at my car. I put my bag of work clothes into the trunk and head straight out for the daily run, because the track is right by the parking lot.
This is good because if I go home, I get doing other things (like eating cookie dough or going to bed), and I don't go run. This way the run gets done before I even get home.
This is bad because people in the COB (where there is a fairly strict dress code) stare at me in my spandex running gear. I don't blame them, really. I wouldn't necessarily want to look at me in spandex. But I gotta do what works for the run. My apologies to EVERYONE.
Yesterday I threw all my work clothes into my bag and headed outside to catch the bus. Which was already sitting at the stop. So I took off on a run to catch it. The bus driver was nice enough to wait for me (kudos to UTA for hiring nice people!). And I did my run. And when I got home and started unloading my clothes, I realized that I was missing a shoe. I distinctly remembered putting one shoe in my bag, but I was pretty sure the other shoe was still in the bathroom cubicle. *sigh*
This morning I went into the restroom first thing, and my shoe was sitting squarely centered on the flowered ottoman in the outer area. It looked like the picture of Cinderella's slipper on the royal pillow as the prince is searching the land for his true love. (Luckily for me, I already found my handsome prince. And he was NOT in the COB8 ladies' room!)
In a way I'm glad the shoe didn't end up in Lost and Found. That would be the second time I've had to retrieve shoes. (Tonight the custodians will laugh about that shoe being claimed from its royal post.)
Posted by wjmom at 7:04 AM 1 comments
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Dear Seeley,
Dear Seeley,
I look kinda cute today. Can you guess what my favorite part of this outfit is?
Well, you are right. These are very cute shoes. This picture doesn't do them justice. They are beaded, and I love the pointy toes! But this is not my favorite part.
The uneven cut of this skirt (which I stole from Briana's closet this morning) is very cute. But the skirt is not my favorite thing, either.
Except that it's pulled down weird over my tummy, this is a very cute blouse. (Rated PG: I like that I actually look like I have boobs in this blouse!) I love this blouse, but it's still not my favorite part of the outfit.
My favorite part of this outfit is this:
My earrings! I LOVE these earrings! I like to find as many things as I can to wear with them. I've worn them about 4 or 5 times in the past week and a half. And I think of you every time I wear them.
Thank you for these fabulous earrings! I love you!
Posted by wjmom at 7:42 AM 5 comments
Fun Night
Landon and I went to Taylor and Ashtyn's spring choir concert at the high school last night. A couple of comments:
The Belles Voix dresses are a bright, bright, nearly-turquoise blue. When I first saw Ashtyn's dress I thought, "Woah!" But they really look lovely on stage. It matches their lovely voices.
Take 10, the men's group, is better this year than I have ever heard them. They sang "Memory" from Cats last night, and it was incredibly beautiful. I love men's choirs, and this one is really fantastic this year!
I'm tellin' ya, the 2011 Mads are going to rock the world! I will admit that I am a bit biased, since our son is one of them; but seriously, this is a talented, talented group of kids. I'm excited to see what they can do!
Posted by wjmom at 7:25 AM 1 comments
Labels: Ashtyn, Taylor, WJHS choirs
Monday, May 24, 2010
Dear Kathryn Stockett
Do you ever Google your own name, just to see if anyone's talking about you? Well, if you do, you'll find me. Unless you get stuck at Katie Couric. Whatever.
Posted by wjmom at 5:13 PM 2 comments
Labels: The Help
No Good Title
My husband was born on a lovely spring day, 45 years ago today. His birthday never falls on Memorial Day because if it is a Monday, there is still one Monday left in the year. Every other year, his birthday is within days of Memorial Day, which is fun because we can make it a long, fun weekend to celebrate. We nearly always have a barbecue for his birthday. Sometimes we invite all the family to come barbecue with us.
This year we will not be barbecueing for two reasons:
1. Spencer will be in school tonight. We ended up celebrating his birthday kinda all weekend. He and I went on a date Saturday night. We had dinner at his parents' home yesterday, and we came home and he opened his gifts.
2. It is snowing. It is SNOWING! It is May 24th, and it is snowing. Big, fat, fluffy snowflakes are calmly floating from the sky. But I am not calm because IT. IS. SNOWING.
If it snows on my birthday, we're moving to the equator. Or the sun.
Posted by wjmom at 7:19 AM 3 comments
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Our Dog is Dumb
She's cute, though. Her ears are particularly adorable. And she's fun to play with. She has a couple of red rubber bones that she loves to play tug-of-war with (but she won't step her hind feet onto the dining room laminate floor, so we always win); then we throw the bone and she chases it and brings it back to play some more.
Yesterday when I went into the laundry room to feed Bella I found her red bone in her dog dish. I wondered what she would do if I just filled the dish around the bone. So I did. And she's too stupid to just move the bone out of the way. She eats all around it. So eating just became a lot slower.
The big question is how long she will continue. Can she learn?
What a doofus.
Posted by wjmom at 5:02 AM 2 comments
Labels: Bella
Monday, May 17, 2010
An older gentleman just walked by my desk and said, "I liked your hair better the other way." Why do they say things like that? And what is the appropriate response?
"Thanks, Jerk!"
"I think your hair is ugly, too."
"I didn't ask your opinion."
Ladies and gentlemen, this is proof that I have a long, long ways to go to be like our Savior.
And in the meantime, keep your rude comments to yourself!
Posted by wjmom at 1:13 PM 9 comments
Labels: haircut
Dear Friend,
Did you know that our gardeners are beginning to take out the tulips and put in the summer flowers? Only not all of them, because our friend, the grounds manager, knows that God created pink tulips just for me; and since they still look nice he is leaving as many as he can where they belong so that I can enjoy God's personal gift for just a little while longer. Even though some of the summer flowers might die in the greenhouse. He loves me. (God AND Mr. Manager--take your pick!)
And I know that you are sitting in your refrigerated living room cursing the heat, while I am outside blessing the "8" that is the first number of today's temperature and shouting to anyone who will listen, "It's about time!"
Tonight you will probably pull out the icee machine and fill a glass with shaved ice and maybe something wonderful like strawberry juice. And your tastebuds will think you've died and gone to heaven. And I will draw myself some room-temperature water, which will neither hurt my teeth nor make me shiver. And I'll maybe have an M&M chaser with my tepid water.
And after bedtime for the little ones, you will perch in front of your fan and wish that you could cool off just. a. little. bit. And I will be on my bed, with my feet tucked beneath the down quilt, wishing that the heat could have lasted just a tiny bit longer.
Loves to people with everything in common, and even more to you!
Posted by wjmom at 1:00 PM 1 comments
Labels: friends
I took my small bowl of frozen yogurt and almonds for a walk this afternoon. My sunglasses called to me from their case, but in spite of having to squint, I simply HAD to see each minute detail of color--so many colors I don't have names for all of them (where is Crayola when you need them?)! I savored small bites of my treat as I strolled through Temple Square. There were blossom petals and seed pods raining down on me like feather-pennies from the sky. The air slips satiny cool on my skin--no jacket today! I catch the fragrance of freshly-turned soil and sweet blossoms, skimming around and through me with each few steps that I take. There are construction noises--even they are blessed proof that we are no longer cooped inside!--and children's laughter and conversation. The birds phone their neighbors and scold their children.
Soon it will be summer and the world will get just a tiny bit lazy. But oh! blessed spring!
Posted by wjmom at 12:46 PM 1 comments
Labels: spring
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Lucky, Lucky Mom!
The next day when I got home from work, this is what I found on our bed:
I didn't want to wake them by taking too many pictures, but you should know that Ashtyn still has her book propped open, even though she's sound asleep. I love it!
Posted by wjmom at 7:13 AM 1 comments
Labels: I'm a lucky mom, kids
Saturday, May 15, 2010
All Alone
I am home alone. I am not afraid. :)
Spencer and Taylor (and Taylor's friend, Colton) went to Mosida to work on Tay's Eagle project.
Briana and Ashtyn (and Whitney) went to Logan to spend the weekend at Jessica's house (Jax is there, too)--girls' weekend! (How fun does it sound to spend a weekend with all your girl cousins?)
Landon is at a Scout campout.
This morning I fixed myself a healthy, protein-filled breakfast. I just jogged 3 miles (slower than you, Amy. You could have gone another mile and a half in the time it took me to go 3 miles). I'm gonna go outside and mow the front yard. I also need to do the dishes. Because yikes!
Spencer's mom is taking me to the Hale Centre Theatre this afternoon.
It's gonna be a nice day.
P.S. The weather's supposed to get to 75 today. Finally! *sigh of contentment*
Posted by wjmom at 8:45 AM 3 comments
Labels: alone
Friday, May 7, 2010
This is what I look like today. And Chelsea's floor looks really hairy. This time Spencer noticed. :)
Posted by wjmom at 12:37 PM 1 comments
Labels: haircut
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Did You Know?
Did you know that Taylor and their group got a "1" for their ensemble at State Solo and Ensemble Festival with their rendition of "Go Ye Now In Peace" (one of the most beautiful songs ever, I think)?
Did you know that he also got a "1" for his solo performance, which totally rocked the world?
Did you know that Ashtyn has only one more day to go, and she will have made it through an entire week at school for the first time in two months?
Did you know that it is May and the high temperature in our fair city for this day is only 46 degrees? The low overnight is supposed to get down to 20 in some areas. Someone forgot to wake up the sun and tell her it's spring!
Did you know that at mid-week next week Spencer and Briana will have only 1 1/2 terms of school left?
Did you know that the word "hallow" (meaning to make holy or sacred) was considered obsolete and was removed from the Miriam-Webster Dictionary until the 7th Harry Potter book renewed the world's interest in the word?
Did you know that I am a master at evil Sudoku puzzles?
Posted by wjmom at 3:21 PM 1 comments
Labels: Did you know
Have You Ever Wondered?
Have you ever wondered about genes?
Today a young woman came to my desk. She was brunette, but she had the same eyes and smile as my friend, Suzi.
The woman who works down the hall from me has the same voice and laugh as my friend, Cathy. Coincidentally, her maiden name is the same as Cathy's married name.
Apparently there was a blond me working in a hotel in London a few years ago.
In 6th grade I knew identical twins, and I met their "triplet" the next year when we moved to another town.
Another woman I work with looks just like a girl I knew in California.
Once we were in the St. George temple and one of the workers there had my grandmother's eyes (my dad's eyes are really close to those, but that's no mystery, is it?).
And it makes me wonder. Do these people have a shared 6th great-grandmother who looked just like they do?
It just makes me go "Hmmm..."
Posted by wjmom at 10:03 AM 0 comments
Labels: Things that make you go hmmm
Monday, May 3, 2010
How to Live A Happy Life
If you are over 18 and have graduated from high school, you have all the tools you need to live joyfully every day. It's true! Here's how:
Think about all the different kids from your school. Imagine those who are awful just because they can be. Think about the faces of those who are miserable. Feeling happy yet?
Wait, there's more. Think about the smell of the school: the chlorine from the pool, the mixed odors of hot dogs and salad dressing and hot cooking oil, the stale foot and body odor that emanate from the gym and the locker rooms, the raw pheromones.
Still not happy? How about the "pleasant" looks on the faces of the teachers as they greet you for yet another wonder-filled day of Napoleon, the quadratic equation, or sentence diagramming?
Seriously, we ought to all be ecstatically happy every single day because we are no longer in high school.
I have a word on the tip of my tongue that describes the teacher I met with today. Speaking like a Christian and a lady is currently very difficult. See 2 Peter 2:16.
Posted by wjmom at 8:31 AM 5 comments
Labels: high school
Dear Jen,
This morning I got on the stationary bike. I hope to run today, but my left foot has been hurting me. Spencer taught me some new stretches.
After my bike ride this morning, I stood up and stretched. And did you know? I never stretch without thinking of you. Wanna know what I think?
I think stretching hurts. It wouldn't if I'd do it more faithfully. You love the after-stretch, so I should be more like you.
You also decorate children's doors for Valentine's Day. I should be more like you.
You worry about your calling and if you're doing it right. I should be more like you.
You celebrate the fact that your husband got his dream job, and you teach your children to celebrate. I should be more like you.
You stick to your healthy choices long enough to lose 40 pounds. I should be more like you.
I should be more like you.
You are a cherished friend.
Posted by wjmom at 5:23 AM 1 comments
Labels: Jen
Something I Love About Spring
Each day you can see measurable differences.
Yesterday the leaves on the trees in our front yard didn't look like buds any more. They looked like leaves. In one week we won't be able to see through those trees.
Yesterday there were dark purplish splotches on the lilac shrubs. Today there are lilac-colored flowers.
Today the tulips look yellow. Within the next couple of days, they will actually BE yellow.
Saturday everyone wore their coats. Yesterday they were in sweaters. Soon (maybe today) there will just be shirt sleeves.
If I were clever or witty, there would be a great ending for this post.
Posted by wjmom at 5:20 AM 1 comments
Labels: spring


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Archive of 2010
2010's winners and losers
politics.co.uk runs down the winners and losers of a tumultuous year in politics.
Top ten surprises of 2010
2010 wasn't just an eventful year - it was an unpredictable one, too. Here's a selection of the developments which have raised our eyebrows the highest.
Barber: 'A horrible year'
Review: Yes, Prime Minister
The stage version of the classic comedy has acquired a darker tinge, but remains a brilliant rendering of the absurdity of life in power.
Top ten scandals of 2010
There were relatively few major scandals in 2010, but there's still enough red meat to keep carnivorous political junkies happy.
Analysis: Will Simon Hughes help draw a line under tuition fees?
Nick Clegg and Simon Hughes are secretly hoping that muddying the waters will help soothe the nation's tuition fees anger.
Hughes: I will work with every person of goodwill
Sketch highlights: Our picks of 2010
Here's ten handpicked highlights of the year from our sketchwriters, for your reading pleasure.
Top ten red herrings of 2010
This year's many twists and turns have made it harder than ever for politicians to get their predictions right.
Feature highlights: Our picks of 2010
Grumpy councillors, rural voters and rioting students have kept our in-depth reporting entertaining in 2010.
Top ten U-turns of 2010
Our verdict on the most egregious 'changes of position' of the last 12 months.
Top ten political insults of 2010
Acrimony always plays a large part in politics, but that's especially the case in an election year.
Comment highlights: Our picks of 2010
Here's our top ten handpicked highlights of the year from our comment pages.
Top 25 political quotes of 2010
Here's a selection of the best soundbites of the last 12 months, summing up the biggest moments of what has been a dramatic and unpredictable year.
Video: David Cameron's 12 Days of Christmas
The year in review - part two
A new era of coalition took some getting used to, as the second part of 2010 proved even more eventful than the first.
Letwin: Both parties benefit


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Four Arabic Words Every Infidel Must Know
n 539 BC, King Belshazzar of Babylon saw a dismembered hand-written four prophetic words on the wall. This "handwriting on the wall was finally interpreted by the prophet Daniel as predicting the fall of the kingdom. He was right. Babylon fell to the Medes-Persians that very night." Like the "handwriting on the wall" that Prophet Daniel had interpreted, there are four Arabic words, which could lead to submission of the entire world to Islam, if non-Muslims do not fully understand their meaning and implications. Those words are taqiyya, tawriya, kitman and muruna. Each of these words describes a different style...Read More