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fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time
Revolution (from Late Latin revolutio which means "a turn around") is a significant change that usually occurs in a relatively short period of time.
- But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations.
- John Adams, letter to Hezekiah Niles (13 February 1818)
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
- Hannah Arendt The New Yorker (12 September 1970)
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions! The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and when they can pick it up. Armed uprising by itself has never yet led to revolution.
- Hannah Arendt, Hannah Arendt (1989) Thoughts on Politics and Revolution: A Commentary
- Revolutions hew the past to pieces and cast it into a cauldron, but what has emerged is the old Aeson with a new visage.
- Sri Aurobindo, Thoughts and Aphorisms, Karma (1913)
- Whatever plans we may make, we shall find quite useless when the time for action comes. Revolutions are always full of surprises, and whoever thinks he can play chess with a revolution will soon find how terrible is the grasp of God and how insignificant the human reason before the whirlwind of His breath. That man only is likely to dominate the chances of a Revolution, who makes no plans but preserves his heart pure for the will of God to declare itself. The great rule of life is to have no schemes but one unalterable purpose. If the will is fixed on the purpose it sets itself to accomplish, then circumstances will suggest the right course; but the schemer finds himself always tripped up by the unexpected.
- Sri Aurobindo, India's Rebirth : A Selection from Sri Aurobindo's Writings, Talks and Speeches 3rd Edition (2000) Full text online
- Revolution requires extensive and widespread destruction, a fecund and renovating destruction, since in this way and only this way are new worlds born
- Mikhail Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873)
- The peoples' revolution ... will arrange its revolutionary organisation from the bottom up and from the periphery to the centre, in keeping with the principle of liberty.
- Mikhail Bakunin, Program and Object of the Secret Revolutionary Organisation of the International Brotherhood (1868)
- Everything is being televised so you won't be able to tell where the Revolution is. "Who's revolting? Well, I don't know, what's on the other channel?"
- Maria Bamford, Nerdist podcast, episode #25, July 5, 2012.
- Morally, it is wrong to suppose the source of evil is outside oneself, that one is a vessel of holiness running over with virtue. Such a disposition is the best soil for a hateful and cruel fanaticism. It is as wrong to impute every wickedness to Jews, Freemansons, "intellectuals," as it is to blame all crimes on the bourgeoisie, the nobility, and the powers that were. No; the root of evil is in me as well, and I must take my share of the responsibility and the blame. That was true before the revolution and it is true still.
- Nikolai Berdyaev, The End of Our Time (1919), p. 128
- I realized that the only purpose to revolution is to be able to love who you want, how you want, when you want and where you want.
- Dan Bern, "True Revolutionaries", Smartie Mine (1999)
- A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
- Napoleon Bonaparte. Journal of International Affairs, By Columbia University. School of International Affairs, 1976, pg 94
- The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.
- Alexis Carrel, Reflections on Life
- Revolution: Political movement which gets many people´s hopes up, let´s even more people down, makes almost everybody uncomfortable, and a few, extraordinarily rich. It is widely held in high regard.
- Adolfo Bioy Casares, Descanso de caminantes (2001)
- A revolution is not a trail of roses.… A revolution is a fight to the death between the future and the past.
- There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. There are periods when...to dare, is the highest wisdom.
- William Ellery Channing, The Union (1829)
- An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.
- Henry Clay, Speech on the Emancipation of South America, House of Representatives (24 March 1818); The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay, vol. I (1857), ed. Daniel Mallory
- The French Revolution qualitatively transformed all aspects of human culture, including science, for better or worse. The institutional ideological changes wrought in French science by the Revolution and its aftermath shaped the subsequent course of modern science everywhere. The essential underlying factor, as the Hessen thesis maintains, was the victory of capitalism, which the Revolution consolidated. The new social order spread to Europe and the rest of the world, everywhere subordinating the further development of science to capitalist interests.
- Clifford D. Conner, A People's History of Science (2005)
- The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.
- Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
- This means we must subject the machine—technology—to control and cease despoiling the earth and filling people with goodies merely to make money. The search of the young today is more specific than the ancient search for the Holy Grail. The search of the youth today is for ways and means to make the machine—and the vast bureaucracy of the corporation state and of government that runs that machine—the servant of man.
That is the revolution that is coming.
That revolution—now that the people hold the residual powers of government—need not be a repetition of 1776. It could be a revolution in the nature of an explosive political regeneration. It depends on how wise the Establishment is. If, with its stockpile of arms, it resolves to suppress the dissenters, America will face, I fear, an awful ordeal.
- William O. Douglas, Points of Rebellion (1970), p. 96–97
- We must realize that today's Establishment is the new George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution.
- William O. Douglas, Points of Rebellion (1970), p. 95
- The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.
- Will Durant, The Lessons of History (1968), p. 72 (co-authored with Ariel Durant)
- The two great conceptual revolutions of twentieth-century science, the overturning of classical physics by Werner Heisenberg and the overturning of the foundations of mathematics by Kurt Gödel, occurred within six years of each other within the narrow boundaries of German-speaking Europe. ...A study of the historical background of German intellectual life in the 1920s reveals strong links between them. Physicists and mathematicians were exposed simultaneously to external influences that pushed them along parallel paths. ...Two people who came early and strongly under the influence of Spengler's philosophy were the mathematician Hermann Weyl and the physicist Erwin Schrödinger. ...Weyle and Schrödinger agreed with Spengler that the coming revolution would sweep away the principle of physical causality. The erstwhile revolutionaries David Hilbert and Albert Einstein found themselves in the unaccustomed role of defenders of the status quo, Hilbert defending the primacy of formal logic in the foundations of mathematics, Einstein defending the primacy of causality in physics. In the short run, Hilbert and Einstein were defeated and the Spenglerian ideology of revolution triumphed, both in physics and in mathematics. Heisenberg discovered the true limits of causality in atomic processes, and Gödel discovered the limits of formal deduction and proof in mathematics. And, as often happens in the history of intellectual revolutions, the achievement of revolutionary goals destroyed the revolutionary ideology that gave them birth. The visions of Spengler, having served their purpose, rapidly became irrelevant.
- Freeman Dyson, The Scientist As Rebel (2006)
- Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, 1841
- The succeessful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
- Erich Fromm Escape from Freedom, 1941
- A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.
- Mohandas K. Gandhi, Non-violence in Peace and War, 1948
- Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
- Kahlil Gibran, The Vision
- A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
- Goethe, Conversations with Goethe, 1824
- The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it drop.
- Che Guevara. "Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon", by Trisha Ziff, Abrams Image, 2006, p. 69
- In a revolution, one triumphs or dies (if it is a true revolution).
- Che Guevara, letter to Fidel Castro, 1965
- At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality. Perhaps it is one of the great dramas of the leader that he or she must combine a passionate spirit with a cold intelligence and make painful decisions without flinching. Our vanguard revolutionaries must idealize this love of the people, of the most sacred causes, and make it one and indivisible. They cannot descend, with small doses of daily affection, to the level where ordinary people put their love into practice.
The leaders of the revolution have children just beginning to talk, who are not learning to call their fathers by name; wives, from whom they have to be separated as part of the general sacrifice of their lives to bring the revolution to its fulfilment; the circle of their friends is limited strictly to the number of fellow revolutionists. There is no life outside of the revolution.
In these circumstances one must have a great deal of humanity and a strong sense of justice and truth in order not to fall into extreme dogmatism and cold scholasticism, into isolation from the masses. We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.
- Excerpts from the two paragraphs above have sometimes been quoted in abbreviated form: At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality... We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.
- Variant translation: One must have a large dose of humanity, a large dose of a sense of justice and truth in order to avoid dogmatic extremes, cold scholasticism, or an isolation from the masses. We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.
- Che Guevara, Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965), A letter to Carlos Quijano, editor of Marcha a radical weekly published in Montevideo, Uruguay; published as "From Algiers, for Marcha : The Cuban Revolution Today" (12 March 1965); also published in Verde Olivo, the magazine of the Cuban armed forces "Socialism and Man in Cuba" - Variant translation by Margarita Zimmermann
- State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and sacred. If a government uses the instruments of power in its hands for the purpose of leading a people to ruin, then rebellion is not only the right but also the duty of every individual citizen.
- Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.
- Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
- When hopes and dreams are loose in the street, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed.
- Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951
- We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
- Eric Hoffer, The Temper of Our Time, 1967
- The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
- Abbie Hoffman, spoken to police immediately prior to his 1968 arrest in Chicago; quoted in Marty Jezer's biography of him, "Abbie Hoffman: American Rebel"
- The wind of revolutions is not tractable.
- Would you realize what Revolution is, call it Progress; and would you realize what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
- Victor Hugo in Les Misérables, Vol. II : Cosette, Book I : Waterloo, Chapter XVII : Is Waterloo to be considered Good?
- One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth.
- The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787), quoted in Padover's Jefferson On Democracy
- If this avenue [of democratic political revolution] be shut to the call of sufferance, it will make itself heard through that of force, and we shall go on, as other nations are doing, in the endless circle of oppression, rebellion, reformation.
- Thomas Jefferson, quoted in The American Revolution of 1800: How Thomas Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction—And What This Means Today by Dan Sisson and Thom Hartmann (2014), p. 215
- As it was 189 years ago, so today the cause of America is a revolutionary cause. And I am proud this morning to salute you as fellow revolutionaries. Neither you nor I are willing to accept the tyranny of poverty, nor the dictatorship of ignorance, nor the despotism of ill health, nor the oppression of bias and prejudice and bigotry. We want change. We want progress. We want it both abroad and at home—and we aim to get it.
- Lyndon B. Johnson, remarks to college students employed by the government during the summer (August 4, 1965); in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965, book 2, p. 830
- Perhaps a revolution can overthrow autocratic despotism and profiteering or power-grabbing oppression, but it can never truly reform a manner of thinking; instead, new prejudices, just like the old ones they replace, will serve as a leash for the great unthinking mass.
- Immanuel Kant, What Is Enlightenment
- The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.
- John F. Kennedy: "Message to Chairman Khrushchev Concerning the Meaning of Events in Cuba," April 18, 1961. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project
- Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
- John F. Kennedy, Address on the first Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress (March 13, 1962); in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 223
- A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
- John F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Address (June 11, 1963)
- A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough — But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.
- Robert Kennedy, Speech in the United States Senate (9 May 1966)
- You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit or it is nowhere.
- Ce n'est pas une révolte, c'est une révolution.
- It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.
- Duc de Liancourt to Louis XVI (July 14, 1789). Found in Carlyle's French Revolution, Part I, Book V, Chapter VII
- Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people that can may revolutionize and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit.
- Abraham Lincoln, Speech in the United States House of Representatives (January 12, 1848)
- This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
- Abraham Lincoln, in his First Inaugural Address (4 March 1861)
- Revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly, and modestly. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
- Mao Zedong, as quoted in "Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon" (2006) by Trisha Ziff, p. 66
- The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man. Unless he understands this, he does not grasp the essential meaning of his life.
- Huey Newton, Revolutionary Suicide (1973)
- But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolution—a peaceful revolution in which power was turned back to the people—in which government at all levels was refreshed and renewed and made truly responsive. This can be a revolution as profound, as far-reaching, as exciting as that first revolution almost 200 years ago—and it can mean that just 5 years from now America will enter its third century as a young nation new in spirit, with all the vigor and the freshness with which it began its first century.
- Richard Nixon, State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress (January 22, 1971); in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1971, p. 58
- The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.
- George Orwell, in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge (4 December 1948), published in Malcolm Muggeridge : A Life (1980) by Ian Hunter
- Most anarchists believe the coming change can only come through a revolution, because the possessing class will not allow a peaceful change to take place; still we are willing to work for peace at any price, except at the price of liberty.
- Lucy Parsons, in The Principles of Anarchism
- Everywhere revolutions are painful yet fruitful gestations of a people: they shed blood but create light, they eliminate men but elaborate ideas.
- Manuel Gonzalez Prada, Horas de lucha (1908)
- There is a revolution coming. It will not be like revolutions of the past. It will originate with the individual and with culture, and it will change the political structure only as its final act. It will not require violence to succeed, and it cannot be successfully resisted by violence. It is now spreading with amazing rapidity, and already our laws, institutions and social structure are changing in consequence. It promises a higher reason, a more human community, and a new and liberated individual. Its ultimate creation will be a new and enduring wholeness and beauty — a renewed relationship of man to himself, to other men, to society, to nature, and to the land.
This is the revolution of the new generation.
- Charles A. Reich, in The Greening of America (1970), Chapter I : The Coming American Revolution, p. 4
- A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill
- Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, (1910)
- The Revolution will not be televised. The Revolution will be no rerun, brothers. The Revolution — will be live.
- O God! that one might read the book of fate,
And see the revolutions of the times
Make mountains level, and the continent
Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
Into the sea!
- William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II (c. 1597-99), Act III, scene 1, line 45
- Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution—the revolution of rising expectations. In Asia, the masses now count for something. Tomorrow, they will count for more. And, for better or for worse, the future belongs to those who understand the hopes and fears of masses in ferment. The new nations want independence, including the inalienable able right to make their own mistakes. The people want respect — and something to eat every day. And they want something better for their children.
- Adlai Stevenson, in the concluding article in a series about his five-month trip around the world, in The Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson (1974), vol. 5, p. 411; first published in Look (22 September 1953), p. 46
- Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.
- The most seditious is the most cowardly.
- Tacitus, Annales (AD 117), IV. 34
- Similar though Marx and Thoreau may be in their accounts of the consequences of living in a society defined by money, their suggestions for how to respond to it are poles apart. Forget the Party. Forget the revolution. Forget the general strike. Forget the proletariat as an abstract class of human interest. Thoreau's revolution begins not with discovering comrades to be yoked together in solidarity but with the embrace of solitude. For Thoreau, Marx's first and fatal error was the creation of the aggregate identity of the proletariat. Error was substituted for error. The anonymity and futility of the worker were replaced by the anonymity and futility of the revolutionary. A revolution conducted by people who have only a group identity can only replace one monolith of power with another, one misery with another, perpetuating the cycle of domination and oppression. In solitude, the individual becomes most human, which is to say most spiritual.
- Curtis White, "The spirit of disobedience: An invitation to resistance," Harper's, April 2006, pp. 37-38
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical QuotationsEdit
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 672-73.
- Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.
- Aristotle, Politics, Book VII, Chapter IV
- A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, speech in the House of Commons, on the Reform Bill (1866)
- Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des révolutions à l'eau-rose?
- Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water?
- Sebastian Chamfort, to Marmotel, who regretted the excesses of the French Revolution.
- Je suis le signet qui marque la page où la révolution s'est arrêtée; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et reprendra sa marche.
- I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course.
- Napoleon I, to Count Molé
- Revolutions are not made; they come.
- Wendell Phillips, speech on public opinion (28 January 1852)
- Revolutions never go backward.
- Wendell Phillips, speech on progress (17 February 1861)
- I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.
- William H. Seward, speech on the "Irrepressible Conflict" (October 1858)


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TODAY is D-Day for West Mercia Police – with voters across the region heading to the polls to elect the force's first police and crime commissioner.
Conservative Adrian Blackshaw, Labour's Simon Murphy and independent candidate Bill Longmore are all vying for the £75,000-a-year role.
The winner will be in control of a £200 million budget across West Mercia and will be responsible for drawing up policing priorities, as well as hiring or firing the chief constable.
The polls opened at 7am today and voters have until 10pm to have a say.
People will be voting for West Mercia's candidates across Worcestershire.
The number of people turning out to vote is expected to be as low as 20 per cent.
Bookmakers Ladbrokes will pay out with odds of 5/6 to those who predict correctly whether the election turnout is higher or lower.
Amid fears of a low turnout, returning officers are appealing for residents to get out and have a say.
A result is expected tomorrow afternoon, and will appear on this website.
Next week's Advertiser will then carry reaction and the full story of the new police and crime commissioner.

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Fedroff shows power in Clippers' rout
Indians prospect homers twice, plates six runs for Columbus
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | July 26, 2012 7:33 PM ET
Cleveland's seventh-round pick in 2008 had just three homers in 132 games last season, but hard work pays off. He went 3-for-4 and hit a pair of homers on Thursday night, driving home a career-high six runs in Triple-A Columbus' 16-2 rout of visiting Toledo.
"It feels good, it's something I've been working very hard on," Fedroff said. "It's a good feeling to see some results and get some consistency with it."
Fedroff hit .308 last year and is batting .383 since being promoted to Triple-A this summer. The power -- once a secondary part of his game -- is slowly growing. He's got nine longballs this year, including three in the past week, as he aims to make a name for himself amidst Cleveland's corps of Minor League outfielders.
"It feels really good right now," he said. "We've been playing great games lately, our bats have come alive the last few days."
Thursday's outburst was Fedroff's first career multi-homer game and his most productive day in the Minors since he drove home five runs on Aug. 13, 2011 against Rochester.
"I haven't had a multi-homer game since my high school days," he said. "It was a good feeling."
The North Carolina product's two-RBI single in the second inning ignited a seven-run rally as Columbus mounted a 10-0 lead by the fourth.
"We had worked a few good at-bats against [Toledo starter Thad Weber], and when I got up, I went up there looking for a fastball. I was able to get one up the zone. I put a pretty good swing on it."
The New Jersey native's two-run homer in the fourth came two frames before Columbus scored four more times in the sixth.
"It was a slider, up on the zone, I think he hung it up," Fedroff said of his first homer. "I saw it good out of his hand, just tried to stay back and put a good swing on it. I got the ball up, let the rest take care of itself."
In the sixth, Matt LaPorta was beaned and Russ Canzler hit a two-run shot before Cord Phelps walked and Fedroff followed with another two-run drive to right to put the Clippers up, 14-2.
"He threw me a changeup that at-bat," Fedroff said. "Another situation where I could recognize it up in the zone ... put a good swing ... just keep my weight back."
Fedroff, who owns a .409 on-base percentage this season, also drew a walk and scored on Jared Goedert's 15th double in the seventh.
The 25-year-old outfielder was drafted out of the University of North Carolina in 2008 and earned Carolina League All-Star honors in '09 with Class A Advanced Kinston when he hit .278 with four homers. He spent all of 2010 at Double-A Akron, batting .274, and split the 2011 campaign between the Aeros and Clippers, finishing a combined .308 with three homers, 63 RBIs and 28 doubles at both levels.
The modest power has emerged this season -- he hit .305 with three longballs in 54 games at Akron to earn another promotion to Triple-A, and has now popped six homers in 34 games for the Clippers. He said his experience last season at Triple-A put him a little more at ease this summer when he made the transition a second time.
"It's my second time playing with a lot of these guys, so there's a certain comfort level I didn't have last year," he said. "The comfort level is the biggest thing."
He's certainly looked comfy at the plate, especially in July, and he's hitting .448 in 58 at-bats. Fedroff has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, with 19 hits in that span. Coincidentally, Columbus has won 10 of its last 12 games, climbing back over .500 and into second place in the International Leagues West Division.
"I've been very happy, we've got a great team, a lot of talented players," he said. "I'm learning a lot from playing with all of them. Any time we can get to the pitcher, maybe hit 'em around a little bit, they have less confidence in their stuff. You see some of your teammates hitting the ball well and it gives you some confidence going up to the plate."
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


text: Benjamin is the son of Hendrich Hitzman (Hitchman) and Catherina Aleda Marsh.. He had 8 siblings, 4 brothers and 4 sisters. I believe his fathers full name was Johannes Hendrich Hitzman, and used Hendrich as his first name, and he server in Vrooman's Regiment, Albany County Militia, 15th Regiment in the Revolutionary War. He sigh his name with an X , which would account for the different spelling of his surname.


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Hendon's home game to Wealdstone in the Ryman Premier this evening has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
The Greens were in action on Saturday and they claimed a 1-1 draw against Maidstone United.
Hendon's Jefferson Louis was dismissed shortly before the interval but Carl McCluskey put the Greens ahead in the second period.
The visitors' lead didn't last long however as Zac Attwood found the net for the home side. But, despite their man disadvantage, Hendon held on to claim a deserved point.
Greens boss Gary McCann was very pleased with the display from his side.
"I thought we were well worth a point," he told the club's website. "If we had snatched the win, and we really should have scored late on, I don't think anyone would have said it was a smash and grab win.
"I thought the boys were magnificent. It was a complete performance and although there were many good individual performances, it was the overall team display that pleased me most.
"Our style of play is suited by the 3G surface. We have trained on it at The Hive for three years so we are comfortable on it. We want to play a passing game and the surface allows us to do that.
"The red card was the right decision but a complete accident. Jefferson was trying to fend off the defender rather than attack him, and it was unfortunate timing that he caught him so well."


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WHO: GSP International Airport District
WHAT: New Reservation Parking System
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Sutton 3B .267
Barker 1B .249
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Valaika SS .164
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Hopper is playing for the Knights tonight
Bats @ Knights - 7:15
Stubbs CF .283
Bolivar 2B .256
Sutton 3B .267
Barker 1B .249
Encarnacion DH .250
Dorn LF .248
Griffin RF .233
Valaika SS .164
Tatum C .244
Ramirez P
Hopper is playing for the Knights tonight
Jacksonville @ Carolina - 7:15
Henry RF .277
Castro 3B .268
Heisey CF .345
Parker 1B .232
Cozart SS .291
Cumberland LF .202
Kahaulelio 2B .200
Feiner C .000
Buck P .000
Lakeland @ Sarasota - 7:00 - Montano (5-6) 6.13
Dayton @ Lansing - 7:05 - Lance Janke (3-3) 3.58
Billings @ Great Falls - 9:00 - Justin Walker (0-0) 0.00
GCL Reds didn't play today which means Slingin' Billy Hamilton has gone errorless for his 2nd day. :-)
Dallas Buck just threw a 70 MPH pitch and was removed from the game with an apparent injury.
The Mudcats game is not friendly tonight. Shaun Cumberland down on the warning track after hitting the wall trying to catch a ball. Carolina has a wooden fence. David Bell and the other teams trainer ran onto the field (Mudcats trainer was in the clubhouse with Dallas Buck). Cumberland is leaving the game under his own power, but he is heading into the clubhouse.
Dayton is up 6-3. Miguel Rojas and Andrew Means are each 2-4. Means has a double and a HR. Konstanty and Wiley are 2-3 each, Wiley with 2 doubles. Lance Janke has allowed 1 earned in 5 innings with 0 walks and 6 K's.
Sarasota is down 5-0 in the 8th. Soto is 1-2 with a walk. Chapman, Louwsma, Puckett and Reed each have a hit.
Carolina down 5-2. Henry, Castro, Parker and Heisey are 1-3. Kainer is 1-1 with an RBI.
Bats down 6-0. Bolivar, Dorn and Griffin each had a hit.
How can any team...even in the minors...still have a wooden fence?
Well heck....Wrigley has the cement...so i guess it's okay?
Oddly enough, he's a minor league instructor for the Reds...according to his Wiki page.
Carolina just replaced their wall this off-season. We sure it's still wood?
When did Kainer get the call to Carolina?
And why did Jerry Gil get moved up to Carolina?
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If you are looking for something other than Cinco de Mayo celebrations this weekend, maybe the Kentucky Derby is more your style. Saturday, May 3, presents the 140th Kentucky Derby, which some describe as the most exciting two minutes in sports. There are several Kentucky Derby parties for women to dress up in spring dresses and giant hats and men to dress in their best seersuckers suits.
Turf Paradise: This huge, spring party has all the Kentucky Derby musts including mint juleps and a fashion judging of traditional Derby clothes of bonnets, sundresses and suits. There are a variety of choices, depending on your budget, including a "Top of the Park" suite that encompasses a view of the infield lakes and two racetracks, a Turf Club Buffet that includes private televisions for viewing, a Clubhouse and Players' Buffet that get you closer to the horses and the cheering crowd and finally, a Party on the Rail that lets you get up close to the race. All areas include Kentucky Derby food and drinks. Don't forget to stay for the Hat and Ensemble contest!
Bourbon Steak at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess: This party is comprised of a Kentucky Derby Brunch and Lawn Party. Live blues music will accompany the mint juleps, bourbon tastings, buttermilk fried chicken sandwiches, biscuits and gravy, crab Louie, shrimp and grits and truffled mac 'n' cheese. If you haven't divulged enough, then continue on to dessert with lemon meringue tarts, red velvet cupcakes and chocolate bourbon pecan pies. You can also try signature cocktails including a "Seersucker" cocktail with bourbon, peach and mint, "The Derby" with bourbon, sweet vermouth, orange curaçao and lime or the "Kentucky Cousin" with Know Creek Bourbon Cherry Herring, lemon and black tea. Once you have eaten your fill, you can play horseshoes and lawn games, take pictures with four-time National Champion racehorse, Saul, or enjoy the women in their stylish hats and men in their suits.
The Phoenician in Scottsdale: Like the other two events, The Phoenician will host a Kentucky Derby Party with a special viewing party on the Orchid Lawn. The party will include flat screen TVs covering the pre-race festivities and the race itself. Women can compete in the best hat contest and men can win the best Southern fashion contest. Festivities will also include a Winner's Circle raffle and a delicious Southern menu.
If you want a more low-key atmosphere to watch the race, visit one of these local restaurants to try a Kentucky Derby-inspired cocktail:
Phoenix Public Market Café: The TNT, $8, contains Arizona Distilling Company Copper City Bourbon, tamarind paste, pequin chili simple syrup and fresh-squeezed lemon
J&G Steakhouse: Whiskey Passion Fruit Fizz, $13, is composed of Passion Fruit Chili Bar syrup, bourbon and ginger ale
Crudo: No Name, $12, is made of Smooth Ambler Old Scout Bourbon, Montenegro, Bonal, St. Elizabeth allspice Dram and Bitter Truth Aromatic Bitters, served in a chilled coupe
Central Bistro: Old Fashioned, $10, has Wild Turkey Rye, Demerara syrup and old fashion bitters
Del Frisco's Grille: Tennessee Peach, $5, mixes Jack Daniel's, fresh peaches, honey and fresh lime juice
American TapHouse: Mint Julep, $3, is a classic drink that can be paired with a delicious BBQ pulled pork sandwich
So whether you are watching the races or just want to try something new, check out these local events and specials this weekend!


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Posting 14 runs in two games, the Saint Leo softball team (2-0) began the 2012 season with an impressive series sweep over NAIA opponent St. Thomas University (2-2), Friday evening from University Softball Stadium.
The non-region double saw the Lions earn a come-from-behind 4-1 decision in game one, before bouncing the Bobcats in five innings in game two, 10-2.
The Lions saw 10 different batters post 18 hits over the 12 innings played, including a quintet of two-hit performances from seniors Brittany Yates, Ali Lamb and Dianne Gonzalez, as well as junior Alex Garris and freshman Victoria Cooper. Gonzalez led the team with three RBI, while Ashlee Sismilich stole three bases.
Game one saw the Lions trailing early as a Melissa King recorded an RBI base knock off of Saint Leo hurler Kristen Kelly to put the Bobcats up 1-0. The Lions answered quickly however, as Lamb's squeeze scored Gonzalez from third. Saint Leo took the lead for good in the third inning when Yates rocketed a double off the left field fence to score Garris from second. The Lions added two insurance runs in the fourth to solidify the 4-1 victory.
After surrendering her run in the second, Kelly settled over the next five innings to retire 15 of the next 17 batters faced to improve to 1-0 on the campaign. Kelly punctuated her night with four strikeouts.
Game two was controlled by the Lions from the beginning. Immediately asserting a 2-0 lead behind a Cooper RBI double and a Gonzalez RBI rope, Saint Leo increased their advantage to 6-0 with a four-run second inning. Torrie Weindorf added the first run of the frame as her RBI triple scored Colesa Lazar. After Weindorf crossed the plate, Danielle Moreda and Sismilich closed the inning with RBI singles.
Gonzalez's two-RBI triple capped a three-run fourth inning, and McKenzie Burns shut the door on St. Thomas as she scored on a wild pitch, applying the eight-run mercy rule.
In the circle, junior Colena Lazar could not be touched as she allowed just one hit and struck out nine in her first win as a Lion.
Saint Leo did not commit an error on the evening, while stealing eight bases. Of the Lions 18 total hits, six went for extra bases.
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So he found some random, really old gun just sitting somewhere, picked it up and it worked? That makes no sense at all.
So he found some random, really old gun just sitting somewhere, picked it up and it worked? That makes no sense at all.
I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.
hmmmmmmm he was satedan military...
when i think about it.... he was captured by the wraith so he would have been stripped of his weapons. then they made him a runner. maybe the wraith gave him the weapon so he's more fun game? i still like to think that his gun's satedan but hmmm how the heck did he get his gun? all this time posting in this thread and it never hit me
he only went to a village onceso how else could he have gotten his gun? unless he hid it on him like he did with all the cool knivesSpoiler:and we'll see that in sateda
the genii often steal from other races when the need arises maybe that's how they came into possession of ronon's gun and one day ronon came across one of their weapons warehouses knocked out all the guards and went through the boxes and found the gun.Originally Posted by 2ndgenerationalteran
I suspect he got it at "S-Mart," yes, that massive box store that once took up lots of space and drove the smaller military supply stores out of business, on Sateda. S-mart, similar to Walmart, sold these weapons by the gross, but alas, when the Wraith came, all the S-marts got obliterated (along with the factories that made them), so, that's it for getting more weapons like Ronon carries.Originally Posted by jsw
well cmon sg1 perserved video camera 5 thousand years in a vacume sealed canopic jar. he could have stumbled on a advanced ruin where it hasnt been touched in a while. or he could have traded with explorers, or could have killed one.
I agree.Originally Posted by 2ndgenerationalteran
Some people say its impossible for him to just find a really old gun lying around that still works.
By that Logic nothing in Atlantis would work -its Millions of years old
ca someone help me get some high quality pictures of ronon's gun because i have looked up and down on the internet with no luck. it's getting annoying at this point because a friend of mine who builds things as a hobby said he would build one for me if i could get some pics of it for him. any help would be greatly appreciated.
There's a small pic on the Gateworld Omnipedia. Just type "Ronon" and "gun" into the searchbar. Don't know if it'll help, but it's pretty clear.
Here is the best that I can do....most of them come from screen caps of Runner, but the last one is a back view, which came from The Long Goodbye.
Hope that helps. You can see a pretty good outline in the first three, felt the last one to get the back view....I don't have the other side view, couldn't find one.
this from the Omnipedia. Good view of one side.
Oh, believe me its not the first time we tried it
I shot him...
in the leg...
I'm invulnerable!
Spoiler:Life, liberty, and the pursuit of those who threaten.http://www.aviationexplorer.com/airc...ft_carrier.jpgUSN
Oh just wanted to mention...that there's a switch which can't be seen in the pics...I don't know if you remember. But the switch changes it from stun to like obliterate. But there might be a switch for 3 settings, because if you check out the nozzle of the gun there are 3 openings.
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thanks to everyone who supplied the pics much appreciated
stunOriginally Posted by vaberella
Hey GO, no problem. Can you show us the pics of when the gun model is done?! I'd really like to see the sort of real life look of it.Originally Posted by generaloneill
You just might be right! I really would prefer the stun--awesome! I like Ronon--except in Allies--but I still like him! Cool ass character with a gosh darned excellent gun.Originally Posted by Capt.Mal Reynolds
Pretty good close-up of the gun here from one of the TLG promo stills:
it reminds me of the intarr weapons
i'll try to show some pictures when my friend completes it he recently went on a year long holiday i'll be meeting him in a few months and i'll give him the pics and he will have a go at it. he said depending on what it looks like he may be able to do it if he is able to do it i will post pics for you to see.Originally Posted by vaberella
Yeah when i first say him get Sheppard with it in runner i was like Huh? who the hell has one of those out hereOriginally Posted by Stevo
c'mon you can do better than that.
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Its not from Sateda i'm pretty sure, the wraith would have taken his stuff before letting him run, I don't think he found it in a Geni secret bunker or anything like that. What idiot Geni would put it in a box and not on his belt. Also i dout it has anything to do with the wraith. And i don't think ronan made it, or moded up some gun he had. Its not any kind of ancient design either, they always seem to use Blue instead of Red. The only half decent explanation is the 'old ruin'. But still the advanced race that built haven't lost any of their other weapons anywhere in pegasus or at least no where that SGA has been yet. maybe they will find the planet he got it from and discover a conveniant way to kill the replicators After they get the wraith that is. But all in all its a mystery that might never get solved.
c'mon you can do better than that.
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so it comes down to...
A) Found it lying there while he was a runner...
B) He made it
C) Satedan teck <---highly doubt it


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Beautiful cottage Quinta da Ameijeira – Lagos
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|AV. DAS COMUNIDADES PORTUGUESAS, 8600 Lagos, Portugal
|Property type
|Holiday home
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- Cottage with: 2 bedrooms (1 double & 1 twin), living room, complete bathroom, Kitchen and fireplace (single storey)
-The kitchen is equipped with: fridge, cooker (with oven), toaster, filter coffee machine, microwave and basic cooking utensils.
- Decorated in a rustic style
-Free Private Parking
-Daily cleaning (except Sundays and holidays)
FREE WIFI NOW AVAILABLE (since January 2015)
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-Free Swimming in the Marsol Apartments *** (Open from March 1 to October 31)
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-From 1 November to 28/29 February the Check In and Check Out are made in the local - Quinta da Ameijeira.
-Hair dryer - on request
-Prices include bed linen and towels/cleaning
-Pets are not allowed
Minimum Stay:
June - 3 nights
July - 3 nights
1-25 August - 6 nights
26 August to 15 September - 3 nights
Hotel Policy: Children and extra beds
Free! One child under 2 years stays free of charge in a baby cot. (Maximum capacity of babycot in a room is 1.)
One older child or adult is charged EUR 18 per night and person in an extra bed.
-Faro International Airport- 73 Km
-Train Station - 2 Km
-Town Centre - 1 Km
-Beach - 900 m
-Restaurants - 400 m
-Supermarket - 400 m
-Shops - 1 Km
-Bus stop - 50 m
-Post Office - 200 m
-Motor Racing Circuit - 12 Km
GPS Coordinates:
N 37º 05.845'
W 8º 40.714'
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Apartment is nice, we were 2 there, although it is provided for 4 people, but then the kitchen and everything defenitiv too small, well equipped kitchen is rather Spartan, you get better food ..... very clean and every day a good Room service incl., at the front desk all languages are spoken and you are treated very nice and accommodating, to the beach you need the car, in the City, you can go on foot.
We liked it well.
Appartment ist schön, wir waren zu 2 dort, es ist zwar für 4 Leute vorgesehen, dann ist aber die Küche und alles defenitiv zu klein, Küchenausstattung eher spartanisch, man geht besser Essen..... sehr sauber und jeden Tag ein guter Roomservice inkl., an der Rezeption werden alle Sprachen gesprochen und man wird sehr nett und zuvorkommend behandelt, zum Strand braucht man das Auto, in die City kann man zu Fuss gehen.
Uns hat es gut gefallen.
Thanks for the super fast response to our spontaneous request! Very nice facility, lovingly furnished house. Friendly welcome. Thank You !!!
Danke für die superschnelle Reaktion auf unsere spontane Anfrage! Sehr schöne Anlage, liebevoll eingerichtetes Häuschen. Freundlicher Empfang. Danke!!!
We enjoyed our stay in the Portugese Villa Lagos Q Ameijeira. Ana was a good host. The appartment was perfect and a good starting place for visiting the town Lagos as well as the "praias"/beaches. The house was well furnished and clean. We can recommend this place. Jos and Ineke, The Netherlands
What a lovely and friendly place!
Ich habe es sehr genossen.
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Did you know?
South Africa's Gauteng and North West provinces boast some of the world's best hot air ballooning weather.
It's never possible to guarantee what game you will see on any safari, but your chances are good for great sightings when you go game-viewing from a hot air balloon.
You'll wake up before sunrise, be taken to the launch site, clamber into the balloon basket and then off you go drifting over the African bush just as it comes to life for a new day.
Although lions and leopards are nocturnal animals, it's not unusual to see them during the early hours of the morning. Maybe the lions are feasting on last night's kill, maybe that leopard slinking along the road is on her way back to her cubs. That's the charm when you go on any safari – you never know what's round the next corner.
Bill Harrop of Bill Harrop's Original Balloon Safaris flies aerial safaris in the game-rich Mabula Private Reserve in the Bela Bela area of the Limpopo province. He also offers balloon safaris over Entabeni in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site that covers 22 000ha of bushveld, ravines, savanna and wetlands.
There's nothing quite like drifting silently over an ancient landscape searching for the Big Five. There's a dazzle of zebras prancing along; there, a journey of giraffes; there a crash of rhinos. Because you are above the animals, they take no notice of your flight and you can watch them going about their ways undisturbed.
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Best time to visit
As long as weather conditions are suitable, you can go ballooning at any time of year.
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In my technical-analysis work, DirecTV (DTV) is one name that's caught my eye lately. This is partially due to the similarity of the corrective declines within the stock's larger uptrend, and I'm also liking the price level of DirecTV's Nov. 13 low. This area contains a strong confluence of Fibonacci price relationships between $47.48 and $48.06.
Let's explore the daily chart first. The first major decline, as illustrated above, lasted 36 days and amounted to a $7.15 drop in the shares. The second lasted 30 days and came to $7.48, and the most recent decline -- again, into the Nov. 13 low -- was similar to these, totaling $7.17 and having lasted 33 days.
So far we've begun seeing a bit of a lift off the key low mentioned above, and if DirecTV continues to hold above it, the upside potential will be to the $57.12 area. My strategy will be to buy a pullback to the stock's recent low, with the maximum risk defined below the price cluster zone at the $47.48-to-$48.06 area.
Now, let's take a look at a pullback zone that I've identified on the 30-minute chart. After running all the possible Fibonacci price relationships, I've determined that the $48.74-to-$49.20 area stands out as a potential buy entry.
Now, this is a very clear buy setup, but let's take a look at the most recent data in order to identify possible hurdles the stock may encounter on the way up. Knowing where the resistance might show up can be helpful for traders who like to play it tight, or for those who want to know when the odds say it may be OK to add to a long position.
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Tariq (Carlos) Monteiro (55), Chairman of the Department of Theatre, from Portugal, Lisbon University expressed that he became a Muslim by reciting the kalima shahadah at a Turkish association in Lisbon a year ago after visiting Iznik of Bursa in Turkey.
Mr Monteiro told that he has studied about religions for 25 years and when he visited Turkey, he went to a mosque in order to examine and just then a crowd of people's entering the mosque to perform Friday prayer caused Mr. Monteiro to remain among them. He explains the moment as: "When I realized that it was out of question to step out of the crowd, I decided to perform Friday prayer with them and then I perceived that I found out the peace which I had been looking for a long time. So, I became a Muslim and changed my name as Tariq."
Tariq Monteiro explains how he likes Iznik: "I was so impressed about the mosques in Iznik. During my visit I saw people worshipping Allah five times a day, which also impressed me pretty much. I have researched monotheistic religions for 25 years and I also studied Islam and the Qur'an. I decided to become a Muslim when I got back to Lisbon. By means of a Turkish association located in Lisbon and with the help of an imam (Muslim religious leader in a mosque) of Palestinian origin, I recited kalima shahadah to convert to Islam." Additionally Mr. Monteiro has learned how to recite the Qur'an from Mucahit Ayas, muezzin of Green Mosque in Iznik.
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4-H Super Stars
Saffell Street Elementary second graders presented their "small moment" writing pieces Nov. 1 to the school's student body. Students in Mrs. Harley's, Mrs. Barnes', Mrs. Wilder's and Mrs. Drury's classrooms participated in the celebration. Many students' parents also attended.
Throughout the week seniors will be given opportunities to explore the "next steps" needed to prepare for life after graduation through a "College and Career-Readiness" week held Nov. 18-22, according to a news release from the school.
Representatives from colleges, vocational/technical schools, public service, and military branches will be present during the week to talk to students about post-secondary opportunities.
Saffell Street Elementary held an Arts Day on Nov. 4, with each classroom choose to participate in activities that enhanced student learning in the arts, according to a press release.
Some of the students' choices included listening to Rob Pottorf, a writer and composer for Disney who resides in Lexington; hearing from local Kentucky authors Kay Cox and Ann Gabhart; viewing the wood carvings of artist Joe Clark; and touring an "instrument zoo" where students got to pick up, examine and play many different types of instruments from drums to violins.
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text: After 16 years together, Jewel wants to move on to another rodeo and has split with her husband Ty Murray. In her statement, you know Jewel's PR team had the whole conscious uncoupling thing on their mind because they used the term "undoing ourselves." I can't wait until the next celebrity divorce to see what combination of words they use to try and match Gwyneth Paltrow. I swear these PR people go to a seminar every year and come up with the new buzz words they are going to use for a variety of issues. Jewel said that the split has been going on for some time and has been difficult, and I don't think in a tears kind of way, because she also says she only wants love and not malice. That seems to me there is some malice, and she is just saying what she is expected to say. Jewel is the one who released the statement, so the divorce thing was probably her idea. The couple have a three year old son together.


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With all the channels on broadcast TV and cable and the inevitable episode repeats, it's hard to sort out what's new or worthwhile. Let us sort it out for you so you don't miss anything worth watching. Times may vary with region; check your local listings for exact hour and channels.
Saturday (July 16)
Aarti Party: One of Aarti's friends just so happens to be a mixologist and stops by to share tips on making cocktails, while Aarti prepares a menu full of nibbles like parsnip hummus and beef kebabs. 9 am., Food Network.
Mexican Made Easy: Marcela combines the flavors of Mexican, Mediterranean, and Asian cuisines, as she makes Baja-style ahi tuna tartare, an original Tijuana-style Caesar salad, and classic shrimp gobernador tacos. 9:30 am., Food Network.
Down Home with the Neelys: The Neelys light up the grill to make savory flatbreads with sweet potatoes, brie, and rosemary; BBQ beef ribs; and mashed turnips and sage. 11:30 am., Food Network.
Secrets of a Restaurant Chef: Learn how to make perfectly crisp falafel from Anne Burrell. She'll also make homemade tahini sauce and a shrimp, tomato, and feta salad to add a bright note to the meal. 12 pm., Food Network.
30 Minute Meals: Rachael makes a healthy meal of salmon and sweet potato cakes with agrodolce relish and arugula. 12:30 pm., Food Network.
Barefoot Contessa: Ina brings a bit of Italy to her kitchen with an easy weeknight bolognaise, roasted sausage and grapes, and parmesan crisps. 1 pm., Food Network.
Giada at Home: Giada focuses on make-and-take food that she can bring on a boat cruise, including linguine with avocado and arugula pesto, grilled artichokes with creamy champagne vinaigrette, and lime and cornmeal cookies with citrus glaze. 1:30 pm., Food Network.
Hungry Girl: Lisa brings life to salads with a salmon salad, barbecue salad, and a Hungry Girl special salad. 4 pm., Cooking Channel.
Two Fat Ladies: The Fat Ladies whip up a traditional English breakfast with some international influences: jugged kippers, kedgeree, deviled kidneys, corn griddle cakes, and huevos rancheros. 10 pm., Cooking Channel.
Sunday (July 17)
Guy's Big Bite: Guy takes on the Big Easy, as he makes two different Po' Boys, one filled with cornmeal-fried oysters and the other with roasted buttermilk-brined turkey breast. Don't forget the homemade remoulade and the french fries fried in duck fat. 10:30 am., Food Network.
Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction: Bobby tackles the Argentinian grilling traditions with his grilled skirt steak with green and smokey red chimichurri sauce; tomato, red onion, and rocket salad with fried egg, grilled chorizo, and grilled provoleto crostini. 11 am., Food Network.
Food Network Challenge: Four chocolatiers try their hand at bringing a mythical creature to life in chocolate form. 8 pm., Food Network.
Food Network Star: The competitors are lucky enough to have a dinner party with Wolfgang Puck after a grueling challenge. 9 pm., Food Network.


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A MURDER mystery evening will be hell in the Great Chamber of Harvington Hall in Kidderminster on Friday, March 28, when guests can enjoy a three-course meal as a chilling tale unfolds around them and prizes will be given to anyone who can solve the riddle.
Tickets are £37.50 per person.
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John Slattery's "God's Pocket" boasts an impressive cast, with the likes of Phillip Seymour Hoffman (in one of his last roles), John Turturro, Christina Hendricks and Richard Jenkins. Cinematographer Lance Accord gives the picture a naturalistic, at times noir-ish look. And it introduces various characters and plot strands. But, ultimately, doesn't seem to know what to do with them.
The screenplay — by Slattery and Alex Metcalf, based on the book by Peter Dexter — doesn't do an adequate job of developing the characters, and overall, the story is half-baked and bland, resulting in an underwhelming and pointless movie.
The film is set in the Philadelphia neighborhood God's Pocket. It's one of those dead-end, blue-collar neighborhoods full of simple folk who are born and raised there and never leave. They work some manual-labor job and then go to the local dank-and-dim bar and, in the words of one of the characters, "talk about things they don't understand."
If the movie is about anything, you can be sure it's that the world is a harsh, unforgiving place. God's Pocket is the kind of neighborhood where people will cover up a murder that's blatantly taken place on a job site, or where the funeral-home director will leave a cadaver outside in the pouring rain because he didn't get his fee, Oddly enough, both those things happen to Mickey (Hoffman) one way or the other.
When we first meet him, he's in a lifeless marriage with Jeanie (Hendricks), and his involvement in illegal activities (gambling, stealing a meat truck, etc.) with his friend Arthur (John Turturro) seems to be his full-time job.
The trouble begins when Jeanie's son Leon (Caleb Landry Jones) is killed at a construction site. The workers cover it, and Mickey makes funeral arrangements. However, Jeanie thinks something is up and wants answers; meanwhile, due to a gambling loss, Mickey has no money to bury his stepson. Poor Leon only has about five minutes of screen time, but in that he's shown as being racist, ignorant and stubborn — he gets what he deserves.
The problems with "God's Pocket" begin right away: Why should we care whether this guy gets buried? And why should Mickey go through as much hassle as he does to do it? There's no sign of a relationship between them, and their individual characters aren't fleshed out well enough to make us look past this.
At only 90 minutes, "God's Pocket" is unbelievably short and could have easily benefited from being longer to allow for more character and story development. By the end, so little is accomplished.
Jeanie's decision to look for answers about her son is never really followed through. A subplot involving Arthur and his run-in with gangsters is barely developed and resolves abruptly and unsatisfyingly.
There's also the character of Richard Shellburn (Jenkins), an alcoholic newspaper columnist who writes about the neighborhood (usually condescendingly) and is asked to get to the bottom of Leon's death. Again, like much of everything else, this isn't followed through. And the character doesn't serve much of a purpose, other than to be a depressed and sum up the movie's themes in voice-over (disguised in his newspaper columns). A romantic fling between him and Jeanie pretty much comes out of nowhere and doesn't evolve into anything worthwhile, either.
The only plot strand that's actually followed through is Mickey's adventure (filled with much bad luck) in trying to come up with the money to give Leon a funeral. However, the film begins with the said funeral so any chance at tension is immediately eliminated.
All the actors give it their best shot: Hoffman gives a good, unassuming performance, and Jenkins is entertaining as a journalist who thinks he's above everyone else. However,, they're ultimately let down by a script desperately in need of a rewrite or two.
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Marian Gaborik:
"The first period was good and the second period we kind of had a little hiccup there. So, big goal by Cally there and we kept rolling from there."
"It's always nice to score, definitely. But big win. We didn't have a lot of games lately. But we've got Montreal coming up an that's going to be another huge game. It's going to be a big stretch for us. It's a big challenge."
"It's important, especially in front of these great fans, to get some goals on the board and get some important points."
Vinny Prospal:
"We managed to score on (our power plays) and any time you get a chance to get a 5-on-3, you should be able to score, or at least get a lot of chances. And we did that. I think at that time, that was the turnaround in the game. We swung the momentum on our side again.
"That's where we are successful (down low). Any team that's going to play out of their zone is going to be more successful than spending the whole game in their defensive zone. We create a lot of chances from there."
Ryan Callahan:
"It's so tight right now and every game means so much, it's playoff-style hockey. We can't give up any games now, with everything being so close. We have to worry about what we have to do. If we win games we'll make it."
"Throughout the whole year, not only when we play the Islanders, we talk about momentum swings and how to handle them. No matter who you're playing, it's going to happen. They're going to grab momentum, you're going to grab momentum and I think how you handle it is whether you have success or not. I thought we did well with that tonight. They got two quick ones in the second, but at the same time we didn't get down on the bench. We just kept with it and banged away.
"We've had success playing a straight -ahead game, in your face, grinding it out. And for us to have success we have to do that. So tonight was no different. We did the same thing against the Islanders. They got two quick ones on us, and we started to get back to our game, which was below the hash marks and crashing the net."
Bryan McCabe:
On breaking up Matt Martin's rush that ended up in Marian Gaborik's first goal:
"It was just a one-on-one, so I was just trying to get the puck off the guy, and Gabby picks it up. Great players make great plays. The guy went coast-to-coast and scored. What can you say about him? He's awesome."
Henrik Lundqvist:
"They had a pretty good chance coming down the wing there. It was 2-2 and, then you know, the next save or next goal can be critical. They didn't score there and then we had a couple of chances and we score and go from there. But halfway through the game, it could go either way. They created some big chances, but we stepped up at the right part of the game."
"Right now, it's fun. Every game is so important, and mentally I try to see it as the playoffs. I think a lot of guys do, and a lot of teams do. So you have to be so careful that you do the right things in practice and between games and be ready for each game. Because I know from last year, one point could be the difference. You want to do everything you can here to play your best and help the team get points."
"There's still a lot of hockey left. I still see it as we're in a pretty critical spot here. We need to play our best going down the stretch. It can change pretty fast. But the feeling changes so far. You get a couple wins and you feel great and maybe you relax, but the next game will be really important again. So you have to enjoy it, it's exciting, and hopefully we can keep winning."
"I think a lot of games now are decided right around the net. You have to be hard in front of your own net, and you have to be in the blue to screen and deflect and get rebounds. That's how you score now. That will be a critical part of our game."
Erik Christensen:
On Brandon Prust:
"He's made of steel. He is one of the toughest guys who I have played with, especially being his size. He is not a big guy out there. He blocks shots, finishes his check and he fights. He has more skill than people think he does. He's a big part of the team."


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I was worried the dress might have been too short or showed too much cleavage. But, I think it was OK. Right? lol
This whole outfit costs….$65! Not bad, considering I can wear these pieces over and over. The only thing about the dress was the belt. It kept coming undone, so I had to fix it with an emergency bobby pin. The shoes weren't the most comfortable, but they worked. I even got a few compliments.
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Fire damages Eureka Home
EUREKA- Firefighters were called to the scene of a house fire in Eureka on Friday. Fire officials say they got the call at a home in the 2200 block of Union Street just after 4 p.m. They say it was a small fire that took 15 minutes to put out, and they were on the scene for two hours. No one was injured in the fire and the family was able to return to the home. Fire officials say the damage is about $2,000. Fire officials add that it appears accidental.
"Preliminary investigation is it was an outside fire that was probably caused by an occupant smoking outside and he cast aside his cigarette butt and it just kind of extended up into the wall and got up into the attic space," said Sean Robertson, the Battalion Chief of Humboldt Bay Fire.
Fire officials urge the public to get rid of cigarettes in a non-combustible container and make sure they are put out.


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A MOTORCYCLIST has been killed in a road crash near Egerton.
The accident happened at about 4pm on Wednesday night, when an Audi A3 car crashed into a silver Honda VFR 1200CC motorbike in Blackburn Road.
It lead to a lengthy closure of the road between the Stones Bank Road junction and Cox Green Road.
A Lancashire Police spokesman confirmed at just before 9pm that a man died as a result of the crash.
It is understood the man was in his 30s and from East Lancashire.
He had been travelling toward Egerton when the crash happened near the Ciao Baby restaurant.
The Audi driver was said to be shaken and went to hospital with minor injuries
A staff member at Ciao Baby said at about 6pm: "There has been static traffic outside and they have been there since just after 4pm.
"No one can get through. There was a crash but no one knows how bad it is."
The North West Air Ambulance was called to the scene just after 4pm.
Police officers worked throughout the evening at the scene.
The crash caused major delays for rush hour motorists travelling in both directions, and the road was still closed at 9pm.
Bus company Transdev said its number one service from Darwen to Bolton would turn around at Darwen Cemetery.
The incident has come just a day after another serious crash in nearby Belmont, in which two women were taken to hospital.
The crash happened at about 8.30am on Tuesday when a Vauxhall Astra tried to overtake a car but was met by an oncoming vehicle.
The Vauxhall smashed into a tree before spinning down an embankment and hitting another tree.
Anyone with information on either crash is asked to contact police on 101.


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Author's note: Euromonitor, Mintel and ABHIPEC will present during the trends presentations portion of the 2014 in-cosmetics event in Hamburg, Germany, taking place April 1–3, 2014. Additionally, Brazil will be the first Country Focus for in-cosmetics, taking place at the same event.
Brazil is now the world's third largest beauty market, according to Euromonitor data for 2012. Valued at $42 billion, it is beaten only by the U.S. (valued at $69 billion) and Japan (valued at $47 billion). And leading the world's markets in perfume and deodorant sales, Brazil is second in hair care products, men's and children's products, bath and shower products, and depilatories and sunscreen; third in color cosmetics and oral hygiene products; and fourth in skin care.
Though growth of the beauty market in Brazil has slowed in line with other major markets lately, there still are some key factors behind the country's expanding importance. There is an increase in working women who have more disposable income for beauty products and who use such products to look presentable in the workplace. Life expectancy also is increasing in Brazil, as is the trend for cosmetics, which help consumers preserve a youthful appearance. Meanwhile, the country's beauty industry has been changing and growing in sophistication, leading to increased investment in new products and formulations, as well as in productivity through the use of new technology.
According to ABIHPEC (the Brazilian cosmetic, toiletry and fragrance association), during the past 17 years, beauty industry growth has far outstripped that of general industry in Brazil and the country's GDP. The Brazilian beauty market grew by 10% 1996–2012, compared to 2.2% for general industry and 3% for its GDP.
Exports are a key contributor to Brazil's industry growth, averaging 14% annually the past 10 years. Most exports were to other South American countries, led by Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico and Colombia. In 2012, the largest category of exports was hair care products and oral hygiene products, both valued in excess of $145 million.
Currently, imports of cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances to Brazil are greater than exports, and were worth $1.037 billion in 2012, according to Aliceweb (Análise de Informações de Comércio Exterior-Web, the official website of the Brazilian government for its foreign trade statistics). Deodorants represent 75% of imports from Argentina, while skin care creams account for 24.2% of U.S. imports, 54.2% of fragrance imports come from France, and 26.1% and 38.6%, respectively, of toothpastes originate from Mexico and Germany.
The Brazilian beauty market also is extremely fragmented as far as product companies are concerned, with 2,392 companies and brands competing against each other in the country—mainly in the southeastern corner of the country, which is dominated by São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. According to ABIHPEC, the largest 20 companies posted net sales taxes of more than R$100 million, representing 73% of total invoicing.
In terms of distribution, there are three main channels: traditional distribution, which includes wholesale and retail stores; direct sales, based on the home sales concept; and franchising, which includes specialized and personalized stores. ABIHPEC notes that the largest growth in job opportunities has come from direct sales, with the numbers of consultants increasing by 514.1% between 1994 and 2012, reaching a total of 3,132. Both Avon and Brazilian-owned Natura are major employers of direct sales consultants, and command large portions of the country's attention in beauty products.
According to Mintel, there have been 22,489 beauty launches in Brazil in the past five years, and opportunities for new products are increasing as recognition that regional differences in hair types, for example, are very pronounced. Due to the country's mixed race demographics, there is no such thing as a typical Brazilian hair type—it can be straight, curly, wavy and/or mixed.
Beleza Natural, a beauty salon chain based in the Rio de Janeiro state, targets regions with higher proportions of black or mixed race people. In 2013, the company launched a major branding initiative to celebrate Carnival, inviting consumers to take part in its "Bloco das Cacheadas," or Curly Hair Carnival group.
More than a third of consumers interviewed by Ipsos Observer Brazil/Mintel said they look for hydrating formulas in hair care products. And according to Mintel's GNPD data, the industry has been meeting this demand over a three-year (2009–2012) time span, with 50% of Brazilian hair care launches making this claim.
Anti-frizz is the third-most popular hair care claim attracting women in Brazil, mainly in the 16–34 age group. Anti-frizz is a claim often found in shampoos and conditioners but also is a growing claim for leave-in products such as oils and serums. And portable products, such as L'Oréal's Extraordinary Oil Sublime Treatment, work well as beauty accessories for Brazilian consumers.
It is estimated that Brazil holds between 15–20% of the world's biodiversity, but less than half of it has been mapped and researched. This means there is still a lot of room for development and innovation.


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WEST COLUMBIA, Texas - Former West Columbia Police Chief Michael Palmer, 44, has been missing since Monday morning. Family and friends are working with Texas EquuSearch to try and find him.
His disappearance comes after the Brazoria County District Attorney's Office executed a search warrant of Palmer's home as part of a child sexual assault and child pornography investigation.
District Attorney Jeri Yenne said "it's an ongoing investigation".
Michelle Odenwalder, Palmer's cousin as well as a Texas Equusearch volunteer, is leading the search efforts for Palmer.
"Once we find the vehicle, of course, then we can pinpoint a smaller area and know more on where to concentrate the search," said Odenwalder.
A search headquarters has been set up at Wild Peach Community Church in Brazoria, where Palmer was a church member.
Odenwalder said Palmer was last seen in Angleton on Monday around 9:15 a.m. in a red F-150 with the license plate number 15R KY7.
"We don't care about anything that's going on, all we care about is your safety," said Odenwalder.
Back in February, Palmer was arrested for nine counts of tampering with evidence and possession of a controlled substance, which ultimately ended his position as Police Chief.
Now, the district attorney says Palmer is under investigation for child sexual assault and child pornography. The allegations are the last thing the family said they care about. All they want is to hear from Palmer.
"We are all behind you a hundred percent and we just want you home. Michael, if you are watching this, I love you," said Oldenwalder.
Local 2 obtained court documents from the Brazoria County District Attorney's Office. Eighteen pages of documents detail what allegedly happened between Palmer and a young boy. According to investigators, the sexual abuse started back in 1998 and lasted for several years.
The victim told police that, "He had been strapped down onto a bed with handcuffs and straps by Michael Palmer," and that "He was blindfolded with a mask that only had a breathing hole."
Investigators said Palmer videotaped the sexual abuse and some of the evidence was discovered at his West Columbia home, other evidence was found inside the West Columbia Police Station where he once worked.
Court documents say, "A black box with multiple CDs...leather mask and things for sex bondage were found on a shelf in Michael Palmer's office at the West Columbia Police Department."
Palmer's family told Local 2 the husband and father of four hasn't been seen since Monday, he took $1500 from his bank account and disappeared.
Palmer's cousin, Michelle Odenwalder, said he might be running to get away from the accusations.
"He's a very big family man, I'm sure he doesn't want anybody to be embarrassed for upset or anything like that," Odenwalder said.
Palmer's family doesn't believe the accusations against him, they just want him to be found safe.
"If Michael is watching right now, I would just like to tell him all his family is behind him 100 percent. We're hoping he is safe and just needing a little time away to clear his head."
If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Michael Palmer or his vehicle, call Texas Equusearch at 1-877-270-9500.
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ITHACA, N.Y. - The University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team fell to No. 2 Cornell, 10-5, Saturday afternoon at the Big Red's Schoellkopf Field.
The ninth-ranked Quakers did a good job of keeping one of the nation's most powerful offenses at bay, but the offense could not get untracked until the Big Red had opened up a decent margin between the teams.
The game was scoreless for nearly 10 minutes on Saturday, before Rob Pannell opened the scoring with an unassisted effort for the host Big Red. Matt Machucki almost immediately leveled it, scoring a long-stick goal off a Schwalje feed just eight seconds after Pannell's tally.
Cornell took a lead it would not relinquish late in the quarter, scoring twice in 17 seconds. The first goal came from Max Van Bourgondien with 2:58 left, then Steve Mock scored to make the score 3-1. Zack Losco got one of those goals back less than a minute later, but with 43 seconds left in the quarter Matt Donovan netted his first of the day for the Big Red to make the score 4-2 after one period.
Only one goal was scored in the second quarter, and the same thing happened in the third quarter. Unfortunately for Penn fans, it was Cornell that had both of them. Donovan scored the only goal of the second period with 2:11 left, and Connor Buczek scored the lone third-period tally off a Van Bourgondien feed. Mock then opened the fourth-quarter scoring off a Pannell feed, at which point Cornell's lead was 7-2.
Losco ended a Penn scoring drought of exactly 35 minutes with his second tally of the game, an unassisted goal, but more than four minutes passed before Mock netted his third of the day to make the score 8-3. Schwalje scored with 5:52 left, but Pannell answered for Cornell just 42 seconds later. Mock scored his fourth of the day off a Buczek feed with 3:20 to play, before Nick Doktor closed out the game's scoring off a Drew Belinsky feed.
Brian Feeney had 11 saves in the Penn goal on Saturday, while AJ Fiore had nine saves in the Cornell goal as the Big Red outshot the Quakers, 44-30.
Penn returns to action next Saturday, hosting Yale at 1 p.m.
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LookingSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
Sven looked right, then left, then back to the right. After he did this, he was scolded. Why?
AnswerSven was a driver's ed student and was coming up to an intersection. When you drive, you are supposed to look left, right, then left so you see cars in the lane you'll cross first. It is a common mistake made by young and/or inexperienced drivers.
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