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Designated hitter Jack Cust was out of the A's lineup Wednesday for the fifth time in six games, though manager Bob Geren hasn't indicated Cust is an odd man out in the DH/outfield rotation.
With Coco Crisp back from the disabled list and playing center field, there's less playing time to go around. Because right-handed hitters had fared better against Cincinnati right-hander Johnny Cueto, Geren went with Conor Jackson at DH and Rajai Davis in left field for Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Reds.
But Gabe Gross, who hits left-handed, got the nod in right field over Cust. Geren also went with Gross as the designated hitter on Tuesday because Gross had enjoyed prior success against Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo, who started that game.
Geren has said he'll try to mix and match his outfielders and DH as best he can. Cust is hitting .278, but he has just two homers and 10 RBIs in 97 at-bats since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento on May 15.
"They've got some guys that are getting at-bats that need at-bats," Cust said. "I thought I was going to be in there today. "… The power will come. I know I'm going to hit home runs."
"They'll both be shut down for a fairly extended period of time," Geren said.
Devine had hopes during spring training of rejoining the bullpen early in the season before having complications. Outman was targeting a comeback after the All-Star break.
Devine had his surgery in April 2009, and Outman had his procedure roughly two months later.


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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Review by dylanbrandon286
"Guitar Hero Finally Comes to Wii!"
Guitar Hero, arguably one of the best rythem and music games to come out in along time, has finally come out on an Nintendo system. All I can say is, the wait has almost been unbearable. Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock is in my opinion, the best Guitar Hero in the series. It has an amazing songlist and the transfer over to a wireless guitar was spotless. Also, Guitar Hero is no longer made by Harmonix, but Activision and Red Octane.
Graphics: 9/10 - The graphics in Guitar Hero 3 are very well done, especially for a rythem game. Although there is not much to see, the notes can be clearly seen and are very vibrant colors. The stages you will play on are all extremely different and are textured and animated very nicely. Basically that is all I can say in this section. If you want to buy a rythem game, graphics should be the least of your worries.
Sound: 10/10 - Now this is a big one for rythem and music games. Guitar Hero 3 has simply put, amazing sound quality. Every single instrument can be heard but the guitar is what really shines here. It is like you are listening to the original recording! All the sounds of the guitar are done magnificently and even though you are hearing the same genre for every song, the songs are very varied and, dare I say it, intense.
Gameplay: 9/10 - Nothing has changed here from the original Guitar Hero. The core gameplay is the same, strum the correct note with the corresponding fret pressed down. Sounds simple enough but ohhh dear god it is not, especially on hard and expert! The big change here is the introduction of battle mode which is a new way to play multiplayer in Guitar Hero. There is also the inclusion of Online Play, which is a worthy addition to an already stellar game.
Replay Value: 8/10 - The replay value in Guitar Hero 3 could have been better. Online is fun, but does not hold your attention for very long and once you have beaten all songs on hard or expert, there is really no point in doing it again. Also, some of the bonus songs are admittedly, pretty lame as well.
Overall: 9/10 - Overall, Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock is a great addition to any Wii owners library and you owe it to yourself to check this gem out.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 02/26/08
Game Release: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/Guitar) (US, 10/28/07)
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Venezuela sponsor paid no money in 2015 - federation
CARACAS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Venezuela's soccer federation (FVF) said on Thursday that chief sponsor, cash-strapped state oil company PDVSA, did not pay the organisation any money last year.
"In all of 2015 we didn't receive a single dollar from PDVSA," FVF president Laureano Gonzalez told a news conference in Caracas.
"We all know PDVSA is the state's cash cow and that right now it doesn't have liquidity," added Gonzalez who in May replaced Rafael Esquivel, arrested last year as part of U.S. and Swiss investigations into corruption at soccer's ruling body FIFA.
PDVSA, struggling amid low oil prices and Venezuela's brutal recession, did not respond to a Reuters request for a comment.
The company has backed Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado throughout his Formula One career with tens of millions of dollars.
Media reports indicated earlier this month that PDVSA had missed scheduled payments to the team and Maldonado said he would not be participating in the 2016 season.
Venezuela's soccer team will face "different" conditions when they meet Peru and Chile in World Cup qualification games next month due to the funding shortfall, Gonzalez said without providing details. (Reporting by Diego Ore; Writing by Alexandra Ulmer; Editing by Tony Jimenez)
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text: drfugawe Report post Posted September 26, 2010 Hey gang - I'm ready for my first post here, and I thought you may be interested in a picking report (with pics) from the southwest corner of Oregon, near the coast. Our prime pickin' grounds lie within plots of maturing trees that will eventually be cut for lumber - these plots may be owned by federal, state or local governmental agencies, or private lumber companies - the governmental lands are generally the more accessable for 'shrooming, and there is a nice network of forest roads that may be used to get around. However, those areas also tend to be "hilly", sometimes making picking seem like gathering mushrooms on the side of a sky-scraper. Hope this post finds all in good health, and ready for a good pickin' season - all local clues hereabouts (inland about 15 miles, near Coquille) are very good - and the recent rain concentration was what was needed to kick things in high gear. Many believe that I live in the woods over here, but I actually go about 15 miles NE into the Oregon Coastal Range to find my fav spots - our best blooms of eatables are chanterelles in the fall, and hedgehogs in winter. I went out after the first inch we had some three weeks ago now, and pickins were sparse - but with my wife and pickin' partner, we went out again recently after the solid rains over the weekend, and were especially eager to check my "white chants" patches (hereabouts, the whites beat the yellows out by a few weeks, generally). As I approached "my spot", here's what I saw: Every year when I go out, I fear I'll find the cutters hard at work clearing everything out of what was prime pickin grounds, but until this year, none of my spots had ever been disturbed - and I still don't know if this is just a thinning or a complete cutting. Interestingly, my spot is about 1/4 mile long, just above a logging road, and the whites seem to concentrate in a strip some 200' wide between the road and the inner woods - my guess is that the whites are motivated more by occasional sun than are the yellows, but I really don't know why they concentrate here - but they do! Also interesting, was the fact that at one end of "my spot" they had cut a new road through, suggesting that they were ready to clear cut somewhere near here. And on the other end of the spot, they had begun at least thinning in earnest: But everything in-between looked undisturbed - so we parked, careful to be fully out of the way, and proceeded to my once productive spot - Actually, I'm quite philosophical about "my spots" - I know the possessive nature of those spots exists entirely in my head, and that I'm damned fortunate to have such free access to these governmental lands, in this case, a BLM plot. But still, it's a little disconcerting to stand and watch as a once functional treasure trove gets devastated. It took me a few minutes to find my first white: and they were there, but it was obvious that we were still a bit early for the "big bloom". We found a few yellows mixed in here, but they were on the small side - some very small. It's interesting to me how different the development of the individual mushroom is for the white chanterelle as opposed to the yellow - I often see tiny yellow chants covering the floor of the forest, but I don't ever remember seeing a tiny white chanterelle in development! My guess is that the white chanterelle mycelium lies deeper in the duff, and their development is hidden until they finally break through the duff late in the development stage. This guess is reinforced by the fact that often one finds the whites growing up out of deep holes under the duff - and I've never found a yellow like that. I'd love to hear other thoughts on this. Here are a few more from that area: At the far end of my spot, which for the most part had not been disturbed by the cutters, I suddenly came on this: Only a few trees here and there cut, but interestingly, not one mushroom anywhere in the areas which had been thinned! Apparently, it does not take much disturbance to stop a bloom - does anyone know how long it will take for an area which is thinned out to recover and again bloom normally? We moved on eventually, coming away with about 3 gallons - which for us is respectable - but, as I said, we felt we were early yet. We found a beautiful forest spot and had our lunch - and I determined I'd check out several more local spots which always had been promising, if not as solidly productive as the area we just left. After having checked two or three other spots with no luck at all (it's always fascinating to me how one area of the forest can be absolutely loaded with mushrooms while all others around it are completely devoid of same - what's with that?), I stopped off at an Oregon State University research plot, which is about 10-12 years old now - I've kept this place on my radar screen for some time now because it's super easy to get around in, it's perfectly flat, whereas almost NO other area here is! And I always find "something" here - so why not? I walked in and immediately began seeing small yellows everywhere! Most were smaller that a quarter, but truly, there were hundreds everywhere I looked. This area has almost no undergrowth except evergreen huckleberry, a shrub I've always believed has an affinity with chanterelles, especially the white chanterelles - this is what I was seeing: They were also quite prolific around the old rotting stumps, of which this plot is filled - I especially liked this one, with its offspring growing right up out its rotting heart - I know sitka spruce must have a "nurse tree" in order for new trees to develop, but I'm not aware that Doug fir do this - Yes? And then -wonder of wonders- I began seeing the whites! Huge whites, quite flat against the ground - this area, being much younger, does not have the deep duff of the other areas, and perhaps cannot provide the deeper mycelium of the previous area. And here's an interesting shot - as I pulled up one of the large whites, it exposed a large area of the mycelium immediately underneath, which is not always so evident as this: We gathered another few gallons from here, but really only covered a tiny bit of the area in doing so - but I was exhausted! And still, I think we are ahead of the big bloom. But my heart is most warmed by the knowledge that I have one more prime area for white chants, which for the Coastal Range may not be rare, but they certainly are in the distinct minority to the yellows - and I personally much prefer the whites because of their meatier texture. So we left in good spirits and plans to check back in early next week - I have no idea why I'm not seeing more evidence of other pickers, for this is not a secret area, but I'm not complaining either - hope it continues. All evidence is for a really nice picking season - we're ready to explode here - hope you all do well. 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Chancellor wants higher raise for NDSU president; move reflects school's higher research status
BISMARCK – A State Board of Higher Education committee will consider increasing North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani's salary by 7.57 percent over the next two years, even though a consultant recently criticized the board for giving university presidents too much leeway.
Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen recommended the increase based on NDSU's ranking as an institution of "very high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, even though the college has held the title since 2011.
The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources lists $450,000 as the median salary for presidents at "very high" research institutions, such as NDSU, and Skogen is pushing for the second year in a row to raise the president's salary to up to 80 percent of that amount.
"The whole concept is during the course of the next two years to get the president of NDSU salary back into a competitive range," state board spokeswoman Linda Donlin said.
Pushing for an increase
At a meeting Tuesday, the SBHE Budget and Finance Committee will consider giving Bresciani a 4 percent raise of $13,369 for the coming year. University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley would receive a 3 percent raise of $10,508 because of UND's lower "high research activity" rank. Skogen also recommended a 3.57 percent raise of $12,416 for the 2016 school year for Bresciani.
Bresciani received a 4 percent raise and Kelley received a 3 percent raise last year, even after former SBHE Chancellor Hamid Shirvani criticized both Kelley and Bresciani in June 2013 and recommended no raise for Kelley due to "poor leadership."
Three weeks ago, consultant Tom Meredith with the California-based firm Penson Associates, said he was troubled by the actions of several unnamed university presidents and criticized the board for not holding them accountable for their actions.
But Donlin stressed the salary increase is meant to benefit NDSU as an institution, not Bresciani specifically.
NDSU has "very high research activity" because the school increased research and development expenditures, staff and awarded more doctorate degrees. The Carnegie website notes that this change in rank does not reflect the quality or importance of research done by an institution.
Kelley currently makes about $16,000 more than Bresciani, and even if the committee approves Skogen's recommendations, Kelley would still make about $13,000 more than Bresciani in the coming year and their salaries would be almost equal in 2016.
Other business
The committee also will address Skogen's proposal to spend $177 million on capital projects on campuses. UND would receive $62 million of that allocation for the completion of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Skogen's proposal would eliminate $69 million in deferred maintenance, even though an external consultant indicated the facilities were in need of $800 million worth of repairs.
Skogen's solution to the problem lies in asking the Legislature for more base funding.
Projected presidential salary increases for fiscal year 2015
University of North Dakota, Robert Kelley: $360,773, a 3 percent increase.
North Dakota State University, Dean Bresciani: $347,584, a 4 percent increase.
Dickinson State University, D.C. Coston: $217,824, a 3 percent increase.
North Dakota State College of Science, John Richman: $196,016, a 3 percent increase.
Mayville State University, Gary Hagen: $190,486, a 3 percent increase.
Williston State College, Raymond Nadolny: $183,299, a 5 percent increase.
Bismarck State College, David Clark (interim): $180,434, a 3 percent increase.
Lake Region State College, Douglas Darling: $168,920, a 3 percent increase.
President Steven Shirley of Minot State University and Interim President Margaret Dahl at Valley City State University will not receive raises because of their recent appointments to their positions.


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In an effort to make Wisconsin's ballots more "user friendly," G.A.B. staff has revised the format of the ballots for the Spring Primary and Spring Election. The basic layout is the same, but instructional language has been simplified and some formatting has been changed to improve readability. Ballot improvement is an on-going process, so feedback is welcomed. Please be sure your printer understands that optical scan ballots must be printed using the new format. We encourage paper ballot users to use the newly-formatted paper ballot, but it is not mandatory for the spring primary and spring election.
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Funnily enough, I wrote this blog before reading Andi's blog from yesterday, but it just makes it all the more appropriate.
Contests provide writers with several opportunities:
1. It's a chance to get published.
2. It's an opportunity to be validated.
3. It's offers a chance to write something that is off their usual track.
4. It gives them a push to get something written (in response to a looming deadline).
5. If nothing else, it's a good writing exercise.
Oh, and then there's the matter of the prize. Sometimes it's money, sometimes it's books or other tangible items, sometimes it's just for the honor of winning and getting the publicity.
So, I wanted to share a few contests I came across recently. Give it a shot—you just may win. Good luck!
The 10th Annual FundsforWriters Essay Contest seeks nonfiction
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Must be in English but entries accepted internationally. Entry fees must be in US dollars.
No limit to the number of submissions.
All writers must be 18 or older.
Do not bother with SASE for winners lists. Winners posted on website and in newsletters.
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Winners and public notified by December 1, 2011.
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Other submissions will be considered for publication but will be paid the standard rate of $45 if selected.
Judges are selected from Hope's peer group of writers, authors and journalists, still pending, but the finalists are chosen by C. Hope Clark.
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The contest topic will be emailed to all entrants at start-time. In the event of e-mail difficulties, the topic will also be posted online at start time right here.
If, on the date of the contest, you're checking the website for the contest topic and word count, don't forget to to click "REFRESH" on your browser so it'll pop up after we upload it.
Some ISPs filter out list mailings (which is what the contest mailing is) as sp*m. Therefore, you may not get the contest email. If that happens, pull the topic and word count (and rules!) from the web page above and start writing.
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Two weeks ago approximately 64 percent of "active" registered Colorado voters received primary election ballots. Although I am "active," I did not receive a ballot. As one of the 35 percent of Colorado voters "unaffiliated" with either major official party, all I received was a letter stating that I need to "affiliate" in order to vote.
The U.S. Constitution and the Colorado Constitution both guarantee "freedom of association" – the freedom to associate with whom we please, which necessarily includes the freedom not to associate or to decline to associate with certain persons or organizations. Both constitutions also provide for such rights as "due process" and "equal protection," which guarantee the right of citizens to participate equally in the political process.
Colorado law, however, requires me to be a member of a political party to vote in the primary election. In order to exercise my right to participate in the political process, I must give up my right "not to associate." In effect, I must choose between First Amendment and 14th Amendment rights.
Compounding the problem is that the primary is funded by the state of Colorado using tax dollars. While those of us who are "unaffiliated" are not allowed to vote in the primary, we are required to help pay for it. We are first-class taxpayers, but second-class voters.
Recently, a lawsuit was brought in federal court in Newark by a coalition called End Partisanship on behalf of eight New Jersey voters, IndependentVoting.org and the Independent Voter Project. The suit challenges state funding of closed primaries and demands that every voter have an equal and meaningful vote at every stage of the state-funded election process. Independent or unaffiliated voters throughout the country are watching the case closely.
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Noisy motorcycles ruin ambience of downtown
It's time for the city of Grand Junction to enforce whatever noxious noise ordinances it has against the incessant blast of Harley Davidson motorcycles with no mufflers in the Main Street downtown corridor.
Recently, my wife, a friend and I had hoped to enjoy a leisurely Sunday brunch at an outdoor restaurant at the corner of 6th and Main.
Our meal (and I'm sure other patrons' dining experiences) was interrupted by the unwelcome roar of engines being revved at the traffic light while the cycles were stopped.
The riders then accelerated away to no other purpose than to get to the next intersection and have the whole block take notice of their big, bad Harleys. This was repeated several times with different riders, all on Harleys.
"Loud pipes save lives," they cry. My opinion: "Loud pipes prove you are an idiot." Anyone can make noise with no mufflers through two gear changes.
My solution: Warn them, ticket them or simply ask them to go play elsewhere on the open road. That, however, may spoil their need for attention, wouldn't it?
Plus, we'd violate some "constitutional rights" that they might profess they have in violating others' tranquility.
We saw two bicycle officers on patrol, but observed them taking no action. (Thanks to both the law and the scofflaws for playing their roles so well.)
For the record, we rode our motorcycle to and from Grand Junction for our breakfast.
I've been an avid rider for 45 years and counting.
As hospitals squabble, valley's patients suffer
I read with dismay Sunday's article regarding the squabbling of Grand Junction hospitals. The question that immediately came to mind was "What about us, your patients and customers?"
Despite all the ballyhoo about our great medical community, touted by President Obama several years back, I feel its relationship with its customers is nothing of which to be proud.
Many doctors refuse new Medicare patients and/or do not accept new patients. They hide behind "interview" forms, thinly veiled peeks at prospective patients' insurance. Many appointments are made weeks out, similar to veterans' waits and woes. At times, sick and injured people suffer nearly endless waits in emergency rooms.
Community Hospital plans to build its new facility on the far-west edge of town, without a thought to doubling the distance of emergency care for residents of Palisade, Clifton, Orchard Mesa and Fruitvale.
It would be wonderful if these dueling hospitals would consider the needs of their clients. Then perhaps they would discover those who are the real losers in this feud.
Grand Junction
Government should quit fiddling with numbers
Can anyone truly explain why every time the government releases unemployment claims or the unemployment rate those figures are always preceded by the phrase "seasonally adjusted"? Just give us the "unadjusted" numbers.
Grand Junction


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I've had this dress for quite a while now, from this post last October, that still hasn't seen the light of day. It's not seen the light since the asymmetrical side droops down in the most inappropriate kind of way. Luckily, I bought some Hollywood Magic Tape from a store a few months ago and had the chance to try it out. It worked like a charm!
Also, the nude pumps I'm wearing are from Forever 21 that I bought last year around September-ish that I've NEVER worn! I'm so bad sometimes! So I am determined to "shop" my closet more often! These aren't the nude pump but they'll do (and at a price point of $20, can't beat that for a night out).
I recorded a makeup tutorial on this look so I'll be editing that over the weekend!
Dress: Lulus.com
Pumps: Forever 21
Belt: Forever 21
Necklace & Bracelet: Tiffany and Co.
Here's an obligatory bluebonnets picture Mike and I took in March :)
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The new trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:
While I believe it is a huge mistake in splitting The Hobbit into three movies—I believe you only need two to tell any extra content that exists and three pushes that incredulousity too far—I'm actually excited for the first movie. An Unexpected Journey should be the purest of the three movies, a faithful adaptation if Peter Jackson does it right. The additional material he is using won't be featured until the last two movies.
It looks like Jackson has captured the fun feel of the book, which I'm happy about. The Hobbit is a light-hearted children's book for the most part and some of the dialog in the trailer captures that. But there is also the growing darkness within Gandalf as he is worried what is coming in the world, as mentioned by Radagast the Brown. Definite echoes of Lord of the Rings.
What did you think of the trailer? Did it do for you what you wanted? Do you like what you see? Did it even matter? So many people's asses are going to be in seats it likely doesn't even matter.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be in theaters on December 14, 2012!
"What have I got in my pocket?" Bilbo said aloud.
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To be clear, there were several tremendously compassionate and engaged employees with whom I interacted at NMWCF, as was usually the case when I visited other detention facilities across the US conducting interviews and research for my book, Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System.
But at NMWCF, as elsewhere, I encountered numerous correctional officers whose disdain for the incarcerated women was palpable, and whose preferred method of communication seemed to revolve around commands and directives barked at high volume. (By contrast, the regular reliance on physical brutality I witnessed in California, in the world's largest women's prison complex, didn't seem to be as endemic to NMWCF's environment.)
I met prisoners who had seized on every opportunity possible to access the facility's limited education programs, vocational training and drug addiction recovery. I had hushed conversations with women who made it abundantly clear drugs weren't hard to find in prison, including heroin, which women would inject with homemade "needles" made of pens and other supplies. The rate of hepatitis C infection in New Mexico's state prisons is indicative of how prevalent injection drug use is both before and during a prisoner's incarceration: Nearly 30 percent of prisoners are believed to be infected, and most are untreated.
In the crowded receiving/evaluation unit, a few women pulled me to the side to show me huge, oozing wounds—what appeared to be the common lesions associated with the often deadly, antibiotic-resistant form of staph infection known as MRSA. These women told me they had been told they had nothing more than a "bug bite." I sat with one group of Native women during lunch who were initially embarrassed to be seen eating the "food" on their plates, which consisted of some kind of unidentifiable beige mash and the palest, limpest slice of tomato I had ever seen in my life. Once they explained that they didn't have a choice about the kind of food they were eating, they marveled at the fact that there was a "fresh" vegetable on the plate because they hadn't seen one in months.
I saw a few women who definitely seemed to enjoy their roles as the bullies of their units, and I saw even more women with far-off, pained expressions in their eyes who didn't say a word.
The hardest part of my prison tour was, as I had expected, the walk through NMWCF's solitary confinement unit. It was as bleak and depressing as any I had ever seen. Some of the women rambled incoherently, while others made an effort to come talk to me through the tiny food slots, telling me of their attempts to stay sane in their tiny, dingy cells where the lights never went off, recreation consisted of running around in a "dog cage" a few times a week and a short shower was permitted only while cuffed inside the shower unit—every two or three days.
But the biggest surprise came at the tail end of a long day, when I was led past the prison's secure "Crossings" unit and asked to go inside.


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Bona Fide Weirdo Here
Yep, I'm just your friendly neighborhood weirdo. I'm interested in a wide variety of strange, arcane things that no one cares about. I become fascinated with simple things that most people are too busy to notice. I love quiet and solitude. I hate my cell phone. I have a bizarre sense of humor that earns me many interesting looks. Yep, just a head-in-the-clouds, fish-out-of-water, stick-out-like-a-sore-thumb freak. So. Who's with me?
I hope I qualify for membership. I've read every single comment and I have had to change my pants twice! I've found my soul-mates! At last. I've been looked at sideways - BY MY OWN FAMILY - the beings that left my very own body stretched and battered, but proud! They'd probably commit me given half the chance, and that was before my two head injuries that cemented my wierdness! Since then????

I talk to bats, when I've chased my cat out of the room, he tries to eat the poor things! I have a wild pet Baboon Spider in my bathroom (South African tarantula). I'm terrified of spiders. I swoon at heights but have paraglided and been on the world's highest and longest and fastest zip-slide, and dream of skydiving. I like snakes, despite being bitten by one. I rode on a tortoise called Grandpa that lived in my Grandma's garden. I was also bitten by a tortoise who didn't know my credentials and the family-tie to Grandpa. I have communed with elephants and believe them to be reincarnated fabulous people.

Am I over-eager? Do I qualify? I really feel I belong!
Good to *see* ya Nyxie!!! Hope that Smurf lunchbox is workin' well for you *grin* I've always liked weirdos. :)
I only see 116 comments -- not 135. Weird? -- Some

wierdos musta left.

Me -- outside the box? I was never INside the box. Or what box?

OK now you will think I really AM weird!

Gotta go now..... Whooooosh
How about 135? Hope I'm not too late. I don't think creating your own mold is weird...it's just creative individuality. There now...that's what I always tell myself anyway.
And I am the 134th comment here. That is weird.
Caddy Shack,,, the original
Nyxie gets to choose the flick because it's her story. No doubt, it will be something really weird. Maybe we could make some suggestions, though.
Oh goody, a movie?
Welcome to the theatre, Blue.
ok I'm in. Can I sit up front?
When I do become interested in soething, it is usually soething weird...so count me in!
I suppose it's the Dutch side of me surfacing. Did you know there are more cows in Holland than people? Who doesn't love cows, really?
You had me at, "Bovine Depends".
"What does a m0rec0wbell smell like?"

He would give you a sMOOch, Nyxie, but his udders interfere and they leak sometimes. It upsets him. He's kind of weird that way. I think maybe he was conceived on the the island of Dr. Moreau. He just hasn't shared that with us.
Scratching head and wondering......
Yes, they do, because there are Wood Ducks. I've seen them, and they're weird.

lilt, you said BLOOMING idiots! You are so weird, nature lady!
If a joke bombs in the woods - is a duck still funny?
Ha! I always say ATTITUDE is EVERYTHING, and I believe it pretty much is.

The question now is, is it the attiutde of the observer (my choice) or that of the person who is weird/different?
I think I was behind that SAME woman at the Dollar General store a few months ago. It wasn't just clothes, but she had to RE-decide on each and EVery item she had put in her cart, and the whole time was talking on her phone which she had hanging around her neck and turned on speaker!!!! The whole time another woman, (friend or sister?) stood there and had to be consulted on each thing. It was an exercise in patience for me and the clerk and the lady behind me who finally found another line open.

Kinda got off the subject of weird.

Question, How and when is "different" "weird" or not "weird?"
Okay, I'm at the store, the woman has her entire cart filled with clothes. At least 40 items. Yet she is still shopping. She is looking over the clothes, talking to her friend, debating whether or not she wants each piece rung up. All the while, there are about 5 in line behind her. Then she answered her phone.....
The woman in front of me, at the store today, didn't look too cynical.

She was a blooming idiot.
i believe that there is nothing LESS "cool" than cynicism - pretty weird, huh?
Papa's got a brand new bag! c0w has a couple of bags of his own, too.
James!!!

Get on up!
Building, is you ready? 'Cause we gonna tear you down!
I brought pigs-in-a-blanket.

That's a good snack for weirdos, right?
CHEERS! When's our next meeting?
Me me me meeeee!

AND I've managed to escape the usual fate of the weird one. "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down."
WIGU, I'm coming over, but I'll call first if I find my phone. Don't make the floats, though because c0w is supplying chocolate shakes. I have to see that lamp. How about some pictures?
ME! I'm with you! But don't ever call me because I don't turn on my cell phone. Don't bother coming over because I am having my alone time right now. As far as humor, well, I have a funny bone and that's all I have to say about that!
I bet it lights up the whole room.
Oh great! Communicating with other species makes me wierd! I'm in! Talked with a woodpecker the other day-- cats, dogs and horses all the time.

How about cutting my own hair, wearing golf shoes to the barn in winter, not liking parties, ahhhh... there's more.. I'm thinking...
I held out as long as I could without a cell phone.
El....No cell phone!!! How do you ever manage???
When I Grow Up - I don't even have a cell phone! How weird is that?
I don't know how wierd I am but in all my life I have never fit into any group. Hmmm.. maybe this is the one? Could this be the square hole this peg fits? I see some of my friends and favorite people here and was pleased to see the thread still active when I thought I was too late. Hope you'll let me hang out -- you are the kind of people I like. If you think writing things like this at what is almost 3:00 in the morning, is wierd enough .......... Perhaps I am qualified?
I'm sitting here cracking up! Such fun!
I think fitting into the standard cultural mode is not only weird, but insane. Thanks for not doing so.
I can see weirdly now the brain has gone

Lost are all of the logicals that stood in my way
Love your song EGarto - it fits so nicely. I can hear the melody and have been singing it - it will probably get stuck in my head. Oh no!
You must save a packet on cat food. I have 2 actual cats - one is called Feed Me, the other is called Feed Me 2.
I'll share a weirdness no one would ever see. But if they did, a few eyebrows will be raised indeed.

I have three spirit cats, Kitty, Kitty Kitty and Kitty Kitty Kitty # III.
"There's weird, and then there's WEIRD; and never the twain shall meet." Samuel Clemens said that.
Getting pretty self-disclosing today. -- Like Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality?

As to this whole underwear issue; I believe too much has been made of that. I mean, can you name a more efficient way of carrying your underwear to the laundromat? -- Gosh, some people are so uptight!

I, for one, enjoy driving at high speeds while in the passenger's seat; some people say THAT'S weird! Can you believe that?
I haven't seen any weirdness here yet, just good old individuality. Maybe I'm weird, but I'd rather hang out here than with a room full of stereotypes.


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E.J. Phair Brewing Company's Taproom is the newest and most exciting music venue in the East Bay. Newly renovated and housed in a circa 1922 former Ford dealership in downtown Pittsburg, EJ Phair's Taproom combines old world charm with modern touches to create an open and airy, hip yet comfortable ambiance which sets the stage for a truly unique and remarkable concert experience. Get up close and personal with an eclectic mix of the best bands the Bay Area has to offer, all while sampling some of the area's tastiest micro-brewed beers, wines and Sakes.
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Olyroos to start early due to cold weather
Australia's vital Olympic soccer Asian qualifier against Uzbekistan has been brought forward five hours due to extremely cold conditions in Tashkent.
The game was scheduled to kick off at 2am tomorrow (AEDT), but has been advanced five hours to 9.00pm tonight (AEDT).
Temperatures in Tashkent have plummeted to -18C and aren't expected to climb much above -8 during the day.
The Olyroos are running third in the four-team group, two points behind ladder-leading Uzbekistan, but have drawn all three of their games 0-0.
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Journal of Obesity
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 240128, 9 pages
The Clinical Obesity Maintenance Model: An Integration of Psychological Constructs including Mood, Emotional Regulation, Disordered Overeating, Habitual Cluster Behaviours, Health Literacy and Cognitive Function
1School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1747, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
2School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, 34 Botany Street, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
Received 1 November 2012; Accepted 8 January 2013
Academic Editor: Emilio Gutierrez Garcia
Copyright © 2013 Jayanthi Raman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Psychological distress and deficits in executive functioning are likely to be important barriers to effective weight loss maintenance. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, in the light of recent evidence in the fields of neuropsychology and obesity, particularly on the deficits in the executive function in overweight and obese individuals, a conceptual and theoretical framework of obesity maintenance is introduced by way of a clinical obesity maintenance model (COMM). It is argued that psychological variables, that of habitual cluster Behaviors, emotional dysregulation, mood, and health literacy, interact with executive functioning and impact on the overeating/binge eating behaviors of obese individuals. Second, cognizant of this model, it is argued that the focus of obesity management should be extended to include a broader range of maintaining mechanisms, including but not limited to cognitive deficits. Finally, a discussion on potential future directions in research and practice using the COMM is provided.


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TAMPA — Students returning to Freedom High today are going directly back to the advanced placement grindstone, despite having missed three days of class this week due to a likely swine flu case at the school.
While today's advanced placement tests in English literature and foreign languages will be rescheduled, all others — including Friday's in U.S. and European history, and a full slate of exams next week — are on. Tests scheduled for today, as well as those missed because of the flu scare, will be made up during the weeks of May 20 and 27. "Testing will resume as scheduled Friday, May 8," reported the school's Web site. "Good luck students!"


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I-Team: State police investigating Tiverton employee
Meeting in executive session Monday night, the Tiverton Town Council discussed allegations against a long time town employee.
Town officials did not identify the worker or specify the complaints.
However, Rhode Island State Police confirm they are investigating the allegations against the employee.
NBC 10 I-Team Reporter Parker Gavigan has learned town maintenance manager Robert Martin is the target of the investigation.
The I-Team has been investigating Martin for two months after receiving information he often worked on his personal property while he was supposed to be working for the town.
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Two children have died of the hand, foot and month (HFMD) disease in southern Binh Phuoc Province over the first six months of 2013, with the second fatality recorded on Tuesday, local health authorities reported.
Dr. To Duc Sinh, director of the provincial Preventive Health Center, yesterday reported that a two-year-old child, Nguyen Le Truc Phuong, in An Phu Commune, Hon Quan District, died of HFMD on June 29, after four days of treatment.
Phuong was hospitalized on June 26 with high fever and month ulcers and was later diagnosed to have HFMD at level 4.
Despite intensive treatment, the child's condition got worse rapidly, leading to death, doctors said.
The first death of HFMD occurred on January 4, when 5-year-old Nguyen Van Soi died in Dak Nhau Commune, Bu Dang District, Dr Sinh said.
Recently, the number of HFMD patients has sharply increased in the province, with about 30 cases per week, Sinh said.
In the first six months of this year, the province had 387 patients, up around 20 percent compared with the same period last year.
The disease is characterized by fever and rash most frequently seen on the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and inside the mouth. In Vietnam the most common strain is Enterovirus 71 (EV-71), which causes sores in the mouth and blisters on the hands and feet.
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Regardless of the type of telescope you have, they are sometimes going to be in positions where the eyepiece is in an awkward position. I personally use a 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain on a fork mount and when looking directly overhead, the eyepiece is low although it's not as bad as a refractor scope would be. The short tube length of the SC helps keep the eyepiece within a relatively small area (The tube length is only around 15" long, but it has a focal length of 2500mm. However, by carefully adjusting the tripods leg length and using an observing chair, I usually don't have any problems. I also have an 8" Newtonian which is better than a refractor as far as eyepiece comfort is concerned. But since the eyepiece is at the front end of the scope instead of the back, there have been times I've had to use a step stool to reach the eyepiece and I'm 6' 2" tall. I've used about every telescope style and mount and for observation, I prefer the SC for mount to anything else.
I've got an equatorial 5 but as I say unless I'm gonna get easier access to the eyepiece it would be pointless swapping.
A doublet.
Gerald - the Newtonians have one big drawback: The eyepiece can end up in really backbreaking positions, depending on if you have an alt-az mount. If you have a GEQ mount you can normally rotate the scope in the mounting rings to get the ep in a good spot for you.
Is your refractor a doublet or a triplet? A 150mm refractor scope could command a fair price, depending on the optics configuration.
I own a 150 refractor. Due to back problems I can no longer comfortably access the eyepiece. I've been thinking of trading it in for a Newtonian. I wonder if anyone's got any experience with the comfort of a Newtonian. Their lining up for a swap but I don't want to end up in the same boat with a lesser scope.
Fantastic close up of comet 67P on ESA's flicker. No news about Philae sadly.
Beautiful Aurora light shows Patricia. I think the one like a rainbow is especially gorgeous. Yellow, green, purple, and blue.
I've never seen any, but would love to.
Patricia, these are beautiful computer wallpapers. They make me want to dance to their rhythms.
Gerald, I like your description of the challenges facing Philae. What an adventure that has been. When I was a kid camping out on the St. Joe River, in northern Idaho, the nights were so clear of dust and light pollution, we thought we could see forever.
I saw them the two years I lived on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. They are beautiful and in some instances, we could read a newspaper or book by their brightness. The brightest I ever saw them was on a camping trip near Fairbanks. They take my breath away. I wonder what it was like to the ancient native population when they saw such sights?
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Ave Maria: Farewell to the flying, five-discipline phenomenon
Three Olympic gold medals, two more at the World Championships, and six crystal globes: that's a career in anyone's language. But as with so much about Maria Hoefl-Riesch, the great German all-rounder who announced her retirement last month at the age of 29, it tells only half the story.
For the rest, you need the snow leopard.
Through a professional career spanning 13 years and 356 World Cup races — 81 podiums, 27 wins, since you asked — writers had plenty of time to pin down Hoefl-Riesch's character, as they gleefully had with most of her rivals. That they singularly failed tells much about this familiar yet elusive figure, who, legend has it, could have excelled in a number of other sports had she wished, and whose intimidating shadow often seemed to cast even farther over her rivals than her striking, all-but-six-foot frame did across the snow.
With five distinct disciplines and three elite strands of competition, identifying the best alpine racers of all time through statistics is a dizzying, somewhat futile exercise. But amidst the sea of conflicting numbers, the elegant symmetry of Maria's career record stands out a mile. Eleven World Cup wins and one crystal globe in the downhill, nine and two in the polar opposite event, the slalom: just how, in the modern era of specialization, could that be possible?
This is only a preview. Read the entirety of 'Ave Maria' in Issue 11 of the digital magazine here.


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England crash out of the World Twenty20 after Sri Lanka defeat
England crashed out of the World Twenty20 after they were blown away by Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga.
Set 170 to win in their decisive Super Eight clash, the defending champions could only manage 150 for nine as they slipped to a 19-run defeat.
Malinga was their chief tormentor with figures of five for 31, the best by any bowler against England in Twenty20 internationals.
West Indies' earlier win against New Zealand – in a thrilling Super Over – meant England had to beat the hosts to reach the semi-finals.
But up against the best limited-overs bowler in the world in Malinga they fell short. The slingy seamer wreaked havoc when he was introduced in the third over of England's chase, taking three wickets in four balls to dismiss Luke Wright , Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales to leave Stuart Broad 's side on 18 for three.
He returned in the 14th over to remove Jos Buttler before finally killing off England's hopes with the dismissal of Samit Patel in the 19th over.
'Malinga showed his class the Indian Premier League pay him millions for,' said skipper Broad. 'He hurt us with those three earlywickets.'
Patel's 67 off 48 balls, after he was promoted up the order following that early collapse, was the only positive for England, whose pre-match preparations were overshadowed by more speculation over Kevin Pietersen's future, being forced to quash reports an announcement would be made today, although a resolution may come by Friday.
The talk was a distraction for England, who made the bold move of dropping Craig Kieswetter and handing the wicketkeeping gloves to Jonny Bairstow.
Patel and Ravi Bopara also came in and Sri Lanka took full of advantage of the uncertainty in the opposition camp by posting 169 for six.
Kieswetter's absence was an attempt to try and stop England's habit of losing early wickets but Malinga ruined those plans.
Patel shared partnerships of 55 with Eoin Morgan and 51 with Graeme Swann to keep the game alive but his dismissal in thepenultimate over was the final nail in England's coffin.


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I'm sitting here at my desk looking at the bills I'm about to pay. So, naturally, to escape reality, I look at the stacks of books climbing up my wall. Each title I see reminds me of a world that I visited, new characters I met, and a variety of emotions I felt. I wish I could ask Katsa from Graceling to take care of my bills for me (and by "take care" I mean KILL EVERYONE).
So, I read Wither by Lauren Destefano like...a year and a half ago. I think it was the second or third YA book I had ever read and I only bought it because Wal-Mart's YA bookshelves we're empty (insert Wal-Mart joke here).
Ok, so this is interesting to me...
I can vividly remember this book. I remember the characters (but not their names), the setting (prison mansion), and the plot/conflict.
Let me repeat: I read this book a year and a half ago. This is key, because I can't even remember my own name most of the time (Aaron Alba? Burrito Bergh?).
What makes a book stick with me? That's what I asked myself. I suppose everyone will answer that differently. For me, the answer is easy: emotions. But not just any emotions. New, strange, intense emotions.
Wither is a weird story to me, but for some reason it stuck. I haven't read the other books in the series, but I can't seem to escape their pull on me. I don't find myself wanting to know what's going to happen to the main character, I find myself wanting to revisit whatever it was I that felt when I read Wither. And I honestly don't know what I felt.
Is that weird?
Should I get professional help?
Should I go to Chipotle and order extra guacamole to help me cope with this confusion?
I don't generally ask questions on this blog, but I'm curious to see if anyone can relate.
So, can you? Can you relate? Which book(s)?
Answer or I'm sending Katsa after you.


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CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. was pretty proud of the brisket he made for his family for Mother's Day.
Except for one problem. It was gone that night.
"Everybody loved it and we didn't have any left," Earnhardt said. "That was fun. … My mom wants me to do that over the holidays now.
"But we are going to cook two next time so we will have some leftovers, because we could have really used some brisket that next day."
— Tonight: Sprint Showdown, 7:46 ET; All-Star Race, 9 ET | Carl Edwards on pole
Earnhardt, who has said he watches cooking shows and now has a passion for cooking, said he texted celebrity barbecue chef Myron Mixon, whose recipe he used.
"I don't know if that was pot luck, or I had a good recipe to go by for sure," Earnhardt said. "So I enjoyed that. I never really slow cooked. We started at nine o'clock in the morning and we ate at six."
Actually, he started it when he got home from the race the night before at Darlington.
"It's something that when I got home from the Darlington race, I injected the brisket that night and put it in the refrigerator so we had been working on it all night and all the next day," Earnhardt said.
"It was good and I am ready to do it again."
— Legend of The Intimidator: Dale Earnhardt memory lives on at Charlotte track
Earnhardt's sister, Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, tweeted last Sunday about how good the food was.
"The brisket and food was excellent at Dale's tonight!" she tweeted. "He doesn't know it but he's going to be the holiday cook from now on!"