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Recipes for the Weekend
Whether you're escaping to the beach this weekend or not, celebrate the heat wave with these seaside inspired dishes
Picture courtesy of Great British Chefs
Whether you've been tempted to try your luck at one of Britain's great beaches this weekend or not, there's no better season than summer to sample the fresh, light fish dishes our isles have to offer. Create something special with Nigel Mendham's confit pollock with cauliflower, cockles and permesan and Josh Eggleton's traditional fish and chips and scallop pops.
Nigel Mendham's confit pollock with cauliflower, cockles and parmesan
This confit pollock recipe makes a scintillating starter to serve up at your most extravagant dinner parties. The recipe uses three different types of cauliflower to brighten the plate and give depth of flavour. Not to worry if you can't get three different types you can use just the one.
Serves 12 as a main course
Cooking time: 2hrs 55 mins
Pollock loin
1kg of pollock loin, pin-boned and skinned
50g of rock salt
50g of sugar
250ml of water
1 bay leaf
1 sprig of fresh thyme
4 white peppercorns
300g of cockles
1 carrot, peeled and cut into 1cm dice
2 celery sticks, cut into 1cm dice
1 shallot, peeled and cut into 1cm dice
1 star anise
4 white peppercorns
1 bay leaf
200ml of dry white wine
White cauliflower
1 cauliflower
200g of unsalted butter
300ml of vegetable stock
80ml of double cream
Purple cauliflower
1 purple cauliflower
100ml of chardonnay vinegar
100g of sugar
Romanesco cauliflower
1 romanesco, broken into florets
100g of unsalted butter
Parmesan gel
100g of Parmesan, grated
200ml of water
12g of ultratex
To plate
Celery cress
Parmesan, finely grated
Hand blender
Sous vide equipment
1. Starting with the cockles; thoroughly wash and scrub them under cold water. Get rid of any that are broken. If any have their shells open, lightly tap them; if they don't close, discard.
2. Put a pan on a medium heat, add a dash of oil. When it is hot, put in the celery and carrot, cooking until they are lightly coloured. Add the shallot, allow them to caramelise, but be careful not to let them burn.
3. When the vegetables are nicely caramelised add the herbs and spices, cook for 1-2 minutes and stir occasionally. Add the wine and bring it up to the boil, finally adding the cockles. Cover the pan quickly with a lid. Leave the cockles to steam for approx. 4 minutes until they have opened, shake the pan as they are cooking.
4. Tip the contents of the pan in to a colander, strain away the liquid. Discard any cockles that haven't opened. Remove the meat from the shells, set them aside in the fridge until needed.
5. Prepare the white cauliflower by getting rid of any outer green leaves and the base of the stem. Break up the cauliflower into bit-sized florets.
6. Put the butter into a heavy-based pan. When the butter is foaming add the cauliflower florets with a pinch of salt. Cover and cook them on a low heat until they are tender. Ensure the cauliflower doesn't take on any colour.
7. Reduce the vegetable stock in another pan, roughly down to half. Add the double cream, bring up to boil then remove from the heat.
8. Put the tender cauliflower into a blender with half of the cream mixture. Blitz until it is smooth, slowly adding the rest of the liquid, aiming to achieve the thick puree consistency. Move to a pan, season to taste with salt. Cover with a lid and leave on the side.
9. For the purple cauliflower; add the sugar and vinegar to a pan and bring to the boil. Take off the heat and leave to cool. Thinly slice the purple florets and add to the sugar and vinegar solution, allowing to lightly pickle for 30 seconds.
10. Drain the liquid away from the purple cauliflower and put to one side. The liquid can be reserved or frozen for use in other home-made pickling if desired.
11. For the romanesco cauliflower; finely grate 200g of the cauliflower florets. Put the butter into a heavy-based pan, once it is foaming add in the grated cauliflower. 12. Cook these on a high heat for 30 seconds. Drain off the excess butter, season and put to one side until needed.
13. To make the parmesan gel put the parmesan and water in a pan and bring to the boil. Take off the heat and leave to infuse for 30 minutes, dependant on the strength of the cheese.
14. Pass it through a sieve and add the ultratex. Blitz with a hand blender until the gel has thickened. Season with salt and transfer to a squeezy bottle.
15. For the curing mix for the pollock; mix all of the marinade ingredients together. Cover the pollock loin in the mix before wrapping firmly in clingfilm. Marinate for 20 minutes.
16. 20 minutes later, rinse the pollock loin under cold water. Pat dry with kitchen towel. Cut up the pollock into 80g pieces. Wrap in clingfilm then seal tightly in a vac pac bag. This will make sure the fish holds its shape.
17. Place the vac pac bag of fish into the water bath. Make sure the fish has been fully submerged. Set it at 54°C for 14 minutes. Remove the pollock and set to one side in a warm place.
18. To serve; place a portion of confit pollock onto each plate. Quenelle the cauliflower puree and arrange around the fish to form a triangle.
19. Scatter the Romanesco cauliflower, pickled purple cauliflower, cockles and the grated parmesan in a circle around the pollock. Drizzle the parmesan gel around the edges of the plate, garnishing with celery cress and serve immediately.
Recipe courtesy of Great British Chefs. Visit their site for more sustainable fish recipes.
Picture courtesy of Great British Chefs
Josh Eggleton's traditional fish and chips
Fish and chips are a quintessentially British meal. In this recipe haddock is coated in a marvellous beer batter accompanied with tartare sauce, crushed peas and chunky potato chips. This recipe is full of flavour and you won't have to queue at the chippie!
Serves 4 as a main course
Cooking time 45mins
4 x 170g haddock fillets
100g of plain flour, seasoned
Fish batter
200g of plain flour
150ml of lager beer
5g of salt
5g of pepper
150ml of ale
5g of mild curry powder
Crushed peas
2 banana shallots, diced
1 garlic clove, crushed
50g of butter
400g of peas
3 eggyolks
200ml of pomace oil
100ml of nut oil
1 tsp of English mustard
½ garlic clove, crushed
½ garlic clove, roasted
1 dash of lemon juice
Black pepper
6 Desiree potatoes
1.5l of groundnut oil
1 pinch of rock salt
Lemon tartare sauce:
2 shallots, diced
1 egg, hard boiled
50g of cornichons
50g of capers
10g of tarragon
1 lemon, zested
Deep fat fryer
1. Ensure you buy the right fish, checking it has no scales when you buy it. Smaller fish works well for fish and chips as you get more texture from the batter.
2. Begin by making the batter; combine all of the ingredients; flour, lager beer, salt, pepper, ale and curry powder in a bowl. Whisk until it is smooth and as thin as possible so that the batter is light.
3. For the mayonnaise; make sure all the ingredients are at the same temperature. Add the egg yolks to a blender along with the mustard and garlic. Blend this for 30 seconds.
4. While the blender is on, add both the oils very slowly. This is critical to creating an emulsion with the oil and the egg mixture. Once the emulsion has formed you can add the rest of the oil in a slow steady stream. If it becomes too thick, use lemon juice and a tablespoon of water to thin it out again.
5. Once all the oil has emulsified, season to taste with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
6. For the tartare sauce; chop up the herbs, cornichons and the capers. Grate in a hardboiled egg; add the diced shallots and the mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
7. For the crushed peas; sweat the garlic and shallots in a pan with the butter. Add the peas and toss them in the butter.
8. Once the peas are mostly soft, add to a blender and pulse for 10 seconds. Return the mushy peas to the pan to keep warm.
9. For the chips; cut and peel the potatoes into even-sized batons, making sure they aren't too thin. Run them under cold water to remove any starch. Drain well and pat dry with an absorbent cloth.
10. Heat the oil, groundnut is preferable, in a deep fat fryer to 130°C. Fry the chips in the oil for about 7-8 minutes until they are soft. Lift them out of the oil and drain.
11. Reheat the oil to 180°C. Return the chips to the oil, and keep them cooking until they are crispy and brown. Drain them again and season with rock salt. Put to one side, keeping them warm, while you are cooking the fish.
12. Set the deep fat fryer to 180°C. Coat the fish in the seasoned plain flour, pat off any excess. Dip the floured fish into the batter, remove and allow most of the batter to run off the fish. You only want it to be lightly coated.
13. Hold each of the fish fillets halfway in the oil for approx. 30 seconds before you lower it the whole way in. This is because if you drop it in straight away it will sink to the bottom and stick.
14. The fish should take about 4 minutes and 30 seconds to cook. Make sure that the batter is golden and crisp. Take the fish out of the fryer and drain thoroughly on some kitchen paper. Leave them in a warm oven to maintain their heat while you cook the rest of the fillets.
15. Serve the fish and chips with the tartare sauce, a wedge of lemon and the mushy peas.
Recipe courtesy of Great British Chefs. Visit their site for more battered fish recipes.
Picture courtesy of Great British Chefs
Josh Eggleton's scallop pops
This fun recipe for scallops also uses the contrasting flavour of delicious bacon. These are perfect to serve as canapés or group several and serve on a plate as a starter. Mischievous, playful and mouthwateringly tasty, these scallop pops will be the talk of any dinner or garden party.
Serves 20 as a starter
Cooking time: 10 minutes
20 scallops
10 slices of smoked dry-cured bacon, cut to the length of the scallop's circumference
25g of unsalted butter
Vegetable oil
Sea salt
Black pepper
1. Wash the scallops well, make sure they are dried off well with a cloth.
2. Lay the thinly sliced bacon onto a chopping board and turn the scallop on its side. Roll and wrap the bacon carefully around the scallop. Secure it through the centre with a cocktail stick, holding the bacon in place. Do this for each scallop.
3. Heat a small amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Season the scallops well. Wait until the pan is hot, sear the scallops on the bacon covered sides. Both the bacon and the scallops need to cook, but the scallops will take longer as they are insulated by the bacon.
4. Once the bacon is cooked, turn the scallops onto one of their exposed sides for 30 seconds. Turn them over to the other side and add in the butter.
5. Baste the scallops in the butter until they are cooked, this shouldn't take more than 4-5 minutes. You will know when scallops are cooked when you prod them you should receive a little resistance, if they are still soft they need more time to cook.
6. When the scallops are cooked, drain on parchment paper. Take out the cocktail sticks and replace with skewers. Season and serve immediately.
Recipe courtesy of Great British Chefs. Visit their site for more scallop recipes.
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TAMPA — On the heels of Bucs left tackle Donald Penn getting his long-awaited contract extension, attention has predictably turned to whether the Bucs have one in store for others — namely linebacker Barrett Ruud.
For the short term, it's becoming clear the answer is no.
How, then, does the club reconcile awarding Penn a $48 million extension while leaving Ruud, the club's leading tackler the past three seasons, to play on a one-year, restricted free agent deal?
It boils down to priorities, and Penn, given his essential role of protecting the quarterback and the fact that he remained unsigned a day before training camp, ranked higher.
"I think in any organization, you have to look at somewhat of a pecking order in terms of what you're going to do for your organization," general manager Mark Dominik said. "We certainly have a lot of excitement about Josh Freeman being our franchise quarterback. Donald Penn's played really well over the last couple years, and we're excited to have him for six more."
Later, Dominik added: "I think every situation is different in the National Football League. At the same time, you can look at it and say this is part of (our) plan. We have a foundation that we really like. It's not just the draft classes from 2009 and 2010. We have players on this football team that we really like."
It remains to be seen how all this will go over with Ruud, the team's 2005 second-round pick out of Nebraska who, for two consecutive days, has uncharacteristically not spoken with reporters.
Coach Raheem Morris says that Ruud, along with other potentially perturbed restricted free agents such as tackle Jeremy Trueblood and running back Cadillac Williams — along with impending free agent guard Davin Joseph — haven't reacted negatively to their lack of contract extensions.
"We're not going to manufacture drama," said Morris, who has a close relationship with Ruud. "With Barrett, he signed his tender, and we've decided to move on — him and myself both. … He understands the process, and he's a grown man. He's handled it.
"I would hate to put words in his mouth. He signed his tender. He's come to work. He's been there in the offseason. He's out there now. He's the leader of the defense. I'm not going to manufacture drama for him because it's so not dramatic for him."
On Friday, Ruud said he supported Penn in his effort to land a new contract, an effort that included Penn staying away from the team all offseason. Ruud used a similar tactic in the summer of 2009, but it did little to jump-start contract talks on an extension as he entered the final season of his rookie deal.
It didn't help that Ruud's performance in 2009 was hurt by the defensive scheme change under coordinator Jim Bates. It was no coincidence Ruud looked quite different in the final six games after Morris took over defensive play-calling and reverted to a style that Ruud was more comfortable with. That disparity is, perhaps, part of what has given the team pause about doing a long-term deal with Ruud.
He and other Bucs seeking long-term commitments can only hope to shine in 2010, and make the choice easy for Dominik and the ownership.
"I don't think (Penn's extension) guarantees anything," Trueblood said. "I just think whenever they have the opportunity to secure somebody, they have to take care of it. You don't know what they're thinking. But you can't care about that."
Veteran center Jeff Faine said a deal such as Penn's can be more of a motivating factor for young players rather than a sore spot. It's an example, he said, of what could await them if they perform well.
"We're happy for him," Faine said. "At the end of the day, especially for the younger guys, when you see a guy sign a long-term deal, that's great for you. It's great for everybody; everybody but the owners."
Will there be more deals? Not now, but maybe later. It all depends on what the candidates for those contracts do in the long term.
"Realistically, you can't do anything without playing well," said Joseph, the club's 2006 first-round pick. "And focusing on training camp one day at a time is going to get me there. (Do) stuff like winning games, fighting; then everything will take care of itself."
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It was almost as if the bad guys were working from a textbook on tyranny. First, security officials arrested a group of signatories to a pamphlet criticizing the performance of the Palestinian Authority. Next, authorities suggested the petitioners were in league with foreign agents. Then, jailers got some of the detainees to backpedal. And finally came the clincher: three masked gunmen approached one of the initiators of the document and pumped three bullets into his foot.
Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, charged with self-rule in parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, has had a poor record on human rights since its inception five years ago. Last week's events solidified that lousy reputation. Still, the P.A. has probably not heard the last from its critics. The offending pamphlet contained the most vehement language yet against the Authority from any mainstream Palestinian group. And despite the crackdown, at least some of the petitioners remain unbowed.
In the leaflet, published at the end of last month, 20 Palestinian professionals and politicians complained that the P.A. was corrupt and that it was "selling out" the homeland in the peace process with Israel. They termed the P.A. "a small group ruling roughly and stealing" and charged that Arafat had "opened the gates for opportunists to spread corruption in the Palestinian street." Arafat's anti-peace opponents, notably from the Islamic group Hamas, have made pointed remarks in unsigned leaflets, but never have such censures been aired by establishment figures willing to sign their names. According to a close aide, Arafat was particularly enraged by the reference to him. "He was furious that he was targeted," said the source.
Rather than achieving a Palestinian state, dismantlement of Jewish settlements on Palestinian land and a just solution for Palestinian refugees, the protesters said the P.A. had delivered such "humiliations" as an expansion of settlements, more land confiscations by Israel and a "conspiracy" against the refugees.
Immediately, security officials jailed nine of the signatories and briefly put another two under house arrest. Dozens more were detained for distributing the leaflet. The remaining nine petitioners were exempt from this kind of retribution because of their membership in the elected Palestinian Council, a kind of legislature with no real power. Later, in a closed meeting of the council, Arafat loyalists proposed rescinding the immunity. That idea was not accepted, but the council did, by a 33 to 8 vote, harshly condemn the signatories, deeming their manifesto "a call to internal sedition and incitement." What's more, the council moved to form a committee to "monitor" the future behavior of members.
Meanwhile, P.A. officials said they were investigating the possibility that the pamphlet was part of a conspiracy engineered by Syria or Iran. "We are defending Palestinian interests," countered legislator Hassan Kreishah, a prominent signatory to the document. "We don't have outside loyalties." As he returned from the council meeting to his home in Nablus in the West Bank, another signatory, Mouawiyah al-Masri, was shot in the foot. He says he managed to lift the mask of one of his assailants and recognized the man as a member of the P.A.'s security forces. Arafat's office promised a thorough investigation. No arrests were made following a similar attack in 1994 on P.A. critic Abdul Sattar Kassem, a political scientist at An-Najah University who was arrested last week as one of the 20 dissidents.
While five of the arrested petitioners, according to their jailers, signed statements saying they did not intend to harm Arafat's name or create internal strife, most of those who remain free are standing their ground. "I am not retreating," said the wounded al-Masri as he checked out of the hospital. "We stand behind every word," said legislator Kreishah. "If there is someone who ought to apologize, it is those who harmed the people." "The contents of the leaflet are public demands," added another legislator, Rawia Shawa, "and we are entitled to express them on behalf of the people."
In the peace negotiations with Israel, Arafat has certainly made many unpopular concessions. Still, polls show a firm majority of Palestinians--75% in a November survey--support the process. On the corruption issue, the petitioners hit a more populist chord. According to a September poll, 71% of Palestinians believe corruption is widespread in P.A. institutions. Arafat's own wife, Suha, frequently complains that the Palestinian leader is surrounded by thieves. In an internal audit in 1997, the P.A. itself concluded that 37% of its budget was wasted or pilfered. After two additional reports on corruption, Arafat promised a cleanup, but his constituents are still waiting for it. Judging by his response to the challenge last week, he remains in an impenitent mood.
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Olathe's Shank wins third 3A state title
DENVER — Olathe's Zach Shank on Saturday became a three-time Class 3A state wrestling champion and the first four-time state finalist in school history.
And he accomplished it with more than the strength derived from waking almost daily for 5 a.m. workouts.
During his 8-0 decision victory over Alamosa's Zach Mahaney in the 132-pound final at Pepsi Center, Shank studied his opponent's patterns, something taught to him by Olathe coach Tee Jay Rose.
By the second period, Shank, who took second his sophomore season, saw a pattern in his opponent: A lunge forward was always followed by a step back and brief stand-up.
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That was five of Shank's points.
"You never know it until you get it," Shank said of catching a rhythm. "I just felt real comfortable throughout the whole match."
The senior (44-0) left high school wrestling having shut out his final opponent and led Olathe to a second-place finish in the team standings with 121.5 points.
Alamosa won the team title with 146.5 points.
Olathe's 113-pounder Trenton Piatt took second after dropping a 7-5 decision to Sheridan's Luis Gurule in the final.
But after Shank's win, Piatt's face loosened to a smile. After all, he and Zach are family: Piatt's older brother Travis, married Shank's mother Jennifer.
And so Step Uncle Trenton, a sophomore, was proud of his nephew.
"We joke around about it," Piatt said. "Like when (Zach) yells at me, I say, 'Respect your uncle.' "
Olathe's Casey Childs (285 pounds) and Wyatt Yarnell (145) won third-place matches.
Yarnell, at 145 pounds, escaped with a 2-1 decision in the third-place match over Lamar's Zeb Harvey.
Childs also scraped by with a one-point win, a 1-0 decision over Mead's Nick Testroet. Childs, 35-6, is a senior.
Jacob Solseth placed fourth for Olathe, dropping a third place match in a 6-4 decision loss to Lamar's Darrick Adame. Solseth had defeated Adame, 4-2, in a Friday quarterfinal.
Olathe freshman Austin Shank was fourth at 106 pounds.
Hotchkiss's Connor Beard scored a 2:13 pin over Highland's Keaton Sameshima. Beard (25-3), a junior, had four pins during the tournament, including a 33-second pin in a consolation match against Holy Family's Daniel Jansen.
After his undefeated season came to an end in a semifinal loss on Friday, Grand Valley's David Witt (43-1) won two consolation matches, ending with a 9-2 decision victory over Mead's Greg Rademacher.


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A man from Kagiso west of Johannesburg hanged and killed his young son before killing himself, police said on Sunday.
Warrant Officer Solomon Sibiya said the incident involving the five-year-old boy occurred on Friday.
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For this article I used the latest development release version 2.9.2, so I will not focus on the stability of the application (although it crashed only once during testing).
Unfortunately, the most important thing for every open-source word processor in this corporate driven world, is interoperability. I tested opening doc and docx files and everything worked as expected. The various elements like bullets, image positions and table formats that sometimes appear incorrectly in such situations were just fine.
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Ok I know that these things are expected, but nothing must be taken for granted in such occasions. This is why I started searching for things that I need and use on LibreOffice no matter how simple they may sound. So I needed to determine Abiword's ability to compare documents, and to offer enough localization (enough meaning at least spell checking ability for any language).
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"The app uploads all video footage as it's being captured to servers owned by the ACLU. Even if the phone is destroyed, the video will survive"
This is a very good idea. It also alerts others within 3 miles (who also have the app) that something is going on.
You know how it is said that an armed society is a polite society? Well, sometimes the "arms" are iPhones.


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Date: 1929. Owned by and picture courtesy of Rob Verdi: Saxophobia.net
Between 1928 and 1930 Conn made a somewhat unusual instrument called a Conn-O-Sax. Research indicates it was introduced in the Fall 1928 issue of Conn's "Musical Truth" magazine. It was keyed in F with a range from low A to High G. Apparently it was an attempt by the Conn company to squeeze some more life out of the diminishing saxophone craze of the 1920's. Some were sold, but it was mostly unsuccesful. The sound (of the instrument pictured above, played by its owner Rob Verdi) sounds (to me) quite mellow.
What Conn said:
The Conn-O-Sax is a cross between a sax and the old heckelphone or baritone oboe. It looks like this now almost obsolete instrument, although made of metal instead of wood, and suggests the heckelphone in tone quality. It plays just like any saxophone, sounds a great deal like the saxophone and is played with an ordinary saxophone mouthpiece.


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Turning the clock back, Virender Sehwag showed his vintage best with a power-packed century as Kings XI Punjab humbled Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs to reach the IPL final for the first time, here today.
Sehwag flattened the CSK attack with a 58-ball 122, which propelled his side to an imposing 226 for six after being invited to bat on a batting paradise at Wankhede stadium..
Sehwag is only the second batsman this season to score a century after Mumbai Indians' Lendl Simmons, who had scored an unbeaten 100 against Punjab only. And this is not first time Sehwag has scored a hundred in IPL, his first coming in 2011 for Delhi Daredevils against Deccan Chargers.
It rained fours and sixes as Sehwag punished the hapless Chennai bowler with utter disdain to smash his way to highest individual score of this season, a magnificent 122.
CSK skipper M S Dhoni shuffled his bowlers around but there was no stopping Sehwag, who entertained the Wankhede crowd with eight sixes and 12 fours in a 58-ball innings.
And it is not first time that Punjab have tormented the Chennai bowlers like this, since their previous highest score (231/4) had also come against the Dhoni-led side.
The hand-eye coordination, which has got Sehwag thousands of runs in international cricket, was at work again. He put on 110 runs for the first wicket with Manan Vohra (34) and flattened the Super Kings bowling attack, which has conceded a score in excess of 200 for the third time in the season to the same opponents.
The swashbuckling opener's pyrotechnics, when everyone expected Glenn Maxwell as the bigger threat, caught the two-time former champions by surprise.
No one was spared by the bespectacled Sehwag who looked unstoppable and completed his ton with a single in the 16th over off only 50 balls, the fastest hundred by any batsman in this IPL season.
Such was Sehwag's domination of the Super Kings bowling that the smart knocks of Vohra, who hit 2 sixes and a four in 31 balls, and David Miller (38 in 19 balls) went into the shade.
Super Kings bled runs as their two lead spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja conceded 44 and 48 runs respectively. Paceman Ashish Nehra was the costliest by giving away 51 runs for the wickets of Sehwag and George Bailey. Mohit Sharma gave away 46 runs while Ishwar Pandey was the only bowler to concede under 40.
The Punjab side then survived carnage from Suresh Raina, who responded with a majestic 25-ball 87, as CSK managed 202 for seven in their chase.
Punjab will now fight it out for the title with Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday in Bangalore.
No team had ever chased a 227-run target in T20 history but Raina came up with an extraordinary knock which stunned the Punjab side and turned the match on its head.
Raina raced to second fastest fifty in IPL in just 16 balls when he lifted Sandeep Sharma over covers for a six.
In six overs, CSK were unbelievably placed at 100 for two with Raina batting on 87 from 25 balls with 84 of them coming in boundaries, 12 fours and six awe-inspiring sixes.
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Mr. Skin goes with three hard-to-argue selections for his best TV series nekkidness: Orange is the New Black, featuring the topless goodness of Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling, Game of Thrones with the ta-ta's of Rose Leslie and Emilia Clarke, and in the number one spot, and Masters of Sex starring the hot nekkid body of Lizzy Caplan. Three outstanding boob tube serials of this past year providing more delicious skin than you're likely to find in any cineplex. Enjoy.
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They'll tolerate a lot in the "Big Brother" house -- and apparently, that includes racism and homophobia. Despite making offensive comments on the show's 24/7 feed, contestants GinaMarie Zimmerman and Aaryn Gries will be staying on the show.
They will not, however, be staying at their real-life jobs once the show is over.
According to TMZ, Zimmerman was employed with East Coast USA Pageant Inc. before joining "Big Brother" as a contestant. At least, until she was seen on the "Big Brother" live feeds referring to welfare as "n----r insurance." (Seriously. She said that. Out loud.) Unsurprisingly, her employers were not happy.
"We have never known this side of GinaMarie or have ever witnessed witnessed such acts of racism in the past," a pageant spokesperson told TMZ. "We are actually thankful that the show let us see GinaMarie for who she truly is. We would never want her to be a role model to our future contestants."
But she wasn't the only one to cross the line. Hours before, "Big Brother" houseguest Aaryn Gries was fired from her modelling agency after calling a gay contestant "queer," telling Asian-American contestant Helen to "go make some rice," and then saying about African-American contestant Candice, "Be careful what you say in the dark, you might not be able to see that b----."
Nope. Awful. And CBS -- according to a statement -- agrees. Sort of.
"'Big Brother' is a reality show about watching a group of people who have no privacy 24/7 -- and seeing every moment of their lives," the network told TV Guide. "At times, the Houseguests reveal prejudices and other beliefs that we do not condone. We certainly find the statements made by several Houseguests on the live Internet feed to be offensive. Any views or opinions expressed in personal commentary by a Houseguest appearing on 'Big Brother,' either on any live feed from the House or during the broadcast, are those of the individual(s) speaking and do not represent the views or opinions of CBS or the producers of the program."
OK, well, that's kind of understandable. Except that if the show is so adamantly against what Zimmerman and Gries had to say, why weren't their comments included in the actual "Big Brother" broadcast? While they were caught on the live stream (which viewers have to pay to watch), the comments were edited out of the actual episode.
In fact, this has happened before in 2011, when houseguest Jeff Schroeder went on a homophobic rant while discussing "Harry Potter," stressing how wrong it is to send kids to a "fantasy camp" run by a gay man. (That would be Dumbledore. A fictional character.) In that case, too, CBS stated that they "certainly [found] the statements made by several of the Houseguests on the live Internet feed to be offensive" -- despite also editing Schroeder's bigoted comments out of the show. They certainly had practice: in 2009, they did the same thing, editing out another one of Schroeder's homophobic rants (this time, he referred to houseguest Jesse as a "f-g," "b---h," and "f------g homo f----t"). In fact, CBS frequently brought Schroeder back on "Big Brother" and even went on to cast him on "The Amazing Race," which seems to indicate that the network wasn't that unhappy about his comments.
What gives? If we're supposed to see the best and the worst of the "Big Brother" houseguests, shouldn't we see these hateful sides of their personalities? If they're going to take accountability for their strategies and hook-ups, they should be taking accountability for their racism and homophobia, too.
And at what point does the series begin drawing the line? Do they really want to be known for housing homophobes and racists? Is "Big Brother" really about tolerating bigotry? And would the show really lose its audience if it followed the lead of two zero tolerance modelling agencies?
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A host of reinterpretations of popular characters and stories could be coming to screens soon. Among those in the works, include "The Carrie Diaries," which brings to life the teenage years of sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw, a reimagined "Hannibal" with the fresh-faced FBI agent William Graham, and a gender-bending "Sherlock Holmes". Also in the works are two "Beauty and the Beast" remakes.
Here's a rundown of what to keep your eye out for, as Access looks at five popular reboots coming soon…
"Sex and The City" vs."The Carrie Diaries"
Then: In 1998, "Sex and The City" (inspired by Candace Bushnell's New York Observer columns, and later, her book) became an instant success for HBO, spotlighting "it" girl Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) as she dove heart first into her romantic relationships. The girly friendships of Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristen Davis) and Carrie, combined with their love life ups and downs, became must-see TV and helped mold the ladies' stilettos into the cement of pop culture history. The successful show even spawned two big screen films, and constant rumors about a third.
Now: In "The Carrie Diaries," currently in pilot form for The CW, AnnaSophia Robb is bringing to life a youthful Carrie Bradshaw during her late high school years in the 1980s. The new version will document the teen, as she's raised by her father (following the death of her mother). Fans will also meet Carrie's sister, Dorrit, played by "Running Wilde's" Stefania Owen. The CW has picked up the pilot and ordered the show to series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Red Dragon" vs. "Hannibal"
Then: In 2002, Edward Norton brought to life Will Graham, the once retired FBI agent who sought the help of imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in the hunt for another deeply disturbed serial killer, known as "The Tooth Fairy." The "Silence of the Lambs" prequel was based on a novel of the same name by author Thomas Harris.
Now: British actor Hugh Dancy ("Confessions of a Shopaholic") is stepping into the role of a younger Will Graham, before he left the FBI. The 13-episode series, coming to NBC, will focus on Will while he was still under the mentorship of Dr. Hannibal Lecter (before anyone found out the academic was into fava beans with a side of human). NBC has yet to confirm who will play the iconic Hannibal Lecter. At their upfront presentation, NBC announced the series would be debut mid-season.
"Sherlock Holmes" vs. "Elementary"
Then: Sherlock Holmes is one of the most popular characters in Hollywood history, and the role holds the Guiness Book of World Records record for being the Most Played Detective on television. In fact, he's been played by more than 30 actors across worldwide small screens, including, most recently on the PBS hit, which features Benedict Cumberbach (as title character Sherlock) and Martin Freeman (Dr. Watson) and commences its second season this May. Additionally, in 2009, "Sherlock Holmes" became an action packed film, helmed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Robert Downey Jr. as the eccentric detective, alongside Jude Law as Dr. John Watson. It was so popular on the big screen, a sequel — "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" — was released in 2011.
Now: Former "Dexter" baddie and previous star of the short-lived ABC drama "Eli Stone," Brit Jonny Lee Miller has assumed the Sherlock guise for "Elementary," for CBS. Jonny plays a post-rehab detective who helps the NYPD with various cases, TV Guide previously reported. Lucy Liu transforms from "Southland" Officer Jessica Tang to female sidekick Joan Watson, while Aidan Quinn will play NYPD Captain Gregson, per Deadline. CBS announced the show was picked up for series at their Upfront Presentation in NYC and will air Thursday nights in the fall.
1980s "Beauty and The Beast" vs. "Beauty and The Beast"
Then: After going gun-to-gun with "The Terminator" in 1984, actress Linda Hamilton continued a new crusade for humanity three years later, as Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler, in CBS' "Beauty and the Beast," with help from Ron Perlman as Vincent (the Beast). Lasting just three seasons, the show had romance, drama and a secretive community that lived under the city.
Now: Few details are currently available about The CW's reboot of the late 1980s show, but "Smallville's" Kristin Kreuk has been cast as Catherine, a female cop. Opposite of Kreuk, Australian important Jay Ryan plays an Afghanistan war vet that evolves into the "beast" when upset. The Hollywood Reporter announced The CW pilot has been picked up and ordered to series along with "First Cut," "Cult" and the "The Carrie Diaries."
Disney's "Beauty and The Beast" vs. "Beauty and The Beast"
Then: It may have been a, "tale as old as time," but in 1991, Disney brought to life the animated feature "Beauty and the Beast" — a charming reimagining of the ages old fairytale. Transformed into a children's classic, complete with talking household cooking and cleaning utensils, Belle was wooed by the Beast, fell in love, broke the curse that made him the beast and they lived "happily ever after."
Now: Like they did for the Snow White tale with "Once Upon A Time," ABC (owned by Disney) is reimaging "Beauty and the Beast," making Irish actress Ruth Bradley the tough Princess Grace. Darius Campbell (a former contestant of Season 1 of "Pop Idol" in the UK, the show that spawned "American Idol") is playing the mysterious beast, Shiro, per the Irish Film & Television Network. Alan Dale, formerly of "Lost" and Prince Charming's adopted dad (by force) on "OUAT," will play Emperor Dorian, according to Variety. The network has yet to announce a premiere date.


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Ben Zobrist Quietly Puts Up Elite Numbers
The quiet unassuming Ben Zobrist had another fantastic season with the Rays which included being named to the All-Star Team.
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Zobrist once again was a force in the Rays lineup posting a triple slash line of .275/.354/.402 with a wOBA of .334 and a wRC+ of 115. He added 12 home runs, 77 RBI, and stole 11 bases. Fangraphs.com credited him with 5.8 wins above replacement (WAR) which ties him for 10th in the American League with Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Along with the offensive punch he provided solid and versatile defense. He started 117 games at 2b, 26 in the outfield, and 11 at shortstop. He had a .993 fielding percentage at 2b (best in AL and franchise record), a zone rating (UZR/150) of 14.7, and set a club record by playing 81 straight errorless games at second base (May 11th to August 30th).
By appearing in 157 games he became the first Rays player to appear in 150 or more games for 5 consecutive season (2009-2013). He is also the longest tenured Rays player and the last of the remaining "Devil Rays" squads. His 1376.2 innings played in 2013 tied Delmon Young (2007) for the team record.
He led the Rays in hits (168), on-base percentage (.354), game tying and go-ahead RBI (28), and multi-hit games (49).
2014 Projections:
There are several mathematical projection models and several have including Pecota, ZiPs, Oliver, & Steamer are provided in the table below. Fangraphs sabermetric library goes into more detail on the different systems (LINK).
Pecota was developed by Nat Silver and is released via Baseball Prospectus and is an acronym for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm.
Oliver was created by Brian Cartwright and is available at The Hardball Times. It's a comparatively simple projection system – using weighted averages of the past three seasons of data, and adjusting for aging and regression
ZiPS was created by Dan Szymborski and is available at the Baseball Think Factory. The ZiPS projections uses weighted averages of four years of data (three if a player is very old or very young).
Steamer projections were created by Jared Cross, Dash Davidson, and Peter Rosenbloom and are available at Steamerprojections.com.
He will turn 33 this May but don't look for much of a drop in performance over what he has done in the past. He has been able to avoid injury while maintaining a solid eye for the strikezone. A decrease in power may be expected but should be balanced with a higher on-base percentage as he cuts his swing down and focuses on making solid contact.
Last 3 Years:
Many of the projection models use the data from the past three seasons in their forecast.
Many players are better in one role or another. When a player has a significant gap against either right handed pitchers or left handed pitchers he usually will find himself in a platoon role. Besides being a premier defender at multiple positions he is also a switch hitter who, with the exception of 2013 versus left handed pitching, performs well from both sides of the plate.
Personal Notes:
His wife, Julianna, is a christian alternative recording artist. Last year she sang God Bless America during Game 3 of the ALDS between the Rays and Red Sox.
Twitter account: @thezobrist
Website: thezobrists.com
Instagram: TheZobrists
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Rick Porcello Hits Zobrist In Retaliation For Miguel Cabrera ALMOST Getting Hit:
July 10th Zobrist walk-off single to send Rays to 4-3 victory over Twins in 13 innings.


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West Xtra: OLSH grad uses summer league to prepare for Pitt careerJuly 31, 2014 12:00 AM
With his team locked in a tie game at the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Pro-Am Summer League, Cameron Johnson went about his work.
An Our Lady of the Sacred Heart graduate, this Pitt freshman-to-be had the ball near midcourt, staring down his defender -- Panthers teammate Joshua Ko -- with each movement. Gradually, Johnson steadily proceeded forward, alternating hands with each dribble until he got to the 3-point line, where he quickly picked the ball up and, with Ko lunging at him, calmly rattled home a shot.
In no more than a handful of months, such a situation would be drastically different.
Instead of backing down a 6-foot-1, 150-pound walk-on from Hawaii in the first half of a summer exhibition game, Johnson will be trying it against an Atlantic Coast Conference defender in a game of much greater consequence while representing a team trying to get to the NCAA tournament for the 13th time in 14 seasons.
Short of guessing, it's impossible to predict how he will fare in such a moment. But, for the time being, his prospects look bright.
Not even a few months removed from graduating high school, Johnson has used this summer as a launching point, displaying the kind of skill and production that could make him a contributor for the Panthers in his first season of college basketball.
Johnson averaged 19.6 points per game while making 53.8 percent of his shots in seven games at the pro-am this summer, the kind of numbers that earned him the league's newcomer of the year honor.
"I'd say the summer as a whole has gone pretty well," he said. "I expected it to go well and it's lived up to those expectations. I expected to get used to the system a little bit at Pitt, playing against some older guys and getting experience."
This summer success has represented the most recent step in what has been a whirlwind year for Johnson.
After playing point guard for much of his career, he grew 5 inches from the end of his junior season to the beginning of his senior season to reach his current 6-foot-7 stature. That growth spurt forced Johnson -- whose father, Gil, played at Pitt from 1988-90 -- to develop a post game to complement his guard skills. That's not saying it didn't come without inherent positives.
"Height has its advantages," he said. "It allows me to get my shot off easier, take smaller guys to the post and things like that. It's definitely helped me."
His newfound frame allowed Johnson to have an explosive senior season, one in which he increased his scoring by 10 points per game to 26.9, the second-highest mark of any WPIAL player.
After holding offers from the likes of Bryant, Marist and Toledo, bigger college programs took notice, a change that culminated when Johnson verbally committed to Pitt in late April.
Since arriving on campus, Johnson has worked hard on not only his game, but also one of the few downsides to his spike in height -- filling out a body that was barely taller than 6 feet about one year ago.
Johnson said he has gained 15 pounds since the end of his high school season, a gain that has partially been spurred by a more stringent weight-lifting routine.
"It was definitely an adjustment," he said. "This is my 11th week, I think, so I'm getting used to it."
Following his standout performance this summer, questions naturally shift to Johnson's debut college season and how he fits into Pitt's plans in its second year in the ACC. Though Johnson said that the coaches haven't given him an exact idea of what his role will be, he said he expects to play primarily at the shooting guard spot, as well as at small forward.
One thing is for certain, though -- Johnson is ready for what awaits, the kind of challenges that extend far beyond sinking 3-pointers in a summer league.
"It'll be fun," he said, smiling. "It'll be fun for sure."
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Discussion in 'Men's Health Forum' started by sade, Jun 21, 2011.
Is anyone on it? What levels does it boost your Test too?
You are a Veteran!!! Use the Search feature - http://forum.mesomorphosis.com/mens...placement-therapy-testosterone-134296029.html
There are many more. It would be nice to hear from anyone with a new experience.
Thanks. I'm going to ask for that if I don't get Testim because I down't think Test E shots every couple of weeks will be enough to satisfy my pituitarys demand without shutting down more than half of my natural T production.
I'm tired of slathering 10 grams of Testim on my chest daily. I wish my doc would consider injections. I'm thinking I may just buy some HG Test E after my next bloodwork and administer it in normal dosages. Then when I get my next bloodwork done (and hopefully it's normal and I like it better than Testim) say AHAA I'm on injectables! Get out your Rx pad!
Edited: lost track of the topic. I'd love to see some more info on it, because it's not common here in Canada yet.
Saru's T levels were still in the 700's at week 7 after the injection which is pretty good. The doc did mention giving me this every 10 week but I want Testim. I'm hoping they'll prescribe me that instead.
Why would you want the Testim? I finally managed to get to the upper level of normal using (Dr Rx) 10 grams a day. It's a sticky mess. I was only around 600 on 7.5. I told him I felt good on 10 g, and I'd just as soon stay on that dose unless I have issues. The only thing that's been problematic is the occasional outburst of acne - but not enough to make me drop the dose down.
If you told me I could have 700 with a bi-monthly injection I'd be all over it like a dirty sock.
I want Testim because it'll provide more stable blood levels of T. The doc wants to give me 250mg Test E every 2 or 3 weeks and I think this is bad idea because at the end of week 2 I'll feel like shit again. I want my levels to be stable.
What are your baseline T levels? I thought you run T levels at the upper range of normal.
I agree the recommended TRT is poor.
Lowest is 633 and this is after staying awake for 24hrs, no idea what LH score was. Highest is 879 and my LH was at 9.3. My LH does drop down with higher T levels, though it was 13.0 in April when my T was around 750.
The question becomes what is the reason for TRT? It does not compute!
Are you planning on a seminal analysis?
It won't shut me down like other men because of my mutant androgen receptor. If I'm already producing around 800 ng/dl naturally then taking something like Testim will provide me with an extra 600 ng/dl and this will be added on the 800 I'm already producing so my levels will be around 1400 ng/dl on the Testim or Nebido.
You are 100% WRONG!!! Where did you hear such trash? LMAO
Love the attitude. Go Scally!
The truth is that, while Sade's numbers may be off, he is essentially correct. The greater the degree of insensitivity to androgens, the less the HPT suppression from T administration.
Here's an example that makes it pretty clear: Response to Androgen Treatment in a Patient with Partial Androgen Insensitivity and a Mutation in the Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Binding Domain of the Androgen Receptor
This guy has partial androgen insensitivity syndrome, which is a more severe kind of androgen insensitivity than mild androgen insensitivity syndrome. He started off with LH that was around 21 IU / L, and T that was around 460 ng / dL. His doctor gave him 250 mg of T enanthate per week. Did he shut down? After being on this treatment for a solid 3.5 years, his LH came down to 9, and his T was up to around 1000. In other words, no, he didn't shut down, and yes, the supplemental T did have an additive effect.
(Didn't you cite this paper last year? Did you read it? If you're going to laugh at someone else's expense, you might want to check your facts first.)
I am well familiar with the paper. You obviously did not read nor understand the paper. In the paper, the patient's HPTA is suppressed while on TE. The TE replace the endogenous production while raising the T level. They were NOT additive. The patient's endogenous T production decreased, probably significantly.
We are not discussing post TRT!
That is the question ...
Further, you FAIL to even argue the point that sade was making. It is not a question of HPTA shutdown. It is what t level he will have on TRT. It is NOT additive. This is an entirely separate concept than the paper. As an added query, what exactly will be the treatment goal? From sade's other thread - http://forum.mesomorphosis.com/mens-health-forum/for-the-skeptics-read-134308427.html - androgens do not appear to be the solution. In fact, I believe sade has been on TRT. Regardless, I wish sade the best, but this TRT (250 MG Q 2-3 WEEKS) will not do a thing.
[BTW: You did NOT answer my post on your treatment! I suppose you are on Testim 5 GM and it elevated your T!]
Here we go again. You still have a bad attitude Scally. It is this bad attitude that stops you from learning what you don't already know.
The truth is that, regardless of any injections this guy is getting, his balls are going to produce T if there is LH to stimulate T production. Despite the fact that he's getting 250 mg injections of T per week, he's still producing lots of LH, and thus he's still producing T.
Unless his balls magically know to ignore the LH because he's getting an injection of T, then they are going to do as the LH tells them to do, and will produce T.
The assays that measure the T in his blood don't distinguish between endogenous and exogenous T, they just measure T, period. Thus, his T measurements are going to include both the T that his balls made, as stimulated by his LH, as well as the T from the injection.
So I'm sorry to tell you, but you are just plain wrong.
And as far as the Kryptocur thread is concerned, it seems that you've recently adopted my viewpoint. It's odd that you would try to call it Krap and yet you are espousing it:
(Your previous opinion, from the Kryptocur thread at http://forum.mesomorphosis.com/steroid-forum/kryptocur-completely-prevent-hpg-134305389.html):
(Your more recent opinion, from http://forum.mesomorphosis.com/steroid-forum/gnrh-lhrh-vs-triptorelin-134307657.html):
Man, you are so full of shit, its not even funny.
Check the table again. His numbers are while ON TRT, not post TRT (rows 2 and 3 are With Rx):
Note the footnotes.
You can try and pull together disparate threads and misquote all you wish, but I am writing this and I have NOT changed my opinion for your Kryptocur Krap. The reality that NOBODY uses this "treatment' is enough that it has no evidentary basis. And it will NOT work. Why are you misrepresenting my opinion?
Again, it is not a question of T production. The T level is NOT additive. And the HPTA will be suppressed when the level reaches higher than his set point, which will be soon after his injection. The data will prove this point.
What about your treatment? You are avoiding discussing your Testim treatment!!! I suppose this raised your T levels. How is your TRT working.
The proof will be in the results. I feel for sade since this TRT will be ineffective. And from the letter it is clear the physician feels the same.
Are you reading the table!
96 hours (4 days) after 250 MG TE. This is when one expects the peak or very near!!! The levels in anyone from TE 250 MG will be close to or above 1000 ng/dL. Are you trying to say that 250 MG TE is adding ONLY 600-800 ng/dL at this point (I recall a ~450 ng/dL baseline - see table.)? The LH is suppressed. It is NOT producing the same as with NO TE. It is NOT additive.
FWIW: This patient received weekly injections. sade is scheduled for every 2-3 weeks.
Wow, I don't know what to say. An LH of 9 is an indication of HPT shutdown according to you, eh? And you imply that the body is not producing any T in response to this LH of 9?? Are you for real?
Of course he's producing T. Do you seriously dispute this? Of course he is not shut down.
How was Sade wrong in his original post? He's posted quite frequently that he intends to use a tube of Testim per day, and that he expects that this will not shut him down (and that it may not even be enough to bring his LH down to the level that he desires).
But you thought it was appropriate to laugh at him! You have no basis for doing so!
You really should check your attitude. More often than not, you are the one that ends up looking foolish.
I did not say shutdown, I said suppression. Regardless, it is semantics. The endogenous T production will be decreased. And this is in someone with proven AIS, far more severe than you or sade (should he have it checked). You are looking the FOOL. Keep It Up.
I initially thought I would comment on your posts, but it is too overwhelming to try and keep up since half is KRAP. I will take my evidence. The members can decide for themselves.
How is the Kryptocur Krap working out!
Please, anyone, help Structure prove his Kryptocur Krap. He is looking for guinea pigs, I mean volunteers.
And, what about your Testim TRT!!! Why are you not providing any details?
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So post some songs you workout to!
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Jordin Sparks.
Beastie Boys, White Stripes, some Lil Wayne, random hip hop songs, techno, rock like Buckcherry (Crazy Bitch is always good haha), Blink 182, Nickelback etc, OAR, The Darkness... idk random stuff
anything that I'm feeling at the time and has a decent beat!
Anything high energy and random and silly. I don't like to work out to music that I, you know, genuinely like.
All awesome work out songs!
Lately I've been listening to Rihanna and TI- Live your life, Kevin Rudlph- Let it rock, Kings of Leon- Sex on fire, Cascada- A few different songs... Also a lot of the oder stuff on my ipod... but would take too long to list.
Danity Kane
buckcherry-crazy bitch
roy ones- cant be touched
archie eversol- we ready
remmeber the name- fort minor
nelly-heart of a champion
nelly- here comes the boom
boom by pod
eminem- till i collapse
Will Smith - Switch
no doubt- im just a girl
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My current work out playlist:
Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
1985 - Bowling For Soup
Getting Out - Every Avenue
One More Song - Every Avenue
Nothing - Every Avenue
Where Were You - Every Avenue
Body Bag - Hit The Lights
Lying Is The Most A Girl Can Have Without Taking Off Her Clothes - Panic At The Disco
Teenagers -My Chemical Romance
Break It Out - The Rocket Summer
So What - Pink
Guilty Pleasure - Cobra Starship
Please Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
It's Warmer In The Basement - Cobra Starship
Shake It - Metro Station
It's All The Rage - Hit The Lights
The Girls A Straight Up Hustler - All Time Low
Six Feet Under The Stars - All Time Low
Shameless - All Time Low
Break Out Break Out - All Time Low
The Party Scene - All Time Low
Pon De Replay - Rihanna
20 Hour Drive - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
My Moves Are White [White Hot, That Is] - Cobra Starship
Jamie All Over - Mayday Parade
Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings
Stay Young - We The Kings
Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
The City Is At War - Cobra Starship
Womanizer and Circus- Britney Spears
Shake It and Seventeen Forever- Metro Station
The Naked Song- American Affair
Taken' Over The World and When I Grow Up- *****cat Dolls
Poker Face and Just Dance- Lady Gaga
Sneakernight- Vanessa Hudgens
Single Ladies- Beyonce
Anything by Rihanna.
Really anything that's fast paced and makes you wanna dance around.
Call on me! By whatshisface.
Lots of stuff by The Killers has a great beat, I like to listen to is when I run.
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The New Workout Plan - Kanye West
Really old stuff- Backstreet boys, Spice Girls, Hilary Duff's first album
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We've already covered two of this week's big shows on Soundcheck: Creed (click here for our interview with frontman Scott Stapp) and Last Damn Show with Gucci Mane, above (click here for our take on co-headliner Nicki Minaj).
There's still plenty more to get excited about, though. After the jump, Carole Liparoto walks you through this week's top concerts in Tampa Bay, including Tears For Fears, Hank III and Assjack, John Digweed, the English Beat, Air Supply, Jerrod Niemann, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, Summer Jam and more ...
Hank III and Assjack
SATURDAY 7 p.m. State Theatre, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $24.50. (727) 895-3045.
You know defining country music man Hank Williams for his nasal croon, lovesick yodel, hayseed pride and refreshing candor. You know Hank Jr. as the outlaw country compadre to Jennings, Haggard and Coe (and in more recent years, the musical face of Monday Night Football and Republican rallies). Now, meet Hank III, the pasty greaser who plays by his own rules. In a modern country music market overrun with Nashville-groomed country-popsters, Hank III is breaking the mold with a blend of cow punk, honky-tonk, "hellbilly" and twang metal. It's grimy, it's mangled, and it's best served with a case of PBR and a 12-gauge.
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Tears for Fears
WEDNESDAY 8 p.m. Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $45.70-$86.15. (727) 791-7400.
Few groups have ever tackled such somber subject matter with such infectious, effervescent synth-pop quite like Tears for Fears. Take Everybody Wants to Rule the World, in which tender keys give way to lyrics about power struggle and narcissism, or the therapeutic Shout, which contains the words, "In violent times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul." With 22 million albums sold worldwide, the balancing act seems to have paid off. Additionally, after Gary Jules covered the contemplative Mad World in the early '00s, and Adam Lambert followed suit during American Idol, the group picked up a new crop of millennial fans.
John Digweed
With Three, Brian Busto
THURDSDAY 9 p.m. The Kennedy, 2408 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. $15 and up. (813) 259-9669.
Life is good for English DJ John Digweed. Attractive women are always nearby and ready to shake something, top-shelf beverages flow generously, and parties extend into the wee hours. "You can't beat playing in some exotic, warm country watching the sun come up," Digweed once told BBC Radio 1. The road warrior DJ will hit South Tampa Thursday with the tribal beat-backed house and progressive trance blend (Heaven Scent) that propelled him to international fame.
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FRIDAY 9 p.m. New World Brewery, 1313 E. Eighth Ave., Ybor City. $7. (813) 248-4969.
Mother Winslow is what happens when "three people get together, play vaguely familiar instruments, write catchy tunes, and apply copious amounts of distortion to everything," the Tampa trio says. The group draws influences from noise-pop bands like Wavves and The Thermals and gets is name from the grandma on '90s sitcom Family Matters. "We like her no-nonsense approach to keeping her family feeling good," they say. If you're a local music follower, you might recognize these faces from area groups Palantine and Gentlemen, Please.
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Featuring Look Mexico, The Matt Kurz One, O'Brother, Anonymous, Mother Night, Bobby Treacherous, Awesome New Republic, Sleepy Vikings, Laws, Poetry 'n Lotion, Mike Mass, Florida Night Heat, The White Kids, Lil Daggers, The Zou
SATURDAY 5 p.m. New World Brewery, 1313 E Eighth Ave., Ybor City, (813) 248-4969; Crowbar, 1812 17th St. N, Ybor City, (813) 241-8600; Czar, 1420 E Seventh Ave., Ybor City, (813) 247-2664. $8-$12.
Just as in years past, Summer Jam offers an eclectic crop of national and local acts — rappers, rockers, poets, shoegazers and the ambidextrous — performing across multiple venues. In fact, for eight bucks, we doubt you'll find this kind of musical diversity at another show all year. Acts include Spring Hill's rising hip-hop star Laws, who signed to a Warner Bros. imprint last year, Florida Night Heat, a muggy, instrumental crew playing Southern pyschedelia, and Matt Kurz, a one-man garage band (eat your heart out, Jack White) whose multi-tasking never ceases to amaze.
Also playing
Hillbilly Hellfest Fri. Featuring Cash O'Riley and the Downright Daddies, Chop Tops, Cadillac Bombers, Dive Bar Stalkers. 4 p.m. State Theatre, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $15.75. (727) 895-3045.
Experimental Pilot Fri. With Sound Parlor, Ella Jet. 8 p.m. The Hideaway Café, 1756 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $10. (727) 644-7895.
English Beat Fri. 7 p.m. Jannus Live, 16 Second St. N, St. Petersburg. Free for 21 and up, $10 for under 21. (727) 565-0551.
Trio Vibe Fri. 9:30 p.m. Play, 1701 E Eighth Ave., Ybor City. (813) 443-0754.
Jerrod Niemann Fri. 10 p.m. The Dallas Bull, 3322 U.S. 301 N., Tampa. $10. (813) 987-2855.
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt Fri. With The Equines, Pop Glow. 9 p.m. Crowbar, 1812 17th St. N, Ybor City. $5-$7. (813) 241-8600.
Rod Picott and Amanda Shires Fri. 8 p.m. Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg. $15-$20. (727) 895-6620.
Jazz: The Art of Music Series Fri. featuring The Alan Thomas Group. 6 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg. $10 and up. (727) 896-2667.
Damon Fowler Fri. 10 p.m. J.C. Cravers, 191 Orange St., Palm Harbor. $5. (727) 216-6412.
Bob Anthony Sat. 9 p.m. Gemini Lounge, 2315 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Free. (727) 327-8600.
Air Supply Sat. 8 p.m. The Palladium, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. $67-$120.25. (727) 822-3590.
HippieFest III Sat. Featuring Jack Bruce, War, Rare Earth, Mitch Ryder, Badfinger. 7 p.m. Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $51.50-$88. (727) 791-7400.
The Pangaea Project No. 3 Sat. featuring Decibel Nation Broadcast, I and I, Stoic, Suitcases of Sound, J. Thelonious, Thanacles, more. 7 p.m. Taste Cafe and Metal Gypsy Fashions, 500 Main St., Safety Harbor. Free. (901) 619-1519.
A Tribute to The Blues Brothers Sat. Featuring Coo Coo CaChoo. 7 p.m. The Ritz, 1503 Seventh Ave., Ybor City. $15. (813) 247-2555.
We Are the In Crowd Sun. 7 p.m. Orpheum, 1902 Republica de Cuba Ave., Ybor City. $11.50. (813) 248-9500.
Smile Empty Soul Sun. 8 p.m. Bourbon Street Nightclub, 4331 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. $10-$12. (727) 843-0686.
The Wood Brothers Wed. 7 p.m. Orpheum, 1902 Republica de Cuba Ave., Ybor City. $16.60. (813) 248-9500.
Son of Hippies CD release Thurs. With Have Gun, Will Travel. 9 p.m. New World Brewery, 1313 E Eighth Ave., Ybor City. (813) 248-4969.
-- Carole Liparoto, tbt*. Photo: Getty Images.