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A former "Power Rangers" TV actor who pleaded guilty to killing his roommate earlier this month was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison.
Family members of the victim were in court as the sentence was read for thirty-eight-year-old Ricardo Medina, who entered a plea deal on March 16 in Los Angeles County Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter with the use of a sword, the weapon used in the fatal stabbing. Prosecutors said Medina stabbed Joshua Sutter several times in the abdomen two years ago at their house in Green Valley, a mountain town north of Los Angeles.
Several family members, including his mother, father and sister, spoke in court. Medina did not look at them as they spoke about Sutter and the sentence, which they called a slap on the wrist.
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"He chose to grab a 3-foot Samurai sword and catapult it into my brother's abdomen, in and out, right to left, making sure to penetrate every vital organ," Sutter's sister said in court.
The two had argued over Medina's girlfriend, who also was in court for the sentencing.
"You will forever be a violent, sick, disturbed, poor-excuse of a man that no punishment can justify your being," she said.
Medina's attorney said his client never veered from a his claim of self-defense.
"It would have been better not to have been charged, but given the risks for any criminal trial, in that respect he was indeed very fortunate," said attorney Stanley Friedman.
Medina played the Red Lion Wild Force Ranger on "Power Rangers Wild Force" in 2002. He was the voice of Deker on "Power Rangers Samurai" in 2011 and 2012.


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Hello, I'm Wayne Allyn Root for PersonalLiberty.com. My commentary right here at PersonalLiberty.com predicting a Mitt Romney landslide victory back in the spring attracted tremendous attention... It was read and forwarded all over the country. I was called by media from coast to coast to talk about it. The reason it was taken so seriously is my track record as a well-known Las Vegas oddsmaker (the only one in history awarded my own 180-pound granite star in the sidewalk in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Walk of Stars) and, even more importantly, my track record of predicting political races.
In November of 2004, only days before the Presidential election, I went on CNBC and predicted a George W. Bush victory by 3 points and 30 electoral votes. Every poll at the time showed John Kerry in the lead. Bush won by 3 and 35. Newsmax magazine called it the most accurate prediction of 2004.
In October of 2006, I went on Fox News to predict the GOP would get slaughtered in the midterm election and lose Congress. It did.
In December 2011, before the GOP primary, I predicted Mitt Romney would win the GOP Presidential nomination and go on to win the Presidency. For the next few months, Romney trailed by a wide margin to a range of contenders: Donald Trump, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum. It seemed no one wanted Mitt for President. It seemed no one believed in Mitt — no one, that is, except this Las Vegas oddsmaker and capitalist evangelist.
Fast-forward to spring 2012 after Romney clinched the GOP Presidential race but trailed in every poll to President Barack Obama. I boldly predicted a Mitt Romney landslide on Nov. 6.
Fast-forward to June 2012 when experts forecast a defeat for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in his recall election. Unions were pouring unheard-of sums into the race in a longtime Democratic State that welcomes union rights. I boldly predicted a Walker landslide victory of 7 to 10 points. He won by exactly 7 (despite reported Democratic voter irregularities).
For the past month, as Mitt Romney trailed badly in every poll (especially in the all-important battleground States), I continued to predict a big Romney victory. Today I'm making it official: I'm doubling down. Mitt Romney will win the Presidency, and it won't be close.
I'm predicting a 5- to 7-point popular vote victory. Electorally, it won't be that close. Romney will win many States that went to Obama in 2008. I'm predicting Romney victories in Ohio, Florida, Colorado, Virginia, Iowa, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Indiana. I predict a Romney victory by 100 to 120 electoral votes.
In the days before the first Presidential debate, polls showed Romney trailing badly in most of those States. But, as I've argued from day one, the polls are wrong. They are badly skewed toward Democrats. Quite simply, they are over-polling Democratic voters and assuming a turnout that looks like 2008, when record numbers of Democrats came out for Obama.
After Romney's overwhelming victory in the first debate, he now leads or is dead even in battleground States where, only days before, he was supposedly way behind. My contention is a 1-point Romney lead in those Democrat-skewed polls is really a comfortable 5- to 7-point Romney lead on Election Day.
There are several specific reasons I predict a comfortable Romney victory on Election Day:
The news media are ignoring signs of mass revulsion towards Obama. In the West Virginia Democratic primary, a felon got 40 percent of the vote versus Obama. In deep-blue Massachusetts and Connecticut, GOP Senate candidates are even or leading in recent polls. In pro-union Wisconsin, Walker won by a country mile. But worst of all for Obama, several recent polls show Romney competitive in Illinois — Obama's home State. Romney is actually winning by a landslide in the suburbs of Obama's Chicago. Even in Cook County, the country's biggest Democratic stronghold, Romney leads by double digits among independents (43-31) and white voters (53-40). These are very bad signs for Obama.
In 2008, Democrats overwhelmingly controlled the majority of Governorships. Today, Republicans control the majority of Governorships. Presidential elections are always steered in each State by the Governor, the most powerful force in State politics.
After the 2010 census, electoral votes were added to States that lean Republican in elections: Texas, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, South Carolina and Utah. Deep-blue Democratic States like New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts lost electoral votes.
That brings up an interesting point. Why is everyone running away from these ultra-liberal, high-tax States in the first place? Isn't that alone proof of the failure of Democratic ideas?
Next, follow the money trail. Yes, Obama is raising plenty of money, although there is a major question if it's coming from illegal foreign contributors. But forget all that. What matters is that in 2008 Obama overwhelmed McCain by outspending him 10 to 1 down the stretch. That won't happen in 2012. Romney is even with Obama, in the last two weeks of the election. That makes a huge difference in the outcome.
Christians will turn out in record numbers this year. Obama has offended Christians again and again. In the last election, 20 million evangelical Christians did not vote. They will turn out in record numbers in 2012 to defeat the most anti-Christian President in U.S. history. How motivated are Christians? Did you see the long lines around the country to support Chick-fil-A a few weeks ago? You'll see those same lines on Election Day.
Voter rolls have been purged in 2012 of felons and illegals in many States, particularly Florida and Ohio. Turnout of Democrats will be nothing like 2008. That brings up another important question. What kind of political party relies on felons and people illegally in the country to win elections?
The "enthusiasm factor" for Romney is huge. Conservatives are focused, intense, motivated and enthusiastic. Democrats turned out for Obama in record numbers in 2008. Today, they are demoralized. A big edge goes to Romney on Election Day as conservatives, white voters, middle-class voters and independents turn out in record numbers for Romney. I know several people who voted for Obama in 2008, but never will again. Does anyone know a McCain voter who will vote for Obama in 2012? There are none.
Finally, history proves that a majority of undecided voters break for the challenger. Romney will take most of the undecided voters on Election Day — just like Ronald Reagan did versus Jimmy Carter in 1980. Romney's fantastic debate performance gave them confidence to choose the challenger. This is Carter/Reagan all over again. The same horrible economy. The same economically ignorant fool in the White House bringing misery to Americans. The same economic collapse under the weight of socialist, pro-union, soak-the-rich, demonize-the-business-owners policies.
I predict the same result on Election Day. Mitt Romney will win in a landslide. And If I'm wrong, God help the United States of America.
I'm Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty. See you right back here next week. Same time, same place. God Bless.

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Avi and the Cooks Meet The Mariners in Cincinnati (7/5/2013)
For months, we had been looking forward to the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Our Mariners were scheduled to take on the Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The original plan was that my folks would come out for the series and my wife would join us too. But through a series of plan squashing issues, neither my folks nor Colleen could end up making the trip. My folks were out weeks in advance, but Colleen was going to join us right up until July 3rd. We picked out our hotels and bought our game tickets with her input…but then something more important came up that she had to attend to and had to drop out.
On very short notice, we were happy to have Avi Miller…
…join our traveling roadtrip caravan.
The plan was to see the M's in Cincinnati on July 5-6. We headed to Pittsburgh around 11:00 a.m. on the Fourth. There was a big "Regatta" party-thingy going on in Pittsburgh. We started out by playing some catch in the park:
We cooled off in this big fountain:
We watched a pretty cool BMX show:
For the record, that guy jumping above is traveling from left to right…and Avi wasn't impressed until the very end when the last two bikers did back flips.
Next, we met up with famous Pittsburgh couple, Matt Peaslee and Erin Wozniak, and watched a boat race on the river. This guy captaining the No. 10 boat easily won the race:
Next, it was off to Moe's for dinner:
And then we finished off the night with some fireworks:
The next morning, July 5, 2013, we were off to Cincinnati. Neither Kellan nor Avi had ever been to Great American Ball Park (or Cincinnati in general). While both of them loved the ballpark, Avi contained his enthusiasm while Kellan couldn't even stand still for a quick picture:
Oh, by the way, this game marked Kellan's 50th MLB game and Great American Ball Park his 16th MLB stadium.
The Reds have an extra early BP "tour." You pay some extra cash at the Reds Hall of Fame (which is an awesome Hall of Fame that you should definitely check out), and you get in to BP super-duper early. You also get a pass into the Reds HOF and a cool Ted Kluzinsky statue.
After buying our tickets, the boys posed for some pictures with Reds Mickey Mouse…
…and Reds Statute of Liberty.
Just outside the Reds HOF, we found this excellent statue of Johnny Bench:
(Note: Tim is using a brochure as a catcher's mitt in that picture).
Around 4:21'ish, our BP tour guide took us inside the stadium…
…and told us what would happen once we went out to the field. Essentially, for the first half hour we would be confined to right field. Then the first base line would open up for us (and I think all Reds season tickets holders. At that point, we could stay in RF or we could head down to the Reds dugout in search of autographs. Eventually, the gates would open to the general public and we would be able to go anywhere.
When we headed out to RF, Joe Saunders was throwing a bullpen session:
We watched Saunders while Avi went off to watch BP. After Saunders wrapped up his throwing session, Saunders flipped his warm up ball up to Tim between the narrow gap between the seats and the net over the top of the bullpen.
Thanks, Joe!
For the rest of Reds BP, we hung out here:
You can't tell in that picture, but we were in a little partial row pressed up against the batters' eye. Spots like that are always ideal for us because the natural barrier on one side helps keep Kellan from trying to wander away.
Reds BP was interesting. As far as I could tell, they hit a grand total of two homeruns. I might have missed some…but who knows. I truly only saw two homeruns the entire time. Meanwhile, all of the Reds were wearing BP pullovers and I had no clue who most of them were…
…but then I saw a familiar face, Mariners bullpen catcher Jason Phillips. I hadn't seen him in the bullpen when Saunders was throwing. He must have been hiding in the corner. We exchanged our customary tip of the caps as he walked across the field with Saunders.
Eventually, I recognized two Reds in the outfield. First, I noticed Shin-Soo Choo shagging balls in CF. When Choo made a catch on a sinking liner in CF, I called out an extended "CHOOOOOOOO!" He turned around and fired the ball to me. About thirty second later, he shagged another ball and it tossed it to Tim.
Double thanks, Shin-Soo!
The boys posed with their Choo-Balls and the Great American Ball Park sign for the MyGameBalls.com photo scavenger hunt:
Nearby in RCF, MyGameBalls.com 2013 top ten snagger Rocco Sinisi was toiling away and doing his thing. Rocco is the MyGameBalls.com career leader for Great American Ball Park and a photo with him was good for scavenger hunt bonus points. Although we'd been chatting a bit off and on during BP, we decided to get a photo with Rocco early in BP just in case we forgot to or didn't get a chance to do so later. So here is our first attempt at the Rocco/GABP bonus photo:
Over the past several years, I haven't really followed but have admired Aroldis Chapman from afar. He seems like a good guy and, heck, he throws balls at crazy fast speeds.
Amongst the sea of unrecognizable Reds in the outfield, I eventually noticed that Chapman was hanging out in straightaway right field. When I spotted Chapman way over there in RF, I shouted out a loud, "AROOOOOOLDIS!" This prompted Aroldis to look over and exchange waves with us.
See where Aroldis was:
He was way over there. Carter Capps was "way over there" too – way over across the field from this throwing partner out on the LF. Capps was firing seeds across the field. It was impressive.
A little while later, someone hit a grounder through the infield and into somewhat shallow RF. Aroldis sauntered over and grabbed the ball. I called out his name again (you know, we were buddies after that exchange of waves) and he threw the ball all the way from RF to my glove waiting in CF.
Thanks, Aroldis!
Hey, remember those two BP homeruns I mentioned? Jay Bruce…
…hit one of them right to me and I made the catch on the fly. Thanks to Rocco for identifying Bruce for me later in the day based on that last photo.
See that bat laying on the ground in the photo above to the right? When Reds BP ended, we headed around the RF foul pole and toward home plate. On the way, I took a photo (that photo) of a bat (that bat) sitting on the ground in the Mariners' bullpen. I took the photo for the sole purpose of zooming in on the picture to see whose name was on the bat. So click on that photo and check it out: it was Jay Bruce's bat. That's odd.
As we approached the infield, the Reds grounds crew removed the cage and screens from the field. What was this all about? It was very confusing. It was also a bit of a bummer because this was only our second Mariners game of the season and the Mariners didn't take BP before our first game either.
Anyway, we decided to grab some food for the boys and head over to the third base side…
…where the Mariners' position players were stretching. As I took some photos, Tim munched down a hot dog and Kellan worked away on a big soft pretzel:
Funny side note: Kellan ate part of that pretzel while sitting on my shoulders. When he finished, I had to pick big grains of salt out of my hair for the rest of the afternoon.
The lack of BP was actually kind of cool because the Mariners did a modified version of the old fashioned "taking infield and outfield."
While we were watching our M's, a Reds employee with a camera came over and asked if he could take our picture. "Sure," I responded. After he snapped the pic, I asked why he wanted the picture. "It's for the Mariners," he responded. Later in the day, we found out that the Mariners tweeted the picture to over 130,000 people. Here's the M's tweet, and here's another look at it:
After playing catch with Hisashi Iwakuma, Felix Hernandez signed a bunch of autographs:
Tim got him to sign the Jay Bruce homerun ball.
Thanks, King Felix!
I asked Felix why the M's weren't taking BP. He said they had got into Cincinnati around 2:30 in the morning after playing a road game in Texas the previous night and decided not to take BP.
Following the M's warm ups, we got a better photo with Rocco:
And then we wandered around a bit and got some pictures with the Reds piggy bank…
…and a big bobblehead burger guy.
Before the game, the Reds honored Homer Bailey…
…for throwing a no-hitter against the Giants three days earlier.
Here was our view for most of this game, about three rows from the top of section 402:
In the couple of games Tim and I had previously attended at Great American, we'd sat in RF and lower LF. We once visited the upper deck in LF, but never watched game from up there. I'll tell you though, I loved it. For an "upper deck," it's not very high up there and the view is great. Plus, we had a nice view of Kentucky across the river and a great breeze. As an added bonus, at the back of the upper deck, there are covered seats to either shade you from the sun or keep you dry in the rain. The LF upper deck at Great American Ball Park definitely gets my seal of approval.
The pitching match-up was Aaron Harang vs. Mike Leake. I wasn't a big fan of the match-up. But sometimes a struggling pitcher can pull out a better-than-normal performance when facing his old team. That's what I hoped for from Harang.
We dropped our stuff at our seats and watched the first pitch from Leake to Brad Miller:
And then Kellan and I headed down the stairs on our way to get some ice cream for the boys. As we walked down the upper deck stairs, Miller laced the ball down the RF line and coasted in for an easy triple. A great start for the M's!
As Kellan and I ducked into a men's restroom, Nick Franklin stepped to the plate and blasted a 2-run homer. Kellan and I had no clue this had happened. But when we got back to the ice cream place we saw the score – 2-0 Mariners!
When we got back to the seats…
…, Avi informed us about the Franklin homerun.
Harang pitched a scoreless bottom of the first. Then, Michael "The Condor" Saunders hit a leadoff bomb in the top of the second:
Here's one of the reasons I like Brandon Phillips:
Check out that big smile clearly visible from the top of the upper deck in LCF! That's how I like to see guys playing the game, like my favorite player, Ken Griffey, Jr.
In case you were wondering, here was the Mariners outfield for the day:
Michael Saunders in RF, Dustin Ackley in CF and Rauuuuuul Ibanez in LF.
Here's a funny picture with no backstory, just a bunch of funny guys:
And a couple loving brothers:
Tim and Kellan either spend their time trying to annoy one another or hugging and telling each other how much they love the other. Generally, they act like wonderful loving brothers while at baseball games and reserve their annoying each other for play time at home.
Much to my delight, Harang was, indeed, putting a strong performance together against his old squad:
Multiple times before the game and once during the game, I took the boys here…
…for a little kid fun. That table looks like it is covered in sand, but it is really a mixture of different colored bits of rubber chopped up into little grains. There were digging tools and dinosaur skeletons that the kids could dig up. The two big dinosaurs standing behind the boys in the picture above to the left felt real'ish and they moved around every couple minutes. The one on the right also laid eggs. The boys couldn't get enough of this little dinosaur display.
Before the game started we were hanging out in dinosaur area and another guy wearing Mariners gear asked me if he'd seen us at Pittsburgh. We chatted about it and, indeed, he had seen us in Pittsburgh. His name is Greg. He's a NW Mariners fan transplanted to Detroit. We've kept in touch a bit since running into each other several times this weekend. Good guy, and good Mariners fan.
Last time we were in Cincinnati we failed to get a good picture of the batters' eye boat. So, we got this one:
Back up in section 402, the ballpark looked even better as the sun went down:
Avi agreed, this place is beautiful:
Tim and Kellan both took a bunch of pictures during this game and weekend. Here's Kellan's funniest picture:
I should mention that the Mariners took a 4-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning when Michael Saunders hit a sacrifice fly to LF scoring Kyle Seager.
In the top of the fifth inning, Brad Miller made some Great American Ball Park history when he hit his second triple of the game. In over 800 games, it was the first time that a player had hit two triples in a game at GABP. Pretty cool.
In the bottom of the fifth, Shin-Soo Choo hit an RBI-double to put the Reds on the board.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Reds capped the scoring for the day when Joseph Votto blasted a leadoff homerun to CF. That made the score 4-2 Mariners.
Late in the game, we got split up from Avi for a while. When we connected on the phone, he said he was in a SRO area near home plate with Rocco. We decided we should go over there. Thinking (correctly) that we might not make it back to section 402, we got a picture of Tim at the bottom of 402 on our way out (Kellan didn't want to get off my shoulders to get in the picture):
This was our view in the SRO area:
When we arrived at the SRO area, Avi was nowhere to be found. Ends up, we'd left section 402 to meet up with him and he left the SRO area to meet up with him in section 402.
Eventually, we did all meet up at the SRO area. They make you stand at the top of the stairs. Eventually, we move down the stairs at stood at the corner of the cross aisle. The ushers didn't really do anything about it so we stayed there a bit.
Heading into the bottom of the eight, the Mariner brought in Charlie Furbush who blew away Zack Cozart, Joey…
…Votto, and Brandon Phillips, 1-2-3.
When Rocco came by, he headed down the cross aisle toward the outfield. We all followed him and ended up here for the ninth inning:
Check out that guy's Johnny Bench jersey. That's sweet.
Ollie Perez nailed down a great Mariners Win!
We ended up in near-perfect position for a umpire ball, but didn't get one. But when we moved to the other end of the M's dugout, Jaime Navarro tossed this one to Tim:
Avi, the boys and I pulled up some from row seats…
…for the post-game firework show:
The very first fireworks show of Tim's life was at Great American Ball Park and it was awesome. However, since then, we've seen a fireworks show at Progressive Field, and absolutely nothing stacks up to the Indians' fireworks shows. They are incredible But this was a nice show for the boys. They love all fireworks shows.
After fireworks, we got one more picture with Rocco…
…, one more group shot of us four roadtrippers…
…, some mire image shots with these awesome mosaics…
…, and one with this cool thingy inset on the floor of the concourse behind home plate:
And then we headed off to the team store so Avi could buy a bunch of bobbleheads. In the team store, Tim posed with a huge World Series trophy:
Finally, we walked back to our hotel a few blocks away…
…where Kellan hid under a pillow, both boys acted silly for a while, and then we all called it a night.
Go Mariners!
2013 C&S Fan Stats
|15 Games
|17 Teams – Mariners, Royals, Phillies, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles, Yankees, Dodgers, Reds, Nationals, Marlins, Pirates, Blue Jays, Twins, Tigers, Mets, Brewers
|28 Ice Cream Helmets – Phillies (jumbo) 2, Phillies (normal) 2, Red Sox 2, Yankees 2, Orioles 4, Nationals 2, Pirates 2, Blue Jays 2, Tigers 6, Mets 2, Reds 2
|72 Baseballs – Mariners 8, Royals 4, Phillies 11, Rays 2, Orioles 7, Dodgers 1, Umpires 7, Reds 8, Nationals 1, Marlins 4, Pirates 1, Blue Jays 2, Twins 3, Tigers 1, Mets 3, Yankees 2, Brewers 2, Red Sox 6
|10 Stadiums – Citizens Bank Park 2, Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, Nationals Park, PNC Park, Rogers Centre, Comerica Park, Citi Field, Great American Ball Park
|32 Player+ Photos – Oliver Perez, Lucas Luetge, Hisashi Iwakuma, Carter Capps, Daniel Nava, Alex Wilson, Andrew Bailey, Pedro Ciriaco, Mike Carp 2, Koji Uehara, Will Middlebrooks, Joel Hanrahan, Jonny Gomes, Alfredo Aceves, Clayton Mortensen, Rick Anderson, Tom Gorzelanny, Joe Savery, Jonathan Pettibone, Carlos Ruiz, Charlie Manuel, Justin DeFratus, Ryan Howard, Ben Revere, Larry Anderson, Gary "Sarge" Matthews Sr., Kyle Kendrick, Ryne "HOF 2005" Sandberg, Michael Stutes, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Rowland-Smith
|10 Autograph – Hisashi Iwakuma 2 (English & Japanese), Carter Capps, Ryan Hanigan, Jesus Tiamo, Mike Carp 2, Ryan Rowland-Smith 2, Felix Hernandez


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The bulletin was obtained by The Associated Press.
The FBI says it has evidence that indicates one of the bombs that exploded in the Boston Marathon was contained in a pressure cooker with nails and ball bearings, and it was hidden in a backpack.
The FBI says the other explosive was in a metal container, but there wasn't enough evidence to indicate that it was a pressure cooker.
It was not known what was used to set off the two explosives that killed three people Monday and injured more than 170 others.


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So, Who You Got on Your 2013 Hall of Fame Ballot?
Surprise, disappointment,and astonishment should reign supreme today when the hierarchy that is Cooperstown announces their enshrined class for 2013, I am suspecting a few gasps, a few hip-hip hoo-rays, and hopefully a few "it's about time" noises from coast-to-coast. Be it the players nominated who played the game "old school" style, or player who went to historic lengths to press their imprint on their bronze plaque, the Hall of Fame class of 2013 will definitely have their pros and (almost) cons…and the various and widening shower of 360 degrees of both positive and negative opinions will rain down quickly as the selection become public.
It will be the first time we see via a voting tally what the fellowship of America's favorite pastime truly feels about players who hustle, played the game within the chalk lines, and those who muddled them like a Southern rainstorm. Be you a pro-traditional sort, or one who yells to the rafters about the injustice of tainted stats possibly gaining iconic access into the hallowed halls, 2013 will definitely be the year of controversy and a first show of the river of divide that was the Steroid Era.
I am truly expecting a few of the Hall of Fame voters to pronounce proudly they will not vote an accuser/abuser into the Hall even with monumental statistics that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were/are in the game higher echelon all-time. Dark clouds will definitely be in order on this day no matter the sky cover or the temps as heat will rise and more than a few opinions will rant and rave up a storm, possibly into whirlwind potential.
Even the recent acknowledgment of Mark McGuire of his ruse might not be enough to float him towards those hallowed chambers, and his long time farce might actually cost him another chance in 2014 if the voters decide he doesn't even desire the lowest total possible for another single chance at admittance.
There are a few names not tarnished by the era of the needle who should hear the phone ring today be it a catcher who offensively changed his position, or a ornery cuss who reminded fans and the media of those long ago icons who blistered out over 3,000 Rawlings which should get him a front row seat on the podium in his first Hall of Fame chance. I'm hoping a shortstop who played in old Tigers Stadium who for years was overshadow by Cal Ripken Jr, but who played that old constant style of clean and concise defense his calling card while Ripken made his with the lumber.
There are so many different style of players,disciplines and even motivations who could get a chance today to hear their names echoed from sea-to-shining sea and with it the quick opinions running rampant on whose team caps they will adorn along with their smile on their bronze plaque. I want to think it is pure skullduggery and thievery if the "Crime Dog" is again robbed of a chance for election, but then I remember some think the skinny First Baseman who rocked 200 Home Runs in each side of the MLB didn't hit that stellar 500 HR plateau and again will have to buy a ticket to enter the Hall.
I expect a few names to bring a large amount of aggressive shock and awe that they are not only excluded once again, but possibly being a step closer to that critical vote percentage tipping point where their names may disappear from the ballot forever. Be he a "sure thing", a player lost in the controversial shuffle, or one of those arraigned, tried and found not guilty in the court of law, but not in the public court of opinion.
If you gaze up at the opening photo montage on this post you will see the 6 names I would have selected on my personal 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. I struggled with expanding it to 8 names, but I'm sure the 2 people I juggled on and off the list will get the needed votes to be eligible again for the Hall of Fame eligibility in 2014, then I would check their names with no reservations.
Even with the disagreements, opinions and gambit of emotions from anger to excited, this is definitely going to be a Hall of Fame class we will be talking about the entire 2013 Major League baseball season…….So, who you got on your 2013 Hall of Fame ballot?


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I have missed my muffin days..it has been too long. I busted out the old muffin tin this morning, and convinced a friend to come over and sample a few with me :) I love summer berries, and usually have a good whack of them in my freezer. I also love jam. Muffins, berries and jam!! O yeah baby.
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Forum of Firms Focuses on Auditor Reporting
Oct 04, 2012 | New York, New York | English
Over 50 senior audit professionals from 23 international networks of accounting firms met today to contribute their perspectives on proposed revisions to auditor reporting. The symposium, organized by the Forum of Firms, assembled a group of experts to discuss the proposals outlined in the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)'s public consultation, Invitation to Comment: Improving the Auditor's Report (ITC).
Participants representing various jurisdictions and network sizes lent a variety of perspectives to the lively debate on the ITC proposals. "The symposium gave us the opportunity to collectively gain a deeper understanding of the proposals and consider the practical implications for implementation and related consequences for audit quality. The interactions raised awareness while also providing a unique opportunity for direct practitioner interaction with the IAASB on a topic that runs to the core of the auditing profession," said David Maxwell, chair of the Transnational Auditors Committee.
Each panel discussion commenced with an overview of the existing landscape, overall summary of the relevant ITC proposals, and early indicative feedback collected by the IAASB to date. The first of two panels, Auditor Commentary—Moving Beyond Boilerplate, then explored the proposal to add a section to the standard auditor's report on auditor commentary. The second panel, Going Concern and Other Information—Making Auditors' Implicit Messages Explicit, focused on the call from investors to provide more information about the auditor's responsibilities. The symposium concluded with an opportunity for participants to give their reactions to the remainder of the ITC's proposals and the likelihood they will achieve the goal of making financial statement users understand more about the audit.
"The auditor's report is a critical outcome from the audit, playing an important role in public confidence in audited financial statements. The Forum of Firms welcomes open discussion and debate that will contribute to enhanced audit quality," said Robert Dohrer, chair, Forum of Firms. "It is essential that all audit firms be engaged in the global debate on audit quality so that we can consider how we, as practitioners, can better contribute to its advancement."
About the Forum of Firms
The Forum of Firms is an association of networks of international accounting firms that perform transnational audits. Members of the Forum have committed to adhere to and promote the consistent application of high-quality audit practices worldwide, including the use of International Standards on Auditing, and the maintenance of appropriate quality control standards in accordance with International Standards on Quality Control issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Through their organizations, members also conduct globally coordinated internal quality assurance reviews on a regular basis and have policies and methodologies that conform to the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. The Transnational Auditors Committee is the Executive Committee of the Forum of Firms and a committee of the International Federation of Accountants.
About IFAC
IFAC is the global organization for the accountancy profession, dedicated to serving the public interest by strengthening the profession and contributing to the development of strong international economies. It is comprised of 167 members and associates in 127 countries and jurisdictions, representing approximately 2.5 million accountants in public practice, education, government service, industry, and commerce.
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Spent the morning caving with Snorri — the world under the lava fields is even crazier than the surface!
The texture of the caves (or more accurately lava/magma tubes) is extremely different to the water-formed caves back in the UK. There is a crazy mixture of jagged edges and smooth edges, caused by the magma cooling at different rates.
The layered structure of the systems is as obvious in macro as it is close up — the smallest rocks have clearly defined layers, as do the caves themselves. Often it looks like the roof is in mid-collapse as one layer peels off another; on a rock shelf pieces of smooth ceiling rock lie centimetres from their original position.
Although it looks scary to have pieces of ceiling lying around, in reality this is all pretty much frozen in place, as most of the collapsing will have taken place within a year after the cave's formation, thousands of years ago.
The colours are as striking and numerous as the shapes. It's a pity they're all locked up where light seldom reaches — caves are colour prisons.


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Police probe of CPS widens after baby's death
Police investigators seized computers, cell phones and files from Texas Child Protective Services offices in Abilene on Tuesday as part of a widening probe into accusations that top officials directed workers to withhold child abuse files and photographs from law enforcement after the death of a child.
The rare action against one of the state's largest agencies comes six weeks after Abilene police discovered 22-month-old Tamryn Klapheke dead of dehydration and her two sisters barely alive inside a Dyess Air Force Base home on Aug. 28.
The three are believed to have been essentially abandoned for at least a week by their mother, Tiffany Klapheke, now jailed on three counts of child abuse.
But it's the behind-the-scenes action, in which police said CPS workers were told by supervisors not to cooperate with officers investigating the case, that now takes center stage and could affect hundreds of other cases in the Abilene region.
"The evidence suggests that the conduct being investigated predates the Klapheke investigation," Chief Stan Standridge told the Houston Chronicle, which reported Monday that a CPS investigator quietly closed a previous case involving Tamryn and her sister six days before the girls were found.
Inexplicably, CPS caseworker Claudia Gonzalez closed the case without visiting the family a final time and did so without a supervisor's signature, which is a firing offense under CPS rules. She has since resigned.
"In the ensuing days following the death of the child, the department became aware of instances in which CPS employees were told by supervisors not to cooperate with law enforcement," Standridge told reporters Tuesday.
'We are cooperating'
CPS Spokesman Patrick Crimmins declined to discuss the search warrant or the accusations. "We are cooperating fully with the Abilene Police Department," he said.
The search warrant affidavit details suspicions that CPS regional administrator Bit Whitaker; program director Gretchen Denny, who has since relinquished that post and been reassigned; and CPS supervisor Barbara McDaniel, who was later reprimanded by CPS; tampered with evidence involving the Klapheke investigation.
Specifically, the affidavit states that another CPS worker, Rebecca Tapia, "was ordered not to release any information or photographs to medical staff or law enforcement" after Tamryn's death and while investigators were at the hospital with the surviving sisters.
"Rebecca did not provide a photograph because she was directed by a supervisor not to provide a photograph," Standridge told the Chronicle.
According to the affidavit, Abilene detectives interviewed 12 CPS employees in the weeks since Tamryn's death and believe that several supervisors "have intentionally and knowingly concealed, altered or destroyed records and other documentation material to this investigation because of the damaging nature of the documents."
No one charged
McDaniel was interviewed Sept. 18 and according to the affidavit, she "lied" for several hours and ultimately admitted to giving the order not to share information.
Another person interviewed recounted several cases involving other police agencies in which "Gretchen Denny and Inv. Supervisor Barbara McDaniel had ordered investigators not to provide reports to law enforcement."
None of the three officials named in the affidavit, whom the police chief called suspects, have been charged. The Chronicle's attempts to contact the three Tuesday were unsuccessful.
A source close to the probe told the Chronicle top CPS officials had been warned this summer by the Taylor County district attorney about omitting data on court documents involving abused children who had been removed from their homes. Yet, one day after Tamryn's death, CPS' paperwork sent to prosecutors omitted details about previous investigations of the family.


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Dream Mixed Bill
This Royal Ballet mixed programme opens with a classic by Frederick Ashton, based on Mendelssohn's delicate score and the plot of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. In a magical nocturnal world, Oberon and Titania play games with unwitting mortals, while the mischievous Puck intensifies love's comic confusions. The ballet's fleet footwork and gentle humour show Ashton at his brilliant best.
A new work for The Royal Ballet by Alastair Marriott is at the heart of the evening. Following last year's successful 'Trespass' – with Christopher Wheeldon as part of Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 – Marriott's fifth work for the Company on the main stage is an exciting collaboration with acclaimed designer Es Devlin and lighting designer Bruno Poet.
The programme ends in superb style with The Concert. This humorous, beautifully crafted ballet by Jerome Robbins is a superbly witty spoof of a classical music concert. As a pianist performs Chopin, the audience allow their minds to wander and their resulting fantasies take flight.
Show Information
Tuesday, 10th June 2014
Friday, 13th June 2014
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Royal Opera House
Bow Street
Map | Seating Plan
(3 mins) The Opera House is off Covent Garden piazza, which is visible from the tube station exit. There is a revolving door entrance at the piazza.


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In surprise testimony in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law recounted the night of the Sept. 11 attacks, when the al-Qaida leader sent a messenger to drive him into a mountainous area for a meeting inside a cave in Afghanistan.
"Did you learn what happened? We are the ones who did it," the son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, recalled bin Laden telling him.
When bin Laden asked what he thought would happen next, Abu Ghaith testified that he responded by predicting America "will not settle until it kills you and topples the state of the Taliban."
Bin Laden responded: "You're being too pessimistic," Abu Ghaith recalled.
Bin Laden then told the onetime imam, "I want to deliver a message to the world. ... I want you to deliver the message," he said.
The testimony came at Abu Ghaith's trial on charges he conspired to kill Americans and aid al-Qaida as a spokesman for the terrorist group. His decision to take the witness stand was announced by his lawyer, Stanley Cohen, who surprised a nearly empty courtroom that quickly filled with spectators as word spread.
The rare gambit by the defense was a last-ditch effort to counter a mountain of evidence against Abu Ghaith, including an alleged confession and videos showing him sitting beside bin Laden on Sept. 12, 2001, and another in which he warned Americans that "the storm of airplanes will not abate." The defense has never disputed that Abu Ghaith associated with bin Laden after 9/11, but they contend that he was recruited as a religious teacher and orator, and had no role in plotting more attacks.
Testifying through an Arabic interpreter, the 48-year-old Kuwaiti-born defendant looked relaxed when he took the stand, wearing a blue shirt, open at the collar, beneath a charcoal-colored jacket. His hands were sometimes folded before him, though sometimes he waved or pointed them for emphasis.
He told jurors he went to Afghanistan for the first time in June 2001 because he had a "serious desire to get to know the new Islamic government in Afghanistan." He testified he first met bin Laden when the al-Qaida leader, who was living in Kandahar, Afghanistan, summoned him after hearing that he was a preacher from Kuwait.
Abu Ghaith testified bin Laden explained that the al-Qaida training camps involved so much weapons training and a rough, hard life that he wanted him to change that, to reach the hearts of recruits and show them another side of life. He also testified he knew bin Laden was suspected in terrorist attacks but still "wanted to get to know that person."
"I wanted to see what he had, what is it he wanted," he said.
The defendant testified that videos he made warning that there would be more attacks on Americans and trying to inspire others to join al-Qaida's cause were based on "quotes and points by Sheik Osama." He also denied allegations by the government that he had prior knowledge of the failed shoe-bomb airline attack by Richard Reid in December 2001.
He testified that his videotaped sermons were religious in nature, and meant to encourage Muslims to fight oppression.
If "oppression befalls ... any category of people, that category must revolt at some point," he said. "I wanted to proclaim the message that Muslims must bear some responsibility to defend themselves."
Abu Ghaith said he wasn't involved in recruiting aspiring terrorists.
"My intention was to deliver a message, a message I believed in," he said. "I was hoping the United States would say, 'Let's sit down and talk and solve these problems,' but America was going on and doing what I expected them to do."
On cross-examination, prosecutor Michael Ferrara zeroed in on Abu Ghaith's testimony that he accepted an invitation to meet with bin Laden on Sept. 11 because the al-Qaida leader was a sheik who deserved respect, and his admission that he was aware bin Laden's organization was behind the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 and attack on the USS Cole in 2000.
"You testified that, despite knowing that he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, you met with him to be polite, correct?" the prosecutor asked.
Abu Ghaith responded that he simply went to find out what bin Laden wanted from him. Asked about bin Laden's demeanor, he said, "I would say he was worried."
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan did not immediately rule on Cohen's request that the defense be permitted to call Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-professed architect of the Sept. 11 attacks, as a witness via a video link from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he is imprisoned.
Cohen said it wasn't the right time to pursue that request, which was denied by Kaplan on Tuesday but was renewed after Mohammed confirmed he would be willing to testify.


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Resurrection rap: Tupac hologram knocks 'em dead at Coachella
An eye-popping hologram of murdered rapper Tupac Shakur has stolen the show at US music festival Coachella and amplified questions about the future of "live" performance.
The high-definition projection of the gangsta rap icon appeared with superstars Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre in a stunning end to the first weekend of the annual music festival in California, setting off a wave of social media debate.
Thousands in the crowd gasped as the shirtless Tupac - killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996 - rose up on the stage.
"What up, Coachella?" the digitally revived Tupac shouted before launching into his classic single Hail Mary.
Amazingly life-like, down to his signature tattoos, Timberland boots and jewellery, the hologram stalked the stage, swapping phrases with Snoop Dogg and performing 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted, Come With Me, and Gangsta Party.
Then, Tupac's image dissipates.
The stunt was the vision of long-time friend Dr Dre, who sought permission from Tupac's mother before commissioning the San Diego company AV Concepts, with the help of James Cameron's Oscar-winning digital production company Digital Domain, to recreate him.
"We worked with Dr Dre on this and it was Dre's vision to bring this back to life," Nick Smith, president of AV Concepts, told MTV.
''It was his idea from the very beginning and we worked with him and his camp to utilise the technology to make it come to life."
Digital Domain is behind the digitally altered images of Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jeff Bridges in TRON: Legacy, and Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Even Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has been the subject of holographic technology, coming face-to-face with a life-size, three-dimensional image of himself at the National Sports Museum in Melbourne in 2008.
Watch an investigation into the killings of Biggie and Tupac
The cricketer listened to the virtual Warne talk about his career, including the "ball of the century" that bowled England's Mike Gatting in the 1993 Ashes.
A spokeswoman for Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, told entertainment website TMZ that she was ''thrilled'' with the latest recreation, although the experience was bittersweet. She did not attend Coachella but watched the performance live online.
The stunt set social media ablaze, with Tupac trending worldwide on Twitter and his name mentioned at least 40 times a minute. It was still trending in Australia this morning.
Singer Rihanna, who was at the show, tweeted: ''#TupacBACK #unbelievable #IWASTHERE #STORY4myGrandKidz.''
But others said the hologram was too realistic for comfort.
''Tupac at Coachella. so legit it hurts,'' tweeted @nadia_is.
''That Pac Hologram haunted me in my sleep. Rest In Peace 2pac,'' tweeted @questlove.
A twitter account, @HologramTupac, was quickly set up and had attracted more than 12,200 followers by this morning, AEDT.
''I could have sworn I died with a shirt on,'' one of the first tweets read.
Mr Smith, from AV Concepts, would not divulge the cost of the stunt to MTV but said it was ''affordable'' compared to the cost of attracting entertainers from around the world.
He said the hologram took almost four months to create in a studio, and the price range for a comparable live event would be between $100,000 to more than $400,000.
The visual magic could spell a new era for live entertainment, with many on Twitter saying they would be prepared to pay for the experience of seeing Tupac in concert again.
Mr Smith said his company had the ability to visually recreate long-dead figures in the studio.
"You can take their likenesses and voice and ... take people that haven't done concerts before or perform music they haven't sung and digitally recreate it," he told MTV.
AV Concepts was also behind the 2005 Grammys performance featuring Madonna and the holographic members of the Gorillaz, as well as holograms used in concert by Celine Dion and the Black Eyed Peas.
Also a hit at Coachella on Sunday night was Australian singer-songwriter Gotye, whose hit single Somebody That I Used to Know is taking the US by storm.
The song has raced to number two in the US charts after featuring on the television show Glee and after the 31-year-old - real name Wally De Backer, appeared on Saturday Night Live.
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For split spherical roller bearings which are subjected to alternating loads and rotation, and to relatively heavy loads (P > 0,12 C), it is recommended that the shaft seat be machined to tolerance h6. For applications where the load is lighter (P < 0,12 C) and of constant direction, seats machined to tolerance h7 are also acceptable. The seat tolerance normally applied for adapter sleeve mounted bearings, h9/IT7, can be used where loads are still lighter and speeds low.
The recommended housing bore seat tolerance is H7. For converters, split spherical roller bearings are often used as replacements for the non-split spherical roller bearings which were originally fitted. In such cases the journal seats are to tolerance r7 and the housing bore seats to E7. The replacement split bearings are specially produced with the appropriate lager bore tolerances to match.


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Royal wedding 'fairytale' is 30 years old
It's time for a trip down royal memory lane.
As one royal wedding is behind us (Will and Kate, of course), and another in the making (Zara Phillips-Mike Tindall), the one that set the standard in terms of spectacle still stands out.
Hard to believe, but it was 30 years ago (July 29, 1981), that Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer walked the aisle of St. Paul's Cathedral.
On this side of the pond, it meant getting up before dawn, filling the coffee pot and adjusting the colour on the 21-inch TV, trying to ge all those reds just right.
The TV audience was about 750 million, not quite the size of the global crowd Charles' son would draw 30 years on, but impressive nonetheless.
This was a fairytale for the ages. The longtime bachelor prince marying this shy, 20-year-old former kindergarten teacher. Their story captured the world and, even in a pre-internet world, the scope of the interest in the couple is hard to imagine.
Unfortunately, the magic of the day was not to last. It crumpled under the weight of infidelity and lies as the years went by. The death of Diana in 1997 was merely the last of the tragic turns in the relationship. What remained to admire was Diana's legacy as the "people's princess," and the promise that her children would fare better in the glare of media and monarchy.
But none of that mattered on July 29, 1981. On that day, it was all about the fairytale. And once upon a time, the whole world watched it begin.
Diana's dress, designed by Davie and Elizabeth Emanuel, featured a train that was 7.6 metres (25 feet) long. Like Kate Middleton's wedding dress, it's creator and creation remained a closely guarded secret until the bride emerged at the church. (Photo: Ron Bull)
Prince Charles has a few words of comfort for his bride during the ceremony presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Accompanied by the Palace Guard, Charles and Diana make their way back to Buckingham Palace.
Diana, now Princess of Wales, waves to the more than half million people who lined the route to Buckingham Palace. (Photo: Boris Spremo)
The crowds were thick in front of the Palace as the couple emerged on the balcony with a few attendants and the Queen and Prince Philip.
This is probably the most iconic image of the day ... the balcony kiss that brought rousing cheers from the Palace throng.
Diana poses for the official photograph in her wedding dress. The dress was made of silk taffeta and decorated with lace and pearls.
The wedding party featured seven attendants: Edward vsn Cutsem (8), Nicholas Windsor (11), India Hicks (13), Sarah-Jane Gaselee (11), Clementine Hambro (5), Sarah Armstrong-Jones (17) and Catherine Cameron (6). Charles' brothers, Edward and Andrew (in background), acted as the groom's best men.
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Well, people love to talk about the weather -- me included -- and that
I understand that; I do. Weather can be harsh and affects everything and can make or break a day or an event.
But there's one thing I never complain about, and that's summer.
My Mom never complains about summer, either. Neither does my girl Jennie. We find winter harsh; we embrace the warmth and heat of this gorgeous yet entirely fleeting season.
There's one weather pattern I am tempted to complain about, though. Rain. It rains a lot around here. Well, at least in 2011, it does.
Oh, but then take it away. Because it's Summer. And the Beach is calling.


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If you're searching for a funky and fresh dining experience that sets itself apart from the conventionality of many traditional French Quarter favorites, look no further than the Green Goddess. Located at 307 Exchange Alley off Bienville, this colorful restaurant is eccentric, to say the least! With limited indoor seating and a wonderful outdoor courtyard when weather permits, an intimate dining experience is in store. Chefs Chris DeBarr and Paul Artigues clearly know their stuff and together create a truly unique menu, combining local ingredients with flavors and traditions from nearly every inch of the globe . Where would one expect to see South Indian Lentil Pancakes, Korean Barbequed Pork Belly, Bangers and Mash, and Louisiana Oysters find a home on the same menu? Don't be surprised to hear the exotic origins of each dish straight from the Chef's mouth, as tableside visits are customary. For the truly adventurous, a surprise combination of the "Chef's Cheese Treasures," as well as a pre-set "Tasting Menu," featuring an array of restaurant favorites, are offered daily and are perfect to split between 2 or 3. While the food is sure to please a diversity of palates (plenty of vegetarian options), the Green Goddess takes the cake with its extensive offering of beverages. The menu includes original infused cocktails, fresh tropical juices, Vietnamese coffee, teas, local and imported beer, and a truly impressive list of wines and champagnes to fit any budget. Treat yourself to an exploration of flavor and trust the staff's rather enlightened recommendations!
The Green Goddess is open for Lunch & Brunch every day, except Tuesday, from 11am – 3:30pm. Dinner is served 6pm-11pm Wednesday through Sunday. Because of its small size, reservations at the Green Goddess are handled on a "first come, first served" basis. Luckily, both the Napoleon House Bar and the Carousel Lounge are within walking distance if you have time for a drink while waiting.
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You know that phrase "slippery slope" that politicians are always throwing around? The Oklahoma legislature just hit the Slip 'N Slide. In fact, they've provided a perfect demonstration of the phrase's meaning by opening up the door for a giant monument to Satan on the grounds of the capitol building.
Last year, Oklahoma's highly conservative government greenlit the building of a religious monument on the steps of the capitol, with the stipulation being that it was financed by private cash. Numerous legal experts criticized the decision and warned that it might be unconstitutional. They went ahead and built it anyway, but in the act of doing so, they've attracted the attention of a few people they didn't plan on: Satanists.
In a letter to state officials, Satanic Temple spokesperson Lucien Greaves lauded Rep. Mike Ritze, who headed the campaign and helped pay for the Ten Commandments replica, saying that they plan on submitting their own monument designs within a month or so.
"He's helping a satanic agenda grow more than any of us possibly could," Greaves said. "You don't walk around and see too many satanic temples around, but when you open the door to public spaces for us, that's when you're going to see us."
The Satanic Temple has gone so far as to create a crowdfunding page for their campaign to raise the $20,ooo needed to build the monument. As of this writing, they're well on their way with nearly four grand pledged.
Rep. Bobby Cleveland said that monuments like the Ten Commandments are needed to celebrate America's "Judeo-Christian heritage", citing that many Christians feel persecuted by political correctness. Then he said that Satanists aren't allowed to feel the same way because "they're nuts".
But Brady Henderson, the legal director for the Oklahoma Chapter of the ACLU, says that the local government is in for a surprise.
"We would prefer to see Oklahoma's government officials work to faithfully serve our communities and improve the lives of Oklahomans instead of erecting granite monuments to show us all how righteous they are," Henderson said. "But if the Ten Commandments, with its overtly Christian message, is allowed to stay at the Capitol, the Satanic Temple's proposed monument cannot be rejected because of its different religious viewpoint."
As the campaign to raise the funds for the Satanic monument continues, and the ACLU gears up for what is sure to be a fight, Lucien Greaves remains confident that their own demonstration of faith will be a success.
"We believe that all monuments should be in good taste and consistent with community standards," Greaves wrote. "Our proposed monument, as an homage to the historic/literary Satan, will certainly abide by these guidelines."
Just days after the the Satanists announced their plans, The Universal Society of Hinduism followed suit with their own plans to build a monkey god statue.


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Missouri Officials Expect Plenty of Ducks for Hunting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri officials say there should be plenty of good hunting even though there may be fewer ducks in the sky this fall.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated the number of breeding ducks at 45.6 million this year - down 6 percent from last year's record high.
The state Conservation Department says ducks should still be abundant, if weather conditions cause them to migrate at the right time.
Missouri has a tiered hunting season for waterfowl.
In northern Missouri, the youth season begins Oct. 19 and the regular season starts Oct. 26. In the middle part of the state, the youth season starts Oct. 26 and the regular season starts Nov. 2. In southern Missouri, the youth season starts Nov. 23 and the regular season begins Nov. 28.


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When you order multiple items via Air Delivery, an additional shipping charge may apply to each item shipped (that's how UPS and FedEx charge us).
We will let you know your total Air shipping cost if it differs from the amount automatically calculated on our web site.
Weekends and Holidays do not "count" as a shipping day
Example: Your order ships on Friday via Next Day Air. It is scheduled for delivery the next business day, Tuesday. Your order does not move on Saturday or Sunday (the weekend), or on Monday (the national holiday). It is delivered on Tuesday, the next business day, right on schedule.
The day your order ships does not "count" as a shipping day
Example: Your 2nd Day Air order ships Monday for scheduled delivery on Wednesday, the 2nd business day. The day your order ships (Monday) is not counted as a shipping day.
Example: Your Ground order ships on Tuesday for scheduled delivery on the 3rd business day, Friday. The day your order ships (Tuesday) is not counted as a shipping day.
Economy Shipping Method (FedEx SmartPost)
For many items, we offer an Economy shipping method. If you select this shipping method, your order will be shipped via the least expensive method available, which is almost always FedEx SmartPost.
SmartPost is a special shipping method designed for smaller, lighter packages. It is intended to save you money when speed is not an issue for you. SmartPost packages are carried from our location by FedEx and deposited at a SmartPost hub. At the hub, your package is handed over to the U.S. Postal Service for "final mile" delivery to your door (or PO Box). Please note that if you have a PO Box, you should always use it. If not, you should use your complete street address, including business name or suite number (if applicable).
Please note that SmartPost (unlike other shipping methods) do not have a guaranteed/predictable delivery date. SmartPost packages are pooled together and move around the country based on carrier volume and logistics on their end. Economy packages usually take between 6 and 10 business days to be delivered, but could be delivered several days sooner or later than that. If you would prefer your package to be delivered more quickly, consider upgrading to Ground shipping.
Hawaii Shipping Method
Shipments to Hawaii are shipped US Priority Mail.
U.S. Territories Shipping Information
Shipments to Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. Territories are generally made via U.S. Priority Mail. If you live in a U.S. Territory, please call us to get a price quote, place your order, and arrange for shipment.
Coffee & Tea Beverage Equipment – Factory Direct to You
We ship most commercial equipment orders to you factory-direct from the manufacturer. Here's how your orders are shipped for all in-stock products:
- Orders generally ship within 24 hours, subject to factory availability
- Orders requesting Air delivery generally ship same-day when we receive your order by 12:00 noon Central Time
- Bloomfield does not ship via U.S. Priority Mail
- Bunn ships military APO/FPO and U.S. Territory addresses via U.S. Priority Mail
- Allow up to 2 weeks for delivery via U.S. Priority Mail
- For ground shipments, Grindmaster generally ships within 24 hours
- For certain items, Grindmaster manufactures to your order
- For these made-to-order items, Grindmaster generally ships on the 5th business day
- Contact us for specific shipping and delivery times
- Grindmaster does not ship via U.S. Priority Mail
Available Shipping Methods
Ship Method
Lower 48 States
Alaska / Hawaii
U.S. Territories
P.O. Boxes
Economy (SmartPost)
Next Day Air
2nd Day Air
3rd Day Air
Priority Mail
Returns & Credits
We want you to be 100% fully and completely satisfied when you do business with us. Whether you are a first-time customer, or a loyal long-time customer, we want you to order from us with confidence.
It is a good idea to read and understand the return policies for the items you are ordering before placing your order. Please note that different items have different return policies and procedures.
Unless the reason for return is due to an error on our part, you are usually responsible for return shipping costs. Most equipment and parts are subject to a manufacturer's restocking fee (percentage varies). Most coffee, tea, beverages mixes, and supplies do not have a restocking fee. Original shipping charges are generally non-refundable.
The 3 types of returns for you to consider are:
1. Return Policy – Beverages, Supplies & Accessories
2. Return Policy – Beverage Equipment & Parts
3. Return Policy – Undeliverable Packages & Unauthorized Returns
For Consistently Better Coffee:
In order to savor a more flavorful, aromatic, smooth, and rich cup of gourmet coffee here's some helpful tips (and a few secrets) so you can brew that perfect cup time after time.
1. Keep your coffee maker clean.
Sounds fairly simple, but residue from both water and coffee can build up in your machine over time and detract from the natural characteristics of the coffee. Since this generally happens slowly, from pot to pot, its hard for you to notice it. But it can, and certainly does, happen.
2. Use fresh, clear, and clean cold water free of impurities.
There's a lot of truth in the old phrase "coffee is 90% water". The quality of your brew is heavily dependent upon the quality of the water that you use. Freshly drawn tap water is fine. However, if you're not happy with your tap water's flavor or color, consider filtered or bottled water.
3. Keep your coffee fresh.
Enemies of storing coffee are air, light, heat, and moisture. When you're using our pre-packaged All Day Gourmet Coffee pillow packs and filter packs your coffee is kept fresh until you're ready to brew. They lock out the air, the light, and the moisture. All you need to do is store your coffee at room temperature.
Store your whole bean coffees – the ones you use daily to make your brew – in a cool, dark, dry place. And preferably in an opaque, air tight container. For more detailed information on storing your coffee beans, see our Coffee FAQs.
4. Use the "right amount" of coffee.
Our pre-packaged All Day Gourmet Coffee pillow packs and filter packs are already pre-measured to brew one pot of coffee (8, 10, or 12 cups). Simple, easy and convenient.
For whole beans, the right amount depends upon your personal taste preference. Start with 1½oz of beans for each 12-cup pot of coffee you brew. Then, adjust the amount of coffee to suit your personal taste preference. That's all there is to it.
5. Use the "right" filter basket.
For home coffee makers, the filter basket that came with your coffee maker is generally just fine for brewing coffee with filter pack coffee.
For commercial coffee makers, we recommend you use a specially designed flat-bottom filter basket made specifically for brewing filter pack coffee. You'll get a better brew every time. See Bloomfield, Bunn, and see it in action.
Better Brew Tip: When using filter packs (1) place the filter pack into the filter basket "seam-side" down, AND (2) use the specially designed flat-bottom filter basket (recommended for commercial coffee makers).
6. Immediately after brewing is complete...
Remove your coffee from the burner. Freshly brewed coffee ages when it's exposed to air. Flavor and aroma loss starts immediately after brewing and becomes noticeable after as little as 15 minutes.
Transfer your freshly-brewed coffee to an insulated airpot, thermal server, or carafe. This will ensure your coffee remains hotter, longer while maintaining its rich aroma and fresh taste.
For Consistently Better Iced Tea . . .
Whether you're brewing for home or commercial use, many of the brewing hints mentioned above for brewing delicious coffee are also common to brewing a splendid glass of our All Day Gourmet Iced Tea, All Day Gourmet Flavored Iced Tea, or Paradise Flavored Iced Tea.
- Keep your drip coffee or tea maker clean of residue.
- Use fresh, clear, and clean cold water free of impurities.
- Store your tea in air tight containers for maximum freshness.
All Day Gourmet Iced Tea is conveniently packaged in filter packs – perfect for brewing terrific iced tea. Available in two different sizes – and a variety of popular flavors – each filter pack brews ½ to 2 gallons of simply splendid traditional or flavored iced tea.
- Place the filter pack of tea into your coffee or tea filter basket with the seam-side down. Brew as you normally do.
- Option: For greater extraction and a stronger tea, empty the contents of the filter pack into a filter and brew as normal.
- While the tea brews, prepare your tea pitcher:
- Add your desired amount of sugar or sweetener,
- Add a little water to dissolve your sweetener,
- Pour in your freshly brewed tea, and
- Dilute with ice (preferably) or cold water.
Now you're ready to enjoy All Day Gourmet Iced Tea to the fullest. A fabulous glass of iced tea that fully deserves its Five Star Rating for aroma, body, color, clarity, and flavor.
Paradise Flavored Iced Tea – three ways to brew.
Brewer Method – Place one filter pack in the brew basket of your drip coffee maker or iced tea maker (seam side down). Fill your brewer with water and brew as normal. Pour the brewed tea into a pitcher and serve over ice.
Option: For greater extraction and a stronger tea, empty the contents of the filter pack into a filter and brew.
Refrigerator Method – Place one filter pack into ½ gallon iced tea pitcher. Add fresh cold water and allow to sit in the refrigerator for 8-12 hours. Remove filter pack and serve.
Hot Water Method – Place 24 ounces of hot water in a pitcher. Add one filter pack of tea and steep for 3 minutes. Remove bag, add 3 cups cold water and chill.
For Consistently Better Hot Tea...
Pickwick Tea and Justin Lloyd Tea Brewing Steps (Tea Bags)
- Bring fresh cold water to a rolling boil
- Preheat your teapot by pouring a small amount of boiling water into it and allow it to sit for a few seconds – then discard water
- Place one tea bag in your teapot per cup of water
- Pour hot water directly over tea bags and allow to steep
- Add milk, sweetener, lemon wedges – as you prefer
Water Temperatures
Green Teas = 180°F
Black and Herbal Teas = 200°F
Steeping Times
White & Green Teas = 2-3 minutes
Black Teas = 3-5 minutes
Herbal Teas = 4-6 minutes
Rooibos (Red) Teas = 6+ minutes
Justin Lloyd Tea Brewing Steps (Loose Tea)
- Draw fresh cold water into a tea pot or
- Draw fresh cold water into a tea pot or electric kettle
- Bring water to a boil
- Use one teaspoon of loose tea for each cup of brewed tea
- Place tea into infuser, tea ball, or loose in teapot
- Pour water, just off a boil, over tea
- Cover tea pot and let stand (steep) for 3 to 5 minutes
- Pour strained tea into cup and serve
- You may also preheat your teapot by pouring a small amount of boiling water into it and let sit for a few seconds – then discard water


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Eric those pictures look great
but getting the plate and bearing onto the shaft is my current task. I have walked away for the night to ponder on a good way to do it. I did try pulling it on with the pulley nut and a couple of big washers I use for pressing bearings but I don't think that is a good option since the tranny wants to spin.
Hi, my GE washer won't spin now. It will spin without load though, that is, with empty tub. It agitates fine, and I noticed when it agitates the inner tub rotates periodically at one direction as well. When it does spin with empty tub it gives out noise. I have replaced the tub bearing and seal but without any luck. Could this problem be caused by a bad transmission bearing discussed in this thread? Thanks!
There are a couple of issues I've found. They mention a 6205-2RS bearing. The bearing that came out of my transmission is also labeled a 6205-2RS on what was left of a seal. The problem is a 6205 has an ID of 25 mm (.9842) and an OD of 52 mm (2.0472). The ID is too small to go over the .9960 transmission shaft. You have to use a 6205-2RS-16 which is a special metric and has a 25.4 mm ID (1.000) or use an English bearing 1.000" ID and a 2.000' OD to begin with and is much more common.


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Pope John XXIII will be declared a saint on April 28, 2014, along with Pope John Paul II, in the first-ever joint canonization ceremony in Catholic Church history.
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Extreme 'housework' cuts the life span of female Komodo Dragons
An international team of researchers has found that female Komodo Dragons live half as long as males on average, seemingly due to their physically demanding 'housework' such as building huge nests and guarding eggs for up to six months.
The results provide important information on the endangered lizards' growth rate, lifestyle and population differences, which may help plan conservation efforts.
The Komodo dragon is the world's largest lizard. Their formidable body size enables them to serve as top predators killing water buffalo, deer and wild boar and they have also been known to kill humans.
A research team which included scientists from the University of Melbourne, Australia, Indonesia and Italy studied 400 individual Komodo Dragons for 10 years in eastern Indonesia, their only native habitat. The team then produced a model of the Dragon's growth rate, with results published in the current issue of international journal Plos One.
Males live to around 60 years of age, reaching an average 160 cm in length and 65 kg at adulthood. However their female counterparts were estimated to live an average of 32 years and reach only 120 cm in length, and 22kg.
Dr Tim Jessop from the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne was a co-author on the study and said that the team were surprised by the significantly shorter lifespan of the female Komodo Dragon.
"The sex-based difference in size appears to be linked to the enormous amounts of energy females invest in producing eggs, building and guarding their nests. The process can take up to six months during which they essentially fast, losing a lot of weight and body condition, he said.
"Males and females start off at the same size until they reach sexual maturity at around seven years of age. From then on females grow slower, shorter and die younger."
The research team was keen to understand the growth rate of the Komodo Dragons as this critical process can indicate how the species prioritises its energy use in lifestyle and reproductive strategies. The results suggest that females have high energy 'costs' for reproduction resulting in their smaller size, whereas to reproduce successfully, males must keep increasing in size.
The results could have dramatic consequences for the endangered species as early female deaths may be exacerbating competition between males over the remaining females, possibly explaining why males are the world's largest lizards.
"These results may seem odd to humans when the life span between Australian men and women differ by five years. But each species has different strategies to pass on their genes. For example humans invest a lot of energy in few children as raising them is very energy intensive, whereas insects will have hundreds of offspring with no input into their rearing."
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Sony Move patent from 2008 surfaces, shows two controllers snapping together
A patent application from published earlier this month shows a Move controller with a larger sensor ball, swappable buttons, a large handle, and the ability to attach two controllers together to form one interesting-looking concoction.
Sony Patent headlines
Sony patent suggests an updated PS Eye may be in the cards
A patent filed by Sony in late 2011 for a "User-Drive Three Dimensional Interactive Gaming Environment" has surfaced, and the device appears to be an updated version of PS Eye.
Sony patent depicts what appears to be a controller similar to Wii U
A 2010 Sony patent dug-up by VentureBeat shows what looks to be a touchscreen handheld controller similar to the one Nintendo introduced for Wii U.
Sony patents a system that can detect emotions
A patent filed by Sony, and found by Siliconera, shows a system that detects laughter, sadness, anger, boredom, and other emotions caused by watching David Caruso on the telly.Apparently, it uses metadata which detects emotions filtered through a microphone and expressions picked up by the camera. Both are then linked to the game console (PS3), […]


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Friday, November 28, 2008
Saluting Greatness and Giving Thanks
Remembering Carlson's Houdini Act
In the whole run of a season, it is sometimes easy to forget some of the truly great performances that we had the opportunity to witness. Fangraphs reminds us of Jesse Calrson's heroic effort versus the Texas Rangers way back on April 16, which they rank as the third best pitching peformance of the year. While the Jays went on to lose the game, Carlson certainly held up his end of the bargain by entering with the bases loaded and striking out the side.
Fangraphs notes that "Carlson recorded a 0.721 WPA for his stellar work"...and while we don't really know what that means, it sounds awesome and reminds us of a truly transcendant moment in the 2008 season.
(An appreciative glove tap to Neate at Out of Left Field for this.)
The Greatest Roy Halladay Post Ever Told
We bow and genuflect before Lloyd the Barber at Ghostrunner on First for this outstanding post detailing the daily routine of one Harry LeRoy Halladay. Amongst Doc's activities:
"7:00 AM: Begin daily staredown in the mirror. Turn grimace to stun.
9:00 AM: Realize that the only man strong enough to survive the glare of Roy Halladay is Roy Halladay."
There are some really great Jays blogs out there, and there have been many salient and humourous takes on the team over the past few years. But when we read this post, we were immediately struck with an overwhelming jealousy at its excellence. We wish that we were clever enough write something this good.
Thanks Be Given
Our sincere appreciation to the 'Duk at Big League Stew for listing us amongst his 101 reasons to give thanks this year. Seeing our name dropped alongside Vin Scully, Dan Schulman, Joe Posnanski, and a veritable cornucopia of the greatest things in a baseball fan's life is a truly humbling experience. We can only hope to live up to such a tribute.
Thanks again, 'Duk. You made our day.
3 comments:
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
I, too, am thankful for The Tao of Stieb. Cheers, fellas.
- November 28, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Why is it humbling to be put up with those names? I never understood why people are "humbled" to win awards and be "named along with those great people" or whatever. Don't be humbled, man! Be proud and cocky!
- November 28, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Humility is a virtue that will take one a lot further then rubbing your successes/recognition's in other people's faces. I think you are joking, but it needed to be said (to Brendan).
I said it in response to the GROF post about Halladay (Which is a truly enjoyable piece - try to tell me you weren't giggling and smiling ear to ear picturing Doc slinging tired dogs over his shoulders).. Halladay has never received 1 MVP vote. Not a 10th place vote not even once. That is bullshit.
- November 29, 2008 at 9:13 AM


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The Israeli military says six wounded Syrians have been returned to their country after receiving medical treatment in Israel.
The military says the six had completed their treatment and the military took them to an undisclosed location where they returned to Syria on Wednesday. The military would not comment on why they were returned to Syria, where they could be in danger.
Two weeks ago, seven Syrian men approached the frontier between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Israeli soldiers gave them initial treatment before transferring them to a hospital.
It was the first time Syrians sought help in Israel during their civil war. The two countries regard each other as enemies.
The military says the seventh Syrian, who was severely wounded, remains in an Israeli hospital for further treatment.


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Ginataang Bilo-Bilo (rice balls)
Ginataang Bilo-Bilo is sometimes referred to as Ginataang Halo-Halo. The term Bilo-Bilo means a round shape. In English, ginataan is something cooked with coconut milk. Basically, the process of making this dessert is making the bilo bilo or the rice balls, first and then cooking them in coconut milk. The ingredients you use will also affect the color of the food. If you are use purple yam, there is a tendency for the soup to turn to a purple color. In this recipe, we only use sweet potatoes. So, you'll notice the color is orange. The recipe is sweet and sits heavy in your stomach. But it, nevertheless, makes an excellent snack or dessert.
- 1 cup glutinous rice flour
- 1/2 cup water for dough
- 2 cans (3 cups) coconut milk
- 2 cups of water
- 1/2 cup tapioca pearls or cooked sago
- 3 plantain bananas cut in bite size pieces
- 1 1/2 cups langka strips or canned jack fruit
- 1 large sweet potatoes cut into cubes
- 2 small ube cut in bite size or purple yam (optional)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Servings: 5
- Time: 40 minutes
- Level: Easy
- Cuisine: Filipino
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- In mixing bowl add the glutinous rice flour and half a cup of water. Mix using a spatula until the mixture is well blended and dough like. Scoop up about 1/2 tbsp of the mixture. Using the palm of your hand, make a small round rice ball. Set it aside.
- Add the coconut milk, water, and sugar to a pot, stir and bring it to a boil.
- Add the ube (optional) and sweet potato. Simmer over medium heat until they are slightly tender approximately 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Add the rice balls one at a time. Stir and simmer for 8 minutes or until the rice balls are cooked.
- Lastly, add the jack fruit, bananas, and cooked sago. Simmer for additional 3 minutes. (If your using raw sago, you can put them in advance to cook).
- Serve and enjoy!
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