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Aguero targeting bumper haul
Sergio Aguero is determined to keep plundering the goals to keep Manchester City's quadruple challenge on track.
The prolific Argentinian came to City's rescue to ensure they avoided an FA Cup shock against Watford with a second-half hat-trick.
City remarkably trailed 2-0 to the Sky Bet Championship side at half-time of their fourth-round tie at the Etihad Stadium, but it was a different story after the break.
A team reshuffle laid the foundations for Aguero to level the scores with a double.
City did not go ahead until luckless Hornets goalkeeper Jonathan Bond allowed an Aleksandar Kolarov shot to slip through his grasp three minutes from time but Aguero quickly added a fourth.
That took his tally for the season to 25, six of which have come in four appearances since he returned from a month-long injury absence.
The 25-year-old said: "The important thing is the goals contribute to the team's victory, the team wins and we win titles.
"I don't have any specific goals to reach - but as many as possible.
"We weren't expecting to score four goals. We knew at half-time we needed to improve and in the end we won and we have made it to the next round. We are happy with that."
City were lethargic in the first half and that was ruthlessly exploited by a fired-up Watford side playing well above a standard that might be expected of a team 15th in their division.
They claimed a deserved lead when Troy Deeney set up Fernando Forestieri - the only player in the Watford side to have commanded a transfer fee, £500,000 - after 21 minutes.
The impressive Deeney doubled the lead on the half-hour after some slack defending by City.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini later branded his side's defending a "disaster" and said he could have made 11 substitutions at half-time.
The changes he did make however, sending on Vincent Kompany and Pablo Zabaleta, brought more organisation at the back and changed the game.
Aguero said: "In the first half they played really well and put a lot of pressure on us but in the second half we made fewer mistakes and we were able to get the goals. It is good we were able to come back."
City's third substitution saw striker Stevan Jovetic sent on up front to link with Aguero and Edin Dzeko.
The Montenegro international has endured a torrid time since joining City in a £22million move from Fiorentina last summer due to a succession of injuries and illness.
He did not get on the scoresheet but did combine well with the two strikers and could have a key role to play in the closing stages of the season as the fixtures mount.
Jovetic has so far been the odd man out among the strikers with Negredo having also scored 23 times and Dzeko 16.
The 24-year-old told City TV: "I am so happy for them. I play with them and I need to say thank you to them because we are playing so well and we are where we are in the table.
"From now I want to score also and get close to them.
"We have a lot of games and I hope I get my chance and I will play.
"Everything is going well, I'm very happy to be back on the pitch and to be able to help the guys."
Watford and their manager Beppe Sannino left Manchester with much credit.
Although the result extended their indifferent run to just two wins in 17 games, the performance gave renewed hope they could push for a place in the play-offs.
City had not been troubled so much at home since they were thrashed by European champions Bayern Munich in October.
Midfielder Sean Murray said: "That shows how well we have been working this week and what the new manager expects of us.
"The players are giving it back to him. It was a really good feeling being in front, but at the end of the day we lost the game and the second half wasn't as good as we wanted it to be.
"Their quality just showed overall, but I think we can move on and take positives and work on negatives.
"Hopefully when we go back to the Championship we will take positives into the game against Nottingham Forest."


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Lohan judge 'shook her head'
A judge has delayed Lindsay Lohan's trial on three misdemeanour counts filed after a June car crash.
Lohan appeared in court wearing a black dress and spoke only to confirm that she was changing her lawyer.
Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner shook her head when she saw Lohan in her courtroom less than a year after warning the actress to stay out of trouble.
Sautner set a March 18 trial date and a March 1 hearing that Lohan is not required to attend.
Sautner previously sentenced Lohan to jail and house arrest in another case.
However, Sautner is retiring soon and another judge will hear the upcoming trial and any related motions.
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Four more episodes from the first series of the classic BBC Radio comedy starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Ron Moody and Pat Lancaster. Between 1958 and 1964, 'Beyond Our Ken' lit up the airwaves and it remains as funny today as when it was first broadcast. In these 4 episodes, pick up some of Kenneth Horne's beauty tips in 'Tittle Tattle Magazine', learn how to deal with a stork up the chimney, find out 'What to Do in London' and listen to Parisian cabaret artist Maurice Chandelier. In addition, you can hear about English imperturbability at home and abroad; go hunting with Charles and Rodney; meet Felicity and Ambrose, the happiest couple in Great Britain and join roving reporter Cecil Snaith at the Monte Carlo Rally. With musical entertainment from Pat Lancaster and The Malcolm Mitchell Trio, join genial host Kenneth Horne and his ensemble in this fantastic forerunner to Round the Horne.


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New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has issued a statement via press release:
This kind of an anti-gay attack is unacceptable anywhere, but for it to happen in Chelsea which has such a large LGBT population is particularly shocking. And what's worse is that this is happening after a summer of repeated attacks on members of the LGBT attack just because of who they are. People who commit hate crimes are cowards. This is not who we are. We are a city that knows that diversity is our greatest strength and we need to show that by helping the police by apprehending these attackers. We need to send a message that this type of hate crime is not acceptable, will not be tolerated, and needs to come to an end. We thank the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force for taking immediate action to investigate this incident, and urge anyone with any more information on these sketches to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.


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Executive Chef Kyle Bailey at Birch & Barley in D.C. hates packaged food. So much so that he and his staff are committed to making just about everything from scratch, hardly ever opening a can or a package of anything in the restaurant kitchen. This often leads to engineering methods to make challenging items that aren't normally made in-house.
Never having tried homemade couscous from scratch, Bailey set out to make a great, authentic couscous in Birch & Barley's kitchen. Most people are familiar with couscous, but likely just the boxed variety from the grocery store. Because the process of making couscous is relatively labor intensive, you're not likely to see it done that often. But Bailey goes through the process of steaming the semolina, which requires some patience, but the results are pretty awesome.
It turns out light and airy and tastes subtly of cinnamon. Though traditionally served with meat or vegetable stew spooned on top, the couscous at Birch & Barley can be found with pan-seared black bass or a seared lamb loin. But since it's a staple, it could go with just about anything.
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The United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices votes for near universal recommendation for seasonal influenza vaccinationArchived
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Increased seasonal influenza vaccination coverage in the US during the pandemic 2009-10Archived
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UK announces policies for seasonal influenza vaccination for autumn 2010-2011; including for pregnant womenArchived
UK announces policies for seasonal influenza vaccination in the coming autumn (2010/11 season) inclusion of pregnant women
Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in Asia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialArchived
These article published in The Lancet provide new data for the efficacy of oral pentavalent rotavirus vaccine for prevention of severe rotavirus – related gastroenteritis in infant in developing countries
Influenza season 2010/11 – Norway's risk assessment and revisited vaccine recommendationsArchived
An important conclusion from this process is that the current situation, with B viruses dominating (80%), is likely to continue through the season.
Ecological approaches to informing public-health policy and risk assessments on emerging vector-borne zoonosesArchived
Medlock and Jameson discuss in this paper how an ecological approach could and should inform public health policy and risk assessments on emerging vector-borne zoonoses, with focus on a UK and European context.
West Nile virus in Europe: understanding the present to gauge the futureArchived
The appearance of West Nile virus in New York in 1999 and the unprecedented panzootic that followed, have stimulated a major research effort in the western hemisphere and a new interest in the presence of this virus in the Old World. This review considers current understanding of the natural history of this pathogen, with particular regard to transmission in Europe.
Distribution of Far-Eastern TBEV subtype strains in the former Soviet UnionArchived
European and Asian viruses within the tick-borne encephalitis Flavivirus complex are known to show temporal, spatial and phylogenetic relationships that imply a clinal pattern of evolution.
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has been Rated by ESRB
A full remake of the original AOE 2 seems to be coming our way sometime in the future. What do we know about Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition so far?
Microsoft job listing seeks 'principal lead' for "established and well-loved" strategy IP
There are doings afoot over at Microsoft's Redmond campus as they want a senior games developer to join their team who are working on "an established and well-loved" strategy franchise. It's a AAA project.
No Windows Phone exclusive nonsense presumably, and PC might be getting some Microsoft love after all. Age of Empires is Microsoft's strategy flagship series.
Age of Empires 2 HD hitting Steam on 9th April
The classic RTS game by Ensemble Studios is returning with an HD remake courtesy of Hidden Path Entertainment, as Age of Empires II HD is hitting Steam on the 9th April.
Unofficial Age of Empires II expansion, Forgotten Empires, now available
Age of Empires II fans can rejoice as the unofficial expansion Age of Empires II: Forgotten Empires is now available. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors is required to play the expansion.
Robot Entertainment's Spartan is actually 'Age of Empires Online'
Microsoft Game Studios has just announced that Robot Entertainment is developing Age of Empires Online, with beta signups now going live.
This was the project thought of as 'Spartan'. AOE Online gives us a "persistent online capitol city" that we can grow and nurture while conquering.


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SCIENCE celebrities will descend on the county to share their passion for discovery, at this year's Oxfordshire Science Festival.
Comedian Robin Ince, broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili and Oxford physics professor Frank Close will be among those trying to enthuse young and old with their love of science.
The festival, which is taking place from March 7-23, will see theatres, museums and schools host events, from live experiments to an award-winning dramatic interpretation of Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider.
The county-wide celebration of science will climax with Abingdon's Atom science fair, which will see scientists from Harwell and Culham take over the Market Place.
Organiser and scientist Renee Watson – an Oxford Mail columnist – said previous festivals had focused on Oxford but this year's would spread further afield.
She said: "In the past few years we have done some really interesting public events in Oxford and we wanted to roll that out to other towns across the county.
"Abingdon is the UK's biggest hub of science technology and industry.
"With centres like Harwell and Culham nearby, it is one of the most exciting places in the country in terms of getting science out of the lab and into the real world.
"There are a huge number of people employed by and affiliated with science, and people living in the area have the opportunity to build bridges with the scientific community to learn more about these industries."
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Other highlights will include Bonn University's award-winning Particle Physics Show at the Oxford University physics department on Parks Road on March 18.
The show, a dramatic interpretation of the work at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern in Switzerland, boasts to "bring the Higgs Boson to life".
The illusive particle, discovered finally last year, was dubbed "the God particle" and is believed to give matter gravity.
Abingdon's Atom festival will kick off on Thursday, March 20, with Converscience, an evening of wit and science at St Helen and St Katharine School, featuring comedian Robin Ince and Oxford physics professor Frank Close.
Friday evening will see physicist Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of the BBC's Life Scientific, give a talk about the growing science of quantum biology at Abingdon School's Amey Theatre.
On Saturday, March 22, Abingdon Market Place will be taken over by more than scientific events and stalls.
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Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 16 July 2012)
Bonn, 16 July 2012. In the Sahel a war is spreading. Within three months it has overtaken the towns in an area of northern Mali larger than France. 365,000 people have taken flight within the country and across its borders into neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger. But it is not the only disaster to strike northern Mali. The people are not only fleeing the violence, a reminder of the Tuareg war of 1990 to 1992: they are also trying to escape drought and famine. Little in the way of facts and developments is leaking out to the world's public. Journalists, foreigners and most western aid organisations have left. The situation is too dangerous. At best, information is being received by telephone from the border towns of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu. Uninhabited desert areas are isolated from modern means of communication. And yet reports on the region paint a clear picture of good and evil. Images of defiled graves in Timbuktu show how Islamist fighters and Tuareg rebels are destroying a world cultural heritage dating back centuries. The inhabitants of Timbuktu appear to have no choice but to watch helplessly as the armed and masked men go about their heartless business. In Gao, a town on Mali's border with Niger, the 'Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa' (MUJAO) is said to have taken the whole population hostage, a circle of land mines ensuring that no one escapes.
It seems to be a clear-cut case: extremist Islamists and Tuareg rebels versus the Malian state. And yet it is not quite so simple. The threatening Islamist gestures of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), MUJAO and Ansar Eddine conceal a mixture of hard economic interests, disputes between old-established clans and struggles for an independent Tuareg state to be known as Azawad. Independence from the Malian state is demanded by the Tuareg Movement for the National Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), which began by allying itself with Ansar Eddine to increase its strength. But the groups fell out over the question of religion: while the MNLA advocates a secular state, the other three are officially seeking to establish an Islamist regime in western Africa. Yet the lines separating the Tuareg and the Islamists seem clearer than they really are. Ansar Eddine is led by the respected Tuareg Iyad Ag Ghali. He had hopes of becoming the leader of the MNLA. When they were dashed, he set up the Islamist Ansar Eddine, but retained links with his Tuareg clan. He is alleged to have the backing of AQIM. AQIM emerged from an Algerian Salafist movement, is said to be composed mostly of Algerians and Mauritanians and operates across borders in the western Sahel.
Behind the religiously charged scenes, all the groups that are ready to use violence – whether Tuareg, AQIM, MUJAO or Ansar Eddine – have a number of things in common. First, they are linked to international smuggling: only in an ungoverned area like the Sahel can the lucrative movement of drugs from Latin America to Europe flourish and other smuggled goods find their way to consumers in Africa, Asia and Europe. Second, their violence has no support in Mali's tolerant and consensus-oriented society. Nor does the introduction of a Wahabi and Salafist form of Islam find any approval in the Sufi tradition of the Malian faithful. Third, the groups with a propensity for violence are benefiting from the collapse of the Ghaddafi regime. Innumerable Tuareg who fought in the ranks of the Libyan army have returned, some of them heavily armed, to their desert homes in Mali, Niger and Chad. Trained as soldiers, they are easily recruited for the struggle in northern Mali. Their combat strength and fire power are alarming, even though the actual numbers involved remain unknown. Finally, the fighters in northern Mali are taking advantage of the power vacuum that has prevailed in the capital of the country since a military coup in March 2012.
Beside the pictures of war and famine, the coup that ousted the democratically elected President, Amadou Toumani Touré, fades into insignificance. Yet the absence of a workable government is currently preventing effective action against famine, poverty and war in the North of the country. In this former model democracy supporters of the old regime face sections of the military and young Malians pressing for radical political change. They recall the demands that the old political elite addressed to representatives of the authoritarian regime in the early stages of Malian democracy in 1991. The state was to ensure the unity of the nation and put an end to the ominous Tuareg rebellion (1991-1995). The old elite also stood for an end to corrupt politics and the enrichment of individuals at the expense of the Malian people. Now the civil and military opposition are also accusing the government led by Touré, who has fled to Senegal, and the constitutional transitional government of being incapable of restoring peace in the North and ensuring sustainable development for all Malians. In this respect many observers are surprised to find that the military coup has proved very popular with the urban population. Nor has an agreement mediated by Burkina Faso and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) done much to improve the wrangling over the leadership of the country. ECOWAS, for example, has called on the Malian transitional government to form a government of national unity by 31 July 2012 and to take action to end the conflict in the North.
International support is needed if a further escalation of violence in the Sahel region is to be prevented. In Africa itself the African Union, ECOWAS and Mali's neighbours Algeria and Chad are discussing the form that engagement might take. ECOWAS has taken Algeria's place as the main negotiating power in conflicts with the Tuareg and AQIM. The problem with ECOWAS's new role is, however, that Algeria and Chad, being non-members, are excluded. A split in political positions was also to be seen at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa last weekend. While ECOWAS is preparing to intervene with 3,000 troops, Algeria is pressing for a political dialogue with the warring parties. Chad would take military action, but not under ECOWAS's aegis. Sustained management of the conflict in northern Mali and of the regular catastrophic droughts in the Sahel is, however, achievable only with Algeria and Chad. The integration of these countries can succeed only if Mali, the African Union and the United Nations Security Council adopt clear positions. In the Security Council France has already declared its support for military intervention, while the USA is exercising restraint in view of the forthcoming presidential election. As the Malian military is also opposed to intervention, Mali's transitional government remains incapable of taking action for the time being.
Neither the African Union and ECOWAS nor the United Nations will do anything before 31 July. In the meantime, they expect a government of national unity to be formed in Mali and an ECOWAS mission and the UN Secretary-General to present their reports on the situation in Mali. It is to be hoped that in this way a more accurate picture of the facts and developments in the war and the emergency in northern Mali will emerge. It is only on a sound basis of this kind that the advantages and risks associated with a military intervention can be assessed.


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Bournemouth based AUCB graduate film director Steven Lake will be previewing his debut environmental documentary in the Arts University College Bournemouth main lecture theatre on Friday 27th May, 2011, at 6:30 pm.
The preview screening is free to attend as the production team would like to invite the audience to provide some written feedback on the film at the end. The feedback will then be used to finalize the film before its release later this year. The film is produced by Bournemouth based award winning film production company White Lantern Film.
Steven, who lives in Bournemouth, graduated in 2009 from the BA Film Production degree at the AUCB and has been working on his documentary film DRYING FOR FREEDOM since. Working alongside him is AUCB graduate Rob Fuller who graduated from BA Graphics and Animation in the same year and is completing all the documentaries key animations.
The screening coincides with the Big Green Fortnight which aims to engage the local community and raise awareness about our carbon foot print. Steven's film reveals the expense to the planet and financially of drying clothes electrically exploring the bans some communities have placed on outdoor clothes drying.
Whilst there is a worldwide focus on cutting carbon emissions, household are prevented from living environmentally conscious lives as outdoor clothes lines are banned by their community. DRYING FOR FREEDOM reveals the story of our love affair with energy; the people who are campaigning against it, the rules society have created to sustain it and the destruction it is causing to the planet. It explores how line drying is banned across the U.S. and how these communities are fighting for their right to dry naturally. DRYING FOR FREEDOM also shows how corporate America sold its citizens the dream of electric bliss in the 1950's. It investigates the argument that globalization, in countries like India, continues to promote the use of electric driers over clotheslines, signifying that our future is hanging on the line.
The film will be release later this year and the production need your support to help bring this important message to world. You can follow the team on facebook, twitter and youtube and donate at Indiegogo.com or Kickstarter.com and receive a range of exclusive rewards including merchandise, personalized DVD's and even dinner with the director.
The special free preview screening is open to anyone who is happy to share their thoughts on the film at the end. To book a ticket, please contact Tim on 01202 297009 or email email@example.com Tickets will also be available on the door. For more information about the film please visit www.dryingforfreedom.com
White Lantern Film is part of the White Lantern Media Group, one of the UK's leading digital media social enterprise groups based in Bournemouth. The vertically integrated group combines training, development, production, distribution and experiences within the screen and entertainment sectors. With innovation and talent at the heart of the business, the group aims to become a leading supplier of screen and event based entertainment in the UK.


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It only works for new people.ygmir wrote:well, well.......share your techniques with us!! I won't copy, since, I doubt I'll ever be a "greeter".......gyre wrote:The way I do greeter's, gate might be considered huggier, but people really enjoy it.
I met that bouncing cheerleader, hypnotically colorful.
She said I wasn't being peppy enough.
I went a different way at greeter's.
If virgins can't qualify for entry, I send them back.
Do you keep it fairly the same each year?
Do people, ever recognize you, from a previous "greetings"?
haha, I bet it'd be a tradition for some, to try to find you each year, and be greeted in "your special way".........
I started out just wanting to keep things moving, but people want a show.
Some people come just to see their friends come through the gate.
First I find out how long people have been coming, some over twenty years now.
I don't waste time with people that know the basics (the purpose of greeter's gate).
I ignore the frantic hints about new people, and go through the rules.
Eventually I ease into the blm limiting admission, so only past burners get in.
With a little persuasion, I make them justify their entrance.
Their friends are dying to keep from laughing.
Some are easy, born burners, some freeze and can't talk, even with coaching.
I wish I had it all on film.
"But I have a ticket."
"Everybody has a ticket."
One girl was so ready to burn I had to shut her up.
"Okay, you're in, you're in."
I've had people out of the car and headed back out the gate.
It's very delicate to be convincing.
I can go through the details with anyone that wants to use it.
It has to be done just right.
Some people told me it was the most fun they've had out there.
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A Quickening – False bravado – Issues of Abundance – Self interest vs. Self sacrifice
Sense of lack and insufficiency.
Busyness. Ambitious and hard-working.
Making compromises to please others.
Resentment. Holding in of negative emotions.
Using hard work to constructively ventilate those feelings.
False bravado. Others' opinions matter too much.
Self-sacrificing in order to keep the peace.
Lack of self-nurturance.
Taking out your suppressed anger in busywork.
Overusing the mind. Over-intellectualizing. Over-valuing the intellect.
Trying to figure it all out. Difficulty expressing feelings.
Belief code of lack, unworthinesss and ability to receive.
This holding in of negative emotions and unexpressed resentment can lead to chronic illness, a poisoned opinion of others, and self-inflicted wounds.


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Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - All LeBron James could do was watch on the bench as Brooklyn seized control in the second overtime.
The Nets are still unbeaten in 2014.
Joe Johnson had 22 of his 32 points in the first quarter, Paul Pierce added 23 and the Nets defeated the Miami Heat 104-95 on Friday night.
James was whistled for his sixth and final foul with 36 seconds left in the first overtime. With the Heat trailing 93-91, James drove on Shaun Livingston, but was called for an offensive foul after putting his shoulder into him.
It was the fourth regular-season game in his career that James fouled out.
Norris Cole nailed a game-tying jumper with 3.3 seconds in the extra session to force a second overtime, where Brooklyn scored the first 11 points to seal the outcome.
Livingston tallied 19 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocks for the Nets, who have won five in a row. Kevin Garnett chipped in with 12 points and 10 boards in the triumph.
James had 36 points on 12-of-21 shooting to go with seven rebounds and five assists for Miami, which has dropped two straight. Cole had 18 points and seven assists in defeat.
Dwyane Wade was a healthy scratch for the Heat.
Cole's steal and layup capped a 13-2 Miami run to claw the Heat within 80-79 with 7:04 left in regulation.
During that Heat surge, tempers flared between the teams. With James pushing the ball up the floor, he was called for an offensive foul after using his left arm to push off of Andrei Kirilenko. As James continued into the paint, Mirza Teletovic briefly wrapped his arms around James' neck before pulling them back because the play was whistled dead. James immediately got up and reacted with anger before being pushed away from Teletovic by his teammates.
Livingston and Pierce both split a pair from the line before Livingston knocked down a jumper to extend the Nets margin back to 84-79.
James then scored four straight points and a Cole 3 with 2:10 on the clock gave Miami its first lead, 86-84, since it led 32-30 late in the first quarter.
Pierce hit a straightaway trey at the other end before James put Miami back in front with 1:22 to go with an off-balanced running bank shot in the paint. Johnson then banked in a short jumper for his first field goal of the second half to give Brooklyn an 89-88 edge with 1:03 left.
James split a pair of foul shots to tie the score with 40.8 ticks remaining and Pierce was short on a step-back 3-pointer at the horn.
Earlier, Johnson hit his first eight shots from the floor and finished 9-of-10 in the opening frame. He also knocked down four triples as the Nets led 33-32 after a quarter of play. James had 16 points in the first.
Brooklyn closed the half on an 8-0 flurry to take a 53-45 advantage into the break and the Nets headed into the fourth with a 76-64 cushion.
GAME NOTES: The players wore jerseys with their nicknames on the back ... The Nets outrebounded the Heat 49-39 ... The Nets shot 46.5 percent (40-of-86) from the floor.


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Hey Guys,
Has anyone ever read Think and Grow Rich? I love the idea of a mastermind group. Is anyone interested in starting a small forum or even regularly discussing on here ideas your developing and so on. I love the idea of supporting each other and I think here would be a great place to do it.
I don't know if this has been covered all ready but I was just wondering what other blogs people read besides this one? I'd love to know What Tynan reads also.
Hey guys, I recently interviewed Tynan for my blog. Check it out here.
Hey guys, today my first book became available on Amazon and it's called 'The Psychology of Confidence' and as you can probably guess from the title, it's about confidence but perhaps more importantly, how to develop it in an internally validated way. Like Tynan's books, it'll cost £2.99 so I hope you can read it. I'd love to hear your feedback on it. Thanks again!
Special shout out to John and David from the community for answering my questions about Kindle formatting.
Hey Tynan, I've been reading through some of your old blogs and I was just wondering what Todd does now? Does he have a blog?
Recently, I realised how now, it's so easy to increase your self-esteem. Granted it's externally validated, but all you need to do is go on Facebook, write a status or upload a picture and people will validate it. Whatever happened to becoming self-validated through personal accomplishments? What are your thoughts?
Am I right in thinking I read in a post recently that Tynan's going to release a best of his blog for his next book?
I'm currently writing the outline for my next book and I'm wondering if you can help me. I'm planning on writing a book on (independent) travel but in particular, how to quit your job and set up a new home abroad. Is this something you'd be interested in reading? Would you want to learn more about how to quit your job? Any feedback is appreciated.
Hey guys,
Does anyone have any tips on how to make your blog more popular apart from the usual 'be different' and 'blog regularly'? I'm interest more in esoteric key word searches and then writing an article on that? Any help would be great. I'm trying to learn a lot about PR at the moment as I'm hoping to launch a new business soon.
Although I think sorting posts by votes is a great idea, it still overlooks a lot of great articles written years ago. I would love to know, what are your top 10 Tynan articles. Tynan I'd love to know your opinion too.


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Sustainable building with knowhow from Austria
The guiding principle of sustainable construction is the awareness that economy, ecology and society are interlocking systems. The importance of sustainable construction to Austria's economy has been growing steadily.
There are many aspects to sustainable building: in addition to special planning, selecting the right materials and expert workmanship, the products used must also be applied correctly. Austrian companies play a leading role in all of these areas. Right from the planning phase of a construction project, they focus on using energy and raw materials in a way which conserves resources, as well as avoiding emissions and cutting waste.
Austrian companies have exceptional expertise in sustainable construction, which is not limited to the new design of sustainable buildings or refurbishing and upgrading existing buildings.
More information on Austrian companies in the sustainable building sector along with cooperation opportunities can be found in the latest edition of FRESH VIEW:
FRESH VIEW on Sustainable Building: Know-How, Materials, Technology, Renewable Energy, Research Nr. 153/2014, Part 1 [pdf, 6,292.0kb]
FRESH VIEW on Sustainable Building: Know-How, Materials, Technology, Renewable Energy, Research Nr. 153/2014, Part 2 [pdf, 3,763.8kb]


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Avoid the queues and crowds: another 7 ways to get off the beaten track and explore the island of Ireland
Inishowen is remote, dramatic and beautiful and THE place to witness the Northern Lights in Ireland. Snuggle under a blanket and watch this phenomenon at Grianan of Aileach, a huge 2,000-year-old ring fort sitting 250 metres above sea level. Lie back and watch the sky dance.
Location: The Inishowen Peninsula is located at the extreme north of the island of Ireland in County Donegal. Its east coast borders Lough Foyle, a lake shared with County Londonderry.
Want somewhere off the grid? Head to Dursey Island (on the Wild Atlantic Way), accessible by Ireland's only cable car – and one of the few cable cars in Europe that traverses open sea. The car is a lifeline for the Dursey's handful of inhabitants who use the conveyance to carry their precious livestock. Keep a lookout for dolphins or whales in the waters 250ft below – if you dare to look down!
Location: The cable car departs from Ballaghboy in County Cork
Cnoc Suain (meaning 'quiet hill') is a restored 17th-century village in Spiddal set in 200 acres of Connemara's rolling bogland. In Cnoc Suain's backyard? An ancient playground. Discover the secrets of perfectly preserved bog bodies and the wonder plant, sphagnum moss.
Location: Follow the R336 from Galway city for 17km, heading towards Carraroe.
On 17 March 1777, Patrick Brunty was born in the tiny explosion of green fields that is Drumballyroney parish in County Down. He would one day become father to the most revered sisters in literary history: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Visit the tiny church where Patrick preached and prayed, the tiny cottage next door where he laid his head and even the school where he began his teaching career. This is where the Brontë story begins.
Location: Southeast from Downpatrick; follow the A25.
Looking for a wild countryside experience? This is it: think free grazing cattle, wild horses and badger setts. Pick a clear day for your stroll and your view will include Strangford Lough, the Mourne Mountains, the Sperrins and even Scotland.
Location: East from Belfast City: follow the A1, onto the B38 and make for Springmartin Road.
You've heard of Noah's Ark, but do you know the story of the Little Ark?
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When parish priest Father Meehan was denied permission to build a church, he decided to celebrate mass on 'no man's land'. So, the 'Little Ark' was built – a wooden altar on wheels, which was rolled onto the beach at low tide. Eventually, a church was built, known as the Church of the Little Ark. But you can still visit the original Little Ark in its new home within the church.
Location: Head southwest from Ennis onto the R458, then the R487
Named after the pagan goddess Queen Macha, Navan Fort (Emhain Mhacha) was once the high seat of the Kings and Queens of Ulster. Archaeologists love this place, thanks to finds like the 2,500-year-old skull of a Barbary Macaque, which found its way there from North Africa.
Location: Head north from Armagh city and follow the A29. Turn right onto Killylea Road.
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The books in this week's roundup are united less by theme than by the fact that they're all new and noteworthy. But before we get to that, since Monday is Holocaust Remembrance Day, I'm going to throw in a sixth book — "Vera Gran: The Accused" by Agata Tuszynska (Knopf, 303 pages, $28.95). Vera Gran, a torch singer in the Warsaw Ghetto who survived the war, was implicated as a Nazi collaborator. Tuszynska's book deftly explores the allegations and the nuances of complicity and guilt. It is a story about wartime morality that raises more questions than it answers — which is precisely what Holocaust Remembrance Day is about.
This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email. Click here to learn about joining Printers Row.
We'll start the rest of this week's roundup with another book that aims to seek more than answer: Christian Wiman, who lives here in Chicago and recently announced he will soon leave his post as editor of Poetry magazine, published "My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer" Tuesday.
My Bright Abyss by Christian Wiman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 182 pages, $24
"My Bright Abyss" evolved from an essay Wiman wrote about his faith after being diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer. Wiman examines God in the context of life — life at its most challenging and most banal moments. He writes: "Faith steals upon you like dew: some days you wake and it is there. And like dew, it gets burned off in the rising sun of anxieties, ambitions and distractions."
Ginkgo by Peter Crane, Yale, 384 pages, $40
More wonders: Peter Crane, dean of the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and former director of The Royal Botanic Gardens, has written a biography of the ginkgo tree — a beautiful and fascinating tree that has survived more or less unchanged for 200 million years. It's a personable story, as Crane examines the fossil record seeking to trace the plant's evolution and the tree's cultural impact.
Always Apprentices, edited by Vendela Vida, Ross Simonini and Sheila Heti, Believer Books, 371 pages, $16
A different sort of cultural impact: As The Believer celebrates its 10th anniversary, "Always Apprentices," a collection of 22 conversations between writers, reminds us how much the magazine has contributed to the literary conversation. The book features quite a cast, including Don DeLillo, Joan Didion and Aleksandar Hemon.
Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 306 pages, $26
Speaking of literary stars: Nathaniel Rich's highly anticipated "Odds Against Tomorrow" came out last week, and it feels very much of this moment. It sweeps you along on a current of high anxiety about the ever-shifting economy and the ominous threat of superstorms like Sandy, which flooded Manhattan last fall.
WOOL by Hugh Howey, Simon & Schuster, 509 pages, $26
Post-apocalypse: Hugh Howey has a knack for creating new worlds. The post-apocalyptic one he created in "WOOL" swallows the reader up — just as good science fiction should. The one he has created for himself in the publishing industry — refusing several traditional deals before forging one in which he keeps digital rights (bit.ly/14NXix8) — is quite a feat, too.
Jennifer Day is editor of Printers Row Journal.


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Beverly Hills judge could send Lindsay Lohan to jail [Updated]
[Updated, 11:30 a.m.: A Beverly Hills judge said Tuesday that she would consider whether Lindsay Lohan violated her probation in a drunk driving case only on the actress' failure to attend some scheduled alcohol education classes, and not simply because the alarm on her alcohol monitoring device was triggered.
Judge Marsha Revel said that the alcohol-detection bracelet that Lohan was ordered to wear was a requirement of her bail and not a condition of her probation.
On June 8, Revel issued an arrest warrant for Lohan, who was attending the MTV Movie Awards three days earlier when the alarm on her monitoring device was triggered. Typically, the alarm sounds when the bracelet is tampered with or if the person wearing it consumes alcohol.
The SCRAM device, or Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor, checks for traces of alcohol in the air above the user's skin.
On Tuesday, prosecutors were trying to show that Lohan failed to comply with the weekly attendance directive for her alcohol education classes. An operator of the class said that Lohan had nine absences.]
At the June hearing, the judge did not specify how Lohan violated the May 24 court order other than to say she received an adverse report from the actress' alcohol-detection ankle bracelet. Lohan posted $200,000 bail, setting the stage for her court appearance Tuesday morning.
According to sources close to the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter was ongoing, the alcohol-monitoring device on Lohan's ankle sent a report indicating the presence of alcohol after the MTV Movie Awards. Lohan attended the awards and an after-party, wearing pants to cover the device.
The ankle monitor issues an alert when it is tampered with or when the person wearing it drinks alcohol. The SCRAM device, or Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor, checks for traces of alcohol in the air above the user's skin.
Revel ordered Lohan to be fitted with the device May 24 after the star of "Mean Girls," "Freaky Friday" and "Herbie Fully Loaded" failed to show up the previous week for a mandatory progress review on whether she was abiding by the terms of her probation.
After posting bail for her client, Lohan's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, released a statement saying that while the device detected a small amount of alcohol, she could not verify its accuracy.
At the time, the actress issued a blunt denial on her Twitter account: "My SCRAM wasn't set off -- It's physically impossible considering I've [done] nothing for it to go off. All of these false [reports] are absolutely wrong."
-- Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton
Photo: Lindsay Lohan walks into the Beverly Hills courthouse for her probation status hearing. Credit: John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times
UPDATE: Judge says Lindsay Lohan violated her probation; star defends her behavior


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The February 22 2011 earthquake was in fact an aftershock of the M 7. 1 September 2010 earthquake.
Due to the shallow depth and the nearby metropolitan city of Christchurch, this earthquake became a tragedy for a lot of people. Lives have been lost, people have been injured and properties have collapsed and been heavily damaged.
Search and rescue went on for a long time.
This page brings an overview of our extensive reporting + linked subjects, as the Christchurch earthquake may be mirrored to many other world megacities.
We do apologize to our readers that we had to change the focus of our attention from New Zealand to Japan as on March 7 the first massive earthquake occurred followed by the tragic March 11 earthquake.
06-03 : Day 12 & 13 March 6 & 7 update - (part 15)
06-03 : List of the deceased persons
05-03 : Day 10 & 11 " March 4 and March 5 update (part 14)
03-03 : Day 10 " March 3 update (part 13)
03-03 : Re-insurer Swiss Re estimates own cost @ 800 million US$, total insured cost @ 6 to 12 billion US$
03-03 : University of Adelaide (AU) welcomes 500 students from the University of Canterbury (NZ)
03-03 : The impressive list of aftershocks (224 since the 6.3 mainshock)
02-03 : Day 9 " March 2 update (part 12)
02-03 : Day 9 " Side effects of the earthquake - Impossible to pick up your own car or other important belongings! (part 11)
01-03 : Day 8 " Christchurch M6.3 Death Toll rises to 155 160 (part 10)
28-02 : Day 7 " 755 buildings at risk of demolition after Christchurch 6.3 earthquake (part 9)
27-02 : Day 6 " Hopes continue to fade for families of the missing in Christchurch (part 8.)
26-02 : Day 5 - A lot of foreigners among the victims and the injured of the Christchurch 2011 earthquake (part 7)
25-02 : Day 4 " 700 Search and Rescue personnel fighting for hope (part 6)
24-02 : Day 3 - A crucial day for the rescue efforts (part 5)
24-02 : Links to articles of various side subjects of the Christchurch earthquake
23-02 : Day 2 - Rescue efforts are continuing to save peoples lives (part 4)
23-02 : Understanding the killing M 6.3 Christchurch Earthquake
23-02 : Daylight to bring more information on the 65+ deaths, many injuries and catastrophic damage in Christchurch (part 3)
22-02 : Earthquake-Report Video Selection
22-02 : "live seismogram" of the aftershocks
22-02 : Many fatalities, hundreds injured, devastated buildings with trapped people in Christchurch, New Zealand (part 2)
22-02 : Extremely dangerous shallow aftershock in Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch September 2010 - Magnitude 7.1 earthquake
Last year we had a similar coverage on the Christchurch earthquake.
Find below the links to all the pages we made at that time
At the bottom starts the earthquake - the top links are the last aftershocks
28-12-2010 - Moderate damaging earthquake (aftershock) in Christchurch, New Zealand
A live view on the many aftershocks
Understanding the massive 7.1 Christchurch Earthquake
The impressive list of 265 aftershocks
Triangle of life or Drop, Cover and Hold ?
Internationally forgottten, but still shaking constantly
Know what to do before, during and after
A small story that makes the difference
A powerful 5.1 aftershock and more news
Christchurch Massive Earthquake : our preferred websites list
5.2 Magnitude earthquake strikes the North Island of New Zealand
2 Powerful Magnitude 5.2 and 5.4 aftershocks hit the Christchurch area
GNS Science reconnaissance team first flyover of the new fault
15 aftershocks (M 3.0 or greater) since this morning AM
More news from the quake area ¦
New Zealand earthquake : the best video™s of the earthquake
New Zealand Christchurch hit by a Magnitude 7.0 earthquake (part 2)
Helicopter footage of the Christchurch earthquake damage
Curfew tonight and Stormy weather forecast on Sunday
QuakeSOS, a (free) iPhone app of big value in case of an earthquake
Powerful aftershock rattles Christchurch and Canterbury, New Zealand
First daylight pictures of the damage
Damage far greater than initially admitted
A lot of damage but so far no casualties
Power in Christchurch is OUT. Damage to houses and roads reported
Very Dangerous shallow massive earthquake hits Christchurch, New Zealand


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Late Wednesday evening, news from the Far East began indicating that Korea's LG Innotek will be the formal supplier of 5-megapixel camera sensors in the 4th generation iPhone that may be introduced in a matter of weeks - perhaps even earlier than the initial late-June time frame. In the wake of the iPhone-Gizmodo debacle, some think Apple may get the "show on the road" sooner than expected.
The Chosun reports that LG Innotek has already started to produce the cameras and will begin "mass producing" them in the second half of 2010, after the new iPhone is officially unveiled. Naturally, the bump up to 5-megapixels will be significant and is widely anticipated by Apple fans who have long complained that the picture quality provided by the iPhone is sub-par in comparison to the high bar the device sets in other aspects for modern smartphones.
"Upgrading to a 5-megapixel camera will bring the handset into line with that offered by Google's Nexus One."
In addition to a new 5-megapixel camera, the next gen iPhone is also expected to deliver some form of camera flash functionality - at least that's what the evidence gleaned within the iPhone 4.0 SDK suggests.
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Yes, there are quite a few out-of-work elected officials this holiday season across Queens and Brooklyn, and now that the dust has settled it's time to start speculating where those who find themselves out of office for the first time in years will be looking for gainful employment.
In Queens, there's actually an opening at Borough Hall for a go-getter with a hands-on knowledge of public policy and PowerPoint. When Karen Kozlowitz was elected to replace Melinda Katz in the City Council, her deputy borough president post suddenly became available. We'd provide you with a detailed job description, but after watching Kozlowitz for the past eight years, we can't really tell you what the deputy borough president is supposed to "do."
(Although, in all fairness, people around the Ledger/Star Corporate Park have said the same about the Pol Position desk, but we have very serious responsibilities indeed!)
But we're pretty sure that – like us – the deputy borough president has some sort of official duties and responsibilities, and our sources on the inside tell us that Barry Grodenchik has emerged as a frontrunner to replace the outgoing Kozlowitz. You might remember Grodenchik as the one-time assemblyman from Flushing who lost his seat to Jimmy Meng in a 2004 primary. He may have left office, but he never left politics, and worked behind the scenes as a lobbyist and can be regularly spotted around City Hall or at some sort of public hearing or another.
Good luck Barry, and if you get the job, could you tell us exactly what you do? Thanks.
And out in Northeast Queens, the Weprin brothers are trying to pull The Old Switcheroo. When David Weprin decided to leave the City Council to run for comptroller, brother Assemblyman Mark Weprin thought he might like to take David's seat, which he won. However, David lost his bid for comptroller and suddenly found himself on the outside of public office, so what did he do? He decided to make a bid for brother Mark's seat, so if he wins the constituents in that part of the borough won't have to worry about learning a bunch of new names – it will still be Assemblyman Weprin and Councilman Weprin.
And then there is the perennial Pol Position fave: Tony Avella. He lost his bid to become the next mayor of New York City, but the rumor mill is swirling that he is considering running against State Senator Frank Padavan next year. For those of you new to the political scene in northeast Queens, there is very little love lost between these two.
In fact, Avella considered challenging Padavan a few years back, but then reconsidered. He did, however, brag to a Daily News reporter that he was pretty sure Padavan was "scared" of a potential Avella challenge. Then, in a Pol Position exclusive, Padavan told a Forest Hills group that Avella's comments made him mad as hell and that the felt like serving up a knuckle sandwich to Avella.
If Avella does decide to run, get yo' popcorn ready!
And then there's Brooklyn, where there unfortunately isn't too much on the political hot stove, it seems. Bill de Blasio is going to the public advocate's office to try and do something with that post, and everybody else is sitiing around and waiting to see what Democratic Party head Vito Lopez decides to decree. Although Charles Barron has announced that he will challenge Christine Quinn for the speakership of the City Council, which should generate numerous juicy arguments, err, we mean sound bites.
We're not sure, however, if Charles Barron realizes that you get elected to the speakership by getting your peers to vote for you, and we're not sure who on the City Council is going to go out on a limb and support the outspoken (and we use that term very generously) Barron, but we're all for him trying.
In fact, things are so relaxed in Brooklyn right now, we spotted outgoing Councilman David Yassky sporting a pair of faded jeans and sneakers instead of the usual suit and tie at a recent press conference. Life is easy.


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MLB WORLD SERIES: CARDINALS v TIGERS
October 24, 2006
Chris Carpenter
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: Game Three
Q. You seem to be very effective in cold weather, how come?
CHRIS CARPENTER: I'm just out here pitching. I don't think the weather matters. I was just out here trying to execute a game plan and trying to make pitches and I was able to do that tonight.
Q. Your team is coming off a loss, you come in here and give them eight shutout innings, really knock guys down. Do you think at all coming into the game about how important of a lift that would be for the whole team, not just getting a win, but the way you kind of delivered that win?
CHRIS CARPENTER: You know, my job is to go out and pitch and compete. I was looking to come into this game and try to do the best I can and try to give my team a chance to win. And we sat down before the game and came up with a nice game plan, me, Dunc, Benny and then Yadi, and the key is to be able to go out and execute, and I executed. I went out and kept the ball down, kept the ball on both sides of the plate. My breaking ball was good, my cutting ball was good, I made my changeups. Just a few pitches were left in the middle of the plate, and one was hit for an out.
Ordonez early on in the game, I was trying to go down and away and I threw a fastball that came back down the middle and he lined out to right. They got that base hit up the middle there, and a couple that came back on Casey. But besides that I was on the corners and making quality pitches all night long. And when you do that you have success.
Q. Chris, all three of the starters for the Cardinals have done a good job with Polanco, Ordonez and Pudge, of course. What's been the key to silencing them and how important is it to silence those guys?
CHRIS CARPENTER: Making good pitches. Obviously these guys have a great lineup, there's no question about that. They wouldn't be here if they didn't. If you go out there and execute, I'm sorry I can't give you anything better than that, but if you execute pitches, you're going to have success, and I was able to execute pitches.
We've been able to execute pitches and Anthony was able to execute pitches. When you do that, it's tough to hit.
Q. How special is it, Chris, to come through with an effort like this when you didn't get a chance to pitch against the Red Sox two years ago? Were you left empty there and does it fill a void for you to have this kind of performance tonight?
CHRIS CARPENTER: Missing '04 was big. I obviously wanted to be a part of it. I was a part of the team all year long and unable to pitch in the postseason. But again, I'm not looking back at '04, I'm looking at tonight's game, and leading up to tonight's game I prepared myself physically, mentally and I was able to go out and do the things I know how to do and make pitches. It feels great, obviously, but we've got a long way go to. That's just No. 2. We need two more against a tough, difficult club that will throw out a guy tomorrow that has great pitches and great stuff, and hopefully Supp can come out tomorrow and do the same thing.
Q. The problem with your hand in the seventh inning, did that just go away, was that a quick thing? Also, when you were allowed to hit in the eighth and it looked like you were going to get a chance to complete the game, what were your thoughts then? And when you found out that you weren't going back out?
CHRIS CARPENTER: The hand thing, my second at-bat he threw a couple of balls inside on me. The second one I got jammed and popped up, and it didn't feel real good. And it felt kind of funny there for -- from that point on. And I get out there in the seventh and I think what they're thinking is I just got jammed and I don't know what muscles or tendons or whatever are in there, but it felt kind of funny. It went away pretty quick and I didn't have a problem the rest of the game.
I was looking forward to going out there tonight and finishing it. The long inning, they came up and said they're not going to send me back out. That's not my decisions to make. My job is to go out and pitch and they make the decisions. If they take me out, they take me out.
Q. Your numbers at home this year were ridiculously good. How comfortable are you pitching in this place?
CHRIS CARPENTER: Very. It's a nice place to pitch, especially in front of our fans. But I've said it before, the home or the road thing doesn't -- I don't know why, I think last year I pitched better on the road than I did at home. Who knows? I was just able to come out and throw a nice ballgame tonight and it's a nice park, like I said, nice park to pitch in, no question about it.
Q. In the last series you weren't even the best pitcher on your staff, and you're going into him tomorrow. Do you expect this run of starting pitching, it's been good starting pitching in every game of the series, from one team or the other, do you expect it to keep growing here as we go deeper into the series?
CHRIS CARPENTER: I hope so. Supp is a professional guy that goes out, he does the same kind of things, he prepares himself mentally and physically and he's ready to go out and compete, and he can execute, also. I've seen that in the last two series. I'm looking forward to him going out and pitching. It's going to be a fun night.
Again, this is a tough lineup that you need to execute pitches and make quality pitches on. If you can do that, you can have success and hopefully Supp will do that tomorrow.
Q. After your struggles in the Championship Series, was there any heightened intensity, enthusiasm on your part in regards to coming out?
CHRIS CARPENTER: Not at all. I go one start at a time. I scuffled in Game 2. I came out in Game 6 and I felt better about what I did. My curveball was getting better and better as the game went on. Unfortunately, you know, we're down 2-0 and we needed to get some runs. At the end of the sixth we had a chance to score some runs so they pinch-hit for me. I felt confident about my start in Game 6.
Obviously tonight I came out and my stuff was even better and I was able to locate better. So this makes it nice and this is a big win for us and I'm excited and looking forward to tomorrow night.
Q. Obviously as a teammate of Jim Edmonds, do you all expect him to turn it on and play much better in the postseason and with how he's struggled this year, being gone for a month, how nice is it as a team to see him do so well so far?
CHRIS CARPENTER: It's great. I've known him since I've been here. He's been a great player. And he always seems to step up when the time is needed. And he obviously had a big hit tonight. It's fun to watch him play. He's the best center fielder I've ever seen play. And he can hit, no question about it and he's done it so far this series. It's fun to have him on my team.
Q. There's been a lot of talk about the Cardinals' way of playing baseball. And first of all, what in your mind is Cardinals' baseball and was tonight kind of a textbook example of it?
CHRIS CARPENTER: No question about it. We pride ourselves in coming to the park every single day and battle, grind, take one pitch at a time, one at-bat at a time, and never stop, play hard nine innings, go out and play from the first pitch to the last. And as long as you can go home and look at yourself in the mirror, that you did everything you could and played as hard as you can, the outcome doesn't really matter.
It's a goal of ours to go out and play has hard as we can every single day. We've been able to do it for the most part in the postseason and when you have a club that comes here every single day, a professional club that comes out and grinds and battles and battles and battles and never gives up -- two nights ago in Detroit, it's 30 degrees, and we're facing a great closer and we're down three and we've got some quality at-bats, had a chance to win that game and unfortunately we didn't. So we pride ourselves on that. It's fun, like I said, fun to be a part of.
Q. It seemed like you pretty much suffocated them tonight. Were there any point tonight where you felt like you were in a very tight spot or a difficult jam or there was a sequence or a pitch or batter where you felt like you really needed to come through with anything? It seemed like you were pretty much in control.
CHRIS CARPENTER: No, there wasn't. That's the key of being able to execute and being able to execute your game plan and make pitches and go one pitch at a time, all that stuff around you that's going on doesn't get in your head so you're not even thinking about it. My job is to go one pitch at a time and that's all I can control. I can't control what's going on around me, and if you do that, you can have some good success. And all night I just -- I mean, I literally was focused on one pitch at a time all night long and I was able to make pitches.
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JW Asks Supreme Court to Review Lawsuit against CIA and DOD to Force Release of bin Laden Death Images
Petition argues that case could determine whether courts provide 'meaningful review' or 'blind deference' to Executive branch decisions
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that it has filed a certiorari petition with the Supreme Court of the United States to review a 2013 Appeals Court ruling against the Judicial Watch lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Dept. of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency (No. 12-5137)). The suit seeks to force the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to release more than 50 photographs and video recordings of Osama bin Laden taken during and after the U.S. raid upon the terrorist leader's compound in Pakistan on May 1, 2011.
In its cert petition Judicial Watch argues that "the instant case is the poster child of the almost blind deference being provided to the Executive Branch" by the courts in recent years in cases involving the withholding of classified materials. The petition asks the Supreme Court to "reverse this disturbing reversal," and mandate the courts to "conduct meaningful review" or the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) will "continue as less of a disclosure than a withholding statute."
On May 4, 2011, Judicial Watch filed a FOIA request with the DOD seeking "all photographs and/or video recordings of Osama (Usama) bin Laden taken during and/or after the U.S. military operation in Pakistan on or about May 1, 2011." An identical request had been filed on May 3, 2011, with the CIA. When neither the DOD nor the CIA complied with the FOIA requests within the 20 business days as required by law, Judicial Watch, in June 2011, filed its FOIA lawsuits against both agencies.
On April 26, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled that the images could remain secret while conceding: "Indeed, it makes sense that the more significant an event is to our nation – and the end of bin Laden's reign of terror certainly ranks high – the more need the public has for full disclosure." On May 21, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the District Court decision while conceding that the documents may not have been properly classified.
In a statement issued at the time of the appellate decision, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton pledged to appeal the ruling, saying, "The court's interpretation would allow terrorists to dictate our laws. Americans' fundamental right to access government information and, frankly, the First Amendment are implicated in this ruling. There is no provision of the Freedom of Information Act that allows documents to be kept secret because their release might offend our terrorist enemies.
In the cert petition filed today with the Supreme Court, Judicial Watch states the "Question Presented" as:
Whether 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1), [known as 'Exemption 1'] which allows the Executive Branch to withhold information "specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and [is] in fact properly classified pursuant to Executive order," limits courts to provide almost blind deference to the Executive Branch's classification determinations or whether it mandates that courts conduct meaningful review of those determinations.
Judicial Watch bases its "Reasons for Granting the Petition" on five key points:
I. The FOIA Is a Disclosure Statute – As this Court has recently reiterated, the FOIA was enacted to overhaul an earlier public records provision that had become more of "a withholding statute than a disclosure statute." Milner, 131 S. Ct.at 1262 (quoting Mink, 410 U.S. at 79). For the FOIA to escape this same fate, the nine exemptions contained therein must be interpreted narrowly.
II. Exemption 1 Indisputably Requires All Withheld Material to Be Classified in Accordance with the Procedural Criteria As Well As Its Substantive Terms – Congress carefully crafted Exemption 1 to allow only the withholding of material that is "specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and [is] in fact properly classified pursuant to Executive order " … The DC Circuit failed to follow this well-established, indisputable standard.
III. The D.C. Circuit Blindly Approved the CIA's Withholding of the Requested Images Even Though the Records Were Not Properly Classified – [T]he two courts collectively concluded that the CIA provided no evidence to demonstrate that the images were properly classified.
IV. The D.C. Circuit Blindly Approved the CIA's Claim That the Release of the Images Reasonably Could Be Expected to Cause Exceptionally Grave Damage to National Security – [T]he court seems to suggest that the result of such violence and attacks [possibly triggered by the release of the photos and videos] is equivalent to exceptionally grave damage to national security. Prior to this ruling, no court had ever held that speculative, unspecific violence harms the national defense of the United States.
V. The Courts' Almost Blind Deference Eviscerates the FOIA as a Disclosure Statute – By providing almost blind deference to the Executive Branch, it is foreseeable that the Executive Branch will abuse its seemingly unreviewable authority.
"Make no mistake about it," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, "this is a landmark case that could determine whether President Obama, with the blind deference of the judicial branch, can unilaterally rewrite the Freedom of Information Act at the expense of the American people's right to know what its government is up to. The idea that our government would put the sensibilities of terrorists above the rule of law ought to concern every American."


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How soon we forget. MySpace, the mostly-abandoned, Justin Timberlake-owned social network of yore, was the first to ink a VoIP deal for member-to-member calling — more than three-and-a-half years before Facebook.
This little tidbit of truth was dug up by none other than MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson, who was also quick to point out that the "place for friends" also had one-on-one video chat in 2004.
In the Mashable archives we find that on December 11, 2007, MySpace released a feature that would allow its members to Skype via MySpace IM with a single click (sound familiar?), albeit without the video functionality of today's Facebook release.
Interestingly enough, Skype was an eBay property at the time. Now, it belongs to Microsoft.
"The point is that people weren't really ready for it back then," Anderson, a Google+ user and newly self-professed fan of the competing Facebook offering, writes of video and voice chat on MySpace.
While this trip down social media memory lane might make it seem like Facebook is launching an antiquated tool, we certainly don't think this ironic uncovering is cause for concern. After all, Facebook now has 750 million active members — Skype, by comparison, has 170 million regular users and 663 million registered accounts — and most of whom will care little about the social network's seemingly late release, so long as it connects them to friends and family members.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (RNS) Until his recent retirement, the Rev. Dale Schaefer spent most Sunday mornings wearing vestments and leading worship services at St. Mark's Lutheran Church.
But whenever he had the time on his off days, the soft-spoken preacher would slip a helmet over his gray hair, don an asbestos racing suit, and climb into the cockpit of a 750-horsepower dragster he built from the ground up.
"There is kind of a rush when you launch this thing off the starting line," Schaefer said, giving his customized 1980 Plymouth Arrow a loving slap. "Your eyes go back in their sockets and they don't pop back until you're about at the hot dog stand. Then you can see again. It's a rush."
Pastoring a church of 500 had kept him too busy to take the car to Norwalk, Ohio, where he often competes in the Super Gas and Super Pro divisions at Summit Motorsports Park.
Now in his second month of retirement, the 68-year-old minister got to race in the drag strip's Halloween Classic, a weeklong event that draws 1,500 cars from around the country.
Schaefer usually tops 140 mph in the quarter mile, crossing the finish line in under 10 seconds.
That's a Sunday stroll in the park compared to the top-level pro dragsters that can pack up to 8,000 horsepower and reach speeds of more than 340 mph on a 1,000-foot straightaway, he said.
But it's plenty of speed for a "sportsman" or hobbyist like the Racing Rev.
"He is a real car guy — and I mean a real car guy," said Bill Bader Jr., president and co-owner of Summit Motorsports Park. "With him, I don't think it matters whether he wins or loses. His winning percentage might not be as high as he would like it to be. But he just loves cars and he loves to race."
Bader described Schaefer as "without question one of the most quality, caring, genuine human beings I know."
Schaefer is the track's chaplain and leads worship services for drivers and families. He also says the invocation before races and has presided at memorial services and other religious occasions at the track.
When he prays before a race, he added, "It's certainly not to win, but for safety and that I might demonstrate God's love to somebody else and be a witness."
Ginger Schaefer, his wife of 46 years, said she supports her husband and his passion for racing 100 percent. "He's had that hobby since before I met him. It's like if he didn't have it, you could cut off his right arm. It's just a part of him," she said.
Indeed, Schaefer practically grew up with motor oil pumping through his veins. His father was a mechanic who owned a garage and liked to restore vintage cars.
"He was a perfectionist, and right or wrong, I've inherited some of that," Schaefer said.
He started racing when he was 12 or 13 years old, speeding around a dirt track in a '49 Studebaker on his grandparents' farm in his hometown of Salem, Ohio.
By 14, he managed to connive his way onto a real race track, the Quaker City Drag Strip, and built his first race car at age 18.
"It's just evolved. I keep collecting tools and thinking I need to go faster and faster," he said with a grin.
As much as he loves the track, Schaefer equally enjoys getting his hands greasy working on cars in the spacious shop behind his rural house.
"I love it. I enjoy it actually more than competing — 'Wow, it works! Yeah!'" he said, pumping his fist in triumph.
He does most of the mechanical work himself, sometimes taking parts to machine shops or specialty garages.
His bright red 1939 Buick street rod, for example, arrived as a "pile of rust" in 2004, Schaefer said. He stripped it down to bare metal, installed a 455-cubic-inch engine, redid all the electrical wiring, and, after eight years of painstaking effort, is ready to put the finishing touches on the street-legal racing machine.
The ministry was a second career for Schaefer, who started out selling insurance after being discharged from the Army during the Vietnam War era.
He and his wife had been active in church when, in the middle of the night, he said he heard an audible voice asking, "Have you considered my ministry?"
He was convinced God was speaking to him. And he answered back.
"I said, 'No! But if it's to happen, you'll ready my wife for that kind of an adventure.'"
Schaefer said he "never told a soul" about the midnight message. "Two years later, my wife said to me, 'Have you ever considered full-time ministry?'"
The couple had three young children when Schaefer enrolled in seminary in 1978. He graduated in 1982 and has been an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor until retiring Sept. 30.
Schaefer has submitted a proposal to the ELCA's Northwest Ohio Synod to fill in for pastors for a month at a time, allowing them to take a needed break with no cost to the church or synod.
He said he doesn't know of any other ministers who would use the free time to build or race dragsters.
"Most of them are a little more sedate than me," he said.
(David Yonke is the editor of Toledo Faith & Values.)


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Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are from I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands by Kara Zuaro.
Crooked Fingers
from Eric Bachmann
When I think back to some of the happiest times of my life, I can hear Eric Bachmann's music playing in the background. His old band, Archers of Loaf, was the car stereo soundtrack to many nights of sipping Slurpees with my best friends in high school. When Archers disbanded, Eric started Crooked Fingers — named for his grandfather's CB handle — and my boyfriend, Pete, played me their first record on our first date. On our first vacation together, we found that our North Carolinian pals were also big Archers of Loaf fans and had actually been to their last show ever. In the dark, junkyard-like backyard of their crappy local bar, they broke out into an a cappella version of "Web in Front," which remains the most joyful, punk rock thing I've ever heard. In that moment, I felt so lucky that my life was happening to me.
But, because I'm a bit of a pessimist, I really hoped I'd never meet Eric Bachmann. I feared that no mortal man could measure up to his music and all the memories I had tied up in it. So, when we saw him standing around at SXSW (Austin's springtime indie rock fest), Pete literally had to push me to talk to him about the cookbook. Turns out, Eric has worked in restaurants all his life. He loves to cook, and he mentioned this seared tuna dish, which, by the way, is ridiculously easy to make and very impressive. When he emailed me the recipe, it came with a note that said, "Thanks for allowing me to be a part of your project . . . it's a real honor." The pleasure is all mine.
- Yield
- Makes 2 servings
- 1 cup uncooked white rice
- 1 red bell pepper
- olive oil
- 2 big handfuls of fresh spinach leaves that have been washed carefully
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 2-3 tablespoons sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons wasabi powder
- 6- to 8-ounce cut of sashimi-grade tuna
- shredded coconut and/or parsley (for garnish)
- 1. Make white rice according to the directions on the package . . . Set aside . . .
- 2. Roast the red pepper. (To do this, remove the burner on a gas stove and hold the pepper with tongs over the open flame until its skin blackens — and open your windows to let out the fumes. If you don't have a gas stove, fire up your broiler, cut the pepper in half, and place it skin-side up on a cookie sheet under the broiler. Once the skin is black, let it cool.) Set aside . . .
- 3. Add a tablespoon or two of olive oil to a pan, and sauté spinach with a little fresh minced garlic and some white wine vinegar . . .
- 4. Towel-dry cooked spinach (so that when you add it to the rice, the moisture in the cooked spinach doesn't make the rice sticky) . . . set aside to let the spinach dry further . . .
- 5. Cut up the roasted red pepper into bite-sized pieces and add to rice . . .
- 6. Add spinach to the rice and fluff the rice, mixing the red pepper, rice, and spinach into an attractive pilaf . . . set aside . . . on a low burner if you'd like to keep it warm . . .keep an eye on it so it doesn't overcook or scorch . . .
- 7. Pour about 1/4 cup of coconut milk into a sauté pan . . .
- 8. Add equal parts sugar and wasabi powder (around two or three tablespoons each . . . whatever your taste) to the coconut milk as you gradually increase heat to allow the sugar and wasabi to melt into the coconut milk . . . be careful not to scorch . . . set aside . . . over low heat to keep warm . . . careful not to let the sauce break up . . . not too much heat . . .
- 9. Over high heat . . . in a cast-iron skillet . . . with a touch of olive oil if you like . . . pan-sear the tuna . . . rare . . . or to your liking . . .
- 10. Put the rice pilaf onto a plate . . . put the tuna on top of the rice . . . and ladle some of the wasabi-coconut sauce over the tuna . . . shredded coconut makes a nice garnish on this one . . . as does parsley.
Reprinted with permission from I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands by Kara Zuaro, (C) 2007 Hyperion