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London: The former representative of the Argentine attacker has reflected on his first encounter with the player, and told the story of how the Ballon d`Or holder ended up in Spain.
Horacio Gaggioli, who acted as Lionel Messi`s agent until 2005, has stated that he did not think much of the Barcelona attacker`s chances to become a top player when he first saw him.
The representative revealed that his first impression of the Argentine did not give him much confidence, but was happy that the Ballon d`Or holder managed to prove him wrong and become one of the best footballers in the history of the game.
"When I saw Leo get off the plane I was left with my mouth open. I thought I was in trouble for doing all this for a boy who was so short and thin," Gaggioli told XL Semenal.
"Some associates of mine saw Leo in Argentina when he was an 11-year-old. They said he was very good and I wanted him to come to Spain.
"However, I had to find a team with very specific characteristics, a city where he could continue his hormone growth treatment, which was expensive."
Meanwhile, veteran Juan Sebastian Veron shared a story of the only time he saw Messi uneasy and uncomfortable.
"I only saw him nervous once, and that was before the Greece game when [Diego] Maradona offered him the captaincy.
"It was the responsibility of the leadership that made him uncomfortable, as he realised he had to give a speech to his team-mates."


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Colin McComb and George Ziets featured on Shane Plays
Creative Lead Colin McComb and Lead Area Designer George Ziets took some time out to appear on the Shane Plays radio show and podcast, talking about Torment, the craft of writing RPGs, how to get into the games industry as a writer, and much more.
You can find the full audio recording of the show above, while the show notes can be found at the Shane Plays web site. Give it a listen!
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Torment Backer Posters On Sale Again!
You asked for them, and we're bringing them back! By popular demand, the Torment exclusive backer poster add-on has returned! This stunning poster will feature a design to match the one we did for Wasteland 2. Also like our Wasteland 2 poster, this one will include a list of backer names integrated into the artwork in order to celebrate those who are helping to make Torment possible.
As an added bonus, the Torment poster includes FREE shipping for anyone in...
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Arvan Eleron Interviews the Torment Team
Twitch streamer and YouTuber Arvan Eleron has had a couple of chats with folks involved in Torment: Tides of Numenera and its development. Over the last few weeks, he's conducted a couple of interviews, featuring Colin McComb and George Ziets, as well as Monte Cook, Shanna Germain, and Patrick Rothfuss. You can find the archived streams below (Colin & George start at 11:44, Monte, Shanna and Patrick at 10:49).
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Updated Our Journal #54: Production Status, Beta Feedback
tl;dr: Writing milestone achieved, beta feedback, shout-outs
Hello Exiles,
Eric here! We'd like to start today's update with an important announcement. As of February 29th, our writing team on Torment: Tides of Numenera has completed its first pass on all of the game's writing. Our latest estimates put this at around one million words. We will know the final count in the coming months, but this is a big milestone for a Torment game, as you can no doubt imagine.
Torment's s...
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Torment Beta Patch 1 Released
Today we are pleased to announce patch 1 for Torment: Tides of Numenera's beta/Steam Early Access release, which should begin downloading for you on Steam periodically if you have the beta test. This patch corrects a number of critical bugs our community reported and also has some feature and gameplay improvements across the board. Enjoy!Note: This patch may be incompatible with your previous save files due to changes in our save/load system. If you experience bugs as a resul...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera Released on Steam Early Access
Today we are completely thrilled to release Torment: Tides of Numenera on Steam Early Access. This is the first chance non-backers will be able to enjoy the game, and get in on helping shape its development. Its content is the same as what our beta backers received, and any beta backer will likewise see the same set of updates and features as what players on Steam Early Access receive.
We have released a new trailer to commemorate the occasion, which you can find b...
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Polygon Torment Beta Video Preview
Polygon has posted a short video covering Torment's beta test. In it, Colin Campbell discusses his thoughts on the game's early stages along with the video clips. You can watch it below:
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Updated Our Journal #53: Beta Test is Live!
tl;dr: Beta test released, companions with Colin, IGN stream
Hello everyone,
Chris Keenan here!
Today we are absolutely thrilled to announce that the Torment: Tides of Numenera beta test is now available to all applicable backers! This also brings what is likely to be the final part of the Road to Beta series of updates, though we will of course be sharing more details with you going forward throughout development.
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Rasmus learning to take things in stride
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The television in the Blue Jays' clubhouse at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium was tuned to MLB Network on Monday morning, and much of the news had a common theme.
The Yankees had signed outfielder Brett Gardner to a big new contract. Here's Reds pitcher Homer Bailey, talking about his big new contract. There are reports that the Angels are talking to Mike Trout about a big new contract.
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The television in the Blue Jays' clubhouse at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium was tuned to MLB Network on Monday morning, and much of the news had a common theme.
The Yankees had signed outfielder Brett Gardner to a big new contract. Here's Reds pitcher Homer Bailey, talking about his big new contract. There are reports that the Angels are talking to Mike Trout about a big new contract.
Not far away is the locker assigned to Blue Jays centre fielder Colby Rasmus. He does not have a big new contract, at least not yet. Coming off his best Major League year, Rasmus is eligible to be a free agent at the end of the 2014 season. Some players welcome that challenge. Some don't.
How Rasmus responds isn't an idle question for a Blue Jays team hoping to bounce back from a disappointing season. He was one of the few bright spots for Toronto in 2013. In Rasmus' three years with the Blue Jays, his OPS has risen from .517 to .689 to .840. His 4.6 WAR ranked sixth among Major League center fielders. Rasmus is only 27 years old.
"He's still a young kid," said manager John Gibbons. "He's got as much talent as anybody. He's still learning the game. He's still learning the pitchers. He's still really finding out who he is. Each year, he keeps getting better and better. When you've got that kind of talent, who knows how good you can be?"
That's a question people have been asking about Rasmus since the Cardinals selected him in the first round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. Rasmus has said in the past that no matter what he did in St. Louis that he couldn't meet the expectations. Being traded to the Blue Jays seemed to be best for all concerned. But unless Toronto moves to extend Rasmus' contract before the end of the season -- and there have been no indications that's under consideration -- he may have to make an interesting decision next winter whether to stay in a place where he's had success or move on for a bigger payday.
Whatever the answer ultimately is, Gibbons doesn't expect the uncertainty to bother Rasmus.
"I'm not in the contract business," said Gibbons. "I don't sign them, but it's always on guy's minds. It's a big year when you hit that. It shows you've been in the game awhile. You have to be pretty good to hang around that long. Some guys it may affect differently. With him, I don't see him focusing a lot on that, to be honest with you."
That's the plan, anyway.
"I'm just looking forward to getting to play another year. I'm not trying to put added pressure on myself like I've got to do better or whatever," Rasmus said. "I just want to put all that stuff out of my mind and put all the stuff I've learned to good use and go from there."
And the main lesson, Rasmus said, is to take things in stride.
"One of the biggest things, probably, is just that I am in the big leagues and I worked hard to get here -- and to enjoy it," said Rasmus. "Sometimes you get caught up in the numbers and trying to be so good and all that stuff. So I just want to enjoy being here."
Coincidentally, Rasmus believes the same holds true for the Blue Jays as a team. Asked what he and his teammates have to do to rebound from their last-place finish in the rigorous American League East, he shrugged.
"Bottom line is we've just got to go out there and play better," said Rasmus. "We've got some good players. But there are good players on every team. So we've just got to put it together, go out there and relax, and play and have fun. Especially with the teams we're playing against.
"Because when we play against the Yankees, Red Sox, Tampa Bay, they're not putting too much pressure on themselves, and it seems like we're always grinding against them. To me, if we just relax, see the ball, hit the ball and do all the things we know how to do as baseball players, we'll be all right."
The Blue Jays churned their roster going into last season. Rasmus hopes that being together for a season could help.
"I think that's possible," Rasmus said. "Last year, there were a bunch of new faces, and I was fairly new myself. I would think that might help a little as far as the chemistry and everybody knowing where they fit in and how to treat certain guys. But we'll see. It's hard to tell, because, like I said, we've got to face a bunch of real good teams. We've just got to let it hang out and play."
Which is exactly what Rasmus plans to do. If he does, free agency and all that goes with it will take care of itself.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Hey guys,
We've just added another show to our fall lineup: gdgd Fairies which launches today at 11:30am PST. We're starting with episode 7 since that just launched in Japan but will be catching up with the previous episodes at a later date. This show is available worldwide except for Japan.
Enjoy the show!
Pikuku, Shirushiru, and Korokoro live in the Fairy Forest. They hang out in the forest together and are able to use their magical powers, "Mental and Time Room". They are also able to look into other worlds through "Afureko" (Afure Lake) where they are always overflowed with chatter.
Better late than never. I'll give it a try.
#WTW #lovelive #XtraLife IGN: SchwarzRin
The pink one looks like Meruru~ <3
I'm suddenly addicted to K-On. xD
hahaahaha What is this???
EDIT!: After watching the first 5 minutes.... Not my thing.
Reminds me of powerpuff girls. Too cute for me.
lol I think I'm too old for this stuff ? xD
sigh whats with all these 8 year old anime's, wish CR would get more teen/ adult anime. lately most of the animes been for kids may start lookin elsewhere for anime's to watch i guess
someday death calls for us all, do u waite or strive for more !!!!!
8D Happy 2015 New Year xD Haven't changed my headline since last year...wtf...
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sigh whats with all these 8 year old anime's, wish CR would get more teen/ adult anime. lately most of the animes been for kids may start lookin elsewhere for anime's to watch i guess
With all due respect, if all CR ever gave us was PG-13/R rated ultra-violent anime and/or anime with various "grown-up" parts, then there wouldn't be any variety around here, plus some people would be turned away. Not everyone wants to see anime like that. Actually, I'm surprised there isn't more anime like this show on here. In fact, I was a little disappointed that Crunchyroll didn't get the Pretty Rhythm anime (like Lilpri, it's based on an arcade game), or even Danbooru Senki (AKA: The Little Battlers). OTOH, maybe one day they will put both shows on here.
In any case, it's actually just as you say: most anime is in fact made for family friendly viewing, or at least the "mainstream" shows are. However, that goes into culture differences between our two countries, and the various issues Japanese viewers have with the shows that air on TV, anime or not (after all, One Piece is intended for family viewing, and yes I'm aware of certain things that have happened in the show, but still). Even so, I can honestly say that even in Japan, anime isn't thought of any differently in mainstream society than it is in other countries. For these reasons among others, I hope CR will continue to give us the variety of anime that Japanese viewers are able to watch, and not focus on just one kind of anime.
As for this show, gdgd Fairies, I am of course going to wait until the first 6 episodes are uploaded. I want to watch this show, but I prefer to start from the beginning.
demon8203 wrote:
sigh whats with all these 8 year old anime's, wish CR would get more teen/ adult anime. lately most of the animes been for kids may start lookin elsewhere for anime's to watch i guess
1) The greater half of the people who would understand the comedy in this first-hand is teenagers and up. 8 year olds wouldn't get half the references made in this anime.
2) This anime isn't made for foreigners anyway. The whole theme is aimed more towards the people who like the three voice actresses, and the comedy has certain aspects of Japanese culture that foreigners wouldn't get a laugh from.
Assuming you have already tried watching this, that is. Of course you have, otherwise you wouldn't make a comment like that.
I also assume (without any foundation) that it's animes like Guilty Crown that cost the most money trying to get a contract.
I wish they could have more out but it is better than nothing
Feel free to message me if online
i was skeptical but after watching.... i will be watching again.
Please do tell us where you will get to LEGALLY watch so much new shows as you will get on CrunchyRoll? Also .. USA centric sites such as Hulu don't count as I don't live in the USA
Massey Univerisity Anime Society .. coz clubs are cool
Ill admit I kind of liked the episode that was on it was kinda cute. lol
I don't think getting an Anime not of your majority audience a good use of money.


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Window Forensics: Have I been hacked?
When reviewing a lot of the posts I see that there are many topics that ask the same question. How do I go about seeing if I have been hacked?
I am writing this Tutorial for these people. In this tutorial I will show you how to determine if your Windows NT, XP, or 2000 box is hacked and how you can go about cleaning up the files they may have left behind. This tutorial should show you how to detect most hacks, but there are other methods that will be much harder to detect and will require a greater degree of knowledge in detecting them. In my experience, though, most of the hacks that are done in mass, especially by the script kiddies will be detectable through these methods.
Almost all the utilities that I will use in this Tutorial are freeware and downloadable. I have also included in the next section a list of these programs and their locations. Please note that this tutorial primarily focuses on Windows XP, 2000, and NT as some of these utilities do not work on the earlier versions of Windows. Some of the discussion in this tutorial may be advanced to some users. Please feel free to message or email me if you have some questions or suggestions.
The utilities you will need for this Tutorial are as follows:
This is a console utility that is run from the command line. When you run it, it will list all open TCP/UDP ports on your system and the program that is using those ports.
This is a similar program to Fport, but shows it in a graphical interface. Some people prefer this more.
Process Explorer
This program will list all open processes and delineate between the parent processes and the processes that are spawned by the parent. This is a very useful program.
This is a collection of console command line tools that can list open processes, kill processes, as well as many other useful functions.
This is only necessary if you have NTFS Volumes. This program will allow you to create a boot disk that enables you to read any NTFS Volumes that you have on your computer. The only drawback to this program is that you need the commercial version to actually delete/write to these volumes, as the free version is Read Only. There are more advanced alternatives, which I will give below.
Dos/Windows Boot Disk
http://www.startdisk.com/ or http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
These sites enable you to create boot disks in which you will boot the computer.
This tool adds a windows explorer shell extension to your right click on a file. When you use Filealyzer on that file you will be able to see a lot of information about the file. Information such as whether its a packed exe (save that for another tutorial) or the version information. What I use it for is the hex dump and then the ability to list the strings found in the binary file. From the strings you can gain a lot of useful information as to what the program does or is.
Dameware NT Utilities
This program allows you to remotely administer a computer/group of computers. I was hesitant to put this on as it is not freeware, but it is such a great utility.
Why would someone want to hack me?
There are many reasons why someone would want to hack your computer. From my experience the most common reasons are as follows:
1. Setup a FTP Server (Pubstros) to distribute copyrighted material.
2. Setup an IRC client/bot that is used to DDOS other computers, flood IRC users, scan/hack other computers, and to distribute copyrighted material.
3. Use your computer to scan other or hack into other computers. This gives them a degree of anonymity.
How can I tell if I have been hacked?
Almost every remote hack involves leaving a program behind that will allow them to get back into your computer regardless of whether or not you fix the security problem that let them into your computer in the first place. The only times a hacker does not leave something behind, is if they are hacking your computer for specific information or an item. Almost 99% of the time this is not the case.
The programs that they leave behind are IRC clients that they can control from a channel on an IRC Server or a Backdoor/Trojan.
Since these clients or Trojans must listen and wait for connections from the hacker, they must listen on a TCP or UDP port. With that in mind, the tools that I list above come into play. Using Fport or TCPView will allow you to see what TCP/UDP ports are open and listening on your computer and what program is using those ports.
To see what programs are running and are listening on TCP/UDP ports you would use Fport or TCPView.
For example, lets say a hacker uses the RPC/DCOM exploit that came out recently to get a command shell to your computer. They download and install SubSeven on your computer. As many installations of SubSeven use the default TCP Port 27374 it makes it very easy to spot this Trojan running on your computer.
By running Fport you would see the following (Formatting is a little messed up here):
FPort v2.0 - TCP/IP Process to Port Mapper
Copyright 2000 by Foundstone, Inc.
Pid Process Port Proto Path
636 svchost -> 135 TCP C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
4 System -> 139 TCP
4 System -> 445 TCP
660 svchost -> 27374 TCP C:\WINDOWS\System32\s.exe
From looking at this output you can see that you have a program in the directory c:\windows\system32 called s.exe. Right off the bat, that file name looks suspicious let alone the port it is listening on.
You would then go into task manager, kill the process, and then delete the file. You should look around some more and see if there are any other files that have the same creation date, as hackers generally leave more than 1 file behind.
If you cannot kill the process via task manager, then you would want to check the services and see if the program is running as a service. If it is, stop the service, and then try to delete the file.
You can also see if you can find out how the program is being started on boot up. I find this is generally in the registry for non-services. The key is:
There are other registry entries, especially for services, that can load a program on startup. You can launch regedit and search for the filename and see what comes up.
Other places to look for where programs can be launched at startup are:
The Startup folder.
What if Fport or TCPView says there is a program running but I cant find it!!!?!?
Cleaning up a hack in this scenario is much harder as a Root Kit is generally hiding the Trojan/Backdoor. Root Kits are programs that allow you to hide registry entries, service entries, processes, directories or filenames. Though more common in Unix hacks, they are starting to become more prevalent in Windows based hacks as well.
Dont worry though, there are still ways to detect these Root Kits and clean them up. Since these Root Kits are running as processes on the hacked machine, they only stop the hacked machine from seeing the registry entries, directories, files, processes or services. The Root Kit does not affect other machines looking at the files or drives.
There are a few ways to connect to your machine or drives in order to see the files:
One way is to just share your C: drive and connect to your machine from another computer. That remote computer can be another Windows Computer, or my favorite, using Linux and its smbclient.
When connected through another computer you can see all the files and directories that are normally hidden, sort by date, and see the files that should not be there.
If you need to remove registry entries you can connect to the registry remotely from another computer using Dameware NT utilities, or use another program like it. Due to the fact that you are connecting to your computer from another computer, where the Root Kit is not affecting what you see, you will be able to see all hidden objects.
If you do not have another computer at your disposal you should make a bootable disk and boot off that disk. You will then be unaffected by the Root Kit and be able to delete files at your whim.
If your volumes are NTFS volumes, it can be a little harder. You can use a bootable CD that contains a linux distrubitions such as the following:
Both of these distributions offer NTFS support and forensic utilities. You can also use the NTFSDOS program that I reference above. That is a great program, but the functionality really increases when you have a licensed version of it. When you have the licensed version of it you are able to make a bootable floppy and all the NTFS drives are mounted and visible, but now you can also write to it instead of only being able to read from it.
Other Hacks? And are they detectable?
What I have covered so far are the more generic hacks that are used. They are the most common and can be detected with the methods above. This tutorial, though, can not cover all possible hacks and ways to detect them. I will give a brief summary on some other types of hacks, but will not go into removing these types of hacks, as they can be a tutorial unto themselves. A simple google search can provide that information.
Alternate Data Streams: Alternate Data streams were introduced into NTFS volumes to support the Macintosh Hierarchical File System and are widely undocumented. With the use of Alternate Data Streams or ADS, a hacker can hide files, even executables, and make them almost invisible to the operating system and therefore yourself. There are tools out there such as LADS that will enable you to see ADS files, but they will not delete them. Luckily, even if a executable Internet application is hidden using ADS, fport will still detect them. They will show up as :somefilename or somefilename:somefilename2.
Kernel and Device Driver hacks: An experienced hacker may have the knowledge to actually patch/intercept system drivers, device drivers, or system calls. This will enable them to issue commands to the OS as Ring0 or at a "Operating System Kernel Security Level". If hack like this occurs, usually the best situation is to backup your data and reinstall the OS. This is because if they have such access to the box, then you really can not be sure what else has been compromised.
Ultimately, the decision is yours to try to clean up the box and continue using it, or to reinstall the OS. In some situations you definitely clean up the hack and continue using the box, but in others the safest bet may be to do a reinstall. That must be a judgement call you make.
I hope all of this helps and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask/
08-08-03: Tutorial updated to include more advanced hacks such as ADS and Ring0 Hacks.


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Thread: SOTD: Monday , January 7 2013
My Choice is Acqua di Selva
Maybe Bleu de Chanel or my sample of Gucci Pour Homme II (wish it lasts a little longer on my skin)....
French Line by Revillon
Bleu De Chanel
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." - Thomas Jefferson
........Good morning!
Wild Fruits - Mancera
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
This is one of few fragrances I don't attempt to layer/blend with others. I'm feeling urban with this, for me, 'cokey, grenadiney and ginger aley' brew
Burberry London for Men
Last edited by Pulse; 7th January 2013 at 06:17 AM.
Polo Sport - Ralph Lauren
Cartier - Declaration Essence
Davidoff - Cool water
Creed Aventus.
JV- Artisan Black
Thierry Mugler Alien Les Parfums de Cuir
Good morning!
Rive Gauche pour Homme
Escada Magnetism
"I love fragrances because they provide a sheer endless variety: there is a scent for every occasion, mood or feeling. Standing before my collection matching a perfume to my needs is one of the most enjoyable things in my day..."
Top 15 Summer :: FM French Lover : VC&A Zanzibar : Armani Emporio Lui : Shiseido Basala : Frapin Paradis Perdu : Chanel Bleu : Dior ESE : GHI : FM Geranium PM : Creed Aventus : Chanel PM Concentree : GH L'Eau B : Pasha de Cartier : Chanel Allure Blanche : YSL Jazz
vintage Captain by Molyneux
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) Polo vintage (Ralph Lauren) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Good morning all !. SotD is HDP 1804.
......................Montale ~ Taj
Terre d' Hermes EdT


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MORGAN HILL – A 19-year-old man was arrested and jailed Saturday in the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl in Morgan Hill, police said Tuesday
A Morgan Hill police officer on Saturday went to a home in east Morgan Hill on a report of an alleged sexual assault on the girl, according to police.
The officer investigated and then arrested a suspect, Andrew Knight, on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child. Knight was then booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail, police said.
Police are continuing to investigate whether Knight abused any other children and are encouraging parents to talk to their children concerning the dangers of social media, according to police.
Authorities urge anyone with information about the case to call Detective Sara Alanis of the Morgan Hill Police Department at (408) 779-2101 or phone an anonymous tip line at (408) 947-7867.
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August 17. 2017 11:34PM
Mike Shalin's Working Press: Even Mookie can't explain it
Boston's Mookie Betts is interviewed after his game-winning hit against the St. Louis Cardinals at Fenway Park on Wednesday. (David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports)
The numbers just don't add up.
How can
Mookie Betts
be hitting just .269 overall and .390 with runners in scoring position and .382 with runners in scoring position and two outs?
"I have no idea (why)," Betts said after his game-winning double Wednesday night. "That just seems kinda how this year is going, guys are on (and) I tend to do better. … I try and do good all the time."
His manager,
John Farrell
, says focus is the key, but Betts said, "I can't even explain what's going through my head when I'm stepping in the box. Right now, I can tell you something but when I'm in the box it's something different. I'm not exactly sure if it's extra focus or anything so I really don't know how to answer it."
"I think it's his focus in those moments and none bigger than here tonight," said Farrell.
Betts is hitting .348 in his career with RISP, .332 with two outs and RISP.
Regardless of whether it's focus or not, 39-for-100 with runners in scoring position is impressive and further shows how this is the Red Sox' best player. And he needs to be better than .269 overall.
New name?
If you didn't think this whole confederate statue thing would hit home, think again. Red Sox owner
John Henry
is trying to get Yawkey Way renamed to further distance the Red Sox from their racist past. Former longtime team owner
Thomas Yawkey has been denounced as a racist.
"I discussed this a number of times with the previous mayoral administration and they did not want to open what they saw as a can of worms," Henry told the Boston Herald via email. "There are a number of buildings and institutions that bear the same name. The sale of the Red Sox by
John Harrington
helped to fund a number of very good works in the city done by the Yawkey Foundation (we had no control over where any monies were spent). The Yawkey Foundation has done a lot of great things over the years that have nothing to do with our history."
A new name? Henry is thinking "
David Ortiz
Way" or "
Big Papi
"The Red Sox don't control the naming or renaming of streets," Henry said. "But for me, personally, the street name has always been a consistent reminder that it is our job to ensure the Red Sox are not just multi-cultural, but stand for as many of the right things in our community as we can — particularly in our African-American community and in the Dominican community that has embraced us so fully. The Red Sox Foundation and other organizations the Sox created such as Home Base have accomplished a lot over the last 15 years, but I am still haunted by what went on here a long time before we arrived."
Sale loves the rivalry
Chris Sale
, who opens the series against the Yankees at Fenway tonight, felt something special when he pitched in the Bronx last Sunday.
"You can feel it," he told WEEI. "People in New York have never been really nice to me, but they hate me now. I heard some pretty interesting things out in the bullpen last time warming up. … I don't go to New York to make friends."
Special anniversary
Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Lonborg, Rico Petrocelli, Hawk Harrelson
Reggie Smith
among those at Fenway Wednesday had to bring back so many memories for Red Sox fans. Me? I was a Twins fan that season and watched my '65 AL champs go down the drain, with
Jim Kaat
getting hurt on Saturday and
Dean Chance
shaking his way through Sunday.
The Red Sox, in their press release for the occasion, noted Yaz was 7-for-8 the final two days, while Lonborg picked up the 22nd win of his Cy Young season and started a winning rally with a bunt single.
Being careful
Farrell on the workload of his bullpen: "One of the things you're not proud of as a manager is to see a reliever in the top five in appearances, I'll be honest with you. It means they're good for one. But two, it means you're going to them maybe a little bit too frequently so you pick spots where hopefully you can back off and even out some of the rapid pace of appearances guys are going to make. So you try to do that a little judiciously."
When he said it,
Matt Barnes
was tied for fifth, at 55, just two off the American League lead, and then worked in his 56th game.
Still no telling when or if
David Price
will return this season. If he winds up needing
Tommy John
surgery, he will waste next season, too.
We give you a
Rafael Devers
update by giving you his notes package after Wednesday night's win:
— (1-for-3, 2B, BB) recorded his 4th double to extend his hitting streak to 6 games...Has 5 XBH over the streak (.409/9-for-22, 2 2B, 3 HR).
— Is the 1st Red Sox hitter in the last 100 years to hit safely in as many as 15 of his first 18 games, all before turning 21...Is just the 6th major leaguer to do so in that time, joining
Preston Ward
in 1948,
Roberto Clemente
in 1955,
Johnny Callison
in 1958,
Ivan Rodriguez
in 1991, and
Omar Infante
in 2002.
— His 24 hits are the most by any Red Sox hitter through 18 career games since
Johnny Pesky
in 1942 (25).
— Has hit safely in 11 of his first 12 games at Fenway, going 18-for-46 (.391) with 8 runs, 3 2B, 4 HR, and 8 RBI.
Pastrnak staying
Former player, exec and agent
Brian Lawton
, now an NHL Network guy, threw it out there this week that the Bruins, unsuccessful in their bid to sign
David Pastrnak
, might deal the talented young winger.
"There certainly was no intention to trade David," team CEO
Charlie Jacobs
told WEEI. "Our intent is to sign David to a long-term extension.
"I think by virtue of it being the middle of August, some of the writers may feel compelled and come up with something interesting to sell a paper perhaps. I wanted to ask Brian Lawton who his source was, but I'm not sure he'd give it up.
"We certainly haven't had any discussions with any other teams about trading David. The only discussions that we've had are between David and David's agent, and frankly conveying just what I shared with you, that our intention is to sign him to a long-term deal. When I say long term, six or more years, that's on our radar."
On his teammates
Tom Brady
doesn't hesitate to let his teammates have it if things aren't going well in practice. He is also hard on himself.
"I'm always pretty frustrated throughout the day in practices," he said. "You're just trying to create some urgency. I ask guys to dig a little deeper. It goes like that. Sometimes things don't go great in the first quarter of games, sometimes they don't go great in the first half, sometimes they don't go great for the first three quarters, but you've got to keep grinding. You've got to keep digging deeper. A lot of times football is a lot about momentum. Things don't go well early and then you find a little rhythm, start making some plays, scoring some points and then you can rattle off 28 points. That's football.
"I think what you realize with this team is they're not going to make it easy on you. There is no easy play, there is no easy throw, there is no easy run. They've got good players, they've got a good scheme, so it's really challenging and has forced us to raise our game."
The Patriots are practicing against the Texans this week in West Virginia and play the Texans in Houston on Saturday night.
Irving talk
The Celtics open their season at Cleveland, amid talk
Kyrie Irving
could be on either, or neither, Eastern Conference contender.
Gene Wojnarowski
of ESPN wrote this week:
"Boston has expressed interest in Irving and could offer the best combination of short-term (
Isaiah Thomas
Jae Crowder
) and long-term (
Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum
picks) assets. The Celtics have made no formal offer, and it is against Boston's front-office DNA to push out front with the most generous offer. Boston knows that Cleveland is mostly intrigued with Tatum, but the sides have not formally discussed that deal, league sources said."
Look, any chance of the Celtics going after Irving depends on what the organization's plans are for Thomas. Do they want to make him a $200 million man when they back up his "Brink's Truck?"
Mike Shalin covers Boston pro sports for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His email address is email@example.com.


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The event is co-sponsored by the National Pro-life Religious Council and the National Clergy Council and will serve as a kick off and incentive for hundreds of pro-lifers who will join the thousands of people participating in the annual March For Life. The National Memorial for the Pre-Born and their Mothers and Fathers will include memorials, addresses and honors for those who have distinguished themselves by advocating for innocent victims of violence which include the victims of abortion, euthanasia and scientific experimentation that ends human life. Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Senator Bob Casey from Pennsylvania have both been invited and are expected to address the assembly.The National Memorial for the Pre-Born and their Mothers and Fathers is sponsored by the National Pro-Life Religious Council, the National Clergy Council, Faith and Action, Priests for Life and Catholics United for Life. Evangelical, Catholic, Protestant and even Jewish clergy have participated and have been inspiring witnesses to the sanctity of human life. The Executive CommitteeThe National Memorial for the Pre-Born and the Mothers and Fathers109 2nd St NEWashington, DC 20002


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Fueled by a 70% surge in sales, Michael Kors (NASDAQ:KORS) revealed soaring fiscal third-quarter earnings on Tuesday that blew away Wall Street's expectations, and the company predicted the bullish trend will continue this quarter.
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Shares of the fashion company soared about 11% ahead of the opening bell on the upbeat results and outlook.
Michael Kors said it earned $130.0 million, or 64 cents a share, last quarter, compared with a profit of $32 million, or 20 cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts had been calling for EPS of just 41 cents.
Revenue jumped 70% to $636.8 million, easily besting the Street's view of $540.3 million. Gross margins rose to 60.2% from 59.4%.
Same-store sales soared 41% in North America amid strong demand for luxury products, while same-store sales were up in slow-growing Europe by an impressive 58%. Licensing revenue increased 52% year-over-year due to strength for the company's watches.
The result reflect "sustained brand momentum as the global recognition and appeal for the Michael Kors luxury brand continued to expand," CEO John Idol said in a statement. "We were extremely pleased with the holiday season as Michael Kors' brand strength, innovative fashion design and jet-set in-store experience drove strong sales and earnings."
Michael Kors also unveiled a rosy guidance, projecting fiscal 2013 EPS of $1.80 to $1.82, which would be well above current estimates for EPS of $1.57. The company sees full-year sales of about $2.1 billion, compared with the Street's view of $2.01 billion.
For the current quarter, Michael Kors forecast EPS of 32 cents to 34 cents on sales of about $515 million to $525 million. By comparison, analysts had been calling for EPS of 33 cents on revenue of $513.3 million.
"We believe that the Michael Kors brand is ideally positioned within the global luxury lifestyle market and we look forward to delivering on our long-term objectives," Idol said.
Inspired by the bullish developments, Michael Kors shares rallied 11.65% to $63.64 in premarket trading, putting them on pace to tack onto their 2013 gain of 11.7%. Even before Tuesday's jump, the stock had surged 70% over the past 12 months.


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Chapter four in our 25-part series on Fitness Motivation photos focuses on kettlebells — the heavy things with the handles that collect dust at gyms across the country. Specifically, we'll be looking at hot girls lifting kettlebells, because hey, it's CagePotato.
Whether you're looking to sculpt the perfect beach body or look like a Russian bear-man, kettlebell exercises are great way to strengthen your core. So without further ado, check out our favorite photos of kettlebell babes in the gallery above, and shoot us your suggestions for future Fitness Motivation galleries in the comments.


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LOOK published this special edition, Flying Saucers, in 1967:
On Page 24 is this photo from the series taken in Roswell in 1947:
The blurb (enlarged here) refers to an alleged crash of balloon(s), mistaken for a flying saucer:
While Fort Worth, Texas is given as the site of the "mistaken" crash, rather than Roswell (or Corona) in New Mexico, the photo, shared with LOOK staffers, shows that someone knew about the Roswell incident in 1967, 10+ years earlier than the 1978 resurrection by Stanton Friedman.
Why the mistake in locale? Who provided the photo? Why a reference to the Navy?
Questions that Roswell researchers might follow up on...
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Thanks so much for stopping by tonight, I appreciate it. If you're swinging by to link up to the weekly party, thank you for making the effort. I know there are tons of other parties to participate in, and I'm so thankful for each and every link that's shared.
There are a few too many things going on right now, so I'm going to step back from blogging a take a little break.
Please know that I genuinely have enjoyed blogging over the past year, and the world wide connections I've made have been fantastic. I'm sure I'll be checking back in here and there, but I'm not going to stress out about my blogging "schedule" for the next while.
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"American Horror Story: Coven" conjures up another real-life character in Chapter 6, "The Axeman Cometh."
Spoilers: Stop reading if you haven't seen it! If you can't view the video, go to our YouTube page.
The episode opens in 1919 and a demon spirit from hottest hell, the Axeman, is terrorizing New Orleans by killing women who don't think his jazz is smooth. He plays the saxophone, which apparently is also called an axe.¿¿Played by Danny Huston, the Axeman of New Orleans was an actual serial killer who preyed on mean and women from May 1918 to October 1919. He taunted police with letters, and most of the letter read in the episode was taken from an actual letter he sent in which he demanded people play jazz in their houses.
Of course there wasn't a school full of witches just itching to put an end to the axeman in real life—at least not that we know of.
The Witchwarts Class of 1919, led by Mamie Gummer (daughter of Meryl Streep), aren't ready to "jazz it," instead luring Axe into the school where they make a human knife block out of him—then trap him in what will become Delia's room for eternity.
Or at least until Zoe happens on a spirit board and decides to use it to find Madison.
What's up with Zoe, by the way? Witch is getting awfully bossy lately. I guess she's feeling some superiority along with the powers she's sucking out of Fiona.¿¿She's gone from moody, quiet little church mouse to Big Witch on Campus in no time.
And the more ballsy Zoe gets, the less shade Fiona seems to throw. She's getting chemo, which was a tough scene to watch because I like her best with power, strength and attitude.
And again, why can't she cure herself!?
Back at Witchwarts, Zoe tells Queenie and Nan to witch up and help her find Madison by using the spirit board.
Queenie's like, "Who died and made you the Supreme?"
Zoe solidifies their pledge to have each others' backs with shots of absinthe. Girl's been hiding a lot of her true nature.
After a quick spin on the spirit board, Nan and Queenie puss out and decide not to help her. So Zoe goes her own way.
Which reminds me, Misty Day is back! Misty has planted Myrtle under a bunch of swamp mud, but when the crispy critter sticks her arm out Misty tells the ol' witch to be patient.
That's when Frankenboy shows up. He freaks out when Misty tries to give him a bath--flashbacks to his Mama's special attentions and all. He trashes Misty's cabin—thankfully we no clothes on.
(You have to wonder if Evan Peters is feeling very challenged this season, but hopefully he'll get to do more eventually.)
Oh, and then Kyle breaks Stevie!!! Nicks, that is. Maybe that's how the Fleetwood Mac singer will guest on the show—Misty will bring her back to life.
Anyway, Misty doesn't want to bring Madison back, she's too dead and already decaying. But because Zoe has discovered strong nagging powers, Misty finally agrees.
Madison throws up some "death" and a big ol' cockroach and she's good to go.
"I need a cigarette," she says
Blind Delia could probably use one too. Her jean-jacket wearing, cheating jughead of a hubby brings her home and touches her again—bad move. She gets a flash of him having sex with that red head.
Fiona shows him the door and after he leaves Delia says she wanted to sever his arms and throw him out the window. She should have because he's A WITCH HUNTER!
That's right, Marie Laveau hired Hank the professional witch hunter 6 years ago, and is not pleased with his inability to carry out his mission.
Hank argues that he's killed nine descendants of Salem, which explains that redhead he bopped then killed. He spied her at a Witchwarts interview with his wife and then set up their meeting later. Doesn't that also make him a stalker?
Marie is pissed that he hasn't killed everyone at the Academy, Delia and Fiona included. Especially Fiona.
"When I plant a fatass cracker bitch I 'spect her to stay planted," Marie says. Oh Angie, I love you.
She tells him to bring the heads of all the Academy's witches to her. You know Hank's going to mess that up.
Delia will eventually see what Hank's really up—she did say she would discover all his betrayals. Right now though Delia is dealing with the Axeman, who somehow has been released far enough to be able to see her and whack her with his axe.
Wow, Sarah Paulson can caterwaul with the best of them. Her screaming alert the teen witches, who find a spell to set Axe free so he can leave the house.
And he hits on Fiona at a local bar. Will he be the one last great love affair she wants?
Lessons for the week
- Always look at a guy's instrument, especially when he's hauling around a saxophone case.
- Marie Laveau is not the Taliban. But she is mean!
- Swamp water helps to hydrate witches recovering from massive burns.
- Spalding will never rat on Fiona, even when he gets a hot spatula to the face.
- Demon spirits from hottest hell should not be set free.
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Sports Talk: A problem wherever she goes
Women wearing the hijab cannot get a break these days. In Tunisia, land of the shock and awe-inspiring ultra-swift coup, the supposed Law No. 108 of 1981 bans Tunisian women from wearing the hijab inside state-run bodies. There are stories of Tunisian police randomly making their way into markets and ripping the hijabs from women's heads as well as taking away any fabrics being sold to make hijabs.
More recently comes the tale of a 12-year-old Muslim girl in Maryland who was forced to sit out part of a basketball game by a referee who said her headscarf posed a safety risk.
In Tunisia, if true, the banning of the hijab is repulsively racist, while in the US state the explanation to bar the cloth does not hold water.
In both cases, East and West, hijab-wearing women are apparently rubbing people the wrong way.
If seventh-grader Maheen Haq wants to continue playing basketball, her parents will have to provide a letter stating that the headscarf is part of their daughter's religion and accept liability for any injuries.
What injuries? The referee feared Haq could be choked if the scarf were tugged on and that it posed a danger to other players. But the only way a headscarf could prove hazardous to the owner or others is if the pins used to hold it down protrude. Jewelry, rings, earrings, chains and bracelets should be definitely outlawed in sports. But it's doubtful that wearing a scarf poses a danger to the player or somebody else unless pins are being used to keep the headscarf intact. Even then, it is possible to fix a hijab securely on the head without a safety pin, depending on its material.
There are, too, hijabs with tear-away strips designed for sports that girls could wear.
There does not seem to be foul play at work in Maryland but we remember one sure sign of intolerance elsewhere. A few years back, Sura Al-Shawk, a 19-year-old Swiss citizen of Iraqi origin, was told by the Swiss Basketball Association that she couldn't wear a headscarf during league games, the claim from the Swiss Basketball Association being that it follows the rules of FIBA, the world governing body in basketball, which says the sport has to be neutral, forbidding religious symbols.
Even if we agree the Swiss ban was not racially motivated, it's almost sure that if Al-Shawk sported her headscarf around her neck, around her waist, around a bicep, thigh or ankle, above or below the knee, or wrapped it around her forehead like a bandana – anywhere except on her head -- Swiss basketball authorities would not have cared the least. It's only when that innocuous piece of cloth levitates up to the hair of a female scalp do the Swiss and the rest of the West stand on their head.
The number of Muslim athletes publicly testifying to their faith has dramatically increased in the last few years. Egyptian footballers demonstrate their religious piety by kneeling down to offer a prayer of thanks after scoring a goal or after winning a game, or praying before games to implore Allah to come to their team's aid.
Prayers on the field don't hurt. Muslims praying are just as harmless as the outward displays of belief seen abroad, with the sign of the cross that many soccer players make before a game begins or after they score a goal. The two are simply openly displaying their religious faith.
While such testimonies have all become an accepted part of the game today, in Tunisia, apparently nobody, athlete or otherwise, is allowed to wrap him or herself in religion. The deposed Ben Ali once reportedly said the hijab was something foreign and not part of Tunisian culture. The Tunisian constitution stipulates that Tunisia is an Islamic country yet on an almost daily basis there are horrific stories pouring out of Tunisia about how the state police are ripping off the hijabs of women living there. From what we understand, police order women to remove their head scarves before being allowed into work places and others have been made to remove them on the street. The Education Ministry repeatedly asks university presidents to ban hijab-wearing students from entering university campuses. Women who do don the hijab are watched constantly by the police and then forced to sign a form stipulating they will not wear the hijab ever again. They may at times be allowed to wear a head scarf which covers their head, however, they must show some of their hair.
If all this is true, it seems Ben Ali wanted Tunisian women to be as liberated as Western tourists who go around topless on Tunisia's coastal resorts as they soak up the sun.
Perhaps the new Tunisian government will be more accepting of the hijab. Perhaps one day any athlete who wishes to wear the hijab will do so without fear of being discriminated against and without this constant but baseless concern for safety.
So far, though, the hijab is being attacked from those who don't know any better and, more importantly, from those who should know better.
By Alaa Abdel-Ghani
Top Headlines
- Lebanese Shaking off the veil: When Hijab is not compatible with tight jeans
- Hair raising sports: Qatar's female basketball team pulls out of Asian Games over hijab row
- World Hijab Day: Celebrated to Break Prejudices Against the Hijab
- World Hijab Day: Celebrated to Break Prejudices Against the Hijab
- Nigerian Student Banned from Bar Ceremony for Wearing Headscarf


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I was struck by this Yahoo News headline: "McCain critics on left and right attack war record."
I was aware of critics on the left. The always-appalling Wesley Clark attacked McCain as "untested and untried," and attempted to defend that remarkable claim–I can't offhand think of anyone who has more obviously been tested and tried than John McCain–on Face the Nation yesterday:
SCHIEFFER: Well, you went so far as to say that you thought John McCain was, quote– and these are your words– "untested and untried." And I must say, I had to read that twice, because you're talking about somebody who was a prisoner of war, he was a squadron commander of the largest squadron in the Navy. He's been on the Senate Armed Services Committee for lo these many years. How can you say that John McCain is untested and untried, General?
CLARK: Because in the matters of national security policy making, it's a matter of understanding risk. It's a matter of gauging your opponents and it's a matter of being held accountable.
John McCain's never done any of that in his official positions.
I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in the armed forces, as a prisoner of war.
He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee. And he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn't held executive responsibility.
That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn't a wartime squadron.
He hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn't seen what it's like when diplomats come in and say, I don't know whether we're going to be able to get this point through or not. Do you want to take the risk? What about your reputation? How do we handle this publicly? He hasn't made that calls, Bob.
SCHIEFFER: Well, General, maybe — could I just interrupt you?
CLARK: Sure.
SCHIEFFER: I have to say, Barack Obama has not had any of those experiences, either, nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down. I mean…
CLARK: Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.
SCHIEFFER: Really?
CLARK: But Barack is not — he is not running on the fact that he has made these national security pronouncements. He's running on his other strengths.
Schieffer deserves credit, I think, for reacting with the incredulity with which most people would view Clark's attack on McCain.
So I knew the Obama campaign, through Clark, was trying to raise questions about McCain's military service. But what puzzled me was the rest of the Yahoo News headline. What critics on the right have attacked McCain's service? I can't imagine that there are any. So, curious, I followed the Yahoo News link to this Politico story. Only, note the article's headline: "Some on left target McCain's war record." Whoever writes headlines for Yahoo News added the part about "the right."
In fact, though, the Yahoo News guy wasn't completely making it up, as the Politico piece, by Ben Smith, does indeed try to create the impression that conservatives as well as liberals are attacking McCain's military record. Smith begins by citing Clark's Face the Nation appearance, then continues:
But farther to the left — and among some of McCain's conservative enemies as well — harsher attacks are circulating.
Smith goes on to itemize the attacks on McCain's military service: a goofy far left web site called "Americablog" accused McCain of "disloyalty" because, on at least one occasion, the tortures that his captors inflicted caused him to sign a "confession" to war crimes. You can read about it here. Of course, on many other occasions he resisted heroically, as when he ruined a North Vietnamese propaganda shoot by flashing his middle finger at the camera. But we expect nothing better from the author of Americablog. Who else has been attacking McCain's military service?
The Politico piece mentions another far-left site, Counterpunch, which called McCain North Vietnam's "go-to collaborator;" Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller, who attacked McCain's service as a bomber pilot; a writer at the left-wing Huffington Post; David Fenton of MoveOn.org; posters on Barack Obama's web site; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink; and anti-American crank Noam Chomsky. Notice anything about this motley crew? That's right. They're all on the far left.
Politico does acknowledge that "most of the attacks on McCain's war record are now coming from the left." Most? How about, all? If you scour the article carefully, there is one instance where McCain was attacked, ostensibly, from the right:
McCain, who sought — along with Sen. John F. Kerry — to debunk claims that Vietnam still held American prisoners into the 1990s, has been attacked in similar terms by leaders of POW/MIA movement, whom he and Kerry cast as charlatans.
I have no idea whether these unnamed "leaders" of the POW/MIA movement were on the left, right, or somewhere else, and I doubt whether Smith has any idea either. Whoever they were, they were angry at McCain years ago for doubting that prisoners were still held in North Vietnam in the early 1990s and for making a series of conciliatory trips to Vietnam beginning in the 1970s. Smith cites not a single instance of a conservative who has criticized McCain's military service in the context of the current Presidential campaign.
So what is going on here is that Politico–and still more the anonymous Yahoo News headline writer!–know that attacks on McCain's service by the Obama campaign and other Democrats are poisonous and likely to backfire. So they are trying to give the Democrats cover by creating the misleading impression that these disgusting smears are somehow bipartisan.
Meanwhile, when McCain himself was asked about Clark's criticisms, he took the high road:
The important thing is that if that's the kind of campaign that Senator Obama and his surrogates and his supporters want to wage, I understand that, but it doesn't reduce the price of a gallon of gas by one penny. It doesn't achieve our energy independence, make it come any closer. It doesn't help an American stay in their home who are at risk of losing it today. And it certainly doesn't do anything to address the challenges that Americans have in keeping their jobs, their homes and supporting their families. So, I intend to, in this campaign, to discuss the challenges we face, … and [the] many other proposals and ideas and a plan of action I have to help the families of this nation.
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Series 84246
San Juan County (Utah). County Clerk Death registers
Dates: i 1898-1905.
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
An agency history is available.
Scope and Content
These records contain death registers for the years 1898-1905. Each entry has the decedent' s name, occupation, age, marital status, sex, race, color, residence, term of residence, date of death, cause of death, the name of the informant the making report, and an assigned number.
Beginning in 1898, each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace, and undertaker was required to keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and time of death of the decedent. Each person registering deaths filed quarterly with the county clerk or the local board of health in the case of incorporated cities. (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475)
In 1905, the state passed a law requiring each county to file a uniform certificate with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.
These records are chronological by year but not by month. Entries were recorded in order of report, not by date of death.
Related Records
Death certificates from the Department of Health. Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81448, This series contains death certificates filed with the Bureau of Vital Records beginning in 1904.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
This series was processed by M. Call in September 1998.
Indexing Terms
- Death—Proof and certification—San Juan County (Utah).
- San Juan County (Utah)—Statistics, Vital.
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April 11. 2013 10:41PM
College Roundup: SNHU baseball team tops St. Anselm
Pitcher John Pickowicz of Hill allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits over 7 1/3 innings. leading the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team past visiting St. Anselm, 9-2, on Thursday.
The Penmen broke open the game with a five-run fifth inning. Goffstown's Riley Palmer had three hits, including one during the big fifth.
SNHU is 22-10, 5-3 in the Northeast-10, while the Hawks dropped to 13-18-1 and 2-6.
Keene State 6, Westfield State 4:
Tyler Estevez collected the game-winning RBI by hitting a double in the ninth inning to lift Keene State College over Westfield State University in a non-conference game.
Keene State improved its record to 11-15 overall.
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In New London, juniors Kevin Keith and P.J. Singster of Sandown each threw shutouts as the Chargers swept a doubleheader. Keith allowed three hits and struck out seven. Singster allowed five hits and fanned five. Colby-Sawyer is 10-10.
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In Nashua, the hosts prevailed when Kyle Brigham of Hudson led off the ninth by being hit by a pitch, then eventually came home on a Tyler Bonin (Litchfield) grounder.
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Keene State 13, Plymouth State 11:
At Keene, senior midfielder Lauren Brown scored five goals and fellow senior midfielder Nicole Curry added four in the win for Keene State.
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In Framingham, PSU received goals from 12 different players in the rout. Marie Lander of Ossipee notched three goals and an assist to lead the way for the Panthers, 6-2. Shannon Connerty of Nashua added two goals.
Keene State 11/6, Westfield State 0/0:
At Keene, Greenland's Mariah Crisp and sophomore Katie Newell pitched shutouts and Owl bats collected 20 hits in KSC's doubleheader sweep. Keene State (11-8) has won six of its last seven games.


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In Killer questions to ask PR agencies to see if they are AR pretenders or contenders, we provided a technique to help determine whether a PR agency that is bidding for a vendor's analyst relations (AR) business truly understands the analysts and AR. There might be another technique that could potentially – but only potentially – provide another interesting insight into the dedication to real AR.
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For much of the financial crisis that started in 2007, Germany remained strong and was the envy of modern economies around the world. In 2010, the industrious country known for its fiscal discipline had GDP growth of 4.2%, followed by respectable 3% GDP growth in 2011.
Unfortunately, for Germans and the world, there are increasing signs that the German economy is being marred by the global crisis. In 2012, GDP growth was a meager 0.7%. More significantly, GDP actually contracted by 0.5% in the fourth quarter.
Finance Ministry officials expect the country to grow by 0.4% in 2013, a figure that may prove optimistic. Here's the rub with all of this; Germany is holding national elections in September and a slowdown in its economy or worse a recession could spell big problems for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Chancellor Merkel's coalition is weakening, while her opposition, all four other major parties, is united in one front: Germany first, bailouts of Spain, Greece, etc…second.
In other words, the promised checks from Germany to insure that the existing debt crisis doesn't worsen may not come. Make no mistake about it, the risk lies in the German character — austerity and fiscal discipline.
In my opinion, this has some significant implications on the investment landscape. Given the overall fragile state of the recovering global economy, a drastic change in policy within Europe could prove disastrous.
There are few economists or strategists that would disagree that should Germany cease funding and supporting the southern European nations, that Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece would very likely have to exit the euro currency and that the trading block would breakup (not completely, but it would almost certainly split into North versus South).
So, what should investors do? For now, nothing! (Unless you own European bonds — I would get out. Things are unlikely to get better). The reality is that at this point in time, global economic indicators continue to improve — at least on a whole.
Moreover, given the added stimulus and intervention by the Bank of Japan, continuing liquidity and support measures by the U.S. Federal Reserve and improved balance sheets by banks globally, equities look very attractive.
However, investors should become familiar with this new landscape and pay close attention to a further shift to negative economic momentum in Germany. In the fourth quarter of '12, industrial production fell by more than 2% in Germany, so that makes the top of my list of economic indicators to watch. Manufacturing is also very important, followed by export data. The latter has some better momentum as of late. Roughly 1/4 of Germany's exports go to China. Now that it is apparent that China has avoided a hard landing, and its economy has steadied, exports to the worlds' second largest economy could pick up again.
As a side note, for those of you who don't know: I am German by birth, I moved to the U.S. in 1984 with my family. They have since moved back and live in Germany again. This gives me the perspective of how "the average" German views things, as well as having the economic and market data to draw hypothesis such as the one detailed above.


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Communicating Physics Outside the Classroom
Summer Meeting 2011 Highlights
Summer 2011 was a "hot" meeting in many ways! The temperature was either a pleasant break or a challenge depending on what part of the country you came from.
The High School Physics Photo Contest, sponsored by Vernier, is always a favorite part of the event. Attendees were able to vote on this year's winning entries. The "First-timers" day for high school physics teachers, featured special sessions on what AAPT has to offer.
The Apparatus Competition, sponsored by the Area Committee on Apparatus and PASCO, continue to be a source of new inspiration.Whether developed to pique the interest of students, used in lecture and demonstration, or simply used to help teach physics in new or fascinating ways, teachers are continually engineering apparatus to aid physics instruction. The Apparatus Competition provides an opportunity for them to share their apparatus and receive recognition for their ideas.
In his Millikan Medal talk, All I Really Need to Know About Physics Education I Learned in Kindergarten, Brian Jones shared the wonders of the Little Shop of Physics, toured by thousands of visitors during its most recent open house, and made some of its marvelous demos available for viewing on Tuesday afternoon. As a surprise for Brian, his devoted colleagues from the Little Shop of Physics treated every audience member to a tie-dyed t-shirt, 3-D glasses, and a mini-UV laser.
Jones was the 2011 recipient of the Robert A. Milikan Medal in recognition of notable and creative contribution to the teaching of physics.
The American Institute for Physics (AIP) presented the Children's Science Writing Award during the Opening Plenary. This year's winner is Canadian author, Gillian Richardson for her book, Kaboom! Explosions of All Kinds. In the child centered approach to science Richardson explains how explosions are all around us. From the Big Bang to the pop of a seedpod, from solar flares to the explosive gases inside a car engine, they impact everyone.
Everyone complimented our area committees on the engaging and informative sessions they put together.
Edward E. Prather was recognized with the first David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching. John Wiley & Sons is the principal funder of this award through its donation to AAPT. Prather's talk, Teaching Space Science: A STEM Transformation Vehicle that Really Works, shared a decade of experience working closely with hundreds of college instructors, postdocs, graduate students, and undergrads in collaborative projects designed to understand issues of teaching and learning in college-level general education space science courses. The research results from these collaborations have been used to transform classrooms all over the country, creating learning environments that can significantly impact learners' science literacy and engagement in STEM.
The Paul W. Zitzewitz Award for Excellence in Pre-College Physics Teaching was awarded to Stacy McCormack. Her talk, Blond Girls Can't Learn Physics, addresses the way she overcame stereotypes and became a physics teacher. Stacy designed a guided-inquiry style high school physics class at Penn High School in Mishawaka, IN, that is lab-driven, student-centered, and uses numerous formative assessments to guide student learning. Now the 2011 Indiana State Teacher of the Year and an online adjunct instructor of Astronomy, Physics, and Physical Science classes for Ivy Tech Community College in South Bend, IN, Stacy shares her inexpensively created labs in a book for physics teachers titled "Teacher Friendly Physics." Amazingly, each year hundreds of high school students now find success in physics under the guidance of a blond girl.
The APS Division of Condensed Matter Physics contributed a session on Frontiers in Nanoscience. Plenary Speaker Barbara Jones shared her Perspective on the Future of Nanotechnology- and stayed for the SPS Award Session where she discussed research with students and helped to model the solar system with Spandex. Jeremy Levy gave an insightful talk on Etch-a-Sketch Nanoelectronics, using the childhood toy to illustrate state of the art advances.
The Poster Sessions are usually very popular and this year's sessions were no exception. Nearly 200 posters were presented in AAPT and SPS sessions. Topics covered ranged from Astronomy to Upper Division and Graduate Education.
Another "hot" session was Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education, which was still being talked about into the PERC. There were a lot of questions, all very friendly and thoughtful. One physics education researcher said that this was one of the "best external (non physics education) sessions they have seen in a long time, and that the talks hit the right level - not jargon-filled and unapproachable, which is very difficult to do." An attendee reported that, personally, "this meeting is now all about this session."
AAPT recognized dedication and performance of four outstanding members at the Award Plenary, The AAPT Distinguished Service Citation was presented to Drew Isola, Todd Leif, Steve Turley, and John Roeder.
It was a "hot" meeting from start to finish!


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Patrick J. Buchanan: Egypt's army crosses the Rubicon
August 19. 2013 8:14PM
"SIRE, CLEAR THE square with gunfire or abdicate."
That was the message one of his generals gave the young czar Nicholas I in December of 1825, as thousands of civilians and soldiers massed in Senate Square to challenge his claim to the throne.
Nicholas gave the order, the cannon fired, and he and his heirs ruled Russia for another century, until Nicholas II was overthrown, and murdered by Bolsheviks.
Such was the moment Egypt's army faced on Wednesday, with thousands of backers of the Muslim Brotherhood encamped in Cairo, challenging its rule. The slaughter that ensued, 500 dead the first day and thousands wounded, means there is no going back.
Egypt's generals cannot now hold elections that a coalition of the Brotherhood and Salafis might win.
While we Americans are babbling about a new politics of "inclusiveness," even some of the Twitter-Facebook liberals of Tahrir Square are coming to see Egypt as it is. Us or them. And the one issue on which Egypt's Muslim militants and Egypt's militarists seem to agree is that the Americans cannot be trusted.
When half of Egypt voted for the Brotherhood and a fourth for the more militant Salafis, we accepted the results and pledged to work with President Mohammed Morsi. But Morsi failed as badly as Hosni Mubarak. So, when millions massed in Cairo's streets to demand Morsi's overthrow, we signaled our approval for a military coup. Then, when Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power, imprisoned Morsi, jailed Brotherhood leaders and installed a puppet government, we refused to call it a coup.
Secretary of State John Kerry provided the comic relief by assuring us that the Egyptian army was "restoring democracy."
For two years, America has been loyal to no one, and consistent in nothing. Thus, Egypt's soldiers decided to do what they had to do to save their country. And if new elections are likely to produce a regime that threatens their Egypt, they will dump the democratic procedures rather than lose Egypt to the Brotherhood.
They will comply with our wishes to the extent that they do not imperil what the Egyptian army regards as vital. Gen. Sisi either did not believe we would cut off his military aid, or was willing to take that risk when he gave the order to fire on the protesters.
He read the Americans right. What do we do now?
As our interests dictate maintaining the peace between Egypt and Israel, keeping Egypt as an ally against Islamic terrorism, and protecting Christians, we cannot sever ties to the army that runs the country. But if we were to retain any credibility as the champion of peaceful protest, we had to signal that what was done by Egypt's security forces was done without our approval. President Obama did that by canceling the military exercises with the Egyptian army in Sinai.
Without constant infusions of aid, Egypt, a country whence the tourists and investors alike have fled, cannot create a robust economy until radicalism and extremism are in the past. Egypt today cannot sustain itself.
But America's role as primary foreign aid provider is coming to an end. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Gulf states are today sending many times the aid we are sending to Cairo. Let them take the lead.
While we do not know what will succeed in the Middle East, we do know what has failed. Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq has left us bleeding and near bankrupt. Our flipping and flopping in Egypt's turmoil has alienated all sides. Our wars have accomplished what?
A phrase from the America of a century ago, when Mexico was in turmoil, comes to mind. Why not a period of watchful waiting?
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?"


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The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University Student Development divisions, informed by our Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts and residential tradition, understand student learning as dynamic and interactive within the academic community and the holistically developing individual. We provide opportunities for young women and men to become more aware of their responsibility to promote the common good, to understand themselves as gendered people and to fully engage as reflective leaders in an increasingly intercultural and global community.
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Fueled by constant EPA pressure, unpredictable legislation, and the natural need to lower air pollution levels, coal- and oil-fired power plants and industries alike, are turning more and more to early plant retirement, or conversion to "current" cheap natural gas as a solution to lowering their stack emissions. According to some reports, this, along with adding emission controls to keep some existing coal-fired plants on line has, in fact, lead to pollution level numbers at low levels not seen since the late 1990s.
Early plant retirement is a popular choice of late (for some older coal-fired power plants) for a number of reasons beyond the scope of this article. Conversion to natural gas or early plant retirement can, of course, be an effective way for power companies to comply overall. This is mainly and obviously, because adding wet scrubbers and/or other elaborate emission control equipment as an alternative, can be extremely expensive, and doing so to a plant that is rapidly ageing just does not add up dollar wise.
However, with that said, there is a hidden cost to both the plant's and the country's economy in general for both of these choices, in particular job loss when plants are closed and the fact that natural gas prices may rise in the future, and the cost to convert to gas and perhaps back to coal if prices rise too high, too fast, may, in fact, be a more expensive choice for all of us in the long run.
One alternative to avoid some of these issues is to use Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) to comply to regulations and/or reduce pollution emissions. DSI when used with Trona or the SBC alkaline sorbents reduces So2, So3 and HCLs to conforming numbers with a cost-effective operational cost and low initial capital investment, and allows an older plant to continue its contribute to the power grid, while saving jobs and avoiding the natural gas conversion costs and the future unknown fuel/gas cost impacts. Along with these alkaline sorbents, others like Amended Silicates or Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) can remove mercury as well. These sorbent when milled on site to a fine particle size distribution (PSD), can reduce So2, So3 to 90%, and HCLs further. Milling Trona, SBC, and Amended Silicates in a blow-through style pin mill has proven to function extremely well to have blue plumes (So3) and acid rain (So2) and HCLs virtually disappear.
Integrating DSI into an existing plant will cost only 10% of what a wet scrubber system would cost and provide conforming So2, So3, and HCL numbers. Applying DSI into a properly selected injection point (correct temperature to be considered), with a pre-tested atomized injection rate, and using reliable on-site milling, will achieve this goal quite easily. With this solution, power plants and industrial sites can retain the maximum amount of flexibility to the constantly changing regulations and compliance dates, and save hundreds of jobs at the same time.
The Sturtevant pin mill has played a key part in the success and industrial development of milled DSI with 58 Simpactor pin mills sold into the DSI industry as of March 2013, for use at coal-fired power plants. This includes eight site-testing rigs with eight different DSI System installation companies throughout the U.S. The first specialized DSI FGT Sturtevant mills date back 12 years, and this specialized mill has constantly evolved ever since.
Effective milled DSI is possible largely because of the many years of successful installations of non-milled lime sorbents and because of the twelve years or so of Sturtevant Trona and SBC mill evolution.
The benefits of using a pin mill offer exceptional milling results. As to milling sorbents, take a look at the mill details that will lead to this cost-effective pollution reduction (this example is based on the Sturtevant model s 6C-30-fgt or 3C-18.5-fgt):
1. Finest sorbent: PSD range from 10 to 15uM d50 provides a sorbent low consumption performance and leading So2, So3, HCL removal for milled DSI.
2. Lowest use of power due to five different model configurations - only 40 hp for 4000 pph (100 pph per hp).
3. Highest milled/DSI throughput available - up to 15 tn/hr of d50 15uM sorbent
4. Cool mill design to keep Trona and SBC well below 120ºF for best process use (popcorn effect/maximizing surface area and pore surface area in the plant process where needed)
5. Least material buildup inside the mill. Trona and SBC are hygroscopic. The design of this mill helps increase the operation time of the milling. 100% automated mill internal cleaning.
6. Lowest wear rate of mill internal parts available. Trona has 0.5 to 1% silica included as injected. This can wear a mill out inside if not properly protected. Properly protecting a mill will lead to low maintenance and long-running durations.
7. Best suited for 24/7 adverse climate operation. All mill functions are monitored. Special design considers extreme cold start-up temperatures and extreme hot operation environments.
In conclusion, consider milled DSI as an alternative to closing your plant or converting your plant prematurely. The job you save may be yours or your fellow countryman's, and the flexibility gained by staying with coal for the rest of your old power plant's life may be the most cost-effective solution in both the unpredictable short run and in coal's proven long run.
Steve Coulombe is a product manager at Sturtevant Inc., Hanover, MA. For more information, visit www.sturtevantinc.com.
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