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They made a pitch and, for the first time in the illustrious history of the Lakers, it didn't work.
From Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the Lakers were the one team that the biggest stars would routinely fight to join, and once there, would not want to leave. Now, though, Dwight Howard has turned that notion on its head.
When Howard went to Los Angeles by trade last summer, remember, it was not a move he was eager to make. He had been agitating to leave Orlando for the previous nine months, but had ultimately hoped to land in Brooklyn, an option that had fallen by the wayside with the Nets' offseason flurry of free-agent signings. With the Nets out, Howard had little choice but to agree to a deal that would have him finish out the final year of his contract in LA.
The Lakers' thinking was clear. No one ever leaves the Lakers. Give Howard some time to soak in the weather, the atmosphere, the championship banners, let him dabble in the Hollywood-ness of it all, and he'd be hooked. Throw in a roster that featured Howard, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant—one set to rival the Heat in the East—and when the dust settled, Howard would be the future of the franchise for sure.
But then the reality of last year kicked in. And it was, to use Howard's word, a, "nightmare."
Howard's back was not 100 percent healthy, Nash wasn't really healthy, Gasol had a hard time playing with Howard on the floor and Bryant had a hard time being nice to Howard in the locker room. The Lakers, expected to be dominant, replaced coach Mike Brown after just five games and a 1-4 record.
That was a panic-button move, but what the Lakers did next did more to seal Howard's desire to leave than anything—they passed on bringing back NBA legend Phil Jackson and instead hired coach Mike D'Antoni. That was a terrible fit for the bulk of the players on the Lakers roster, but especially for Howard. D'Antoni had been successful in Phoenix and had flopped in New York, but most important, had zero history of effectively using a true center. Forward Amare Stoudemire was D'Antoni's prime big man in his best years with the Suns.
Jim Buss, who had been given control over the team in recent years, signed off on the D'Antoni hire. But it was a move made when his late father, Dr. Jerry Buss, was still alive—and Jerry Buss very much wanted D'Antoni to coach the team.
Predictably, D'Antoni and Howard had an oil-and-water relationship, and when it became obvious that the team was not going to make a change away from D'Antoni as the team's coach, it was a point against the Lakers.
Bryant was another negative point. Remember at last year's Olympics, when Bryant announced that he intended to only play two more years, and then the Lakers, "will be his team"? If Bryant had stuck to that plan all along, Howard might have seen things different. The tension between Bryant and Howard was obvious last season, as Bryant tried to push Howard toward championship-caliber greatness—or his definition of it—and Howard resisted.
Had things gone smoother for the Lakers, had they at least contended for a championship and not fallen out of the first round of the playoffs, maybe Bryant would have been satisfied with the way his career was wrapping up, and would have stuck with his retirement plans. Instead, Bryant tore his Achilles tendon, ending his season, and took on a more defiant, I'm-not-going-out-like-this posture. Just this week, as Howard was making his decision, Bryant told the Lakers' team website that he intended to play at least another three years.
That was not an easy thing for Howard to hear. If the assumption last August had been that the Lakers would be his team once Bryant fulfilled the end of his contract—which runs up after this year—then Bryant was now squashing that notion. It was as if Bryant was warning Howard that if he were to re-sign in Los Angeles, he would be coming back to a Lakers team which would feature Bryant, still running the show.
The Lakers could offer Howard more money, a deal worth $118 million over five years with LA, as opposed to four years and about $90 million in Houston. But when Howard looked at what the Lakers were offering, it was hard for him to not come to this conclusion: They were offering a future that looked a lot like the one year he had just struggled to finish. And probably three years of it.
It's hard to blame him for not wanting that. The Lakers are the Lakers, of course, and historically, players come to LA on the Lakers' terms and leave the same way. But things had gone so horribly wrong for the Lakers last season that, for the first time, they lost out on a major free agent, even though they were in a better starting position to keep him than the competition.
Now, the Lakers are left to ponder the future, to consider a starting five built around Nash, Gasol and Bryant, and most likely to get ready to chase free agents in 2014 (starting with that LeBron James fellow). The Lakers will have plenty of cap space on hand when that summer comes about, and in that situation, they're expecting to come out with a star.
But with the Howard debacle coming to such an ignominious end, the lure of the Lakers might have lost some of its pull.


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Experience plays big role in Kings' ability to rallyby Mike G. Morreale
NEW YORK -- Will the magical comebacks ever end?
After becoming the first team in NHL history to play the maximum 21 games en route to to the Stanley Cup Final and, along the way, win three straight Game 7s on the road, the Los Angeles Kings continue to defy the odds in the championship round against the New York Rangers.
The Kings hold a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series despite the fact they haven't led in regulation in either of the opening two games at Staples Center; the winning goal was scored in overtime each game.
Los Angeles hopes to get off to a better start in Game 3 on Monday at Madison Square Garden (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, RDS).
"I would have to say we're not proud of the way we started games and find ourselves in the same situation and regurgitating the mumbo-jumbo every time," Kings right wing Justin Williams said. "But we're in a results-oriented League and the results are that we're up 2-0 [in the series] and I don't care how we got here."
The Kings haven't led in their past 229:15 of action, a span of four games. On Saturday, they fell behind 2-0 for the fifth time in the past nine games but improved to 4-1 in those matches.
"We're not a team that wilts under the pressure," Williams said. "We're a team that goes out and wants to make a difference and gets it. I feel that's the big reason we've made it so far."
Williams acknowledged that when he won a Stanley Cup as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, there were similar miracle comebacks against the Edmonton Oilers in the championship round. In Game 1 of that Final, in fact, Carolina tied the biggest comeback in Cup history by overcoming a three-goal deficit to win, 5–4.
"I played on a [Stanley Cup winning] team in Carolina in 2006 and we had a lot of comebacks and this has a similar type of feel where you feel you're never out of it," Williams said. "Earlier this year, we might have felt that we couldn't come back, but now we feel that even if we get down one, two or even three goals, we don't care, we're going to keep pushing. The term 60 minutes-plus means a lot to us and to anyone trying to beat us."
During a 5-4 victory in double overtime against the Rangers in Game 2, Los Angeles earned its fourth multi-goal comeback win in the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The most-recent time any team posted as many wins in a playoff year, according to the Elias Sport Bureau, was 1987 when the Philadelphia Flyers won five.
At this point, is there anyone who doubts the Kings could eclipse that mark too?
The Kings rallied from 2-0, 3-1 and 4-2 deficits on Saturday to become the first team in League history to win three straight playoff games after trailing by at least two goals.
How are the Kings getting it done?
"It comes from experience, comes from looking around the dressing room," Williams said. "I look at faces when I look around dressing rooms when we're down a goal, and you could read a lot by what someone's thinking by just looking at their face. Between the second and third [in Game 2 on Saturday] I looked around and didn't see anyone scared. I saw a prepared team that knew what it had to do."
Los Angeles trailed the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Game 7 of the Western Conference Final before securing a 5-4 overtime win and the Rangers 2-0 in Game 1 of the Cup Final in a 3-2 OT victory.
"There are vocal leaders on our team who do step up on certain occasions but overall I think it's a calm mindset [on the bench]," Kings left wing Dwight King said. "Everybody believes in themselves and their teammates. That's the biggest thing we have going for us. When we're in that position, we can find a way and we've been fortunate enough to do it the last three games."
If fatigue is indeed an issue heading into Game 3 at MSG, as coach Darryl Sutter alluded to during his postgame press conference on Saturday, the Kings aren't showing it. Game 4 of this series will take place Wednesday night.
"The middle of this series is every other day," Sutter said. "That's the normal schedule for National Hockey League players."
Williams, who has eight goals and 23 points this postseason, doesn't really believe in word "fatigue" this time in the season.
"The guys are getting their rest," he said. "We had an early game [on Saturday] and got to bed at a decent hour. The guys were sleeping on the plane; it's the Cup Final. There's no excuse for not being ready or being too tired. You can get yourself ready."

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Brave Murray beaten by Federer
Andy Murray threatened a miracle comeback against Roger Federer before seeing his Australian Open challenge ended in the quarter-finals.
Federer served for a straight-sets win in the third set and held two match points in the tie-break but Murray showed tenacity in the extreme to take the match into a fourth.
However, in only his seventh match after back surgery, he ran out of steam and Federer eventually clinched a 6-3 6-4 6-7 (6/8) 6-3 victory and a semi-final date with his old rival Rafael Nadal.
This was their 21st meeting and the first time Murray was the higher ranked.
But his lack of matches and Federer's form in defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round meant the Scot was hardly a clear favourite.
Murray drilled a clean winner off his backhand on the first point but soon Federer was pushing forward and making life hard for his opponent.
He brought up two break points in the fourth game and took the first when Murray fired a forehand long.
The fourth seed was playing well but Federer was in rare form, barely missing a first serve and hitting the ball as clean as a whistle off the ground.
Federer has a new bigger-headed racquet this season and a new man in his corner in Stefan Edberg, and both appear to have renewed his confidence.
Murray appeared confident in his game, too, and was certainly playing at a higher level than he had at any other time in the tournament.
The 26-year-old has consistently shown an ability to step it up against the top players, and this was a real step up after three players outside the top 100.
But two forehand errors in a row cost him in the fifth game as Federer broke to lead 3-2.
Murray was getting close to the Federer serve now but could not engineer a break point, and his frustration was evident as the second set slipped away.
The last time Murray had met Federer was in the semi-finals here last year, when he prevailed in five sets for his first win over the Swiss in a grand slam match.
He would have to go to five again to repeat that, but that looked a remote possibility as he hung on grimly at the start of the third set.
Federer forced four break points in Murray's opening two service games but the fourth seed showed courage to save them all.
The Swiss still looked the better player, though, and he struck once more in the ninth game when Murray netted a forehand.
The British number one was unhappy that umpire Pascal Maria had allowed a Federer lob to stand even though it looked like the ball had bounced twice.
That left Federer serving for the match and for the first time he wobbled, three errors giving Murray his first two break points of the match.
He saved one but on the second a Murray backhand down the line drew the error and he was back to 5-5.
A tie-break would decide it, and it was a real nerve jangler for both men.
Federer looked like he had opened up a decisive lead at 5-2 and he had two match points at 6-4, but Murray played fine attacking points to save both.
The Scot then brought up a first set point and it was Federer who cracked, sending a forehand long.
Murray appeared to have the momentum and he opted to take a toilet break at the end of the set, giving Federer more time to reflect on his missed opportunities.
But it was Murray who had the mental letdown and found himself facing three break points in the second game of the fourth set.
He steeled himself to save those and then found himself embroiled in a 19-minute game, which he eventually extricated himself from after fighting off three more break points.
But that effort seemed to take its toll, with Murray dropping the speed on his first serve and beginning to look very weary.
He saved another break point to level at 3-3, but the pressure was growing, and when he slipped 0-40 behind at 3-4, Federer finally broke through.
Another twist seemed possible when the Swiss found himself 0-30 serving for the match for a second time, but he reeled off four points in a row, clinching victory with his 10th ace to move through to an 11th straight semi-final in Melbourne.


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It's been another busy week for all of us at Palladium Books. The Alliance Open House went well, all projects are moving forward, and we continue to put in long hours to get product finished.
We are deep in trying to finish The Rifter® #60 and get it to the printer, as well as finishing all text and editing for Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook, so I'm going to keep this Weekly Update short and to the point. I hope you don't mind.
In one of my Murmurs from the Megaverse® last week, I grumbled that I was in a funk. Well, fear not. My funk gave way to what I call "dynamo-mode" – high-level enthusiasm in which I get a superhuman amount of work done in a short amount of time. I can only keep up that pace for so long, but the results are impressive. Of course, my week started off slow, as I was fighting off a bug and didn't work most of Monday and was dragging on Tuesday. Ah, but I've already caught up on my missed work and have cleared my calendar for the next couple of weeks to focus almost entirely on writing and editing.
Online sales have remained solid. There is still plenty of excitement over the Rifts® Black Market Gold Hardcover as well as the softcover edition, and I'm surprised how many people have not yet purchased Rifts® Lemuria or Endless Dead™ (for Dead Reign™).
This game line only gets hotter and hotter, selling second only to Rifts®! Why all the excitement? Besides the obvious zombie-frenzy, the RPG has it all, Ordinary People as player characters, the epic struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic modern world setting, death cults, mad men, innocent people in need of rescue, the survival of humanity, and zombies. Lots of different zombies. And the rules are set up for fast combat, fast action and fun, fun, fun.
If you have not taken a close look at this game series, you are missing out on visceral fun. Everyone I know who has tried this game loves it. And all you NEED to play is the core book. Give it a try. I think you'll be surprised at how much fun this game setting is to play.
Wayne and I knocked out ads for the Dead Reign™: The Zombie Apocalypse role-playing game line as well as a sell sheet for one of our distributors. We're also doing advertising in various trade magazines and trying to decide whether or not we should exhibit at the GAMA Trade Show and Origins next year. Even though those shows are in 2013, we have to start planning and booking space soon.
The Rifter® #60 is in final production right now. All the artwork is in and Wayne is doing final edits and prep-work for typesetting and layout. We expect to be laying out the book over the weekend.
If Harmony Gold approves and allows everything we're offering up for this book, you will love it. I'm almost done with the final edits and tweaks. It is packed with fun source material, new insight, creation and encounter tables, new monsters, mutants and ideas for adventure.
This week has been jumping with activity on this front as Palladium works to nail down a formal agreement with the force we want behind the design of the game, packaging and sculpting. Emails and telephone calls have been flying, I have a draft agreement to review tonight, and follow-up calls to make tomorrow with this group as well as Harmony Gold. It is an adrenaline rush that should result in products that will wow and delight Robotech® fans of every stripe. Starting with plans to bring you more RPG products and gorgeous 1/285th game pieces for all eras of Robotech®.
When I finish Robotech® Genesis Pits, I jump into Vampires with both feet. All the art is done. Much of the book is written. Now it's time to bring it all home.
Chuck Walton continues to work on art. Matthew Clements is dropping in some additions and fine-tuning material. Like I said last Update, you can think of the two Rifts® Northern Gun books as Rifts® Black Market on steroids.
I want this epic and evocative book out by the end of the year and will do my best to make it happen. It is another crowd pleaser.
There is a fair amount of excitement and anticipation for BTS sourcebooks, especially the long awaited Tome Grotesque and Beyond Arcanum sourcebooks. They are scheduled for a 2013 release, so there is no news on them yet. HOWEVER, there has been some chatter from concerned fans that the books will not actually come out. I want you to know that their release in 2013 is a personal mission of mine. They will see release sometime next year.
We have sent The Rifter® #50 back in for a short, special printing. It should be available for purchase around October 12-15. The same time that The Rifter® #60 should be ready to ship. 128 pages – $14.95 retail – Cat. No. 150. Contains source material for Rifts®, Chaos Earth™, Phase World®, Nightbane®, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas and Superspies™, Splicers® and the Palladium Fantasy RPG®. Ships October 12, 2012.
Alex and I will be adding a few new Palladium collectibles to my online store and we will continue to add items on a more regular basis. There are no more than five Rifts® Lemuria Emerald Editions earmarked for the store and other items such as the Rifts® Machinations of Doom Gold Hardcover, Rifts® RPG Silver hardcovers, BTS Gold, Rifts® Ultimate Gold, Erick Wujcik's Amberzine #11, etc. are also in short supply. In most cases, I have only a dozen or less to offer. That's why we continue to dole them out one at a time. Once they are sold out, of course, they are GONE! Other collectibles include first printings of books, signed books, "proofreader" copies of books (a couple more coming your way soon), original artwork, and other collectible odds and ends.
There are also a large number of collectible toys and action figures in my online store. All are from my personal collection. More toys and collectibles are added on a weekly basis.
Christmas is just around the corner. Every year for something like 15 years now, Palladium Books does what we call our Christmas Surprise Package.
The concept is simple and fun. You pay a low, flat price of $38 (plus shipping and handling), send us a "wish list" of 10-12 different (available) products and we send you $80 or more (sometimes considerably more) worth of Palladium product. And if you ask us to, the Palladium staff and available freelancers are happy to sign each and every book we send you. For many gamers, this is the only way they can get autographs.
We ask for a "wish list" of 10-12 items so that you do NOT know what you are getting. This creates anticipation and the element of surprise, so that just like getting a present on Christmas morning, you are pleasantly surprised by what the package contains.
The Christmas Surprise Package is a great way for you to try new Palladium games, sourcebooks and game settings, get Christmas presents for your gaming buddies at a low price, and try books you've been wondering about. It's Palladium's way of saying thank you to our many loyal and wonderful fans by doing something special. Plus it captures the essence of the holidays, and not just Christmas; these Palladium Surprise Packages are for all gamers, everywhere.
That's the short version of the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package. We will email a full description and put it up in the Palladium online store in a week or two. As a general rule of thumb, we start offering the Christmas Grab Bags around the middle of October. We've been so busy trying to get new product to the printer and working on other projects for next year, that we are rather behind on everything, but I wanted you to know that we will be doing the Surprise Packages this year and they'll start soon. Ho, ho, ho!
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher and Surrogate Santa
Everything you want to know about the Black Market of Rifts® North America presented inside a pair of gorgeous black leatherette covers. Gold foil embossing on front cover and spine. Historically, gold collector editions only increase in value on the collector's market, and often quickly. This is the lowest number of a Collector's Gold Edition that Palladium has ever printed.
See what everyone is talking about and order yours today. Rifts® Black Market™ is an epic, 192 page sourcebook that contains a wealth of information about the inner workings of the Black Market, the Five Factions, new Bandito Arms/Black Market weapons and gear, how to make any O.C.C. a Black Marketeer, special abilities of the Black Marketeer, criminal enterprises, Black Market loans, merc and crime jobs, and much more. This book has it all. AND best of all, a lot of it can be easily adapted to just about any world setting, not just Rifts Earth.
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions. In final production right now with art and text coming in and final editing and writing restarting next week.
The Rifter® Number 60 is an action-packed issue that delves into adventure, magic, monsters and strange war machines. In production right now.
The Rifter® is an idea factory. The key to unlocking the unlimited resources of the imagination for numerous Palladium RPG world settings. It helps players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and keep their games fresh, and provides useful, ready to go, source material that gamers can just drop into their ongoing games.
Every issue of The Rifter® offers new monsters, villains, characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, adventure and ideas for your use in games and campaigns. There is usually source material for at least 2-3 Palladium game lines, often more.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create. Many, many avenues of adventure and ideas to spice up your Robotech® campaign with unexpected menaces and intrigue. In production right now!
Northern Gun™ is the largest independent manufacturer of high-tech weapons, robots and vehicles in North America. Outside of the Coalition States, one could argue, no other kingdom is as powerful or influential, at least when it comes to technology and weapons. The manufacture and sale of Northern Gun weapons and vehicles has given virtually every kingdom, town, colony of settlers and adventurer group a chance to survive and prosper. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, NG has been the premier outfitter of mercenaries, adventurers and upstart kingdoms for generations. Now, for the first time ever, learn Northern Gun's history, goals and plans for the future. Of course, that means new weapons, robots, power armor, vehicles and gear.
More information about the weapons, vehicles and practices of Northern Gun, including the new rage of robot gladiatorial combat.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. Demons, Deevils and supernatural beings run rampant and wreak havoc across the world.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
The following are in development:
Everyone at Palladium has a Rifts® Dice Bag, shouldn't you? It is a good size, sturdy, drawstring bag made of imitation black velvet emblazoned with the famous Rifts® logo in gold.
Russian mythology and magic come to life in this fan favorite Rifts® World Book. The book includes all kinds of demons, monsters, new magic character classes (O.C.C.s), and nine different types of gypsies – some of whom are adventurers, others mystics and mages, some psychics and one is even a beguiling shape-shifter. Plus more background about Russia and the Sovietski.
Magic vs Technology. The infamous Coalition/Siege on Tolkeen story arc starts with this 160 page sourcebook. Not only does it lay the groundwork for the Coalition's all-out siege on the kingdom of magic, but it includes a vast number of Techno-Wizard weapons and vehicles, powerful magic artifacts, demons, monsters, magic and a historic Crisis Time-Line from 12 P.A. to 106 P.A.
The Siege on Tolkeen goes into full swing as the Coalition Army makes the first devastating attacks on Tolkeen. Coalition Generals, Special Forces squads, and strategies are presented with a wealth of adventure ideas.
We didn't want you to forget about this excellent sourcebook in the series. The Coalition's siege on Tolkeen has had a devastating impact on people across North America. None have been more affected than the Cyber-Knights. This sourcebook reveals not only the history and secrets of the Cyber-Knights, but the schism the war has created among the fabled warriors.
Earth is home to thousands of alien species from beyond the Rifts. One of the strangest and most dangerous is the Xiticix. A danger nobody seemed to realize until the sprawling Hivelands began to encroach on the territories of other people. Armed with new breeds of aggressive warriors, new weapons and legions of insectoids willing to fight to the death, people are beginning to wonder if they are the next threat to humanity.
The war between the people of the New German Republic and the Gargoyle Empire rages on, but only the heroes of the NGR seem to be getting the upper hand. See where things stand in the year 109 P.A. and get a closer look at the NGR Army, government, society and people. This World Book also presents the latest weapons, combat vehicles, power armor and robots of the NGR as well as commercial vehicles, robot helpers, and more.
Archie 3 and Hagan Lonovich are two of the most beloved villains (anti-heroes?) in the Rifts Earth setting. This sourcebook highlights their strange relationship, plots and blunders. One of which is inadvertently unleashing The Mechanoids® into the world!
The Mechanoids have one driving goal: To destroy all humanoid life! This book has it all. Source material, the Mechanoids, new equipment, monsters, adventure and cryptic prophecies.
Endless Dead™ is a new 96 page sourcebook that will send your Dead Reign™ campaign in new directions or add depth (and zombies). What are you waiting for? Order your copy today. And if you haven't taken a look at the Dead Reign™ RPG yet, but love zombies, you need to give this dynamic game a try.
● New! Rifts® Pencil – Cat. No. 2561 – 50 cents per each pencil. People love this item and often buy them in sets of 10. Enjoy.
● New! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Coffee Mug – red on a black, 15.5 ounce mug – Cat. No. 2560 – $10.00.
● New! Dead Reign™: "Survive or Die Trying" T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2556 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Wilk's Laser Technologies™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2557 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Imagination Unleashed T-Shirt – black image on a red T-shirt – No. 2558 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Northern Gun™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2559 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● Property of the Coalition™ T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2528 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
The following new Rifts® miniatures have never before been released by Palladium Books.
● MI8021 – Rifts® Shadow Beast – $12.00
● MI8022 – Rifts® Mystic Knight – $6.00
● MI8023 – Rifts® Lord Magus – $6.00
● MI8024 – Rifts® High Magus – $6.00
● MI8025 – Rifts® Coalition Psi-Stalker (new-style Dead Boy armor) – $6.00
● MI8026 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy in DPM-D1 Armor – $6.00
● MI8027 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #2 (with energy rifle) – $6.00
● MI8028 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #3 (with rifle and Vibro-Knife) – $6.00
● MI8029 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #4 (German Shepherd with rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
● MI8030 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #5 (Bulldog with energy rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
The following favorite Rifts® miniatures are back in stock. Some, like the Glitter Boy, have sold on the collector's market for as much as $50-$120. They are being re-released for the first time in a decade.
● MI8031 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Power Armor – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8032 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Pilot – $6.00
● MI8033 – Rifts® Kydian Overlord (Atlantis) – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8034 – Rifts® Dragonsaurus (Atlantis) – $10.00
● MI8035 – Rifts® Slaver and Slave (Atlantis); 2 figs, no plastic bases – $10.00
● MI8036 – Rifts® Crazy – $6.00
● MI8037 – Rifts® Juicer #1 (with laser pistol) – $6.00
● MI8038 – Rifts® Juicer #2 (with Vibro-Sword) – $6.00
● MI8039 – Rifts® Cyborg #1 (with Rail Gun) – $12.00
● MI8040 – Rifts® Cyborg #2 (with gun hands) – $12.00
● MI8041 – Rifts® Cyborg #3 – $6.00
● MI8042 – Rifts® Coalition Officer (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8043 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #1 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8044 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #2 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8045 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #3 (old armor) – $6.00
Over the next several weeks, Palladium and various staff members will be making appearances and selling product at various gaming events. We sent out a special email last week to let folks know about some of these events, but here's a more complete listing. Come on over and join the fun.
Timothy Lutheran Church
8820 Wayne Road
Livonia, MI 48150
10:00 A.M to 11:00 P.M.
Julius Rosenstein and Palladium pal and G.M., Jim Cross, will be running Palladium gaming events. Jim is also the convention organizer. There will be all kinds of fun gaming events. I'm sure I'll pop in at least briefly considering its just down the road from the Palladium Office.
This a rapidly exploding anime convention the could have 15,000+ people this year. It includes a wide range of amazing costumes, guests, events, cosplay, gaming and multi-media fun.
Palladium Books will be exhibiting in the dealers' room and we'll have members of the Palladium staff and other maniacs at the booth, including me (Kevin Siembieda), Wayne Smith, Alex Marciniszyn, Julius Rosenstein, Chuck Walton and maybe a few other Palladium madmen. Artist Ben Rodriguez will be there too, but he'll have his own booth. It all happens at Cobo Hall, downtown Detroit, near the waterfront. Join the fun.
Speaking of which, have I mentioned that I will be one of the guests at Anime North in Toronto next year? Well, I will. The event takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, 2013. This will be my first time back at a convention in Canada in something like 15 years. Too long. www.animenorth.com
Oh yeah, we can hardly wait for Gen Con next year. We may even need to expand the size of our booth.
Note: No Palladium Open House in 2013 and right now, there are no plans for one in 2014.
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TengoInternet, the oldest and largest wireless Internet provider for the outdoor hospitality industry, announced that Inc. Magazine ranked TengoInternet on its fourth annual Inc. 5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
TengoInternet ranked 2,767 on the Inc. 5000 list based on revenue growth from 2007 through 2010, according to a news release.
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It was me who asked if you had a blog Laura! It´s good to know that I inspired someone. I´ll put on my new reading list!
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Sociology : A Down-to-Earth Approach, by Henslin, James M.
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/4/2011
James M. Henslin, who was born in Minnesota, graduated from high school and junior college in California and from college in Indiana. Awarded scholarships, he earned his Master's and doctorate degrees in sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After this, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health, and spent a year studying how people adjust to the suicide of a family member. His primary interests in sociology are the sociology of everyday life, deviance, and international relations. Among his numerous books is Down-to-Earth Sociology : Introductory Readings (Free Press), now in its twelfth edition. This book of readings reflects some of these sociological interests. He has also published widely in sociology journals, including Social Problems and American Journal of Sociology,
While a graduate student, Jim Henslin taught at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. After completing his doctorate, he joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where he is Professor Emeritus of Sociology. He says, "I've always found the introductory course enjoyable to teach. I love to see students' faces light up when they first glimpse the sociological perspective and begin to see how society has become an essential part of how they view the world."
Henslin enjoys reading and fishing. His two favorite activities are writing and traveling. He especially enjoys visiting and living in other cultures, for this brings him face to face with behaviors and ways of thinking that he cannot take for granted, experiences that "make sociological principles come alive."
Part 1 The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 2 Culture
Chapter 3 Socialization
Chapter 4 Social Structure and Social Interaction
Chapter 5 How Sociologists Do Research
Part II Social Groups and Social Control
Chapter 6 Societies to Social Networks
Chapter 7 Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations
Chapter 8 Deviance and Social Control
Part III Social Inequality
Chapter 9 Global Stratification
Chapter 10 Social Class in the United States
Chapter 11 Sex and Gender
Chapter 12 Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 13 The Elderly
Part IV Social Institutions
Chapter 14 The Economy
Chapter 15 Politics
Chapter 16 Marriage and Family
Chapter 17 Education
Chapter 18 Religion
Chapter 19 Medicine and Health
Part V Social Change
Chapter 20 Population and Urbanization
Chapter 21 Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Chapter 22 Social Change and the Environment
Part 1 The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
The Sociological Perspective
Sociology and the Other Sciences
Origins of Sociology
Values in Sociological Research
Verstehen and Social Facts
Sociology in North America
Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
Trends Shaping the Future of Sociology
Summary and Review
Chapter 2: Culture
What Is Culture?
Components of Symbolic Culture
Many Cultural Worlds
Values in U.S. Society
Cultural Universals
Technology in the Global Village
Summary and Review
Through the Author's Lens: Looking at Subcultures
Chapter 3: Socialization
Society Makes Us Human
Socialization into the Self and Mind
Learning Personality, Morality, and Emotions
Socialization into Gender
Agents of Socialization
Socialization Through the Life Course
Are We Prisoners of Socialization?
Summary and Review
Chapter 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction
Levels of Sociological Analysis
The Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure
Social Institutions
The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life
The Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology
Summary and Review
Through the Author's Lens: Vienna
Through the Author's Lens: When a Tornado Strikes
Chapter 5: How Sociologists Do Research
What Is a Valid Sociological Topic?
Common Sense and the Need for Sociological Research
A Research Model
Research Methods
Gender in Sociological Research
Ethics in Sociological Research
How Research and Theory Work Together
Summary and Review
Part II Social Groups and Social Control
Chapter 6: Societies to Social Networks
Societies and Their Transformation
Groups Within Society
Group Dynamics
Summary and Review
Chapter 7: Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations
The Rationalization of Society
Formal Organizations and Bureaucracies
Voluntary Associations
Working for the Corporation
Humanizing the Corporate Culture
Global Competition in an Age of Uncertainty
Summary and Review
Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control
What Is Deviance?
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Reactions to Deviance
Summary and Review
Part III Social Inequality
Chapter 9: Global Stratification
Systems of Social Stratification
What Determines Social Class?
Why Is Social Stratification Universal?
How Do Elites Maintain Stratification?
Comparative Social Stratification
Global Stratification: Three Worlds
How Did the World's Nations Become Stratified?
Maintaining Global Stratification
Strains in the Global System
Summary and Review
Through the Authors Lens: The Dump People:
Chapter 10: Social Class in the United States
What Is Social Class?
Sociological Models of Social Class
Consequences of Social Class
Social Mobility
Summary and Review
Chapter 11: Sex and Gender
Issues of Sex and Gender
Gender Inequality in Global Perspective
Gender Inequality in the United States
Gender Inequality in the Workplace
Gender and Violence
The Changing Face of Politics
Glimpsing the Future—With Hope
Summary and Review
Through the Author's Lens: Work and Gender: Women at Work in India
Chapter12: Race and Ethnicity
Laying the Sociological Foundation
Prejudice and Discrimination
Theories of Prejudice
Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations
Racial-Ethnic Relations in the United States
Looking Toward the Future
Summary and Review
Chapter 13: The Elderly
Aging in Global Perspective
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Recurring Problems
The Sociology of Death and Dying
Looking Toward the Future
Summary and Review
Part IV Social Institutions
Chapter 14: The Economy
The Transformation of Economic Systems
The Transformation of the Medium of Exchange
World Economic Systems
The Functionalist Perspective on the Globalization of Capitalism
The Conflict Perspective on the Globalization of Capitalism
Work in U.S. Society
Global Capitalism and Our Future
Summary and Review
Through the Author's Lens: Small Town USA
Chapter 15: Politics
Micropolitics and Macropolitics
Power, Authority, and Violence
Types of Government
The U.S. Political System
Who Rules the United States?
War and Terrorism: Implementing Political Objectives
A New World Order?
Summary and Review
Chapter 16: Marriage and Family
Marriage and Family in Global Perspective
Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective
The Family Life Cycle
Diversity in U.S. Families
Trends in U.S. Families
Divorce and Remarriage
Two Sides of Family Life
The Future of Marriage and Family
Summary and Review
Chapter 17: Education
The Development of Modern Education
Education in Global Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits
The Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating Social Inequality
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Teacher Expectations
Problems in U.S. Education—and Their Solutions
Technology and Education
Summary and Review
Chapter 18: Religion
What Is Religion?
The Functionalist Perspective
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism
The World's Major Religions
Types of Religious Groups
Religion in the United States
The Future of Religion
Summary and Review
Through the Author's Lens: Holy Week in Spain
Chapter 19: Medicine and Health
Sociology and the Study of Medicine and Health
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Historical Patterns of Health
Issues in Health Care
Threats to Health
Treatment or Prevention?
The Future of Medicine
Summary and Review
Part V Social Change
Chapter 20: Population and Urbanization
Population in Global Perspective
A Planet with No Space for Enjoying Life?
Population Growth
The Development of Cities
Models of Urban Growth
City Life
Urban Problems and Social Policy
Summary and Review
Through the Author's Lens: A Walk Through El Tiro in Medellin, Columbia
Chapter 21: Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Collective Behavior
Early Explanations: The Transformation of the Individual
The Contemporary View: The Rationality of the Crowd
Forms of Collective Behavior
Social Movements
Types and Tactics of Social Movements
Why People Join Social Movements
On the Success and Failure of Social Movements
Summary and Review
Chapter 22: Social Change and the Environment
How Social Change Transforms Social Life
Theories and Processes of Social Change
How Technology Changes Society
The Growth Machine Versus the Earth
Summary and Review
Epilogue: Why Major in Sociology?
Name Index
Subject Index


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Tempranillo! The grape that made Calaveras County famous! (OK, along with frogs, Mark Twain, and an infamous archeological hoax... I'm looking at you, Clampers!)
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California Department of Transportation
Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
District 7: Los Angeles & Ventura Counties
Contact: Maria Raptis
Phone: (213) 897-9372
Website: www.dot.ca.gov/dist07
SACRAMENTO – Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California. More than 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. The grants are funded through Proposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, which is providing $3.6 billion over a ten-year period to improve public transit in California.
"These projects are a direct investment in our state's public transit system and will help energize California's economy," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "Not only will these projects help create jobs, they will also reduce traffic congestion, clean the air, and provide Californians an alternative to rising gas prices."
Some of the notable projects awarded Proposition 1B funding include:
- Two allocations worth a total of $20.9 million to the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA/Metrolink) to be used for Positive Train Control and Sealed Corridor safety measures.
- One allocation worth $405,185 to the City of Norwalk for the purchase of Paratransit buses or vans;
- Two allocations worth a total of $678,500 to the City of Gardena to purchase a bus security camera system and to purchase seven replacement alternate fuel buses.
To date, Proposition 1B has funded $1.34 billion in transit projects.
For a comprehensive list of all projects that received transit grants in this funding cycle, please visit: http://www.dot.ca.gov/docs/Prop1BTransitProjectsFebruary2012.pdf
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I found myself watching an old western on the television a few weeks ago on one of those rare days when the movie suited my mood perfectly. Of course, I wanted a drink, but not just a drink…. I wanted a drink that suited the mood I was in and the movie I was watching. I settled on a dusty Canadian Rye Whisky and settled down to watch my movie.
Afterwards I began to think about why I wanted a particular drink for that particular movie, and I realized that this actually happens to me quite often. For me movies are a 'mood' experience. I have to be in a certain mood to watch certain movies. Certain moods call for certain styles of drinks. So I began to put together a list of my favourite movies and thought about what I would like to drink while watching. I analyzed each movie briefly before selecting the appropriate cocktail for each. I came up with this list:
Some of my Favourite Movies (And What to Drink When Watching Them)
This is just Part 1, next month or thereabouts I will post Part 2 with five more movies.


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Weaving is a centuries old endeavor. Originally Zapotec women were the first weavers, making cotton clothes and blankets to offer as tribute to the Aztecs, and then later to the Spanish colonizers. The Dominican Bishop Lopez de Zarate is said to have introduced the fixed-frame pedal loom, the spinning wheel, churro sheep, carding paddles scissors and steel needles. This enabled Zapotec weavers to create a new product — the wool sarape (blanket). He also taught weaving to men who had the strength to work with the heavier material and larger looms.
In the beginning of the Spanish conquest, weavers produced blankets, srapes and ponchos for their own use and for trade with other indigenous groups or the Spanish. As the market shifted to tourism, the function of these wool blankets and their style also changes. Textiles now served as art and home decor rather than clothing.
During the 1970's, demand for handwoven Zapotec weavings increased and U.S. importers asked Teotitlan weavers to increase their production for export, primarily to the U.S. southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas). Synthetic (aniline) dyes were already common (introduced in the early 1900's), making this an easy request because the dyeing process is so much simpler.
By then, local wool production couldn't sustain demand and many weavers went to the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, where higher elevations made sheep growing more productive, to buy handspun rug wool. In 1983, a factory opened in Teotitlan del Valle to mechanically spin raw wool into yarn. At the same time, factory representatives from other Mexican states arrived to sell cheaper machine spun wool yarned mixed with acrylic (sill a common practice).
The handspun wool became an expensive and inconvenient material to work with. However, weavers to wanted to retain higher quality continued the tradition of using only hand spun yarn, still employed today by the best artisans of Teotitlan del Valle.
During the 1990's, weavers began to combine imported New Zealand and Peruvian mohair with churro wool. This combination produces a soft hand and a very strong fabric. Looms have also been modified to create larger, higher quality and more unique pieces.


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Wheaton, Ill. – The Wheaton football team overcame a lightning delay and a late Augustana (2-2/0-1 CCIW) surge to defeat the Vikings 24-15 on Saturday at McCully Stadium as part of Wheaton's Homecoming activities. A thunderstorm moved through the Wheaton area with 8:25 remaining in the fourth quarter and the game was delayed for one hour and 23 minutes.
Wheaton, ranked 15th in this week's D3football.com Top-25 poll, is now 4-0 overall and 1-0 in CCIW play. Wheaton will travel to Carthage College next Saturday for a 1 PM kickoff against the Red Men.
Wheaton had 392 yards of total offense in the game, passing for 153 yards, with 239 rushing yards. Augustana had 282 yards of offense, with 165 passing yards and 117 rushing yards. The bulk of the Vikings' offense came in the fourth quarter when Augustana passed for 131 yards and ran for 58 with 189 yards of total offense in the final quarter, as the Vikings scored all of their 15 points in the final 1:49 of the game.
Wheaton kicked off to open the game and an Augustana fumble gave the hosts the football at the Vikings' 28-yard line. Four plays after the fumble recovery, Wheaton's Charlie Velling reached the end zone on a three-yard scamper into the end zone that gave Wheaton a 7-0 lead with 13:00 remaining in the first quarter. Thunder kicker Sam Cote converted a 39-yard field goal to increase Wheaton's lead to 10-0 with 5:21 remaining in the first quarter. Wheaton held its 10-0 lead at halftime.
Wheaton opened the second half with a lengthy 10-play drive of 75 yards. The drive ended with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Roberts to Hunter Thorson that increased the hosts' lead to 17-0 with 10:22 left in the third quarter. Junior Keegan Kemp broke open for a 48-yard run to the Vikings' two-yard line with 3:07 left in the third quarter. Kemp scored on a two-yard run on the very next play to increase the lead for the 'Orange and Blue' to 24-0 with 2:34 left in the third quarter.
Thunderstorms moved through the area and with 8:25 left in the fourth quarter when play was suspended at 3:25 PM. The delay lasted one hour and 23 minutes and when play resumed the Vikings missed a 32-yard field goal attempt. A Wheaton interception with 5:13 left in regulation setup a nine-play drive of 57 yards for the Vikings that culminated with a 23-yard touchdown pass from Sam Frasco to Brandon Price that cut the Wheaton lead to 24-7 with 1:49 left in regulation. The Vikings recovered an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff to setup a 38-yard touchdown pass to Price that trimmed the Wheaton advantage to 24-15 with 16-seconds left. Augustana again recovered the onside kick that followed, but an incompletion and a completion as time expired ended the game and gave Wheaton a seven-game win streak against the Vikings, which is the longest streak for the 'Orange and Blue' against Augustana since an eight game streak from 1948-1959.
Senior linebacker Brett Anderson made 10 total tackles, including seven solo stops to lead the Wheaton defense. Fellow linebacker Jordan Higgins made six tackles, with a forced fumble to his credit. Jackson Edwards, Alex Mendez and Mitch Warren each made five total tackles. Edwards added a tackle for lost yardage (-3 yards) and a pass break-up. Senior defensive lineman Sam Weatherred made 2-1/2 tackles for lost yardage (-4 yards), including a quarterback sack (-2 yards).


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I'm using poco 3.4.
I would like to have a command that would take all of the emails I've placed into a specific mailbox, bounced to another email address.
Either automatically when I put email in there, or on a timer that does it every now and then or even manually would be fine.
Can autobounce do this and if so, what do I need to change?


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Skip to comments.Detroit's voter rolls in question (too many registered)
Posted on 10/29/2002 6:44:36 AM PST by Dan from MichiganEdited on 05/07/2004 7:09:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
DETROIT -- Despite having died eight years ago, Kathe Beddow still retains one mortal privilege: The right to vote.
The city Elections Department in July sent Beddow a voter registration card, even though she hasn't voted in more than a decade. She is also still listed as a registered voter with the Secretary of State's Office.
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Bush 15,688
Browne 464
Hagelin 123
Phillips 141
Nader 1,951
Buchanan 22
Total Voters - 300,500
Gore - 4911
Bush - 150
TOTAL - 5100 (33% people registered to vote AND voted?)
In India (the world's largest democracy) a voter dips the tip of their index finger in red ink. No print taken, but the voter is marked as having voted...
MI 2000 Totals 4,232,501 Gore 2,170,418 Bush 1,953,139 difference: 217,279 Wayne County MI Totals 768,417 Gore 530,414 Bush 223,021 difference: 307,393 MI 2000 Totals 4,167,685 Debbie Stabenow 2,061,952 Spence Abraham 1,994,693 difference: 67,259 Wayne County 759,508 Debbie Stabenow 512,759 Spence Abraham 228,547 difference: 284,212 Republican Supreme Court cadidates in bold Justice of the Supreme Court 8 Year Term (1) Position MI 2000 Totals 3,122,360 Marietta Robinson (D) 1,210,809 Clifford Taylor 1,675,147 Robert Roddis (L) 236,404 R/D difference: 464,338 Wayne 549,913 Marietta Robinson (D) 267,099 Clifford Taylor 241,868 Robert Roddis (L) 40,946 223,021 Wayne voters voted for George W. Bush 241,868 Wayne voters voted for Republican Clifford Taylor 18,847 difference (8%) 530,414 Wayne voters voted for Al Gore 267,099 Wayne voters voted for Marietta Robinson 263,315 difference (99%) Justice of the Supreme Court Incumbent - Partial Term Ending 01/01/2005 (1) Position MI 2000 Totals 3,042,826 Stephen Markman 1,707,977 David Raaflaub (L) 194,973 Edward Thomas (D) 1,139,876 Wayne 539,588 Stephen Markman 247,260 David Raaflaub (L) 31,232 Edward Thomas (D) 261,096 223,021 Wayne voters voted for George W. Bush 247,260 Wayne voters voted for Republican Stephen Markman 24,239 difference (10%) 530,414 Wayne voters voted for Al Gore 261,096 Wayne voters voted for Edward Thomas 269,318 difference (103%) Justice of the Supreme Court Incumbent - Partial Term Ending 01/01/2003 (1) Position MI 2000 Totals 3,120,496 E. Fitzgerald (D) 1,194,890 Jerry Kaufman (L) 311,589 Robert Young 1,614,017 Wayne 558,051 E. Fitzgerald (D) 258,276 Jerry Kaufman (L) 53,240 Robert Young 246,535 223,021 Wayne voters voted for George W. Bush 246,535 Wayne voters voted for Republican Robert Young 23,514 difference (10%) 530,414 Wayne voters voted for Al Gore 258,276 Wayne voters voted for E. Fitzgerald 272,138 difference (105%)========================
It's almost like they knew Taylor, Markman and Young were going to win regardless of loaded votes in Wayne, so they didn't even bother messing with it. Notice especially that the number of Bush voters nearly matches the number of Taylor, Markman and Young voters, whereas the Gore voters outnumber the voters for the liberal? candidates by more than 200,000. That, I believe, is the cheat margin.
They spent the time doctoring ballots for Gore and Liberal Debbie, but couldn't spare it in a losing cause for the Supreme Court candidates.
Probably the main reason for this is that you cannot pull a straight party lever for the Supreme Court candidates. You have to mark them each separately. Strange that the Republicans had time to mark their candidates, but the Democrats did not.
Wayne difference ~ 230,000 liberal non-voters in Supremes races.
Gore beat Bush by 220,000 in Michigan.
Stabenow beat Abraham by 65,000.
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Like many hackers, David Nakamura Hulton goes by more than one name. His other one, his handle, is h1kari. Some people say you shouldn't ask a hacker what his handle means. Handles aren't always meant to be serious. Sometimes they're designed to foil any journalist who assumes a handle is a window into a hacker's soul. At the least, your inquiry indicates you're a rube in hacker circles. But when Hulton greets me at the far end of the Starlight Ballroom one Friday evening in September, he offers both names, along with a handshake, and, unprompted, says of his handle's homonym, hikari, "It's a Japanese word. It means 'divine light' or 'enlightenment.' "
The Starlight Ballroom is on the ninth floor of downtown's Bristol Hotel. If this seems like an odd place for a weekend hacker conference to hold its opening party, maybe it isn't any odder than a hacker conference in the first place.
The lights are low; so is the music. Attendance is sparse, maybe 75 people, but the night is young, as are most of the attendees. The atmosphere is reminiscent of a college mixer, one where the women largely haven't showed. Young men sit or stand in clusters. At the far end of the ballroom, where I am standing with Hulton, the roof is rolled open to the sky, above what must normally be used for a dance floor. The opening line of William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer (1984), describes a sky "the color of television, tuned to a dead station." The sky above the Bristol, try as I may to see it differently, is an ordinary dark navy blue.
In 1999, Hulton and a friend co-organized this annual event, called ToorCon. Hackers gather at "cons" in many other parts of the country, but the one in San Diego is their only venue on the West Coast. def con, which is held in Las Vegas every August, is more of a convention than conference — "the largest hacker convention on the planet," says its website, www.DEFCON.org. Ten years ago, def con's originators named it in mock homage to the military term "DEFense CONdition." It was popularized by the movie War Games (1983), in which a teenage hacker played by Matthew Broderick accidentally hacks into the North American Aerospace Defense Command and nearly starts a nuclear war. Movie viewers watch the situation proceed from def con5 ("normal peacetime readiness") to def con1 ("maximum force readiness") before the hacker's mistake is discovered. The hackers I've met consider laughable most Hollywood depictions of their activities. War Games is one tolerable exception, which they credit for managing to portray accurately at least some technical aspects of hacking. As for def con the convention, they consider it a must-do, no matter how many regional cons they attend. Last summer, at def con, attendance was over 6000. But popularity has its drawbacks. By all accounts, what began as a weekend of good technical talks for the computer underground has devolved into a bacchanalia attracting too many hangers-on and hacker wannabes.
ToorCon, meanwhile, has acquired a reputation of its own. It's considered to be a con for the serious-minded hacker, a place to learn, exchange information, and party a little, but not on the grand scale of def con. "We've heard that ToorCon is the pg version of def con," a La Jolla father of a 13-year-old boy told me. The two would attend ToorCon 2002 together. The boy, who wore his blond hair in choirboy bangs and had braces on his teeth, reluctantly revealed his handle: "Qwertykey." Proud father patted son's shoulder: "He's my budding geek."
When I first spoke to Hulton, he didn't mention his h1kari persona and didn't exactly say he was a hacker. This was on the phone three years ago, when he was looking to get publicity for ToorCon 2000. His press release said it was a "computer security expo." There would be booths and speakers as at any trade show, Hulton said. (True, some speakers had strange nicknames, like "Simple Nomad" and "palante," but I still didn't get it.) Hulton himself did "a lot of computer-security consulting in the San Diego area." He and the same friend who had started the conference with him ran a computer-security business, Nightfall Security Solutions. It sounded like a good name for a burglar-alarm company.
I asked Hulton during that initial conversation what "ToorCon" meant. " 'Toor' is 'root' spelled backwards," he said. "And 'root' means 'full administrative privileges on the system,' so if you gain root, you have full access." Root is the goal for those who compete as intruders in RootWars, a computer game co-invented by Hulton that people play at the conference. (At def con, there is a similar game, Capture the Flag.) Other RootWars players, called servers, run the systems the intruders attempt to invade. A third group plays as investigators. They watch the networks, run their intrusion detectors, and hope to catch the highest number of intrusion attempts.
As we talked that day, about how some people break into machines and others try to thwart them — in the real world, not just while playing RootWars — I realized the truth. Is it correct to say that the anti-hackers are themselves hackers? I asked. To catch a thief, as the saying goes?
"How people usually put it is, you know, like the locksmith?" Hulton said. "The locksmith knows everything about how locks work, but there's this code of ethics, where you don't use your knowledge to break into anybody's house. Some people out there think that all hackers are bad," he acknowledged. "They think hackers just break into things and divert funds into their own bank accounts. And there are people who do malicious stuff and who call themselves hackers. But actually hackers are people who write the programs and do the testing that can help secure everybody's systems."
Maybe there should be two different words, I suggested, one for the bad guys and one for the rest?


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DETROIT (AP) -- Prince Fielder hit a pair of two-run homers to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. Fielder hit a soaring shot to right in the eighth inning to give the Tigers a 5-3 lead. He got Detroit even at 3 in the sixth with a 462-foot shot to right-center. Joaquin Benoit (2-3) pitched a perfect eighth inning for the win. Jose Valverde gave up a leadoff double to Manny Machado in the ninth, then retired the next three Orioles for his 23rd save in 27 chances. Darren O'Day (6-1) took the loss after J.C. Romero allowed Fielder -- the first batter he faced -- to hit his second homer of the game. Miguel Cabrera, who scored on both of Fielder's homers, put the Tigers ahead 1-0 in the first inning with his 31st home run. Nick Markakis hit a game-tying double in the third off Justin Verlander.
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New to kiting, I can safely launch, land, relaunch my kite. need a buddy to go with though. i do not feel comfortable going alone. I live in SF have car and all my gear. looking to go to Sherman this saturday aug 13th.
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New kiter needs buddy @ Sherman
New to kiting, I can safely launch, land, relaunch my kite. need a buddy to go with though. i do not feel comfortable going alone. I live in SF have car and all my gear. looking to go to Sherman this saturday aug 13th.
This is my first season kiting and I went to SI for the first time this past weekend and oh-my-god what a fantastic place to ride. Going upwind and huge air is completely effortless. Kiting at Alameda up till this point I didn't realize how much fun boosting huge airs could be. I also realized for the first time the fundamental difference between a 17m and a 12m. I decided to go by myself and I noticed that while some people are completely unwilling to help (even to walk you down to the beach), most are extremely helpful and incredibly friendly so no problem going alone. Just ask someone to walk you.
I have taken lessons over at Alameda (not much wind every time) and plan to buy some gear this week and head to Sherman Island this weekend. It's supposed to be the next step in kiting, plus you most likely will have wind. Someone told me that you can get in a boat for $10.00 and it takes you two miles upwind. Anybody here know how that works? when the boats leave? or who to contact about the boats?
I don't think it's quite that easy, but I'm not sure. The person who told you that may have been talking in a general sense, like "Oh, if you give someone ten bucks, they'll probably take you upwind." If this is your first time kiting at Sherman, you do not want to have someone in a boat drop you off upwind from the beach and take off. And I don't think anyone's going to babysit you (which is exactly what they are doing) for ten bucks while you get teabagged down the river (which is most likely what you wil be doing).
There is a guy who does downwinders with a boat (The Edge Kiteboarding School), but I'm not sure how much it costs and if he'll take you without seeing you kite first (i.e., having already given you a lesson). I think there is a link to his site from this site. Check him out and give him a call before going.
If you're not going upwind in a boat, you're not ready for Sherman Island yet. Not unless you're taking a lesson. It's a dangerous place to launch and land, and the wind is likely to be much stronger than what you encountered at Alameda. Read the description on this site about the hazards and risks there.
I guess there were two people asking questions. "Glue" is right about needing a buddy, but I would add that the buddy should be someone who's taken a lesson or two at Sherman, as well. If you are still not able to go upwind, you will have to land downwind, which has been accurately described as "Rocks, powerlines, boats. windsurfers, blackberry bushes, gas pipelines, docks, barbed wire, and ashalt roads." You need to scout out the downwind launch sites really well (there are only two or three marginally "safe" spots, talk to people about them, and have a good plan.
Two weeks ago, a beginner was landing downwind with a buddy who had about 1 year of experience at Sherman. He got jacked by his kite three times, like a bouncing ball, up, down, up, down, before he slammed into a barbed wire fence and stopped. He got 66 stitches in his head, and the doctors said it was a miracle he hadn't died.
Be careful.
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Baseball almost killed him in 1981. He finished his Major League career with a 10-20 record and a 4.49 earned run average in six seasons.
He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the first round of the 1975 amateur draft, the 14th pick overall. He made his Major League debut July 20, 1976.
Bo, you were drafted by the Houston Astros in the first round out of Lipscomb in 1975. You also played for the Atlanta Braves and Oakland A's in a Major League career that spanned six seasons. Talk about your stops along the way.
"I had a 10-day tryout with the Astros and pitched well enough that they kept me with the Major League team. I stayed there for awhile and went to Atlanta in a trade. I pitched a lot in Atlanta, but I was so-so. I had some injuries to my neck that controlled the muscles in my arm. They thought I had an arm problem. But it was really in my neck. I got that fixed. That was no big deal.
"I became a free agent and played for Billy Martin at Oakland. We played for the American League Championship, but lost out to the New York Yankees.â€
There was a scary incident during your time at Oakland on May 26, 1981. How did that affect your career?
"I took a line drive to the face. I was pitching against the Chicago White Sox and Harold Baines hit a line drive. They rebuilt the left side of my face. I came back for the last month of the season and the playoffs.
"I never could get my legs back in shape. I had bad legs from the time I was 15 years old. After the 1982 season (48.3 innings, 4.85 earned run average) I retired.
"I moved to Phoenix, Ariz. It was a nice area. I loved it. I started a baseball school and a real estate company.
"I did that for seven or eight years and then I got back into coaching. Since 1993 I have been coaching starting with the Chicago Cubs. I worked with Montreal for three years and the Baltimore Orioles for four years. I took a year off and got back into the real estate stuff a little bit. A year later I got back into coaching with the Rockies and have been here for eight years.â€
As a first round draft pick you made a special request that had nothing to do with money, but was surprising to the Astros. What was the request?
"I wanted to start off at the highest level. That was the toughest thing to negotiate. The money wan't as big then as it is now for first round picks. I started out at Double-A , moved to Triple-A and then the big leagues.
"I had pitched three years at Lipscomb. I played in a very good summer league in Grand Junction, Colo. I played for the USA Team in the World Games in 1974. I played in the Connie Mack and Mickey Mantle World Series. I had been around.
"I wanted to make my money in the major leagues. It took the front office two or three days to get accustomed to the thought. I had pitched in some tryout camps on the Double-A level when I was in high school.
"I did throw strikes. My first game in Double-A I had a no-hitter for 6.2 innings. They didn't gripe after that. I have a business degree from Lipscomb so I had some smarts.â€
As a high school athlete you were offered 55 baseball scholarships and seven basketball scholarships. Why did you choose Lipscomb?
"There were a lot of other colleges that recruited me. They always tried to entice me to do something instead of asking me to play for their schools for the right reasons.
"I loved Lipscomb, but sometimes I sit back now and wonder why I went there. Coach Ken Dugan came in and was truthful with me. I came down to visit the school and saw what it was like. It was a pretty impressive place to see and the baseball program was just what I was looking for. Baseball was the main sport at that time. You couldn't find that at many other places back then.
"The alumni have always been good to me. When I come back to Nashville I still run into friends here. It has been 30-something years, but it doesn't seem like we have missed a beat.â€
How did coach Ken Dugan influence your life as an athlete?
"The biggest thing I learned was the discipline to do things right all the time. I was an athlete. I could have played college basketball or baseball.
"There was really something special about coach Dugan. I was raised by a family that was pretty strict about getting things done and doing things right.
"The three years at Lipscomb were very good for me.â€
What does a pitching coordinator do for a major league team?
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"I work with pitchers on their techniques and on various pitches. There are pitchers who are good minor leaguers with what they have got, but if they want to be major league pitchers they usually have a lot of work. I try to get them to learn to throw strikes before they get to Double-A.
"I get a lot of frequent flyer miles. Marriott likes me a lot.â€
Watching you work with the pitchers it is obvious that you enjoy your work. What keeps you going?
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What do you expect from Rex, who was also a first round pick in 2009, next season?
"I would be surprised if he wasn't in Triple-A next year and possibly the big leagues. He is moving fast. He is already in Double-A. He is right on schedule.â€


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Nah, I'm talking something with poseable legs and head at least. Something that actually can assume some common pet posing like laying at your feet, lunging/running, or just standing there. It'd be pretty slick I think to have a Timber that could match its master in coolness.
Is Hasbro still planning on doing something stupid and abandoning this style of stuff for the animated Renegades figures?
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LU Alumni Wine & Sushi Tasting
Join local Lamar University alumni 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28 at WineStyles, 4008 Dowlen Rd. in Beaumont, for a wine and sushi tasting. Wine selections by WineStyles and sushi appetizers from Koi Japanese Sushi Bar. Both WineStyles and Koi are local businesses owned by LU alumni. Registration is required and seating is limited. Price is $10 per person, payable in advance with online registration at http://advancement.lamar.edu/2013-alumni-wine-tasting or by telephone at 409-880-8974. For more information, contact the Lamar University Office of Alumni Affairs at 409-880-8921 or Alumni [at] Lamar [dot] edu.