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Royals Minor League Report: July 30
Omaha Storm Chasers (57-53)
Omaha 5, Memphis 0
WP: John Lamb (6-8)
HR: None
Omaha Storm Chasers (57-53)
Omaha 5, Memphis 0
WP: John Lamb (6-8)
HR: None
Lamb logged seven impressive innings as Omaha evened the series at 1-1. He allowed a hit and two walks along with seven strikeouts over seven innings. Lamb has a 1.13 ERA over his last 24.0 innings, allowing three earned runs while striking out 28. Whit Merrfield was 3-for-5 with a run, raising his Triple-A average to .365 (70-for-192). Johnny Giavotella and Carlos Peguero drove in two runs each.
NW Arkansas Naturals (19-20 second half, 44-65 overall)
The Naturals had their finale at Arkansas postponed, with a doubleheader scheduled for Aug. 24. They begin a four-game series tonight at Tulsa (Rockies).
Wilmington Blue Rocks (19-18 second half, 52-53 overall)
Wilmington 4, Lynchburg 2
WP: Luis Santos (3-2)
SV: Kyle Bartsch (2)
HR: Bubba Starling (9)
The Blue Rocks evened a road set at a game apiece. Jack Lopez delivered a three-run double in the second. Starling added a solo homer in the seventh. Starling, ranked 13th among Royals prospects by MLB.com, is batting .350 (14-for-40), with three home runs over his last 10 games. Santos earned a relief win, striking out five while allowing a run on two hits and no walks over five innings.
Lexington Legends (14-25 second half, 43-66 overall)
The Legends had Wednesday off. They are at West Virginia (Pirates) tonight.
Idaho Falls Chukars (1-3 second half, 21-21 overall)
Grand Junction 7, Idaho Falls 2
LP: Zach Lovvorn (2-3)
HR: None
Idaho Falls lost the series opener as Grand Junction scored the final five runs. Pedro Gonzalez was 2-for-2, with a double, an RBI and a run. Lovvorn scattered three runs (one earned), five hits, two walks and three strikeouts over six innings.
Burlington Royals (18-21)
Pulaski 3, Burlington 2 (10 innings)
LP: Carlos Herrera (0-2)
HR: None
Burlington lost a matinee finale in 10 innings. Starter Yunior Marte carried a shutout into the sixth, allowing two runs, two hits and two walks with five strikeouts over six innings. D.J. Burt and Manny Olique recorded two hits and a run apiece.


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Courier-Post columnist Danny Henley shares when it's OK to hunker down.
A little over a week ago three members of my family and I set course for home from Gulf Shores, Ala., where we had spent the previous week on vacation.
I was dreading the trip home because it had taken so long getting there. Going down we broke the trip into two days. After spending the night in Jackson, Miss., we anticipated the final leg of our trip south would take "just" four hours. Instead it took eight.
In Mobile, Ala., we encountered a tunnel that funneled four lanes of traffic into two. Because it seemed everybody else and their brother who were heading south chose that time to be on that stretch of pavement, we found ourselves in gridlock for an extended period of time.
Consequently, when it came time to head back to America's Hometown, I encouraged our trip's navigators – Nancy, my wife, and our oldest son, Caleb – to find an alternate route that would keep us moving without adding hundreds of miles onto an already long trip.
The new route took us off the interstate highway, but that was fine with me since we were able to keep moving at a decent speed on the two-lane alternate road.
We made surprisingly good time during our trek that took us through Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and along pretty much the eastern edge of Missouri. There were none of the traffic delays that we encountered going down. Coming home about the only stops we made during the 876-mile trip was to purchase gas ($3.19 a gallon in southeast Missouri), take in fluids or download what follows the intake of fluids.
It also helped that we had multiple drivers to utilize during the 16-hour marathon. One of those taking a turn behind the wheel was my 17-year-old daughter, Anna.
During last year's vacation trip to Charleston, S.C., Anna, then a rookie driver, was anxious to log as many miles as possible. We tried to oblige her, choosing stretches of open highway that did not entail driving through a large, metropolitan area, such as Atlanta.
On this trip, with Anna having gained considerable experience behind the wheel, we were more confident in her driving abilities out on the open road.
As we reached southern Missouri I turned the driving duties over to Anna. We hadn't gone too far before it became obvious the clouds were thickening. A few more miles down the road and lightning could be seen dancing in the distance.
Before we encountered any precipitation I asked our young pilot if she was comfortable driving in rain. Anna assured me she was.
However, south of Cape Girardeau it became apparent that we were driving into more than an early-summer thundershower. Looking out the backseat passenger window it was hard not to notice large flags were being fully extended by the wind.
As the rain picked up in intensity, I made a comment to Anna that there would be no shame in pulling off the road if the rain became too heavy. A short time later, with visibility down to a couple of hundred yards because of the driving rain, Anna guided the car onto an exit ramp in Cape Girardeau.
I was thankful my daughter had heeded my suggestion, and a bit surprised. Being a hard-headed Henley, she could have easily resolved to just punch through the storm, despite the fact conditions warranted doing otherwise.
Hopefully there is a life lesson to be taken from this. While there are certainly times when we must muster the grit to battle through life's "storms," there also are instances when we must have the wisdom to hunker down and wait for a "storm" to pass.

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Two screws, one foot, zero predictability.
The top of the NBA draft looked like a sure thing to forecast a week ago (always a dangerous statement), the first few picks a simple lock until Joel Embiid unexpectedly underwent surgery for a stress fracture in his right foot.
Welcome back, draft chaos.
Embiid could sit out a long swath of next season and the Cleveland Cavaliers could start his tumble from the first overall pick to…where exactly?
Thursday's NBA draft will obviously reveal answers to many story lines.
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Elizabeth's Favorite Posts of 2010
This year, I discovered what I believe is my perfect kitchen, made the best ice cream I've ever made, and found an approachable, inspiring food blog that frequently makes me laugh out loud. Also: I had a baby, who pulled up for one of the first times by planting her hands on an open, 400-degree oven door. So, you know, you win some you lose some. Let's take a look at the good stuff!
My Favorite Posts from The Kitchn
- Could This Be Your Perfect Kitchen?. The day I posted this, my mom called to say, "You know you can't have that kitchen in a New York City apartment." And she's mostly right. But that's the point of inspirational photos; you take certain elements and find a way to make them yours. I'm still contemplating navy cabinets.
- How to Grill Pizza. I was so intimidated by grilled pizza—for no reason. I made several, with delicious success, one night this summer (FYI yellow squash, goat cheese, and caramelized onion was my favorite).
- Cinnamon Cream Cheese Breakfast Bars. I'm a Southerner, and yet I rarely break out the butter-laden, Junior League-ish recipes I grew up with on the site. That's why I'm loving our new Atlanta contributor Nealey Dozier. Her recipes make me drool right on the keyboard.
- Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Banana Chunks. My favorite recipe I created this year.
- Smoked Turkey & Dinner for 12: Our Thanksgiving Report. I read this and immediately told Faith and Emma that I'm coming to Columbus next year. This is just an exquisite spread and such a gift to their guests.
My Favorite Posts from Around the Web
- Letter of Agreement, from Dinner: A Love Story. Jenny Rosenstrach's recipes are easy and awesome (I've made several), but her smart, witty writing is why I read the site. Her equally funny husband Andy chimes in on this post, which had me in tears.
- Fridays with Dash: Batman Loves Burrata, from Dash and Bella. Phyllis Grant's photos are spectacular, and I love that she trusts her 3-year-old with a knife. I hope I involve my children this much in the kitchen someday.
- Dinner Party Beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, from Oh Happy Day. This isn't the first time I've wished I was one of Jordan Ferney's lucky friends (this is).
- A Short Little Post, from Fly Through Our Window. Ok, this one post is not fully representative of this site, which I love and which is full of sweet family stories, amazing photos, and impressive craft projects. But I NEED the juicer pictured here, and whoever can tell me where to find it will get a hand-written thank-you note.
- Kate and Andy Spade's House, at The Selby. This house tour made the blog rounds in a major way last month, but I love every inch of it. The kitchen is bright, lived in, and eclectic—a perfect pre-war NYC kitchen.
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Welcome to The Kitchn's end-of-year roundup! We are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the last year, including lots of recipes. We are also shaking out our reader mailbag, and giving you a few more great guest posts from our friends.
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I strongly believe that both KDE4 and GNOME are excellent environments - sure, they have their problems and bugs, but it's not as if others are free of those. They both provide a complete and fully functional desktop experience, but they do cater to different types of people. Thanks to them being Free and open, they collaborate on many underlying standards, allowing them to co-exist on your machine so you can use them both.
There is a clear difference between the two desktop environments if you look at their developmental processes. GNOME has firmly chosen to keep going down the path of incremental updates, while the KDE team more or less ditched everything they had with KDE 3.x, and started all over again. Sure, KDE 4.0 was a mess and a release disaster, but subsequent releases have made enormous strides forward, to the point where KDE4 is now. You could ask yourself: which of these two approaches is going to be more successful?
Bruce Byfield is clear: KDE has the evolutionary advantage. To understand this conclusion, we need to take a look at where KDE and GNOME were a while ago. Both of them had to deal with massive amounts of legacy code, with both projects finding it harder and harder to make innovative changes and additions. KDE decided to actually do something about it, and they completely modernised their project from top-to-bottom, from build system to panel. It took them a while to get KDE4 to a usable sate, but they've done it.
In the meantime, GNOME has seen some minor additions, but overall the situation is still the same. In June 2008, Andy Wingo sounded the alarm bell, stating that "it does not seem to me that GNOME is on a healthy evolutionary track. By that I mean to say that there is no way there from here, if "there" is universal use of free software, and "here" is our existing GNOME software stack." How much has changed since then? There are plans to overhaul Gtk+, and GNOME 2.30 should bring some much-needed overhauls of the desktop, but those are still a long time away.
And that's the crux of the story, according to Byfield: "By the time GNOME is modernized, KDE will have had two years to perfect the 4.x releases," He says, "And, even when GNOME 2.3 finally arrives, it sounds like more of an overhaul than a complete rewriting, which makes its competitiveness questionable."
I've often criticised GNOME for its lack of vision or a plan for the future. In my eyes, it doesn't make sense to just be content with what you have now - you have to aspire to more, especially in a competitive environment. You have to have an additive value compared to your competitors. Sometimes, that means having to start all over again; Apple did it with Mac OS X, KDE did it with KDE4, and to a lesser extent, Microsoft did it with Vista. Sure, those projects all sucked when they were first released, but we're years down the road now, and they are now reaping the benefits. Mac OS X is doing better than ever. KDE4 has matured into a usable platform, with so much potential it just scares me sometimes. Vista gave way to Windows 7, which is almost unanimously praised.
Byfiled agrees that it is KDE4's vision that gives t its advantage over GNOME. "It is this vision, as flawed as it sometimes seems, that gives KDE the evolutionary advantage for the next few years. Far from reducing KDE's competitiveness, as Jack Wallen suggests, the 4.x series may be exactly what the desktop needs to restore its market share."


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Hanson parish carries on
Hanson parish carries on
Families attended a 9:15 a.m. Mass in St. Joseph the Worker in Hanson. Celebrating the Mass were the Rev. John Mark Hannon (Father Mark), center, and Deacon Jack Alexander, rear.
Carol Connors attended an 11 a.m. Mass at the Hanson church.
The Rev. John Mark Hannon and Deacon Jack Alexander (left) celebrated Mass.
Sponsors Dana Shaw (left) and Scott Strothers (right) led the acknowledgment for Michael Mayott and Shelley Rinehart, candidates to become Roman Catholics, after a formal announcement was made that they are committed to the faith. The two are enrolled in Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults class.
Director Robin Muise quizzed students in the religious education class for eighth-graders in the old mission church at St. Joseph the Worker.
Cassie Hickie (left) and Erin Wengryn, both 13, worked with "identity catchers" in one of the break-out groups led by teacher Joe Rice during a lesson.
Deacon Jack Alexander (standing) and (clockwise) Carol Sabadini (in pink), Chris Savio, Frances Jutras, Gail Keene, candidate Michael Mayott, candidate Shelley Rinehart, and sponsor Dana Shaw attended a Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RICA, class in the old mission church of St. Joseph the Worker in Hanson.
Geraldine Shea, who attends Holy Trinity in Quincy, prayed with her rosary during a Mass at St. Joseph the Worker. Her 8-year-old granddaughter, from Pembroke, will soon receive her First Eucharist in the Hanson church.
The old mission church of St. Joseph the Worker hosts Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults classes.
Eighth-graders work with "identity catchers" during a lesson in religious education class.


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By Alan Clemons, Managing Editor
A monster Oklahoma whitetail found by a mushroom hunter has the hunting world buzzing after the Boone and Crockett score tipped out at 199 4/8 … and it could have been higher!
Landowner and cattle rancher J.W. Hart owns the skull and typical antlers, which he said were found by a friend of his who was hunting mushrooms on Hart's 80-acre property. The tract is not high-fenced, he said, and is surrounded by a 2,000-acre tract whose owners do not allow anyone to hunt.
Hart believes the deer died sometime during the harsh winter of 2011. If not for some rodent chewing on the tips of the long, majestic and near-perfectly matched tines, the "Oklahoma Mushroom Buck" could have topped 200 inches.
"It's bleached out and has chew marks on the tips," Hart told Deer & Deer Hunting. "Even with those, it's still 199 4/8. I don't know anything else about it, if it was hit by a car or a hunter shot and lost it, or if it just died. Our winter last year (2011) was one of the worst we've had."
Never seen before
Hart said he runs 6-8 trail cameras on his 80 acres along with cattle, but they never had seen the big buck until his friend found the skull.
"Nobody I know of ever has seen it alive or gotten a picture of it, that we know of," Hart said. "It's just one of them deals, I guess. Now we'll probably hear something about someone five miles from here who says they have pictures of it but we haven't heard of or seen any pictures anywhere else. No one we know of has ever seen it and I've never seen hide nor hair of him."
Hart said he found a shed about three years ago on his south-central Oklahoma tract that measured 89 inches. It was by itself and, he said, about 200 yards from his property gate. But he doesn't believe it was the same one as the Mushroom Buck.
"I know they're not the same because they don't even resemble," he said. "That one (the 89-incher) was full of trash and this (new) one's real slick. I think they were two different deer."
Area has good bucks
Hart said they've killed some good bucks in the area of his property, including a 180-class and five scoring more than 150.
"But none of them had any resemblance of this (shed) buck," he said. "All I can figure is this deer came from somewhere else, maybe a long way. We just don't have any idea."
Hart is a former prostaffer for Drury Outdoors. He said there was no skeleton or other bones with the skull and antlers. He also said he's heard about the accusations by Internet pot-stirrers.
"I know Drury has had the photos on his Facebook site and people think this was a high-fence deer, pen-raised, blah blah blah," Hart said. "We don't have a high fence. I don't know anything about this deer other than my friend finding it hunting mushrooms.
"The guy who measured it for me does have a high fence and measures bucks all the time. He knows what he's doing. He also knows his property and his deer, and he said he hadn't seen this one and it didn't come off his place."
Hart said all the speculation and interest has bubbled into a big brew the last few weeks. He's just tending his own business and minding the farm.
"I don't know if it's a state record and really don't care about all that," he said. "All I know is it's a pretty good buck and it's on my mantel."
Special thanks to J.W. for setting the record straight on this deer, and to Drury Outdoors for their help in helping get the word out!


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"HallOwEen 2010" Easy Mermaid (Ariel) costume
Added Nov 2, 2010
by loyl8
Wauwatosa, Wisco...
Well this year I slacked on my costume, but I did manage to quickly make something before I went to a party. I just had my hair done and I asked what should I be with my red hair that's easy. Well I already had mermaid fabric and the pink sparkly stretchy stuff. So here it is.
I made a quick double layered bandeau top and ruched it in the middle and tied another piece around it. The main skirt is just tied in the middle so it gathers in the front and is high in the back. Very sexy when you sit down (my land legs show). Since it is only tied the hardest part of my costume was making the little shorts. The mermaid fabric runs really easily which you might see in the pictures (post wearing). I added some pink to the sides and after a few alterations I added a waist band. All in all it turned out quite well. I wanted to find a sebastian or flounder to take with me. I wanted to make a little hair piece from pearlescent beads and shells, but those darn short took too long. Oh well I have it for another day.
I paired it with my pearl and crystal necklace and gold strappy heels. One of the pics with a coworker as the mad hatter (he made his outfit!!! Freaking awesome!!!). Hope you all had a Happy Halloween
Material Notes
Stretchy mermaid material, pink sparkly stretch material
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Jun 30, 2013, 12.52 PMby briaraurora
Such a great costume, and those shorts!!! Very sexy, you look stunning in the photos.
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Aug 6, 2013, 04.35 PMby loyl8
oh thank you…that's what halloween is for
Nov 2, 2010, 07.34 AMby kana
oh, I love little mermaid! you look gorgeous!!
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Nov 3, 2010, 05.59 AMby loyl8
Thank you!!! :)
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Baker graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training from the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 2008. For the last two years, Baker has worked at Colby College as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for men's lacrosse, women's field hockey, men's basketball, cross country, Nordic skiing, tennis, and indoor track. He has also worked at Montana State University as a graduate assistant athletic trainer covering men's soccer, baseball, track and field, and cross country.
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Opinion: Four-year-olds need better preschools
President Barack Obama's call for universal preschool exists more as a noble aspiration than as something the White House can realistically expect the present Congress to enact.
The idea is hardly far-fetched though. States are already moving, if unevenly, to expand public pre-kindergarten classes. Programs are taking root and spreading just as public kindergartens did in the mid-20th century. In 2011, 28 percent of American 4-year-olds attended a public academic preschool, up from 14 percent a decade earlier. Thirty-nine states offer some kind of program and eight have more than half of their 4-year- olds enrolled.
This trend should be encouraged, because preschool has been shown to be effective in getting little kids started in school. Experts may argue over how many years the academic benefits last, but it's clear that children who attend a decent preschool enter kindergarten with sharpened cognitive skills. They're also better able to sit still and pay attention, work and play with other kids, and regulate their own behavior. The evidence is especially strong when it comes to poor and otherwise disadvantaged children.
So the question is not so much whether more preschool is a good idea. It's how to expand it now -- even if it takes years for a federal plan like Obama's to materialize.
The first priority should be to improve the quality of existing preschools. In the best ones, fully credentialed teachers, earning salaries on par with K-12 teachers, offer carefully planned group and one-on-one experiences that let the youngsters build vocabulary, learn about letters and numbers, and play happily with one another. In the worst, teachers with too many pupils and too little training either fail to engage the children enough or push them beyond their capacity with alphabet drills and strict discipline.
It wouldn't be realistic or even desirable to suddenly hold every classroom to the highest standards. But it is possible to give training and support to preschool teachers who have never had it. Many of those who lack a college degree in education are nevertheless nurturing, responsive, capable people who mainly need some help in understanding how to develop the post-toddler mind. For example, Texas, which has one of the largest state preschool programs in the United States, with 52 percent of 4-year-olds enrolled, offers its preschool teachers training and curriculum materials, feedback and coaching on their interactions with children, and an incentive payment of $300 for participating in the program.
In addition to improving existing preschools, governments at every level should push to create more of them. Good preschools not only help children get ready for school but also attract business. Last year, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro persuaded business executives to endorse his effort to raise city sales taxes to expand preschool.
The federal Education Department has been helping, too, through its Race to the Top-Early Challenge, which is to distribute $133 million in grants to five states to improve and expand their preschool programs.
Obama's proposed program would presumably do much more, though the administration has yet to say how much it would cost. The president has indicated, however, that he, too, is willing to move gradually. The plan wouldn't actually provide preschool for all children but would begin with the poorest. (The proposal would cover about 45 percent of the 4.1 million 4-year-olds in the U.S.) Obama has said he would also let local school districts and "other partner providers" of preschool take the lead in deciding how to spend the money.
There will be those in Congress who say that the federal government should be striving for less involvement, not more, in traditionally local matters such as education. And the ever- present federal budget deficit colors all proposals to spend money.
Still, it would be a nice surprise if Congress would at least consider it -- and even suggest improvements. Some preschools, for example, may deserve support even if all their teachers aren't yet fully credentialed and if the teacher- student ratio is not yet ideal. Such programs could be given time to improve.
Policymakers at every level of government spend much time debating how best to help older students. Improving the education of America's 4-year-olds would allow them to take a crucial first step.


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Up for sale is my XTS2500 UHF-R1. I finally got around to upgrading to a 5000 and no longer need this radio. It has served me very well for about 4 years now. Sale includes the radio, UHF stubby antenna, Li-Ion IMPRES battery (117 charges, still 100%), and a Maxton serial programming cable. Yes, yes you will notice that there are no tags on this radio. I believe this is a product of Panter88, but I bought this off someone prior and can't say for certain. Radio functions fine and has given me zero issues since I got it. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I'd like to get $500 shipped for the package. Not looking for any trades right now, sorry. I can program a single zone of 16 channels if you need a start; I can also email you the blank codeplug ahead of time so you can work on it while the radio is in the mail. I'll take payment via PayPal or USPS money order….if you send an MO, the radio will NOT ship until the MO clears… Radio will ship via USPS priority flat rate, with signature confirmation. Radio details are as follows:
· Make: Motorola
· Model: XTS2500 MIII
· Model #: H46QDH9PW7BN
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· Bandsplit: UHF-R1 (380-470)
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SKIF was founded in 1977 by Hirokazu Kanazawa Kancho, now 10th Dan. It has become one of the world's largest and finest karate organizations with over 2 million members in more than 100 countries. SKIF-USA is closely affiliated with SKIF-Japan and is dedicated to the growth and development of SKIF in the United States. Headquarters is located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The mailing address is SKIF-USA, PO Box 386, Queen Creek, AZ 85142. This web page has been developed as an information center for all our current members and for non-members. If you would like to know more about the organization, click on "About Us". If you would like to find out about Seminars, Camps and Tournaments, click on "Events". For membership information or other questions contact Mike Cook, General Secretary at


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Okay. Last night my mom told me that I "owe it" to my Priest to talk to him first. moms are good at the guilt game so I did leave a message this morning on his VM and he called me right back.His thoughts:I won't do it because, in order to do so I will have to state that the RCC is heresy and if I make a statement like that, I risk damnation so I would be better off just not going to Church again than doing that.I won't do it because the experience will be fun at first, like someone having an "affair" but then, the reality sets in and it is not so fun anymore.I won't do it because the OC has problems too.I will most likely become a lapsed Catholic, and most likely put myself at risk to be in Hell.He said he was only joking about the last part- but I think he was planting seeds.I thanked him for his time and thoughts and have been torn between laughing my head off and crying my eyes out.I told my mom what he said. She said that's okay. Don't worry about what he said. He works for Satan anyway. I just wanted you to do the right thing.I pay no attention to that commentary. But, I did feel better talking to him first so I could say I did the right thing.He also mentioned that if I do such a thing- I will have some paperwork to do w/the RCC...?What for? Why? Maybe he was kidding about that too. Anyway, this is getting a bit much for me to think about.
In nomine Iesus I offer you Peace Dismus,Are you attending Catholic Eucharist now or is it that you are currently a lapsed Catholic looking at Orthodoxy? Just Curious.Yes I am a current Catholic and a newer convert.Are you sure that your Priest stated that to become Orthodox your would be damned?This Priest says a lot of wierd things and I never know if he is kidding or serious. He is different that is the only thing that remains constant. That doesn't sound like the first thing that would come out of a Priest's mouth when confronted with laity investigating Orthodoxy.You would have to know him to understand his Jesuit brand of humour- and then you still might not get it. I would be curious as to what in Orthodoxy has interested you I was interested in Orthodoxy prior to getting married to a Catholic man.and pursue a dialogue from there. Of course, I am not your Spiritual Father Well, if you want to take me on as such- God Love you for it. I'm no walk in the park.and not all Spiritual Fathers are equal You seem okay so far.but I haven't met many in this day and age that would believe such 'fear tactics' would be effectual.You need to get out more. Do you mind me asking your age?I don't mind you asking it. I just will decline answering it. I am old enough to know better - but don't yet (still) .
See: http://www.sspx.ca/Angelus/2004_FebMar/Hellish_Holland.htmNot much of a bequest to your daughter
Would you mind explaining what the heck that link has to do with anything?
Bishop Bomers advised Una Voce to approach the schismatic Syrian Orthodox in Amsterdam because the Catholic Church entered into agreements with the Orthodox stipulating, among other things, that the Uniates [i.e., those officially in union with Rome -Ed.] in Holland must receive the sacrament of Confirmation from the Orthodox (schismatic) bishops.Una Voce authorities went to the Syrian deacon of Amsterdam in charge of the Orthodox properties and asked to get a church for one Mass during one afternoon. This schismatic deacon agreed to open a church if Una Voce was willing to pay for it. But in the same Orthodox church every Sunday Opus Dei was celebrating the New Mass. ... These Opus Dei members were paying the Orthodox deacon for the weekly use of the church. Hearing about the new agreement, they told the deacon they did not want Una Voce to celebrate the Latin Mass in the same church and they gave him an ultimatum: "Opus Dei or Una Voce but not both together." ... They are persecuted by their own "conservative" brethren-Opus Dei-who were themselves in the church of schismatics to whom they had to pay rent, in this "most conservative" Catholic diocese in Holland....
funny, I had just read that same article last night and pondered the same thing about how Orthodox are apparently heretical. As a sidenote, I like the peaceful latin services so I sometimes drop in at the sspx masses they hold at one of their chapels nearby. Of course I do not commune and they probably dont know I'm Orthodox...I wonder what their reaction would be if I told them I'm Orthodox...
I wonder if there is a decently sung SSPX Mass somewhere in the Bay Area. I'd like to attend one sometime.
Why not go to a Tridentine Mass? One with gregorian chant? Not schismatic. They are not the only ones who do pomp and circumstance you know.
Oh - I thought they were the same. I never grew up Catholic.
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I forgot the maps
From an Orthodox Perspective, there's really no difference. Rome broke with the Church about a thousand years ago, and SSPX...well they may have just broke with Rome a few decades ago, but they broke with the Orthodox Church the same time the rest of the Latins did...no difference really.Now I will grant you that psychologically SSPX is probably worse than mainstream Catholicism; fundamentalism of any stripe tends to be dominated by psychologically unstable personalities; but, truth be told, I've found that members of Tridentine Mass Communities within mainstream Catholicism tend to be equally plagued with fundamentalist tendencies. However, Ecclesiologically, from an Orthodox perspective there's no difference.
I know that but if that is true---why not go Angelican?Why not go for the full gusto?
That is like me going to a ---dare I say it?Orthodox Church not in full communion calling itself Orthodox.....WHY?No Point to it.Silly.
From what I know of him I dont believe that Elisha is looking to convert to catholicism or become intimately involved in latin spirituality, though I may be wrong; but rather is interested in observing a Tridantine Mass, which is a significant service from an historical perspective, accordingly, any tridantine mass, served by any group, would do, provided the celebrate they mass using correct form.
Personally, you are not doing yourself any favors going to a schismatic but nice Mass.
What is SSPX?
You really seam like you're going through a tough time with this. Not that i'm in a position to say anything, but if you really don't want to stop fighting for your knowledge of God and of truth through the Orthodox church, then don't. Just because you are fighting for something doesn't mean it has to be won right away. Catachumens used to study for YEARS before they were accepted into the church. Learn more about the Orthodox faith and learn more about the Catholic faith. Either way you're going to benefit and learn how to be a better Christian. And believe me, there's no end to the things you could learn. Maybe take classes, I know a lot of the Catholic colleges in Chicago offer amazing classes. This doesn't have to be an all of nothing type of decision. You can take your time with it. Another option is to really start talking to your priest about how you feel and to the Orthodox priest at the church you would "want" to convert to. Keep asking them questions, and try to figure out what the best process is for you. Maybe with their help you can get your husband to understand...who knows. Anyway, keep praying and I hope and pray that things work out for you.
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First look: Felt FX3 carbon cyclocross with disc brakes
By Gary J. Boulanger,
The governing body for international bicycle racing gave the nod for disc brakes to be used on cyclocross bikes a couple years ago, but the development process to bring a carbon machine to market takes a while. Felt responded quickly, and now offers two carbon models, the F1X and F3X, to compliment its aluminum F65X model, carried over from 2012.
Frame and fork technology
The 2013 Felt FX3 frame is made with Ultra Hybrid Carbon (UHC) Performance Modular Monocoque Construction (MMC) carbon fiber with a 3K protective weave for added durability against errant rocks and chain slap. According to Felt engineers, the UHC Performance carbon has a tensile strength 7.9 times greater than 3Al/2.5V titanium, with a stiffness rating 3.34 times greater than 6061 aluminum.
Using the same InsideOut internal molding process as the Z2 road bike I test rode in Irvine, Felt still feels strongly about using an aluminum insert for its BB30 bottom bracket shell for a more precise fit and less squeaking, and provides an electronic or mechanical cable routing option. Carbon dropouts with IS-mount disc tabs and a smart replaceable dérailleur hanger come standard.
The fork also is made with the same UHC Advanced material and process as the Z2 fork I tested, with 100 percent monocoque construction and full co-molded carbon fiber dropouts, also with disc tabs. Felt's Control Taper design improves front-end stiffness and steering precision without adding weight, relying on a tapered carbon steer from 1.125 inches down to a 1.5-inch lower. Reliable handling isn't just for roadies; control is paramount on the dirt and sand, especially in sketchy, technical sections where adventure riders are likely to tread on a bike like this.
The affordable performance SRAM Force gruppo handles drivetrain and shifters duties, while custom Ashima stainless rotors (140mm rear/160mm front) and Avid BB-7 mechanical disc brakes handle speed modulation. Felt's engineers cooked up several house-brand components, including stem, bars, seat post and wheels, all labelled CxR. A Prologo Nago Evo saddle rounds out the cockpit. The 46/36-tooth BB30 crankset is matched with an 11-to-26 tooth, 10-speed cassette for all terrain use, with an emphasis on 'cross racing.
"We found areas for improvement on our 'cross bikes for 2013, especially mud clearance," Felt road manager Dave Koesel told me. "Disc brakes make this attainable without sacrificing performance. We designed our own road tubeless wheelset, with a sub 300g rear hub, and 135g front hub. We chose the Geax tubeless-ready 'cross tires so riders could use lower tire pressure."
The 2013 Felt F3X will be available in matte carbon with lime green highlights, in 47, 50, 53, 55, 57, 60 and 63cm sizes for a targeted retail price of $3,829. According to Koesel, a 57cm F3X weighs a shade over 18lbs with inner tubes and uncut steerer tube. "The bike is tubeless ready which would save nearly 100g once set up with sealant," he added.
The flagship F1X carbon disc 'cross frame is made with Felt's UHC Advanced MMC carbon fiber with 1.5K protective weave, and upspecced with the latest SRAM Red with custom WickWërks chainrings. A custom 3T carbon fork, handlebars and seat post, plus Mavic CrossMax SLR wheels, round out the component spec, with a target retail price of $7,249. The frame is made with Felt's UHC Advanced MMC carbon fiber with 1.5K protective weave.Tweet Print


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Chelsea have struggled to replace Jose Mourinho ever since his departure back in 2007. Rafael Benitez's woes continue, and the Spaniard has done little to suggest that the job will be his at the end of the current campaign.
It may seem as though Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich can tempt any manager he wants to take charge of his club with his bottomless pockets, but after watching how ruthless he can be with the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo as case in point, there are a number of high-profile managers who may think twice about putting their reputations on the line and taking charge at the Bridge.
They all know that just one single spell of poor results can lead to the chop, and that is too much pressure to put on any new manager, except for one - the 'Special One'.
Mourinho is one of the most talented managers in the game, and his brand of cockiness and arrogance is what is needed at the club. He is one of the few managers that did not allow Abramovich to meddle with team affairs, and when he felt that he lost control, he maintained his dignity and left the club.
Despite their public fall-out, Abramovich and Mourinho have seemingly rekindled their friendship, and rumours continue to resurface about a possible emotional return to Chelsea.
Mourinho's style of play would get the best out of Eden Hazard and Juan Mata, and there is no doubt that Frank Lampard's Stamford Bridge career would be extended should Mourinho come in.
The fans have been calling for Mourinho's return ever since the sacking of Di Matteo, and his arrival would reunite a divided club. The question is, can Mourinho emulate the success he enjoyed at Chelsea five years ago, and would he be tempted by an Abramovich reunion?
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Hi Hungry Girl, I love your pasta recipes, but I am not a fan of the tofu shirataki noodles. Can I use whole-wheat pasta in these recipes instead? If I do, exactly how will it affect the calorie count of the recipe? Shirataki Swapper
Hi Swapper,
I know, I know... not everyone loves those noodles as much as I do. (I highly suggest you try following these HG prep steps before giving up on 'em!) That said, you can make pretty much any recipe that calls for tofu shirataki with regular whole-wheat (or any high-fiber) pasta. Here's how... Just prepare 2 oz. uncooked high-fiber fettuccine or spaghetti per package instructions, and use that instead of a bag of tofu shirataki. You have to cook the noodles before you start the recipe, since tofu shirataki is pretty much ready to go out of the bag (once drained and rinsed). This'll add about 150 calories and 35 grams of carbs to the recipe. With all of the other calorie-slashing methods used in HG pasta recipes -- low-fat cheeses, low-cal sauces, etc. -- the results will still be WAY better than restaurant versions! There are also many HG recipes that call for regular high-fiber pasta. These we bulk up with LOTS of veggies. Check out our Chunky Eggplant Penne for Two, BBQ Veggie Pasta Salad, BLT-rific Mac 'n Cheese, and Creamy Dreamy Macaroni Salad. Other pasta swaps to consider? Spaghetti squash, zucchini (cut into ribbons), and broccoli cole slaw. Use 'em solo, or mix them with real pasta. And speaking of real pasta, the favorite here at the HG HQ is FiberGourmet -- it has more fiber and fewer calories than the average whole-wheat pasta. Definitely worth checking out. Happy noodle chewing!
Hi HG, This fall I'm finally moving off campus into my own apartment -- so excited to have my own kitchen at last! I can't wait to make your delicious recipes. My one dilemma is that I won't have room for much in my tiny kitchen. What do you recommend in terms of appliances and recipes? Undergrad in an Undersized Kitchen
Hi Undergrad,
Congrats on getting your first place! The good news about HG recipes is that they don't require many kitchen tools -- no schmancy immersion blenders or flour sifters here! When it comes to cookware and baking needs, stick to the basics... a pot, a skillet, a baking sheet, an 8" X 8" baking pan, and a spatula. You'll also want a set of measuring cups and spoons (and maybe a small food scale).
If there's one (tiny) appliance worth making a little space for, it's a Magic Bullet. It isn't cheap, but it's an excellent investment. It's perfect for pulverizing Fiber One cereal into crumbs (for HG faux-fry recipes) and turning light string cheese sticks into grated cheese (for pizzas and more). Of course if you don't have a Magic Bullet, you can always crush the cereal in a plastic bag with a heavy soup can and just pull the string cheese into shreds. The Bullet is also good for pretty much any small blender task.
When it comes to recipes, there are SO MANY Hungry Girl creations that are ideal for a small kitchen space. Egg mugs are great because you need only a microwave, a large microwave-safe mug, and some nonstick spray. You can also make cake in a mug! Keep a box of Boca burgers in your freezer -- they're great for single-serving recipes. And while grilled cheese is a college-apartment staple, make sure you stick with guilt-free recipes like these! Here's a roundup of HG couples and trios, a.k.a. recipes with three ingredients or less. I've also got a slew of recipes that don't require any cooking at all... In fact, tomorrow's email is devoted to no-cook recipes for one!
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An extensive art collection was the reason for a simple interior design
Passionate art collectors, Anita Nagler and Robert Moyer were walking the dog in their east-side Chicago neighborhood when they spotted an artistic masterpiece they couldn't resist. "With the old bricks, stonework, and a tree-filled courtyard, it felt like something you'd see in Europe or New Orleans," Anita says.
The house had been built in 1880 as a brick one-and-a-half-story Victorian cottage, with a bay window and front door that faced the street. In 1948, it was converted into the Hudson Studios, apartments where artists could work and live. The front bay was sheared off, gables and pitched rooflines were eliminated and replaced by flat roofs, and the front door and windows were bricked over. The main entrance was shifted to the side, so the building looked into a courtyard shared by a neighboring house, which was also divided into studios and apartments.
In 2000, a developer began returning the buildings to single-family dwellings. "What made the houses unique was that there was a courtyard in between them," says David MacKenzie, a Chicago architect who worked with the developer, and later with Anita and Robert, to finish the spaces. "Instead of a typical Chicago rowhouse right on the sidewalk, here you enter from the side adjacent to the courtyard." The main entrance is on the second-level terrace, near the tower-like structure.
Architect: David MacKenzie, formerly of Griskelis, Young and Harrell, now David MacKenzie Inc., 400 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60611; 312/645-0011, davidmackenzieinc.com.
Interior design: Eva Quateman, Eva Quateman Interiors, 220 W. Huron, Suite 2002, Chicago, IL 60610; 312/255-8800, evaquateman.com.
Landscape design: Valerie Lemme, ASLA, 852 Burton Ave., Highland Park, IL 60035; 847/432-1657, and Sculptured Landscape Inc., Glenview, IL 60025; 847/998-5936.
Photography: Bruce Buck
Produced by Hilary Rose
Anita Nagler and Robert Moyer kept the lines and materials of the staircase simple: steel posts and a wood railing. Rather than following the walls, the stairs are built on an angle so they look like sculpture. "We wanted them to have a floating quality," Robert says.
Figural sculpture ("Liselle,"by James Tyler): Ann Nathan Gallery, 312/664-6622.
The couple's extensive art collection was a key factor in keeping the interior design simple. "I wanted the living room to feel like an art gallery," Robert says. "We left the quarter round off the trim to give it less detail. We wanted a lofty, more gallery kind of feel."
MacKenzie gave them a nearly 20x30-foot living room, with dark wood floors and long stretches of white walls for displaying paintings and sculptures. "The living room is the most important location for their artwork, so we really kept that room almost minimal," the architect says. "There's some pattern and interest going on with the furniture, but it's deliberately gallery-like." Sight lines from one end of the house to the other also make art visible from different angles and distances. "The fact that you can see the library from the kitchen is one of the things I love," Anita says. "The sight lines of this house are incredible."
Paint ("Silver Lining'' #32-32): Pratt & Lambert Paints, 800/289-7728, prattandlambert.com.
Sofa, chairs, console table: custom for Eva Quateman Interiors, 312/255-8800.
Sofa fabric ("Axono'' #12299, discontinued); fabric on chair fronts ("Verano'' #12321, discontinued); fabric on chair backs and pillows ("Calma'' #12316, discontinued): Bergamo Fabrics, Inc., 914/665-0800, bergamofabrics.com, trade only.
Coffee table: Susanin's Auctions, 312/832-9800.
Paintings behind sofa ("Abstract Instrumentals," by Dzine, and "Abstract Instrumentals Part II," by Dzine); paintings on wall by piano ("Annunciation,"by Georges Mazilu, and "Le Dindon," by Georges Mazilu): Thomas Masters Gallery, 312/440-2322, thomasmastersgallery.com.
Painting on wall by piano ("Women with Piano," by Sandra Flood): Judith Racht Gallery, 773/281-3705.
Bronze sculpture ("Sole Dad," by Anna Duncan): owner's collection.
Interior designer Eva Quateman created two seating areas in the living room with matching striped upholstered chairs in shades of taupe, charcoal, and brown. "I wanted the furniture to be beautiful, but I didn't want it to be the show. I wanted it to kind of disappear so it wouldn't fight with the art," she says. Two abstract paintings hang above a living room sofa. "Those are the only pieces of art we bought with a specific purpose in mind," Anita says.
Paint ("Silver Lining'' #32-32): Pratt & Lambert Paints, 800/289-7728, prattandlambert.com.
Sofa, chairs, console table: custom for Eva Quateman Interiors, 312/255-8800.
Sofa fabric ("Axono'' #12299, discontinued); fabric on chair fronts ("Verano'' #12321, discontinued); fabric on chair backs and pillows ("Calma'' #12316, discontinued): Bergamo Fabrics, Inc., 914/665-0800, bergamofabrics.com, trade only.
Coffee table: Susanin's Auctions, 312/832-9800.
Paintings behind sofa ("Abstract Instrumentals," by Dzine, and "Abstract Instrumentals Part II," by Dzine): Thomas Masters Gallery, 312/440-2322, thomasmastersgallery.com.
Next to the living room is the light-filled library with a new limestone fireplace and 18-foot-high ceilings. MacKenzie's original drawings called for a bedroom above the library, but Anita and Robert eliminated the upper level to maximize light from two huge windows. MacKenzie designed the asymmetrical limestone fireplace surround to accommodate an existing chimney and create equal space on either side for bookshelves. Above the fireplace, crotch-mahogany panels are arranged in a flame-like pattern. "That whole elevation was meant to add a lot of texture and interest to the room," MacKenzie says.
Chairs and fabric: owner's collection.
Pillow fabric ("BeBop''/Pottery #2210/06): Pollack Assoc., 212/627-7766, pollackassociates.com, trade only.
Rug (custom, Tibetan Collection): Peerless Imported Rugs, 800/621-6573.
Coffee table: Susanin's Auctions, 312/832-9800.
Mantel: Granite Innovation Inc., 312/226-9946.
Light fixture: Niermann Weeks, 212/319-7979, niermannweeks.com, trade only.
Painting ("Guantanamo Bay," by Margarette Dawit); sculpture ("La Flor," by Rangel Gomez): owner's collection.
Designer Eva Quateman had the dining room walls and ceiling painted persimmon. "The color gives the room richness and intimacy," she says. Plush red velvet draperies warm the large window, and panels of decorative Higgins glass hang in the two smaller windows. "We burn candles behind them at night and they really glow," Anita says. The room is furnished with Frank O. Gehry chairs around a traditional James Jennings dining room table, all from the homeowner's previous house. "I think it's actually more interesting to have the old and the new," Anita says. Floors in the foyer and dining room are a blue-green slate.
Paint ("Terra-Cotta'' #5-14): Pratt & Lambert Paints, 800/289-7728.
Drapery ("Rembrandt Cotton Velvet''/Cayenne #89333-183; discontinued): Brunschwig & Fils, 212/838-7878, brunschwig.com, trade only.
Table (custom, by James Jennings): Holly Hunt, 312/661-1900, hollyhunt.com, trade only.
Chairs ("Hat Trick Chair''): Knoll Studio, knoll.com.
Tables; light fixture: owner's collection.
Large windows flood the foyer with light and provide a sunny stage for a metal sculpture by artist Brian Alexander. The front door dates to when the building was divided into several artists' apartments and is embellished with wood blocks carved by the resident artists.
Rug ("Donegal''/Terra-Cotta #9021, custom): Peerless Imported Rugs, 800/621-6573.
Bench (custom): Addison Interiors, 630/628-1345.
Bench fabric ("Garrett Mystique''/Harvest #8067-131): Hinson & Co., 212/688-5538, trade only.
Orange metal sculpture ("AM Topper," by Brian Alexander): owner's collection.
Ceramic plates (by R. Brice): Susanin's Auctions, 312/832-9800.
The living room and library occupy what was the original Victorian house. The other rooms were added over the years when the house was converted into artists' apartments and then returned to a single-family home.
Bird's-eye maple cabinets surround a large center island in the kitchen. Honed soapstone countertops are jazzed by glass mosaic backsplash tiles in neutral tones of brown and gray.
Soapstone countertops: Granite Innovations Inc., 1420 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60622; 312/226-9946
Pendant lights: George Kovacks from Crest Lighting, 3300 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, IL 60657; 773/525-8000.
Cooktop: Bosch; 800/866-2022, boschappliances.com.
Rug: out of business.
Cabinetry: out of business.


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Planet Grind - Studio Evil
The developer from Studio Evil informed us that they are going to bring Planet Grind, a game that is still in development to OUYA as well as Syder Arcade.
DitraFall - Ditrabox
The games Developer sent us a private message to inform us this game is coming to OUYA.
More details on the game at: http://www.ditrabox.es.tl/
We are Tokkao, an indie company and we are currently working on bringing our game Paper Wings to OUYA. For more info on Tokkao visit our website www.tokkao.com, or our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/tokkao for future updates on the OUYA version of Paper Wings
- Spike Jumper - DeerAndCat
One of the games that this developer plans on bringing to OUYA.
- WhiteWater 3D - Laughing Gull Productions
The developer informed us that this game will be brought to OUYA for Launch. They are also bringing Cat'N Jack to OUYA but it won't be a launch title. Game was already on our list from before.
- Space Wars 3D - Shiny Box Games
More details on this from the developer: A title we have released on Google Play and iOS marketplaces already. We want to do a launch of this title on the OUYA but with support for 3D TVs. This title is a quick arcade shoot em' up aimed at fast play sessions.
- Space Waves 3D - Shiny Box Games
More details on this from the developer: This title will be releasing soon on Android and iOS and is a more in-depth enemy wave based rounds. We are aiming to have 3D TV support for this title as well.
- Dungeon Quest - Shiny Box Games
More details on this from the developer: This is a title we have been working on for the past few months and is a labor of love for the team. This action RPG will ship on OUYA (Launch title) with 3 characters classes, each with unique weapons and weapon based skills. 100 levels of dungeon crawling action, each level is randomly generated, no level is ever the same! LOOT LOOT LOOT! Collect and customize Main and Offhand character weapons. 4 Epic boss fights and 5 levels of difficulty make sure that exploring never gets old! We have been developing this title specifically with OUYA in mind and are excited for the OUYA release. More details on Shiny Box Games at http://www.shinyboxgames.com/
- Before My Time (working title) - 50Ply
The developer informed us this adventure platformer, set at athe time of the American industrial revolution will be coming to OUYA.
- Fortitude (working title) - JSIDD
The developer informed us that they plan to bring this 2D adventure/story game to OUYA. It will allow players to modify their in-game characters and "world" mostly artistically as they see fit, and as they are playing. It will kinda be like an in-gam mod/aeditor without the need of a 3rd party mod.
- Project:C (working title) - Robot Factorial
The developer informed us that they are planning to bring this yet titled game to OUYA and other platforms.
- Cape Chronicles - HeliumIntStudios
The developer plans to bring this 1-4 player fantasy platformer to OUYA. More details on this game can be found at: http://www.capechroniclesgame.com/.
- myKana - Josue MartinezCape Chronicles is a 1-4 player fantasy platformer where heroes battle beastly minions using elemental powers of fire, lightning, ice and more to carve through perilous 2.5D interactive castles. Cape Chronicles is a hybrid of classic platform gaming with modern gameplay concepts. Bravely risk all unaided or encounter new adventures through multiplayer co-op.
You are a knight who can harness the power of the elements to aid in conquering the challenges placed in your way.
The developer has confirmed that he is working to bring this game to OUYA. The name of it may be changed in the future though.
- Epic Wizzard Battles - AlexiHusky
A turn based strategy game where you cast spells etc. Has it's own twist in displaying how the gameplay for the round went.
- Balls In Your Face - AlexiHusky
You and a few friends run around in a pit avoiding boulders. Targeting the recent contest.
- OverLight - Frooxius
The developer has informed us that they will bring this game to OUYA.
More information on the game at: http://overlightgame.com/
- MurderDollz: Home For Demented Toys - FatCatGameWorks
The developer informed us they are working on this game for the OUYA CREATE competition and it will end up on OUYA. It is a puzzler in the style of 'Lost Vikings'.
- Hexicheckers - Federmeyer Software
The developer is bringing this game which is already on iOS to OUYA. You can see more details of this game in the iOS store at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hexi...572058619?mt=8
- Dungeon (working title) - Bioroid Studios
The developer informed us they are planning to bring this game to OUYA but it is still in early development stages. Not too many details have been released yet.
- Bomberman Free - Ratalaika Games
The developer informed us this game should be available for the OUYA Launch. More info on this game can be found at: http://ratalaika.com/
- Rocks and Diamonds - Ratalaika Games
The developer informed us this game should be available for the OUYA Launch. More info on this game can be found at: http://ratalaika.com/
- Tiny Dungeon World - Ratalaika Games
The developer informed us this game should be available for the OUYA Launch. More info on this game can be found at: http://ratalaika.com/


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The fate of the residents of the Nahr al-Bared refuge camp stands as a stark reminder that despite their Christian co-nationalists being granted Lebanese citizenship decades ago Lebanon's Sunni Palestinian population continues to suffer from severe and systematic discrimination. Austin Mackell reports
When fighting broke out between the mostly foreign members of the radical Islamist Sunni group Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese Army in Nahr al-Bared in 2007, the roughly 30,000 residents were quick to flee.
When the fighting was over, the Lebanese army went on what seems to have been a deliberate campaign of looting, arson and vandalism that completed the destruction of the "old camp" – the camps oldest most densely populated section. The possible motives for this include the base antipathy towards Palestinians common amongst those Lebanese who remember violence committed against their communities by Palestinian forces during the civil war.
There is also a more specific anger at the camp and its residents for allowing Fatah al-Islam – who claimed a final total of more than 160 Lebanese scalps – a foothold in their camp.
Competing agendas for the camp
There is also a strong possibility that the camp's destruction was more calculated; a move to clear the way for the permanent erasure of the camp or dictate the terms of its reconstruction. More than two years after the fighting the camp's residents, living in terrible conditions and denied the right to rebuild their homes or even access to the wreckage, are still waiting for reconstruction to begin in earnest.
Different forces within Lebanon's divided political elite pursue competing agendas for the camp. Some hope to reconstruct it to include an army base, a naval base and two police stations and have the living spaces shrunk to allow the creation of roads wide enough for Lebanese army vehicles, thus allowing the security forces to exert their authority in the previously autonomously administered area.
Some other forces, however, such as the Free Patriotic Movement, FMP, headed by General Aoun seem bent on preventing the camp from being rebuilt at all. The FMP recently lost a court battle in which they sought to prevent reconstruction, ostensibly to protect Roman ruins found under the camp during rubble clearing.
The sincerity of concerns for antiquity is spurious when expressed by Aoun, whose troops destroyed the Tel al-Zaatar Palestinian camp and killed thousands of its residents during the Lebanese civil war, and who has since been referred to by supporters as the "hero of Tel al-Zaatar". Since the court decision there has been some movement on construction at the camp (the laying of some cement foundations), but many, having witnessed false starts before, are still dubious.
Nahr Al-Bared is the fifth Palestinian camp in Lebanon to have been destroyed. None of the other camps have been rebuilt.
Institutional discrimination
According to Mr. Ghassan Abdullah, General Director at the Palestinian Human Rights Organization in Lebanon, PHRO, despite changes to the governments' rhetoric since 2005, Sunni Palestinians – the vast majority of the 400,000 or so Palestinian in Lebanon – continue to suffer from institutional racism and are denied their basic human rights. They languish in terrible living conditions, have no access to Lebanese government services, face complex legal obstacles regarding work and are forbidden from owning a property.
Lebanese women married to Sunni Palestinian men are prevented from giving their children any property in their inheritance, or even of passing on Lebanese citizenship to them.
Mr Abdullah says this puts Lebanon's treatment of its Palestinian population far behind that of other Arab countries such as Syria where Palestinians have the same economic rights as Syrians, and Jordan, where Palestinians are issued passports and are involved in government. Indeed according to Mr. Abdullah, even in the occupied West Bank Palestinians have better opportunities and more rights than they do in Lebanon.
The main reason for Lebanon's poor treatment of the Palestinians is a fear that permanent settlement could upset Lebanon's system of so called "Confessional Democracy" which assigns seats in parliament and positions in government according to religious affiliation. The president must always be a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim and the Speaker of Parliament a Shia Muslim. The fear is that the addition of 400,000 Sunnis (equivalent to 10% of Lebanon's population) to the electoral role would put this system under strain.
The 'Blame Game'
One of the main problems groups like PHRO face is the complex network of alliances and rivalries within Lebanese politics. For example, while the currently ruling March 14 block is lead by the Sunni Future Movement, who have been the source of much of the positive rhetoric since 2005, it has important Christian members – the Lebanese Forces and the Phalange –, and the Future Movement will often tell Palestinian advocacy groups that they cannot move to strongly on the issue without their approval.
Similarly, Shia parties such as Amal and Hezbollah (the former of which also fought fierce battles against Palestinian forces during the civil war) will often say that they have no problem with proposals to improve the Palestinians' situation but that their alliance with Aoun's FMP (as part of the March 8 block) holds them back. Mr. Abdullah doubts this claim, saying that they are using Aoun's vehement opposition as a way of avoiding the issue, and that if Aoun and the FMP were to disappear, they would themselves be likely to take a harder line.
As a result of these positions, PHRO has focused its attempts at dialogue on the Christian parties, a policy which has had garnered little, with parties often changing tack on the issue without notice or failing to take a unified position.
Large gap between rhetoric and reality
This obfuscation has caused Mr. Abdullah and his colleagues at PHRO to call on their donors, EU countries such as Germany, England and the Netherlands, to exert more pressure on these issues when dealing with the Lebanese state, to whom they also donate. On this front there is again a large gap between rhetoric and reality.
The second article of the 2006 EU-Lebanon Association Agreement, without mentioning Palestinians specifically, calls for improvement of the Human rights situation in Lebanon. Nothing has been done, however, to enforce this and EU member countries, in their independent dealings with Lebanon, are even less proactive.
For example, PHRO recently released a paper calling for Palestinians in Lebanon to be granted clear rights to work, own property and be issued with identity papers, and for children of Lebanese women and Palestinian men to be granted citizenship. (The paper deliberately avoided certain issues such as a right to freedom of movement and association, as these could be opposed on security grounds.) While the EU delegation has since stated its support for this paper, individual member countries are yet to do so.
Austin Mackell
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Extremist Groups in Lebanon
Strategy of Destabilisation
The bloody standoff at the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp has its roots in the historical conflict between the Palestinian groups in Lebanon, reports Bernhard Hillenkamp from Beirut
Interview with Iman Humaydan Younes
Sectarianism as a Dead End for Lebanon
The books of Iman Humaydan Younes, with their poetic language rich in images and their sensitive insight into the interior lives of her protagonists, have led to acclaim for her work world-wide. Ariana Mirza spoke to the Lebanese writer about war, art and society
Interview with Fawwaz Traboulsi
A Collective History for Lebanon
Lebanon is characterized by complex confessional divisions. Now the Lebanese historian and political scientist Fawwaz Traboulsi wrote a collective and, unifying history book for all Lebanese. Mona Sarkis spoke with the author


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UPDATE: A new week of witness testimony in Walker trial
5 p.m. update: Walker's defense called expert witness testimony from a certified public accountant, who testified that he didn't detect evidence to show Walker overbilled the school district for projects performed. Under cross examination from the prosecution, however, the CPA told the court he hadn't comparison priced the materials Walker claimed to have used on questioned projects or reviewed the altered documents submitted into evidence. The defense team notified the court it will only call one more witness before resting its argument. No further clarification was offered at that time as to who that witness would be. The trial will resume at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 13.
UPDATE 12-12-2012 3:45pm The prosecution has called its last witness, and Calvin Walker's defense team will call its first witness shortly before 4 p.m. today. BISD assistant to the superintendent Jessie Haynes is expected to be one of the first persons called to the stand for Walker.
The prosecution continued questioning witness Les Wardon, Jefferson County District Attorney's Office financial analysis investigator, Monday, Dec. 12, as a new week of trial testimony began in the federal case against Calvin Walker of Walker's Electric Company. U.S. Attorney Bob Rawls for the Eastern District of Texas asserts Walker defrauded taxpayers by falsifying invoices and requests for payment submitted to the Beaumont Independent School District for payment.
Wardon was called to the stand Friday, Dec. 9, and the bulk of his testimony has centered on analyzing invoices submitted to and from BISD and comparing those statements to bank account records for Walker and payments made to companies that could have sold Walker materials for use on projects associated with the BISD invoices.
According to summaries offered by Wardon in evidence, Walker's checking accounts and the invoices submitted by supply wholesalers show the defendant paid at least $2.3 million less than claimed to BISD for materials on projects Walker contracted for during the years 2008 through the end of December 2010.
"If it was a purchase of an item that 'could have' been used on a job, I gave him credit for that, too," Wardon said in relation to the methodology used in calculating what items were used when summing up payments made by Walker for materials. "I gave him the benefit of every doubt."
Additionally, Wardon said, over $3 million was placed into a JP Morgan bank account, with nearly $2 million directly deposited from checks drawn from BISD. Those monies, he showed, were then split into two separate annuity accounts, used to purchase a Mercedes Benz vehicle and used to purchase property on Pleasure Island.
Wardon will continue to answer questions from counsel when the trial resumes after lunch at 1:15 p.m.


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Truth be told, I've never watched the show, but know a bit about the premise. Someone put together a nicely-written analysis comparing Lance Armstrong to Walter White. Both accomplished great things early in life (Lance winning the World Championship, Walt the Nobel Prize in Chemistry), both later suffered from Cancer, and, as the author says-
Somewhere along the way for both Lance and Walt it stopped being about keeping a secret and became about coercion, intimidation and evasion of authority.
Makes for very interesting reading. Reminds me of Joseph Campbell's book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, except that, instead of looking at modern cinematic heroes like Luke Skywalker or Hans Solo (or for that matter, Harrison Ford in any role at all), it would be about how Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. Or not, since at some point we are supposed to presume Anakin Skywalker was born innocent and became bad, and not so sure many will go to much trouble to find evidence that Lance had a humble, innocent nature at a young age.
Here's the link to the story. Worth the read if you're a Breaking Bad fan. Or even if not.


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It's a classic case of brinkmanship bargaining: Iran and the West, each seeking to squeeze concessions from the other side, have decided to continue their nuclear negotiations June 17, a few weeks before a punishing new round of sanctions takes effect.
The deadlock was described at the conclusion of Thursday's negotiating session in Baghdad by Catherine Ashton, the European Union's chief diplomat and the West's spokeswoman: "It is clear that we both want to make progress, and that there is some common ground. However, significant differences remain."
What's the likelihood that this game of chicken will produce an acceptable deal? A skeptic would say that the chance is probably slim, given the level of mutual mistrust and the conviction on both sides that the best way to get an agreement is to tighten the screws. But because a military confrontation lies on the other side of diplomatic failure, both sides keep at it.
To try to imagine what a workable solution might look like, I spoke Thursday afternoon to Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former member of the Iranian negotiating team who is now a visiting scholar at Princeton. I also read his revelatory new book, "The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir," which will be published next month.
Mousavian's basic argument is that a deal is possible but only if it recognizes Iran's rights as a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. In practice, this means the West must drop its goal of preventing Iran from enriching uranium, which is permitted under the treaty, and instead focus on ensuring that Iran doesn't build a nuclear weapon.
Mousavian quotes a vow made by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in 2004: "I would resign if for any reason Iran is deprived of its rights to enrichment."
We might wish that it were otherwise, but I think Mousavian is correct that allowing Iran some enrichment activity is a necessary condition of a deal. Once that right is established, Mousavian thinks Iran would agree to a "zero stockpile" of uranium enriched to the potentially dangerous 20 percent level. As an interim "confidence-building measure," Iran would export its stockpile of 20 percent uranium beyond what it needs for domestic civilian use.
A deeper point made by Mousavian is that Iran is unlikely to agree to anything if it's seen as doing so under duress. This contradicts the established wisdom in Washington, which is that Iran has only come to the table because sanctions are beginning to hurt. The pressure track seems to me to have provided some leverage, but I also understand Mousavian's point that Iran "won't make major concessions under threats." Successful diplomatic negotiations are always a process in which each side can claim some success, rather than one of demand and capitulation.
It's useful to view recent negotiating history through Iranian eyes, as Mousavian does. Here's what this optic reveals: Khamenei in 2005 removed his ban on negotiations with America; Iran in 2009 offered to export to the United States its 20 percent enriched uranium and it renewed this offer with greater specificity in 2010 and 2011; Iran last July accepted a Russian proposal to suspend further enrichment capacity and accept the International Atomic Energy Agency's so-called "additional protocol" for intrusive inspection. The Iranians think they got nothing but more sanctions for these moves.
The more the West has tried to squeeze Iran, the more the Iranians have done precisely the things that infuriate the West. That may be because they're determined to acquire nuclear-weapons capability, or because they resist pressure tactics. Either way, recent efforts to constrain Iran haven't worked.
Mousavian argues that a nuclear deal is within reach, based on the twin pillars of Iran's rights as an NPT signatory and Khamenei's religious edict banning nuclear weapons. But for real security, he contends, Iran and the United States must launch a parallel bilateral negotiation.
As an agenda for these breakthrough talks, Mousavian suggests two opening topics where the countries have identical interests: stabilizing Afghanistan under a non-Taliban government and curtailing drug trafficking in the region. As evidence of Iran's readiness, he cites an invitation made in February 2011 in Sweden for Marc Grossman, the top U.S. diplomat overseeing Afghanistan, to come to Tehran for talks. A U.S. source said Washington proposed talks in Afghanistan instead, but Iran balked.
How much of what Mousavian says would hold up in practice? The best test is negotiations, and there the two sides have given each other another month to explore paths away from the brink.
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Olga's Diary (Continued)
Dear Diary
"Mon Repose": Every Saturday Mammie and I come to Aunt Lucy's. Aunt Lucy took over running the plantation when Uncle John died because Bobbie and Adam, their sons were already living in America and didn't want to come back to Jamaica. They want Aunt Lucy to sell up and join them, but she won't. She says her heart belongs to Jamaica and anyway she wants to be buried at "Mon Repose" with Uncle John.
My Aunt Lucy smokes ganja in a white long handled pipe. She smokes ganja in it. She's been smoking it for years and calls it her "wisdom weed" because it was supposed to have first been found on the grave of King Solomon. The law considers it a dangerous drug because they say if you smoke it you can go mad, so it's illegal and you can be sentenced to prison and hard labour if the police catch you with it, but that doesn't stop people from smoking it.
There was a break in at Kingston Police Station recently and someone broke the padlock of a wooden box that had eight bags of ganja in it which had been found by the police when they raided a house a few days earlier.
"Did you arrange the break in" Boysie asked Aunt Lucy. She roared with laughter.
"If I'd known the ganja was there I might have done and saved myself the trouble of growing it at the back of the plantation".
The report said that all day an intensive search of vehicles was carried out. But out of the blue nearly all members of the local force were suddenly transferred to other police stations while the Superintendent carried out an investigation. Dolly and Pearl are with us today because Aunt Lucy pays us for picking pimentos and we've brought Maurice along, Chickie's son, because small boys are very useful for a job like this.
Pimentos are a very strong spice and a pimento tree is very distinctive because the trunk of the tree is covered with a greenish grey bark which is smooth and shiny. The leaves are a dark and very glossy green and if I crush some in my hands they give out a lovely strong smell. It's easy to grow pimentos because the birds do all the planting of the seeds. They eat the ripe berries and then drop the seeds onto the ground and that's how nearly all Aunt Lucy's pimento trees have been planted. The field workers say that if you plant by hand the trees will not grow, but I think the workers are being very smart saying that it's hard work planting seeds; they'd rather the birds plant them. The pimento berry is small like a black currant and grows in clusters on the tree and when there're ripe for picking they are of a glossy black colour, sweet and very spicy and peppery to taste.
The berries have to be collected by young lads going up the tree with long sticks and a crook at the end. They catch the long outer branches and bend them back till they can reach the smaller ones with the pimento berries on and then they'll break off the small branches so that the grown ups, that's us, waiting below with baskets can gather up the small branches, pick the berries and put them into our baskets. You have to be very careful not to damage the berries though.
At the end of the day the baskets are all brought to the barbecues, so the berries can be dried and prepared for market, and each person's basket is weighed. Aunt Lucy enters the weight of each basket into the barbecue book and then pays us depending how much pimento is in our basket. The barbecue is a large paved area divided into 'beds' so that recently picked pimentos are not mixed with previously picked ones. When enough have been thrown on to a 'bed' they are spread out and exposed to the sun, and a man with a wooden rake keeps turning them so they dry evenly. You know when the berries are thoroughly dry because if you take some in your hand and rattle them near your ear, you should hear a sharp, dry, rattling sound.
We'd all been working for a couple of hours when Dolly noticed Maurice wasn't moving. He'd climbed much higher than the other boys who were helping out.
"He's frightened, he can't go on" Dolly said.
I called out to him to come down.
"I can't move"
"Yes. you can Maurice. Aunt Lucy's made some lemonade. Come down and have a drink".
"Olga, go and get him down" Mammie said.
So up the tree I go to help him down. Poor Maurice, by the time I got to him he was so frightened he couldn't stop crying. Gently I coaxed him down the tree and the nearer we got to the ground the more his confidence returned until he's on the ground and I'm sitting having a little rest on a thick branch when, my heart leaps because in the distance I can see Boysie's best friend, Roy McKenzie, walking down the hill towards "Mon Repose".
As I go to jump on to the ground my knickers get caught on the branch, tear and leave me dangling four foot off the ground, unable to free myself, my backside exposed to all the young boys still up the tree, the old man raking the barbecue, my sisters and worse still, I can see Roy McKenzie getting closer and heading straight for "Mon Repose".
Dolly and Ruby were laughing themselves silly.
"Help me quickly, Roy McKenzie's coming down the hill".
In a flash Dolly was beside me on the branch and while Mammie lifted me up a few inches, Dolly hooked my knickers and, with only seconds to spare before Roy McKenzie arrives, I made it into the house all of them still laughing at me.
Later: Roy decided to stay and visit and after a while, with my knickers repaired, I felt composed enough to join him and the rest of the family sitting on the steps of the veranda watching the peenie wallies, little fireflies. They're about the size of a beetle and give off a brilliant light from two orbs just above their eyes and when you see millions of them fluttering among the trees on a dark night it is a spectacular sight.
My Aunt Lucy is a great Anancy story teller.
Anancy tales are famous in Jamaica and were brought here by the slaves. Anancy is a kind of folk hero because he is a survivor. He is a spider man, clever, intelligent, quick-witted and cunning who likes to trick people for his own benefit. As a special treat, and to make up for my embarrassed hurt feelings earlier today, Aunt Lucy's promised to tell us a story, so Maurice and I collected lots of peenie wallies and put them into jars, with holes in the top so air gets in, and then we put the jars in a long row in front of the stone barbecue, so they look like footlights.
Everyone sits cross-legged on the ground in front of the footlights breathing in the spicy fragrance of the pimentos in the evening breeze and Aunt Lucy sits behind the footlights and in front of the barbecue, comfortably settled in her chair, sucking on her white long handled pipe, which no doubt is full of ganja, and we all waited silently for her to start her story.
To tell an Anancy story correctly you have to use the Jamaican dialect and have lots of grand and dramatic gestures which Aunt Lucy does perfectly.
"A man plant a big field of gub-gub peas (bush peas). He got a watchman put there. This watchman can't read. The peas grow lovely an' bear lovely; everybody pass by, in love with the peas. Anancy himself pass an' want to have some. He beg the watchman, but the watchman refuse to give him. He went an' pick up an old envelope, present it to the watchman an' say the master say to give the watchman. The watchman say,
"The master know that I cannot read an' he sen' this thing come an' give me?"
Anancy say, "I will read it for you." He said, "Hear what it say! The master say, 'You mus' tie Mr. Anancy at the fattest part of the gub-gub peas an' when the belly full, let him go.' The watchman did so; when Anancy belly full, Anancy call to the watchman, an' the watchman let him go.
After Anancy gone, the master of the peas come an' ask the watchman what was the matter with the peas. The watchman tol' him. Master say he see no man, no man came to him an' he send no letter, an' if a man come to him like that, he mus' tie him in the peas but no let him away till he come.
The nex' day, Anancy come back with the same letter an' say, "Master say, give you this." Anancy read the same letter, an' watchman tie Anancy in the peas. An' when Anancy belly full, him call to the watchman to let him go, but watchman refuse. Anancy call out a second time, "Come, let me go!" The watchman say, "No, you don' go!" Anancy say, 'If you don' let me go, I spit on the groun' an' you rotten!" Watchman get frighten an' untie him cos he think Anancy Obeah man.
Few minutes after that the master came; an' tol' him if he come back the nex' time, no matter what he say, hol' him. The nex' day, Anancy came back with the same letter an' read the same story to the man. The man tie him in the peas, an', after him belly full, he call to the man to let him go; but the man refuse, all that he say he refuse until the master arrive.
The master take Anancy an' carry him to his yard an' tie him up to a tree, take a big iron an' put it in the fire to hot. Now while the iron was heating, Anancy was crying. Lion was passing then, see Anancy tie up underneath the tree; ask him what cause him to be tied there. Anancy said to Lion from since him born he never hol' knife an' fork, an' de people wan' him now to hol' knife an' fork.
Lion said to Anancy, "You too wort'less man! Me can hol' it. I will loose you and then you tie me there." So Lion loose Anancy an' Anancy tied Lion to the tree. So Anancy went away, now, far into the bush an' climb upon a tree to see what taking place. When the master came out, instead of seeing Anancy he see Lion. He took out the hot iron out of the fire an' shove it in in Lion ear. An Lion make a plunge an' pop the rope an' away gallop in the bush an' stan' up underneath the same tree where Anancy was. Anancy got frighten an' begin to tremble an' shake the tree, Lion then hol' up his head an' see Anancy. He called for Anancy to come down. Anancy shout to the people, "See de man who you lookin' fe! See de man underneat' de tree!" An' Lion gallop away an' live in the bush until now, an' Anancy get free."
<—-Kingston Riots Sydney & the Cook —>
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Investors rolled the dice in MGM Resorts International yesterday, betting on a strong earnings report.
OptionMonster's tracking programs detected the purchase of about 11,000 November 11 calls, including a single print of 9,950 that went for $0.30. Volume was almost twice previous open interest at the strike. The November 10s and the December 10s were active as well.
Calls lock in the price investors must pay to buy stock, so the options can generate some nice leverage in the event of a rally. If there is no move in the share price, however, those November 11s will expire worthless.