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I have a 21 ft Caravelle deck boat and we have to put the top down and take the flag pole down but we have never had a problem with the lake as high as 4 inches below full pool. A word of caution; watch for waves from other boats!!! You need to time it so you can get all the way through before the waves hit you. That would be heartbreaking. I've had a few close calls with waves. I have seen older pontoon boats go under it also. I'm trying to get in touch with my state representative to see what the chances are that they would replace the bridge with an arch-type bridge giving us more clearance. This would obviously increase the property values of the lots east of the bridge. I'm sure there are no plans for this but maybe if enough people were to contact state reps it might happen. The only problem is the bridge does appear to be in good condition. Also, some of the property owners east of the bridge may not want it higher because it does limit the boat traffic on that part of the lake.
We had a friend with a house near the bridge and I think you might be surprised how many people like the restricted traffic in that area, maybe more than one would think. Having said that, I agree having better access to that area would iprobably ncrease property values somewhat. We could never get in there with our boat and had to park at the nearby marina when we visited them by boat. Most often we just drove to their house.
Little Steele bridge go replace with a higher one which benefitted only one property owner. So obviously it is who you know.
Getting through the culvert pipe that used to be Little Steel Bridge. Now THAT was an adventure!
I thought the same thing about property values when I moved in to our lake place east of the bridge 8 years ago. Now, I would probably scrape and paint any rust spots on the bridge to keep it in great shape. I enjoy the lighter traffic on our side of the bridge, and don't want it changed. I would only write the congressman to tell him how many other road/transportation issues need to be repaired long before this bridge.
I have written about that bridge a couple of times. It has a very storied past. Search the site for 49 bridge and gas tax, maybe gasoline tax. I can't cut and paste on the forum or I would search it for you and post the link. Maybe goofy will see this and do it. He is known for dragging old posts out. Anyway that is history, as to the present and immediate future I seriously doubt anything more than last year's upgrades to the guard rails will be done in the forseable future. It was declared deficient back I the 80's. I have been under that bridge and would not say it is in good shape. I was shocked when they added the extra concrete to the guard rails. I hope they used light wight concrete because after going under it I hold my breath every time I go over it.
That bridge will be there just as it is when we are all gone.
Is this it??
If you ever pay attention to the bridge as you go under it, you will never want to go over it again!! It is in really bad shape. Back in the late 80's or so, our benevolent politicians got a report on about 75-80 bridges (can't remember exact number) that were in poor shape and a threat for catastrophic failure. Politicians being what they are immediately set about using that scare tactic to increase the gasoline tax by 5 cents. One of the most remarkable propaganda ploys was of course, "think of the children crossing these unsafe death traps on school buses". They made grandiose promises of all the new bridges complete with spectacular architectural drawings of most. Coincidentally there didn't seem to be a single area of the state that didn't have one of these bridges. That was important because the new tax had to go to statewide vote for approval. The HWY 49 bridge was on the list. It was to be replaced by a beautiful raised bridge that all boats would go under. Of course property values skyrocketed on the east side and a lot of new development sprung up.Well politicians being what they are, the ink was barely dry on the ballots when they put out a 'revised' list. Revised all the way down to about a dozen or so. Once again, coincidentally I'm sure, it seems the most unsafe bridges were all near where the most powerful politicians called home. So here we are 25-30 years later still paying the nickel a gallon tax, and children still crossing these death traps in school buses all over the state.As Paul Harvey would say, "that's the rest of the story".
Did you only get the one hit? I think I have related that story twice but that says it all. But of course that was about the same time that the Alabama Highway Dept was rated the most corrupt government agency I the country. Wanna hear about the interstate lights?
I hear ya about the gas tax. It seems they only raise taxes. Never heard of them lowering gas taxes. I guess I'll just learn to get along with the bridge. I can get under it in my boat and that's what matters to me. I can access the lake from my property but I would just like to have a little larger boat to ride around the lake. I too enjoy the low amount of boat traffic. The nice thing about the bridge is you don't see very many wakeboard boats over there.
These stories amaze me!! The most corupt gov agency? In the country? The defence. rating? All new to me and i am a 30yr aldot vet.
The 49 bridge at blue creek was and prob. still is one of the safest in this division/region. I am interested in some of your back ground in bridge inspection.
Think about the price for replacing this bridge. Two marinas one resturant and the first Condo/ multi famly home. Which two bussinesses are you suggesting the state purchase? When this brige is raised the the ROW increases. Why, because the roadbed prisim will increase. That means more ROW ( right of way) will be requred to replace the bridge. Then you have the price for improving the detour that will be required during construction.Which will mean total rehab of barrons bridge road from 50 to 34. Then improvement of 34/49 intersection.
I'm betting it aint gona happen for a long time. 8-10 years would be the soonest it could/would happen if it did.
Butte and Billingsley. Your 30 years puts you starting at the end of their rein. Google may not go back far enough to find all the ink used to write about them.
The name is Butts and yes the wallace administration. We dont have to go back 30yrs to find coruption. Just travel a few miles up 280 to co road 40 the travle to alexander city hall 125,000.00 missing there.
My point is man can and will never be able to govern theirselfs!
Nobody said you had to go back 30 years it's not been 30 days since Hubbard was convicted of 12 felonies. I made the point that at one time the AL DOT was rated MOST corrupt, not the only corrupt. Yes Jimmy was the guy in charge but his buddy/partner randy was right there with him, not to mention his son, the racing team, and the highway lighting company(I forget it's name), just to name a few of the major players. I grew up in Childers burg and knew them well. Your response made it seem like you were refuting the assertion of their dubious record. I didn't make the claim just restated it.
Now do tell, if man can't govern themselves who the he'll is supposed to? A nice benevolent dictator I suppose. Did you vote for Obama both times?
I live on the east side of the Highway 49 bridge. It has always been nice over here until last year when we seem to hae been deluged by big waves coming from unnamed boats. This year is worse because Skiers now launches their boats behind the lodge and most of these people using/testing these boats have no idea what they are doing and don't care if they are throwing up BIG waves. Over the last two holdiay weekends we were getting waves over the seawall. Many of the boaters will come as close as 20' to our floating pier. I guess it is a part of living on the water (as some say). I wish the water would go back up.
forget it..... it was tried about 25 years ago, not going to happen. people who live in that bay like it that way. its a great jet ski area. state claimed it was way too exspensive to justify the cost just for boating.


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A Washington County woman died Tuesday morning after her car struck a tree and a guardrail in the median of Interstate 81 north of Hagerstown, Maryland State Police said.
Alicia Ann Cox, 19, of 14125 William Talcott Lane, Hagerstown, was on her way to work, driving south on I-81 near the 10-mile marker after merging onto the interstate from Showalter Road, Cpl. Wayne Wachsmuth said.
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Cassavetes was a prototypical leading man who was able to become one of the legends of the industry by defying convention and truly digging to the core of human behavior, and here, his talents are on full display. His Mikey is not the cliched huckster friend a la De Niro in Mean Streets; he is appreciative of Nicky's affections, and understands that he is truly his own worst enemy. Peter Falk, as always, is the fucking man, and turns in a deep, layered performance as the more stable of the two. He is conflicted between his loyalties to his friend and his work, but you'd never know it from how sincerely he cares for Mikey, and how far he would go to protect him. The two were known to be close friends and here, in a movie Cassavetes did not write or direct, their chemistry feels completely believable and natural. Ned Beatty runs around the film as the bumbling assassin looking for Mikey; why is it so many of the best films of the 1970's have Ned Beatty in them? Was his agent the only one not faced out on coke? Either way, he's not as indispensable here as in other films (as to say he doesn't get raped over a log), but he's believable and entertaining nonetheless.
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It's our turn to host Christmas lunch this year and, apart from the responsibility of doing the cooking, I'm really looking forward to it because it means I get to dress the table ready for the festive feast of the year. Going with the same theme as my wrapping, I am going for a nordic… Continue reading Laying the Christmas Table
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Routine gas flaring, an activity that occurs at oil production sites, emits the equivalent in emissions from 70 million cars around the world.
Beyond its environmental impacts, this practice — likened "burning gas notes" — also blazes through enough gas to power millions of households every year. In Nigeria alone, the world's second leading gas flaring site after Russia, annual losses amount to nearly two billion dollars a year, according to local environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey.
In addition to these major losses, Bassey also raises many flags about the adverse health impacts brought onto to people living along the oil-rich Niger Delta. He said:
"This gas that is being flared in the oil fields equally impacts human health as it causes acid rain, cancer, breathing difficulties, skin and other diseases such as bronchitis and asthma and acid rain."
After extracting crude oil, many producers will simply burn or flare off the newly surfaced natural gas whenever means are unavailable to transport natural gas as it is the cheapest way for them to get rid of the byproduct. In countries like Nigeria, the practice is technically illegal, but producers only face penalties of $3.50 per 1000 standard cubic feet of gas flared.
The Gas Flare Tracker website is one of the latest measures put in place to help tackle this problem. This initiative, commissioned by Nigeria's Ministry of Environment, aggregates satellite data onto an interactive map, indicating the location of the flare, how much gas is being flared and who is responsible for the flare. Prior to this project, there was no way of truly knowing how much gas was really being flared.
Referring to the tracker, Lawrencia Laraba-Mallam, Nigeria's Minister for Environment said:
"Anytime we attend foreign conferences, you know, we hear other countries tell the amount of gas released into the atmosphere, but we guess. But from today, we will not guess, we will give the correct amount, because of this tracker."
The World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) aims to bring an end to routine gas flaring by 2030, deeming a complete phase out of this practice "one very tangible way the oil and gas industry can show leadership on mitigating the effects of climate change."


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Children of Mars
Henry Alley
In the stadium, the lit clock made circles around itself; the rim was all neon, blonde neon, and Leo, the base umpire, calculated with this being the top of the Eighth, they were still in for a snafu. The odds demanded it. The light went around the dial again, as he waited for the pitch. The smell of the grass was strong. They had lucked out—the thunder storm broke early, leaving the town of Carleton Park fresh and initially wet but not enough to dampen the game, which came, as usual, at 7:15. Today the yards and the field had dried out under an August sun which, because of the storm, didn't reach eighty-five degrees until four, and now at nine o'clock, it was down to seventy-eight. Another changing sign on the field, under the flying red horse of Mobilpower, said so.
Stationed between First and Second, but of course further back enough to be out of the way, he bent down to watch the pitch, knew that he looked good, from his shoulders to his tight butt, because his boyfriend Royce, having come to some of the games last year, always said so.
"You're better to cruise than the players," Royce had told him.
The Devils, the visitors, were trailing 4-1, but they now had two on base, with two out. Leo could see the concentration go into the back of the Carleton Park pitcher—pin-striped white and green—twenty-two-year-old Smitty, who was a left-hander from Florida. He was eyeing the next batter, who just happened to be the designated hitter. There was something about this strong, well-built man (small for the team) which reminded Leo of his boyfriend—he could have sworn he had seen Royce last night, when he had been going back to the Carleton Hilton, just a flash by in the car driven by someone else—
All of a sudden the designated hitter was pounding a grounder to the second baseman, who caught the ball and threw it to First, who gloved it, but full wide of the bag. Leo, still dizzied by his recollection of Royce's driveby, just stood there, somewhat stunned, feeling uncertain about the call. Well, no call at all, he decided. But obviously everyone in Carleton Park thought the designated Devil was out. Like a prong of lightning, chaos hit the field. The two red Devils who were on base continued to run them, while the Carleton Park Invaders broke formation and headed toward the dugout.
A thunderous boo filled the field while everyone, Leo included, stood at a standstill.
Rootman, the Carleton Park team manager, was instantly coming toward Leo, like a locomotive in a green cap. His face was swarthy and intent. "That man was out. Why didn't you call it?"
The bill of his cap was nearly touching Leo's forehead. The "s" in "was" sprayed Leo in the eye. Leo heard himself shouting because the booing was getting even worse. "There was no need to call it. It was way wide of the bag."
"Open your eyes, Ump," someone yelled. "You're missing a good game!"
"If you had another eye, you'd be a Cyclops!"
"Then why didn't you call it safe?" Rootman asked.
"It was obvious," Leo answered. "There was no attempt to tag, and your first baseman—Kelly—was two miles away from the base when he caught it from second."
Why did he have to defend himself? He knew he was right. He felt the blood draw up from inside him, excited, irresistible, reliable.
One of the Devils who had been running the bases was already in. The second runner had reached Third. A small contingent from Leavenworth near the garden stand was shaking a collection of red-hell hot pom-poms, riling the Carleton Park mob like a mad bull.
"Fuck"—and this time the spit hit both Leo's eyes—"Don't you get it? A thumb over the shoulder for 'out,' hands across you for 'safe'?"
Meanwhile, Herringbone Fred, also known in the league as "Black Fred," was running up from home plate. He was Leo's loyal partner umpire.
"Let's take it cool now, here," Fred said, staring at Rootman. Rootman was a muscular sixty if he was a day, and he was six, three, if he was an inch. He was a creased man—creases in his lightly anguished face, creases in his pants and green short-sleeved sport shirt. And it was common knowledge that he had already been through one heart attack already. There were details scattered around that he had a son who was Heisman material but who had turned out gay.
While the clock continued to turn in blonde circles, and the temperature registered a rise in two degrees, when it had been seventy-eight just minutes ago, some belated firecrackers went off—Leo saw the sparks—and now "Open your eyes! Open your eyes!" went into a litany.
"Tell your buddy here," Rootman said, "that Civic Stadium isn't a Lighthouse for the Blind!"
"Go ahead and say so"—and Leo remembered he had used a similar phrase with Royce—"go ahead and say so. There is no out, period."
Rootman tossed his cap—a green blur—to the ground.
"All right," Leo heard himself saying, "you're out of the game, Sir."
And when the fans saw Rootman leave the field, fury took over. The game programs for that night came sailing out on to the field. Green-T-shirted ushers were suddenly in evidence in the stand. Some smashing was heard behind the concessions, and a couple of hunkering, long-bearded assholes in green feed caps were being escorted out. Even a few women were hooting at the ushers.
As the Carleton Park Invaders resumed their formation, Leo could hear someone shouting, "Fuck the fairy ump!"
Black Fred stayed on for a private check-in. His mask was on his head. For some reason, Leo thought of the frogs you put in vases so that the flowers stand up straight. "Hey, Man," Fred told him, "next time something like that happens, you call it anyway. Better safe than sorry!" And even though the booing had finally died down, he added, "Better safe than smashed!"
By the end of the game, the Carleton Park Invaders had lost.
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Next morning, Leo borrowed Fred's Honda and drove up to Salem—just for the day. It was his home when he wasn't umpiring. He'd be back for the game in plenty of time that evening. Things had to get settled between him and Royce.
For some time, he had known that Royce had been slipping from him. He himself had not been able to get back to the house—since they were traveling all over—but he knew Royce had moved out on him. Notices had been forwarded on to him that the mortgage installments had not been paid. Before the season had begun, Leo had authorized Royce's signature on his checking account, so their home would be covered, but Royce had obviously bailed. Now Benjamin Franklin Trust had set an appointment to meet up with both of them, but Leo most emphatically doubted his lover—former lover, he supposed—would be there.
Nevertheless, Royce was waiting for him at Benjamin Franklin when Leo came into the air-conditioned lobby with an armload of payment notices. The place was a done-over Carnegie Free Library, very plush now. The stained glass windows had been retained. The loan officer they got, Leo knew, was easy-hearted. He felt grateful, because when she drew up the account on her screen, he saw they were within days of foreclosure. Leo knew she read Tolstoy on the weekends. Thank God for that.
Helen was heavily jeweled and in her forties. "The bank's going to want a reason," she said cheerfully. "Illness, death, extenuating circumstances. I know there's been a lot of death in your family. Also injury—your brother. What an article on him!"
"No, I don't have any excuses," Leo said magnanimously. "But I'm willing to cover the late payments."
Already he had his checkbook out.
"I'm his excuse," Royce said. "I just flaked out. He's been gone, and couldn't pay. I was supposed to send the checks."
Helen was making notes. "Who's going to be paying after this?"
"I am," Leo said quickly.
Royce smiled for a moment and then went back to his frown. Almost a grimace.
Helen—marvelous blonde silver hair—gave out a wistful sound that seemed very hip. "So there's not to be any co-signing on this mortgage? If I understand right, it just remains in one name?"
Helen smiled knowingly at them. "It's very hard these days to figure out what people's domestic arrangements are, without getting too nosey. Nevertheless, the bank needs to know where its next check is coming from. Who its next check is coming from." She considered, in a friendly way. "Or is it 'whom'?"
The light through the stained glass windows got denser suddenly. But dots of red also accentuated the floor. Getting a detail of the damage, Leo wrote out a check for $2,000. More than his monthly salary. Five hundred dollars more.
Helen went to get a paper initialed by a manager.
"Those penalties," Royce said in her absence. "I'll pay for them."
"I know that, too," Leo said rather irritably. "But it isn't necessary."
Helen returned and had Leo sign about six forms. The house was retrieved. Next payment, September 1. Although Leo would be umpiring in Port Townsend then, he'd cover it by phone, and made arrangements now to do so.
Both of them shook hands with Helen. "I see you're going to be in Angels in America," she said to Royce, using her locally famous photographic memory. "Congratulations on pushing that envelope. We need it here. And so," she said, by way of goodbye and smiling while taking them both in, "between the two of you we have Angels in America and Angels in the Outfield." Leo laughed not because he thought it was particularly funny, but because he wished the whole world could be like Helen.
In the next moment, they were in the parking lot. Leo was about to shake hands to get away, while Royce got a call saying that if his ass wasn't ready to take this next assignment on his new tow-truck job, he could consider his days with Tony's Tow over. The answer came quickly that he would be right there, but obviously he was having second thoughts.
"I'll send you money soon," Royce told him. "$500? Right? For late penalties?"
"In fact, I'll put it right through the mail slot of our—your—house."
Leo was surprised at himself. He actually was going to accept the money. "So how long have you been gone from the house?"
"Since July 15. I just decided I needed to launch out on my own."
At first Leo thought he said "lunch." Launch? Royce had never used a word like that before.
"Where are you now?"
"At Brightman Apartments. Just a few blocks from here."
"What happened to you?" Leo asked. "Have you taken up with someone else?"
"Not exactly," Royce said.
"What do you mean, 'not exactly'?"
"I got involved in theatre."
"You remember I ushered for Angels in America in Portland the year we met?"
Leo nodded.
"Well, they're doing it here in Salem. It's a bold step for the community here, like Helen said, but they're doing it. And I tried out for the part and I got it. Between the tow truck and the rehearsals, this house just fell through the cracks. And I decided to move out."
It was a lame excuse. It was another man all right.
The asphalt was now silvery with heat. "Were you in Carleton Park yesterday?" Leo asked.
Royce was startled. "Yes. Duncan has a friend at the University who directed a production there. He agreed to have dinner and give us some pointers."
"Yeah. He's in the play, too."
"What's his part?" Leo asked.
"Joe the Mormon."
"And yours?"
Impossible! He couldn't imagine Royce memorizing two lines. And here he was the centerpiece.
"When does the play start?"
"Next week." Royce looked at his watch. "Look, Leo, I'm sorry. You know what a ditz I am. Especially about money. If you can't get out of this mess, I'll pay you back, month by month."
Leo just stood there, heard the fans bawling at him from the stands in his mind. Saw Rootman throw his hat down. He didn't want this to end; he was just getting into it, just like with his hated one-on-one of the night before.
"Well, I have to go." Royce's blond hair was in a bowl cut, almost like the Beatles' in the early years. Instantly Leo felt that hair touching his cheek, as Royce came over and lightly kissed him. "You've been very sweet to me," Royce said. "You deserve better than what I came up with. I won't let you down, but I just have to go." With his face so close to his, Leo thought back to the time last night when Rootman had not been just within spitting distance—it had been spraying range. There was something almost erotic about it. Now he could see the small pock marks along Royce's strong jaw line—very subtle, Leo had only noticed them when they had been making love—the few remaining signs of an adolescence struggle with acne, which had cost his parents thousands in dermatological bills. It was the first thing they had brought up when he had been ungrateful and petulant enough to tell them he was gay.
Royce now pointed to the truck parked in the bank lot. "You can reach me through Tony's Tow anytime."
"Well, at least give me back the key to the house."
Sweating in his jumper, tanned Royce fished in his pockets and drew out the mahogany door key. He looked reluctant, handing it over, but then was gone.
Leo started walking toward his car, but heard no rumble in back of him. Looking around, he saw Royce standing beside the locked tow truck, scratching his head. Royce looked at him with the eyes of a rabbit, before it's about to dart under a car. "The keys are inside." He struck his head. "What did I tell you?"
"Do you have an extra set?"
"Yes. Duncan has them."
"So you are living together."
"No. They're just in his custody, as he calls it—as my 'top' boyfriend, to use his words. I kept losing them so often, he had a set made for himself." Royce took out his cell phone and tried Duncan. He'd be there right away. "Runs his own print shop," Royce said. "So he can do that." He looked at his watch. "The boss is going to shit when he finds out how late I've shown up for this call out on Lancaster."
They just stood there, looking out over the warming pavement. Several sprinklers at the mall across the street had started up. The red and pink roses and grass were like jewels over there.
"You don't have to stand here with me, if you don't want to," Royce said. "This is my fuck-up, and I'll be out of here soon."
Leo stayed silent a little longer. "This is so goddamned not O.K."
"What's not?"
"You walking out like this," Leo said, staring at him with deliberateness.
"Yeah? I just got tired, Leo, of being in your care all the time. Having you fight my battles for me."
"So what do you do?" Leo asked, on a surge of that reliable blood again. "Hook up with someone who takes charges of your keys, like you were in nursery school or jail." He remained there, frozen. He felt so tightly bound, he didn't know what else to say.
At this point, Duncan pulled into the bank lot in a red Honda Accord.
The man who got out definitely did look the part of Joe in Angels in America. He was on a large scale, not exactly a Marlboro man, but six foot three at least, without an ounce of fat. He wore a tight yellow polo shirt, chest stretching the cloth, finishing the impression Leo had caught of the muscular arm in the car. He might have been thirty-five, meaning that if he was serious about Royce, he was definitely courting a child bride.
"Duncan, this is Leo."
Duncan just nodded vaguely in Leo's direction, and, with ink-soaked hands, took the duplicate set of keys from his pocket, and opened the tow truck.
"You don't know how many times per week this happens," Duncan said, looking at Royce paternally and then back at Leo as though he would understand. He stood there with perfect posture, almost in military position.
"Maybe I do," Leo answered slyly, and instantly regretted it.
Duncan took him in for the first time. His eyes narrowed into a mischievous glint. "Well, maybe so." He then turned to Royce, who had already hauled himself up into the driver's seat of Tony's Tow. He was not happy with this discussion about him.
"Did you ever get the payments square on this house?"
"Yes," Royce answered. "Leo and I just talked about that. Leo's going to handle it, now that he's here."
"Well, it seems to me"—Duncan was directing his glance to Leo—"Royce ought to help you. If he's fucked things up."
This kind of humoring directive threw Leo off. In the large, wide tow truck, Royce looked something like a baby in a high chair.
"I can handle it fine," Leo told him and felt suddenly like giving him a push.
Royce furiously started the engine—"It's none of your fucking business"—and, before throwing the truck in reverse, demanded Duncan give him the duplicate set of keys. Leo felt grateful no one else was in the lot, because afterwards Royce backed out without looking. Gigantic and statue-like, Duncan stood beside his car, hands on his hips, as though he were a colossus observing the departure of a ship in a harbor. Leo could feel he was attracted somehow, the way one is attracted to standing bears.
"This wasn't necessary," Leo said.
"Oh, yes it is," Duncan answered, heading back to his Honda, which was nearly the twin of Fred's. "That boy needs to learn some responsibility."
Leo actually had his hands up, ready for fists. "I can handle my house my own way."
Duncan gave him a disdainful look, then cut him off by getting back into his car.
* * *
Charlie's (his brother's) Auto was up in the northern part of the city. It was three by the time he got there. He had to be back on the road by five. When he opened the door to the little office, there Rootman was, Manager Rootman of the Carleton Park Invaders, talking with Leo's brother.
Charlie was a little schizy in social situations. It was Iraq, working its magic. Charlie had been in the medical corps and had sent men out into the dunes to die. Charlie had gotten chummy with Rootman through the Vet's Memorial Hall down in Carleton Park. Rootman, a survivor of Vietnam—and you could tell—hung out at that place a lot, and Charlie went there just to escape Salem and cavort. Leo understood that Rootman used to lament with Charlie over his gay son.
"Rootman here tells me you're a faggot," Charlie said.
"No I did not!" Rootman insisted.
"That's what you were implying anyway," Charlie retorted. "And I told him"—he was eating a banana from a late lunch. "So what the fuck else is new?"
Shocked they had been talking about him rather than the son, Leo went straight up to the man who was dressed, wholly out of character, in a red pin-striped shirt and tan slacks. Rootman was definitely a little drunk. Probably had a few with Charlie, who, to ease the PTSD, sometimes brought a six-pack in to finish a job.
"Hey, calm down, Leo," Rootman said. "I didn't imply anything of a kind."
"Right," Charlie laughed, and literally backed himself into some customer's open trunk. He was fixing the tension rod so the lid would close. Charlie looked sallow and huge-shouldered—he would have dwarfed Rootman and matched Duncan any day—and it was a relief to have his spectacled King Kong face disappear.
"I can't be talking to you anyway," Leo said. "Not until you're back on tonight. And even then it's just on the field."
"You don't have to be reciting the rule book to me," Rootman said, and wavered a bit as he stood there. Then he smiled. "You've got to be good to me. I've got a daughter who's going to do summer graduation this weekend. Down at Oregon State. Her mother and I just took her out to lunch at the Ram's Head today."
"With plenty of help from the bar" came the muffled sound from the trunk.
"Charlie, I have to go," Leo told him. He was aware of the two other cars on hoists—a Lexus and a sport Celica. They reminded him of two people strung up, hung. The smell of oil mixed with the smell of beer. "I can't hang around if a team manager is here." Interestingly enough, he was still standing within confrontation distance of the man.
"Hey, come on"—from the trunk again. "Why be anti-social? He didn't say you were all that gay."
"I didn't say you were that at all," Rootman protested.
"Then why"—Charlie came out of the trunk, with the tension bar a success—"did you make a point of coming in talking about the ump who likes a bat up his ass?"
"I didn't say that," Rootman insisted.
Leo just stood there with his fists doubled. He felt as if he were completely covered over by spider webs.
Rootman blinked. "Man, I couldn't have said that. How could I? I have a son whose career may be ruined because he's gay."
"So you're trying to jerk my chain," Leo said to Charlie.
Charlie smiled. "O.K., O.K., it was me who said it."
"I need to leave," Leo repeated.
"Hey," Rootman said, trying to call Leo back. "Maybe after the season is over, you could talk to me. About my son."
"I would be willing," Leo answered.
* * *
That night, it was well into the bottom of the Ninth, with two out for the Carleton Park Invaders, when Leo, all dressed and padded, felt himself getting ready to fight again. That is, he squatted there, as plate umpire, feeling on tilt. He congratulated himself that he actually did have a thick skin after all. He considered all the hundreds and probably thousands of butts he'd seen from this position—like this one coming from The Carleton Park Invaders' catcher, round and full and inviting a bite the way a great green apple invites a bite—and he'd just watched and never done anything else. A brilliant evening star was climbing above the field, and it was as if he could feel the gravitational pull of his family. His father, dismissed and shamed as an ex-policeman, had fought in barrooms until he had found this cult where they had all agreed ultimately to combat the modern world by taking koolaid spiked with cyanide in Brazil. When growing up, Leo, on his way out the door, would be constantly confronted by his father, who would say, "Be a man" from the breakfast table. And his mother would follow up with, "Yeah. Be a man, but don't get hurt." Nevertheless, she had found herself in the Martian scheme, too.
He wasn't any better at battle than she was, really.
"This isn't you," his friends would tell him. "You're a painter, not an umpire."
As a matter of fact, using oils, he would catch tonight's moment as carmine red blurs of light, beneath the dial and the three towers of white flood lamps, eight bulbs to a pole. Before going to Umpire School in Florida, Leo, with the death of his parents, had come into some money, which had allowed him to go to Cascade Community College. Slowly through a series of art workshops, his paintings had emerged as wet, splashy, and promising, capturing the Oregon landscape in tones of browns and green, with fallen oaks and pines crossing back trails in the Cascades, accentuated by delicate-looking frogs and clusters of wild pink rhododendrons. The instructor said he had talent, but he was also drawn to something else. The thrill of battle. He knew his ass was on the line right now. He knew that if there had been a scout in the stadium last night, that might have meant his job. Also Fred almost never criticized him, meaning that last night Leo was getting close to the edge. No surprise—he still considered himself a rookie umpire, twenty-six years old and in his second year. He was late to the profession and still doubtful about being here anyway. But he kept on. The tension drew him in.
Connolly, the Ranger catcher, was at bat. The score was Two-Two, with two men on, and there could be no more outs. Leo felt he could resist all the cat-calls up until now, but if he flubbed on this one, they would have his ass. All right. Let them have his ass. The day still hadn't played itself out.
Speedstick James, the relief pitcher for the Devils, fired the ball down at nearly 100 miles per hour. Connolly swung straight through and missed. A beautiful miss, as though coming from a Grecian discus. "Strike One!"
Speedstick threw again, and the ball went, beautifully, into Redskin Randy's mitt. A straight shot that even the crowd didn't question, even though Connolly didn't swing. "Strike Two!" Leo called, and at that moment, looked over and saw Royce seated near the Player Tunnel. Duncan distinctly was not with him.
And then the third pitch, which went screaming into Randy's mitt, but, in Leo's estimation, grazed the ground, before getting there. Remembering last night, Leo raised his right arm and closed his fist, but with Royce's face framed just below, he allowed the ball to be live. Connolly was obviously on the same wavelength, because he hurled his discus body toward First while Hector Villa hoofed his way to Second. Meanwhile, like last night, the Invaders were breaking formation and coming in, while Randy rolled the ball across the luminous grass out to the mound. Chaos hit once more, as the whole game became suspended midair. No one knew where to go. Fred came running toward him, but fortunately said, "You thought the ball was live, Man? Is that it? I'll back you. It look like it was in the dirt to me, too."
"Yes," Leo said, feeling dizzy. "Rule book says, the ball is live, even if the man has three strikes."
He had to repeat this to Rootman, who was twice the locomotive he was last night. He looked like a model for an anatomy drawing, with the veins out all over his neck and forehead. He seemed to be ashamed of asking for help this afternoon.
"You say that ball hit the dirt? No one saw the ball hit the dirt."
"You weren't plate umpire, either," Leo said, now feeling the full force of this afternoon.
"I'll have your job for this," Rootman said.
"Then it will be both our jobs," Fred said, "because that's the way I saw it, too. Your men stay on base. This inning isn't over."
"And you're out of the game again," Leo said. "For making threats."
He exchanged a glance with Fred, who nodded and was much more with him than last night.
"You should have said 'No catch,'" Rootman told him, as he turned away. Obviously, the cowering look served to inflame the crowd even more. "You should have said 'No catch'!" he repeated over his shoulder. Seeing him ejected again, the people put out a boo such as Leo had never heard before, and with it the faint refrain, "Homo ump. Homo ump," which sounded like "Homo up."
It was five minutes later when Speedstick was hurling another ball straight down the middle, but this time the designated hitter connected with it instantaneously, and the white dot, comet-like, went sailing straight over the neon clock. From the little band of Red Devil fans came "Thunderstruck!" by AC/DC on a amazingly loud ghetto blaster—which, traditionally, Carleton Park played throughout the stadium for every home run. They lost by 5-3. No song could have riled the crowd more, and Leo felt, at last, he liked the melee.
* * *
Later, he went to the motel room Royce had booked for the night. He and Fred were due to leave for Vancouver, B.C., at five in morning, so he would have to be back soon at the Hilton room the Clubie had gotten for him and Fred.
They sat on the bed, and he held Royce against him. There was a kind of tawdry light over the orange bedspread. Nevertheless, the lamp was beautiful on Royce's hair.
"I heard what they called you," Royce said. "Somebody knows about you. It's just a matter of time now."
He had a habit of speaking into Leo's ear just at the moment they were hugging.
"I've known that," Leo answered, whispering back. "Especially now, that I've thrown Rootman out twice."
"What will happen then?"
"They'll use my last two controversial calls as reason to give me the ax."
"But that won't be the real reason?"
"No," Leo answered. "You know that."
Royce was bared at the shoulders and chest, too.
"Fred will go on, he'll continue. He's got the looks. They want Hollywood style, now."
Royce gave him a glance, and then hugged him. Now they were skin to skin. "If they're going to fire you anyway, why not quit now? You can take up nursing again, or do your painting, and we could live back at the house."
"What about Duncan?"
"Fuck Father Duncan."
"Well, I'm not ready to go yet," Leo said. "I have to live this out until it's finished."
They made love in the shabby room, and then, giving Royce the keys back to the house, he returned to Fred and made ready for tomorrow.
Henry Alley is a Professor Emeritus of Literature in the Honors College at the University of Oregon. He has four novels, Through Glass (1979), The Lattice(1986), Umbrella of Glass(1988), and Precincts of Light (2010), which explores the Measure Nine crisis in Oregon, when gay and lesbian people were threatened with being made silent. His stories have appeared in journals over the past forty years.


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Very simple, straight forward task.
I provide you with a document, a poem if you will.
Your job is to distinguish, identify and mark the prominent syllables vs silent syllables. The stressed an unstressed syllables.
Using this symbol '/' to represent stressed syllables.
Using this symbol '-' to represent unstressed syllables.
You must be VERY knowledgeable of the English language and fully understand what a prominent and silent syllable is. Average document will be 200-500 words.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
The fact is that words are cheap. No matter how persuasive someone is, no matter how much we want to believe him, no matter how much he himself believes them, the words are meaningless if actions say something else. How many abused women take the guy back because he promises faithfully to change his ways? He almost never does. (Men can fall for that as well but women are the more common victims.) How often do politicians promise they will get spending under control, then turn right around and increase spending and the deficit?
We need only look at President Obama for an example. One day he emphasized the need to control deficit spending. Then the very next day he announced that he intended to subsidize building high-speed rail lines. Yes, those rail lines were already planned but you don't cut spending without, well, cutting spending.
More recently, yesterday in fact, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has claimed that Obama administration is paying more attention to deficit and spending concerns than the Bush administration did. Such a claim would not be very difficult to live up to since the Bush administration spent like crazy. Should we believe Geithner's words? Anybody who does will probably be interested in a good deal on this tower I know about in Paris.
The fact is that while administration officials are talking about deficit reduction, projections are that deficits will top a trillion dollars per year under Obama, compared to a $458.6 billion deficit in Bush's last year.
Believe the actions, not the words.
In other areas we should also believe actions, not words. The battered woman should ignore the sweet words and promises intended to lure her back to an abusive situation. His violent actions tell the truth while his words are misleading. Yes, those words sound good. Yes, he may even believe them himself. That will last until the next time he gets upset. Then the actions will be right back, telling the truth.
How about the young woman (and some older women) hearing the sweet vows of love? What are the actions that back up those vows? Sadly, there are many men who tell women what they want to hear in order to have sex or get something else. Young women are often lured to bed while older women may lose money if they listen to such a line. If he really wants to spend his life with you and raise a family he should treat you right and make the legal commitment called marriage. Only the actions are believable.
The deadbeat friend or relative asking for a loan is another case. Helping people is good but helping them remain deadbeats only keeps them down while harming everyone they cheat. Remember the saying: If a dog bites me once, shame on the dog. If he bites me twice, shame on me.
I could go on. Salespeople who lie once will lie again. Advertisers who mislead will continue to do so. The car company that failed to report dangerous acceleration should not be trusted, regardless of what the ads promise. That company needs years of living up to its promises before we can consider it trustworthy again.
While there are many trustworthy people in the world today, there are many who are quite otherwise. Our personal and public lives will be greatly improved if we fire the lying politicians and sales people and if we ignore the words of anyone whose actions contradict those words.
Beware the silver tongue.
2 comments:
- OregonGuy said...
The seduction of the lie.
Lies are easy to commit, and the promise of reward is great. And the slope is extremely slippery. Omission of fact is as culpable as commission of error. "To never knowingly do harm" is the standard that I've attempted to live to, yet it was not always so. There was a time in my life when making an extraordinary amount of money was pretty bitching.
I will say--to my own credit and therefore self-serving--that after a certain period of time I reviewed the effect of my "success" on the lives of those I had affected. Had there been benefit? Yes. Had there been undue leverage? In too many cases, a frank and fair assessment, yes. I had put people away.
I did my penance. That was more than 30 years ago. A fella can change. But I suppose it helps if a fella has a conscience. A moral compass. A rational mind.
- April 20, 2010 at 7:12 AM
- Hal Lillywhite said...
I'm glad you've changed (as a Christian I strongly believe in repentance). However I'm sure your change was shown by actions, not just words.
The sad fact is that there are many who still cannot be trusted, be they politicians, lovers, employees, salespeople etc. We have to be careful who we trust.
- April 20, 2010 at 8:28 PM


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NEIL REDFEARN says Leeds United's players must not be distracted by dramatic off-the-field developments at Elland Road after owner Massimo Cellino lost his appeal against his disqualification from owning the club.
The dismissal of Cellino's appeal against being disqualified as a director and owner by the Football League may be hogging the headlines today, but Redfearn is acutely conscious of the pressing need to concentrate on significant on-pitch business against the Championship leaders Bournemouth tonight (7.45pm).
The United head coach says the players remain behind Cellino and focused on the task at hand against the Cherries.
Redfearn, whose 20th-placed side are without a win in eight games, said: "It is a big game and we have got to focus on that.
"We are playing well at the moment and got a good point against Bolton and Birmingham on Saturday.
"We have just got to come down the same lines and make sure we give the same sort of performance and have that resoluteness and try and get three points.
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"We are playing well enough and creating chances and with a bit steadying finishing and nerve, we would have gone on and beaten a good side in Birmingham who are on a run of form – same as Bolton."
Meanwhile, Redfearn has paid tribute to Scott Wootton, who made his first appearance for United since August 30 in Saturday's draw against Blues.
Wootton came in from the cold at the weekend after returning from a loan spell at Rotherham United and impressed in the 1-1 draw.
Millers boss Steve Evans confirmed that Cellino had put the block on a move back to the club, with Wootton admitting he has not 'got a clue' about whether his future is at Leeds or elsewhere.
Redfearn said: "Scott played really well in that position.
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Redfearn has also hailed the recent form of striker Steve Morison – and while the ex-Millwall man may be still awaiting his first United goals since March 2013 – the United head coach feels he has added a physical dimension to United's attacking play.
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Dealspwn's Matt Gardner chats to Darby McDevitt, lead writer on Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, about pirate history, bringing stealth back, treasure hunting, naval warfare, and lost ruined temples.
I saw this and played this at PAX Seattle this past weekend. Absolutely mind blown at the detail and graphics. That ocean is just minding blowing realism. The game play left you feeling like you had to have more right now! You wanted to see more, do more as everything was so alive and adventurous. So much detail that you really do get a true scene that Next Gen is really here. This is my day one pick for Next Gen easy!
It's also awesome how we all connected from AC3. In that we all came away from that game just thinking about the Naval missions. It's a great feeling how gamers connect like that without even speaking to each other.
What impressed me most was the seamless nature of it. The naval stuff in AC3 felt completely separate from the main game. Here, though, there's no separation. Land/sea/underwater... it doesn't matter. It's all part of one big cohesive whole, and that's enormously exciting.


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Over the past four years, Britain has recovered her confidence and self respect.
We have regained the regard and admiration of other nations.
We are seen today as a people with integrity, resolve and the will to succeed.
This is no small achievement.
At home, we have tackled our problems with determination and perseverence: Inflation at its lowest for 15 years—good news for the housewife, the pensioner and industry In spite of the worst recession since the 1930s, retirement pensions have risen more than prices There are 40,000 more nurses and 6,000 more doctors and dentists in the National Health Service. Waiting lists are down and the number of patients treated by National Health Service hospitals is up. There are more teachers in proportion to pupils and the money spent on the education of each pupil is at an all time record. More people than ever before now own their own homes Personal tax allowances are up and the standard rate of tax is down We have severely cut Labour's tax on jobs (The National Insurance Surcharge)
The problem of our times, both in Britain and elsewhere, is how to provide enough jobs. We can only do this if our industry produces well designed goods which people want to buy. We must see that 'British is Best'. If we win more customers we shall win more jobs. Governments can help business by getting inflation and interest rates down, by giving incentives to small firms and grants to new technology, and we have done all these things and more.
Because we are so deeply concerned about our young people, we will also introduce this September the most go-ahead training scheme ever seen in this country. Those leaving school will have the opportunity to go to a year's training and work experience. By pursuing these policies, we are helping to create the genuine jobs of tomorrow, and the skills needed for those jobs.
In the Conservative Party we come from all walks of life and share a common resolve to defend our traditional liberties. While others demonstrate about peace, our defence policies have kept the peace in Europe for 38 years. This is the greatest prize of all, and we must not put it at risk.
Wherever I have travelled on Britain's behalf, I have been inspired and refreshed by the friendship and confidence of the people of Finchley and Friern Barnet.
I hope that you will support me on Polling Day, and that I can continue to serve this constituency for another Parliament.
Yours sincerely,
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1. Our Youth Training Scheme should help 350,000 young people by the autumn of this year. From then on no school-leaver need be unemployed in their first year out of school.
2. We shall give Union members the right to hold ballots for the election of governing bodies of Trades Unions.
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dim as integer i #ifdef i #print yes, the variable will be recognized #endif
So, lexSkipToken() is recursive because of the PP. ppCheck() will only call pp.bas:ppParse() for toplevel calls to lexSkipToken(), but not if it was called recursively from the PP. This lets the PP parse multi-line directives like #macro ... #endmacro or skip #if ... #endif blocks without "executing" the directives those structures may contain. Note that unlike C, FB allows macros to contain PP directives.
As a result, every time the FB parser skips an EOL, lexSkipToken() might detect a '#' at line begin and handle then call the PP to let it parse that directive. It may "silently" parse more lines, and the parser stays fully unaware that the PP directives are even there. The PP parsing launched from lexSkipToken() might even encounter an #include and call fb.bas:fbIncludeFile() to parse it immediately, recursively starting a parser-toplevel.bas:cProgram() for that #include file. The parser has to be able to handle the recursion that might happen during every lexSkipToken() at EOL, but luckily that is not a big deal. The parser needs a stack to keep track of compound statements anyways.
Note that PP directives are not handled during token look ahead (lex.bas:lexGetLookAhead()). If the parser were to look ahead across EOL, it could very well see a PP directive. Luckily though looking ahead across lines is never necessary.
Macro expansion in PP directives
The beginning of directives, the keyword following the '#', is parsed without macro expansion. This means redefining PP keywords (intentionally) has no effect on the PP directives. For example:
#define define foo #define bar baz
will not intermediately be seen as:
#foo bar baz
Directives like #if & co. make use of the PP expression parser, which does expand macros. Afterall that's the point of PP expressions. For example:
#define foo 1 #if foo = 1 #endif
The #define and #macro directives don't do macro expansion at all. A macro's body is recorded as-is.
#define/#macro parsing
pp.bas:ppDefine() first parses the macro's identifier. If there is a '(' following, without space in between, then the parameter list is parsed too.
Then the macro body is parsed. For each token, its text representation is retrieved via lexGetText(), and it is appended to the macro body text. Space is preserved (but trimmed); comments are left out; in multi-line #macros empty lines are removed.
If the macro has parameters, the macro tokens will be created (as discussed in Macro Expansion). To do that, the macro parameters are added to a temporary hash table, which associates the parameter names to their indices. Then, identifiers in the macro body are looked up, and when a parameter is recognized, a parameter(index) macro token is created, instead of appending the token to the previous text() macro token (or creating a new text() for it). After that parameter(index), if there is other text again, a new text() macro token is created.
Using # on a parameter results in the creation of a stringify_parameter(index) macro token. The PP merge operator ## is simply ommitted from the macro body, so a##b becomes ab in a text() macro token. All normal text before/after/between parameters goes into text() macro tokens.
For example: #define add(x, y) foo bar x + y And the actions of the #define/#macro parser will be: 'add' - The macro's name '(' following the name, without space in between: Parse the parameter list. 'x' - Parameter 0. ',' - Next parameter. 'y' - Parameter 1. ')' - End of parameter list. Create the macro body in form of macro tokens. ' ' - Create new text(" "). 'foo' - Append "foo". ' ' - Append " ". 'bar' - Append "bar". ' ' - Append " ". 'x' - Is parameter 0, create new param(0). ' ' - Create new text(" "). '+' - Append "+". ' ' - Append " ". 'y' - Is parameter 1, create new param(1). EOL - End of macro body. Resulting in this macro body: text(" foo bar "), param(0), text(" + "), param(1)
The #define parser allows macros to be redefined, if the body is the same. For example:
#define a 1 #define a 1
does not result in a duplicated definition. However this would:
#define a 1 #define a 2
Since those are pure text #defines, the comparison is the bodies is a simple string comparison. This feature is not implemented for macros with parameters currently.
PP expressions
The preprocessor has its own (but fairly small and simple) expression parser (pp-cond.bas:ppExpression()). It works much like parser-expression.bas:cExpression(), except instead of creating AST nodes, ppExpression() immediately evaluates the expressions.
PP skipping
The preprocessor uses a simple stack to manage #if/#endif blocks. Those can be nested, and there may be #includes in them, but they cannot go across files. False blocks (#if 0, or the #else of an #if 1) are immediately skipped when parsing the #if 0 or the #else (pp-cond.bas:ppSkip()), before returning to lexSkipToken().
For example:
#if 1 (push to stack: is_true = TRUE, #else not visited yet, return to lexSkipToken()) ... (will be parsed) #else 1) Set the #else visited flag for the current stack node, so further #else's are not allowed. 2) Since the current stack node has is_true = TRUE, that means the #else block must be skipped, -> call ppSkip(). ... (skipped in ppSkip()) #endif (parsed from ppSkip(), skipping ends, ppSkip() returns to #else parser, which returns to lexSkipToken())
Note that there are a few tricky bits about PP skipping. Since macros are allowed to contain PP directives, macro expansion must be done even during PP skipping, because an #else or #endif could be inside a multi-line macro. Also, multi-line #macro declarations are not handled during PP skipping. That means, something like this:
#if 0 #macro test() #endif #endmacro
will be seen as:
#if 0 #macro test() #endif #endmacro
Resulting in an error (#endmacro without #macro).
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Dan Slott -- with co-writer Christos Gage -- continues the not-that-great but not-too-terrible streak on this series as Danger Zone comes to a conclusion. Two Hobgoblins fighting over killing Peter and Max to retrieve the Goblin Key does not make for a bad story, but the execution remains as middling as ever. Moments of humor don't quite earn a laugh while moments of drama don't quite get your blood pumping. It's just okay, really.
Artist Giuseppe Camuncoli's pencils are as straightforward as the story. They get the job done, but in an aerial battle between two Hobgoblins and Spider-Man on his own Spider-glider, you would expect the visuals to be more captivating. When Declan Shalvey drew Rick Remender's final issue of Venom, he made Venom's web-slinging a dizzying experience. You could feel the momentum. It gave you vertigo. Meanwhile, Camuncoli constructs this battle without taking advantage of the fact that it's happening in the sky.
I've been unimpressed with this series since the end of Spider-Island, Slott's last great story. When I was done reading this issue, it made me think back to other Spider-Man stories that touched me: Joe Kelly's Endangered Species, Best of Enemies by J.M. DeMatteis, and Spider-Man No More by Stan Lee (all of which can be found on IGN's list of the 25 Greatest Spider-Man Stories). When I think about the past dozen or so issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, all I can think of is how issue #700 better be worth reading them.
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The top pie winner, announced at 6p.m., will receive a $50 gift certificate to a Brattleboro business of their choice and the prestigious 'Pie Palooza' trophy. Additional prizes for the 2nd and 3rd place runner-ups will also be presented. The night will continue on with more tastings, music, and children's games including musical chairs, twister, and a bean bag toss. Join us for this family-friendly event during winter carnival week – you won't be disappointed! The event is free, but all donations will go to United Way.
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Russ and mark had expected me to bring the Japanese for a samurai POW battle, wheras I brought my Normans to fight Russ' Saxons. Which he hadn't brought.
However, we had enough to play small scale DBA (to get used to the rules again) and then large scale.
I have to say, it was a load of fun, all had a great time, we got 2 battles in (both won by Shakespeare) and are going to have another bash next week where Russ is aiming to get his Saxons ready.
What did we learn? Don't attack archers with knights, don't fight spear with archers and Mark is a chicken (he has a fear of the spear)
But he won, so what do we know!
|Mark lines up vs a hard-thinking Russ (or he's asleep)
|Big DBA - lotsa fun
|The Chess Master thinks out his next move
|Normans rush towards Eastern Franks
|Mark curses the wood for the 100th time
|Fear of the Spear - Mark backs his cavalry away - again
|Killing Russ' archers on the hill
|Dice let Russ down - he should have cleared the middle here. In DBA, never roll 1's
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The most important thing in regards to your weight and overall health, is your diet. However, there are many reasons you would gain weight; stress, lack of sleep, and toxic chemicals which alter our ability to regulate metabolism. So, as you can see, fatty foods aren't always the main reason a person gains pounds.
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Because of grapefruit's low glycemic index, high fiber content, and low amount of calories, it lowers the level of insulin in the body. Since insulin stores fat, and because lower insulin promotes the consumer to feel full quicker, it's apparent that grapefruit actually does help you lose weight. Grapefruit is also a strong source of protein, and because the fruit is 90% water, that is another component which helps you fill up easily so you eat less.
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Red pepper is known to regulate your appetite, and reduce cravings toward salty and fatty foods. Studies have shown that spices such as red pepper and cayenne pepper contribute to weight loss as well. The amount of heat added to food from these spices raise your body temperature, causing you to burn more calories.
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The schedule progresses and you can actually see it in the efficiency margins. They are being affected by the level of play on display nightly, sometimes daily, in Atlantic 10 locales. To date, only half a dozen of the fourteen teams show positive efficiency margin numbers, a testament to the conference's competitiveness.
Richmond is in the top spot of the standings with VCU, Dayton and La Salle a step behind. Dayton's lone loss was an upset at UMass, and VCU suffered a similar fate at Davidson on Saturday. La Salle served notice and got our attention with a big win at Rhode Island, followed by taking care of business by defeating George Washington at home. While the race is already at the quarter pole, there is time for those in midpack to make a move and challenge.
Beginning with the efficiency margins and records as of January 17, 2017, all numbers are for conference play only and courtesy of KenPom:
T-1) Rhode Island (+15, 3-2)
3) La Salle (+12, 4-1)
4) Richmond (+11, 5-0)
5) Dayton (+10, 4-1)
6) St. Bonaventure (+7, 4-2)
7) Davidson (0, 2-3)
8) George Mason (-4, 2-3)
T-9) Saint Joseph's (-6, 2-3)
T-9) UMass (-6, 1-4)
11) Duquesne (-7, 2-3)
12) Fordham (-12, 1-4)
13) George Washington (-15, 1-4)
14) Saint Louis (-22, 1-5)
14) Saint Louis (-22, 1-5)
The offensive end sees a number of teams putting up some impressive figures. On the opposite end are a few with not as impressive showings, resulting in a conference average efficiency of 103, just above average.
Offensive efficiency:
T-1) Rhode Island (114)
T-1) La Salle (114)
3) Richmond (111)
5) St. Bonaventure (109)
6) Davidson (103)
T-7) George Washington (102)
T-7) Duquesne (102)
9) George Mason (100)
10) Dayton (98)
11) UMass (97)
12) Saint Joseph's (95)
T-13) Fordham (93)
T-13) Saint Louis (93)
Dayton sets the defensive pace with an 88 defensive efficiency. The secret to Archie Miller's club is a combination - Forcing opponents into a conference-leading 24 percent turnover rate while limiting them to an effective field goal mark of .468. That latter mark is second only to the .463 of the VCU defense. Fordham has one of the best defensive turnover rates at 21 percent, but unfortunately for the Rams, they allow a 51 percent eFG mark; a dubious distinction as the highest in that latter category are George Washington (58 percent) and Saint Louis, (56 percent) both of whom are struggling in the win-loss column.
Defensive efficiency top five:
1) Dayton (88)
3) Rhode Island (99)
4) Richmond (100)
5) Saint Joseph's (101)
5) Saint Joseph's (101)
Fastest pace:
1) UMass (76 possessions per game)
2) Duquesne (73)
2) Duquesne (73)
T-3) Dayton (72)
5) George Mason (71)
Most Deliberate:
T-1) Saint Louis (64 possessions per game)
T-1) George Washington (64)
3) Fordham (67)
T-4) La Salle (68)
T-4) Davidson (68)
Interestingly, among the most deliberate, only La Salle sports a winning conference record.
Possession individual leaders: This is not meant as an indictment of a team's tempo or pace. The possession numbers are a report card of team tempo. One chooses a pace best suited for its comfort zone, one the players can best adapt to; whether it is the NASCAR pace of the seventies, or walk-it-up of the sixties.
KenPom lists the average conference game pace at 69.3 possessions. It should be interesting to note what that figure is in a month. As the conference heads into the final quarter, expect that number to decrease. The intense competition, close games and often conservative approach of close conference contests should take its toll and reduce that figure by several possessions. Stay tuned.
A look at some individual numbers in some non traditional categories:
Player usage
1) Charles Cooke, Dayton (33.9 percent of team possessions)
2) Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure (29.2)
T-3) Tyler Cavanaugh (28.8)
T-3) James Demery, Saint Joseph's (28.8)
5) Rashaan Holloway, UMass (28.7)
Each of these players are entrusted with the ball over a quarter of a team's total possessions. Coach Mark Schmidt and the Bonnies held their collective breath when Adams went down with an ankle injury. He missed two games, a loss at Dayton and neutral court win over Fordham, and was back for Tuesday night's victory at Saint Louis. Demery, a Hawk sixth man a year ago, has come off a stress fracture that sidelined him for 10 games early in the season. The junior forward has emerged one of the key threats for Phil Martelli's group.
Jack Gibbs of Davidson spent most of last season at or near the top of this list. The senior guard did not fall that far off, as he is seventh in the conference with 28.4 percent of the Wildcats' possessions.
This next group is one you might want to alert your defense to watch a little more closely. These are the top five in percentage of team shots taken:
T-1) Charles Cooke, Dayton (31.1 percent)
T-1) James Demery, Saint Joseph's (31.1)
T-1) Jack Gibbs. Davidson (31.1)
4) Mike Crawford, Saint Louis (29.7)
5) Tyler Cavanaugh, George Washington (29.0)
From these two prior lists, it is not difficult to ascertain the vital role Charles Cooke, the team-leading scorer at 18 points per game, plays in Dayton's schemes.
Upcoming games of note:
Thursday, January 19
Richmond at Dayton - UD Arena, the home of the Flyers, is loud and a tough place to play. Chris Mooney's club is up for the task in what should be a great matchup.
Davidson at La Salle- Another challenge for the Explorers, who are off to a great start in league play.
Tuesday, January 24
Saint Joseph's at St. Bonaventure - The Bonnies return to Reilly Center with the services of Jaylen Adams, but the Hawks are never an easy out in this get-together.
We're not sure who said home is where the heart is, but in this conference, it is not a guaranteed win for the host. KenPom lists the home team as having a 52.8 percent (19 wins in 36 games) success rate in conference clashes, a number attesting to the competitiveness and difficulty of this conference.
To date, only five of the 36 games (13.9 percent) have been decided by twenty or more points. A total 11 percent of the games have been close, defined by KenPom as decided by less than four points and/or overtime.


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