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Possibly not since the Giants vs. A's Bay Bridge World Series of 1989 has there been a Left Bay vs. Right Bay clash of this magnitude. In the East Bay we had the massive Missing Link show at the fabulous Fox Theater (3,000 capacity) and in San Franfuckincisco was Ludicra at the usually non-Metal Cafe du Nord. Both shows featured the triumphant homecomings of local heroes: In Oakland it was High On Fire and Black Cobra and the S.F. show was Ludicra's triumphant record release show. Prior to heading over to The East Bay, Photo Ray and I met up at 21st Amendment for food and to catch up on shit. Then it was across The Bay Bridge for...
The Missing Link featuring Mastodon / High On Fire / Black Cobra and more...
The Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
May 8, 2010
This bill was a veritable "Who's Who" of bands ripped from the pages of Decibel magazine. Unfortunately, there was Will Call drama as the guest list that I was on was late getting submitted, so I missed Bison B.C.'s set... which was a bummer. However, it was alright hanging out front passing the time by chatting with various Umlaut Nation friends and catching up with Jason of Black Cobra who came out his Rock Star dressing room to mingle with us civilians.
Black Cobra: Thankfully, the guest list finally arrived at Will Call and I got inside with minutes to spare before Jason and Rafa started their set; I also met up with The Drummer just as the houselights went down. Over the past 7 months since their latest album was released the local boyz have toured practically non-stop. Man, it was so cool to see my bruthas up on that big stage punching the crowd in the stomach with the song 'Negative Reversal' to start and for the next 30 minutes Black Cobra owned The Fox. Whenwedie later reported that in the photo pit he witnessed some of the people in the front row flinch the moment the set started because they weren't expecting that kind of volume from only 2 guys onstage.
It was awesome to watch the crowd get into the volume assault and I'm sure some new fans were made; I watched one kid as he started nodding his head to the music... then by the next song he was banging his head to the music... and not long after that he had his right arm extended giving Black Cobra the horns. Nicely done, lad... nicely done. Standing in the crowd, The Drummer and I agreed that we felt like proud parents watching our "kids" up there on the big Lock 'N Loll stage... and my pride for the boyz was magnified as Jason channeled The Nuge with his guitar moves (Note to the newbies: You CANNOT pull off those moves with short hair.. so grow your hair out, pussies!) and Rafa sported a SWEET Rainbow shirt. Trivia: Black Cobra brought in Billy Anderson to mix their sound for this show... and it was worth it.
After Black Cobra's set there was a nice little Umlaut Nation reunion of friends in the VIP bar... Drinks flowed.. and blood was spilled.. and if the boys wanna fight you better let 'em... and it won't be long 'til Summer comes now that boys are back here again.. or something like that.
Valient Thorr: Valient Thorr tries WAY too hard to be a good time party band; they even had "PARTY" flash on the screen behind them at one point. All I can say is that Valient Thorr tap into something that obviously isn't me and, like, I DON'T wanna party with them. Just being honest. The most entertaining thing about Valient Thorr was how we later kept seeing Valient wandering around the lobby and venue bar like he was looking for people to recognize him. Sorry, dude. Party.
Priestess: Holy shit... I have NO memory OR notes about Priestess. Where the hell was I when they were onstage?? Bizarre... Sorry, guys. If anyone can remind me what I was doing during this 40 minutes I'd appreciate it. Maybe I was abducted by aliens…
Baroness: There is so much hype around Baroness... There are so many people raving about Baroness. All I can say is that Baroness tap into something that obviously isn't me. I know using headwear generalizations is lazy, but during Baroness' set I glanced over to my right and there was a group of 4 young dudes standing together digging the set: 3 were wearing hipster beanies and the 4th had on a backwards baseball cap. Anyway... not that headwear means anything... but I'm just saying, in this case, maybe it does.
High On Fire: This was the final show of High On Fire's current U.S. Tour and in a nice random example of how The Rock Godz work in mysterious ways, as I made my way down front I found myself standing next to old Umlaut friend Radio Cuevas, who was back in town from SoCal. PERFECT! High On Fire swaggered onstage in their hometown and immediately punched their homies in the face with 'Frost Hammer' right out of the gate. Seeing High On Fire on their home turf of Oaktown is a rare event, but it was odd few locals seemed to know an older song like 'Devilution'. Unfortunately HOF weren't playing a full set tonight as they had when I saw them at SXSW. Tonight they were allotted 45 minutes onstage and they made the most of it as most of Mastodon watched their set from stage left; I had a flashback to OzzFest 2005 at Shoreline when High On Fire watched Mastodon's 2nd stage set from stage right and 'Blood & Thunder' was dedicated to them. The set-closing 'Snakes Of The Divine' seemed to get the most rabid reaction from the punters, but the highlight for me was the hypnotically heavy version of 'How Dark We Pray' that was like having a pillow pressed against your face and the volume sucking the air from your lungs. For the record, HOF were also the only band to say "motherfucker" onstage; keeping it real. Remember when High On Fire played their 1st show ever at the Covered Wagon (aka Annie's) in S.F.? Me too.. "Frost Hammer!!! Frost Hammer!! Frost Hammer!!! Frost Hammer!!"
Between The Buried And Me: I can't stand BTBAM. All I can say is that BTBAM tap into something that obviously isn't me. I just can't abide a "Metal" band whose singer runs back and forth between the front of the stage and keyboards... and, I've said this about BTBAM in this space before: The bassist holds his bass high up in that Jazz musician way which is simply NOT METAL. Note to The Kidz: If you play bass or guitar in a METAL band you should wear your weapons slung LOW like a gunslinger. Otherwise you look like you're dry humping your instrument onstage... which is fine if you're in a Jazz band... but dry humping is NOT Metal. During BTBAM's set we hung out in the bar where they had a video feed of the band onstage on one plasma screen behind the bar and on another screen they were showing the Sharks vs. Red Wings playoff game. Guess which screen had a crowd in front of it...
Umlaut doesn't follow hockey, but it was kind of cool to be *there* as the Sharks eliminated Detroit; dudes on ice skates were better than BTBAM that's for sure. As you've probably already figured out, this show brought out the worst of Umlaut's jaded Old Fart side... but I have to call shit like I see it. It was also amateur night with the alcohol consumption and mishaps… with a good number of "How did I end up on the floor??"-types and at least one casualty leaving the room on a stretcher. Party.
Mastodon: This was the 5th time I've seen Mastodon on this album / tour cycle and, as much as I've liked the Crack The Skye album, I can say that I'm officially burned out on it now. It's interesting that Mastodon are at a level of popularity where they can now be considered a gateway band who draws mainstream folks into Metal. I know alot of my peers have crossed Mastodon off their "cool band" list now, but Umlaut still digs them. However, due to our date with Ludicra back in S.F. we bailed after 3 songs, but I have to say those 3 songs were probably the best performances I experienced since the Mastodon show over a year ago at the Great American. When it comes to the Metal bands that kidz and hipsters are latching onto these days, I'd rather see Mastodon reap the benefits instead of, say, Between The Buried And Me.
Oh shit, I need to say THANKS to the 2 dudes who came up to me at different times during the show who said how much they liked this space. I sometimes forget that people read these rants. Cool Doomriders shirt as well, man.
If you bought one of every Black Cobra merch item you would have paid $95... and if you had bought one of every Mastodon merch item you would have paid $200. On the way back to the car, some pimply-faced teenagers called us fags. Then it was back across The Bay Bridge for...
Ludicra / Kowloon Walled City
Cafe du Nord, San Francisco
May 8, 2010
The saga of Ludicra's U.S. Tour is one of THE Metal stories of 2010 and I originally ranted about it HERE... and Umlaut traveled to a foreign land to support the band a couple of weeks ago in Arizona. All of the drama they experienced from sea to shining sea finally led The Undisputed Headliners of The Bay Area Metal Scene back home for this triumphant homecoming show... which also served as the "official" record release party for their amazing album The Tenant. Of course, it was ironic that this celebration came at the end of the tour, but in light of everything that has happened to the band it was perfect. There is no place like HOME.
After spending 7 hours at The Big Rock Show, Ludicra were the light at the end of the dark, Mainstream Metal tunnel that I wandered through in Oakland. In a surgically precise maneuver (one that is sure to be studied at The Metal War Institute by future Metalheads as a textbook example of a Metal strike..), Photo Ray, Whenwedie, The Drummer, and Umlaut sped back to S.F. in The Prius... docked it at Photo Ray's secret lair... caught a cab within literally 2 minutes... and walked down the stairs into Du Nord within 30 minutes of leaving Oakland. SURGICAL! As we descended into the club, Kowloon Walled City were finishing up their set; I've been meaning to see them but have managed to miss all of their recent local shows. Sorry, guys... next time. Anyway, as I walked into the bar I saw the familiar faces of friends and local Metalheads and I immediately knew this was where I was supposed to be. The big show in Oakland had been fun, but this was the real deal event of the night; this was the event that counted.
I can't get over how brutally gorgeous Ludicra's new songs are when they're performed live... especially 'A Larger Silence'. It's an experience that I don't think human language can properly convey because the songs operate on such a higher level... and few songs in recent memory blow up like 'In Stable' does onstage.
During the set I had a profound sense of belonging; everyone in the room wanted to be there for the same reason: LUDICRA. No one was there simply to "be there" or to "be seen". This event counted. This was not a Scenester event like the show in Oakland; this was a gathering of kindred spirits. Ludicra have the ability to create Inner Peace via Mayhem and that vibe was so thick in the air you could have cut it with a knife. As much as I worship Ludicra's new songs, the song that has sucked me in at every show I've seen on this album / tour cycle has been the set closing 'Walk The Path Of Ash' from their 2006 EP. The title alone has stuck in my head as the perfect statement of how Ludicra have risen above all the bullshit and stress in the name of their art this year. I tend to gravitate towards epic things and Ludicra are an epic band both on and off the stage. As I'd witnessed in Arizona a couple of weeks ago, the new songs and old songs like 'Veils' created a vortex of fury that was completely engulfing and made me forget about time and space; Ludicra are the type of live band who make me live completely in the moment... and that's rare because giving up control over myself is not something I do very often.
For an encore, and the final song of the tour, the band plunged into the 15 minute epic 'Awake The Grey' from their 1st album and it was as if they were purging all of the bile and stress and bullshit from the tour into the ether via the song. It was 15 minutes that will rank as some of the best time I'll spend with a band this year... and with that mesmerizing finale Ludicra's U.S. Tour ended. As the song ended a curtain of feedback was lowered and the band exited stage left to return to The Real World.
The Tenant album is a watershed moment in Bay Area Metal and mark my words that in the years to come it will be one of those albums that future generations of Metalheads will hear about, seek out, and become obsessed with... Mark my words. It's not simply an album for just this year, it's an album for all time. Umlaut saw Ludicra 4x over the past 2 months in 3 cities and 3 states; it was an honor and a privilege. I'm looking forward to when Ludicra emerge from their slumber to rage amongst us again in (hopefully) the near future.
Ludicra onstage at DuNord
(Photo courtesy of Whenwedie)
(Photo courtesy of Whenwedie)
After the feedback curtain fell upon the show we didn't want to leave. We hung out a bit longer, ordered another round of beers at the bar, and chatted a bit with the band and friends. THE SCENE. I didn't do a merch audit, but the nice screen printed gig poster (limited edition of 30) was only $10.. SOLD! On the way back to the car, some pimply-faced teenagers called us fags. It was an epic way to end a long day. However, I have to say THE most METAL thing of the day has to go to Whenwedie's amazing King Diamond LEGO tattoo (King Diamond and LEGO: Both from Denmark... Brilliant!):
When I arrived back at Casa de Umlaut I found this postcard had been stuck in my front screen door by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka The Mormons… of course..):
Something tells me Jesus probably digs Between The Buried And Me... Just saying.


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Beautiful landscapes, nicely choreographed fight scenes, lovely sets & costumes – that pretty sums up the movie. Oh, and Lady Galadriel is absolutely stunning. I knew I'd enjoy the movie… and enjoy it I did, despite the slow pace at the start. The pace picked up slightly midway & was pretty comfortable till the end. It didn't even feel that I've been in the cinema for that long.
Haha yeah, am probably biased. I loved the LOTR series, with The Two Towers being my favorite (the Battle of Helm's Deep was fking epic). I wouldn't call myself a fangirl. I haven't read the book fully, gotten through maybe a third of it or so. I do intend to complete it someday though, along with the other novels on my (pretty long) to-read-list. I'll probably read The Hobbit as well.
The movie stirred up a few wants in me.
Dungeons & Dragons
Mostly, it made me wanna play Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) again. It's been a while. I used to have a group that played like fortnightly but due to a falling out with one of the members, I quit cos I didn't wanna have anything to do with that turd. Oh no, it's not what you think. He's my friend's ex-bf. And he was a prick. No prizes for guessing what the drama was regarding.
I've still got my dice. Now I just gotta find a group that I can gel with and find time to commit for regular games. During a game session, anything can happen. The storyline is determined by the actions of the players & the manipulation of the DM. No 2 sessions are ever the same. This is what I love about D&D. It's something that WoW can never replicate. Nothing beats spending the night embarking on an epic quest, venturing into dungeons, exploring new towns, downing ale in a tavern and of cos… slaying goblins, orcs & trolls.
What? Do I hear the "no life" comment again?
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Now I really wanna get HAED's "Middle Earth Large"… and this new chart "Honor Restored"
Missed the 35% X'Mas Sale, now I've gotta wait for the next one 😦 Ah well… I've got QS Heather to look forward to. Less than a week now! Fabric has been bought, cost more than I thought as apparently the price tag on the bale of cloth wasn't the right one – didn't know till I brought it to the counter! gg Spotlight. Will get fabric online next time instead considering the selection at Spotlight is kinda pathetic & the prices are even higher than getting them from UK or US based websites. Anyway, "damage" has been done. Bought quite a huge piece of fabby so the remainder could be used for other projects – might even fit another QS in there… if not then it might just be the excuse I need to start some of the ones I've been eyeing from magazines.
Perhaps I should start a stitching rotation, like some of the ladies on the BB & fb group do, to ensure that I don't neglect a piece for too long. Mhmm… and yeah, perhaps I should start setting attainable goals for the additional motivation too. I DO intend to finish up the Goddess of Mercy someday!
Vacation: New Zealand
Red Carpet Tours – gee, the Classic 12 Day LOTR tour does look appealing, though extremely expensive (for me, that is)! NZ$4,975 for twin sharing and not all meals are covered. In fact, most meals are not. 10 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners… that's all one will get. Not to mention, pretty sure wherever the tour stops for meals, it'll be places that are not for the budget traveler. Guess this is more like a luxury thing… something that I might look into for a honeymoon (no one skimps on their honeymoon right? lol) or after retirement (when am too old to "rough it out" anymore).
Nonetheless, I might just go for a budget trip to NZ sometime in the future anyway. Got my eye on bungee jumping and sky diving… and that's like the best option so far. Mhmm… I wonder how much of the stuff seen in the Hobbit movie are real places. Looks like there is quite a good no. of hiking trails too!


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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
A trip to the Slot Canyons
Looking for a sensory overload? I know just where to go. The Antelope Slots near Page, Arizona are mesmerizing beyond belief. They will knock your socks off with their beauty (BTW be sure and wear socks because it is cool in the canyons!) and you will instantly be consumed with photographic possibilities.
In case you make the trip, here are some sage tips. There are two sides where you can tour the canyons; one is referred to as the upper side (south) and the other is the lower side (north). On both sides, you cannot explore the canyons on your own, but rather have to sign up for a tour. I toured both and definitely found one side far superior to the other.
On the upper canyon tour, your journey starts with a five minute drive to the canyon in the back of a pick up truck. Yes you read that correctly, in the back of a pick up truck. It is anything but glamorous, but on the bright side your hair is blowing perfectly in the wind. (However, I'm pretty sure the woman sitting behind me didn't appreciate it, as it was hitting her smack dab in the face!)
When you arrive at the canyon, your hair looks like a scene out of Bridget Jones and there are at least a dozen more tour trucks and DROVES of people. With the volume of people trying to make their way through the canyon it's difficult to get a shot of the slots without inadvertently capturing the top of someones head. As much as I love noggins, this was not the picture I had envisioned or seen when I googled. (They say depending on what time of year you go you might find it less crowded, but I went in November and it was packed like Barney's would be if they were having a 75% off everything sale!) But don't fret, keep reading and I will give away the secret.....
The big reveal...drum roll please....is the lower canyon tours! They have been labeled difficult and hard to navigate, but if you can make it up and down a flight of stairs you will be A-ok. This canyon is not as crowded and lets you enjoy the beauty of the slots without dealing with a gaggle of people. It feels less like a cattle call and more like a unique experience. Eureka!
For this tour, no dramatic hair experience, you just walk about 100 feet to the canyon entrance and take a flight of stairs down into the gorge. Once inside you will get a peaceful glimpse of the jaw dropping orange and purple hued rock formations.
Not for the faint of heart or anyone that hates heights, but if neither of those apply, then just a few minutes away is, the not to be missed Horseshoe Bend. It's only a five minute walk from the uber convenient parking lot and definitely packs a punch (POW@! SHAZAM#$!) with the view. The view is a oversize load which makes it difficult to get the entire waterway in the picture with iPhones or dinosaur cameras, so be sure and bring your big boy camera and most importantly a wide angle lens!
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The 10th HEAD meeting will be held in sunny Los Angeles, California from March 31st to April 3rd, 2008. There will be a reception on the evening of the 30th at the Omni Hotel.
Join us also at the conference banquet on Tuesday, April 1st in the historic Union Station in downtown LA for an exquisite evening of food, drink and a little comedy!
Los Angeles has spent the last decade successfully revitalizing their downtown area. The location of our conference hotel, The Omni, is right in the center of the action.
Downtown LA is home to performing arts centers, old movie houses, art deco buildings and wonderful restaurants. The Omni sits at the top of Bunker Hill, right next to the Museum of Modern Art and across the street from the Disney Concert Hall and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. You can eat at the nearby Grand Central Market, a bazaar of ethnic foods.
For architecture enthusiasts, the Los Angeles Conservancy has several walking tours that highlight the city's varied styles, including classical revival, art deco, Renaissance revival and moderne. The El Pueblo Historical Monument – more popularly known as Olvera Street, remains a favorite with visitors for its authentic Mexican food and shopping. At Olvera Street, visitors can tour the oldest house in Los Angeles, the Avila Adobe.
Also located nearby the hotel is a subway stop that can take you all the way Hollywood and Highland, home of the Kodak Theatre and the Oscar Museum along with a multitude of shops and fabulous food. Also at Hollywood and Highland, there is a bus that will take you directly up to the newly remodeled Griffith Park Observatory. It's a wonderful place to visit, especially for astronomers! The subway can also take you all the way up to Universal City where there are many choices for restaurants and entertainment. You won't need a car if you don't mind a little walking!
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Police Seek Assistance Identifying Burglary Suspect (Video)
2013-05-07 · By Editor
The Long Beach Police Department is again releasing surveillance footage of a male suspect burglarizing a local hardware store last year, and is hoping the community can assist in providing his identity to police.
On Saturday, July 21, 2012, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the suspect entered the Ace Hardware store located at 2720 E. Anaheim Street, by cutting a hole in a back wall. Once inside, he spray painted the security cameras lenses, however, was captured on video during the process. The suspect stole several thousand dollars worth of tools, power equipment, and other miscellaneous items, prior to fleeing in a white 1980's Ford pick-up truck.
Anyone with information regarding the suspect's identity or whereabouts is urged to contact Long Beach Police Burglary Detective Jennifer Valenzuela at (562) 570-5592. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.


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So what is the meaning of the Nexus One overall? Answering a question like this accurately so early on in the life of the device would be like having the answer to the question of the meaning of life. In this entry I will share my thoughts on the 'Nexus' and attempt to envision the phone's significance today and in the long run.
Here in the now
Even before its launch the 'Nexus' gathered noticeable attention, as the phone leaked out months before its release, catching the attention of mobile hardware bloggers around the world. It turned out that Google had given prototypes(?) of the device to its employees and what resulted was this quite natural flow of grainy, low-quality images to the world wide web for everyone to wonder and drool over.
To me this stunt of giving the phone out to employers was a hype-creating gimmick. In other words Google wanted for those images to leak out. There's nothing more exciting to a tech enthusiast than the promise of new and best of all unreleased tech to get him claiming 'first!'ies everywhere he went. This strategy from Google ensured that by the time 'Nexus' was finally released, everybody who wanted to be anybody in the mobile enthusiast world knew exactly what the 'Nexus One' was.
On the other hand, neither is the software something to go crazy over. Even though the device sports the latest Android to date (2.1), the new version of the OS doesn't bring much that is new to the table. There's a touch of Swype technology on it, the cool but US-only Google Navigation and of course the general open-endedness that is Android, but nothing whe haven't seen on other devices already. The device to notoriously introduce Google Navigation DROID was the Motorola that still succeeds in selling well and being generally a certain kind of trendsetter in most circles. So there's really nothing here to simply blow anyone away, at least not a tech enthusiast.
In the future there will be robots
So then, what is the significance of 'Nexus' when thinking of things to come? Well, obviously the 'Nexus' is currently suffering from customer reported 3G problems and Google isn't doing a very good job of running their customer service department. This whole 3G issue could scare most people away from buying the device, as bad news always spreads like wildfire. In addition, for me the lack of a physical QWERTY keyboard and somewhat plain appearance will reduce sales in my opinion.
So the 'Nexus One' won't be a great seller for Google. It doesn't mark a total failure for the megacorporation either. I believe, that the 'Nexus' has been to a big extent more a test trial for Google on releasing a phone. They tried out generating hype with the "leaking pictures" trick and obviously they didn't want to jam pack the device full of the latest technology to make it a wet dream for all the tech geeks interested in this industry. Although its always the majority market you need to win over to make any product successful, the plain and unimaginatyive Android user interface and the appearance of the physical device doesn't seem like they would attract the masses.
All this leads me to believe, that we are yet to see the real 'Google phone', as the 'Nexus' was in all honesty a rather half-assed effort to release a game changing phone, which it certainly isn't. Also, I think that even the greatest plan for this "real" Google phone might fail or be compromised, because of Google having such big friends in the industry, by having made deals with just about every manufactirer besides Nokia to put Android on their devices.
Does Google really want to get into a situation where it in essence competes with its associates?
(C) Christopher Peake 2010
Written entirely on the N900 and MaStory blogging client!


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About Institut Francais Jordan
The Institut Français in Amman is the cultural operator of the French Embassy in Jordan. It is located in one of the oldest districts of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan capital, on top of Jabal Theybdeh, since its establishment in 1963. Through the efforts of its consecutive team members, the « markaz » was able to fit into the cultural environment of this hill. The Institut Français contains fTheirteen classrooms, an exhibition hall and a Library – Cafeteria. The Institut Français provides many services and activities.


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Check out all the deadline day action live as it happens here
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is optimistic of forcing through a deal to sign Ukraine international Yevhen Konoplyanka on deadline day but has rejected claims regarding a loan move for Manchester City defender Micah Richards.
Managing director Ian Ayre is understood to be in Ukraine in an attempt to thrash out a deal for the 24 year old Dnipro wideman who is expected to move to the Premier League in a deal worth £16m.
Rodgers is hoping to make a 'major' signing before the end of the January window and the Liverpool boss is hopeful the deal can be completed.
"There is obviously an interest in the player," Rodgers said.
"We'll see how it unfolds and the staff that are over there are giving us every chance to get the player and we need to see how that goes.
"It has happened very quickly. The timeline makes so but we've got a list of a number of players and we'll see how it all develops."
The Liverpool manager also ruled out a deal for Richards, who has started just twice in the Premier League for city this season.
Reports have suggested that Tottenham Hotspur could launch a late bid for Konoplyanka, however manager Tim Sherwood has played down any move in the final hours of deadline day.
"I know him but nothing looks like happening. We'd have to do it now because we've only got two days left.
"I don't see it happening but that's why we've got people working with us. The chairman here is always asking me if there's anyone we need but I need to make sure they are of the quality we need and not just a body for the sake of it. It's very difficult to change clubs and settle. I would be very cautious if we did anything."
The deal appears unlikely to be completed until the final hours of the window and though Liverpool are trying to force the deal through, the player's agent has described the possibility of his client moving to England as "very high".


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2018 Urban Waterfronts
Speaker Presentations
Keynote Address: Anne Castle
Excellence on the Waterfront Awards
Closing Plenary: Mary Miss
Panel A-1: The Colorado River How did we get here?
Conference Schedule
Get-Acquainted Dinner (optional pre-conference event)
St. Paul's Church and Cultural Center, 645 S 2nd Avenue, Yuma
Wednesday, January 24
Get-Acquainted Dinner Registration at Hilton Garden Inn Hotel Lobby
Dinner and refreshments at the old St. Paul's Episcopal Church, built in 1909 and repurposed as a cultural events center in the charming Century Heights neighborhood. Includes transportation to/from event- departing from Hilton Garden Inn
Transportation back to Hilton Garden Inn
Pre-Conference Field Trip Showcasing Yuma's Waterfront and the Colorado River
(optional pre-conference event transportation included)
**Note: Closed-toe walking shoes required for tour of Imperial Dam**
Thursday, January 25
Pre-Conference Field Trip Registration and Continental Breakfast at Pivot Point Conference Center lobby.
Briefing and Walking Tour of Gateway Park and the Yuma East Wetlands, a 400-acre wetlands restoration which is considered a model for restoration in the desert Southwest.
11 AM-Noon
Walking tour of the Yuma West Wetlands, a 110- acre riverfront park converted from the City's landfill.
Noon-1 PM
Lunch at the Pivot Point Conference Center.
Travel to and tour of the Imperial Dam, an engineering marvel where nearly 90% of the remaining water in the Colorado River is diverted, mostly to California. Depending on time, we'll stop by the Imperial Date Gardens for a quick tour and delicious date shake.
Welcome Reception and Dinner
(includes transportation to/from event)
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park, 220 N. Prison Hill Rd., Yuma
Thursday, January 25
Welcome Reception and Dinner Registration at Pivot Point Conference Center.
Transportation to reception and dinner, departing from Pivot Point Conference Center.
Welcome Reception | Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park which opened in 1876. You'll be in for a memorable evening in a very historic and intriguing space.
Transportation back to Hilton Garden Inn
Urban Waterfronts 2018:
33rd Annual International Conference on Urban Waterfront
Planning, Development and Culture
(All educational conference sessions, breakfast, and lunch held at Pivot Point Conference Center)
Friday, January 26
Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast.
Welcome, Water Ceremony
The Water Ceremony has become a conference tradition. Individuals, who have been asked to bring a small bottle of water from the rivers, lakes or bays that touch their cities, pour the water into a bowl to symbolize the waterfront community's collective commitment to the health of the world's waters as well as to sound waterfront planning and development practice. If you would like to join in the ceremony, please bring your contribution.
The Water Ceremony has become a conference tradition. Individuals, who have been asked to bring a small bottle of water from the rivers, lakes or bays that touch their cities, pour the water into a bowl to symbolize the waterfront community's collective commitment to the health of the world's waters as well as to sound waterfront planning and development practice. If you would like to join in the ceremony, please bring your contribution.
Keynote Address: "The Years of Living Dangerously - Ebbs and Flows on the Colorado River" Anne Castle, senior fellow, University of Colorado Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resource, Energy and the Environment, Boulder, Colorado (former assistant secretary for water and science, US Department of the Interior)
Coffee Break
Concurrent Morning Sessions
Panel A-1: The Colorado River: How Did We Get Here?The panelists will provide a comprehensive overview of the development of the Colorado River in the 20th Century, including establishing legal rights to and allocation of river water; the building of the dams, the resulting environmental damage, and attempts to meet the requirements of the Endangered Species Act.
- The Dam Building Era: 1908 to 1968: Epic Accomplishments and Overreach: Jim Cherry, principal, CWM, Inc., Yuma, Arizona (former area manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma, Arizona)
- Unintended Consequences: Environmental Damage: Dr. John (Jack) Schmidt, professor of watershed sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah (formerly with United States Geological Survey)
- The Multi-Species Conservation Program: A Major Mitigation Effort: John Swett, program, manager, LCR Multi-Species Conservation Program, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada
Panel B-1: Facing Water's Challenges in Today's WorldWhile waterfronts have always faced a variety of weather-related challenges, they are also currently coping with a host of newer issues: sea level rise; hurricane; flooding and the imperative for more resilient, ecological solutions; better ways to treat the water's edge; and ensuring public access, among others.
- The Restoration of Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Post Hurricane Sandy: Mark Jaworski, regional technology leader for coastal planning and engineering, Jacobs CH2M, New York, New York
- New York Non-Profit Takes on a Host of Issues – From Access to Education, From Marine Transport to Rising Water: Roland Lewis, executive director, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, New York, New York
- Resilient Houston Recovers Once Again: Matt Baumgarten, associate, SWA Group, Houston, Texas
Conference Luncheon
Excellence on the Waterfront Awards: 1987 – 2017 A Thirty Year RetrospectiveThis unique, comprehensive visual overview of The Waterfront Center's top honor award-winning projects and plans as chosen by interdisciplinary juries illustrates both the breadth of the types of work and the wide-ranging geography the program has encompassed. Fasten your seat belts for global adventure.
Coffee Break
Concurrent Afternoon Sessions
Panel A-2: Contemporary Issues: Mitigation, Restoration andThe panelists will provide diverse perspectives on the challenges and opportunities to heal and restore the Colorado River, with a particular focus on the Yuma community.
Water Conservation
- The Development and Damming of the Colorado River: A Yuma Historical Perspective: Charles Flynn, executive director, Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, Yuma, Arizona & Brian Golding Sr., Economic Development Director Quechan Indian Tribe
- Healing the Entire River: A Broader Perspective: Dr. John (Jack) Schmidt, professor of watershed sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah (formerly with United States Geological Survey)
- Reviving the River: A Quarter Century of Community Based Restoration on the Legendary Colorado River: Fred Phillips, principal, Fred Phillips Consulting, Flagstaff, Arizona
Panel B-2: Getting Back to CasesThe current waterfront phenomenon dates back to the mid-70's and continues unabated. Cities that undertook steps to reclaim their edges with and without success in some instances have been and are moving forward with plans for the future.
- The Baltimore's Storied Inner Harbor Began an Enormous Transformation that Continues Apace: David Benn, principal, Quinn Evans Cho Benn, Baltimore, Maryland
- Pioneering and Award-Winning Projects along Portland's Extensive Waterfront: Carol Mayer-Reed, principal, Mayer-Reed, Portland, Oregon
Colorado River State Historic Park, 201 N. 4th Avenue, Yuma
(Walk from Hilton Garden Inn to Colorado River State Historic Park–located directly west of the hotel)
Registration and Reception
A full-fledged Mexican Fiesta awaits you with margaritas, mariachis and merriment!
A full-fledged Mexican Fiesta awaits you with margaritas, mariachis and merriment!
Saturday, January 27 - All events at Pivot Point Conference Center
Conference Registration and Buffet Breakfast
Concurrent Morning Sessions
Panel A-3: The Colorado River in the 21st CenturyThis session reflects the varying perspectives on the future of the Colorado River. A central focus of Yuma's economy is making its farming sustainable by continuing to increase water efficiency. Mexico has a tremendous stake in the river's future. The session concludes with a sobering assessment of the total demand being placed on the river and what we, together, can do about conserving and enhancing water resources.
- Viewing of short film, "Milk & Honey"- produced in partnership with American Rivers and the Hispanic Access Foundation featuring the Lower Colorado River, America's Most Endangered River of 2017. This film explores the connection between the Lower Colorado River and the people who live and work with the river every day to grow our nation's food.
- Challenges for Agriculture: A Yuma Farmer's Perspective: Tom Davis, manager, Yuma County Water Users Association, Yuma, Arizona
- Challenges for the Environment: Can the River Ever Once Again Flow to the Ocean?: Osvel Hinojosa, director of conservation, Pronatura Noroeste, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
- The Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study, and Options to Conserve and Enhance Supply: Jim Cherry, principal, CWM, Inc., Yuma, Arizona (former area manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma, Arizona)
Panel B-3: Water Conservation/Innovation: What Cities Can DoPanelists will address a series of techniques to conserve water and assure resiliency. Encouraging storm water management with such things as green roofs, rain gardens, rain barrels, permeable surfaces and the like has been catching on. Other techniques such as natural bank stabilization, restoring wetland habitats and daylighting will be explored.
- Water Conservation, Flooding and State of Upper Mississippi – a Thirty Plus Year Story: Kathy Wine, executive director, River Action, Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois
- Stormwater Management and Ancillary Water Issues: Richard D. Barrett, principal, design director, MIG, San Diego, California
- Exploring The Intertwine, Integrating the Built and Natural Landscapes in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Region: Mike Houck, executive director, Urban Greenspaces Institute and Co-Founder, The Intertwine Alliance, Portland, Oregon
Coffee Break
Closing Plenary: Mary Miss, artist, founder City as Living Laboratory, New York, New York
Downtown Walking Tour (Optional)
Several lunch spots to choose from
Several lunch spots to choose from


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Archive for March 27, 2015
Why You Should Consider Assisted Living
Finding the right assisted living home can make the transition from independent living to assisted living care easier for seniors and their families. One of the easiest ways to decide which assisted living facility is right for you is to find out the benefits of each one. Of course, you should always research a facility's reputation and safety rating, as well as visit in person to inspect the building and staff before you make a decision. With that in mind, here are some of the most common benefits to moving into an assisted living home.
One of the biggest reasons seniors move to assisted living facilities is to increase quality of life. This usually involves more nutritious food, opportunities for exerc


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5 Ways to Use Less Meat in Meals
1. Use grains as meat substitutes or extenders.
Half the meat in the recipe or cut it out altogether. Some grains that work great as meat extenders are Red Quinoa or White Quinoa. Quinoa is high in protein and blends really well with meat. Sometimes I use it as a meat substitute (like this chili or this spaghetti sauce) or just as a meat extender (like these tacos).
2. Don't make meat the focus of the meal.
Make dishes that use meat as a condiment rather than the main part of a dish. One of my favorites ways to do this is to make soups (like this favorite chicken noodle or this navy bean soup). Another favorite example include this roasted seasonal vegetables with sausage dish. Breakfast for dinner is always a great way to do this too.
3. Eat beans, beans, beans.
Some people (even vegetarians I know) are afraid to eat beans and legumes because of all the negative digestive hype they get. I've found that our bodies get used to eating beans without the negative side effects as we introduce them over time and make them a part of our diet. I have so many favorite bean recipes on this blog that I make. A few top winning meals that I make all the time are this black bean salad, this bean lasagna, and these refried beans I use beans as meat extenders and as complete meat substitutes with great success, they are wonderful and delicious, but do need to be seasoned correctly to enjoy them.
4. Add a variety of vegetables
I've found that a large variety of colorful vegetables added to a meal will help ensure that your taste palate doesn't miss the meat. Try a salad buffet for dinner, but be sure to include a large variety to choose from. Our kids love this meal because they get to pick what they want to eat (always a hit with them).
5. Add flavor - garlic, roasted nuts, etc.
In many instances, added flavor can compensate for the absence of meat in a recipe. We love to added raw garlic or roasted nuts to a vegetarian pizza, for example, and it's wonderfully delicious. Another example is this Sesame Cashew Vegetable Stir-Fry that uses a variety of vegetables and nuts to add flavor rather than meat.
Now it's your turn. How do you use less meat in meals? I'd love to hear your ideas. Happy Frugal Friday. Hope you have a great weekend!


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Sunday, May 31, 2015
Log Cabin Table Topper
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So cute! Love the colors!ReplyDelete
So cute! Love the colors!ReplyDelete
Pure wonderful!ReplyDelete
I love it! It is perfect just like that!ReplyDelete
When something says it is 'finished' - listen. I think it is very sweet.ReplyDelete
I love it. I am sure you will find a place for it.ReplyDelete
Love it, love the colours. Doesn't anything more added to it...ReplyDelete
That turned out really nice, love the colors!ReplyDelete
Very cute little finish! : )ReplyDelete
Love it! Great fabricsReplyDelete
Those fabrics are so wonderful, Terry.ReplyDelete
I adore this little quilt. The fabrics are so pretty. Hope you share how you display it, there are many possibilities.ReplyDelete
Pretty! I love the colors!ReplyDelete
love it TerryReplyDelete
Love the Chocolate and Aqua fabrics....ReplyDelete
I was thinking when i saw the original photo how nice they look together just as they are & would make a lovely little quilt. :) Love your little quilt. Hugs,xxReplyDelete
It is so lovely! Just adore the different brown strips you used as borders :)ReplyDelete
I think they look real nice the way you put them togetherReplyDelete
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Working with a webhosting company I get asked all the time — which programming language is better? It's obvious that I'm more bias towards PHP, but there are other great languages out there that may be more suitable for certain people creating certain sites. I've decided to write a nutshell comparison on the most common languages, so you can decide for yourself.
My preferred language, PHP, is the most popular and widely-used dynamic programming language on the Internet. As a result, it's increasingly become easy to learn (I have 4 brain cells and even I could do it) and can be run on virtually any operating system. It's popularity has resulted in the availability of thundreds of contributions, modules, and addons for PHP to increase its functionality and integration with other software. It's also free to download and easy to install (for most people), and is the most common in CMS's and prebundled website software.
The major downside to PHP is that it's so popular that security holes are being found all the time. Its very nature requires some configuration changes and restrictions in order to boost security.
Perl is one of the oldest and most successful languages to date. With thousands of modules that can be added, it can pretty much do anything. While it's currently not as popular as PHP, it's more efficient for server management in its double use as a shell scripting language. It's also open-source and compatible for most all OS's. The only real downside is that it's not as quick and easy to learn, and even the simplest tasks can take more programming and lines of code to accomplish. Also, the camel logo is fugly.
I'll try to be nice about this one. Really, I'm not an ASP fan mainly because it's proprietary to Windows and IIS. That being said, I'm sure you can figure how secure and reliable it is. It's not as actively maintained by its developers (Microsoft) so major bugs have been known to linger for months — unacceptable for busy webmasters trying to manage professional websites. While ASP, .net, and VBScript (aka the ASP family) are all "free", if you want any of the fancy addons or modules for them you'll be owing Microsoft a nice little licensing fee. On a positive note, Chilisoft has made is possible to port ASP over to Linux, so it's no longer 100% platform dependent.
Java Server Pages (developed by Sun) is more similar to the ASP framework, but targeted towards Java fanatics. Out of all the programming languages I've studied in school, JSP is probably my least favorite. Not only is it hard to learn, but there's no such thing as simplicity with it. However, it's very powerful software and is platform-independent, as long as you have a Java Environment for it to run in. Tomcat (an Apache Project) is the most common servlet container for JSP. But, Java takes up a lot of memory and JSP servers are very difficult to maintain and administer for non-experts.
Ruby is one of the newer programming language to hit the web developer market, and it's actually quite close in concept to PHP except that it's 100% object-oriented, and very clean because you don't need as much punctuation. It's also very beginner-friendly, and is growing in popularity. The main disadvantage to Ruby is that it's difficult to troubleshoot runtime errors because its reluctance to declare variables before their use. And being that it's a newer language, there are definitely less resources available and not as many applications currently employing Ruby as a framework. However, it is cross-platform compatible, easy to install, and even easier to learn.
I really don't know a whole lot about Python other than that expert programmers claim that it's such a strong language. I personally think it's crap…my one shot at Python and I find out that it's very whitespace/tab sensitive, so one extra space can ruin your program. Coming from PHP I don't find that very appealing…I personally think it's a mistake, and that its developers just call it a 'programming guideline' since they can't figure out how to fix it. Really, there's no huge benefit in using Python other than for your Google sitemaps, so all I'm going to say is steer clear.
I put this at the bottom of the list because I don't really consider it a programming language, but it is the more predominate and widely used language that all the others revolve around. I do think it's important that every programmer become an expert in HTML before going dynamic with their coding. While other languages rely on HTML for output, it's very common for sites to be purely HTML and nothing else. However, HTML is a static language with no dynamic capabilities in itself whatsoever, so it's somewhat boring on its own


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I have somehow managed to get to the age of 41 without ever having a massage. I have had backrub-type massages from former girlfriends, but never a proper professional massage. Until last week. I'd had a bit of an ache near my shoulder blade for a week or so, and figured it might be a good idea to get it seen to. A friend mentioned a place near his house, so an appointment was made, and off I went.
I arrived just as the lady was arriving, she unlocked the door to this place that had several rooms. She told me to take a seat for a moment. I sat there on a sofa next to an ofreta display thing for the Day of the Dead. She said she was off to change. The building had the feel of a junior school. Echoey rooms and wooden floors. After changing into what seemed to be identical clothes (I still believe her, though, because, on the whole, all of my clothing looks exactly the same). She told me to take my shoes off. I slipped them off, and slowly side-footed them under the shoe rack, and I followed her to a small room. She sat down on the bed explained what she was going to do. Something about energy. She said she might make some noise, and if I wanted to, or felt like it was there, I should let out whatever noise I wished to let out.
"Remove your clothes."
I did. Stood there in my underpants, I said, "Everything?"
"If you are comfortable, yes."
Not wanting to be that person, I slipped off my grundies, and lay down on the table thingy. She told me to relax. Easy said than done, missy; you don't realise that I've not felt utterly relaxed for about twenty years, so, y'know, let's not get too excited. She started rubbing my calves. And then came the noises. Not from me, although I was suppressing laughter. She started moaning and groaning. Kind of like, if you can imagine, a ghost getting a blow job. Rubbing away at my calves and thighs, then grabbing a leg with both hands and stretching it. Then rubbing the bottom of my feet. Ticklish. I tried to concentrate on the sound of the dry leaves the wind was blowing across the skylight.
She told me to move down the table so that my knees were at the bottom edge. Still lying on front. She bent my leg to do some more rubbing. I could feel my shin was nestled between her breasts. Which felt odd. I felt uncomfortable with my leg there, even though she was the one who put it there. But that uncomfortable feeling didn't last long. It was replaced by an even more uncomfortable feeling.
"Now get on your hands and knees."
For clarity's sake: doggy style.
I am naked on my hands and knees.
"Put your head down, so that all your thoughts and ideas can flow out of the corona of your head."
You mean like all the thoughts of you stood there looking at my nuts hanging there while you can see directly into my bumhole? Those thoughts? Yeh, well, those thoughts aren't flowing anywhere right now. They are, in fact, all I can think of. Apart from the big thought: don't fart, Craig.
After way more rubbing of the legs than felt necessary considering I'd explained exactly where my back pain was, she spent some time on my back and shoulders and neck and head. Which was actually quite relaxing. I flipped over, she had a go at my chest and belly, and then told me I could stay here for however long I wanted to, to relax. She put her hands together like a praying person, and thanked me. I thanked her back without the hand stuff. And she left the room. I stayed there lying on the table, "relaxing," for about 0.5 seconds. I got dressed, paid, and left. My shoulder still hurt.
But the next day, it felt a lot better, and has done ever since, so, y'know, it was all worth it.
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Yowzers. Good of you to suffer though that. I personally cannot wait for robots to do massages.
That is hilarious!!
I embarrassed myself at work laughing:) Very Funny!


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Charlie Blackmon slowly walked to his corner locker at Coors Field Friday afternoon. He might as well have been stepping back into his childhood. He asked a team official if he should wear a cap or change into a different shirt. He glanced at the reporters, numbering more than the Rockies roster, and joked, "This is just like it was with the Sky Sox."
Blackmon reached to the top shelf and retrieved a box that eloquently put a bow on a 12-2 home-opening rout of the Diamondbacks.
It was an Ultra Pro case. In it resided the baseball from his sixth hit, which tied Andres Galarraga's franchise record set in 1995. The baseball was authenticated and the plastic read in black stickers and gold letters: Charlie Blackmon, Opening Day 4-4-2014, 6-for-6, 5 RBIs, 5-for-5 Defense.
That about sums it up.
"It's like something you get when you are 12 when you hit a home run," he said, prizing the baseball and knowing the case was given partly tongue-in-cheek. "Sure I have had six hits before. I remember one game in whiffle ball in 1989."
This was the kind of game that happens on lazy days in backyards. Toss the ball, swing hard and yell "the crowd goes wild." It became real for Blackmon, a feat that left him a triple shy of the cycle, something that he was admittedly struggling to wrap his head around.
Blackmon doesn't prepare for prosperity. He loves routines, loves trying so hard to find solutions for mistakes that he's mentally exhausted. It's what pushed him toward his business management/finance degree at Georgia Tech a couple of offseasons ago. And why teammates know where to find him after games.
"He has a routine. He loves to look at film and study everything," said good friend Jordan Pacheco. "That's who Charlie is."
His video analysis was cut short Friday. He watched only his unsuccessful stolen base attempt. He wasn't sure how to handle a 6-for-6, answering with humility – "If I had put my head down and run hard maybe I would have had the triple (in the sixth inning). Lesson learned" – so as not to anger the baseball Gods.
"How does this happen? A little talent and a lot of luck," Blackmon said. "You go into the game, just thinking, let's get that one hit. Let's get the team going. You never think of something like this."
Blackmon was worried about making the team a week ago. He didn't perform well in spring, and with the club bursting with outfielders, he was worried he was heading back to Triple-A. Manager Walt Weiss saw it differently, valuing Blackmon's second half a season ago over anything that happened in March. He is now the primary starter in center field.
and said to laughs, "He will be in there (Saturday)."
Juan Nicasio and Blackmon were the driving forces in a successful curtain-opening to a soldout crowd, including 3,500 revelers screaming from The Rooftop in right field where Carlos Gonzalez's sixth-inning home run nearly landed.
Nicasio and Blackmon both studied for their A's on Friday, with Nicasio allowing one run in seven innings because of his commitment to his off-speed pitches.
"The slider," Nicasio said. "It was important."
He bridged the second and third innings by recording four consecutive outs with the pitch, something preposterous last season when he telegraphed the pitch. He also recorded three groundball outs on his split-fingered changeup, validation of why he's been gripping a slow-pitch softball for hours each day.
"He's definitely matured," pitching coach Jim Wright said. "It's a big step for him."
It has been a remarkable week for Blackmon. He started his first opening day on Monday, with his parents in attendance at Marlins Park, and awarded their commitment to his passion with the best game of his life Friday.
"I just found out the other night that my dad had to camp out one time just to get field time for us in tee-ball when he was coaching," Blackmon said. "I didn't even know it. They made so many sacrifices to get me to this point. This is a special day."
Troy E. Renck: email@example.com or twitter.com/troyrenck
Super 6
Charlie Blackmon set a Rockies home-opener record Friday with six hits. The previous bests:
5: Aaron Miles, April 4, 2005
4: Eric Young, April 9, 1993
4: Joe Girardi, April 26, 1995
4: Neifi Perez, April 12, 1999
4: Clint Barmes, April 4, 2005
Source: Stats LLC
Diamondbacks' Brandon McCarthy (0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. Rockies' Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 10.38), 6:10 p.m. Sat- urday; ROOT, 850 AM
De La Rosa was nails in his opening-day start against the Marlins — until the fifth inning. After matching pitches with Miami ace Jose Fernandez, De La Rosa unraveled and gave up five runs. Before getting yanked, the lefty and catcher Wilin Rosario got in a spat on the mound about pitch signals. Asked on Friday whether Rosario will catch for De La Rosa on Saturday, manager Walt Weiss paused, then said: "Maybe." It will come down to matchups in the Rockies' batting lineup, Weiss added.
Nick Groke, The Denver Post
Sunday: Diamondbacks' Wade Miley (1-1, 5.25 ERA) vs. Rockies' Brett Anderson (0-1, 4.50), 2:10 p.m., ROOT
Monday: White Sox's Felipe Paulino (0-0, 1.69) vs. Rockies' Jordan Lyles (1-0, 7.20), 6:40 p.m., ROOT
Tuesday: White Sox's Jose Quintana (0-0, 3.00) vs. Rockies' Franklin Morales (0-0, 5.06), 6:40 p.m., ROOT


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Justifying our BS…we are all guilty of it.
People don't need life coaches; they need quality friends that have permission to call them out on their JBS.
A typical sentence justifying BS usually begins with, "I only…" One very common example of JBS is when a person says "I only smoke when I have a drink."
I was once dating a girl and I caught her smoking. She told me she only smokes when she has a drink. I let it slide because I was young, dumb, and unable to spot BS like I can now. After a while, she started having a glass of wine at noon. It wasn't that she wanted a glass of wine; it was to justify her smoking.
Sometimes we are so good at justifying our BS that we don't realize that we are doing it. Sometimes we rely on our BS so much, that we acknowledge it, but look right past it.
I have an unhealthy relationship with food. I have other vices, but I would give them all up to be able to eat myself into a coma every night. The greatest high for me is eating until I'm so full that I not only hate myself, but I hate the people around me. Then I get to struggle to make my way to a semi-comfortable place to lie down and pass out. It's the best sleep ever!
I understand how unhealthy this is. I have been doing a good job regulating my caloric intake. I only turn to food when I'm stressed out. I don't know how long I have been doing this, probably since I was a child.
I recently found myself in a good mood, but I forced myself to relive bad memories, listen to songs that reminded me of good times just so that I could miss them, and think about all of the bad that has happened to me just in order to justify having large late night meals.
I had to call myself out on that. When I'm aware that there is food in my fridge late at night and I know that I'm not hungry, just greedy, I call myself out on it.
I have an irregular sleep schedule. I stay up until 4:00 a.m. and I usually climb out of bed around 10:00 a.m. I tell myself that I'm most creative and productive at night. My late nights make me happy. I recently realized why. My demons come out at night. I consume 75% of my calories between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.
One of the closest people to me, Alice, noticed how bad I am at night and called me on it. She suggested that I go to sleep before my demons awake. I took heed, and for the last week I've been forcing myself to go to bed at 9:00 pm.
I've been waking up at 5:00 a.m. and immediately going to the gym. I work out and get hours of work done before I normally would have been awake. I realize that my "creativity" was, in reality, just eating late night meals and writing blogs while "The Office" reruns play in the background.
Being aware of flaws and bad habits is the first step to fixing them and making improvements as a person.
In regards to my training, I don't fight with my hands up. When I'm called out on it by a coach I say "I only have my hands down because it helps me balance with my unorthodox movements.
I've lost fights because of this. Losing a split decision against Brazil to qualify for the Olympic Games, could have been avoided by having my hands up. I paid a price for my JBS. I have to eat the truth.
I have surrounded myself with people who support all of my decisions, as statistically unlikely as they are. But, make no mistake; they will call me out on things. Ed Latimore, my co-host on Awesome Talks Podcast (available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and iHeart Radio) has been one of those people who call me out with no mercy. I love that about him. He doesn't allow our friendship to cloud his ability to call me out.
When I say "calling someone out", I don't mean cutting them down. My coach, John Brown, will ask me if I'm training hard. He already knows the answer, but I still say, "You know it!", or whatever other nonsense I come up with to get out of that conversation.
He has never called me lazy, or yelled at me for a lack of training, even when my attention is diverted towards something other than boxing. He simply pokes the fat on my sides and doesn't say a word. This is his way of calling me out. I understand that. I need that.
The most supportive person in my life is Matt Mays. When I look back at our ten year friendship, I'm curious as to why he has never snuck into my bedroom to smother me in my sleep.
He is my biggest enabler. If I have a crazy idea, he will support it 100%. I'm aware that he knows some of my ideas are crazy, but he knows that I don't need the truth. I'm simply looking for someone to help me lie to myself.
There have been times when he sits me down and tells me the messes that I must clean up in my life. He tells me when I'm in the wrong. He tells me when I need to reconsider decisions. He tells me when I'm too distracted and getting sloppy with my boxing. And, he is the first one to alert me when I'm gaining weight and getting out of shape.
The people around me are my "life coaches." I remove cancerous friends from my circle so that I can trust the people around me. When they called me out and I don't agree with them, odds are I'm JBS'ing.
I'm the product of many mistakes and a lot of help from a lot of people. "Awesome" is just a collaboration of all of the advice and help I've received over the years.
Two quotes that I hold dearly are:
"You are a sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with."-Jim Rohn
"Don't tell people your problems. 90% of the people you tell won't care and the other 10% are glad you've got them."-Lou Holtz
I agree with the latter quote, but I think your top 5 will care. So select these 5 people wisely. You are blinded by yourself and need guidance through your own darkness.
The people around you are the people that will help you. How often do you evaluate who the people around you are?
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Rusty Eveland showed his animated grocery carts and talked about animating in public places. Lynn Tomlinson discussed producing music for her films and her clay-painting technique.
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May 1, 2013
Emerging from a primary campaign that lacked the intensity many anticipated, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey held off delegation mate Rep. Stephen Lynch in Tuesday's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, moving on to face former Navy SEAL and political upstart Gabriel Gomez in a late June special election that will pit a 36-year-veteran of Congress against a political newcomer.
Markey and Gomez are vying for the U.S. Senate seat held for 28 years by Secretary of State John Kerry before he accepted the State Department job from President Obama in January.
Markey did not mention Gomez by name during his victory speech at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston, but later assailed the new face of the GOP for refusing, as former Sen. Scott Brown did, to sign a pledge banning what Markey called a "tsunami of polluted political money" that will flood Massachusetts from conservative billionaires like the Koch brothers and Super PACs led by Karl Rove and others.
"They are ready to move mountains of money to buy this election," Markey said, calling on Gomez again to sign the so-called "People's Pledge."
Markey, 66, defeated Lynch, 58, with 57 percent of the vote to Lynch's 42 percent, applauding the former ironworker from South Boston at a victory rally in downtown Boston as his "brother in the Democratic party."
"My father was a milkman. Every day he got up and delivered the goods. And in the United States Senate, I'm going to deliver results," Markey told his supporters, ticking off his support and fights in Congress for gun control, clean water, safe ports and affordable health care.
In Gomez, Markey will be up against a socially moderate Republican with Colombian roots and a military and business background. Gomez supports gay marriage, term limits and fiscal restraint. "The fight begins tonight to ensure the Republicans do not win this seat," Markey said.
Former Gov. Michael Dukakis predicted that the next seven weeks would be "very tough" and won "on the streets" by reaching out to voters.
Dukakis said Gomez's newcomer status could be an advantage for the Republican, especially in light of the difficulties presented by a shortened special election timetable in conveying a message and defining an opponent.
"I have no idea who he is or where he stands, and in way that can be an advantage," Dukakis said.
Thomas O'Neill III, a public relations consultant and former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, said Democrats were still trying to "figure out" Gomez. "Democrats don't know him, and he hasn't defined himself," O'Neill told the News Service.
State Sen. Karen Spilka, an Ashland Democrat who is weighing a run for Markey's seat should he win, said Markey's experience in Congress should be viewed by Democrats as a positive. "At a time like this, I think we can use someone who can hit the ground running, not someone who needs two or three years to come up to speed," Spilka said, previewing a potential line of attack on Gomez as inexperienced in politics.
Markey advisers suggested some of first knocks against Gomez would be on guns, abortion and entitlement programs, calling the Republican nominee an opponent of bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines and someone who can't be counted upon to protect Social Security and Medicaid or a woman's right to choose.
"We need to make the NRA stand for Not Relevant Anymore. I want these guns off our streets," Markey said.
Overshadowed in the weeks leading up to the primary by the Boston Marathon bombings, candidates on both sides of the race largely failed to generate a wellspring of interest from voters coming down from a lengthy, grueling U.S. Senate race in 2012 between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown.
Turnout was low across the state, propped up in places like South Boston where there was also a special election for state Senate and in the more than 80 municipalities that scheduled local elections to piggyback off the Senate primaries.
A stalwart liberal Democrat from Malden, Markey has represented the suburbs north and west of Boston in Congress for the past 36 years and he campaigned on many of the causes that have been central to his political career for a generation, emphasizing his support for abortion rights, environmental protection, gun control and Obama's landmark health care law that Lynch voted against.
From the start of the race, Markey emerged as the clear favorite of the Democratic establishment, racking up early endorsements and nods of support from Kerry and national Democrats.
Lynch, however, embraced the role of underdog, waging a campaign focused on appealing to working-class voters like those he grew up with in South Boston as a union leader and ironworker. Elected to Congress in a special election held on Sept. 11, 2001, the more socially conservative Lynch relied on his union roots to appeal to middle class voters as he tried to paint Markey as a Beltway insider.
Even as polls and conventional wisdom predicted a Markey victory from the outset, Lynch insisted up until his final rally on Monday night that he would prevail.
The campaign between the two long-time colleagues lacked a degree of bite, but Lynch did amplify his attacks on Markey in the first debate after the terror attack in Boston, accusing Markey of not adequately supporting homeland security.
Markey focused his criticism of Lynch on the South Boston Democrat's vote against the Affordable Care Act. Lynch was the only member of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to oppose the bill, a vote Markey called a mistake and one that ran counter to the ideals of expanding access to affordable health care championed by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
George Bachrach, a former state senator who ran Markey's first campaign for Congress in 1976, said, "I don't think anyone can accuse him of jumping in line or not waiting his turn, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone more prepared to do this job."
Citing Markey's fights in Congress against the National Rifle Association, British Petroleum after the gulf oil spill and his support of clean energy, Bachrach dismissed criticism that Markey had been handpicked and propelled by national Democratic interests.
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Democrats plan a "unity breakfast" at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston for Wednesday morning to rally behind Markey as the party's candidate for U.S. Senate. Gov. Deval Patrick and other officials plan to attend.


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I know I said we weren't going to have a "proper" Christmas tree this year, but since Spence has been pulling the fabric one off the wall anyway, & Punk has been enthralled with every Christmas tree we pass, when I saw this old plastic tree complete with vintage baubles (the type of which I honestly haven't seen for years & years) at the oppy for $5… well.
It's smaller than the tree we have so I was able to put it up on the cupboard away from my grabby babe & I can't tell you how happy it has made me!
If you're going to have a plastic tree, you might as well have one that screams it from the rooftops first of all. This tree doesn't pretend to be a real tree, it says "I'm plastic. I have hard spikey plastic branches & a trunk moulded to look like no wood you've ever seen. Deal with it."
Then there is the Santa. I don't know if he's supposed to be a tree topper, but he's bloody perfect as one.
And the baubles. Oh, the baubles! Look at the colours! I had to re-thread about half of them, they either had no cord to hang them or had already been restrung on elastic bands that were so old & brittle they broke into pieces when I picked them up.
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And that is our Christmas tree. It makes me smile every time I look at it. It is going to see years of happy Christmases now, I hope it's already had many.