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The 428-cubic-inch V8 motor in the top of the line model was conservatively rated at 335 horses, but like so many other engines of the day it was highly underrated. How much it actually spit out depended on the individual car, but more than 400 horsepower wasn't unheard of. In a car unladen by all the weighty safety features we've got today, that translated into a forceful amount of acceleration. And it didn't look too bad doing it.
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How to Engage With Socially Conscious Consumers
Consumers around the world are interested in companies that have implemented programs to give back to society, and the numbers are growing. And that interest is translating into a willingness to spend more on products and services from companies that give back to society. From 2011 to 2013, willingness to spend more increased in 43 out of 58 countries measured in Nielsen's latest Global Survey on Corporate Social Responsibility. Across demographic groups, social-consciousness is also a growing factor in the purchase process.
"Today, the question is not whether consumers care about social impact, but which ones, how much and how to appeal to them," said Nic Covey, vice president of corporate social responsibility at Nielsen. "The answer isn't necessarily a traditional cause-marketing campaign—general responsibility, sustainable innovation and purpose messaging might also engage these consumers. No matter the approach, savvy brands are figuring out how to hit this nerve."
For companies interested in getting started, first compare your brand's consumer segments and markets against the rates of social-consciousness shown in the chart below. Are your customers more or less likely to care? Next, determine whether traditional modes of cause-marketing or "transactional philanthropy" can and should be authentically executed by your brand.
Alternatively or in addition, are there messages of core purpose and shared value about the brand that you could more deliberately communicate to consumers? When effectively conveyed, a powerful purpose demonstrating shared value ought to be more effective and sustainable than a stand-alone cause effort any day, but this approach will not work for every brand and category.
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- Willingness to spend more on socially responsible products by demographic group.
- Willingness to spend more on socially responsible products by country.
- A gap between willingness to spend more on socially-responsible products and self-reporting purchasing habits.
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The Nielsen Global Survey on Corporate Social Responsibility was conducted between February 18 and March 8, 2013 and polled more than 29,000 online consumers in 58 countries throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and North America. The sample has quotas based on age and sex for each country based on their Internet users, and is weighted to be representative of Internet consumers and has a maximum margin of error of ±0.6%. This Nielsen survey is based on the behavior of respondents with online access only. Internet penetration rates vary by country. Nielsen uses a minimum reporting standard of 60 percent Internet penetration or 10 million online population for survey inclusion. The Nielsen Global Survey, which includes the Global Consumer Confidence Index, was established in 2005.

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I've been running Team Viewer 12 personal edition for a while with no problems on Windows 7 64-bit. Since this Tuesday, when I try to do a remote session with my other pc I cannot get to the password entry box when I click the 'Connect to partner' button. Out of frustration, I tried a rapid double-click which worked once but when I tried again, I receive this error & cannot try for a timeout period of about 15 mins: "You established and aborted connections too frequently". Is there a bug with this latest version?
Hi @deeve,
This is actually an important security feature in TeamViewer, which has existed for quite a long time. The feature exists as one of the methods we use to protect TeamViewer from brute-force attacks from botnets or would-be hackers.
If someone tries to make multiple connections to the same TeamViewer ID over a short period of time, they will automatically be blocked, for several minutes, from making further connections. This will happen if you click the "Connect to partner" button repeatedly.
You will need to wait for the indicated amount of time before being able to connect again.
Hi jeremy,
This is more acurately, a change of terms. I thought to see what would happen if I registered an account with Team Viewer & guess what? It now miraculously connects as it used to.
FYI, waiting for the indicated time (there was never any specific time given) & trying again did not make any difference to this behaviour, or lack of, to be more acurate.
Hi @deeve,
Can you clarify what you mean by a change of terms? Which terms are you referring to?
The behaviour I described above - that you will be automatically blocked for several minutes if you click the "Connect to partner" button repeatedly - is not affected in any way at all by having a TeamViewer account. This security feature exists whether you are signed into an account or not.
However, once the blocked time has expired, you should be able to connect once again to the remote computer.
Sure Jeremy, I was being facetious. The timeout feature you mention did not permit me to log on after it had passed. I did not press the connect button repeatedly for the sake of it - I did so because I could not activate the connection password dialogue box as I was used to doing before. The double clicking was a frustrated attempt to beat the disconnect that was occuring - and this technique did actually work, once.
My English sense or irony was therefore implying that since I registered for a user account, as if by magic, the Connect button now mysteriously works, again.
Okay, gotcha - thanks for clarifying! :)
This should really be changed to only count failed logins.
This limit just hit me when connecting to a flaky machine, I've disconnected and reconnected about a dozen times in the last two minutes and now it's telling me I have to sit and wait.
Brute force protection is a good thing, but valid correctly-authenticating connections are not a brute force.
@Jeremy wrote:
> they will automatically be blocked, for several minutes
Can you offer any guidance on the definition of "several minutes"? My client's WiFi connection is demonstrably bad so I've been hit with this error message a few times. Since my client pays me for my time, it would be important to know how long I need to to wait.
Agreed, this is incredibly annoying and frustrating. We have a paid license for Teamviewer and trying to help a client out and I got locked out of hteir machine and I have no idea how long I need to wait before trying again. Terrible design. If you need to confirm I am not a bot, how about presenting a captcha? How about helping your customers instead of **bleep**ing them off.
I am in the same boat. Paid license and i cant conenct to a client becauseof this stupid feature. I had to restart the modem so was hitting connect a few times to see when it came back online. Now i am sitting here, not earning money ,waitingt for some undisclosed amount of time to pass. You must have a better way of doing this.
That doesn't explain why this happens for errors like WaitForConnectFailed where the password exchange never even happened and it's your router that decided to end the connection attempt rather than wait longer like I want it to.
"for a while" is NOT an indicated time. How long do I have to wait, a minute, a day or a year?
Hi all,
As mentioned in my previous post, you only need to wait for several minutes - approximately 10 to 15 minutes should be enough (it's not exact)..
we are encountering the same problem here. This is NO indication of how long we have to wait. This is very frustrating. We need to help our customers and we cannot as we are locked out !
How can we remove this "superb" security feature ? We are not being paid here for being not able to help people. Do we need to go back in TeamViewer version ? This can't be serious.
Please provide a solution !
Kind regards,
Right in the middle of a stressful network down situation i was hit with this stupid problem. Switched to Logmein to get the job done.
Please hear your customers feedback - this is dealbreaking problem that will make people switch to another solution.
I have just had trhis problem when being impatient waiting for a machine to reboot, so not entirely sure how that is a security feature when it was not instigated by the remote machine but TV running on my laptop, just because it could not connect to the remote machine about 4 times in a row with a message similar to "Team viewer is not running on the remote computer"! This is really rubbish, please remove this "feature" (bug) or get it to work properly
Me too!
Please disable this "feature". We also have a corporate license for TV 12, and have lately big problems logging in to our customers.
Currently unable to connect to one of my client machines with this error, which means I have a retail terminal unable to trade, so this is actively costing my company money.
Note I have had multiple SUCCESSFUL connections, just a **bleep** connection at the client end neccessitating re-establishing connections. Happily we're in the process of renewing - I feel I'll be making recommendations for other solutions.
Same happening here too connecting to a very slow machine. Very frustrating
I just had this annoying problem as well. First I tried to connect and then I guess the client quite TeamViewer in the same moment. After that he opened it again and it didn't work anymore. It was always trying to connect. We both restartet our machines and it still didn't work. I wasted a lot of time and money. Additionally it made me look unprofessional.
This is very bad design!!!
it says ive tried and disconected too many times nbut this was due to you saying i had not enough connections so kept trying to see when one came free now one is free i cant connect what a S******D design this is/!!
This is the reason why you should not pay for this software.
I'm in agreement with everyone else, implement a captcha. Security is useless if the people that have access to a resource cannot due to security limitations.
At what point will Teamviewer support take notice? We have a paid license to use this software product, which we purchased based on recommendations of others... I wonder how long those recommendations will continue if Teamviewer support turns a deaf ear to this thread? We pay for the software, do not limit our use with this poor design.
how much time is the official time required to wait? we have an observatory at the top of a remote mountain with a very bad internet connection and it would be good to know how to keep from locking up like this.
so it's a random amount of time between 10 and 15 minutes? It would be acceptable to state that.
For those of you complaining about this, it's not TVs fault that there are sick people out there who get satisfaction from just causing problems for others. Think of this as protection for DoS attacks. Brute force attacks are those where someone/something is iterating through credentials and possible passwords. TV is protecting from both.
I'd prefer that the TV server (not the remote client which may be behind a flaky internet) give the option to authenticate or reauthenticate my connection to TV. I'm getting locked out after reattempting connections numerous times, but with 30 seconds between the attempts.
@mogulskier wrote:
For those of you complaining about this, it's not TVs fault that there are sick people out there who get satisfaction from just causing problems for others. Think of this as protection for DoS attacks. Brute force attacks are those where someone/something is iterating through credentials and possible passwords. TV is protecting from both.
This is FAR below the level of DoS. Their stated reason for this error message is to prevent password brute force attacks. The bug is that they are counting connection attempts that never even got to the password exchange phase and they are even doing this for people that are logged into accounts trying to connect to computers that are assigned to them with easy access.
The obvious reason they aren't fixing this bug is because this thread currently only has 11 "me too" votes. They don't mind shafting their users as long as it's only a minority.
Might have to switch off this software because of this trash.
This should be able to be disabled.. Now I have a client that I cant help in a crunch because your software locked me out for an UNKNOWN TIME over multi clicks..
Byebye Teamviewer.. We gotta dump you.
Has anyone ever tried to call support for this issue?
I did today, and they pointed to the remote computer being the issue, but couldn't go any further obviously because I couldn't connect to it. Rebooting the machine resolved the issue, but didn't reveal the problem.
They instructed me to grab the log files from the remote computer (Extras >> Open Log Files), and open a support ticket (https://www.teamviewer.com/en/support/) so they can analyze it. They also have a data collector (http://download.teamviewer.com/support/TeamViewer_SupportCollector.exe) that can be used that seemingly creates log files in a more controlled manner, but ultimately provides the same information as the log files, according to the person I spoke with.
So, TeamViewer Staff: could you direct us in the right direction next time instead of just telling us the obvious? This thread is two pages at the time. There was no solution posted, and I have to say issues like this make products from other vendors much more appealing. We NEED support. It isn't a luxury with a paid product. Thanks for listening and improving.
-A Paying Customer
This is very annoying. Moreover there should be a more accurate system to prevent DDOS. A brute force attack implies thousands of connections / sec in order to be possible. Unless a user tried to connect with such frequency (tough for a human being isn't it ?), why blocking him for 2 or 3 failed attempt within the same minute ????
And if I don't wait enough and try again, do I get re-timed out for another 10-15 minutes ?
Thanks in advance for the answer.
And indeed this is really an inconvenient way to implement DOS/brute force protection.
I landed in this situation because of flaky connection on the remote I was trying to connect to and re-tried several times (at a human pace, waiting for a few seconds before retrying...)
Wow, this is maybe the worst anti-Dos system I have seen, it affects everyone negatively. Will not pay for teamviewer until they fix this
give me the ability to disable this on specific remote clients that will fix bad connection situations and failed connections
This is very silly !!
I am trying to recover my PC remotely that has been hit by ransomware, I have one millon issues to solve, and you are adding a layer of difficulty to my situation. Why? I didn't ask you to take precautions of how many times I will access MY pc.
This is indeed a very stupid option. I want to give support to a client who does not start Teamviewer correctly a number of times and now I have to wait until this stupid option allows me to connect again. Disable this feature immediatly if the code sees that you use a registered and offical version!
Me too. How annoying is this. I was just now idly hitting connect repeatedly waiting for a computer that had just been rebooted to come online. I waa in a real hurry which was why I was doing this and lo and behold I suddenly get locked out for an unstated time period - I think it said "wait some time". Firstly, how will telling me what that period of time is compromise security. Secondly, how do I know if I try again before that unknown period has expired whether it will restart the timeout. What an absolute farcical way of handling it. What's even more farcical is that this thread has been running for over a year and I see no acknowledgement from TV that it is a **bleep** up. I pay $1,000 per year for this s/w. I expect it to work when I need it.
I will let my subscription lapse this year and run with [competitor link removed by moderator per Community Guidelines] . This serves about 90% of my calls. No one responded to my calls here asking for pay per session so stuff them - I'm off. Watch this post get deleted in quick time too.
As an interesting aside, I'm curious about the automatic censorship on this forum software. What I actually said in that previous post was "c**k up" which in the UK is not perceived as swearing, however by replacing it with "*bleep* up" it makes it look like I used the F-word - which I didn't !
another **bleep**ed off customer here. I'm sat late at work, my chinese colleague is up in the middle of the night and we can't use TeamViewer because it wont connect agaon for a mystery amount of time.
Flakey connections are super common around the world - this "feature" makes me want to scream
whats with this stupid security feature.
developers, just implement a effing capcha already if your reason is security.
this terrible design is still going on... this is the worst attempt at bruteforce blocking i've ever seen. currently unable to connect to a client that needs help now, not some unknown time into the future from now.
Why would you want to block yourself from connectivty? I'm trying to get in to my machines - i'm autnenticated on your client, but it says I cannot connect due to too many frequent connections. It only takes a couple tries to get this annoying feature. Be nice to be able to disable it.
I agree...... it's a really unprofessional and annoying feature. I cannot imagine having to tell the customer that you are at the mercy of this software for an unkown amount of time. I only use teamviewer in places where 3389 is blocked.
5 mins, and it's still telling me blocked. This is why I won't pay for Teamtimewaster.
Maybe put the ACTUAL TIME in so we know exactly how long to wait?
Also, a WARNING would be really helpful. Like, "the next connection that is aborted will lead to a wait."
I had no idea this was going to happen. Frustrating as **bleep**.
@jschiav wrote:
Maybe put the ACTUAL TIME in so we know exactly how long to wait?
Also, a WARNING would be really helpful. Like, "the next connection that is aborted will lead to a wait."
I had no idea this was going to happen. Frustrating as **bleep**.
Exactly !! There are so many ways in which this ridiculous *feature* could be made tolerable, but the longer this thread goes on the more I am beginning to think that TV do not listen to their users, or read their own community messages, and the more likely I am to switch to ConnectWise having signed up for a free trial when this first happened.
Found this thread after googling this stupid error.
Congratulations, I"m never buying a license, and moving to [deleted by moderator].
This was the most inconvenient thing I've ever seen.
I went from new potential customer to "**bleep**ed off" in a matter of 30 minutes.
Great Job
Me too, paid Team Viewer 13, customers Team Viewer was taking forever to open so I clicked connect a few too many times it seems & the customer has been waiting with health patients sitting waiting for my team viewer to connect due to this silly overprotective mode without an eta for me to give to the customer ridiculous, luckily after it not connecting I realised I have 2 IP Address thanks to VPN & just switched off VPN & it worked as it was a different IP address... it's a lame security feature which a brute force attacker could easily switch IP Addresses.
FYI to all if you are desperate & have vpn just either connect to vpn or disconect vpn if you were on it already this will be your work around till TeamViewer gets their act together if they ever do as I can see this thread has been open for a year or so...!
Hi Jabuticaba,
Brute force protection is a necessary part of the software and unfortunately for the protection of our users and the system this cannot be removed. We understand this thread is still open, but even though we understand the feature can cause some frustration, it must be kept in place.
Also, please note that the IP switch method is not true for most cases.
That's a very depressing answer if you represent TeamViewer. What about all the suggestions there have been in this thread of making it tolerable such as firstly warning it's going to happen and secondly giving an ETA of when one can try again. I think my decision to evaluate ConnectWise was a good one.
Hello Scotty,
I can understand the need for brute force attack protection, however when this happend to me it was when I had remotely rebooted the remote client, I clicked on connect before it had fully restarted and got the message "Team Viewer is not running ont the client" (or somethign like that), so tried again, same message, tried again and got locked out. So it was not as if I had tried quickly in sucession with incorrect credentials, it was just that the first few times TV was not fully running and able to accept connections, so really think there is a flaw in the logic somewhere. At the very least a message should be displayed on the remote client stating what has happened and allowing the user on the remote client to over rule the system and allow the connection. Also a bit disapointing it has taken so long for someone at TV to reply to this thread.


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20mph Zones and Limits
"Research shows that reducing speed on the roads dramatically reduces the severity of collisions and encourages more people to walk. There are approximately 560 20mph speed limits and zones in Wales, many of which have been funded by the Welsh Government"[1].
There are two distinct types of 20mph areas possible:
20mph zones, are designed to be "self-enforcing" by installation of traffic calming measures which are introduced along with the change in the speed limit. Speed humps, chicanes, road narrowing, planting and other measures are typically used to both physically and visually reinforce the shared nature of the road.
20mph limits
20mph limits, which consist of a speed limit change but no physical measures to reduce vehicle speeds within the areas. Drivers are alerted to the speed limit with 20mph speed limit repeater signs.
20mph limits are most appropriate for roads where average speeds are already low, and the guidance suggests below 24mph. The layout and use of the road must also give the clear impression that a 20mph speed or below is the most appropriate.
As well as road safety benefits, it is important to highlight the contribution that 20mph zones can have in encouraging more physical activity, such as walking and cycling, by contributing towards a safer environment. The money spent on the schemes can also greatly improve the character of a residential area and quality of life of the residents.[2]
GoSafe and 20mph areas
GoSafe have long advocated compliance with speed limits in order to contribute to safer roads: speed is often an aggravating factor in frequency and/or severity of collisions. We support our communities by enforcing at sites of concern which evidence lack of compliance with the speed limit. GoSafe welcomes the development of a national speed awareness course which will contribute to the awareness of drivers exceeding the speed limit through 20mph areas.
[1] http://wales.gov.uk/docs/det/publications/130719delplanen.pdf
[2] Source: http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/adviceandinformation/highway/20-mph-zones.aspx


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Normally I don't go in for canine cosplay, but I have to admit that Blitzen the American Eskimo looks especially dashing in this Number Eleven costume. It must be hard to get those witty quips out when you have to hold your sonic screwdriver in your mouth.
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The production and consumption of wine in Argentina dates back to over four hundred years ago when the first specimens of Vitis vinifera were brought to the Americas by the Spanish colonizers in the early 16th century.
In 1551, the first vines were planted in Argentina, spreading rapidly in the central, western and northeastern areas of the country. Favored by the optimum soil and weather conditions of the Andean region, the winemaking industry experienced rapid, extensive growth.
The Catholic priests who came to these lands planted vineyards near their monasteries to ensure the provision of wine for the celebration of Holy Mass.
During the XIX century, European immigrants introduced new vinegrowing techniques and grape varieties, which found an ideal environment for their development in the Andes and the Río Colorado Valley.
Between 1850 and 1880, Argentina eventually got to join the international economic networks. Two factors made this possible: the expansion of the railway, which contributed to the development of communications among the provinces; and the incorporation of Patagonia to the national territory after the Conquest of the Desert, which forced the indigenous peoples of the region to retreat. The incorporation of lands that were well-suited to agricultural and livestock production and the arrival of immigrants laid the foundations for the development of the wine industry as a national industry.
During this period, in 1853, the Quinta Normal – the first school of agriculture in the country – was created in Mendoza. Michel Aimé Pouget was appointed as the Quinta's Principal and was the first to introduce French vines in Mendoza, to promote their cultivation and to teach scientific methods to improve fruit development. Both Mendoza and San Juan saw changes leading to the modernization of the industry.
The passing of the Water Act and the creation of the General Irrigation Department, together with the implementation of measures promoting agricultural development and credit for the implantation of vineyards, the construction of wineries and the incorporation of cutting-edge machinery and technology, as well as the development of qualified human resources for the development of wine-growing on the basis of scientific knowledge, all contributed to the expansion of vineyard acreage and an increase in the amount of produced wine.
By 1873, Argentina already had 5,000 acres of vineyards, and by 1893, that area had expanded five-fold to 25,000 acres.
The expansion of the vineyard area and the growth of the wineries led to changes in the land, the landscape and the architecture.
Early in the 1900's, the vineyard area had reached 519,800 acres.
In the 1960's the production and elaboration system was finally complete, with large winemaking establishments, bottling plants and a solid distribution and retail network covering the main centers of consumption across the country.
In the 1970's the prevailing model, based on the production of large volumes of low quality wines geared towards the domestic market, collapsed. The sweeping entry of soft drinks and beer into the market led to a drop in the consumption of table wine from 90 liters per capita in 1970 to 55 liters per capita in 1991. Between 1982 and 1992 extensive uprooting of vineyards was undertaken, and 36% of the existing vineyards were removed.
By the end of the 1980's and the early 1990's a new era began for the Argentine wine industry. The arrival of Neoliberalism in the national economy led to the implementation of a model of adjustment and the incorporation of Argentina into the global market. New local and foreign businesspeople came into the scene. They geared the industry towards the production of small volumes of top quality wines, both for export and for domestic consumption. Due to the incorporation of new technologies, growing systems, grape stock selection techniques and marketing systems, the Argentine wine industry has found its place in the international market.
*Source: "Argentina Tiempo de Cosecha". Homenaje a la vitivinicultura en el Bicentenario de la Patria. Josefina Rosner ediciones. 2010.


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The Merits of Marathons (no running required)
My husband: Good night. I'm gonna crash.
Me, pausing the DVD player: Is the TV gonna bother you? I just want to finish this episode.
My husband: Nah, I can sleep through anything. See you in the morning.
My husband: When did you get up? Wait, have you been watching Supernatural this whole time?
Me (sheepishly): I, uh, just want to finish this season...
The above is a dramatization. But not by much.
In the last couple of years, I've noticed more and more TV channels running marathons-TNT doing the entire season of Leverage in a day, or USA showing back-to-back-to-back episodes of House. They're simply catching up with what a lot of viewers have already been doing thanks to the advantages of TV on DVD (as well as DVR, where you can hoarde episodes of something and then binge later or downloading episodes from iTunes, etc). I have one friend who doesn't watch a show during the season but waits for the DVD to come out and catches up summer/off-season.
I've already mentioned on this blog how I was too much of a weenie to watch Supernatural when it originally aired, but then I had a flight delay that lasted for hours...hours Trish helpfully filled with a DVD of first season epidoes. This was in February of the third season...and by the time the show returned from its spring hiatus, I owned seasons 1 &2, had bought all the season 3 eps on-line and was all caught up. This was probably my most exaggerated bout of DVD mania, but there have been other flare-ups. When I discovered Veronica Mars late in the first season, I stopped watching because I knew I wanted to see it all in order. I brought the DVDs the day they came out, and once I popped one in, it didn't come back out until I'd watched all four (by which point my husband had usually hidden the case from me so that I didn't get sucked into another three and a half hours of television).
The funny thing is that this kind of marathon viewing can alter the experience. I enjoy some complicated shows, like Lost and Battlestar Galactica, but have trouble remembering all the pertinent details across myriad seaons. (My husband has trouble staying emotionally invested--he says it's tough to care about the problems of fictional characters four and a half years later, but since I have a much looser grasp on reality than he does, this hasn't been a problem). I'm the type of person who, once engrossed in a good book, will forgo sleep to get to the end and I've always felt really bad for writers of TV shows. They put so much effort into their plotlines and characters, which are sometimes interrupted by scheduling changes, sports playoffs, hiatus, etc. It can make the storyline seem disjointed when that's not the case. As a writer, I feel like watching it uninterrupted and on my own timeline (the way I can with a book), I get the truer experience.
Then again, if you watch ten episodes in a week, any problems or inconsistencies in the show become GLARINGLY obvious. You may discover certain pet peeves that you didn't realize you had. And you lose some of the main benefits we've discussed here a lot--fandom synergy.
Kripke and Co. rock out loud when it comes to cliff hangers. Even the cuts to commerical, which are often heralded by what they call at Television without Pity the "metal teeth chomp," are timed for maximum impact. And while DVD marathon viewing allows me to skip right on to the next scene or episode, it doesn't allow me to get online at places like this with intellectual analysis such as, "OMG, did you guys SEE that? How the heck are they going to get out of this??????" And with a show like this one, isn't that nearly half the fun?
What do you guys think--do you get burned out on a show if you over-indulge, preferring to slowly savor over time, or do you like to binge and lose an entire weekend staring into Sammy's eyes and grinning back at Dean's smirk?


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A year from now, they'll be playing the first Super Bowl in a cold-weather city with an open-air stadium.
And it won't be in pro football's birthplace.
It won't be in the home of the franchise with six Lombardi Trophies, still more than anyone else.
It won't be in the back yard of the family that's done as much as anyone to make the NFL *- and the Super Bowl - the multibillion-dollar monolith it's become.
It won't be in Pittsburgh.
It'll be in East Rutherford, N.J. The one after that will be in Phoenix. And the one after that, the landmark 50th edition, the one that would make such a fine fit for a city that loves its football like perhaps no other, that'll probably wind up elsewhere, too.
Remind me, please: Why is that?
Let's cut through a reasons-Pittsburgh-can't-have-a-Super-Bowl checklist, if you will ...
Problem: No dome.
Response: No duh. But who cares?
It was 33 degrees and cloudy this past Sunday at MetLife Stadium, next year's site.
Oh, the humanity.
Roger Goodell himself laughed off weather worries last week in New Orleans: "Football is made to be played in the elements. Some of our most classic games were played in extreme weather conditions. We know them all, the 'Ice Bowl,' some of the games that I look back as a fan and say, 'That was fun.' "
Exactly. Fun.
It was 26 degrees with a few snow flurries on the North Shore this past Sunday. What a scene that would make for a Super Bowl.
It would be fairer, too, if you ask me. There's no reason that dome and warm-weather teams should hold any advantage.
Problem: Stadium's too small.
Response: Maybe now, but not for long.
Although the Steelers are currently trading lawyerly barbs with the Sports and Exhibition Authority over who pays, they plan to add 3,000 seats to the south end of Heinz Field. That would raise capacity to 68,000, or just 3,000 less than the Superdome crowd this past Sunday.
Problem: The cold might affect all the run-up events.
Response: Here?
Temps were below freezing at the two Super Bowls before this past one, in Dallas and Indianapolis. I was at both. They were plenty uncomfortable when walking outside.
That might happen here, too, but here's guessing we're far better equipped - they couldn't clear snow and ice off even the major highways in Dallas - and far less likely to be discouraged by it. Ask the poor pigs being roasted every Sunday in the Heinz Field lots.
Problem: The logistics wouldn't work.
Response: Wrong.
In the past half-dozen years, we've hosted the G-20 Summit, Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, the NHL's Winter Classic, the NHL Entry Draft and the NCAA basketball tournament. The first two alone provide all the proof anyone would need.
Just to be sure, though, I checked with the folks at Visit Pittsburgh, who make no secret of their wish to have a Super Bowl here.
"Are you kidding?" executive director Jason Fulvi boomed over the phone. "We'd love it. And we absolutely could handle it."
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reported a near-sellout of the 50,000 hotel rooms in that city and across Louisiana and Mississippi. Visit Pittsburgh says we have 24,000 rooms in Allegheny County alone, not counting Cranberry and Southpointe.
"We've found that people will stay 1-2 hours away from a Super Bowl site," Fulvi said, "and even that wouldn't be necessary here."
The David L. Lawrence Convention Center could house the NFL Experience, the Super Bowl's main pregame event. The center's 1.45 million square feet is roughly double the size used in Indianapolis last year.
Transportation is never ideal here, but the new North Shore Connector subway line between Downtown and the stadiums will ease the most critical possible chokepoint.
Anything else?
"Let's put it this way: If the Steelers said they'd get behind it, if the Super Bowl came to Pittsburgh, we would do everything we could to make it amazing experience," Fulvi said. "I wish I was the guy making that call. But that has to come from the Steelers."
Problem: No one's pushing for it.
Response: Now we're getting warm.
I sought comment from the Steelers. A spokesman said the Rooneys were out of town and couldn't be reached.
I sought comment from the NFL. No reply.
If there's any push whatsoever for a Super Bowl in Pittsburgh, not even the region's top tourism execs are aware of it.
Again, why is that?
The Steelers benefited from tax dollars in the $282 million construction of Heinz Field and now seek $26 million more to expand. And yet there isn't a whiff of interest in a risk-free bid for an event that rakes in $500 million-plus for a regional economy?
Make no mistake: Based on all the above, plus the franchise's clout, it could happen. Even in time for the golden Super Bowl L.
The NFL might be happy to tick off James Harrison, but not the Rooneys.
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Featherweight Yuri Alcantara (25-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will meet fellow promotional newcomer Antonio Carvalho (13-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC 134, officials today announced.
Alcantara had been rumored for a fight with Mackens Semerzier, but the fighter's manager then told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the bout wasn't "a reality."
The bout likely will be part of the preliminary card of UFC 134, which takes place Aug. 27 at HSBC Arena in Rio De Janeiro. The pay-per-view headliner pits middleweight champion Anderson Silva against Yushin Okami.
The event is the UFC's first in Brazil since 1998. Alcantara is a native Brazilian, and Carvalho fights out of Canada.
Alcantara heads to featherweight after a one-fight stint in the WEC, where he scored a first-round knockout of lightweight Ricardo Lamas at WEC 53. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and first-ever Jungle Fight lightweight champ now won 11 straight fights and 17 of his past 18 bouts. Only two of the victories came via decision.
Carvalho, a fellow jiu-jitsu black belt, has fought throughout Canada and Japan while winning his first eight pro bouts. He then hit a 2-4 skid, though he picked up a split-decision victory over notable Hatsu Hioki in Shooto. Since the skid, he's won three straight fights, including one over UFC vet Doug Evans at the recent theScore Fighting Series show in Canada.
The latest UFC 134 card now includes:
- Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
- Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
- Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
- Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
- Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
- David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
- Erick Silva vs. Mike Swick
- Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
- Yuri Alcantara vs. Antonio Carvalho
- Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira vs. Rousimar Palhares*
* – Not officially announced
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"Individuals are increasingly looking at their long-term financial situation as one part building savings and assets, and one part protecting those savings and assets. Taking this dual approach is what allows these individuals to feel confident about their financial security," David Simbro, senior vice president for Northwestern Mutual, said in a statement. "The interesting point about life insurance, in particular, is that it stands alone in its flexibility to both address critical risks and help meet long-term financial goals."
Major life events are the most common catalyst for people who purchase life insurance. Almost a third of respondents said they purchased a policy after getting married, while 22% said they bought it after the birth of a child. One-quarter said they purchased life insurance as part of their retirement planning.
However, some people may need help determining how much coverage to purchase. One-third said they weren't sure what they needed to cover. Eleven percent didn't include the cost of childcare in their estimate for how much their loved ones would need if they passed on, and 15% didn't include education costs.
"There are many factors that impact what type and how much insurance you need, and getting it right for your personal situation is best accomplished via a thoughtful planning process with the help of a trusted financial professional," Simbro added.
While 30% of respondents said that life insurance provides the greatest peace of mind knowing their family would be provided for following their death, more than half said this was their main motivation in purchasing a policy. Other uses, such as funding an inheritance, were far less common, with just 6% saying they bought a policy to do so.
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SAO PAULO - Jermaine Jones will use a little extra caution, knowing full well his penchant for drawing cards from referees.
Even the slightest of bumps could become costly fouls at the World Cup, as seen in Brazil's 3-1 win over Croatia in Thursday's opener.
The Americans had just arrived in Brazil this week when Esse Baharmast paid a visit to the team hotel to help in preparations. A referee at the 1998 World Cup, the Coloradan is now a FIFA technical instructor. He advised the U.S. on what types of calls to expect during the tournament -- such as the subtle shove by Dejan Lovren that led to Neymar's game-turning penalty kick for Brazil in the opener.
"They already say we have to watch out with the hands in the box or on corner kicks, especially with me with yellow cards, he said," Jones recalled Friday. "So we know the rules and we have to be careful. We know that. But we have to play our game. We don't have to change something. If we've got somebody and he has to take a foul for the team, maybe you have to do it."
According to Soccerway, Jones has 72 yellow cards in nine seasons at the club level -- 14 alone in 2011-12.
Referee Yuichi Nishimura of Japan came under scrutiny after calling a questionable foul against Croatia, leading to Neymar's go-ahead goal on a 71st-minute penalty kick.
"Mixed emotions, obviously. That's going to happen," midfielder Graham Zusi said Friday before the team traveled to Natal on a charter flight for the Americans' opener Monday against Ghana. "The system isn't perfect, and you have to be ready for it."
Jones realizes he will be closely watched when the U.S. starts Group G play against the Black Stars, who eliminated the Americans from the last two World Cups.
U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard felt for the Croatians, who swarmed Nishimura in protest.
"It sucks for Croatia, that's what I think," Howard said. "But that's part of the game. Referees have got to get those things right. It's obviously big moments, and it's not easy being a referee, but it's important going forward that those are taken care of."
Four years ago, forward Robbie Findley was suspended for the final group-stage match against Algeria after getting yellows in the first two games. In 2006, midfielder Pablo Mastroeni and defender Eddie Pope received red cards in the 1-1 draw against Italy, with Pope ejected for a pair of yellows. Daniele De Rossi of the Azzurri was sent off for elbowing Brian McBride in the face.
For players like central defender Matt Besler who make their living protecting the penalty area, Nishimura's call was tough to watch.
"I think it's a good one to see because it's a lesson that some of us learned just by watching that it's going to be called tight in the penalty box, so we've got to be careful," Besler said outside the U.S. team hotel.
So, the Americans sure appreciate the advice from Baharmast.
"We've all been well versed on how the referees are going to be approaching the games," Zusi said. "It's something that there are little things we can take from it what the referees don't want us to do. We just have to be worried about our game, worried about ourselves, and I think everything else will fall into place."


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Romero makes the team, Yanks @ Jays pregame
Vernon Wells was walking into the clubhouse today, when he spotted a group of us reporters gathered not far away. Wells quickly grabbed his left wrist, grimaced in pain and started yelling "Trainer! Trainer!"
Then, he broke into a wide grin and started laughing.
"Just wanted to give you something to write about," Wells said later. "In case you were bored."
So, Wells was in a bit of a joking mood about his left wrist, which has been sore for the past few days. Manager Cito Gaston has indicated that Wells will likely return to the Jays' lineup on Tuesday night. Travis Snider (left knee) said he was feeling better and is back in the lineup today. Rod Barajas (back) was given another day off.
But, about that rotation…
Gaston said this morning that left-hander Ricky Romero has made the team, and will pitch in the No. 4 spot. That leaves Brad Mills (pitching Tuesday) and Scott Richmond (pitching Thursday) for the final rotation job.
Gaston also noted that right-hander Jesse Litsch will slide into the No. 3 hole, with lefty David Purcey moving into the second spot. This move is to break up the rotation some. Righty Roy Halladay, followed by a lefty and then Litsch, another righty. Plus, if Mills also makes it, that's another two lefties at the back end.
Mills is scheduled to only pitch four or five innings on Tuesday night against the Phils. Gaston said this is in case Mills is going to pitch on Friday or Saturday in Jupiter, which would be on short rest and would also be an abbreviated piggyback outing. Litsch is skedded to start on Friday and Romero on Saturday.
Today's lineup:
Derek Jeter, SS
Johnny Damon, LF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Hideki Matsui, DH
Nick Swisher, RF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Cody Ransom, 3B
Jose Molina, C
Brett Gardner, CF
Andy Pettitte, P
Marco Scutaro, SS
Aaron Hill, 2B
Alex Rios, CF
Kevin Millar, DH
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Scott Rolen, 3B
Adam Lind, LF
Travis Snider, RF
Michael Barrett, C
David Purcey, P
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This game just might get brutal.
Purcey gets three gold stars for the first, In trouble and pitched his way out of it against a big line up, Way to go kid.
Yes, against this lineup I'd expect all our guys will give up runs. We need to score a bunch like they do in order to beat them this season.
Thats what we like to see from a young pitcher. He bent but didnt break. Hopefully he settles in a has a good start.
As long as Purcey doesn't walk too many he will be ok. I think he's going to do very well for us this year. Genrally if they get to him, it's in the 1st inning.
Woops that should be generally. lol
Man, does Overbay need to get going; that's 11 k's in 31 at bats. Yuck.
Makes you wonder what the backup plan for Overbay is. Millar obviously, but isn't the idea to let the kids play? I wonder if Lind's still taking infield practice over there. Other then that hope for Cooper and or Dopirak to rake and climb a couple levels. Interesting
Ya Lyle will be essential to our success. But I expect him and Lind to boh put up something like. 290, 18 hrs and 85 rbis.
Also I've noticed Scott Rolen has had a fairly nice spring, you don't hear too much about him and frankly I like it that way as otherwise its due to injury. Hes batting .346 with 5 extra base hits, 9 for 26 I believe. Hopefully he has some power this year and his health stays with him.
I would expect Dopirak starts at AAA, with Cooper starting in A or possibly AA. Lind played 1st in college, but I haven't seen him start and haven't heard whether he's taken any ground balls there or not.
Bautista, isn't an option, he'll make too many errors and I agree with you on Millar. So, I really don't know what our other options are, except praying Overbay produces, lol.
Lol, Purcey walks Ransom and then picks him off to end the inning. The kid with the size 18 shoes is through 4 and only given up one run.
Glad to see that Vernon Wells is a jokester. He might not be joking in a month or two.
Hey Yank, welcome. So what's the current A-Rod scandal?
Go Jays Go.
Hate the walks but still one run in five innings is not bad. Purcey could challenge for 12 wins.
Purcey gives up 5 BB and still only gives up 1 run.
sorry 92 never saw your post and I agree on 12 or more wins with some offence.
Is this hitting remionding anyone of last year or is it just me?
It's not often 5 bb's in 6 innings only gives up 1 run. Against the Yanks, I'd say that was a very good start by Purcey.
I would have paid big money to have been there to see that Kid pitch.
Soon, next week.
Will Frasor blow the game or not.????
Yes, looks like the answer.
Only one run not to bad it could have been worse.
Overbay: 3 at bats= 3 k's. BA now .212.
Millar: 23 at bats= 2 K`s. BA now .194
Oh no, here`s Ryan and his 80 mph hummer!
Our bullpen is looking unusually shaky so far this spring.
I think the real two problem childs are Ryan and Accardo. I just don`t see how either of them can be put into a game and not give up runs.
The list goes on, Downs, League…none have performed to expectations so far this spring. Has Carlson pitched at all?
As I say that Downs sets them 'down' in order.
I recall Cito saying that he was going to play the last week of spring like it was the first week of the season. If that was true than why are our regulars only playing six innings? I hope we get off to a hot start this year so Rogers center gets some decent crowds.
Well, I don`t think we`ll beat the Yanks or anyone else too often by only scoring one run. It`s unfortuante that both Frasor and Ryan gave up a run, but the real culprit is the offense.
Purcey did a great job,
The Jays only gave up 3 runs not to bad.
I agree that our offence will suffer greatly if OOOferbay doesn't get back to his 06 numbers and by the way he has performed so far this spring it does not look good. I thought Cooper would be a little closer than he seems to be and might push Overbay later on this year but that doesn't seem likely now. Rolen has looked good and if that shoulder can hold up all season with his slightly changed swing he will be a major boost to our lineup. I expect Snider to move up the order as the season progresses to give him some more RBI opportunities. Both Snider and Lind should be a MAJOR boost from our LF and DH production from last year.
Cito's lineup to start:
My Lineup come May 20th: (barring injury or trade)
yeah the back end of our relief corps sure makes me uneasy. I think this squad will do much better offensivly this year, just needs some patience is all (i hope)
See ya all in TO
Its going to take alot for Lind to move into the 4th spot. Wells should hit anywhere from 25-35Hr this year and if healthy should proviede excellent production from that spot. I like the R-L-R in the order but to split up two hitters like Rios and Wells just because they both hit right handed doesn't make a whole lot of sense. If anyone is going to take over the 4th hole I think it will be Snider. He will probably get worked in there gradually in the second half when Wells gets a day off or other reasons. But I see that as his home next year and for years to come. Im really not sold on Lind yet, I think he can be a good hitter (.280 – 20Hr) but not quite on the level of Vernon Wells.
Too bad about Gary Sheffield being released by the Tigers and one home run shy of that magic 500 mark. Of all the Yankee hitters, he used to scare me the most.
Whether one liked him or not, he always gave it all every time he swung at it, so here's hoping someone picks him up so he can get over the barrier, although I think his career numbers are good enough to get him into the hall anyway.
The Fan590 have an interview with Ricky Romero with Gord Sellick and Don Landy on their front page at http://www.fan590.com.
I echo your thoughts about Gary Sheffield G.S. If he's willing to accept major league minimum someone might take a shot at him.
Any team that wants Sheffield only has to pay the bare minimum 4 hundred thousand, I can't see him out of work for to long. This guy is a future HOF.
I would like to see him in Toronto for a year because I think he is going to have a big year.
Sheffield is done the guy is 40 with declining average and power the last two years, good signs he is losing it.
I wouldnt want him on my team. Unless he takes a role as backup or a team is really deperate for a DH then I dont think he gets signed.
Isee the dork is back.
Sheffield claims his shoulder, which is what caused his problem over the last two years is now fine. That is borne out with the fact he hit 3 hr's in 45 at bats during spring training, so his bat speed is definately back.
I guess that's why both The Phillies and Reds have contacted his agent and expressed interest in signing him.


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Skiing: Tigers 5th at Diamond Peak GS
The Douglas High ski team finished fifth at the Diamond Peak Giant Slalom on Wednesday.
South Tahoe won the overall race with a combined 401 points. The Vikings girls squad was first in its race, while the boys took second. Truckee won the boys race.
Douglas put up 252 points as a team with the boys taking fifth and the girls taking sixth.
Samantha Crawford was Douglas' top finisher, taking 16th with a time of 1:18.
Tara Cottrill was 20th at 1:21, Kate Hill was 29th at 1:31, Shaena Robinson finished in 1:39, Macie Harjes finished in 1:42, Carolyn Wilber finished in 1:43 and Tess Laub posted a 1:49.
On the boys' side, Ryan Kochen was Douglas' top finisher, taking 20th with a time of 1:21. Ben Meyer was 26th with a time of 1:29. Sam Wilson posted a time of 1:35, Logan Killion finished in 1:38, Cole Pinther finished in 1:42, Owen Elmquist had a 1:46, Zach Ingrey had a 1:51 and Shane Severance finished in 2:08.
Last week, The R-C incorrectly printed that Cottrill had not finished the second run of her slalom race at Heavenly. She turned in a 15th-place run on her first try and came back to post a 13th-place run on her second. However, on the second run, course officials failed to record her time thinking she was a forerunner on the course as she was the first racer to navigate the second run.


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Popular ex-slugger was four-time All-Star, hit .316 in seven seasons with Colorado
DENVER -- Dante Bichette, one of the Rockies' first stars and still beloved by local fans, has come back to the organization as the new hitting coach. The team announced the hiring Tuesday on its Twitter account.Bichette, who will turn 49 on Sunday, represented the Rockies in four All-Star Games and ranks in the top five in several of the club's career offensive categories, has spent the years since his 2001 retirement teaching hitters. He's worked in the Orlando, Fla., area with his sons' youth and high school teams, and with Draft prospects and young professionals.Bichette will work under the Rockies' new manager, Walt Weiss, a former teammate with Colorado in the 1990s. Bichette replaces Carney Lansford, who was let go at the end of this past season."It's a passion of mine since I was 10 years old; I'm infatuated with hitting," Bichette said. "People ask me what I've been doing since I retired, and I tell them almost nothing has changed. I've been throwing batting practice and working with hitters. It's something I love to do, and would love to have the chance to do it at the Major League level."The Rockies also talked with Jason Giambi, 41, who played for them from late 2009 through this past season and was mulling whether to retire and take a coaching job or continue his playing career. Giambi also interviewed for the managing job."I'm ready to roll," Bichette said Tuesday.Bichette's oldest son, Dante Jr., was a Yankees supplemental first-round Draft pick (51st overall) in 2011, after years of work with his father, who coached a youth team to an appearance in the 2005 Little League World Series and coached Dante Jr. and an Orangewood Christian High School team that set a Florida state record with 84 home runs.Bichette also has been working with his younger son, Bo, who is trying to make the varsity team at First Academy High School in the Orlando area as a 14-year-old freshman."It's actually fueled that fire to learn and teach," Bichette said of his work with youngsters. "It's one of those things where I wish I knew then what I know now. It's a great feeling to work in the batting cage each day with people at an early age."Bichette is confident he can help hitters at a much higher level.During his playing career, Bichette enjoyed a resurgence when he joined the Rockies' expansion team in 1993 and came under the influence of then-manager Don Baylor, who has long influenced hitters and is currently the D-backs' hitting coach. In seven seasons with the Rockies, Bichette achieved a .316 batting average (fourth on the team's career list), a .540 slugging percentage (seventh) and an .892 on-base percentage plus slugging percentage (seventh). He also had 1,278 hits (third), 2,187 total bases (third), 201 home runs (fourth) and 826 RBIs (third).His career and his work since retirement have given him ideas of the differing needs of a Major League hitter."Some guys, you talk to them, tell them how good they are, build their confidence," Bichette said. "Some you talk to them about their swing. There are a lot of young guys who come to you for help with how to approach the pitchers in the league. Some guys you just don't touch."Bichette will join Tom Runnells, who will continue the bench-coach job that he has held since Jim Tracy became manager during the 2009 season, as the two confirmed coaching appointments on Weiss' staff. Tracy resigned in October. Runnells interviewed for the top job, and agreed to stay with the staff after Weiss was hired.Bill Geivett, the Rockies' senior vice president of Major League operations, indicated last week that the Rockies were leaning toward retaining the two pitching coaches, Bo McLaughlin and Jim Wright. They operated last season as co-pitching coaches, with McLaughlin in charge of starters and Wright in charge of relievers.Other prime candidates for the staff are Triple-A Colorado Springs manager Stu Cole and Colorado Springs hitting coach Rene Lachemann -- a former Major League manager who managed Weiss for a year with the Marlins.Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.
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This Part II post is a continuation from the Part I post on Extreme Fire Escape Gardening. It's been about 1 1/2 months since the bulk of the garden was planted and things are growing, well, a bit unevenly:
The cayenne plant pictured above has been a real asshole. He produced two small peppers then proceeded to halt growth and drop all of his leaves apart from one brownish-yellowish thing dangling from one side. As a contrast, many of the other plants are doing well, as evidence, I present the Thai Chili above. To teach the cayenne pepper a lesson, I ripped it out:
Since the last blog post on the fire escape garden, there have been some additions & expansions taking place. After a pretty successful dumpster-dive in a skanky nook of Bush Terminal, I scavenged a decorative metal wire thing which I clamped to the fire escape ladder. Inside it, I planted the newest addition: 2 tomato plants bringing the total garden to 50 plants (also includes 2 lychee trees currently being grown in tomato sauce cans from seeds):
Another modification made to the garden spawned from my father's debilitative addiction to mitigating what he perceives to be safety threats. Convinced I would fall to my death from the fire escape, during his last visit, he spent an hour or so tying together a rather elaborate safety net out of rope, closing off the large hole leading to the level below. This netting was an excellent addition as it increased the footprint of the garden allowing me to replant some quickly growing plants in bigger containers. For the containers, I walked down to a construction site a couple blocks from my apartment and hit the jackpot: three 5 gallon paint buckets and some 2″x4″ scraps. Unfortunately, one bucket was clearly used as a toilet for the construction crew, so, there was a rather lengthy bucket cleaning process required, the details of which I shall withhold. After shoving the 2″x4″ into the safety netting and cutting the 5-gallon buckets to size, the garden looked quite a big larger:
You'll also notice there is now some sort of trellis thing sitting atop the two dresser drawer pots. It's actually an IKEA chair I picked up on 40th Street and DORKTURPIDVAARTED to stabilize the growing plants. Working like a charm so far, and proving that IKEA furniture is not 100% useless crap.
Unfortunately, my neighbor below me hasn't been spending much time on the fire escape, so I haven't been able to douse him with water. Pity. Instead, he appears to be using his fire escape section for a couple new purposes:
- dirty dish staging area – for several weeks I've noticed the same half-eaten burritos and sandwiches rotting in the summer sun on these plates (a half-dozen of them complete with utensils).
- large stuffed animal storage area – the kind of human-sized stuffed bear that I recall seeing (in my childhood days) being carried around in large plastic bags at Six Flags by dudes with wife-beaters and thick gold chains.
Ok, the harvest has been rather meager thus far, but many of the plants have a dozen or so buds on them and I'm expecting big numbers for the next post. Current harvest is at: 3 Banana Peppers, 1 Thai Chili, 6 Cayenne, 1 Jalapeno, 1 Cherry. Part of the problem I'm noticing is that the plants in the clear pots getting the most sun tend to be the bitchiest. I think this has to do with too much sunlight getting through to the roots. I'm planning to do a little re-potting this week if I can find the right kind of trash to fix the issue. I noticed a new dumpster at a build site over on 43rd, so I think I may go get vertical and see what I can find. The plants in the wooden and opaque plastic pots are doing the best…big dark-green leaves, lots of buds.
So the basil plant has been a pain in the ass here lately. I've planted basil numerous times in the past and it always grows like a freakin' weed. This year I had to pretty much ravage the damn thing just to cook up one pot of pasta sauce. It droops, it has brown spots all over, it's not growing and my pesto is moving further and further away. I've tried threatening the plant and even showed it the lifeless body of the recent cayenne fatality as proof of my ability to execute on my threats.
Just last week though, basil and I had a bit of a breakthrough. When I replanted it in one of the 5-gallon buckets, it's health started to improve and new shoots popped out of the top. We are in the process of rekindling our relationship, but until I see substantial progress I'll continue to use the carrot and stick approach.
Join me next week as I'll be in southern Utah scoping out the polygamist communities attempting to test-drive FLDS as a potential religion to immerse myself in next:
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Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy's son charged with fatally stabbing girlfriend
WALTHAM, Mass. -- The son of longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy was arrested on a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, hours after he was released from custody in an assault case against her.
Jared Remy was scheduled to be arraigned Friday in the death of Jennifer Martel, 27, at a Waltham apartment complex Thursday night, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said.
Remy was released on personal recognizance Wednesday in an open assault and battery case in which Martel was the alleged victim, Ryan said. The there was no active restraining order against him, she said.
Police went to the Windsor Village apartment just west of Boston just before 10 p.m. Thursday in response to multiple 911 calls, Ryan said, and found Martel in an outside patio area with multiple stab wounds.
Jared Remy was arrested at the scene. It's unclear if he has an attorney.
He suffered an unspecified injury that wasn't self-inflicted, authorities said. He was taken to a hospital and released to await arraignment, officials said.
Martel's child in the apartment was unhurt and is now in the custody of state child welfare officials. It was unclear if Remy was the father, Ryan said.
Jerry Remy is a former Red Sox second baseman who has been a color analyst on team broadcasts on the New England Sports Network since 1988. He has struggled with health problems in recent years.
Jared Remy is a former Red Sox security staffer who was fired by the team in 2008 during a steroid investigation.
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Conditions play part in dire draw
Charlton and Hull played out the only goalless draw of the day in the npower Championship in a game affected by torrid conditions.
The playing surface was made tricky by a series of heavy downpours that played havoc with the passing game of both sides, meaning chances were at a premium.
Nick Proschwitz tried his luck from distance early on for the visitors but Ben Hamer was equal to the challenge.
The hosts' first chance fell the way of Bradley Pritchard, who latched on to Yann Kermorgant's flick-on but saw his shot smartly blocked by Alex Bruce.
With 15 minutes gone Johnnie Jackson headed tamely at Ben Amos when well placed and moments later Bradley Wright-Phillips drilled a left-footed shot into the goalkeeper's midriff.
There was a brief moment of panic for the Addicks when City had strong appeals for a penalty waved away following Leon Cort's challenge on Corry Evans.
And their hearts were in their mouths once more on the half-hour mark as Sone Aluko raced through on goal but blasted his strike straight at Hamer.
Thunder and lightning made an appearance shortly before the interval and the hosts could have ended the half with a bang but Cort headed Jackson's inswinging corner just wide.
Both sides struggled to retain possession in the second half as the conditions became increasingly difficult, with numerous misplaced passes disrupting the flow of the game.
Dale Stephens saw a late free-kick deflected wide, with former Leicester defender Michael Morrison inches away from making contact.
But it was the Tigers who finished on top and Aluko's powerful strike was well blocked by Cort before Danny Hollands threw himself in front of Paul McKenna's follow-up.
There was still time for Hamer to perform heroics as he first blocked substitute Jay Simpson's effort before picking himself up to deny the onrushing Aluko when he looked certain to score.
The draw maintains Charlton's unbeaten start to the league season, while Hull have now kept two clean sheets in their opening three matches.
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Cosmic Totems by Albert YonathanAugust 25th, 2012
(Albert has just been selected as 1 of 5 Indonesian artists for the 2013 Venice Biennale!)
Opening Reception: Friday 21 September
21 September – 25 October 2012
21 September – 25 October 2012
WTF Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of a new exhibition "Cosmic Totems" by Albert Yonathan Setyawan. The exhibition comprises 20 drawings all made during 2011-2012. Albert Yonathan's work uses aesthetic elements that encompass contemporary forms combined with semi-traditional nature drawings that hint at hidden spiritual dimensions and connections. His deeply personal, figurative works depict the artist's process of drawing, composing and transferring images that negotiate the complexity of the interrelationship between humanity and nature.
Inspired by the characteristic of ancient totems, botanical or herbarium, and the used of traditional abstract patterns, this latest work of Albert's speaks to his fascination with the mystical aspects of nature that spiritually affects human beings. Drawn by the spiritual existence that connects man to nature, the artist utilizes simple, structural forms of animals, flower and plants to illustrate his spiritual interaction with nature and parallel to his meditative process in making art. The works also portray the spiritual essence of his subjects, representing natural beauty, mystical and positive energy, through the idiosyncrasies of his human perception.
Albert Yonathan earns his Master of Fine Arts from Institut Teknologi Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology) in Indonesia. His work has been featured internationally in galleries and Biennales, with solo exhibitions in Japan, Jakarta and Singapore. His late shows of Cosmic Labyrinth and Silent Union (2010-2011) are in permanent collections at Singapore Art Museum.
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All the right moves: Sox stage huge rally vs. Astros
Lavarnway hits clutch double, Papi gets four hits, Ellsbury homers twice
HOUSTON -- The Red Sox gave away three runs in the first inning Tuesday night and the Houston Astros scored two more in the second for a five-run lead.
It didn't bother manager John Farrell one bit.
"We still had seven at-bats to get through," Farrell said. "Once we put the three on the board [in the third inning] and got back within two, little by little we felt we could get some things done."
And the Red Sox got a lot of things done. They pounded out 15 hits, scored their second highest run total of the season and overtook the Astros, 15-10, at Minute Maid Park.
Leadoff hitter Jacoby Ellsbury ignited the Boston offense with a two-run homer in the third inning and Ryan Lavarnway contributed a two-run double in the fifth that put the Red Sox ahead to stay at 8-7.
Then Jonny Gomes ripped a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the sixth and the Sox turned it into a runaway. For Gomes, it was his fourth pinch-hit homer of the season, leaving him one short of the club record set by Joe Cronin in 1943.
"Anytime you have an opportunity to share a record book with somebody pretty special, it's cool," Gomes said. "The season's not over."
Gomes is 6-for-16 as a pinch-hitter with seven RBIs.
"He prepares for the role," Farrell said. "I gave him a heads up four or five hitters beforehand. He's accustomed to it. He's got a quick bat and a compact swing. Even with inactivity, he gets a bat on the ball."
Gomes said there is no secret to his outstanding pinch-hitting.
"Your standard preparation," he said. "Stay in tune with the game. Watch what the catcher's been calling. Watch what the catcher's been calling with runners in scoring position."
"Let's remember, there's a reason why Boston's a really good team," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "They have disciplined hitters, they work counts, they get themselves into predictable counts until they get their pitch."
Lavarnway showed he was able to come back personally as well as his team. He tied a Major League record in the first inning with four passed balls attempting to catch knuckleballer Steven Wright, making his first Major League start.
"Definitely, it's a tough pitch," Wright said. "Usually I can keep it in a certain area of the strike zone. He's caught me before and done a really good job. Today it was all over the place. He did a good job of staying in there and taking the punches with me."
Lavarnway struck out in his first two at-bats against Houston starter Jordan Lyles with runners on and Boston trailing.
"I don't think that's how anybody would have drawn it up, but sometimes that's how it goes," said the backup catcher, who started because he had experience catching Wright. "At any minute he could have started throwing it over the plate where I could have caught it."
But his key hit made the night worthwhile.
"The first at-bat he stayed away," Lavarnway said of Lyles. "The second at-bat he came in. The third time I was looking in and he came in."
"It was a key swing in the game," Farrell said.
Ellsbury reached base four times in a row with two homers and two walks. So did Shane Victorino with three hits and a walk. David Ortiz tied his career high with four hits, all line-drive singles.
Boston, which moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Tampa Bay in the American League East, equaled its win total of last season with 69.
"I hope we pass last year," joked Farrell.
Ortiz said Tuesday night was a game last year's Red Sox would not have won, falling behind 5-0 so early.
"Last year, a lot of things were going on and I don't think guys were focused on what we need to do," he said.
"We kept on playing through it [tonight]. We've got guys coming in here hungry every day that make things happen. The past week we've had three or four wins coming from behind. We're going to come back and make things happen."
"That's what this team has done a great job of, is erasing some of the negative things that happen early in a game," added Gomes. "That's just picking each other up."


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- Common bicycles have messy, noisy, annoying chains to deal with, but the BMC UC01 city bike uses the Gates Carbon Drive system with a tough belt and nearly silent operation. Maybe it's not as hip as a fixie, but if you have $2K to spend on a cool bike, you probably don't care. [url]
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Lakota Night Wedding Vase is a 9.5 x 5.5 Lakota Sioux Wedding vase handcrafted by Lakota Indians of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota and is made from the red clay of the Black Hills the sacred land of the Lakota in South Dakota. Sioux artists then hand paint and decorate each piece with designs and symbols important to their culture in a white based color theme. Since each piece is made individually no two pieces will be exactly alike. Matt Finish. Native American Made in the
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Story of the Wedding Vase
The wedding vase is widely used by many Native American Indian tribes, each with varying rituals. As part of the ancient marriage tradition, the tribe's medicine man, or Shaman, would prepare a special potion for the brave and maiden - a mixture of herbs and water signifying the promise of deep love and eternal happiness. To finalize the wedding vows, the brave and maiden would then drink from the wedding vase, each using one of the two spouts to symbolize their unity. The handle between the spouts symbolizes unity between the two. (Note how the two spouts go into one container) To this day, the wedding vase remains a symbol of happiness in marriage and the wedding vase, usually given by the brave's parents as a gift to the couple, is kept by the couple as a cherished reminder of their unity.
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MOS Autumn 2019
Hello shooter,
I am happy about the news, that we found an new shooting range for our MOS Autumn match.
We booked shooting range of AKIM in Znojmo for a Level III match from 4th to 6th of October 2019.
Our Plan: 15 stages handgun (shot in one day), PCC sidematch - if you want to shoot both, you have to shoot handgun as first match.
More information in a few days here in MOS in matchcalendar - match details of MOS Autumn
See you at the range.
Needed Translations
Hello shooter,
cause of eu data protection basic regulation 2018, we have to make some changes in MOS.
So we need the following two expressions in all our languages:
Expression 1: "Your email address has not been verified. Please check your mail and activate your access."
Expression 2: "Send email again"
You can see all languages, we have at top of MOS screen.
If you want to help us, please send the two translated expressions together with the language, you translated to, to
Thanks a lot for helping
Changes in Editor of mailsystem
Dear admin,
we changed the editor modul in mailsystem of MOS.
The reason was, that many admins had problems with using this system and used copy/paste with word as source.
The problem was, that many mails didn't transfered correct to the shooter.
Please do not use old mails - delete them - and use the new editor without copy and paste from word or anything else.
The mails will be saved, so you can use it again and again - also in other matches.
Feel free to contact me, if you have problem with the new editor.
Another feature: We add a "Testmail to admin" button in the mail system - so you can try your mail before you will send it to the shooters.
Admin of MOS
MOS matches 2018
After a successful year 2017 (first time, we organized a shotgun level III match and first time, we organized a grand tournament) we start looking on our matches for 2018.
Most shooters had great fun to shoot two matches at the same weekend, so we decided to continue with that system in 2018 and want to offer three grand tournament events.
But this is not possible without help. So we decided to organize those matches in 2018 together with Club Leiko from Pilzen, like this year (MOS Autumn and S&B Cup in October).
In 2018 we start with another double event (two level III handgun machtes on the same range). In July and September, we go on with another two Grand Tournament events (Handgun and Shotgun).
All matches will be shot on one day, so you can shoot 2x14 stages handgun in spring, win two times, shoot in same or in different divisions, or shoot handgun and shotgun with two-gun scoring at one weekend).
Please save the following dates for 2018:
26.+27. May 2018
MOS Spring Handgun Level III 15 Stages
Grand Prix Sellier & Bellot Handgun Level III 15 Stages
30.6.+1. July 2018
MOS Summer Handgun Level III 15 Stages
MOS Summer Shotgun Level III 12 Stages
29.+30. September 2018
MOS Autumn Handgun Level III 14 Stages
S&B Cup Shotgun Level III 14 Stages
Hope to see you at the range
Guenter Friedrich
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See Menue MOS -> for shooters
We reactivate "for shooters" in MOS menue - here you find information about using the MOS as shooter.
Grandualy we will publish her shooter information for better work with MOS.
Please check your shooter data - here IPSC region:
We saw, that many new shooter didn't check the shooter maindata after registration.
Please check your shooter maindata and set "My personal data are up-to-date and correct at the bottom of the page.
Here a PDF how to do that and how to set some other data in shooters account.
Match graphic in matchlist
To all match organisation teams:
We decide to open the upload tool for a graphic in the matchlist to all match administrators.
It is implemented in the "graphic upload" part under "before printing".
This graphic can be uploaded for all level III matches to emphasize the match in the matchlist.
Remember, that this graphic will be displayed INSTEAD of matchname AND place.
So it will be perfect, that your graphic include this data.
Have fun with the new fuction.
Für Matchadministratoren: Auswahl der Schießanlage in den Matchdaten
Neue Ranges müssen uns per Mail unter Angabe des Names der Range und der Google Koordinaten mitgeteilt werden. Nach Prüfung wird die Range ins MOS eingetragen.
A new function makes possible to store the shooting range in match maindata, so shooter is able to use google maps for navigation to the range. Select the match in match maindata, after that, shooter is able to find the range with a link in match details.
If your range is not selectable, send us an e-mail with name of match and google coordinates. We check your data and will append your range.
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Named a World Heritage Site for its stunning natural beauty, Ziro Valley in Arunachal Pradesh is headquarters to Lower Subansiri District. Apatani Plateau, as Ziro is popularly known, is situated at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level. The region is rich in rice fields and it is surrounded by mountains that boast of pine trees in great numbers. The wide range of flora and fauna seen here is soul captivating. Cool summers and cooler winters are characteristics of Ziro. Every angle is above perfect and every view is spectacular; no wonder the best of cameras fail to do justice to the hues of Ziro. Here are the top places to visit in Ziro, which highlight the classic beauty of the place.
Talley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Talley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary covers 337 sq. km. of land and it is one of the leading attractions of Ziro. The sanctuary is home to various endangered species. The beautiful forests that enjoy a much less human intervention have a wide range of flora and fauna. Silver fir trees, orchids, stunning ranges of bamboo and ferns are some of the trees found here. Talley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is called Bio-diversity zone.
Meghna Cave Temple
Meghna Cave Temple is a 'must visit' tourist spot in Ziro. This ancient cave temple dates back to 5000 years and it was rediscovered in the year 1962. Located at an altitude of 300 feet, the temple offers stunning views of the surrounding area. Majestic mountains, dense forests presenting lush greenery to your eyes and beautiful river flowing below give you the most wonderful experience. You will be at a loss for words to describe the immense beauty of the place. Set your camera in motion so that you will be able to relive the memories on your return.
Kile Pakho
The ridge Kile Pakho is situated 7 km away from old Ziro. The place would delight nature lovers for the scenic beauty it has to offer. Climb on the ridge and you could have Ziro plateau's spectacular views on one side and snow clad Himalayan ranges on the other side.
You would love the sight of blue pine trees for which Midey is popular. You will find the biggest and the tallest pine trees in the whole of Apatani Valley. If you love adventure, you are sure to love this place, as it is a great place for hiking and trekking.
Ziro Puto
Ziro Puto is a hillock where independent India's first administrative centre was established. The place is also known as Army Puto as army cantonment was established during 1960s. You could have spectacular views of Apatani plateau from the hillock.
Dolo Mando
Dolo Mando is a hillock situated west of Ziro. It attracts tourists in great numbers as old Ziro and the town Hapoli views from the hilltop are spectacular. Trekking on the hill would be exciting if you are looking to give yourself some exercise.
Bamboo Groove
Bamboo Groove stands proof of the expertise displayed in farm forestry in this part of the land. One stem bamboo, referred to as monopodial, is grown here with blue clad pine. This spot is frequented by hikers as well as tourists.
Tipi Orchid Research Centre
Tipi Orchid Research Centre, which covers around 10 hectares of land, is located amidst hills and tropical rain forest. It houses a wide range of orchids that exceed 1000 varieties. Orchid glass house in the centre is a major attraction. This glass house with fiberglass roof has a gallery and a pond with a fountain.