Posted at: 8:48 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Sports and Leisure
It’s official, Manny Ramirez is no longer on the Boston Red Sox. One of the most notable and best players the Red Sox have ever seen is going to the LA Dodgers in a three way trade with the Pirates.
Pittsburgh gave up Bay and wound up with four young players. The deal was completed just before the 4 p.m. EDT deadline for making trades without waivers.
As of early Thursday, it appeared Ramirez might be on his way to the Florida Marlins. But when those talks fizzled, the Red Sox and Pirates found a willing third partner in the Dodgers.
“When a player like Manny becomes available, I don’t think there’s a manager in baseball who wouldn’t say they’re interested,” said Dodgers skipper Joe Torre, whose Yankees teams went toe-to-toe with Ramirez for years. “It was something that happened very quickly, obviously.” - source
Manny was a icon in Boston for the last 7 years, but after some of his comments and actions recently, I am glad the Red Sox traded him. Don’t get me wrong, I thought he was awesome, the Red Sox need a player who don’t cause so many problems. Sox are trying to win back-to-back World Series and Manny brings too many distractions.
Posted at: 11:44 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Sports and Leisure
I don’t know what the Red Sox have been doing lately, they have lost 8 games since the All Star Break out of a possible 12. Once the trade deadline passes, I believe the Sox will get back in it and make their stride to the top of the AL East.
“I thought they hit some decent pitches; they hit some bad pitches, too,” Beckett said. “Don’t get me wrong, I was definitely not perfect tonight.”
The Angels looked just about perfect in this three-game showdown between two teams who could meet again in the postseason.
“They’re playing really well right now,” said Beckett. “They’re feeling good about themselves and they should be because they’re playing good baseball. I wanted to go out there and set the tone. I just couldn’t hold it there.”
Beckett continued to have trouble in the sixth, so much so that the Angels landed a knockout punch. Again, Anderson was a problem, ripping a two-run homer that curled just inside the Pesky Pole in right. The Angels simply wouldn’t relent. Howie Kendrick followed with a single and moved to third on a throwing error by Varitek. Jeff Mathis followed with an RBI double and after a Chone Figgins single, Beckett was lifted in favor of Manny Delcarmen.
With runners at the corners, Figgins stole second. Making matters worse, shortstop Jed Lowrie couldn’t handle Varitek’s throw. The error — charged to Lowrie — allowed another run to score. Maicer Izturis produced a sacrifice fly, pinning the Red Sox in an 8-2 hole.
Posted at: 11:44 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Sports and Leisure
Brett Favre has been in the NFL since I was 6 years old and has been with the Packers since 1992, but he has said he was retiring about 5 times now, but he always comes back for another year. Last year he said he was done, but he just faxed a letter to the NFL for reinstatement.
“It’s obviously the first step in Brett coming back, but we’ll deal with that once he is reinstated,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “We’ll definitely have a plan in order. … We’ll address everything, as far as the details about how Brett Favre fits into our future plans, when he arrives here in Green Bay.”
Once his reinstatement is approved by the league, which is expected to be a formality, the Packers have 24 hours to either release Favre or bring him back on the active roster. Packers general manager Ted Thompson has said the Packers have no plans to release Favre.
The Packers own Favre’s rights until his contract expires after the 2010 season.
As we come up on the November elections, Kevin Costner shows the world that 1 vote can decide an election and that you should go out and vote. It looks good!
I don’t know when Google launched this into beta, but it is awesome. Google calculates how long and what path you should travel when walking. There’s not much more to say other than awesome.
My friend Tony sent this to me after going to his grandfather’s memorial service. It really meant a lot to me and I hope it helps anyone who reads this. It has been a rough 20 days since my dad passed away and it is the little things that I find most upsetting, but then I read this and it helps me to smile.
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Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free
I’m following the path God laid for me,
I took His hand when I heard Him call
I turned my back and left it all
I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to work or play,
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
I found that place at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy,
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savored much.
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all to brief;
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief,
Lift up your heart and share with me
God wanted me now, He’s set me free.
I was looking into my credit score/report on the advice of my friend Vasken and I had a lot of trouble with the process.
First, the password only has one field which you can not verify you typed it right because it is in password format. Next, they won’t let you use special characters which limits what you can increase your personal information online.
Finally, I get into the system, and it throws me (what looks like) an ASP.net JavaScript error. Since ASP is a Microsoft framework, it “only works” in Internet Explorer and I was using Firefox. When I loaded IE, it worked fine but at the same time, Firefox wouldn’t work.
Posted at: 11:31 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Armenia
Cornet-AM, an Internet services provider and part of the Comstar Group, has finished building the Republic of Armenia’s first mobile WiMAX network.
The completed wireless broadband network (which is based on the 802.16e standard) consists of 24 base stations which are connected to each other via radio relay lines and rented telecommunications channels; US-based Airspan Networks provided network equipment.
The 3.6-3.8 GHz frequency range was allocated for the network on the territory of 9 regions of the Republic of Armenia. The network has a high data transmission capacity and enables the provision of a full range of telecommunications services, such as data transmission, digital telephony, high speed internet access, conference calling, creating virtual private networks (IP VPN), for residential and corporate subscribers.
Victor Koresh, Vice President of Comstar for Regional Development, commented: “We have implemented the first part of our strategic project aimed at expanding our presence in Armenia. The next step involves the development of the voice services in the Republic. Earlier this year, Cornet-AM applied to the Public Service Regulation Committee of the Republic of Armenia to obtain the numbering capacity of 60,000 telephone numbers”.
Posted at: 11:29 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Tech and Web
I have had my Wii for 1 1/2 years and this is the first time I have tried to register a Wii for the console, never mind Mario Kart. However, my friend Michelle wanted me to play against her, so I went through the process and it was awesome.
Choose 1 player WFC
Choose Friends
Register
Type in your friends “Kart License Number”
Repeat the process on your friends end
Go back
Open a room and have friend join the room
Close the room and race
(amazing details I have for you!)
My friends Kevin and Kate were here as well. They came bearing “gifts” from Brighams, which was awesome. We usually get into Mario Kart Tourneys and I usually win.
So for all those Mario Kart 64 memories Kev….actually, Kate thought I should write something about her in here, so I did
