Parkin

2013 West Region Player’s Invitational Highlights $26,500 Prize Fund (based on 48 entries) $6,000 1st place + Free WSOB Entry Champions advance to ESPN finals (taped at WSOB) (ESPN Telecast Winner Receives 2014 TOC Berth) (PBA Tour Champion Holding PBA Touring Status Moves to Top of TOC Eligibility) Live Xtra Frame Webcast Pay Ratio: 1:2 2013 Regional Player’s Invitational Points (September 1, 2012 – July 15, 2013) Pos. Name - Hometown #Events Points 1. Warren, Chris - Grants Pass, Ore. 12 150,756 2. Wodka, Dave - Henderson, Nev. 12 143,002 3. Haggerty, PJ - Roseville, Calif. 10 116,638 4. Garber, Wayne - Modesto, Calif. 11 113,444 5. Haugen Jr., Michael - Carefree, Ariz. 9 112,200 6. Danielson, Mike - Portland, Ore. 10 95,149 7. Norton, Scott - Costa Mesa, Calif. 7 94,337 8. Laughlin, Ben - Chandler, Ariz. 12 93,874 9. Frankos, Jeff - Daly City, Calif. 8 90,997 10. Haynes, David - Las Vegas 7 78,851 11. Croucher, Kevin (s) - Grants Pass, Ore. 8 71,955 12. Vazquez, Noel (s) - Sacramento, Calif. 9 69,583 13. McGill, Matt - Grants Pass, Ore. 13 69,515 14. Daugherty, Tom - Wesley Chapel, Fla. 4 68,056 15. Blanchard, Josh - Gilbert, Ariz. 7 66,414 16. DiBenedetto, Leo - Rancho Cordova, Calif. 11 65,923 17. Williams, Stuart - England 7 64,723 18. VanDaniker Jr., Eddie - Chatsworth, Calif. 5 64,293 19. Garber, Will - Modesto, Calif. 13 64,153 20. Thompson Jr., Gregory - Dublin, Calif. 11 63,841 21. Bollinger, Dean - Portland, Ore. 9 60,132 22. Pratt, Jim - Glendale, Ariz. 6 58,606 23. Miller, Jason - Portland, Ore. 10 56,545 24. Graff, Andrew - Las Vegas 11 55,347 25. Parkin, Missy - Lake Forest, Calif. 6 54,310 26. Foley, Kevin (s) - Reno, Nev. 8 54,114 27. Weninger, Blaine - Happy Valley, Ore. 5 54,009 28. Smith, Bryon L. - Roseburg, Ore. 4 53,046 29. Bufkin, Brad - Citrus Heights, Calif 10 48,599 30. Goldstein Jr., Joe - San Bruno, Calif 9 48,404 31. Packard, Ross A. (s) - San Jose, Calif. 3 48,057 32. Goldstein Sr., Joe (s) - Hayward, Calif. 7 46,268 33. Tehee, Jason M. - Fresno, Calif. 10 43,357 34. Husted, Corey - Milwaukie, Ore. 3 41,240 35. Gallagher, Kevin - Torrance, Calif. 8 40,343 36. Smith, Nick - Lincoln, Calif. 7 40,025 37. Nakata, Caleb - Loomis, Calif. 10 40,004 38. Eubanks, Andre - Los Angeles 14 38,211 39. Mojado, Alan - Pala, Calif. 5 37,780 40. Duke, Norm A. - Clermont, Fla. 3 37,607 41. Page, Rhino - Dade City, Fla. 3 37,370 42. Teeters, Tracy A - Albany, Ore. 10 36,713 43. Arnold, Dave - Dublin, Calif. 4 36,629 44. DeVaney, Mike - Hemet, Calif. 4 36,592 45. Silva, Edward (s) - Manteca, Calif. 6 36,499 46. Laing, Keith - Los Angeles 7 36,291 47. Huber, Lowell - Westminster, Calif. 9 34,807 48. Tillson, Chuck - Rohnert Park, Calif. 5 33,110 49. Harlin, Kevin - Milpitas, Calif. 7 32,771 50. Peters, Jake - Decatur, Ill. 5 32,345 51. White III, Clarence - Mountain House, Cali 7 31,480 52. Jackson, J.T. - Sherman Oaks, Calif. 10 30,661 53. Saito, Shigeo - Japan 4 30,503 54. Link, Joshua - Glendive, Mont. 4 29,655 55. Mamlok, Sean P - San Jose, Calif. 10 29,120 56. Okamoto, Darryl T. - Honolulu, Hawaii 6 28,957 57. Ramirez, Hernan - Venezuela 5 27,979 58. Forkel, Eric M. (s) - Henderson, Nev. 6 27,879 59. Dayton, Dave (s) -

2013 Northwest Region Player’s Invitational Highlights $26,500 Prize Fund (based on 48 entries) $6,000 1st place + Free WSOB Entry Champions advance to ESPN finals (taped at WSOB) (ESPN Telecast Winner Receives 2014 TOC Berth) (PBA Tour Champion Holding PBA Touring Status Moves to Top of TOC Eligibility) Live Xtra Frame Webcast Pay Ratio: 1:2 2013 Regional Player’s Invitational Points (September 1, 2012 – July 15, 2013) Pos. Name - Hometown #Events Points 1. Warren, Chris - Grants Pass, Ore. 10 141,109 2. Wodka, Dave - Henderson, Nev. 8 97,282 3. Haggerty, PJ - Roseville, Calif. 7 94,604 4. Garber, Wayne - Modesto, Calif. 7 91,402 5. Danielson, Mike - Portland, Ore. 10 90,767 6. Miller, Jason - Portland, Ore. 12 84,431 7. Weninger, Blaine - Happy Valley, Ore. 7 79,661 8. Norton, Scott - Costa Mesa, Calif. 5 74,049 9. Smith, Bryon L. - Roseburg, Ore. 4 70,378 10. Frankos, Jeff - Daly City, Calif. 6 70,133 11. Bollinger, Dean - Portland, Ore. 10 69,986 12. Daugherty, Tom - Wesley Chapel, Fla. 4 68,056 13. Blanchard, Josh - Gilbert, Ariz. 5 66,414 14. Croucher, Kevin (s) - Grants Pass, Ore. 6 65,810 15. McGill, Matt - Grants Pass, Ore. 12 65,543 16. Husted, Corey - Milwaukie, Ore. 5 61,166 17. Haugen Jr., Michael - Cave Creek, Ariz. 5 58,850 18. Vazquez, Noel (s) - Sacramento, Calif. 6 58,545 19. Williams, Stuart - England 5 52,511 20. Haynes, David - Las Vegas 3 50,794 21. Garber, Will - Modesto, Calif. 9 49,741 22. Teeters, Tracy A - Albany, Ore. 10 45,689 23. Laughlin, Ben - Chandler, Ariz. 5 43,656 24. Thompson Jr., Gregory - Dublin, Calif. 8 43,533 25. DiBenedetto, Leo - Rancho Cordova, Calif. 7 41,230 26. Nash, Evan - Kennewick, Wash. 2 41,063 27. Parkin, Missy - Lake Forest, Calif. 4 38,779 28. Duke, Norm A. - Clermont, Fla. 3 37,607 29. Page, Rhino - Dade City, Fla. 3 37,370 30. Arnold, Dave - Dublin, Calif. 4 36,629 31. Goldstein Jr., Joe - San Bruno, Calif 6 36,065 32. Nakata, Caleb - Loomis, Calif. 8 35,399 33. Bufkin, Brad - Citrus Heights, Calif 6 34,278 34. Peters, Jake - Decatur, Ill. 4 32,345 35. Smith, Nick - Lincoln, Calif. 5 31,929 36. Foley, Kevin (s) - Reno, Nev. 4 30,922 37. Pratt, Jim - Glendale, Ariz. 2 30,177 38. Link, Joshua - Glendive, Mont. 4 29,655 39. Eubanks, Andre - Los Angeles 9 28,193 40. Anderson, Adrian - Roseburg, Ore. 5 28,157 41. Ramirez, Hernan - Venezuela 4 27,979 42. White III, Clarence - Mountain House, Cali 5 27,759 43. Jackson, J.T. (Action) - Tarzana, Calif. 7 27,656 44. Hopfner, Todd - Bonney Lake, Wash. 8 27,123 45. Tuholski, Craig R. - Troutdale, Ore. 2 25,028 46. Rash, Sean - Montgomery, Ill. 1 25,000 47. Bohn III, Parker - Jackson, N.J. 1 25,000 48. Hunt, Russ - Kennewick, Wash. 1 25,000 49. Mamlok, Sean P - San Jose, Calif. 8 24,527 50. Huber, Lowell - Westminster, Calif. 6 24,268 51. Ault Jr., Thomas - Portland, Ore. 2 24,261 52. Dawson, Ty (s) - Sunnyvale, Calif. 2 24,195 53. Heath, Sean D - Spokane, Wash. 3 23,642 54. Nichols, Bill (s) - Roseville, Calif. 3 23,361 55. Dayton, Dave (s) - Reno, Nev. 7 23,313 56. Harlin, Kevin - Milpitas, Calif. 5 23,144 57. Gomez, Andres - Colombia 3 22,260 58. Goldstein Sr., Joe (s) - Hayward, Calif. 4 22,200 59. Tate, Barry (s

* The Foxing Quarterly has announced fall prizes, including one in comics. * Jonathan Baylis on Cartoon College. Justin Giampaoli on Star Wars #6. Grant Goggans on Nikolai Dante: Sympathy For The Devil. Kaitlyn on Wayward Girls #1-2. Hannah Means-Shannon on Fashion Beast #1-10. * Joe Gross reminds that Superman doesn't have to be boring. Speaking of Superman, Tom Scioli reviews the new movie in stream-of-consciousness fashion. * there are a few nice photos of comics pros squirreled away in this flickr set. * Brigid Alverson talks to Lucy Knisley. JK Parkin talks to Ryan Claytor. * missed this piece on comics to read on Bloomsday. * if I'm reading this article correctly -- I'm not reading it really closely -- then the comic in question has sold over two million copies? * I quite enjoyed this more modest edition of the Robot 6 feature "Shelf Porn." * whoa, Richard Sala. * congratulations to the writer Mark Millar for the national honor he received, as described here. * here are a bunch of court cases from the comics -- and I guess cartoons -- involving superhero characters. * finally, I'm not certain I've seen "The Beckett/Bushmiller Letters" on-line before, although I guess I could be wrong.

• Former manager back at St James' Park on three-year contract• Veteran denies his appointment undermines Alan PardewJoe Kinnear has insisted there are "no issues whatsoever" with Alan Pardew after his surprise appointment as Newcastle United's director of football, a role that apparently includes the final say on incoming and outgoing transfers, appeared to undermine the manager's authority at St James' Park.In a move that has bewildered supporters on Tyneside, Kinnear confirmed he had signed a three-year contract with the Newcastle owner, Mike Ashley, on Sunday to return to the club where he endured a volatile six-month spell as manager that ended in early 2009 after he suffered health problems. The 66-year-old has been out of the game ever since but, after three weeks of talks with Ashley, has now been recruited as part of a revamp of United's management structure prompted by the team's perilous brush with relegation last season.Kinnear claimed Pardew, who signed an eight-year contract last September, was "aware of the situation" and hoped the pair can meet up on Monday "over a bit of lunch" to discuss plans for the season ahead. Newcastle flirted with relegation with their resources severely stretched by progress into the Europa Leaguequarter-finals, eventually finishing 16th and five points clear of the cut-off. He has targeted a top-10 finish next term "at least", and hopes to help the side reach the top six in the next two or three seasons. "I'll sit down with Alan Pardew and talk to him about the strengths, weaknesses and what we need to be successful," said Kinnear. "I know I've got more knowledge than anyone at Newcastle as a football manager."That's not being disrespectful to anybody. And I know I will bend over backwards to do the best I possibly can to make Newcastle a better team than they are now. It's glaringly clear where we need to improve, and it'll be my job – my job – to go and buy these players to make Newcastle better. I'm a good judge of players. I've got a bright head, I know a good player when I see one, and can get the right players in for us to be successful. There's no other agenda here. And if I see players at the club right now who are not good enough, then I intend to move them on."There are no issues whatsoever [with Pardew]. My job is quite clear: I'm director of football, he's the manager. I'm not picking the team. That's what the manager gets paid to do. I'm there solely to ensure he gets the best possible team out on the pitch. The tactics and the coaching are down to him. If he wants my advice on tactics and ideas, he can ask me. But he's in charge of the team that is put out on the pitch."Asked who would have the final say on transfers, Kinnear said: "It'll be me. What I'm saying is, between me, Alan and Graham [Carr, the chief scout], we'll sit down and iron it out. If those two decide a player we're looking at is not good enough, my ears will be wide open. It's not a case of 'like it or lump it'. If a close decision is to be made, though, and we're running out of time and it's something we have to do, whether that's adding meat or beef to the team, or pace in wide areas, or someone who can guarantee us 20 goals a season, I will buy those players. I will take that chance once I've clarified that with Alan, that this is for the good of Newcastle."I'll assess the transfer kitty with Mike next week once I've sat down with Alan first, find out what is wanted, who can be shifted out of the club – maybe we can get money back if we shift four or five of them – and then look at the targets."Ashley, who has rarely been afraid of making controversial decisions at Newcastle, first employed the former Wimbledon manager for just over six months during the 2008-09 campaign, a period which ended when Kinnear suffered a heart attack ahead of a game against West Bromwich Albion with the side subsequently relegated in his absence. He won five of his 26 games in charge, enduring a fractious relationship wi

When you say Fuck It, you give in to the flow of life - you stop doing what you don't want to do, you finally do what you've always wanted to do, and you stop listening to people and listen to yourself. -- John C. Parkin, Fuck It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way1 I stopped writing on this site back in February. I was becoming rather frustrated in the amount of ideas flowing around in my head and struggling to get them published. I thought I had perfected my writing work flow to the point where I couldn't possibly change anything more about it. I was able to publish from my iPhone, my iPad, my computer easily. Thought --> Device --> Blog Then I started experiencing hiccups. Things didn't look right on my site or I would experience an error in publishing. The more frustrated I was, the less motivated I was to tackle the problems and get moving again. The solution was always lingering in the back of my mind since I started reading more "geeky" writers who were publishing on either their own platforms or using something freely available that wasn't Wordpress, Tumblr, and so forth. I knew I would probably feel more motivated to write if I experienced less friction overall. Instead of fixing things, I just stopped. Every now and then I would glance at the domain, let out a sigh, then close the browser and move onto something else. This went on for months. I would read further about how people transferred their sites onto new platforms, get into the manuals to discover how I could go about it, even setting up some of these platforms on an old PC to prove to myself that I could get it working. Getting those platforms set up properly proved more challenging than I expected, and only caused more friction with the flow of work, so I stopped delving into that area. The turning point was receiving emails saying bots were trying to log into my Wordpress account. The IP addresses kept changing so I couldn't find a reliable way to block them out completely. Without finding a good solution for that, the result was I was denied access to my account because of all the failed attempts to log in. It always boggles my mind that illegitimate attempts to log in denied the legitimate attempts completely. I could still view my site, of course, but publishing something new was impossible. Wordpress denied all access to my blog regardless of the method I was using. It forced me to either keep fighting these bots or say, "Fuck it," and move to a new platform with all the problems that come with it. So, I said, "Fuck it," and broke my site. The one time I was able to access my site, I exported all the posts, converted them into Markdown, and then decided what to do. I discovered Scriptogr.am by pure accident. My favourite writing application, Byword, had received an update that allowed publishing to various blog platforms. Scriptogr.am was one of the options, which prompted me to explore it, put some posts up and see how it performed. The short answer is I liked it enough to keep pushing to make it work, which leads me to the current status of the site. There are roughly 35 posts out of the nearly 300 I had on the Wordpress domain. I curated this first batch because they represented what I felt was the most useful writing and stuff I enjoyed reading again myself. I am sure I will be adding more to it as time goes on. Definitely not the same amount of bloat as the other site. Otherwise, not much else will change. Posts will still appear on Facebook and Twitter, be found through search engines and so forth. Less worrying about appearance, and more focus on the words. I still am the same person as I was before, after all: Polymath, father, lover of literature and coffee.2 A seriously good book. Check it out: Fuck It ↩ Fuelled by Tonx Coffee ↩

This morning I handed over the reigns of our regular Talk with the Experts sessions to Fernando, who did a sterling job of running the chat, the subject of which was Regular Expressions. Our experts today were SitePoint forum staff members Thom Parkin and Allan H, who did an amazing job of explaining a concept that most programmers find pretty sticky.Here is a list of resources that came out of the session:What is a Regular Expression? How to create a RegEx Syntax and parametersAnd if you like puzzles… you may or may not like these… A RegEx crossword And another crossword And another oneIf you missed the session today because you didn’t know about it then make sure you sign up for email reminders of future sessions here.And without further ado – a transcript of the session:[23:00] Welcome to those people that have just joined. Thom Parkin (@ParkinT) is our expert today. He is a staff member of the SitePoint forums and is here to talk about Regular Expressions[23:01] AllanH is also a staff member of the Sitepoint forums and will be an expert today.[23:02] This topic is just TOO BIG for one person.  [23:03] Where would you recommend a complete beginner with next to no experience with regular expressions start? lol[23:03] There are different “flavors” of regex. we’d like to discuss Perl Compatible Regular Expressions[23:03] Regular Expressions are universal among most programming languages.  However, the implementation varies among the languages too[23:03] We would like to keep the discussion at a very broad and generic level.[23:04] Exactly, Allan.[23:04] Apache mod rewrite, PHP, Javascript, and of course Perl use PCRE[23:04] The purpose and intent of RegEx is to parse, match, find-and-replace characters and strings.[23:04] why i must learn regular expression in programming ?[23:05] Great question.[23:05] Actually, you are not REQUIRED to learn RegEX[23:05] You are not required to learn IF or Switch statements.[23:05] How close are GAWK REs to PCRE?[23:05] It is just another tool that can (often) help you.[23:05] There are good string functions but at times they are not powerful enough[23:05] It’s really about pattern recognition, isn’t it? I’ve seen regular expressions to check that email addresses match an expected format and also in .htaccess redirects…[23:06] That’s right.[23:06] And not always so easy[23:06] I’ve seen some that get what they want and are happy[23:07] I am not sure how close GAWK’s implementation is to PCRE.[23:07] … until they also get what they want to NOT get[23:07] So true, Allan[23:08] So could you give us an example of a (simple) regular expression? [23:08] That could be said about all software code, eh?[23:08] Most times it’s easier to figure out the problem when you get too much than when you don’t get anything[23:08] JohnLacey asked an excellent question…[23:08] True enough, I guess regex is part science and part art[23:09] Email validation is the “classic” use case for RegEx but I don’t think it is a very good example.[23:09] I started with the PHP documentation[23:09] Because an email address can fit the prescribed format, but still not exist?[23:10] Read it and still refer to it often[23:10] Parsing data to determine, for example, all the digits AFTER a decimal point might be an example of a “simple” RegEx.  Allan, do you agree?[23:10] Yes, and something that might come up[23:11] Suppose I have this string:[23:11] 3.14159[23:11] Using RegEx you look for patterns, as johnlacey mentioned.[23:11] Allan, correct me where I mis-state anything…[23:12] The decimal point becomes the “anchor” in our evaluation.  We want to see what comes AFTER it.[23:12] and can’t or don’t want to cast it as a float?[23:13] DRAT.  I cannot type slashes in this chat.[23:13] /\\[23:13] \/foo\/[23:13] Are there control c

Documents recently obtained by Bold Nebraska show that TransCanada - owner of the hotly-contested Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline - has colluded with an FBI/DHS Fusion Center in Nebraska, labeling non-violent activists as possible candidates for "terrorism" charges and other serious criminal charges. Further, the language in some of the documents is so vague that it could also ensnare journalists, researchers and academics, as well.  TransCanada also built a roster of names and photos of specific individuals involved in organizing against the pipeline, including 350.org's Rae Breaux, Rainforest Action Network's Scott Parkin and Tar Sands Blockade's Ron Seifert. Further, every activist ever arrested protesting the pipeline's southern half is listed by name with their respective photo shown, along with the date of arrest. It's PSYOPs-gate and "fracktivists" as "an insurgency" all over again, but this time it's another central battleground that's in play: the northern half of KXL, a proposed border-crossing pipeline whose final fate lies in the hands of President Barack Obama. The southern half of the pipeline was approved by the Obama Admin. via a March 2013 Executive Order. Together, the two pipeline halves would pump diluted bitumen ("dilbit") south from the Alberta tar sands toward Port Arthur, TX, where it will be refined and shipped to the global export market. Activists across North America have put up a formidable fight against both halves of the pipeline, ranging from the summer 2011 Tar Sands Action to the ongoing Tar Sands Blockade. Apparently, TransCanada has followed the action closely, given the level of detail in the documents. Another Piece of the Puzzle Unhappy with the protest efforts that would ultimately hurt their bottom-line profits, TransCanada has already filed a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) against Tar Sands Blockade, which was eventually settled out of court in Jan. 2013. That was just one small piece of the repressive puzzle, though it sent a reverberating message to eco-activists: they're being watched.    In May 2013, Hot Springs School District in South Dakota held a mock bomb drill, with the mock "domestic terrorists" none other than anti-Keystone XL activists.    "The Hot Springs School District practiced a lockdown procedure after pretending to receive a letter from a group that wrote 'things dear to everyone will be destroyed unless continuation of the Keystone pipeline and uranium mining is stopped immediately," explained the Rapid City Journal. "As part of the drill, the district's 800 students locked classroom doors, pulled down window shades and remained quiet." This latest revelation, then, is a continuation of the troubling trend profiled in investigative journalist Will Potter's book "Green Is the New Red." That is, eco-activists are increasingly being treated as domestic eco-terrorists both by corporations and by law enforcement.  TransCanada Docs: "Attacking Critical Infrastructure" = "Terrorism" The documents demonstrate a clear fishing expedition by TransCanada. For example, TransCanada's PowerPoint presentation from Dec. 2012 on corporate security allege that Bold Nebraska had "suspicious vehicles/photography" outside of its Omaha office. That same presentation also says TransCanada has received "aggressive/abusive email and voicemail," vaguely citing an incident in which someone said the words "blow up," with no additional context offered. It also states the Tar Sands Blockade is "well-funded," an ironic statement about a shoe-string operation coming from one of the richest and most powerful industries in human history.  Another portion of TransCanada's PowerPoint presentation discusses the various criminal and anti-terrorism statutes that could be deployed to deter grassroots efforts to stop KXL. The charge options TransCanada presented included criminal trespass, criminal

This past January transfer window, Tottenham's biggest move was for Schalke's Lewis Holtby.Despite the fact that Holtby's contract was due to expire in the summer, the transfer was widely considered one of the best deals of the window.After all, Spurs found themselves in desperate need of some depth in the midfield at the time—after Sandro's season-ending injury—so a £1.5 million deal for a 22-year-old up-and-coming talent seems worth the (relatively) low price.For that final part of the season, Holtby showed some promise at White Hart Lane, coming on in 11 different Premier League matches and getting starts by the end of the campaign.With a new season right around the corner and the German currently gaining more experience while he is away at the 2013 U21 European Championships, the question looming is: how fast will Lewis Holtby's progression be at Tottenham?Specifically, just how will the club use his talents this upcoming season?One factor that might determine this, is Holtby's present and future teammates.With the talented duo of Moussa Dembele and Sandro, Spurs are already quite loaded in the middle of the park.In more attacking roles the side is also quite deep, with superstar player of the year Gareth Bale, young talent Gylfi Sigurdsson and the opportunistic Clint Dempsey providing cover.If Spurs should add to this depth in the transfer window, it could make it hard for Holtby to work his way up the totem pole.However, a factor that might be of help to the German is his ability to fit into many different positions.This past season, Holtby played well in an attacking midfield role, a left option and as a typical central midfielder.With Andre Villas-Boas presumably looking to mold a team after his preferred 4-3-3 image, this type of flexibility is invaluable.After all, the German could provide duct tape for any holes that arise across the midfield.While he may start the season as a second option in the midfield, Lewis Holtby could be finding his way into Tottenham's starting lineup sooner rather than later.His work-rate—especially on defense—makes him a valuable asset that could easily get recognized through another player's poor form or, knock on wood, injury.Even if that doesn't happen though, one can count on Holtby's energy off the bench.This 22-year-old may have the potential to become the breakout star of Spurs' season—but his maturity off the bench and adaptability on the pitch make him a sure-fire contributor for years to come. Follow @Fw1812

2013 West Region Player’s Invitational Highlights $26,500 Prize Fund (based on 48 entries) $6,000 1st place + Free WSOB Entry Champions advance to ESPN finals (taped at WSOB) (ESPN Telecast Winner Receives 2014 TOC Berth) (PBA Tour Champion Holding PBA Touring Status Moves to Top of TOC Eligibility) Live Xtra Frame Webcast Pay Ratio: 1:2 2013 Regional Player’s Invitational Points (September 1, 2012 – July 15, 2013) Pos. Name - Hometown #Events Points 1. Warren, Chris - Grants Pass, Ore. 12 150,756 2. Wodka, Dave - Henderson, Nev. 11 121,188 3. Haggerty, PJ - Roseville, Calif. 10 116,638 4. Haugen Jr., Michael - Carefree, Ariz. 9 112,200 5. Danielson, Mike - Portland, Ore. 10 95,149 6. Norton, Scott - Costa Mesa, Calif. 7 94,337 7. Frankos, Jeff - Daly City, Calif. 8 90,997 8. Garber, Wayne - Modesto, Calif. 10 88,444 9. Laughlin, Ben - Chandler, Ariz. 11 80,777 10. Haynes, David - Las Vegas 7 78,851 11. Croucher, Kevin (s) - Grants Pass, Ore. 8 71,955 12. Vazquez, Noel (s) - Sacramento, Calif. 9 69,583 13. Daugherty, Tom - Wesley Chapel, Fla. 4 68,056 14. Blanchard, Josh - Gilbert, Ariz. 7 66,414 15. DiBenedetto, Leo - Rancho Cordova, Calif. 11 65,923 16. McGill, Matt - Grants Pass, Ore. 12 64,763 17. Williams, Stuart - England 7 64,723 18. VanDaniker Jr., Eddie - Chatsworth, Calif. 5 64,293 19. Garber, Will - Modesto, Calif. 12 60,432 20. Pratt, Jim - Glendale, Ariz. 6 58,606 21. Thompson Jr., Gregory - Dublin, Calif. 10 56,582 22. Graff, Andrew - Las Vegas 11 55,347 23. Parkin, Missy - Lake Forest, Calif. 6 54,310 24. Foley, Kevin (s) - Reno, Nev. 8 54,114 25. Weninger, Blaine - Happy Valley, Ore. 5 54,009 26. Smith, Bryon L. - Roseburg, Ore. 4 53,046 27. Miller, Jason - Portland, Ore. 9 51,030 28. Bufkin, Brad - Citrus Heights, Calif 10 48,599 29. Goldstein Jr., Joe - San Bruno, Calif 9 48,404 30. Packard, Ross A. (s) - San Jose, Calif. 3 48,057 31. Goldstein Sr., Joe (s) - Hayward, Calif. 7 46,268 32. Bollinger, Dean - Portland, Ore. 8 45,989 33. Tehee, Jason M. - Fresno, Calif. 10 43,357 34. Husted, Corey - Milwaukie, Ore. 3 41,240 35. Gallagher, Kevin - Torrance, Calif. 8 40,343 36. Nakata, Caleb - Loomis, Calif. 10 40,004 37. Eubanks, Andre - Los Angeles 14 38,211 38. Mojado, Alan - Pala, Calif. 5 37,780 39. Duke, Norm A. - Clermont, Fla. 3 37,607 40. Page, Rhino - Dade City, Fla. 3 37,370 41. Teeters, Tracy A - Albany, Ore. 10 36,713 42. Arnold, Dave - Dublin, Calif. 4 36,629 43. DeVaney, Mike - Hemet, Calif. 4 36,592 44. Silva, Edward (s) - Manteca, Calif. 6 36,499 45. Laing, Keith - Los Angeles 7 36,291 46. Huber, Lowell - Westminster, Calif. 9 34,807 47. Smith, Nick - Lincoln, Calif. 6 34,030 48. Tillson, Chuck - Rohnert Park, Calif. 5 33,110 49. Harlin, Kevin - Milpitas, Calif. 7 32,771 50. Peters, Jake - Decatur, Ill. 5 32,345 51. White III, Clarence - Mountain House, Cali 7 31,480 52. Jackson, J.T. - Sherman Oaks, Calif. 10 30,661 53. Saito, Shigeo - Japan 4 30,503 54. Link, Joshua - Glendive, Mont. 4 29,655 55. Mamlok, Sean P - San Jose, Calif. 10 29,120 56. Okamoto, Darryl T. - Honolulu, Hawaii 6 28,957 57. Forkel, Eric M. (s) - Henderson, Nev. 6 27,879 58. Dayton, Dave (s) - Reno, Nev. 10 27,538 59. Dawson, Ty (s) - Su

[Later this evening, I will post a recap of Pym links from Days 1 and 2 of Barbara Pym Reading Week.] Today Heavenali is hosting a virtual tea to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Barbara Pym's birth. Folks from around the world are sitting down to a special tea today to honor the life and work of Miss Pym. Amanda had a great idea to bake something from The Barbara Pym Cookbook to mark the occasion, this seemed like a fantastic idea (like her idea for the reading week in the first place) so I am following suit. Not being English, I have always been fascinated by English cakes. You know, the kind that one often sees in films that are eaten with the hand and not a fork. Solid looking wedges kept in tins for god knows how long. Many in this country would think of the holiday fruitcake as being an example of this, but there are many other kinds that have popped up over the years in my Anglophilic reading and viewing frenzy. One of my favorite movie scenes of all time is from Howard's End where Margaret and Helen Schlegel ply Leonard Bast with cake in their drawing room. There is one round cake in that scene that always fascinates me. And of course there are years of Mrs. Bridges' various cakes--especially her cherry cake--that I have always wanted to try. In reality I don't like nuts in cakes so there are probably many English cakes that I would not like. But that doesn't stop me from being fascinated. The Barbara Pym Cookbook I wanted to choose something from the Pym cookbook that would be one of those cakes that gets pulled out of a tin to be served to an unexpected guest. The one from the cookbook that stood out for that purpose was the Parkin cake. One thing you need to understand about this cookbook is that it is more of a literary gift than a serious cookbook. After Pym's death her sister Hilary and Honor Wyatt seemingly decided to capitalize on Barbara's popularity by producing a cookbook that featured recipes for food featured in her novels. To give you an example, the lead up to the Parkin cake recipe is an extended quote from Crampton Hodnet in which, on a wet July afternoon, Mrs Cleveland frets about what to serve old Mrs. Killigrew who she feels obligated to invite in out of the cold for tea. She asks Anthea "Is there any cake in the house?" The cookbook goes on to say "If someone had thought to make a parkin, that is a very good cake for keeping." In other words, this cake was never mentioned in any Pym book and Pym never necessarily made such a cake. At the Pym conference in Boston in March, the food historian Laura Shapiro gave a wonderful paper on food in Pym's novels. (What is it about food writers that make them so enthusiastic about life? Laura's energy made me think of Ruth Reichl's wonderful books.) Part of the discussion after her paper focused on the Pym cookbook. No one who spoke had really put the cookbook to practical use and many were dubious about its value as a source of recipes. With that knowledge, I thought it might be best if I compared the Pym recipe to other recipes for Parkin cake that others online had actually tried making. I soon discovered the different types of Parkin cake (oats in the north, no oats in the south), the fact that it was often made to be eaten on Bonfire Night, that it gets better and stickier with age, and that every recipe called for ground ginger and/or mixed spice. The Pym cookbook recipe called for no spice. The Pym cookbook is also short on direction. No mention of what size pan for this recipe. I ended up going off recipe a bit by adding ginger, a pinch of salt, and baking it for only 45 minutes (45 minutes fewer than the recipe called for). I also made it yesterday so it would have at least 24 hours to groovify and get some of the stickiness. Essentially the cake is a ginger or spice cake with dark treacle (or molasses) and dark sugar, and, since I wanted to go the more traditional Yorkshire route, oatmeal. The Parkin Cake in progress