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GeordieJedi wrote:Hi again.
Command =
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Umm, I think Nelz meant you to substitute your NAS hostname, not use hostname literally.
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/volume1/video Yavin(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_root_squash,insecure_locks,anonuid=0,anongid=0)
/volume1/photo Yavin(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_root_squash,insecure_locks,anonuid=0,anongid=0)
/volume1/music Yavin(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_root_squash,insecure_locks,anonuid=0,anongid=0)
Hoth> exportfs
Which makes this result look very odd - that looks a lot like the output you would get either from exportfs or from doing something like:
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cat /etc/exports
Though I don't know what "Yavin) is. As an example of what you might expect, this is the result of running exportfs on a server I look after:
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root@thunderbird:~# exportfs
/var/files 10.1.0.0/255.255.255.0
Were you already connected to the NAS when you used the first command?
The other command you can use (when already ssh'd into the NAS) is "showmount -e".
Not sure about your NAS, but for several in my experience, you have an admin user which is what you would use logging into the web interface, but also a root user, which is what you should use when using SSH to get access to the device. Most of the time, the admin password and the root password are the same.


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One day after his club eliminated the rival Los Angeles Dodgers from playoff contention, Ryan Vogelsong gets the call for the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday evening in the finale of a three-game series that closes the regular season for both clubs.
But only the Giants will play past Wednesday as the NL West champions look to return to the World Series for the second time in three seasons.
The Dodgers were challengers for a playoff spot for most of the season and attempted to spark a struggling club by acquiring Hanley Ramirez, Josh Beckett and Adrian Gonzalez in trades during the season. A season high-tying six-game win streak kept Los Angeles in contention for the NL's second wild card spot, but it needed to win its final two games and have the St. Louis Cardinals lost their last two to force a one-game playoff.
The Cardinals did in fact lose on Tuesday night to the Cincinnati Reds, but the Dodgers couldn't get it done on their end and lost 4-3 to the Giants.
"Everyone is disappointed. We thought we'd win this game," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
Buster Posey and Joaquin Arias each hit a home run and Barry Zito allowed two runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over six-plus innings for the Giants.
Sergio Romo stranded the game-tying run on second base in the ninth to record his 14th save of the season and give San Francisco its fifth win in seven games.
"We played this like a playoff game. It was very good for us. I'll play the starters again (Wednesday) to keep them sharp, but I don't know how long I'll play them," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
Chris Capuano surrendered two runs on five hits in a three-plus innings for Los Angeles, while A.J. Ellis hit a two-run homer.
Getting the call for Bochy's club will be Vogelsong, who is rounding into form ahead of the playoffs.
Following a three-start span in which he allowed 16 runs over just 11 2/3 innings, Vogelsong has yielded only two runs in 12 innings of back-to-back wins over the San Diego Padres.
The righty is coming off a road win on Friday as he held the Padres to an unearned run on five hits and a walk in six innings, improving to 14-9 with a 3.46 earned run average in 30 starts this year.
"At this point I'm just trying to stay on a good roll here going into the postseason," said Vogelsong.
The 35-year-old is 2-1 with a stellar 0.89 ERA in three meetings with the Dodgers this season, allowing two earned runs in 20 1/3 innings. His lone loss was a 4-0 decision on July 29 in which he gave up two runs -- one earned -- in six innings.
Though this game is meaningless for the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw still appears in line to start tonight despite a left hip injury that has plagued him down the stretch.
The left-hander showed no signs of that ailment last time out on Friday versus the Colorado Rockies, picking up his first win since Aug. 25 by hurling eight scoreless innings and scattering five hits and two walks while striking out 10.
"I feel good," said Kershaw. "I was able to command the ball better tonight."
Kershaw, 24, is just 1-3 in four starts versus the Giants in 2012 despite a 1.74 ERA. He has given up six runs and fanned 32 in 31 innings against them.
San Francisco has won six of its last eight versus Los Angeles and leads the season series 10-7.

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The Pirates will view Bruce's broken bat was intentional and tried to hurt the 1B Jones. Watch out for their retaliation
Frazier's at bat that last inning was rather upsetting. He has to mash lefties like this guy.
Wow! What a DP there!
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
that was the best throw i've seen from mes in a long time
Mes makes a decent play & Cozart finishes it -- DP --- Leake looking good -- again
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
Except for the Phils-Mets game, very low scoring games so far tonight.
As has been mentioned in previous game-day threads and again tonight, the RH's, other than Heisey who has been smashing the all since he came off the DL, need to be producing runs off of Lefties (heck...off of Righties, too, but especially Lefties).
Ripped that one
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
Mesoraco blasts one for a double.
Leake - your are a better bunter than that
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
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Hi all,
Can we send data via a multicast socket by using SSL? Anyone can give me some reference on it.
Please help, much thanks!
I don't think that there is a ratified standard for secure multicasting,
nearest is the RMP which is the Reliable Multicast Protocol - you could
try looking in the Java JSSE (Secure Socket Extensions) library but I couldn't
find anything.
The other option you have is to encrypt the data prior to sending, however if
a packet doesn't make it your in trouble.
Sorry I cannot help further.
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What: Food Safety Training for Cottage Food Vendors
When: 5:30-8:30 p.m. June 25
Where: Boulder County Extension Office, Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont
Cost: $30
Reservations: Google cottage food training Longmont or call Anne Zander at 303-678-6238. Classes are also available in Golden and Aurora
Maybe you have a recipe for your grandmother's toffee or a killer strawberry jam. You go to sleep at night imagining your product lined up in a neat row on the grocer's shelf.
But how to get there?
While Whole Foods, Alfalfa's Market, Lucky's Markets and other local stores sometimes take new, locally produced food items, they must be prepared in a commercial kitchen and have a nutrition label before consideration. However, some would-be food entrepreneurs are not quite that far along on their path. With those folks in mind, the Colorado legislature passed the Cottage Food Act in 2012, allowing the direct-to-consumer sales from home kitchens of certain types of cakes, cookies, candy, dried herbs, honey, jams and jellies.
To be certified under the act, would-be bakers must take a safety course. Previously, the only course available was ServSafe, offered by the National Restaurant Association. However, staffers at the Colorado State Extension have been working on a curriculum and are now offering classes geared specifically for those working in their home kitchens. The classes will be offered in Longmont, Golden and Aurora
"It's a way different environment from a restaurant, grocery store or deli area," says Anne Zander of the Extension. "It's not a commercial kitchen. It's a home kitchen."
As such, special care must be taken. Pets must be kept out of the kitchen, for example. If your dog comes and drinks from his bowl in the kitchen, the floor must be cleaned using a disinfectant cleaner and the bowl removed, along with Fido.
Likewise, children should be kept out until the food prep is complete and if the cook has contact with his or her brood, hands must be carefully washed.
"We talk about sanitation," Zander says, "and where you might see cross-contamination."
Allergens are an important component, as well. For example, a seller is not allowed to claim that products are gluten free unless the kitchen is completely gluten free. That's because for those with celiac disease, even a few particles of gluten can cause a reaction. The same is true of peanuts and tree nuts.
While most people are aware of these allergies, Zander says less common allergies may also pop up. For example, an allergy to strawberries. If you make strawberry jam and don't get the pan completely clean when you switch to peach, a person with a strawberry allergy could have a reaction.
The law allows people to sell baked goods and candy that don't require refrigeration, as well as jellies and jams made from acidic fruits such as strawberries and peaches. Less acidic recipes such as that great pepper jelly your aunt makes are not permitted. That's because the deadly botulism toxin can multiply in non-acidic canned foods.
Zander says the training is important, because it protects both the consumer and the vendor.
One of the people taking the class will be 12-year-old Jasey Chanders, who sells baked goods to her neighbors in the Nyland Cohousing community.
Her mother, Kiki, who will take the class with her, says Jasey is happy where her business is now but wants to investigate what the next steps might be.
"Part of that is the Cottage Food law. You have to take a food safety class," she says.
Jasey's goods are made without gluten, dairy or refined sugar, and she will learn the proper way to label them in the class, among other things.
While her family doesn't have problems with gluten, like any good entrepreneur Jasey knows her market.
"I'm not gluten-free, dairy-free anything, but most of my neighbors are," she says.
Jasey, who was named top young entrepreneur in the region in a competition sponsored by Ersnt & Young in Denver, sells about two 9- by 13-inch pans of goods every week during Nyland's CSA pickup. She makes different types of cookies and cakes, many with chocolate. One of her favorites is a cake made with white beans, a touch of honey, eggs and a bit of coconut flour.
"It's really good. It's so healthy. I eat it for breakfast a lot," she says.
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This user guide will often refer to the various sections of the Solero Music Viewer as shown below.
Solero Music Viewer is a user-friendly program that offers multiple ways (menu, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts) of executing the same commands to suit your personal preferences.
This user guide will help you get the most out of the program and your scores.


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By Michael Tidemann
Staff Writer
In the 1980s, Iowa Lakes Community College pioneered distance education with a state-of-the-art television system that let instructors reach students at remote sites. It worked great, and in its time, served as a national model for other colleges and schools.
Fast forward to 2012. Just as technology changed, so did the needs of students who wanted an educational experience as close to reality as possible. On Wednesday, the college held a five-campus ribbon cutting to dedicate a new system that met those needs.
Through a $498,695 USDA grant, the college completed the $1,095,000 system in time for classes this fall. Students at all five campuses - Algona, Emmetsburg, Estherville, Spencer and Spirit Lake - are now connected as they have never been before. In addition, several area high schools benefitted from the program and are able to share Iowa Lakes classes - Algona, Armstrong-Ringsted, Clay Central-Everly, Emmetsburg, Graettinger-Terril, Harris-Lake Park, North Sentral Kossuth, Ruthven-Ayrshire and West Bend-Mallard. Armstrong-Ringsted and North Sentral Kossuth have since entered into a whole-grade sharing agreement as North Union.
The new system ties in well with the college's new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiative.
"This will help build our workforce's educational abilities through both short- and long-term education solutions, thus decreasing our unemployment percentages while increasing our per capita income," said Val Newhouse, college president.
The new system features voice-activated cameras that switch to the speakers at each site. The previous system required that students press buttons in microphones before talking.
The new system features twin 80-inch screens, one for each site and the other with smaller split screens showing each remote site below and a larger image above of the site which is broadcasting.
"We are having a virtual ribbon cutting as we link our locations together," Newhouse said before Wednesday's ribbon cutting.
Jan Lund, college board of trustees president, said one of the trustees' major responsibilities is that students are well served and that the new system fulfills that purpose.
Mark Gruwell, executive dean of instruction and development, lauded staff for their work in obtaining the USDA grant and for coordinating with high high-school campuses. He added that he hoped the system would benefit students pursuing lifelong learning.
Bill Menner, state director of USDA Rural Development which awarded the grant, joined in congratulating the college on completing the new distance learning system.
"I want to congratulate you in this exciting and innovative venture," Menner said.
Menner told how the agency dated back to the New Deal when the Rural Electrification Administration was founded. He said the agency continues with its mission of helping with rural development.
"What I see here and what I see in every one of these classrooms bodes well for the future of Iowa rural communities," Menner said. Without community colleges like Iowa Lakes, said Menner, "Rural Iowa would suffer tremendously."
Taylor Anderson, Iowa Lakes student ambassador, said of the new system, "It's really beneficial to the students. I think Iowa Lakes did a good job picking that.


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Sometimes you just have to take a leap of confidence in the Montessori method and the lessons one is so familiar with. I am very limited in regards to the Montessori materials that I have to work with at The Bridge. I would love a gently used binomial and trinomial cube or the small or large hexagon box, but I don't have them...yet. So...as Montessorians around the world have been doing for decades, I modified another material in order to present a work that I felt would be stimulating for and serve the needs of one of the seniors at The Bridge who does not have dementia. Instead, he has other medical issues that require that he be supervised and that he be in a setting that would also provide him social interactions.
I had bought a Chinese Puzzle at a church rummage sale to give as a gift for a fellow Montessori teacher thinking she might like to use it as an extension for constructive triangles. I never had the opportunity to give it to her, so it has been sitting on a shelf in my apartment for a year and a half.
I recently had a wonderful conversation with the head of a Montessori school in British Columbia. We talked at length about how paralyzed a teacher can become if what is in her album is not on her shelf. Maybe a material is broken or has been promised to be order under the next year's budget. Should the teacher move ahead with the lessons skipping over say the multiplication board and presenting the division board, if there is no multiplication board? Multiplication can be presented with the bead box and other materials besides the board. At a refresher course years ago in Florida, the keynote speaker stated clearly, "Follow the child, not your albums."
The person I wanted to present the constructive triangles to isn't a child. They are an adult. The lessons are already modified to fit the needs of an adult. So...I had this beautiful Chinese Puzzle that kept whispering to me, "Susan, use me at The Bridge in place of the constructive triangles. I am such a beautiful material. I am small and delicate and I invite curiosity." Finally, I decided that it would be perfect for this particular senior.
It was mid-morning when he arrived. I waited for him to get settled. I then approached him and invited him to work with me. He immediately agreed to. I directed him to a table in the back. I picked the puzzle up off my desk and joined him.
Before I revealed what I was holding in my lap, I told him that I had something very beautiful and delicate that I wanted to share with him. I paused for a deliberate minute and then placed it on the table in front of him. I asked him to carefully open it. He did so with precise movements. He pulled the enclosed material out from the decorative cover and placed it on the table.
I then leaned towards him and said, "There are triangles and squares inside and we can make things with them." He smiled and then carefully opened the package. He studied the yellow, wooden material for a minute.
I asked him to take one piece out at a time. He did and immediately he started piecing the shapes together to create something.
After he made one thing, he made another and then another. He was very pleased with his third construction calling it a rabbit.
The hand loves to engage and this action engages the mind. Maria Montessori wrote, "The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence." She also wrote, "We found individual activity is the one factor that stimulates and produces development." The child's mind is not the only mind that needs stimulation for development. The need for mental development spans a lifetime.


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|2010-11-28, 04:28
|Link #61
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: In Wonderland with Alice
I ish not good, I ish learning >__< Well, then again, I don't take compliments too well (dunno how to respond) but thanks all
@Presage - It is not superior xD - Yeah at first when I was done with that sig, I wasn't quite sure if it was going to be anything special but it took a little time before I started to appreciate it more
@Patchy - My sigs are never as shiny as yours and any sigmaker doesn't have to be great to make clippings
@The Chaos & Rennir - Thankies I can't believe this one's a pretty good hit, I thought it looked pretty nice but never thought it was that nice xD
@distorted momentum - Thankies Can't believe the SOTM keeps creeping its way back to the bottom xDD
@Rhythm - Thanks! I must confess, lately I've been addicted to smudging...like EVERYTHING! It's almost like drinking or something @__@ (though I don't drink), it's just soo hard to stay away from that xD I think it kind of solves all my problems with sigs xDD
@LostShizu - I'm happy you like it
Another request pulled from the sig request thread
A friend of mine requested a series of Ragnarok Online siggies - I love their fan/concept art a lot!
<--I LOVE this death one, it looks mightly bloody! xD
The first one (ninja) really didn't come out that well but I never got back to fixing it - maybe I'll attempt again for next update..maybe x_X
A request from LostShizu, which can be shown above
An honorable request from thee Pachy-sama @__@
And just one I wanted to get my hands on - another Magna Carta <3; I was going to put up one more version of it but it got seriously late, so I might either come back to it or it might just stay as it is ;_;
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|2010-11-28, 20:31
|Link #62
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Magic Land
Thanks for the great sig...
|2010-11-28, 20:47
|Link #63
books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
good focus, nice color right brightness, well used blurrness (unless I am mistake ). The only real flaw than I see it than your name isn't fully readable.
|2010-11-28, 23:42
|Link #64
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: In Wonderland with Alice
@Patchy - Omg a harp! <3 They can't compare to yours^^
@ganbaru - oh gosh that's a shock xD My name was intentional, just trying to leave some water marks on them
I actually decided to make a change to that one, and here it is - I think...it looks better xD?
|2010-11-28, 23:56
|Link #65
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Magic Land
btw I think the 1st version is still the best, but the 2nd version is good either... maybe bec. the c4d in the 1st looks better
|2010-12-01, 00:51
|Link #68
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: In Wonderland with Alice
Wow, I'm surprised that everyone likes the first version of that ninja sig o_o, maybe it's because the colors stand out more differently xD
|2010-12-01, 04:17
|Link #69
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Age: 32
I must say that I am highly impressed with your work. Your sigs are pieces of art, as far as I'm concerned. Magnificent, really.
I was hoping that I could request a sig/avy set, if it isn't too much trouble. I don't know, nor do I pretend to know, how these things work or are made, so if my request won't work, then let me know and I'll come up with something else.
Text/Name: Steel
Image/Render/Stock: There are three pictures I was hoping to have in this.
Transmutation Cirlce
Size: 740x200
And, if it isn't too much, one that is AS-safe as well
Style: I really hope this comes out clear and that it will work.
I would like the transmutation circle faded all the way into the background, with Ed 1 centered in the middle, faded into the second layer. Then, Ed 2 clearly in the foreground, rain and everything, on the very top.
Colors: Not too sure....blues and reds, I guess. Whatever you think would work best.
Subtext: Determination leads to Retribution
I already have an avatar, but if you wanted to make me one, I wouldn't say no :P If you do, the size is 152x152.
Thank you in advance for trying and if something doesn't work, let me know and I'll think of something else.
Again, your work is spectacular and I can't wait to see more from you.
|2010-12-03, 18:50
|Link #70
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: David Tennant's bedroom in the TARDIS
very nice sigs, my favorites are the gaming ones. Your use of c4d and depth is really cool, and the text, which many including myself struggle with, is very nice.
Look forward to seeing more work. Oh! and one question. Do you happen to still have the render of that neko-girl with the purple hair by any chance?
|2010-12-03, 19:54
|Link #71
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: In Wonderland with Alice
Hey there, thanks alot for your support^^
I haven't got a chance to check in for a while x.x my whole house is sick, and they got to me as well so I've been feelinf under the weather x.x
But I couldn't help but to take a look back here xD I'll try to catch up with you guys:
@tamaki-san - I got your message, I will make you another sig with all 3 girls included, but it's a little hard to make it christmas-y instead of snowy, and that the girls aren't really aligned might make this sig a little short if you don't mind, but I'll try to get on it today >_<
@Steel - Erm, I noticed you only had 2 posts when you requested here. Since all these wonderful siggie makers don't approve of "hit & runs" (not sure if that's the correct term), I don't want to perpetuate the idea that it's ok for that and seeing that you want an extra big sig (I'm aware that you also wanted an AS safe one too), it makes new think you're going to use it elsewhere... Unfortunately, I can't make the sig. Sorry.
@Illusore - I left you a message on your visitor board about your request, I can't access the image. Do you have achiever link? Also, which neko girl are you talking about? X_x
|2010-12-03, 21:35
|Link #73
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Age: 32
Juju, I can respect your decision to not make a "hit and run" signature, but I can assure you that I plan on sticking around here for quite a while. If you want, you can just do the AS size one and i will be more than happy with that. the reason i asked you about the other sized sig is because I see you were making other sigs different sizes and everything.
|2010-12-04, 01:25
|Link #74
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: In Wonderland with Alice
@tamaki-san - I don't know if this will work..as I mentioned before, this sig is kind of short x_X
@Illusore - Here's the neko-girl pic. Unfortunately, I forgot to save it as a png when I was making that sig, but it shouldn't be too hard to render since the bg is a solid color (if I remember correctly, it just required a wand tool)
Spoiler for Neko-Girl:
Also, I kind of made 2 versions of your request, hope they look alright... First one looked good but I felt iffy about it so I went back to smudging (>__> lame right? lol)
@Steel - I had those huge sigs from a long time ago , it had nothing to do with this website, all sigs that I make for others has to fit AS regulations, so those big ones don't count. I also made two versions of your sig. I don't think I was really catching onto what your description was because the result doesn't really look right so I made a second one also. I don't specialize in avatars, so these were literally taken out from the siggy.
Also, I'd really appreciate it if you didn't use my sig that you currently have on without asking. This sig ended up being designated to another requester. I should clarify on that in the first thread. Thank you.
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|2010-12-04, 01:41
|Link #75
Join Date: Nov 2010
|2010-12-04, 02:04
|Link #76
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Age: 32
As for the last sig, I feel like a fool. I shouldn't have done that, and I apologize. I just adore your work. So, again, I apologize for taking a piece of your art without your permission and thank you (much, much more than you know) for making the sigs for me. And I would also like to apologize for getting a little confused on the other sigs, I shouldn't have assumed.
Again, your work.....celestial.
|2010-12-10, 02:41
|Link #80
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: In Wonderland with Alice
I'm happy you all love it!
For the past week and a half, I got so sick Couldn't even figure what happened when I came back x_X but thanks everyone for your votes!
Updates: I really couldn't do much this past 1-2 weeks T.T and several doesn't look too great xD
A request to emotics
And then some...
Obviously this nong here wasn't thinking - or couldn't think all I could do was stick my name in them >_> how lame. I think I like the last one best out of the entire batch :/
Must lay off all thee smudging >_> it's starting to look kinda ugly to me..
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Scenario: The Reds front office decides they have to try Aroldis in the rotation and move him next spring. Joseph has been dealt and I'm not sure Bray will be back. If Cingrani were to have a strong spring, would you move him to the pen as the 2nd lefty, then let him compete for Bronson's spot in 2014? Or would you leave him in L'Ville as a starter to work on his offspeed stuff?
I'm starting to believe this may be moot because Aroldis may be our closer for years to come.


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"lowest timber of a ship or boat," mid-14c., probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse kjölr "keel," Danish kjøl, Swedish köl, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Some etymologists say this is unconnected with the keel that means "a ship, barge," which also is the root of Middle Dutch kiel "ship," Old English ceol "ship's prow," Old High German kiel, German Kiel "ship," but the two words have influenced each other. Barnhart, however, calls them cognates. This other word is said to be from Proto-Germanic *keula, from PIE *geul- "rounded vessel." Keel still is used locally in England and U.S. for "flat-bottomed boat," especially on the Tyne.
1838, American English, from keel (n.). To keel over (1876) is from the nautical image of a ship turning keel-up. Related: Keeled; keeling.
"to keep cool," from Middle English kelen, from Old English celan "to cool," from col "cool" (see cool). The form kele (from Old English colian) was used by Shakespeare, but it later was assimilated with the adjective form into the modern verb cool. Cognate with Dutch koelen, Old High German chuolen, German kühlen.


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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Journalististic Values Help the Sport
LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2013-- Kudos to the executive editor for opening a window for us West Coast wing-nuts. I have a feeling there will be a price to pay, even from 3,500 miles away.
The piece noted that the media and cyber-skirmishes between California trainer, Bob Baffert, and two of his more prominent and persistent Internet critics, Ray Paulick and horseplayer advocate Andy Asaro, had recently taken on a personal note when Baffert began making references to the private lives of his opposition.
The irony here is that Paulick and Asaro have previously publicly employed, if not exchanged, similar unpleasantness themselves, so none can claim to have taken the high road here.
It will be interesting to see whether those two adversaries, being on the same side of an issue for a change, can actually effect the change they advocate.
Baffert's shot at Paulick took place on TVG which has yet to give the latter equal time. This is no impediment to Paulick who -- through his popular website -- has become the Oprah Winfrey of Internet racing discussion forums. His posted response to Baffert was greeted with rousing audience support.
I respect Mr. Paulick as one of the most talented writers and communicators on racing-related matters. The continued success of his website mirrors his ability to present issues that fuel reader participation like the one mentioned.
However, I'm a little skeptical re his simplistic addiction-as-disease stance which elicited overwhelming sympathy from the audience. Some diseases can cause suffering beyond the immediate victims; to family, caregivers, society and even victims of unexpected and unintended consequences as a result of those actions.
Alzheimer's is one such disease but one that is not self-inflicted as addiction caused by substance abuse can be. I'm not suggesting that's the case here but I feel compelled to raise the awareness of those who have never experienced such tragedy in the life of a loved one.
The comment thread was reminiscent of a referee, i.e. the majority of posters calling a foul on a player who reacts to the foul that the ref didn't see. In this case, the original foul was Paulick's news piece on Quarter Horse racing that led with a seemingly gratuitous shot at Baffert, deserved or not.
Toward the end of that 200-plus comment thread, Paulick finally pointed his finger at the real villains in the piece: "… The Thoroughbred Owners of California and California trainers that have fought efforts calling for more transparency--even when it comes to mandatory release of veterinary records for horses that die in racing or training.
It pains me to say this but California racing is sinking under the current leadership of the CHRB and TOC."
While it has indeed been a series of tragic events accompanied by regulatory malfeasance that are dimming Baffert's bright light, triggering suspicion and constant criticism in cyberspace, some of it is warranted. The comments made by this Hall of Fame icon speak to an arrogance that, in Sheets parlance, is a "new lifetime top."
Some SoCal horsemen maintain that the 80-20 rule is alive and well in this state; that 20% of the horsemen are receiving 80% of the purse money. (I doubt we'll ever learn what portion of that 20% Baffert earns as the trainer of highly successful owners, and as an owner himself, but I suspect it is substantial).
The fact that Baffert sits on the TOC board, an organization that effectively controls the rate of takeout charged racing's customers to fund those purses, strongly suggests a conflict of interest.
That he, or any trainer, could have seven horses in the same shed die suddenly within an 18-month period and be allowed to continue to train before the cause of those deaths are revealed, speaks to the regulatory agency involved.
At best, the California Horse Racing Board is overly influenced by this iconic figure and his powerful owner, the influential TOC board member Mike Pegram. At worst, it suggests that the CHRB is incompetent, corrupt, or both.
These two men have been subjected to continuous cyber-scrutiny by people such as Asaro, a horseplayer willing to speak out against the inequities imposed by the arrogantly influential and powerful, even in the face of intimidation that includes threats of legal action and an investigation into his private life.
That might explain why, up until now, only a few others have been willing to step forward and openly challenge these agents of privilege and power.
Perhaps, beginning with the efforts of Paulick and Pricci, more journalists, if there any left among industry media, will be willing to step up and call for broader-based, transparent leadership in California and elsewhere. Rubber stamps do the sport no good.


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The NFL found some two dozen players for the New Orleans Saints took part in a pay-for-hits program that paid bounties for knocking specific players out of games. Those involved likely face fines or suspensions. But lawyer Eldon Ham argues that doesn't go far enough, and proposes criminal charges.
Op-Ed: File Criminal Charges For Hard Hits
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The Mid Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting 12 new
members in the Class of 2013.
The honorees represent outstanding accomplishment in playing, coaching, and fostering the growth of athletics in a 7 county area in both Ohio and West Virginia
The MOV Sports Hall of Fame will enshrine the Class of 2013 in an induction banquet on June 8 at the Grand Pointe Center in Vienna, WV.
For banquet and ticket information go to midohiovalleysportshalloffame.org
MOV Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013
Ashli White Childers- Jackson County
Ashli excelled in both basketball and softball for the Ripley High School Vikings in the 1980's.
She set a school scoring record on the basketball court with a 40 point performance against Logan and twice she was named to the Class AAA First Team All State Basketball team.
On the softball diamond Ashli was a pitching standout with a career record of 50-22 and an earned run average of 1.33 with more than 500 career strikeouts.
She was named captain of the first All State Football Softball team and went on to excel in the sport as a scholarship athlete at Morehead State University
Bryan Crislip- Wood County
During his high school career at Parkersburg South, Bryan was as competent on on the basketball court, as he was on the first tee
His athleticism and drive earned Bryan All State first team honors in both sports
Bryan was a play maker on the Patriots who could set up a teammate, or take the shot himself.
He went on to have an outstanding basketball career at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he earned Most Valuable Player honors and set several school records
Mike DeVol- Noble County
Mike DeVol loved coaching high school football, and winning high school football games. And he was quite accomplished at both.
He left his mark on the football programs at Caldwell, Warren, and Parkersburg South High School . His record comes to 251-111-2
The high point of his success came in 2003 when he guided South to the WV Class AAA Championship
Mike finished up his career at his alma mater Caldwell, where he took his Redskins to the playoffs a final time.
Joe Garrett- Washington County
Championship winning basketball coach in both Ohio and West Virginia
First at Belpre High School, and then at Parkersburg Catholic, Joe won 13 conference championships and numerous sectional, district and regional championships.
Joe took his Golden Eagles to the Ohio Div. III Final Four three times
After a stellar career in Ohio, Joe finished up his career with Parkersburg Catholic.
He capped off his career with a WV Class A basketball championship in 2010.
His overall career coaching record 292-175
Roger Hosaflook- Washington County
Legendary Belpre wrestling coach who spent a lifetime building a successful Golden Eagle wrestling program.
Roger's teams posted 403 victories and earned four District Championships and 14 Tri-Valley Conference Championships
He founded Belpre's youth wrestling program and has impacted the lives of hundreds of athletes over the years.
Mike Lucas- Wirt County
Mike was a gifted athlete in his own right, and went on to share his knowledge as a coach for more than 3 decades.
He was a head football coach at 4 different schools. Mike enjoyed his greatest success at Wirt County High School .
He coached the Tigers to a perfect 10-0 regular season and three 9-1 season.
Mike took the Tigers to the playoffs 5 times, including 3 consecutive years in the early 1990's
Larry Martin- Wood County-
Larry Martin was a steward of the game of golf.
He made a positive impact on the game he loved as the longtime PGA club professional at the Parkersburg Country Club.
During his tenure there, he oversaw the area's oldest and most successful charity golf event: The Sour Mash Open. Over the years the tournament has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local charities
But his legacy will always be for growing the game of golf. He founded a Junior Golf tour that gave young golfers a chance to learn the game the right way, and compete against kids their own age in a series of tournaments
Larry Martin passed away in February of 2012, but his contributions to the game of golf live on.
Mike McCoy- Wood County
Mike carried on the long tradition of great running backs at Parkersburg High School.
He's sixth on the school's all time rushing list with over 25 hundred yards to his credit
Mike was a big play back, averaging over 5 yards a carry for his career, and he also had 18 career touchdowns
He earned All State honors with the Big Reds and finished second in the voting for the Kennedy Award as player of the year.
Mike earned a scholarship playing football at Marshall and was a 4 year letterman.
Allison Spiker Morris- Jackson County
Allison was the first female athlete at Ripley High School to earn 12 varsity letters
She earned All State honors in both cross country and track. Allison was also a starter on the Lady Vikings basketball team as well
Success in competition followed Allison to West Virginia University where she also ran both cross country and track.
She earned 12 more varsity letters competing for the Mountaineers and served as captain of both teams
Missy Spangler- Ritchie County
Missy is the daughter of MOV Sports Hall of Fame member Terry Spangler. But she was a success in her own right.
Missy was a dominant athlete in basketball, cross country, and track. She was a 4 time First Team All State pick in both basket ball and cross country.
She was an incredible athlete on the basketball court for a Lady Rebels team that made a run at the state tournament.
Missy went on to compete in basketball and track at Robert Morris University and West Virginia Wesleyan
Don Stansberry- Wood County
Don is a worthy inclusion to the list of great coaches being honored in this year's induction class.
He was the head girls varsity basketball coach at Parkersburg High School for a successful run that spanned parts of 3 decades
His 263 career victories make him the winningest girls basketball coach in school history
Don led the Big Red Girls to 11 Sectional Championships, 9 Regional Championships and 4 Class AAA State Championships.
He has been honored as the Girls Basketball Coach of the Year, and as an Outstanding West Virginia by Governor Gaston Caperton
Don Ullmann- Noble Country
Don's organizational skills have served him, and various athletic groups over the years, well.
The Noble county educator helped found the Pioneer Valley Athletic Conference in 1973.
He's been on several committees with the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.
Don has also had an impact on the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of he Eastern District Board
Don was on the founding committee of the Mid Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame and serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the organization.


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can I just kick this thing off? u all know who im picking at 1....
Round 1
1. Carolina (Bitonti) - QB Cameron Newton, Auburn
2. Denver (BeerFish)- DT Marcel Dareus, Alabama
3. Buffalo (Bay Ridge Jet) -CB Patrick Peterson, LSU
4. Cincinnati (Ruby2) - WR AJ Green, Georgia
5. Arizona (SyracuseJet) - LB Von Miller, Texas AM
6. Cleveland (Paradis) - WR Julio Jones, Alabama
7. San Francisco (TheMikeisHot) - QB Blaine Gabbert, Missouri
8. Tennessee (titanbuoy) - DE Robert Quinn, North Carolina
9. Dallas (MACPAC) - CB Prince Amukamara, Nebraska
10. Washington (Rexipus Rex) - DE Aldon Smith, Missouri
11. Houston (Much Ado about nothing) - DT Nick Fairley, Auburn
12. Minnesota (Bay Ridge Jet) - QB Jake Locker, Washington
13. Detroit (Paradis) - T Tyron Smith, USC
14. St. Louis (SyracuseJet) - DE Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue
15. Miami (BeerFish) - DE Cameron Jordan, CAL
16. Jacksonville (Rexipus Rex) - DE Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson
17. New England (Bay Ridge Jet) - DE JJ Watt, Wisconsin
18. San Diego (TheMikeisHot) - DE Cameron Heyward, Ohio State
19. New York Giants (Much Ado about nothing) - OL Mike Pouncey, Florida
20. Tampa Bay (Ruby2) - DE Justin Houston, Georgia
21. Kansas City (Woody56) - T Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin
22. Indianapolis (MACPAC) - T Anthony Castonzo, BC
23. Philadelphia (Ruby2) - CB Jimmy Smith, Colorado
24. New Orleans (BeerFish) - DT Corey Liuget, Illinois
25. Seattle (Paradis) - QB Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
26. Baltimore (Woody56) - T Nate Solder, Colorado
27. Atlanta (TheMikeisHot) - DT Marvin Austin, North Carolina
28. New England (Bay Ridge Jet) - RB Mark Ingram, Alabama
29. Chicago (Bitonti) - DT Stephen Paea, Oregon State
30. New York Jets (Woody56) - DL Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple
31. Pittsburgh (Rexipus Rex) - CB Brandon Harris, Miami
32. Green Bay (Bitonti) - T James Carpenter, Alabama
Round 2
33. New England (Bay Ridge Jet) - LB Akeem Ayers, UCLA
34. Buffalo (Bay Ridge Jet) - QB Colin Kaepernick, Nevada
35. Cincinnati (Ruby2) - QB Andy Dalton, TCU
36. Denver (BeerFish) - DE Adrian Clayborn, Iowa
37. Cleveland (Paradis) - CB Aaron Williams, Texas
38. Arizona (SyracuseJet) - QB Christian Ponder, FSU
39. Tennessee (titanbuoy) - LB Bruce Carter, North Carolina
40. Dallas (MACPAC) - OL Danny Watkins, Baylor
41. Washington (Rexipus Rex) - WR Jonathan Baldwin, Pittsburgh
42. Houston (Much Ado about nothing) - DT Phil Taylor, Baylor
43. Minnesota (Bay Ridge Jet) - DE Jabaal Sheard, Pitt
44. Detroit (Paradis) - WR Torrey Smith, Maryland
45. San Francisco (TheMikeIsHot) - DE Christian Ballard, Iowa
46. Denver (Beerfish) - TE Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame
47. St. Louis (SyracuseJet) - OL Derek Sherrod, Mississippi St.
48. Oakland (Much ado about nothing) - DE Allen Bailey, Miami
49. Jacksonville (Rexipus Rex) - LB Kelvin Sheppard, LSU
50. San Diego (TheMikeisHot) - LB Brooks Reed, Arizona
51. Tampa Bay (Ruby2) - CB Ras I Dowling, Virginia
52. New York Giants (Much ado about nothing) - RB Mikel Leshoure, Illinois
53. Indianapolis (MACPAC) - DT Drake Nevis, LSU
54. Philadelphia (Ruby2) - OL Ben Ijalana, Villanova
55. Kansas City (Woody56) - WR Leonard Hankerson, Miami
56. New Orleans (BeerFish) - RB Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech
57. Seattle (Paradis) - CB Curtis Brown, Texas
58. Baltimore (Woody56) - LB Martez Wilson, Illinois
59. Atlanta (TheMikeisHot) - WR Titus Young, Boise St.
60. New England (Bay Ridge Jet) - OL Stefen Wisniewski, Penn St.
61. San Diego (TheMikeisHot) - T James Brewer, Indiana
62. Chicago (Bitonti) - T Marcus Gilbert, Florida
63. Pittsburgh (Rexipus Rex) - LB Greg Jones, Michigan St.
64. Green Bay (Bitonti) - RB Taiwan Jones, Eastern Washington
Round 3
65. Carolina (Bitonti) - DT Jurrell Casey, USC
66. Cincinnati (Ruby2) - RB Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma St.
67. Denver (Beerfish) - S Rahim Moore, UCLA
68. Buffalo (Bay Ridge Jet) - WR Randall Cobb, Kentucky
69. Arizona (SyracuseJet) - OL Marcus Cannon, TCU
70. Cleveland (Paradis) - DL Kenrick Ellis, Hampton
71. Dallas (MACPAC) - DL Jerrell Powe, Ole Miss
72. New Orleans (Beerfish) - DL Jarvis Jenkins, Clemson
73. Houston (Much ado about nothing) - OL Rodney Hudson, Florida St.
74. New England (Bay Ridge Jet) - LB Sam Acho, Texas
75. Detroit (Paradis) - CB Davon House, New Mexico St.
76. San Francisco (TheMikeIsHot) - LB Chris Carter, Fresno St.
77. Tennessee (titanbuoy) - WR Greg Little, North Carolina
78. St. Louis (SyracuseJet) - WR Tandon Doss, Indiana
79. Miami (Beerfish) - WR Edmund Gates, Abilene Christian
80. Jacksonville (Rexipus rex) - S Da'Norris Searcy, North Carolina
81. Oakland (much ado about nothing) - WR Denarius Moore, Tennessee
82. San Diego (TheMikeIsHot) - LB Quan Sturdivant, North Carolina
83. New York Giants (much ado about nothing) - LB Mason Foster, Washington
84. Tampa Bay (Ruby2) - TE Lance Kendricks, Wisconsin
85. Philadelphia (Ruby2) - S Jaiqwuan Jarrett, Temple
86. Kansas City (Woody56) - LB Dontay Moch, Nevada
87. Indianapolis (MACPAC) - WR Greg Salas, Hawaii
88. New Orleans (Beerfish) - DB Marcus Gilchrist, Clemson
89. San Diego (TheMikeIsHot) - WR Terrance Toliver, LSU
90. Baltimore (Woody56) - WR Jerrel Jernigan, Troy
91. Atlanta (TheMikeIsHot) - OL Orlando Franklin, Miami
92. New England (Bay Ridge Jet) - CB Johnny Patrick, Louisville
93. Chicago (Bitonti) - WR Dwayne Harris, ECU
94. New York Jets (Woody56) - T Jah Reid, UCF
95. Pittsburgh (Rexipus Rex) - OL Joseph Barksdale, LSU
96. Green Bay (Bitonti) - CB Chimdi Chekwa, Ohio State
97. Carolina (Bitonti) - DE Pernell McPhee, Miss St.
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can I just kick this thing off? u all know who im picking at 1....
Any chance we could get a sticky on this?
thank god. I thought for a moment you'd have thrown a curve ball for the fck of it all.
I've never participated in a mock like this before. I'm all jazzed up! The Titans will finally pick the "right" guys.
Can I trade out of #8 if I'm so inclined?
If so, anyone out there with a pick in the mid-teens is welcome to make the Titans an offer.
The Broncos chuckle with glee at the Panthers bust Qb pick and select the quality interior D-lineman they need. (31st vs the run last year.)
Sorry about the delay folks.
Was doing jew things.
Sent the brownies pick to syrajet. hopefully he shows. If nothings done by the time i get to work tomorrow (10 am your time) I'm picking for him
Threads stickied. If you want the titles changed to something more distinctive, let me know. I'll leave that up to you guys.
I think MACPAC got banned, and if so i will make his picks for him
Amukumara over Smith?
I think a case could be made for either or.
Whats better... Amukamara/Watt and Ijalana/Carpenter or Smith/Castonzo and Dowling/Bailey
I think at the end of the day, losing Romo on hte year they were hosting the SB might have finally knocked some sense into Jerry jerkpants, and he finally takes an OT. but the opposite would not surprise me at all.


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PHOENIX — Grab a dictionary and look up "graupel."
That's what fell from the skies in the Valley Wednesday — soft hail — while other parts of Arizona experienced
so much snow that schools were closed and rain brought a golf tournament to a screeching halt.
Flagstaff public schools and Northern Arizona
University were closed because of snow. In metro Phoenix, graupel covered cars and bounced off the sidewalk mid- afternoon, catching drivers by surprise.
A National Weather Service forecast predicted up to 6 inches of snow in
Flagstaff and Prescott and up to 9 inches of snow in Payson on Wednesday.
The weather service said the winter storm warning for the Flagstaff region will
be in effect from until 8 p.m.
US 60 was closed between Superior and Miami because of heavy snowfall. It was reopened about 3:30 p.m. Drivers are required to use chains or four-wheel drive vehicles to travel north of Payson.
In Marana, just outside of Tucson, play in the PGA Tour's Match Play Championship was
suspended because of snow and rain.
There was a blizzard warning set for Bisbee, Ariz.
It was also reported that at least three flights were diverted from Tucson to Phoenix.
Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Add another CB prospect to the mix!
Shawntae Spencer
Position: CB College: Pittsburgh
Projected Selection: Round4
Pros: Almost 50 passes defended as a 4 year starter at Pittsburgh. Very good cover corner with a great mind for the game. Good transition off the line and capable of covering any reciever
Cons: Has great height but lacks the bulk needed to get the good jam at the LOS, unconfirmed reports have his 40 time anywhere beteen 4.39 to 4.5.
Draft Exchange Analysis:
Maybe the best CB nobody's talking about, Prototypical Height for the new bread of NFL CB (though a little light) with a great head for the game, A 4 year starter at Pitt with 2 years of practice against college's best WR Larry Fitzgerald. 10 career ints. 50 passes defended and loads of tackles. Will need to add some muscle for the next level. if he runs a legit sub 4.4 40 he'll fly up draft boards.
Add another CB prospect to the mix!
Shawntee Spencer CB Pittsburgh
Shawntee has good size, speed and agility for his position. He has very good burst coming out of his back pedal and shows good instincts and reaction skills. Shawntee use his hands very well to keep the WR off his body. This kid loves to play CB. There is nothing about the position that bothers him. He likes the contact and the mental challenge of going up against good WR's. He takes pride in his game, but is able to forget the bad plays and the mistakes. He has very good recovery speed and can turn and run and stay with any WR. He is a good tackler and comes up and meets the run at the line with courage and enthusiasm.
Needs to Improve
Shawntee has a bendable pipe cleaner type of build. This can be a problem at the next level because of the possibility of injuries. He must gain weight and get stronger. Right now, he is more of a drag-down tackler and in the NFL, the players will break his tackles if he doesn't get stronger. Shawntee sometimes plays a little out of control and when he does, he loses technique.
Bottom Line
Shawntee just loves to play the CB. You can see it in his play on the field. He likes that his teammates depend on him. He likes that his coaches yell at him. He loves the fans, he loves the competition. Shawntee needs to work harder to be more consistent with his techniques. Right now, he is just better then everybody else and he has gotten into some bad habits that are not a problem at the college level, but in the NFL, they will eat him alive. Shawntee is very athletic for the CB position, but right now, he lacks the strength to stand up to the pounding that pipe cleaner body is going to take in the NFL. He is very underrated as far as the skills for his position, but I think he will help a team right away in a nickel/ dime package while he learns the mental consistency he needs to be a starting CB in the big leagues. Shawntee has the skills and ability to be a 1st round pick, but his lack of strength and mental consistency drops him to a late 2nd - early 3rd round status. Personally I would pick him no earlier than the 3rd round, but I can see someone picking him earlier based on a size/speed ratio.
Drew Boylhart
Add another CB prospect to the mix!
Cornerback projections :
Round 1
DeAngelo Hall
Chris Gamble
Derrick Strait
Will Poole
Round 2
Dunta Robinson
Ahmand Carroll
Shawntee Spencer
Nathan Vasher
Joey Thomas
Round 3
Ricardo Colclough
Greg Brooks
Keith Smith
Round 4
Keiwan Ratliff
Rich Gardner
DeAndre Eiland
Jeremy Le Sueur
Round 5
Kevin Millhouse
Randy Jordan
Vontez Duff
Roc Alexander
Round 6
Bruce Thorton
Christian Morton
Round 7
Marcell Allmond
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Schedule subject to change on a daily basis.
Level 1 Space Demo 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. See the sign at the Galaxy Stage in Space Odyssey for details and additional showtimes.
Level 2 Open Daily 10 - 4 p.m. See the sign at the Discovery Zone demo stage for showtimes.
Level 2 Exhibition open daily, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Summit Science Stage Shows and Demonstrations Pirates of the Human Being: Meet Your Microbial Mates Students join our captain and cartoon sidekick, Polly the parrot, on an expedition to discover some of the amazing microbes that live in and on the human body. NHES 1; Science 1,3,6 Expedition Dissection: Spelunking the Lung Using a state-of-the-art, high-definition digital camera, scientific animations, and audience participation, students learn first-hand about the respiratory system and how to keep it healthy. NHES 1; Science 1,3,6 Heart Chamber Get an inside look at the heart in this interactive dissection program. Students investigate four different educational stories: The heart is a pump, the heart is electric, the heart is a muscle, and the heart has its own blood supply. NHES 1; Science 1,3,6


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Take a day-trip through Swedish history and visit ten royal palaces with art, architecture and interior design spanning four centuries.
Wander through the parks and gardens and allow our knowledgeable guides make your visit into an extra special experience.
Don't miss the royal chapels, museums and exhibitions. Take a guided tour of the royal stables or stroll around the Djurgården hunting park.
The ten Royal Palaces are all located around Stockholm and Lake Mälaren and can be reached by subway, bus, car, train or boat.
The palaces are a large part of our common Royal culture heritage in Sweden and provides us with a unique opportunity to study a milieu that holds a central part in Swedish history.


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QTads is a cross-platform multimedia interpreter for Tads (Text Adventure Development System) games. Both Tads versions in use today (Tads 2 and Tads 3) are supported. It should be easy to port to a range of platforms, including embedded devices. MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound formats are supported.
FrobTADS is a complete rewrite of the Unix console-version of TADS ("Text Adventure Development System"). It uses curses (or ncurses) and provides an interpreter to play games developed with TADS as well as the TADS 2 and 3 development tools. It adds support for a number of relatively recent user interface features including full support for text and background colors, TADS 3 banner windows, and timed input. It's also much more portable and more easily maintainable, as it's built to modern Unix standards.
advent4 is a port of the original Colossal Cave text adventure to Unix. It should work without any change on HP-UX, Sun Solaris, *BSD, and GNU/Linux systems. The actual license of this program is unknown, although most people agree that it is likely to be considered to be under the public domain.


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A Call for Adaptive, Regional, and Democratic Governance Practices
Asim Zia and Stuart Kauffman posit that decentralized governance practices emphasizing adaptability can help the fight against global food insecurity, global biodiversity loss and global climate change
- 09-07-2011
- By Daniel John Kirk
CDAE/MPA Assistant Professor Asim Zia has a knack for writing about governance. Last year, he and Associate Professor/MPA Director Chris Koliba published a book along with Jack Meek of the University of La Verne in Louisiana called Governance Networks: Public Administration and Policy in the Midst of Complexity. Now, a short time later his collaborative nature shines through again on the national stage. Zia and experimental and theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman of the University of Vermont's Complex Systems Center positioned themselves on National Public Radio's "13.7 Cosmos and Culture" blog in support of adaptive, decentralized, democratically-anchored governments worldwide.
They argue that a one-size-fits-all approach to global governance would hurt—and could even be dangerous to—business, culture, and society as they evolve. A one-world-government "can't adequately cope with many issues, including global climate change, food insecurity, loss of biodiversity, and other similar global policy problems," they write.
The article calls for adaptive governance; governance that does not control what happens, since "not only do we not know what will happen, [but also] we do not know what can happen." Rather, an approach that evolves through adaptive complex-systems approaches to global governance may best suit international organizations' capacities.
Through adaptive governance, Zia and Kauffman argue, we can avoid the current emphasis on economic efficiency, which comes at a cost to many pervasive and unintended environmental and social effects like climate change, and loss of biodiversity and food security. They do warn, however, that if certain nation-states take strong policy action regarding climate change, industrial production would be taken up by those nation-states that take no, or very little action to regulate emissions, thus maximizing these nation-states' economic efficiency.
"The hope is that this line of inquiry will help with replacing the current 'control centered' global governance approach with more 'adaptive, decentralized and democratically-anchored' governance system," Zia says. "We have identified three crises at the global scale—global food insecurity, global biodiversity loss and global climate change—the resolutions for which require immediate shift in policy making from a General-Motors-style 'controlling' mode to a complex systems based 'enabling' mode that takes into account local values and adapts to emergent surprises."


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Being a theater manager offers many rewards, but glory is generally not one of them. I can say this with some authority, having managed Northampton's now departed Pleasant Street Theater for a number of years. Do the job well, and you'll most often disappear into the dark, leaving only a lasting after-effect of satisfaction. When the spotlight picks you out of the crowd, it is generally to resolve a conflict, smooth ruffled feathers, or perform some small miracle so that the show might go on.
Which is not to say it's a thankless job, by any means. But the people who are most appreciative of a well-run theater are its regulars, those people who come in to see each and every movie shown regardless of genre, review or rating. These are the people for whom a theater manager becomes like family—an always-welcoming, familiar face, ready to make you feel at home. And for over three decades, nobody made Northampton feel at home like Duane Robinson did during his tenure at the Academy of Music. This weekend, he gets his glory.
To pay tribute to the man who presided over so many great spectacles—from the reopening of the grand theater's once-condemned stage, and the filming of Ann Corio's 1980 live HBO special This Was Burlesque on that same stage; to beloved annual tradition of The Nutcracker ballet—the Academy and the Friends of Duane Committee have teamed up to present a screening of the silent film classic Phantom Of The Opera, accompanied by a live score performed by Alloy Orchestra (themselves a favorite with Academy crowds).
It all gets underway this Sunday, starting with a 5:30 VIP reception in the Academy lobby to honor Robinson. The film begins at 7 p.m., and it's tough to imagine a more fitting tribute to a man who has always been so much about the theater. The 1925 landmark stars Lon Chaney as the mysterious composer who skulks beneath the Paris Opera, scheming to help the woman he loves become a star. Shocking in its day, the film remains as haunting as ever. This new print, restored by Alloy's sister company Box 5, includes the hand-tinted coloring of the original as well as an experimental Technicolor sequence during the masked ball scene.
If you've ever had a great night at the Academy—be it a Sunday in February event, a summer movie, or a Symphony show—you can likely thank Duane for making it so enjoyable. If you get out there on Sunday, make sure to let him know before he dims the lights one more time.
Also this week: Once in a while, a movie comes at just the right time to really capture an audience. This is not the same thing as selling as a lot of tickets; although these movies are sometimes popular, their long lifespan owes more to their viewers' emotional identification with the characters. Annie Hall is a funny movie, but there are a lot of funny movies. People still love Annie Hall today because in 1977 a lot of people were, knew, or wanted to know Annie Hall.
So it is with Before Sunrise, Richard Linklater's downbeat 1995 romance starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke as potential lovers who meet on a train traveling through Europe. Hawke's Jesse is on his way to Vienna to catch a flight when he convinces Celine, who is returning to Paris after a family visit, to disembark with him. Without cash for a hotel, the pair wander the streets until dawn, talking about the sorts of things young lovers talk about when walking the streets of Vienna until dawn. It was a love story that struck home for a generation raised on the move: romantic, nomadic and unresolved.
In 2004, the cast reunited for Before Sunset, with the couple meeting again in Paris. At the end of that film they still lived their separate lives: Jesse as a married American novelist, Celine as a environmentalist in France. But there was a glimmer of hope. Now we have what may well be the final piece of the trilogy: Before Midnight, screening at Amherst Cinema, picks up a decade later with the couple, now a family with their twin daughters, navigating the sometimes too-still waters of a long-term relationship.
But if their time together doesn't have the same now-or-never spark as their past meetings, it introduces the new intimacy of a pair aging well together, unafraid to open themselves up. For many people now hovering near 40, that younger couple was the example they hoped to emulate—now, Delpy and Hawke hold up the mirror again.•
Jack Brown can be reached at email@example.com.


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As the Kenai River Brown Bears stand on the cusp of a playoff position, there are a few veteran players on the team who are also nearly at the end of their time on the team.
Brett Lubanski, Jesse Ramsey and Raymond Stenehjem all have played with the Brown Bears for three years — and have each made the most of their opportunities.
"The biggest change here has been the mind-set of the guys as a whole," Lubanski, the team captain, said.
Because of the age limits for junior hockey, all three players will age out of the eligibility requirements set by USA Hockey. All three are 20 years old, and the age limitations are set for age 20.
"My first year here, we were a little unsure of ourselves," Lubanski said. "We hadn't experienced much success, and as the last three years went on, we've achieved a little success, gotten a taste of it, and now we can be a team with a winning record."
In his time on the team, Lubanski has racked up a franchise-record 156 total points, which includes 36 goals and 120 assists. He has committed to Holy Cross.
Ramsey, who was traded from the Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild his first season in the North American Hockey League, says during the last three seasons, the team has made significant improvements, and attributed credit to Kenai's head coach, Oliver David.
"I give a lot of credit to Oliver for bringing us in and coaching us," Ramsey said. "He really tries to teach us lessons rather than winning any certain game, he's looking out for our futures and trying to help us be successful in that.
"He's really personable, and he's not a strict coach that you're scared to talk to, so we all respect him."
Ramsey is committed with the Air Force to play hockey next season, and will leave Kenai with 75 totals points thus far, 57 of those assists.
If Kenai makes the playoffs Saturday, it will be the fourth consecutive year the team has done so, but only the second year the Bears have had to earn their way in, as the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons were automatic bids due to there being only four teams in the West division.
Raymond Stenehjem has been a defensive player for Kenai that has accumulated 50 points in his career with the team (13 goals, 37 assists) and pointed to team chemistry as a big factor to the improvement of the team.
"It's been a key factor for the team that we stay close together," he said. "We've spent almost every day together for the last two seasons, and that helps a lot, because with a small town, there's not a lot to do, and so that brings us together. It's easier to focus on a common goal when you're with the same people every day."
With a 29-25-4 record this season, the Brown Bears have improved from years past by setting a franchise record for wins, and Stenehjem also mentioned an attitude change that came about from the team chemistry that resulted in increased success.
"The overall attitude is a big change, because there's some key veterans coming back from last year, and that helps, because we're used to it," Stenehjem said. "After a long time, you kind of get past the nerves of knowing it's faster than what you were playing before, so you get in the mind-set of this is the hockey our team can play, and we know we can do it."
The three players are the only three of the 10 total that will be aging out after this year that have been with the team all three of their eligible years, so they know what it will take to continue the team's current run of success.
"Going into the season, we had some goals, and one of them was to finish better than last year," Lubanski said. "We've been able to do that, but Oliver told us that with how competitive our division is, we need to keep focused, because last year we had an easier time making the playoffs and this year we're still battling for that spot."


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WOODSTOCK – A 32-year-old woman was under the influence of alcohol when she collided with a semi Tuesday in an unincorporated area near Hebron, according to the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.
Amber S. Nelson, of Hebron, has been charged with driving under the influence and received other traffic citations following the incident on Route 47, south of State Line Road.
The semi was traveling south on Route 47 when Nelson's vehicle, which was traveling in the opposite direction, swerved into oncoming traffic, according to a news release. The driver attempted to swerve out of the way, but was unsuccessful.
Nelson was flown to Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford with injuries that were not life threatening.
She was later arrested after her blood alcohol level came back over the legal limit, police said.
The other driver was uninjured.
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Iran shrugs off oil sanctions, OPEC ministers move toward consensus on output
VIENNA (AP) ' Iran's oil minister on Thursday shrugged off the tightening international squeeze on his country's oil exports, declaring that Tehran was not feeling the pinch and warning that an energy-hungry world could not do without Iranian oil and natural gas.
Rostam Ghazemi spoke to reporters as he and other OPEC ministers headed into a meeting marked by a spillover of strategic and political rivalries between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran, with the two countries at odds over how much oil the organization should produce.
Iran would be happy to see output lowered to raise prices, while the Saudis came to the meeting looking to increase production to make crude more affordable. Many of the world's major consuming nations are struggling against a stubborn economic downturn that could be exacerbated by any decision to inflate oil prices by cutting supply.
Differences appeared to be resolved as ministers gathered Thursday, with several suggesting the 12-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries would opt to keep the present ceiling of 30 million barrels a day. That would be a compromise, formally bridging the Saudi and Iranian standpoints.
But OPEC members normally ignore the official quota ' OPEC's daily output is now at close to 33 million barrels ' and the Saudis, and others with capacity, were expected to keep overproducing to make up for any shortfall caused by the sanctions on Iranian oil.
Iran, in contrast, is faced with the prospects of having to cut its output of oil, which makes up nearly 80 percent of its foreign exchange earnings. Sanctions levied by the U.S. over Tehran's refusal to curb its nuclear program have already cut significantly into exports ' from about 2.5 million barrels a day last year to between 1.2 and 1.8 million barrels now, according to estimates by U.S. officials. A European Union embargo on Iranian crude that starts July 1 will tighten the squeeze.
The oil-related sanctions are only part of the regime of U.N. and other international penalties levied against Iran for its refusal to curb uranium enrichment. Tehran says it is enriching only to create reactor fuel and insists it is not interested in atomic arms. But concern remains strong because enrichment to high levels also can produce the core of nuclear weapons.
Iran has cautioned the Saudis not to use the oil weapon against it, and Ghazemi on Wednesday warned the U.S. and Europe that their tactics will backfire.
"The use of instruments such as sanctions or direct military interventions in energy-producing countries will increase the price of oil and market volatility," he told an OPEC seminar.
On Thursday, he denied that Iran was hurting.
"Our exports remain as before," he declared, adding that the oil embargo will "not have any negative impact on Iran."
Asserting that Iran has the most combined oil and gas reserves in the world, he suggested his country held the long-term upper hand, despite the embargoes and that the globe could not meet its energy needs without input from Tehran.
"Do you think the world can ignore this energy?" he said. Asked whether the Islamic Republic will be forced to sell its crude at deep discounts because of the sanctions he said, "Never."
Saudi Arabia, OPEC's No. 1 producer, usually sets price and output policies ' it now accounts for nearly a third of OPEC production ' and came to the meeting keen to keep a lid on prices. But with rival Iran pushing to cut production, and even Gulf nations that normally back the Saudis expressing concern over prices that are down more than 20 percent from just a few months ago, Saudi Arabia appeared to have abandoned attempts to ram through an OPEC production increase and to be ready to settle for maintaining the status quo Thursday .
"Consensus .... is the goal of our organization," Angolan Oil Minister Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos told reporters in comments that suggested differences had been bridged. Referring to the existing output target of 30 million barrels a day, he said: "I think this ceiling is good."
In another manifestation of their rivalries, both Iran and the Saudis are fielding candidates for the post of OPEC secretary general, to be filled in December when Abdullah Al-Badry of Libya retires. But Ecuador also is in the race, along with Iraq, and expectations are high that the ministers will opt for Wilson Pastor of Ecuador at this meeting or the next as a compromise.
Saudi-Iranian tensions are an embarrassment to OPEC, a self-proclaimed market regulator that seeks to project an image of calm unanimity, and Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi refused to answer questions on the issue as he prepared to join the meeting Thursday. But he earlier denied tightening the screws on Iran by selectively providing crude to consumers honoring the Iran embargo, telling reporters his country sells to whoever buys.
"We don't sit and say: 'We want to sell to this country or that country (or) whatever,'" he said.
Margaret Childs contributed.


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Watco Mechanical Services promoted Marty Riedlinger to vice president of marketing and sales.
Riedlinger will be responsible for marketing and sales for all mechanical repair facilities, over¬seeing the estimating department for mechanical and meeting with corporate customer service representatives.
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to instigate a bid for Crystal Palace's England starlet Wilfried Zaha in the January Transfer window.
The Old Trafford boss will not be alone in his hunt, however, as Arsenal are also keen to recruit the Ivory Coast born winger and Arsene Wenger will join his counterpart in trying to secure Zaha's signature next month.
Frank Lampard is set to replace David Beckham at LA Galaxy at the end of this season.
The Chelsea star looks certain to leave Stamford Bridge in the summer when his contract expires.
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has sent director of football Txiki Bergiristain to Brazil in the hope of securing a deal for Brazil international Paulinho.
The Italian wants the 24-year-old to shore up his midfield while key man Yaya Toure is away at the Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast.
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Tottenham Hotspur are planning a January move for Montpellier playmaker Younes Belhanda in a bid to find some more creativity.
Manager Andre Villas-Boas has turned to the 22-year old Morocco international as he will be better value for money than number one target, Porto's Joao Moutinho.
West Ham United are trying to secure a loan deal for out of favour Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh.
The Sun
New QPR manager Harry Redknapp has admitted he is trying to sign former Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted his future is out of his hands and insists he will continue to get on with his job and do as well as he can this season.
Roberto Mancini has told Mario Balotelli to grow up and save his career, as he is in danger of throwing away his future with his behaviour.
The Times
Interim Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez is battling with Stamford Bridge officials to secure funding to sign new players in January.
The Spaniard wants to recruit a striker and defensive midfielder, but Blues officials want to pursue a strategy of recalling on-loan players.
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Three Ways to Safeguard Children During National Child Abuse Prevention Month
This April, in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, the City of Alexandria is offering free child abuse prevention activities sponsored by the Center for Alexandria's Children, the Department of Community and Human Services, the Alexandria Police Department and the Alexandria Sheriff's Office.
City staff will provide families with SafeAssured child ID kits on three Saturdays, including April 6 at Cora Kelley Recreation Center, April 13 at William Ramsey Recreation Center and April 27 at Charles Houston Recreation Center, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. SafeAssured kits provide families with information needed by law enforcement and media to broadcast information unique to a missing child.
The Center for Alexandria's Children will offer free training in Stewards of Children, a program that teaches parents and caregivers to prevent, recognize and respond to child sexual abuse. Friday, April 19 and Tuesday, April 30 from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. at 1900 N. Beauregard St., Suite 200. On-site childcare and pizza for the kids provided. Register at: http://cacstewardsofchildrentraining.eventbrite.com/
The popular playgroup program for ages 0-5 will be expanded to a playgroup a day during April. Playgroups focus on learning through play, and the key role parents play in their child's development. See a listing of playgroups at centerforalexandriaschildren.org.
Last year, 49,619 children in Virginia were reported as possible victims of abuse and/or neglect. Of them, 6,116 cases were founded. Thirty Virginia children died from abuse, and 26 were under age 4. "National tragedies such as Sandy Hook and the Penn State scandal remind us of our children's vulnerability," Center for Alexandria's Children Executive Director Giselle Pelaez said. "We can stop child abuse and neglect by educating our community in ways to keep our children safe, teaching children important safety tips and helping parents and caregivers create conversations with their children."
For more information, contact Jennifer Cann, DCHS Child Protective Services Program Manager, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 703.746.5767, or Kim Turpin Davis, Board Chair of Communications for the Center for Alexandria's Children, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 703.549.3741.
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El Cirque du Soleil ofrece kits de prensa de sus diferentes espectáculos e información acerca de la compañía.
For the past 20 years Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt has designed costumes for a large number of theatre, dance, opera and film productions. Her work, which combines the two diciplines she has specialized in – set design as well as costume design – has been seen around the world.
Since 1989 she has worked particularly closely with world-renowned writer, actor and director Robert Lepage, creating the costumes for many of his productions, including Les Sept Branches de la Rivière Ota, La Géométrie des Miracles, La Face Cachée de la Lune, Peter Gabriel's Growing Up tour, La Trilogie des Dragons and KÀ, for Cirque du Soleil.
Through the years Marie-Chantale has won many major Canadian awards for her work, including two Masques de la Conception des Costumes, in 1995 and 2005. She has also received many award nominations – notably from the Genies and the Jutras for her work with Robert Lepage on the feature film Nô.
"Even if KOOZA isn't specifically a clown show, a number of the characters are played by clowns," notes Marie-Chantale. "I needed to avoid clichés and caricature so I concentrated more on archetypes of universal and unchanging characters. There is a comic-book aesthetic to the designs, but it's filtered through the naïve point of view of the main character, The Innocent.
My costumes draw on a wide variety of sources of inspiration: everything from graphic novels, the paintings of Gustav Klimt, Baron Münchhausen, the Mad Max movies, time-travel movies to India and Eastern Europe. This visually naïve, exotic and timeless universe evokes the world of toys, lead soldiers and children's books, with a wink toward Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz."
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by the Rev. Andrew Kuyvenhoven
Monthly Theme:
The Prince of Peace, the Son of David, was announced by Isaiah. The story of his coming was proclaimed by the evangelists, each with a different emphasis. Jesus made God's kingship real in this world. Today, the kingdom is here—and it is coming.
Bible Reading:
Isaiah 66:22–24
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'"All mankind will come and bow down before me ... and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me" (Isa. 66:23–24).
We wish that the book of Isaiah would have ended with the picture of the new world and the new Jerusalem, where all nations worship God forever and ever. But our last glance is at the fire rather than the feast.
The word-picture Isaiah uses to describe the future is filled with familiar objects. All people come to the temple in Jerusalem where they worship the true God. That worship is everlasting: from new moon to new moon, from Sabbath to Sabbath. But when they "go out" of Jerusalem, they see the offal burning in the valley of Ben Hinnom (Jer. 7:31, etc.). That fire, too, lasts forever. "Their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:48).
Nobody may take the picture of prophecy and draw a map of the future world. We don't know much about heaven, and we know even less about hell. Here we speak carefully, lest we dishonor God. But nobody has the right to deny that next to the feast there will be a fire.
The comforting book of Isaiah contains the sounds of angels over Bethlehem and the sights of the new world. But it ends with a sob for those who rebel against the holy God.
Andrew Kuyvenhoven's Daylight, a modern devotional classic, was originally published in 1994. This edition is copyright by Faith Alive Christian Resources, from whom may be ordered Daylight, the predecessor of Twilight.
A man of many accomplishments, Andrew Kuyvenhoven is probably best known for his contributions to Today (formerly The Family Altar), a widely-used monthly devotional booklet associated with the Back to God Hour. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations for this edition of Twilight are from the New International Version
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you should explain to those non-cricket watchers that they just got to watch The Great TeamQuote:
az Mohammed: "What an embarrasment to T20 cricket. Had non-cricketing friends convinced that they should watch the finals today. Now I will have to explain what went wrong. If ICC wants to gain momentum in a land where cricket is now getting popular they got to allow champions to play and not schoolboys looking to make a name for themselves. The bowling of Lion is attrocious except for Nannes and Tanvir. The fielding is worse - my club Hamilton Cricket Club from Ontario Canada could have done a better job."


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He is apparently elite along with 15 other Qbs in the NFL according the media. LOL at guys like Flacco and Elli being Elite.
The problem is that with the salary cap and rules to favor passing, there are less dynasties and more QBS putting up 4k yards. With less dynasties more and more QBs have a chance to make a run at the super bowl. Back in the day when SF/Dallas were winning all the super bowls, the above average QBS stood no chance and they were just considered above average. Now guys like Flacco get one really good year or one great playoff run and they are considered ELITE by idiots like Mike Greenberg (his list has about 8- or 9 elite QBS).


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Sea Island Golf Club - Plantation and Courses
Sea Island, Ga. • November 18 - 24
SEA ISLAND, Ga. — After an opening-round even-par 70 on Sea Island Golf Club's Seaside Course Monday, Megan Grehan of Mamaroneck, N.Y., carded a 1-under-par 71 while enduring blustery conditions on the Plantation Course Tuesday to earn medalist honors in the Girls Division at 141. In the Boys Division, Arnond Vongvanij of Bradenton, Fla., followed his opening round 3-under-par 69 performance on the Plantation Course Monday with a 1-under-par 69 with similar conditions on the Seaside Course Tuesday to win the medal play portion of the event. Grehan and Vongvanij will carry with them the No. 1 seeds heading into the match play portion of the event that begins Wednesday.
The Polo Golf Junior Classic, which has been conducted annually since 1978, marks the first tournament of the AJGA's 2007 season. The stroke play portion of the tournament included 162 boys and girls ages 12-18 from 29 states and seven foreign countries. Former champions include Stewart Cink (1989), Trevor Immelman (1995), Tiger Woods (1991), Paula Creamer (2002), Grace Park (1994, 1996) and Morgan Pressel (2004).
Grehan, a four-time Rolex Junior All-American who has signed a National Letter of Intent with Vanderbilt University, began the day on the front nine of Sea Island's Plantation Course, shooting a 1-over-par 37 with eight pars and a bogey on No. 2, a 345-yard par-4.
She started the back nine by making birdie on the par-4 10th with the help of a knock-down 5-iron from 130 yards on her second shot that ended 12 feet from the hole. She would roll in the putt to go to even on the day. She then went on to make seven consecutive pars before sinking a 60-foot putt on the 465-yard, par-5 18th to go 1-under-par on the day and 1-under-par for the tournament.
"This gives me a lot of confidence in my game," she said. "I changed swing coaches in September and have been working really hard, so it's nice to see the hard work bringing everything together."
Glory Yang of Murrieta, Calif., claimed the No. 2 seed by posting a 142 two-day total. Stephanie Kono of Honolulu, Hawaii, Natalie Sheary of West Hartford, Conn., and Kylie Fuller of Temecula, Calif., are the Nos. 3-5 seeds, respectively, after carding 143 two-day totals.
In the Boys Division, Vongvanij, a three-time Rolex Junior All-American and University of Florida signee, played a flawless front nine on the Seaside Course, carding two birdies and no bogeys en route to a 2-under-par 33.
His back nine was up and down, including three bogeys, two birdies and four pars, resulting in a 1-over-par 36. His 1-under-par 69 tied for low on a day that saw borderline miserable conditions.
"All parts of my game were really good today," Vongvanij said. "I focused on hitting fairways and greens and having two putts. Luckily, a good score came from that strategy."
Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, Calif., also shot a 1-under-par 69 to claim the No. 2 seed with a 139 two-day total. Jed Dirksen of Hampton, Iowa, posted a 140 two-day total, good enough for the No. 3 seed. Jhared Hack of Heathrow, Fla., and Morgan Hoffmann of Wyckoff, N.J., both posted 141 two-day totals to garner the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds, respectively.
The first round of match play will begin Wednesday with tee times running from 7:30 — 8:40 a.m. off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees of the Seaside and Plantation Courses at Sea Island Golf Club. Two rounds of match play will be complete by the end of Wednesday.
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A Naugatuck mother accused of grabbing her baby girl by the legs and swinging her around appeared in court Friday.
Police were called to Maple Street in the area of Nelson's Pharmacy Inc. around 6:30 p.m. after getting reports that a woman, later identified as Aurora Houghtaling, was swinging her daughter by the legs like a baseball bat.
"An officer actually observed the woman swinging," Naugatuck Police Lt. Brian Cammaratta said. "He described it as being swung like a baseball bat."
Police said they knew Houghtaling was on drugs as soon as they approached her. She later told police she was snorting Ritalin with a straw. Officers found a prescription for 60 Ritalin pills filled this week, but she only had 44 pills left.
Officers said when they tried to take her daughter from her, she started swearing and began to talk nonsense.
"There's a woman who is holding a baby running down the road yelling 'save us,'" the caller said during the 911 call to police.
Just a day before, police said they were called to a McDonald's on New Haven Road in Naugatuck after Houghtaling walked in and started screaming.
"She went into the bathroom and came out screaming, 'If nobody calls the cops, I'm going to kill everyone in here and kill myself,'" said Raymond Francisquini, whose sister works at the restaurant.
The baby was brought to Hartford Hospital as a precaution.
"We do not know the full extent of any injuries, if any to the child," the prosecutor said in court. "So any injuries that are noted as we go further will impact the seriousness of the charges."
The Department of Children and Families is now involved.
Houghtaling was charged with breach of peace, risk of injury to child, second-degree failure to appear and interfering with officer/resisting arrest.
After being taken to the hospital for evaluation, Houghtaling was arraigned in court on Friday. The judge placed a protective order for the child against Houghtaling.
Police placed Houghtaling on suicide watch and she is being held on $100,500 bond.
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Graham Motion shipped the 5-year-old from South Florida to the Fair Hill Training Center earlier this week to race 1-1/8 miles against nine older runners. The son of Tiznow arrived in the Motion barn in October and produced two allowance wins and a runner-up finish in the Grade III Hal's Hope before his inexplicable performance in the Donn.
Jeremy Rose will ride Bullsbay for the first time. The horse has finished in the money in nine of 12 career starts.
Arkansas-bred Lord Kipling (5-1) won races at 2-1/16th miles and 2 miles a year ago. Claimed for $20,000 four starts back by Gary Contessa, Lord Kipling has posted three straight seconds at Aqueduct -- in the Coyote Lakes and Gallant Fox Stakes and in an overnight handicap. Pedro Morales will ride.
Sharp Island (6-1) is also piling up seconds, including his last three starts. His most recent placing came in the Native Dancer Stakes behind Lord Snowdon, who is entered to start in Monday's Grade II General George Handicap. Luis Garcia retains the mount for Jimmy Murphy, who trains the son of Deputy Minister.
Other contenders are Grade III winner Ryan's For Real, multiple stakes winner P V Lightening and New York shipper Quip (all at 8-1).
Admiral's Cruise (10-1) will make his U.S. debut after winning five-of-19 in Europe, while 12-1 shots Richard's Kid and Southern Rainbow have each won three of four at the allowance level heading into the Campbell. Independent Banker (20-1) rounds out the field.
Monday's $150,000 General George Handicap (GR II) is highlighted by 4-5 shot Fabulous Strike, one of the nation's top sprinters. Five contenders will try to prevent trainer Todd Beattie's star from becoming a millionaire. The son of Smart Strike, who has earned $939,412 during his 19 race career, will carry 127 pounds, 10 more than any other contender in the race.
"He's a big strong horse," Beattie said this morning from Penn National. "He has an outstanding way of going, as far as the way he travels, big long stride, real smooth and he's got a heart of gold. He can run fast and he's not afraid to give it to you every time like that."
Fabulous Strike has 10 stakes wins on his resume and has visited the winners' circle in eight of his last 11 races, including the Fall Highweight and the Gravesend Handicaps at Aqueduct to end 2008. The 6-year-old gelding will break from post position 3.
"It looks like quite a bit of speed down inside of him (True Quality and Malibu Kid), which is a nice spot to be," added Beattie. "We won't feel pressured to use his speed. And we'll be a little more patient going seven furlongs. If we're in front, we're in front but if not, we can settle back."
The field also includes multiple stakes winners Eternal Star, Broadway Producer and Lord Snowdon, last year's General George runner-up.
Regular rider Ramon Dominguez will be at Oaklawn Park Monday to ride undefeated three-year-old Old Fashioned in the Southwest Stakes, so Edgar Prado picks up the mount. The former Maryland mainstay has won the General George twice during his Hall of Fame career.