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Former Nottingham Forest captain Stuart Pearce has hinted he could be interested in becoming manager at the City Ground following the departure of Billy Davies.
Pearce on Tuesday labelled the job an "outstanding" opportunity for the right person.
Veteran manager Neil Warnock decided he was not suited to the job after talks with Forest owner and chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi on Monday.
Warnock, who has been out of management since leaving Leeds in April 2013, suggested former Watford manager Gianfranco Zola or former England Under-21 boss Pearce could suit the job in the long term.
And Pearce, who played for Forest between 1985 and 1997 and had a spell as caretaker player/manager following Frank Clark's resignation during his final season with the club, still has managerial ambitions.
"I have spent 10 years training as a manager and that is what I am," Pearce told talkSPORT.
"There are some really good jobs out there at times that come up every now and again and Nottingham Forest outside the Premier League is an outstanding job for whatever manager wants it."
Pearce suggested he would need assurances over the level of control he would have if he were to take the job.
He said: "I would have thought there are certain things a manager wouldn't accept. Things like picking of the team and players coming through the door who are signed by somebody else that you don't want. Those are probably the two golden rules for any managers.
"Some are different. Some accept that. It depends how desperate you are for a job. Some would accept that and some would want total control. It is varying degrees."
Davies' second spell as manager came to an end after a dismal run of form and a breakdown in his relationship with Al Hasawi.
Saturday's 5-0 defeat to East Midlands rivals Derby saw Forest's run without a win reach eight matches - a streak which has seen them go out of the FA Cup to League One side Sheffield United and drop out of the Sky Bet Championship play-off places.
Academy manager Gary Brazil will take charge of first-team affairs until a replacement for Davies is appointed, starting with Tuesday night's game against Charlton at the City Ground.
Warnock had looked set to take on the job on a short-term deal until the end of the season, and fancied the task until changing his mind when deep into discussions with Al Hasawi.
The 65-year-old Warnock, who has been out of management since leaving Leeds in April 2013, told talkSPORT: "The talks started well, but in my eyes deteriorated.
"The experience I've got, let's not forget, at the last three clubs I've been a bit unlucky, I've had three new owners. So I've got an idea of owners and what they want and how they work. In the end I didn't think I was the right one."
Former QPR boss Warnock stressed he had no problem with Al Hasawi but claimed that some managerial decisions might be difficult under Forest's structure. He was determined there should be no influence on footballing affairs beyond his own guidance.
Warnock said: "I'm sure someone like Pearce or Zola will come in, somebody like that will end up there. Stuart Pearce would be ideal. But it wasn't for me really.
"When you've got 10 games, possibly 12 games to go. When you've got experience, or you've done the job, you've got to do it how you want to do it and I didn't see that if I'm honest with you.
"(The chairman)'s a nice guy, I got on all right with him. There's just certain criteria that even I can't do, even if it's the right club."
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Little Voter Discomfort with Romney's Mormon Religion
A new Pew Research Center poll finds that voters have limited awareness of Mitt Romney's Mormon faith and Barack Obama's religion. And there is little evidence to suggest that concerns about the candidates' respective faiths will have a meaningful impact in the 2012 fall elections.
Asian Americans and Religion
As their numbers rise, Asian Americans have been largely responsible for the growth of non-Abrahamic faiths in the U.S., particularly Buddhism and Hinduism. At the same time, most Asian Americans belong to the country's two largest religious groups: Christians and people who say they have no particular religious affiliation.
Global Survey of Evangelical Protestant Leaders
A survey of participants in the Third Lausanne Congress of World Evangelization offers a detailed portrait of the beliefs and practices of this group of global evangelical leaders. It finds, a high degree of consensus on some core theological matters, such as the belief that Christianity is the "one, true faith leading to eternal life," but it also finds a number of subjects on which evangelical leaders are divided.
Joe Biden's Religious Biography
Part of a series of profiles of the 2012 presidential candidates and their religious beliefs.
Mitt Romney's Religious Biography
Part of a series of profiles of the 2012 presidential candidates and their religious beliefs.
Barack Obama's Religious Biography
Part of a series of profiles of the 2012 presidential candidates and their religious beliefs.
Religion and the 2012 Louisiana Republican Primary
In winning the Louisiana GOP presidential primary, Rick Santorum won the majority of votes cast by white evangelical/born-again Christians, people who attend worship services weekly and voters who say it is at least somewhat important to have a candidate who shares their religious beliefs. He also won a clear victory among Catholic voters for the first time this primary season.
Religion in Prisons
Professional prison chaplains see America's state penitentiaries as places bustling with religious activity, ranging from efforts by inmates to proselytize or convert other inmates to religious switching by prisoners, according to a survey of chaplains in all 50 states.
More See "Too Much" Religious Talk by Politicians
A new survey finds signs of public uneasiness with the mixing of religion and politics. The number of people who say there has been too much religious talk by political leaders stands at an all-time high since the Pew Research Center began asking the question more than a decade ago.
Mormons and Civic Life
With a Mormon candidate in the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, there has been intense media, academic and public interest in Mormons and their religion. The Pew Forum recently held a roundtable discussion with journalists, scholars and policy experts on some of the latest research on Mormons and their place in American society […]

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For more than two years, Heidi Smith has been haunted by fear and hounded by regret.
Hers is a life besieged by a disturbing secret she has shared with few others. She is certain she knows who killed Steven Russo.
"He did it," she says of the person she insists is the killer. "I know he did it."
Smith briefly dated the man she believes fatally shot Russo, a Seneca Valley High School math teacher, in the head Nov. 24, 2010.
Russo, 48, was killed in the kitchen of the log cabin-style house in Lancaster Township he shared with Smith for less than a year.
Irrational jealousy, she reasons, was his deadly motivation.
Smith has long since given investigators the man's name; however, no arrests have been made in the two-year-old case.
State police and prosecutors acknowledge they know the man. But publicly, they won't say if he, or anyone else, is a suspect in Russo's slaying.
"We've interviewed many, many people," said Lt. Steve Ignatz of the police crime unit, "and narrowed down to who we think are good persons of interest."
Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger's public stance even is less forthcoming when discussing suspects.
The 42-year-old Smith of Beaver County, a second-grade teacher at Mars Elementary School, recently spoke with the Butler Eagle.
Her decision to come forward, she said, was primarily to express "how wonderful Steve was and what a fantastic job police have done" in the homicide investigation.
But she also wanted to send a personal message to the killer.
"I'd like the person who killed Steve to know that you're not going to walk around forever," she said. "You're not going to kill an angel where there are so few, and just walk away."
Friendship forged
Smith said she met Russo around the autumn of 2009 at the Harmony Inn.
"I thought Steve looked like he would have something interesting to say," she said.
Her first impression was spot on, and they soon were talking together for hours.
"We were instant friends," Smith said.
The two shared similar interests. They liked the same kind of reading material, theology, politics and metaphysics, and the same kind of music — blues and bluesy rock and roll.
"He had this wonderful mind," she said, "and when he spoke I'd hang on every word."
Both also were going through divorces at the time.
Several months after that first meeting, Russo moved in with Smith at her rental home on Route 19 in Lancaster Township.
She described their living relationship as "roommates" not girlfriend-boyfriend. They had separate bedrooms.
"We were sharing expenses," she said. "We both wanted to save for homes of our own and we wanted to save on our rentals."
During their time under the same roof, she said, "We got along so well. We were very open with each other and would talk about anything. We were both very honest when we were together."
They went on vacations together and compiled mutual "bucket lists" that included parachuting, white water rafting and kayaking.
"We were very close," she said. But, she noted, each knew that he or she could date others.
Russo's family previously told the Butler Eagle that just before his death, Russo was planning to move out of the home he shared with Smith.
"He realized that it wasn't a fit with him and Heidi," said one of Russo's brothers.
Smith confirmed Russo was planning to move out. That decision came when they realized they had differences over the direction of their relationship.
She still lives with the regret of that decision.
Only after his death, she said, "I realized I had loved Steve too late. I wanted him more than just as a friend."
Final days
Smith recounted being racked with trepidation in the days leading up to Russo's killing, based on disturbing text messages she was receiving. She declined to elaborate.
"I had a bad feeling that someone I had dated briefly wasn't going to go away," she said.
She met the man while living with Russo.
"We dated sporadically for about a month," she said. He wanted to continue the relationship when she ended it.
Smith never conveyed her concerns to Russo.
"I thought maybe I was just being silly," she said. "I didn't want him to worry. Or, maybe I was being paranoid."
Police have acknowledged that Russo never spoke of or wrote in his diary or on his computer of any concern he had before his death.
On Nov. 24, 2010, the day before Thanksgiving, Russo had the day off due to the holiday recess.
That morning he helped Smith get into her costume as part of Mars Elementary School's annual Colonial Day, which celebrates the pilgrim and Indian traditions around the time of the first Thanksgiving.
"I was dressed up as a fur trader that day," she recalled, "including a fake beard and thick eyebrows."
That day, Russo was to get together with family members for a Thanksgiving eve celebration.
Later that evening, Smith said she and Russo had their own plans.
"We were planning to cook a small something at home," she said. "We were going to hang out and relax.
"When I left that morning," she recalled, "I looked back at Steve. I wished I had taken him with me.
"Horrible regrets."
Killer known?
At her lunch period about 11 a.m., Smith said she sent Russo a text message. He didn't immediately respond, which was out of character.
Soon after, she got a text from her neighbor, telling her that police helicopters were flying over the house.
"I had a really bad feeling," she said.
Her principal granted her request to leave and she sped home. There were police cars and troopers everywhere.
"I ran up to a bunch of police standing by the door," she said. "I yelled, 'Where's Steve?' One of the police blurted out, 'Steven Russo is dead.'"
Police said Russo's daughter found her father dead when she came to visit him.
It appeared the killing was probably premeditated, investigators said.
Robbery was quickly eliminated as a motive, Ignatz acknowledged, because there was no sign of forced entry and no property, including Russo's wallet, was taken.
Evidence was collected, and some of those clues still are being analyzed by forensic experts, Goldinger noted.
Within an hour after learning of Russo's death, Smith was taken away by police for questioning. Not an interview, she recalled, but rather an "interrogation" that lasted for hours.
At times, the session was harsh. But she understood why.
"I wanted them to interrogate me so they'd get into my head," Smith said. "I didn't want them to waste their time on me. I threw down everything I could think to tell them."
To this day, she still can't remember police reading her Miranda warnings.
"I was so numb and dazed that I can't recall," she admitted. "The day was a blur."
She believed that by the end of the questioning police realized she was being "as helpful as I could."
Ignatz said police have ruled out any involvement by Smith in Russo's killing. He said she has been "cooperative" with investigators.
Smith said she was particularly eager to answer one question that police asked that first day.
"They asked me if I could think of any possibilities of who did this," she said.
She thought of three potential suspects, including disgruntled parents of students in Russo's classes. But also there was the man she had dated.
Smith provided police with as much information as she could about the man. She paints a discomforting portrait of the man.
"He's someone very good at making other people believe he's normal when in fact he's a monster," she said.
Arrest awaits
Smith said she has complete confidence that police in time will solve the case.
"People think that because an arrest hasn't been made that (police) somehow dropped the ball," she said. "That's not the case. Their tenacity has been amazing.
"I'm impressed with their efforts, and their efforts will pan out. Some have suggested this is a cold case — there's nothing cold about their case."
Police and prosecutors agree that the case remains active.
"We work on (it) every day," Ignatz said.
Goldinger said, "We're trying to pull it all together and complete the puzzle. That takes time."
But he predicted there would be an arrest "in the relatively near future."
And Smith predicted police will arrest the man she told them killed Russo.
"This man is not getting away with killing an angel," she said. "They're just lining up their ducks in a row to arrest him.
"This selfish sociopath has caused a lot of people a lot of pain, and I don't think for a minute he's going to get away with it."


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(MCT) — HOUSTON — Joakim Noah is tired.
On this All-Star weekend Saturday alone, he has made a community service appearance, addressed reporters from many of the 46 countries represented here, practiced, attended a players' association meeting, signed autographs at a promotional appearance and hosted the roughly 30 family members and friends he invited to share his weekend.
The Bulls' center is walking down a hotel hallway wearing Bermuda shorts, a casual black dress shirt and flip flops, headed to one more media obligation for NBA Entertainment. Suddenly, an elevator opens and several French-speaking fans and friends pop out, embracing their countryman.
Noah converses with them in their native language, offering one last "Merci" as he hugs them goodbye. He sighs, then gathers himself for the final interview.
"Gotta give it up for those who helped me get here," he says, to no one in particular.
From the moment Noah flooded Twitter with raw, genuine thanks and emotion on the Jan. 24 night coaches voted him into his first All-Star Game through this weekend, Noah has savored and shared this experience. That's because he wasn't sure playing in Sunday's game ever would happen. And he knows it did because of the hard work he put in, which was demanded by those who believed most in him.
"I always told anyone who would listen he would be an NBA All-Star one day," Tyrone Green says. "I knew because of his work ethic."
Green is one of Noah's earliest mentors, the longtime New York youth coach who let Noah live with him in the summers while his father, Yannick, played professional tennis in France and his mother and sister visited family abroad. Green hung the nickname "Sticks" on Noah because of his frail frame.
Noah has talked consistently about how Green toughened him up. From pickup games in Green's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn to drills Green ran to the point they would miss the last bus home and walk, they worked.
To this day, Noah still calls him Mr. Green. His attendance here this weekend was mandatory.
"Me and Jo have a special relationship," Green says from a local hotel. "He's like the son I never had. I love him so much and am so proud of him. He has earned everything he got."
From Yannick, Noah saw first-hand the discipline it took to be a pro athlete. They would go for early-morning jogs through the streets of Paris and play pickup games, with Yannick winning and then taking basketballs away because Joakim was such a sore loser.
But this competitiveness also looked familiar.
"I learned a lot from my father," Joakim Noah says. "I'm very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete. Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete. I don't think I would be in this position right now if it wasn't for the way he taught me how to work.
"He played with a lot of fire. He was somebody who didn't have a good backhand, didn't have a good forehand, had a weird, unorthodox style when he played tennis. People kind of say the same about me. I'm proud about that."
Yannick arrived here on Saturday. Joakim had joked on Friday he told his mother, Cecilia Rodhe, to stay in Hawaii because "this is going to be a boys' trip." Joakim also spoke eloquently about the impact of Florida's Billy Donovan, who couldn't attend because of his coaching commitments.
"It's always more than just basketball with him," Noah says of Donovan. "He's someone who works really hard. But he understands me as a person and as a player. That's why I go back every summer and spend time there."
The joy those who know Noah feel for his All-Star ascension is palpable. Think of all the touchstone moments Noah has experienced during his six seasons with the Bulls. The seersucker suit, bow tie and wild, frizzy hair on NBA draft night in 2007. The shocking team-ordered suspension for an incident with assistant coach Ron Adams during an inconsistent rookie season. The steal, full-court drive, dunk and foul out of Paul Pierce during the epic, seven-game playoff series against the Celtics in 2009. Standing up to LeBron James and Kevin Garnett. Alienating the entire cities of Cleveland and Philadelphia with critical comments. Calling the Miami Heat "Hollywood as hell."
And on and on and on.
"I love Jo," Luol Deng said. "That's my teammate and my buddy. He drives me crazy sometimes, but I'm so happy for him. Everything he does is about the team. A lot of times, he'll take the heat or attract attention on purpose to help us out and because he thrives on that. He's a true leader."
Back at the hotel, Noah enters the interview room for NBA Entertainment. He slumps down and talks in soft, tired tones, offering mostly tame answers. All-Star events will be broadcast in 215 countries and in 47 languages and NBA-TV and NBA.com are airing more than 140 hours of All-Star coverage.
That makes the moment Noah finally perks up all the more hilarious. He is asked if he has any pregame rituals. Noah sits up in his chair, stares into the camera and smiles.
"I sacrifice a live chicken before every game," he says.
Laughter is stifled. The interview ends. Noah hikes up his shorts and shuffles off in his flip-flops, slapping an acquaintance on the back.
"That was pretty good, huh?" he says.


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Chicago teachers went on strike today for the first time in 25 years, and it could cost the city $25 million. The United States Treasury is thinking about selling $18 billion worth of its AIG stock. A group from Mexico has traveled to Washington D.C. to plead with elected officials to change the way the U.S. conducts the war on drugs. Kai Ryssdal talks to author Scott Reynolds Nelson about his new book "A Nation of Deadbeats" and about how historically Americans aren't very good at paying their debt. And we look at why this past weekend's movie box office was the worst in nearly a decade.


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Channel sources close to VMware say the company is planning to embed a version of EMC's Avamar backup software into its vSphere virtualization and cloud platform, a move that would breach the technology firewall between EMC and VMware.
VMware is expected next week to use its VMworld conference to unveil plans to embed the Avamar Virtual Edition in VMware's vSphere 5.1, giving users the opportunity to back up a maximum of 2 TBs of data free of charge, according to multiple channel sources.
Avamar Virtual Edition is a virtual appliance version of EMC's Avamar data protection software, which is deployed within a VMware virtual machine.
[Related: VMware Kills vRAM Licensing, Will Focus On vSphere Cloud Bundles]
Customers would also have the opportunity to upgraded to a full version of the Avamar software, channel sources said.
Such a move by VMware, which is majority owned by EMC, would be significant in that VMware would be embedding data protection technology from EMC, which competes with VMware technology partners and EMC rivals such as Symantec and Veeam.
Unlike VMware's decision to end its vRAM licensing plan, which directly impacts customers' budgets, the impact of such a move will likely be felt less at the user or solution provider level and more at the technology partner level.
The Avamar decision would be of major importance to VMware's technology partners, said Greg Knieriemen, an enterprise technology podcaster and vice president of marketing at Chi Corp., a Cleveland, Ohio-based solution provider.
"If Avamar gets embedded in VMware, there will be a nerd riot at VMworld," Knieriemen said. "People, especially in social media, will be up in arms about it. It would be an incredible, a ballsy, move for EMC to do. EMC would be putting product into VMware where it didn't do before. It's not just stepping on the toes of (VMware) partners, but kicking them in the [groin]."
One solution provider equated such a move with EMC pushing in all its chips at the gambling table. "Is VMware going to start selling storage now?" the solution provider asked.
It is a valid question.
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Henderson County Animal Services received the 2014 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties. The Animal Services Department's "Adopt a Dog, Train a Dog, Retain a Dog" program qualified for the award in the category for Civic Education and Public Information.
Henderson County Animal Services received the 2014 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties. The Animal Services Department's "Adopt a Dog, Train a Dog, Retain a Dog" program qualified for the award in the category for Civic Education and Public Information.
The award is a certificate that was presented to the department at the July 16 Board of Commissioners' meeting and a graphic that was developed for the winners so that they can publicize the accomplishment on the county's website and other promotional material.
Any Henderson County resident can participate in these training sessions by calling the shelter at 828-697-4723 for the schedule.
The Henderson County Heritage Museum celebrated Henderson County's Golden Age II on Saturday, July 19 with the opening of four new displays — Laurel Park, the Wheeler Hotel and expanded display of the original courthouse on the third floor. Also, the Revolutionary War display now includes a display of Daughters of the American Revolution from the two chapters.
The Laurel Park Display has been planned and designed by Knox Crowell and residents of Laurel Park who have contributed to the display, including Roberta Reinhart's collection of native arrowheads.
Other features show 1920's Laurel Park, the Laurel Park and Rhododendron Lakes, the gondola that ran between the lakes, the dummy line that ran from downtown Hendersonville from Fifth Avenue to Laurel Park, and a film clip of Jack Dempsey training for his big title fight. And of course, the designs of the Fleetwood Hotel — the reason for the economic surge and collapse during the late 1920s.
The Wheeler Hotel and associated homes on North Main Street, where Bruce Drysdale School and Boyd Park are now located, is featured with artifacts and pictures of the hotel and Wheeler, Noterman families. Great-grandaughter Emily Wheeler was on hand to explain events and pictures.
The Historic Courthouse plans and model have been moved to the third floor in a preserved room, along with the window bars from the old jail. An added feature is the desk belonging to Judge Pace, the first judge in the "new" 1905 Courthouse. The desk was purchased and donated by the Jim Toms family.
Also introduced was Jim Toms, who updated his 1963 history on the Fleetwood Hotel booklet.
The Abraham Kuykendall and Joseph McDowell chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution have put together a display of the Daughters, especially in Henderson County.
The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $2,500 grant from TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation. The money will be used to support the Instrumental Ensemble Program and Summer Strings Workshops, both of which are a part of the HSO youth outreach in Henderson County.
Senior Commercial Relationship Manager with TD Bank Chip Morris presented the check to HSO Executive Director Bill Humleker.
"These workshops have been integral to the development of the musical and personal growth of so many children," said Humleker. "We are deeply grateful to the TD Charitable Foundation for recognizing its significance."
Since 1972, the HSO has offered the Instrumental Ensemble Program to over 3,500 children each year. Comprised of the HYSO school-year program and weeklong Summer Strings Workshop, the purpose of the Instrument Ensemble Program is "to foster a lifelong love of music in young musicians of Western North Carolina."
Concentrated study may present the only such opportunity for many young musicians. The Instrumental Ensemble Program finely tunes young musical gifts and sends students into community and college ensembles prepared.
For more information about the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra or the Youth Orchestras programs and workshops, visit hendersonvillesymphony.org or call 697-5884.


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An associate dean and professor at East Carolina University has been named provost at another college in the east.
After an extensive national search, North Carolina Wesleyan College has named Dr. Michael Brown as the new Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Brown currently serves as professor of psychology and associate dean of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at ECU.
Brown will be heading just 45 minutes away to Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount where he will be the Chief Academic Officer.


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July 12, 2011 > LA council split over fate of red-light cameras
LOS ANGELES (AP), Jun 21 - The fate of the city's red-light traffic enforcement cameras remained uncertain on Tuesday after the City Council failed to get enough votes to turn them off.The council voted 7-5 to allow a contract with the Arizona company that operates cameras at 32 city intersections to expire on July 31. Because the council lacked the majority eight votes needed to drop the program, aides said the issue could be revisited at any time before the contract expires if a council member decides to bring it up again.The stalemate came after more than an hour of debate over the merits of the camera enforcement program.Opponents said it was ineffective because a state law hinders the city's ability to collect fines and the city was losing money. Critics also said the lack of teeth made the cameras ineffective in enforcing traffic laws.``Who's going to pay $500 in this hard economic time to the city of Los Angeles for a photo red light when in fact (the violation) doesn't go into your record, doesn't affect your insurance?'' Councilman Dennis Zine said. ``If you don't pay it, there's no consequence.''City leaders expressed frustration over a state vehicle code that doesn't require local courts to place a hold on the driver's licenses of motorists who fail to pay their red-light camera tickets and prevent them from renewing their licenses until they do. The civilian commission that oversees the police department decided two weeks ago to drop the program after concluding that the courts' refusal to impose penalties on those drivers rendered it a voluntary payment program.Police said nearly 40 percent of citations have gone unpaid. Some council members, led by Tony Cardenas, sought time to find solutions to improving the ticket collection rate. They proposed keeping American Traffic Solutions Inc., the Scottsdale, Ariz., company that operates the cameras, on a month-to-month contract for up to a year while the city works to change the state law. The company offered a ``cost neutral'' provision in the contract to ensure the city won't lose money in the meantime. Opponents, though, raised concerns that extending the contract would conflict with the city's resolution banning doing business with Arizona companies because of that state's controversial immigration crackdown. They were also skeptical that state lawmakers would be willing to change the law. In Los Angeles, the fine for running a red light is nearly $500 when city and county fees combined with traffic school and various penalty assessments, which are set by state lawmakers. The city only makes $157 per fine.Last year, Zine and Councilman Eric Garcetti sought to reduce the cost of the red-light tickets by getting the city instead of the court to process the citations. State lawmakers quashed that idea by passing a bill that prohibits local governments from collecting and keeping traffic fines.``The state, in their greed, made this not work for cities,'' Garcetti said. ``Until the state law changes the days of the $500 plus red-light ticket will come to an end July 31st, and that's a good thing,'' he added.Cardenas said he believed there was still time to revive the program.``We do have time for some clarity and hopefully we'll get that between now and July 31,'' Cardenas said. ``If we do get some clarity then I'll bring it up.''The City Council did vote unanimously on one proposal. They agreed to look into adding more time for yellow lights as a way to improve safety at the city's most dangerous intersections.


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Amid the constant debates on mobile gaming takeover come a new wave of options for those looking to take their casual game pursuits further. After Nvidia's announcement of the price drop of the Shield, we've decided to offer a roundup of the top Android based handhelds coming your way this summer and beyond.
The real challenge for any of these systems is whether or not they will be worth purchasing when all of the games can be played on phones and tablets already. But those looking for other options to play their Android favorites are in the right place.
GamePopPrice: Free through this month with a $6.99 subscription per month for one year. To be priced at $129 later after initial offer has passed.Release Date: Anticipated Winter 2013
Pros:-Offers not only Android support, but also iOS games.-More than 500 games are included free with the monthly subscription. The games are accessed through streaming rather than through purchase and download.
Cons:-The hardware specifics have not been released yet, making it harder to convince prospective owners to preorder with no real information on what the GamePop is capable of.-Sure, the GamePop itself looks pretty sleek, but what's the controller like? No information has been given on it yet, but the trailer reveals you can use your Android phone or iPhone as a controller as well.
GameStickPrice: $79.99Release Date: July 9, 2013
Pros:-1 GB DDR3 RAM, 8 GB Flash memory (expandable up to 32 GB)-Android Jelly Bean 4.2-Connect easily through a wireless dock, meaning no struggling with hard-to-reach TV HDMI ports.-Offers the ability to stream Netflix through your television. (Then again, what doesn't?)
Cons:-According to Ben Reeves, in his hands-on experience with the GameStick, the controller is boxy and uncomfortable to use for long periods of time. Which defeats the purpose of playing mobile games on your TV.-You will have to re-purchase any previously purchased games specifically for the GameStick, as it does not use the Google Play store. Whether or not the low entry price point of the GameStick makes up for that is up for debate.
MOJO by Mad CatzPrice: Not yet announcedRelease Date: Anticipated Winter 2013
Pros:-Details are scarce on the MOJO, but the mini console itself is portable and the controller is virtually an Xbox 360 copy from the looks of it. -MOJO will have full Google Play store and Amazon Appstore support, meaning you won't have to re-purchase any games.
Nvidia ShieldPrice: $299Release Date: June 27, 2013
Pros:-2 GB RAM, 16 GB Flash memory-Super powerful Tegra 4 processor.-Take the TV out of the equation. The Nvidia Shield includes a 5-inch, 720p screen mounted to the controller.-Offers the ability to play PC games by accessing your compatible gaming computer when both it and the Shield are on WiFi.-Android games are available through Google Play and Nvidia Tegrazone. -Initial impressions have been positive.
Cons:-$299. Really? Still too expensive for most, even after the aforementioned price drop. And that's $299 on top of the cost of whatever price a compatible gaming PC would be to access that feature.
Ouya Price: $99.99Release Date: June 25, 2013
Pros:-1 GB RAM, 8 GB of Flash memory-Ouya offers app support in addition to new games created by developers of all sizes. This means the Ouya will have more purpose than just another way to play Android titles.-Every title is free to demo before purchase.-The developer kit is available to every customer, meaning emulators and other innovations are a high possibility.-Controller design looks practical and comfortable.
Cons:-Tegra 3 is a little weak in comparison to Nvidia Shield.-The growth of the Ouya may be weak when it comes to larger publishers due to the open nature of the hardware.
Wikipad 7Price: $249Release Date: Available now.
Pros:-1 GB RAM, 16 GB memory (expandable up to 32 GB)-Offers more value because it still functions as a tablet in addition to a gaming device.-Loaded up with Android Jelly Bean 4.1 right out of the box.-Quad core CPU for high-speed needs.
Cons: -The price point is on the high end at $249. For $50 more, the Nvidia Shield offers a stronger processor and the ability to play PC titles. While it's not a bad price point for a tablet, there are plenty of other options when it comes to gaming on the go.
Will you be swayed to purchase any of these devices? Or will you be sticking with your phones and consoles? Speak your mind in the comments below.


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Scott Fujita, a Super Bowl-winning linebacker who became enmeshed in the Saints bounty scandal, has signed a one-day contract with New Orleans and retired.
The 33-year-old player did so not from an office building but from Machu Picchu, Peru, where he signed the contract Monday.
Fujita finished his career with the Cleveland Browns, but was implicated and suspended for one game by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for his role in what the league called a Saints performance pool designed to knock targeted opponents out of games from 2009 to 2011. Fujita later was essentially absolved by former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
Fujita spent four seasons with the Saints and was part of their 2009 championship. He left for Cleveland in 2010 and spent three seasons with the Browns.


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Three to Focus on: Lions @ Saints, Week 13
Everyone loves a good offensive battle and when you have Drew Brees and Calvin Johnson in the same game you know you'll get just that. And, to add substance to the expected fireworks, we have two teams that are fighting for playoff position.
After an embarrassing loss to the Rams a month ago, the Saints have put things back together by defeating two NFC playoff contenders and a division rival. They became just the 12th team to log 500 yards total offense in a Monday Night Football game since 1989 when they beat the Giants.
Detroit started the season strong, flashing on everyone's radar. They have recently shown, however, that they are not quite ready to compete with the best that the NFC has to offer. In recent weeks they've lost to San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, and Green Bay. In order for the Lions to make the playoffs they'll need to string some wins together and, in order for New Orleans to have a shot for a first round bye (the 49ers own the No. 2 seed right now), they need the wins too. Ready or not, it's playoff scenario season.
Jeff Backus vs. Will Smith
Most signs here point to Matthew Stafford (+12.9) having all day to throw the ball. The Lions as a team have a +4.4 pass block rating, ranking them 11th, while the Saints pass rush has an overall rating of -34.2 which puts them dead last. The one thing that could change that is the matchup between Jeff Backus (-14.3) and Will Smith (+8.2).
In recent weeks Backus hasn't played as bad as his overall rating suggests. Over the first seven games of the season, he allowed 4.1 pressures per game, while over the last four games he's averaged just 2.0. Smith has lined up on the right side of the field for every snap he's seen this season, so chances are good that there will be plenty of plays where Backus will be responsible for controlling him. Backus isn't the only one who looks better than his PFF rating, as Smith averaged 3.0 pressures per game for most of the season, but in the past two weeks has had five pressures in each game. This matchup is the one spot that New Orleans has a shot to get pressure on Stafford. The only question now is how big of a game can Smith have?
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For two years, two men deeply involved in Youth for Christ/USA bandied about the idea of a national golf tournament that would bring awareness to the organization's cause of providing spiritual aid to children and raise funds to help it move forward.
The problem was, putting on a gig of national scope is quite an undertaking. Especially one staged on one of the country's most renowned courses and one able to attract big-money sponsorship from across the country.
Brad Bills of Medford was one of the two men. He's a national field director for YFC/USA, serving 23 chapters in Oregon and California, and he has plenty of experience putting on fundraising tournaments locally.
The idea Bills and his cohort had "never got any traction," he said, because neither could devote the necessary time.
Enter Norm Blandel, like Bills a man of faith and, like Bills, one who is passionate about golf. Blandel is a PGA master professional who has worked various jobs in the Rogue Valley since arriving a decade ago but never strayed far from golf.
Last fall, he was between positions and asked Bills if he knew of any possibilities.
The proverbial light bulb illuminated over Bills' head.
"Given Norm's experience in the golf industry, and in the area of development and fundraising, and all his connections, I thought, here's a guy who could really make this happen," said Bills.
Blandel interviewed at the national office and was hired to organize YFC/USA's first national golf event. He and Bills submitted proposals for the inaugural tournament, with the idea that if it's successful, there would be a couple tournaments each year.
So far, so good.
The YFC Champions Golf Tournament will be Oct. 27-28 at famed Torrey Pines' South Course near San Diego. It's where a hobbled Tiger Woods bested Rocco Mediate in 2008 during one of the most memorable U.S. Opens.
And it's the kind of track Blandel and Bills need to make their project fly.
"We looked at some of the premier, very special and historic golf sites that might be great opportunities, once in a lifetime," said Blandel. "It gives people the opportunity to come together and share their faith and love and passion for the game of golf."
YFC Champions has already signed four major sponsors to the tune of nearly $60,000, including the title sponsor, Hanson Communications of Willmar, Minn., for $30,000. Oregon men's golf coach Casey Martin will be a special guest and will take part in a "fireside chat" on opening night. A club pro in the area, Jeffrey Cranford, is an ordained minister and will lead a service that Sunday morning.
The daunting task of starting the tournament seemed less so, said Bills, once Blandel scheduled the venue.
"When he was able to make connections at Torrey Pines and get a date and negotiate a reasonable price, that's when I thought this could really happen," said Bills.
Other courses that were under consideration on the West Coast were Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes and Chambers Bay. Further east, courses mulled over for a spring event, should this one succeed, include Medina, Bay Hill, Congressional and Kiawah Island.
Blandel's ability to line up Torrey Pines didn't surprise Bills.
"He's had many, many years in the golf business," said Bills. "He can dial direct to many high-level people in the golf industry, and they'll take his calls."
To wit, Blandel considers Jim Langley, who was a longtime and revered pro at Cypress Point in the Monterey, Calif., area, to be his mentor. They met in 1974, three years after Langley took over and as Blandel was getting into the game.
Blandel also counts among his friends Eddie Merrins, the pro at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles for more than 40 years.
Langley and Merrins each sponsor hugely successful tournaments, and it is those events after which the YFC Champions is patterned. Blandel has attended each.
"It takes about 18 months to plan an event at this level," said Blandel. "We're on the fast track."
The entry fee for the YFC Champions is $1,000 per player, and Blandel wants to keep it to 120 players, or 30 foursomes. Half of the players' field could be filled through corporate sponsorships, meaning only about 60 spots, or 15 teams, are otherwise available. A handful have been scooped up and three or four other interested parties have said they want teams, said Blandel. Some are from the Rogue Valley, others are from across the country.
"I'd like it to be a good pace and not be overly crowded," said Blandel, who was a Los Angeles-area policeman for nine years before he entered the golf business.
One of the key elements to building momentum for the tournament was having a quality website created to handle marketing and registration, said Bills. They hired a Medford company, Lanphier Associates, Inc., and weren't disappointed in the product that went live only recently.
The website is www.yfcchampions.com.
There is optimism that this tournament is the first step toward something much bigger. The goal for this first go-round is to get it off the ground. A net profit would be nice — and will likely happen through corporate sponsorships — but isn't the primary concern.
"We don't want to make any promises," said Blandel. "We're trying to take this one step at a time. We need the support of other people who are passionate about helping young people. We want to help every kid, one at a time, everywhere. That is the goal."
AJGA VOLUNTEERS: The American Junior Golf Association will be back at Centennial Golf Club for the fourth straight summer. The national-circuit event is Aug. 11-15, and volunteers are being sought to help run the showcase event for upper-echelon youth talent.
The tournament proper is 54 holes over three days, ending on Thursday. But there are activities the first two days, with a qualifying tournament on that Sunday and a junior-am the following day, along with a free clinic for kids 17 and under and a practice round.
There are a number of volunteer positions, notably medical attendants. There are also roles for spotters, timers, shuttle-cart drivers and water-station aides, among other things.
Those interested in participating should email Sarah Butler of the AJGA at email@example.com.
Speaking of the junior-am tournament, a few team openings remain. Three amateurs will be paired with one of the junior standouts. The cost is $500 per team. For information or to register, call Vince Domenzain, Centennial director of golf, at 541-773-4653.
Have a local golf story idea? Reach sports editor Tim Trower at 541-776-4479, or e-mail email@example.com
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SEATTLE (AP) — Brendan Ryan spiked his helmet and started arguing with umpire Brian Runge as the Chicago White Sox celebrated baseball's 21st perfect game.
It was that kind of day for the Seattle Mariners.
Phil Humber threw the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Mariners at Safeco Field on Saturday.
"It was one of them freak days in baseball, you come to the ballpark and you never know what is going to happen," Seattle leadoff hitter Chone Figgins said.
With the White Sox lined up on the top step of the dugout, Humber fell behind 3-0 to Michael Saunders leading off the ninth. But he rebounded to strike him out. John Jaso then flied out before Brendan Ryan, another pinch hitter, struck out to end the game.
Ryan tried to check his swing and missed at a full-count pitch, but the ball got away from catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Ryan lingered outside the batter's box for a minute, unsure of umpire Runge's call, and Pierzynski fired to first to complete the play.
Humber then fell to his knees and was tackled by teammates while Ryan stewed, throwing his helmet down and objecting to Runge's call.
"I don't really want to talk about it," Ryan said. "I will say it was a pretty outstanding game he threw. Had his slider working, obviously in and out of the zone, kept his pitch count down. ... Pretty outstanding stuff from him today."
It was baseball's first perfect game since Philadelphia's Roy Halladay threw one against the Florida Marlins on May 29, 2010. It was the third in White Sox's history, joining Mark Buehrle against Tampa Bay on July 23, 2009, and Charles Robertson against Detroit on April 30, 1922.
Before Saturday, Humber was best known as one of four prospects the Mets traded to Minnesota for two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana in February 2008. That's no longer the case — not after tossing the majors' first no-hitter of the season and the second April perfect game in major league history.
"I don't even know what to say," Humber said. "I don't know what Philip Humber is doing in this list. No idea what my name is doing there, but I'm thankful it's there."
Humber struck out nine and threw just 96 pitches in his first career complete game. He went to a three-ball count only three times.
It was quite a contrast to his first start of the season, when he went 5 1-3 innings and threw 115 pitches in a no-decision against Baltimore on Monday.
"Humber pitched a great ballgame and Pierzynski did a great job working with him out there," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We really never got anything going.
Humber admitted he was nervous and aware of what was at stake in the ninth. Ryan joined him.
"I was so fired up to get the opportunity, get the chance to wreck it," Ryan said. "My heart might have been pounding harder than his was."
It was the third no-hitter thrown against Seattle. Mark Langston and Mike Witt of the Angels combined on one on April 11, 1990, and Dwight Gooden of the Yankees threw one on May 14, 1996.
Humber struck out the side in the second while cruising through the first four innings in just 45 pitches. Figgins' fly ball to left in the fourth was the first ball to reach the outfield.
Dustin Ackley followed with a hard liner to right that Alex Rios reached up and stabbed.
"When I hit it and saw the trajectory I felt that's a ball in the gap," Ackley said. "I was telling some guys that guy out there must be 6-foot-6 or however tall and was playing deep and made a great play on it."
Justin Smoak struck out swinging to start the eighth. Kyle Seager lofted a fly to left that looked momentarily like it had a chance to land, but it was brought in by Dayan Viciedo. Jesus Montero followed with an easy ground ball to second base, sending the perfect game to the ninth.
"When you talk about our younger players, even some that have been around a bit, when you go through something like this it's history, but it's also something you have to learn from," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. "You feel where you are heartbeat-wise in the latter innings of that game and learn from that. Learn at certain times when you go through different at-bats what happened and why. ... You've got to learn from anything like this."
Paul Konerko hit his second home run of the season and No. 398 for his career in the second. He also had a run-scoring single in the third.
Mariners starter Blake Beavan (1-2) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings.
Humber was drafted No. 3 overall by the New York Mets in 2004, one pick after Justin Verlander went to the Detroit Tigers. But Humber was sidelined by elbow-ligament replacement surgery the following year and didn't win a game in the majors until 2010 with Kansas City.
He becomes the latest one-time Mets pitcher who went on to throw a no-hitter elsewhere, a group that includes Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Gooden and David Cone. New York has never had a no-hitter in its 51-year history. The only other team without one is San Diego, which began play in 1969.
"I was more nervous than I was in the World Series," Pierzynski said. "There was no build up for this, it just happened. And you want it so bad for the guy on the mound and you want him to have that achievement forever and you want to have him remembered forever. It's a special thing that Phil did."
NOTES: There were three no-hitters last year: Francisco Liriano of Minnesota, Verlander and Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels. ... Seattle reliever Hisashi Iwakuma made his major league debut Friday night, becoming the last player on an Opening Day roster who was not hurt or optioned to the minor leagues to do so.
Associated Press writer Manuel Valdes in Seattle contributed to this report.


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Whereas the diaspora movements were built on hopes and dreams, the members who actually moved to Eretz Israel set about actively trying to bring those hopes to fruition.
Songs around the campfire, nature trips and exercises in good citizenship form the foundations of scores of youth movements around the world. Millions of children and teenagers in a hundred countries attend regular meetings, pledge allegiance to their groups and learn the values passed on to them by their leaders.
In Israel, youth movements have played a role that is unparalleled anywhere else in the world. The Zionist youth movements have far exceeded the scope and depth of groups in other countries. Their proudest achievement is not expressed in the multitude of leaders in the spheres of government, academia and business although there are plenty -but rather, their greatest glory is the State of Israel itself.
No other country attributes a large part in its establishment to the concerted efforts of thousands of young people acting through the framework of an active network of ideologically-based youth movements.
Ever since general youth movements were founded in 19th century Germany, the overwhelming majority of them have emphasized such universal values as good citizenship and patriotism, while group activities have always included hikes, nature trips and the like.
The early German youth movements were a response to the industrial revolution which brought millions of people to the cities. Yearning for the countryside, they sought every opportunity to visit rural areas. In time, youth movements were established which sponsored frequent out-of-town trips. Afternoon meetings quickly became an important part of the participants' lives, as the groups engaged in lengthy discussions about politics and other relevant issues of the day.
Youth movements were an idea whose time had come. In the early 1900's, Lord Baden Powell established the British Scout Movement with the backing of the royal family. He built an apolitical movement based on good deeds, equality, openness to all and the brotherhood of man.
The idea caught on, in Britain and around the world. Sitting around the campfire, scout leaders would teach their young charges values of universal importance. It didn't take long, however, for people to realize that the same youth group framework was ideally suited to ideologically-motivated educational experiences.
The Zionist movements were among those that seized the opportunity to build ideological youth organizations. Seeking a means to build successive generations of activists, the early Zionists embraced the youth group framework, creating programs that combined fun and games, social interaction, lessons in good civics and the ideological tenets of the sponsoring movement.
Most of the Zionist youth movements trace their roots to the Diaspora. In Central and Eastern Europe, when a Jewish state was still little more than a dream, young people who shared similar ideological visions of that state banded together in groups such as Shomer Hatzair and Betar. As their members began arriving in Palestine, the Old World frameworks were adapted to local reality.
Whereas the Diaspora movements were built on hopes and dreams, the members who actually moved to Eretz Israel set about actively trying to bring those hopes to fruition. While lengthy discussions about Zionism remained an important part of each movement, often keeping young members awake late into the night, physical labor aimed at settling the land -took center stage.
It wasn't an easy transition for most of the new pioneers. Life in Eastern European villages had not prepared these Jews for the extreme physical labor and constant hardships that awaited them in the promised land. Many immigrants failed in their quests to build new lives, and not all of the youth movements successfully planted roots in Palestine.
Nevertheless, every political stream had its youth movement, ranging from Shomer Hatzair and Noar Oved VeLomed on the left to Betar on the right. While children of the yishuv (the pre-state Jewish community in Palestine) might have chosen a particular movement because it happened to be the most popular group in the neighborhood, once they belonged they would fervently advocate their movement's political perspective.
Zionist youth movements in the pre-state period were built around the central principle of hagshama, or fulfillment. Specifically, hagshama referred to settling the land. The ultimate goal of every Zionist youth movement member was to join a garin, or settlement nucleus, and help to build a kibbutz. (Their Diaspora predecessors had shared the vision of hagshama: the first step in their fulfillment was to make aliya -emigrate to Eretz Israel.)
The Scouts, or Tsofim, which reached Israel from Britain in the 1920's, bucked the local trend toward politically affiliated youth movements. It began as and remains to this day -unaligned politically. Rather than espousing the values and principles of a specific political stream, the movement teaches good citizenship and encourages its members to give all they can to society.
To this day, Israeli youth group activists grow up in their movements. It is not at all uncommon to find adults who have been friends since preschool. After playing informally in the neighborhood, most Israeli children join a youth movement, attend at least two activities per week and build strong social ties that extend far beyond the confines of formal programming.
The ideological connections do not end with graduation from high school. In a sense, graduation is only the beginning. Many activists join special army units in the Nahal corps. "Nahal" is the Hebrew acronym for Fighting Pioneer Youth. Young adults who join Nahal divide their army service between training for elite combat duty and building a new settlement somewhere in the country.
Scores of kibbutzim, in every corner of Israel, were founded by Nahal units comprised of graduates of one or another of the youth movements. The Scouts, for example, have established 22 kibbutzim around the country, and they continue to send garinim to existing kibbutzim and new settlements every year.
In the years preceding independence in 1948, the youth movements played a central role in the battle for a Jewish state. Most members of the Palmah, the fighting arm of the Haganah (the pre-state army), came from youth movements, the most prominent of which were Noar Oved, Shomer Hatzair, Mahanot Olim and Scouts.
As Shaul Biber's personal recollections (see box) illustrate, young people occupied positions at the vanguard of the struggle for independence. Peer pressure played an important role in fostering activism, but that pressure stemmed from a deep commitment to the shared goal of establishing a Jewish state. From a very young age, children gathered at meeting houses for frequent movement activities. These included in-depth ideological discussions that focused on the role each child could play in building the state. Issues such as school often took second priority to the greater good.
When the State of Israel was established in 1948, the need to conduct activities clandestinely disappeared. At the same time, the Israel Defense Force was established, and a full-fledged army took responsibility for defending the state.
In the 1950's, however, new challenges replaced the old ones. Hundreds of thousands of new immigrants poured into a newborn state which was hard-pressed to absorb them. With little more to offer than its human resources, the country drew heavily on this reserve. The same young people who had risen to the challenge of settling the land and paving the way toward independence responded to the needs of the masses of new Israelis who arrived here with little more than the clothes on their backs.
Coming as they did from allover Europe, the Middle East and beyond, the immigrants brought with them cultural baggage and traditions of dazzling variety. Many did not know how to read or write in any language, let alone Hebrew, and young sabras accepted the challenge of helping to integrate their brothers into Israeli society.
Mahanot Olim, which was established JY young Israeli scouts who wanted to reach out to their newly-arrived peers, took root in Tel Aviv, Haifa and other areas where large concentrations of immigrants were located. This helping hand provided the boost needed by many olim to merge into society, and Mahanot Olim became an important pioneering force. The first kibbutz established by Mahanot Olim members, Beit Hashita, thrives to his day.
Much of the credit for many of the rapid advances which have transformed Israel in 40 years -from a poor, backward country into a strong, modern land belongs to the pioneering young people who fought for independence and helped absorb the land's new residents. Their contributions cannot be minimized. At the same time, the very success which brings them honor also paved the way for today's reality in which pioneering values are harder to maintain.
Thus, while the Israel Hebrew Scouts Association remains the largest youth movement in the country, with 50,000 members (another 25,000 non-Jewish Scouts boost the total figure), the number of members who opt for Nahal service has fallen from 800 per year to just 35-400 currently.
Bnei Akiva, the Orthodox youth group which enjoys the second largest following of all youth movements, identifies closely with the tenets of religious settlement. The pioneering spirit has fared more successfully among these camps than elsewhere in Israeli society, and the numbers of Bnei Akiva youth who join new communities bears this out.
Israel Roses of the Scouts Association attributes the drop in youth movement membership to the diminishing emphasis on pioneering values throughout Israeli society, the development of a more materialistic culture and the particular problems encountered by the kibbutz movements in recent years. "Nahal has become less attractive to young people," he says, "because the image of the kibbutz has fallen in the public's eyes. Also, fewer scout leaders come from the kibbutzim, so today's scouts often lack the positive kibbutz role models that previous groups enjoyed."
Nobody would deny that Israel's youth movements have changed since their glorious heyday, just as Israeli youth -and every aspect of life in the country -have changed. However, Roses doesn't view the change negatively.
"The Scouts in Israel is first and foremost a pioneering movement," he says. Roses' direct interest is his own organization, but his comments apply to all of the country's Zionist youth movements. "We have, and always will have, a high ideological content."
The greatest challenge facing the country's youth movements today is the task of instilling a passionate belief in the importance of the Jewish homeland in their followers. With that achieved, the youth movements will be able to sustain their historic role and continue to enhance the quality of life in Israel.


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Jesse Metcalfe might be best known for playing the sexy gardener on Desperate Housewives – but what he really wants to do is be a rock star.
"I think a lot of people will be surprised to learn that I actually have talent," the actor, 28, told PEOPLE this weekend after an unplugged performance at the opening of Cain at the Cove at the Bahamas' Cove Atlantis. "I love playing to an audience. It's really gratifying."
Metcalfe unveiled his music Saturday night before a crowd that included Stacy Keibler, Jamie King, Chloe Sevigny, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan – all of whom came out for the actor's acoustic guitar set. Spotlighted were two songs he wrote and recorded for his upcoming album called Darklight.
"He was really good," Tatum told PEOPLE. "He's got a great sound." (Metcalfe likens his music to Nine Inch Nails'.)
The performance capped off a good day for Metcalfe, who spent the afternoon at the oceanside beach and pool club swimming, playing football and sunning himself with several bikini-clad admirers.
Although Snow Queen Vodka sponsored the weekend, recently rehabbed Metcalfe – who said, "I'm doing really well" – drank nothing stronger than Red Bull.
"I'm taking care of myself," he told PEOPLE. "I have too much going on right now to mess it up."
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Company Continues to Fortify Position in Emerging RNAi Industry through Addition of Important and Novel Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) Structural IP
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Intradigm Corporation, a leading developer of targeted, systemic RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that it has licensed key intellectual property (IP) covering certain efficacy-enhancing structural elements of small interfering RNA (siRNA) from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The licensed IP includes parameters for the structural modifications for next generation siRNAs including the "Zamore Design Rules" that significantly improve the potency and efficacy of RNAi therapeutics. This licensed technology allows Intradigm to incorporate novel siRNA sequences into the company's proprietary RNAi delivery systems to create potent and effective siRNA therapeutics. The company announced this licensing agreement today as part of its presentation at the Bio-Europe Spring 2008 conference in Madrid, Spain.
The technology licensed from the University of Massachusetts Medical School provides Intradigm with a strong IP position around structural features for a next generation of siRNA molecules. Additionally, Intradigm also possesses a strong IP position surrounding biodegradable polycationic polymers for the delivery of RNAi therapeutics which the company further strengthened through its recent licensing of complementary technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This newly licensed RNAi IP estate, combined with Intradigm's innovative delivery technology and proprietary siRNA sequences, positions the company as a leader in the RNAi therapeutic space.
"By licensing this important IP from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which we believe to be the clear center of excellence for breakthrough siRNA academic research, Intradigm has taken another critical step toward its goal of establishing itself as a leader in the development and commercialization of novel RNAi therapeutics," said Mohammad Azab, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Intradigm. "We have established an impressive IP portfolio that spans the areas of siRNA structure and sequence, as well as RNAi delivery, providing us a distinct competitive advantage enjoyed by very few other companies."
"We are keenly aware of the critical role that the fundamental RNAi research being conducted in our labs may play in ultimately bringing novel RNAi therapeutics to patients who desperately need them," stated James P. McNamara, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Office of Technology Management at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. "For this reason, we are driven to align with leaders in the RNAi therapeutic space, such as Intradigm, to provide them access to our intellectual property and support their important drug development efforts. We are eager to witness Intradigm's progress and excited at that prospect of our IP playing a central role in the company's future success."
ABOUT THE RNAi NANOPLEX DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY
To address the issue of effective and targeted delivery of RNAi therapeutics, Intradigm has developed and in-licensed an extensive intellectual property portfolio around its proprietary RNAi Nanoplex (NPX) delivery technology. The RNAi NPX delivery technology is a modular, multi-component delivery vector that carries active siRNA molecules in its core with the flexibility to attach a Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) layer and/or a targeting ligand to the polymer-siRNA NPX to improve circulation half life and achieve selective distribution to the target tissue. At the core of the RNAi NPX delivery technology is Intradigm's proprietary peptide-based biodegradable polymer known as PolyTran(TM). PolyTran enables safe systemic delivery of the siRNAs. Additionally, this platform is unique in its ability to offer tissue specific targeting of siRNA through the attachment of specific ligands directed to target cell receptors. An additional key strength of the RNAi NPX delivery technology is its ability to incorporate multiple siRNAs in a single drug product. These multi-targeted therapeutics can simultaneously silence several mRNAs that represent parallel or synergistic elements of the same disease pathway resulting in a more comprehensive and/or novel therapeutic potential.
Recent technology licensing agreements with institutions such as the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have enhanced Intradigm's existing intellectual property portfolio and provided Intradigm with the rights and know-how to leverage a broad family of polymers and polymer structures, as well as next generation siRNA structures, in connection with its RNAi Nanoplex delivery technology.
Intradigm is a private biotechnology company dedicated to the development of targeted, systemic RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases with an initial focus on oncology.
At present, Intradigm is working to build a high-value internal pipeline of RNAi oncology therapeutics, and is actively advancing its lead drug candidate, ICS-283, for a variety of cancer indications. The company is pursuing a comprehensive integrated RNAi therapeutic development strategy that incorporates advanced RNAi delivery technology, RNAi structural technology and novel, proprietary therapeutic siRNA sequences. For more information on Intradigm, please visit http://www.intradigm.com.
The University of Massachusetts Medical School, one of the fastest growing academic health centers in the country, has built a reputation as a world-class research institution, consistently producing noteworthy advances in clinical and basic research. The Medical School attracts more than $179 million in research funding annually, 80 percent of which comes from federal funding sources. The work of UMMS researcher Craig Mello, PhD, an investigator of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and his colleague Andrew Fire, PhD, then of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, toward the discovery of RNA interference was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and has spawned a new and promising field of research, the global impact of which may prove astounding. UMMS is the academic partner of UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest health care provider in Central Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.umassmed.edu.
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents are investigating a single vessel boating crash incident that resulted in the death of a Springfield man on Dec. 5 in Livingston Parish.
LDWF agents received a call about a possible fatality on the Blood River at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5. Agents were able to retrieve the deceased body of Emil J. Durbin, 68, from the river at 8:15 p.m. Near the body agents found Durbin's 16 foot vessel with the front heavily damaged.
Agents believe that Durbin lost control of the vessel and struck a tree on the bank ejecting him from the boat possibly striking a tree and then into the water.
It appears that Durbin left to go boating around 11 a.m.
LDWF agents and Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office responded to the scene. LDWF will be the lead investigative agency for this boating crash incident. Durbin's body was turned over to the Livingston Parish Coroner's Office.
For more information, contact Adam Einck at 225-765-2465 or email@example.com.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Aug 2006 09:03 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Adam Dunkels, well-known author of the Contiki operating system and the uIP embedded TCP/IP stack, has written a really small BASIC interpreter called uBASIC in about 700 lines of C code. It is intended to be a very small scripting language for systems where memory really is at a premium such as deeply embedded systems which may have as little as a few hundreds of bytes of RAM. It provides an interesting look into how to write a very lightweight script interpreter.


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March 4, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Behind a dominant defense and a high-powered attack, the No. 8 Maryland men's lacrosse team handed No. 7 Duke its worst loss in the series dating to 1984, beating the Blue Devils, 13-5 on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Byrd Stadium. The eight-goal margin of victory equals largest between Maryland and Duke since March 9, 1984, when the Terps beat the Blue Devils, 16-4. That contest was the first game coached at Maryland Dick Edell, who won his ACC-record-holding 161st game at Maryland on Sunday.
No. 8 Maryland's defense on man-down was amazing on Sunday, as the Terps held Duke to just one goal on 16 extra-man opportunities, as the Terps drew 16 penalties for 17 minutes. Overall, in allowing just five goals, Maryland held an ACC opponent to the fewest goals since North Carolina scored just four in a 5-4 Maryland win on April 1, 1989.
The offense did its part on Sunday as well, as the Terps' starting attack of Andrew Combs (Baltimore, Md.), Dan LaMonica (Parkton, Md.) and Mike Mollot (Holbrook, N.Y.) combined for 11 of the Terps goals. Combs equalled his career-high of five goals for the second time this season and third in his career and now has 13 in three games this season. Combs scored both of Maryland's extra-man goals on Sunday and has all five of the Terps' extra-man goals this season.
Both LaMonica and Mollot each scored three goals and added an assist on Sunday. Overall, both LaMonica and Mollot now have seven goals in the 2001 season.
Maryland jumped all over Duke early on Sunday building a 3-0 lead in the first quarter behind those two extra-man goals by Combs and Mollot's first of the day. The Terps built a six-goal margin by halftime as LaMonica scored twice to make it 5-0 and Combs and Mollot scored to close out the half for the 7-1 Maryland lead at halftime.
The third quarter was more Maryland as Chris Malone (Timonium, Md.) scored 14 seconds into the half to make it 8-1 and Mollot scored his third of the game with 1:27 left in the third to make it 9-2.
Duke scored three times in the fourth, but the Terps tallied four goals as Combs notched his fourth and fifth tallies, while LaMonica posted his first career hat trick. Craig Hochstadt (Columbia, Md.) scored the Terps' other goal off an assist from Alex Poole (Hunt Valley, Md.)
In goal, Pat McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) was sensational, making 19 saves, including nine in the fourth quarter to preserve the win.
Maryland returns to action on Tuesday -- weather permitting -- as the Terps play host to Bucknell at 4 p.m. For the latest on the weather situation, please call 301-314-TERP or check www.umterps.com.
Qtr.-Time Team, Goal (Assist) DU-UM 1-10:31 Maryland, Andrew Combs (Chris Malone) EMG 0-1 1-5:55 Maryland, Andrew Combs (Mike Mollot) EMG 0-2 1-4:58 Maryland, Mike Mollot (un) 0-3 2-10:26 Maryland, Dan LaMonica (un) 0-4 2-6:34 Maryland, Dan LaMonica (un) 0-5 2-6:27 Duke, Mack Hardaker (Alex Lieske) 1-5 2-5:06 Maryland, Andrew Combs (Dan LaMonica) 1-6 2-3:53 Maryland, Mike Mollot (un) 1-7 3-14:46 Maryland, Chris Malone (un) 1-8 3-2:34 Duke, Greg Patchak (Alex Lieske) EMG 2-8 3-1:27 Maryland, Mike Mollot (un) 2-9 4-14:20 Duke, Kevin Brennan (Alex Lieske) 3-9 4-12:56 Duke, Terrence Keaney (un) 4-9 4-10:56 Maryland, Craig Hochstadt (Alex Poole) 4-10 4-8:56 Duke, Kevin Brennan (Greg Patchak) 5-10 4-5:18 Maryland, Andrew Combs (Ian Healy) 5-11 4-4:01 Maryland, Dan LaMonica (un) 5-12 4-2:05 Maryland, Andrew Combs (Malone) 5-13
TEAM STATS Category Duke Maryland Shots 8-5-9-17=39 7-8-6-8=29 Saves 3-3-2-1=9 3-3-4-9=19 Face-Offs 10/20 10/20 Groundballs 5-5-9-9=28 15-11-6-8=40 Clears 13/18 15/16 Extra-Man Opp. 1/16 2/5 Penalties 5/4:00 16/17:00
INDIVIDUAL SCORING Duke Goals-Asst.-Pts. Terrence Keaney 2-0-2 Greg Patchak 1-1-2 Kevin Brennan 1-0-1 Mack Hardaker 1-0-1 Alex Lieske 0-3-3
Maryland Goals-Asst.-Pts. Andrew Combs 5-0-5 Dan LaMonica 3-1-4 Mike Mollot 3-1-4 Chris Malone 1-2-3 Craig Hochstadt 1-0-1 Ian Healy 0-1-1 Alex Poole 0-1-1
GOALIES Duke Goalies Saves GA Min. Matt Breslin 9 13 60
Maryland Saves GA Min. Pat McGinnis 19 5 60


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Q: Where is one of your regular favorites? A: Lindey's (169 E. Beck St.) is such a reliable neighborhood standby. Brunch, Saturday lunch, Friday-night dinner - it always hits the mark.
Q: Where is one of your regular favorites?
A: Lindey�s (169 E. Beck St.) is such a reliable neighborhood standby. Brunch, Saturday lunch, Friday-night dinner � it always hits the mark. The atmosphere and the service make you feel like you are part of a family. They have an amazing way of making you feel special every time you come in.
Q: What do you order there?
A: The shrimp-and-angel-hair (pasta) is a decadent treat. I also love their lobster bisque, twin fillets; and I love their crisp flax-seasoned flatbreads that come in the bread bowl. I invariably end up eating at least two baskets of crisp breads and savoring every one of them.
Q: Where do you go for breakfast?
A: Northstar (Cafe) in the Short North (951 N. High St., also at 4241 N. High St. and at Easton Town Center). Their breakfast burrito with sweet potatoes and black beans is so hearty and filling and starts a weekend morning off wonderfully.
Q: Where might you go on a date night?
A: Hyde Park (Prime Steakhouse, 569 N. High St.). It reminds me of being tucked away in a deep, dark restaurant in New York. The lush, deep-red curtains; the high-end atmosphere � it�s such a great experience. And the steaks, and especially the sides, are delicious and fantastic. The crab-and-bearnaise topping for a steak is incredibly rich and delicious.
Q: Where do you go for something fast and cheap?
A: Bibibop (Asian Grill, 1270 W. 5th Ave.). This is also a new discovery for me. It�s . . . (near) Grandview (Heights) and is basically Korean-style barbecue served up fast, casual-style, like Chipotle.
You can eat fast food and still feel a bit virtuous because you can load up on the veggies � shredded carrot, cucumber, daikon, lettuce � and then throw on some teriyaki.
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2005-06 Men's Basketball
Bluffton 63, Anderson 61
Beavers snap two-game skid and improve to 14-3 with 63-61 win at Anderson
By Bill Hanefeld Jr., sports information director
January 21, 2006
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team improved to 14-3 and 4-2 in the HCAC with a 63-61 victory at Anderson (7-10, 2-4 HCAC) on Saturday, January 21, 2006. The Beavers, who were playing without injured starters Darren Clark and Mike Anthony, snapped their two-game losing skid and remain tied for second place in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with Franklin and Hanover. Their 14 wins equals the number of wins that the Beavers posted last year when they finished the season with a 14-13 record. The charity stripe was the difference for the Beavers as they sank 24-34 compared to Anderson's 10-17.
The Ravens flew out to a 7-2 lead at the 17:29 mark following a Nick Cochran triple and a pair of J.D. Clampitt layups. Junior David Patch (Minster/Minster) pulled the Beavers to within four points (15-11) when he hit the second of consecutive layups midway through the first half. Nick Rogers and Clampitt answered with three-pointers which forced the Beavers, down 21-11, to call their second timeout at the 9:10 mark. Dominating senior center Eric Sweet (Ottawa/Ottawa Glandorf) then went to work on the low block and rallied Bluffton with 10 points in a four-minute stretch to help the Beavers close to within four (27-23) with just over four minutes left in the opening period. Following a Rogers layup, freshman guard Colt Cunningham (Powell/Worthington Christian), who stepped up and played 26 minutes in the contest, drained a long-range trifecta to cut the Ravens' advantage to five (35-30) at the break.
Junior playmaker Eric Schwieterman (St. Henry/St. Henry) opened the second half with a triple of his own and Sweet got to the rack again as the Beavers knotted the game at 35 less than two minutes into the period. Both teams then went cold from the field for nearly five minutes as the Beavers found themselves down by five until Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) hit a jumper at the 13:46 mark. Bluffton then began to penetrate to the basket and force Anderson to commit fouls. Bergman hit six consecutive free throws and Cunningham sank his second bomb of the night to put the Beavers on top 48-47 with 10:30 left in the second half. Schwieterman sliced his way to the basket at the 4:41 mark of the game to give the Beavers a six-point cushion (58-52). Following another pair of Bergman free throws, the Ravens Ian Lafferty hit a jumper and Clampitt and Rogers both went one-of-two at the line to cut the gap to one point with one minute left in the game. The Beavers and Ravens traded baskets before freshman Justin Rufenacht (Wauseon/Pettisville) stole the inbounds pass and made one of his attempts from the charity stripe to seal the victory for Bluffton by a final score of 63-61.
Sweet, who fouled out with 1:30 to play, led the Beavers with 18 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Bergman hit all 10 of his free throw attempts as he finished with 16 points and eight rebounds. Cunningham hit a pair of triples on his way to an eight point and four rebound performance. Schwieterman finished with seven points and dished out three assists. Rufenacht hit 4-6 from the line for six points and hauled in four rebounds in 15 minutes of action.
Bluffton will return to action on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 when it hosts long-time rival Defiance College in an HCAC battle. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


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It seems to me that he shed a bit more than most deer do this time of year. Too bad, but a nice find non the less.
While out antler hunting my Son found this pig in the brush. Its a stud whitetail for this area of Wyoming. Hes 20 3/4" outside spread with 24" beams. Gross scores 156 6/8 with 4 7/8 in deductions which nets him at 151 7/8. I would guess he was probably shot and never found but who knows? At any rate, its a great buck and my son was super excited to find him.
It seems to me that he shed a bit more than most deer do this time of year. Too bad, but a nice find non the less.
I hunt because......
Great Wyoming Whitey! Net 150 plus is a shooter in my book. I agree with wolftalonID he is shedding but looks to me like he had some lice issues. Mike
Mike Eastman
Founder Eastmans' Hunting Journals
Wow! I'd say that's a stud in any area. Too bad he didn't make it, but congrats to your son on a great find!
Judging by the second pic, it looks like you live over the hill from me.
Wow great find! I like to find one like that during the hunt.
Shoot STR8
nice, no kidding, that's a shooter anywhere. He looks bigger than he scores to me.
That's a shooter even here in Iowa.
Member: RMEF, MDF, NRA, DU, PF and Life Member NAHC.
Where are you shed hunting at in this picture?
Jen...We were along the face south of Big Goose. Didn't find many antlers here though. Most of the deer seem to be lower with all the snow this year.
Oh I gotcha.. it looked familiar


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Rouse leads Stony Brook past Vermont 65-48
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) -- Marcus Rouse came off the bench to score 16 points, and Jameel Warney had 12 points and 10 rebounds as Stony Brook defeated Vermont 65-48 Friday night in a matchup of the America East Conference leaders.
Tommy Brenton added 13 points, six assists and six rebounds for the Seawolves (19-6, 10-2), who won their 16th consecutive regular-season home conference game.
Stony Brook, which led 35-29 at halftime, started the second half with a 20-5 run. Warney scored eight of the Seawolves' first 13 points in that stretch.
Rouse scored 11 of his points in the first half and finished the game 6 of 8 from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range.
Sandro Carissimo scored 14 points and Luke Apfeld 12 for Vermont (16-9, 9-4). Clancy Rugg, who scored 19 when the Catamounts beat Stony Brook 81-73 at home on Jan. 18, was scoreless this time.


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A group made for the Nintendo fans to talk about the 3DS. Share your thoughts, opinions, and all around love for Nintendo's handheld.
This thread is to talk about any and all 3DS games you're playing. You can tell your thoughts/opinions of 3DS games.
After playing the Heroes of Ruin demo a couple of times, I don't feel like GameInformer gave it enough credit with their review. I agreed with them on a couple of things (graphics) but I felt overall it was a pretty good game. But I only played the demo so I could be way off.
I have been playing Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones a lot since about February, so I am trying to beat the game. I am finally on the last chapter (it is really hard!)! I also got Pilotwings Resort at the end of June and I am enjoying that game. Plus, on July 14th I got Kirby's Pinball Land and that is a great game. I also got Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters yesterday, and I am now stuck on the puzzle level to the first boss. :/
@musicalham: I tried out the Heroes of Ruin demo too, but I don't really like it. I thought the game would be fun before I downloaded the demo, but I found it to be pretty boring. I don't know why, but I just don't like it.
~Biggest Nintendo Fan Ever. Period.~
I've been working on a bunch of games for the 3DS, but I'll just focus on the retail games I've been playing. I unlocked expert mode in Star Fox 64 3D and I've been trying to get all the medals in Nintendo 64 mode, i'm missing 3. I've also been hard at work in Kid Icarus, I've been trying to get 100% (or at least near it), so I've been replaying old chapters and completing treasure hunts. Last 3DS retail game I've been playing is Mario Tennis Open. I've just been completing tournaments but I recently finished all the special games.
That's intense. Do you usually play each game you get until you clear it 100%?
Typically no. Usually I play the game until I beat it. If it has a new game+ then, I go back to it eventually. Kid Icarus and Mario Kart 7 are one of the few games I've felt compelled to complete 100% though.
I bought Kingdom Hearts 3D: Mark of Mastery edition on release day. I really like it so far. What I don't like is the whole drop concept, where you'll play as one character for a limited amount of time, then switch to the other, often in the middle of a battle. I would've rather had it like in Birth By Sleep, where you play in separate campaigns.
I still want to get Birth by Sleep. My cousin got the regular edition of Kingdom Hearts 3D so I've been playing 357/2 and I never played the original games so the story doesn't make total sense yet. The booklet summarizes some of it though so I'm not totally in the dark.
I started Paper Mario. It's really good. It goes back to more the the Thousand Year Door RPG gameplay but not entirely. GameInformer's review summed it up pretty well. I really dislike that you can't choose which opponent you want to hit; you have to hit them in order from left to right. I also thought you would be stuck with 20 HP the entire game until I found a heart container. Overall I'm really enjoying and the levels are fairly long, so it will be a while before I finish it.


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With this issue we're debuting a new look (as you've probably noticed by now). The most notable change is on the cover: Our name is in the same typeface you see on the newspaper's front page and on bostonglobe.com, making us appear more like the other members of our family. We're also closer to the size of a newsstand magazine -- somewhat shorter, somewhat narrower -- and we've added pages, which means there's more for you to read.
New columns fill some of those extra pages. I hope the one we're calling Your Week Ahead becomes an indispensable part of your Sunday Globe experience. In it we'll highlight key happenings in the arts, business, politics, and sports in the coming seven days. Another new column, Out and About, will feature photos of people having fun at events from sports games to book signings to karaoke nights. E-mail your snapshots to email@example.com, and maybe you'll see yourself on this page. Each week in the new Soundtrack column, staff writer Scott Helman will write about a sound--sometimes recognizable, sometimes mysterious--that defines our hometown. After you read his description, I encourage you to visit bostonglobe.com/magazine to give a listen.
Your favorite columns--such as Miss Conduct, Dinner With Cupid, the crossword, and Tales From the City--remain. Cooking is now accompanied by a small feature called Second Helping that directs you to a restaurant serving up a dish or drink like the ones in our recipes. We're also expanding our Coupling column; in addition to romantic relationships, it will cover the interactions between friends, siblings, parents, and children. Its new name: Connections.
I'm excited about these changes and welcome your thoughts. E-mail me at email@example.com. And thank you for reading.


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Electronics Recycling Day
Saturday April 27th is a chance to get rid of that old television or electronic device that no longer works.The City of Texarkana, Texas along with Unicor, and Waste Management are conducting an Electronics Recycling Day at Spring Lake Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The drop off point will be in the parking lot across from the new Splash Pad and south of the Monte Ball Field.
Computers, televisions, radios, stereos, and other small appliances will be accepted. The service is free. This event will be going on at the same time as the Spring Community-wide Garage Sale that will also be happening nearby at Spring Lake Park.


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The Mobile Blog Unit
Starting out at Spring Training and going through the entire MLB season.
Visiting and blogging about the road trip experiences on the way to each Stadium.
Giving a batting practice play by play and summary. Maybe reviewing each Stadiums food, layout, Ushers, fans, etc,.
How about meeting up with the MLbloggers from each city the Moblie Blog visits??
We would be trying to capture the essence of each stadium, in pictures and video. Then getting it online as soon and as often as possible.
Blogging from the stadium with a laptop and an uplink while watching the game…Imagine being able to watch live snagging at batting practice. I have lots of ideas and the possibilities are endless.
The big RV traveling across the country and sending out good baseball vibes and along the way introducing folks to MLblogs.com and blogging in general.
Think of it as the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile of MLB.
What a way to spend seven months of a year !!.I thought I would share it with you all.
Let me know what you think?….D