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Final Countdown to the Playoffs: Game 5: Phillies lose tough one to the Braves as their lead in the East shrinks to a game and a half.
A throwing error by Cole Hamels, the lack of a clutch hit with the bases loaded and a base running error in the sixth would all lead to a hard lose as the Phillies lose a close one to the Braves, 3-2. The Mets' win against the Cubs cuts the Phils lead in the East down to a game and a half and leaves the magic number for winning the East at four while a Brewers' win leave the playoff magic number at one.
The Braves took the lead in the first as, with a runner on second and one out, Kelly Johnson would hit a RBI single, scoring Martin Prado, who has earlier singled, giving the Braves a quick 1-0 lead. The Phillies would tie up the game in the second as, with a runner on third and two outs, Pedro Feliz would hit a RBI single, scoring Ryan Howard, who has earlier singled, went to second on Pat Burrell's walk and would go to third on Shane Victorino's 4-6-3 double play ball, which wiped out Burrell at second. The Braves would retake the lead in the third as, with runners on first and second and two out, Coel Hamels would have Johnson, who has gotten on base earlier with a single and then would move to second on Omar Infante's single, picked off as Johnson was trying to steal third. But, Hamels' throw to Feliz at third would go behind the third baseman and into left field, allowing Johnson to score and make it 2-1 Braves. The Phillies would threaten to even the score in their half of the third as they loaded up the bases with a double (Chase Utley), a throwing error by Johnson (Jayson Werth) and a walk (Howard), with two men out. But Braves' starter Mike Hampton would end the threat by getting Burrell to pop out to the third baseman. The Braves would increase their lead in the sixth, as, with two outs, Casey Kotchman would hit a solo home run, his fourteenth home run of the year, making it 3-1 Braves. The Phillies would get a run base in their half of the sixth, as, with a runner on third and no one out, Pat Burrell would hit a RBI double, scoring Howard, who has earlier tripled, to make it a 3-2 Braves' lead. Then Burrell would make a crucial base running blunder as, when Shane Victorino hit a hard ground to Braves' shortstop Brent Lillibridge, instead of going back to second, as he should've done, he would be caught off second and then be run down before finally being tagged out by Johnson, with the play going 6-5-4, with Victorino being safe at first on the fielder's choice. Later, with Feliz batting, Victorino would try to steal second. He would be thrown out by Braves' catcher Brian McCann for the inning's second out as Johnson supplies the tag. Feliz would then end the inning by grounding out, 6-3. The Burrell base running blunder would seems to take the wind out of the Phillies' sails for the rest of the night as they would be unable to mount another threat as the game ended up being a win for the Braves.
Cole Hamels would take the lost as he pitched seven innings, giving up three runs, only two of which were earned, on eight hits, as he struck out seven. His record is now 14-10 with an ERA of 3.09. Scott Eyre, Chad Durbin and J.C. Romero would combine for two scoreless innings, giving up no hits between them, while striking out one (Romero). Mike Hampton would get the win as he pitches six innings, giving up two earned runs on six hits. His record is now even at 3-3 with a 4.88 ERA. Will Ohman and Jeff Bennett would each pitch a scoreless inning, with both man giving up no hits while Bennett would walk a batter. Mike Gonzalez would record his fourteenth save of the year as he pitches a scoreless ninth, giving up no hits as he walked a batter and struck out one.
The Phillies would get done in by the kind of mistakes that they have been avoiding lately, namely a throwing error by Cole Hamels when he had Kelly Johnson dead to rights when Johnson was trying to steal third, being unable to get the clutch hit when they needed it after they had loaded up the bases and Pat Burrell's base running blunder with no one out. With Hamels' errant throw, even with his throwing behind Pedro Feliz, if the throw has gone into Feliz's glove, and Johnson has been safe at third, the Braves would have been turned back as Hamels then struck out Casey Kotchman to end the inning, keeping the game tied at 1-1. This might have been the turning point of the game, as the Phillies, in the later half of the inning, would mount a bases loaded threat that would be turned back because of a pop up into foul territory by Pat Burrell that was caught by Braves' third baseman Martin Prado. But what really killed the Phillies was Burrell's later base running blunder in the sixth. With the play in front of him, he should've went back to second when Braves' shortstop Brent Lillibridge caught Shane Victorino's hard ground ball. Instead, he allowed himself to get trapped between second and third, and then compounded things by not staying in the base paths long enough to allow Victornio to get to second base. An added insult would be Braves' catcher Brian McCann throwing out Victorino when Victorino tried to steal second. Hopefully the Phillies will be able to bounce back from the lost and win tonight's game with the Braves.
The Phillies (89-69) will play the final game of their three games home stand with the Braves (70-88) tonight. The game will be played at Citizens Bank Park and will begin at 7:05 pm Eastern. The Phillies' starter will be Brett Myers (10-12, 4.46), who is coming off his worst outing since his return from the minors, as he lost to the Marlins on September 20, where he only went four innings plus five batters, giving up ten earned runs on nine hits, in the Phillies' 14-8 lost. Myers should be able to come back from that start, like his did in his previous start against the Brewers on September 14, where he pitched a complete game shut out, after his lost to the Marlins on September 10. The lost makes Myers 7-3 since his return. He will be trying for his eleventh win overall while getting the Phillies a bit closer to the playoff with four games left to play. The Braves will oppose him with Jo-Jo Reyes (3-11, 5.74), who is coming off a recent no-decision against the Mets on September 19, where he only lasted three and a third innings, giving up five earned runs on seven hits, in the Braves' 9-5 lost. Against the Phillies this year, he has appeared in three games, two of them starts, where his record is 0-2 with a 7.56 ERA, hoping that he won't get bombed again by the Phillies' bats as he starts against them.
The lost would cut the Phillies' lead over the Mets down to a game and a half as the Mets defeated the Cubs. The magic number for the Division crown is still at four. In the Wild Card chase, the Mets' lead is still a game over the Brewers as they defeated the Pirates, while their lead over the Astros is now four and a half as they lost to the Reds. The Phillies will be trying to recover from last night's lost, hoping for another good outing from Myers while hoping to once again sting Reyes and send the Braves packing with another lost.


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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III and Tampa Bay linebacker Lavonte David have been selected as the NFL's top rookies for the month of November.
Griffin, also the honoree for the opening month of the season, completed 69.1 percent of his passes for 719 yards with eight touchdowns and one interception in three games last month. He became the first rookie in NFL history to throw four touchdown passes in consecutive games. The second overall pick of April's draft also rushed for 166 yards.
David led the NFL with 47 tackles during November, including a league-best 40 solo stops. He helped the Bucs to a 3-1 mark and anchored a defensive unit that led the league by allowing just 75.3 yards on the ground during the month.

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San Francisco, it could be said, is the nation's capital of trendy environmentalism — as long as it affects someone else.
This became very evident a few years ago when it was suggested — in a series of articles in the Sacramento Bee, among other places — that San Francisco should give up its exclusive water supply from the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, allowing it to be restored to its natural state.
The good burghers of San Francisco, led by U.S. Sen. (and former Mayor) Dianne Feinstein, arose in righteous anger to denounce draining the Hetch Hetchy reservoir as far-fetched and intrusive.
They parroted the position taken by American jingoists when it was proposed that the nation cede the Panama Canal to the Panamanians a few decades ago — something to the effect that they stole Hetch Hetchy fair and square in 1913 (thanks to a special act of Congress) and should keep it.
Last month, San Francisco voters rejected a local ballot measure that would have required a feasibility study for restoring Hetch Hetchy. Virtually every local political leader opposed the measure, including Mayor Ed Lee, who called it "really stupid."
However, San Francisco's do-as-we-say-not-as-we-do attitude toward environmentalism isn't confined to Hetch Hetchy.
While its politicians were complaining about outsiders meddling in the city's water supply, they were busily pushing legislation aimed at forcing the folks in suburban Solano County to continue receiving San Francisco's garbage.
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, carried this year's bill to overturn a Solano County ballot measure limiting expansion of a landfill disposal site, calling it, believe it or not, "garbage equity."
The ballot measure was passed in 1984, but never enforced by county officials. But then a judge decreed that it was valid and should be followed, which prompted San Francisco to flex its considerable muscle in the Capitol.
Ma's bill whipped through the Assembly, where she was a leadership acolyte, but stalled in the Senate's Environmental Quality Committee. Then she — apparently with the acquiescence of the Senate's Democratic leadership — amended its provisions into another pending bill, a process known as "gut-and-amend," to bypass the committee, and it quickly moved to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk for a signature.
That may not be the end of the Solano County garbage story, however.
Several environmental groups and local residents have taken the fight to court in multiple lawsuits and, recently, a local judge handed them a partial victory in one of the suits.
Whatever happens, San Francisco's hypocrisy on environmental issues has been exposed. It's for preserving and enhancing the natural landscape of California — as long as its residents are not discomfited.
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Sock Chaos At The Laundromat
series: Sesame Street
air date: 11/02/13 7:00 AM
Chris is doing his laundry at the Sesame Street Laundromat. When he is folding his clothes, he discovers that a sock is missing. All socks come in pairs so he needs to find the matching sock. Abby appears and has a new "two trick" that turns one thing into two things. Abby waves her wand and makes a pink polka dot sock appear but it doesn't match Chris' striped sock. Abby tries another trick called the "more trick" that her mommy uses when she needs "more" of something. Four different socks appear - an argyle sock with diamond shapes, a white gym sock that does jumping jacks, a baseball playing red sock and a baby sock. They don't match Chris' striped sock either, but they do sing and dance "the five-sock conga". Just then, another customer at the laundromat finds a sock which got into her laundry by mistake. It's Chris' matching sock! Chris rushes out of the Sesame Street Laundromat with the five socks congaing after him looking for a new home and a warm drawer to curl up in. THEME: Mathematics K / 5
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To the Editor:
This letter is addressed to the woman who was in the Crystal Lake Petco on the evening of July 26.
My husband, myself and our dog, which happens to be a pitbull, were in the store shopping for fish. Every once in a while we take Bleu to pet stores for socialization. He's very well behaved, other than the occasional jumping from excitement. He'd lick you to death before he'd bite you. He's one of the most loveable dogs I've ever owned.
I just want to say, "Shame on you," to the woman at the register who proceeded to tell her daughter that my dog is "one of those mean dogs."
I sure hope that you aren't teaching your daughter to judge people by their color and appearance, the way you're teaching her to judge dogs by their breed.
You need to remember that dogs, much like people, aren't born mean. It's taught by the people raising and training them.
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"It's not easy getting older, but there's still a lot of pleasure in life," says Yitzak Eisenberg who turns 100 this week.
In an interview, the centenarian said the things that helped him along the way are "my beloved family, exercise, playing cards and a lot of determination."
Eisenberg was born in Radom, Poland, on Jan. 6, 1913, and worked as a tailor. When there was no work for him in Radom, he moved to Lodz in 1933.
In 1939, with thousands of other Jews, he fled to the Russian border, where he had to sign up for hard labour to get into the country.
In Siberia, he worked with some 20,000 other Jews in a factory in Magnitogorsk, an industrial mining town that supported the war industry.
"I pretended that I was sick and had a pain in my chest," he recalled. "They gave me four weeks off. I was very fearful as my brother was accused of being a spy and was assassinated." His brother was later exonerated, he added.
Through a chance meeting with a woman who knew his brother, he was able to get a job as a tailor, making clothes for the people working in the factory.
Although the work was not difficult, "I lived in fear day and night. I was afraid I would be accused of something as my brother had been."
After the war, Eisenberg did not want to return to Poland because of the antisemitism. He found his way to Stuttgart, Germany, where he applied to go to America with his wife, Channah (Frenkiel).
He arrived in Canada in 1946 and thought that Canada was America – the United States. "But it turned out for the best, as my father's sister lived in Toronto," he said with a smile. "I was really born in 1946 when I arrived in Canada."
Over the next few decades, Eisenberg tried some different ventures – working as a tailor, at a dry cleaners, in a furniture store, in pickle importing, as a real estate agent and in the building business.
An entrepreneur, he admitted that he had a lot of courage and foresight and always had a vision for improving his life.
In the early 1960s, Eisenberg's desire to remain strong and healthy began. "I joined Vic Tanny's gym and bought a life membership for $18."
He said that around that time, he also began playing cards to keep his mind sharp.
When he retired at age 65, Eisenberg began swimming an hour every day and working out on the resistance machines.
At 85, although he was fit, he needed bypass surgery. The doctors did not want to operate at his age. He told the doctors not to judge him by his age. "I am fit and I want the operation," he told them.
"And I've gone on to live 15 more vital years."
At 93, he joined the Columbus Centre Gym, and four years later, they gave him a free lifetime membership.
Eisenberg has two children, Morty Eisenberg and Helene Smagala, six grandchildren and is expecting their first great-grandchild.
Although Eisenberg has macular degeneration and is legally blind, he walks a mile at the Columbus Centre and continues to use the resistance machines.
His daughter, Helene, told The CJN that her father is "a fearlessly and independent man. He continues to take the bus to his appointments and continues to do whatever he can."
Eisenberg will celebrate his 100th birthday at a party at the Columbus Centre on Jan. 6, where 150 guests, including seven family members from Israel, will toast the centenarian.


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Wolves duo sink Rovers
Wolves impressive attacking duo of Nouha Dicko and Bakary Sako combined to ensure that the team celebrated 125 years of league football at Molineux in style with a 3-1 Skybet Championship win over Blackburn Rovers.
Dicko opened the scoring before Sako helped himself to a double as Kenny Jackett's side collected their fourth win from five games in the match the club had earmarked to commemorate the landmark.
The duo put Wolves two goals ahead before Jordan Rhodes gave Blackburn a lifeline from the penalty spot, but his side could not build on that with Sako sealing his brace to sentence Blackburn to a second defeat in three games.
Wolves broke the deadlock after just 13 minutes thanks to the persistence of Sako, who refused to let Lee Williamson settle on the ball and charged down his clearance.
When Sako found Kevin McDonald in space just outside the penalty area, the Scotsman floated in a cross that Dicko deftly headed just inside Paul Robinson's near post.
But Wolves' advantage would have been short-lived if it had not been for the alertness of goalkeeper Carl Ikeme.
Just two minutes after Dicko had made the breakthrough, Ikeme threw himself to his right hand side to spectacularly palm away a rebound off Ben Marshall after he had blocked a clearance from Danny Batth.
Marshall was cursing Ikeme again 11 minutes later when he pushed his 25 yard free-kick around the post.
The value of Ikeme's heroics then became fully apparent when Sako doubled Wolves advantage with a powerful piece of finishing in the 33rd minute.
After Wolves won a free-kick when Marshall fouled Dave Edwards on the right hand edge of the Blackburn penalty area, Sako whipped a curling drive through the crowded goalmouth and past the stranded Robinson.
Former England international Robinson had to be alert at the start of the second-half to ensure that Blackburn were not swept completely out of sight when he did well to deny Matt Doherty from close range before being relieved to see the right-back's second effort flash just past the post.
Blackburn were toiling to find a route back into the game but got one when referee Keith Stroud pointed to the spot after ruling that Rhodes had been fouled by Batth in the 59th minute.
Rhodes, who had last week been the target of an unsuccessful B#10m bid from Hull City, calmly sent Ikeme the wrong way from the spot to grab his second goal in two games.
While Blackburn then enjoyed a little purple patch of possession, Wolves still carried the greater threat in attack as they showed when Dicko and Sako combined to make the game safe in the 68th minute.
Dicko broke clear down the right wing and delivered a cross that Sako side footed past Robinson from 12 yards.
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Phytosterols reduce chances of several cancers, lycopene may reduce colorectal cancer risk, and women with cancer who took cod liver oil or multi-vitamin-minerals lived longer, in three new studies.
In a review of cancer studies that analyzed diet, researchers found that phytosterols—plant compounds found in grains, legumes, vegetable oils and nuts—may inhibit lung, stomach, ovarian and breast cancers. Doctors believe phytosterols keep the body from absorbing cholesterol, lowering the chances of cardiovascular disease. Phytosterols also activate enzymes that keep cancer cells from growing and speed their death, doctors said.
In a cancer risk study, doctors thought that lycopene—the red pigment antioxidant in tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables—could lower chances of the disease. About 70 men and women with benign colorectal tumors or a family history of colorectal cancer took 30 mg of lycopene per day or a placebo. After eight weeks, researchers found that the lycopene group had much higher blood levels of a protein that helps control a cancer-stimulating compound, and concluded that lycopene may reduce chances of colorectal and other major cancers such as prostate and pre-menopausal breast cancers.Doctors in a Norwegian cancer study measured the diets of nearly 70,000 women with cancer and found that those with a solid tumor who took cod liver oil daily—the most common supplement in Norway—for a year before diagnosis were 23 percent less likely to die and women with lung cancer were 44 percent less likely to die compared to women who did not take cod liver oil. Women with solid tumors who took other dietary supplements daily—including multi-vitamin-minerals—were 30 percent less likely to die and women with lung cancer who took other supplements occasionally were 45 percent less likely compared to women who did not take other supplements.


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I'd put a lock on my bedroom door.
Aunt/Uncle: Grandma said you were free to babysit Friday night.You: She misspoke. Sorry, that won't be possible.
CrochetFanatic ~~ I'm a little confused about exactly who lives in your house. Is it your parents' house or your Grandmother's? Do all four of you live there?Because I don't think the problem is with Uncle and his kids at all! So far with what I've read, it sounds like this is something that needs to be addressed with your parents and perhaps the Grandmother, since she's the one offering your room out from under you.Even though it isn't your house (and therefore you can be overridden on the subject of overnights), you are a full time resident (I presume) and as such you should have a right to privacy at least in your own room and you should be able to protect your stuff from a curious three year old.I'd revisit the subject with all of the other adults you live with first. Not about the overnight itself, but about your room and your expectations of privacy there. And if you don't want to interact with the child, make sure your Mom knows that you won't be guilted into babysitting.
In our house, it's my parents and my brother. My grandmother lives with my uncle and his family. There isn't really a problem now, but the last few times we gave a solid no to something it resulted in a huge fight. We're all in agreement here. No one minds having them for the day, be it here or over there, but an overnight stay wouldn't be comfortable. Or, in the case of my bookshelf, safe. So yeah, I keep my door locked while they're over.
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Kevin Love had 33 points and 11 rebounds and Luke Ridnour scored 25 to spark the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 99-86 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Monday night.
Love now has double-doubles in all 13 games this season.
Ridnour shot 10 of 14, including making all four of his 3-pointers, to go with nine assists. Ricky Rubio was just 3 of 9 for nine points but had eight assists and eight rebounds. Reserve Wayne Ellington scored 15.
Tyreke Evans, the Kings' No. 2 scorer, was 3 of 11 from the field for seven points but had 10 assists and eight rebounds. Sacramento fell to 1-6 on the road.
Marcus Thornton, Jason Thompson and Francisco Garcia each scored 12 for the Kings, who were just 4 of 17 on 3-pointers. John Salmons scored 11 and DeMarcus Cousins 10.
Sacramento got to 75-73 with seven minutes remaining, but the Timberwolves went on a 12-3 run.


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Sheri, let your mum bang on about her god. Kids always love their grandparents no matter how nutty they are, when my mum died my aunt stepped in as a proxy nan to my daughters and she can't say three sentences without bringing up some angel or saint. But the daughters love her and I don't argue my point because she only talks of love and eternal happiness. If she were to suddenly start spewing damnation and hell fire- I would have to step in and stop her.
Why don't you gently remind her that kids love to hear about the old stories about the ark or the good samaritan. These stories are harmless as long as you tell stories of fairies and goblins in the same fashion. With love and honesty.
Your kids will work it out.
Is it at the point where every single meeting is stressful, upsetting, non-constructive and aggravating? Is there any compromise from her side? Is it beginning to feel borderline-abusive?
I have no idea what to suggest or recommend except don't let anyone scare your children with superstitions or toxic nonsense. I love your response "I love you too grandma". That's sweet.
Good luck and strength :)
I quit visiting my mother for an extended period of time when she wouldn't lighten up on the proselytizing. She got the message and now holds her tongue on matters of religion. There is so many other things to talk about anyway.
Maybe she's just worried that she will be unhappy because she won't see you in heaven. That worried my mom too until I asked her if there would be any unhappiness in heaven. She answered no. I explained to her that I had heard that God would remove all memory of any loved ones not in heaven so that you couldn't be unhappy in heaven. That seemed to work for her. Now she's gone so I know she's not unhappy. She's not anything.
"don't worry, if your god has a plan for me to be 'saved', i will be, with of without your in put" - there are 100 ways to put this in a more sympathetic way, entirely up to you.
I am no parent but i can tell you maybe the best thing to do is sit down with your kids and tell them that some people are not "Weird" But there different and come across as "Weird" because of how they act or what they say. When they's different people just need more time to understand everyone's different as well as themselves. But that depends on there age and i am sure you all ready told them something along this line. As for you mother i would allow her to do what she does and in-return make a deal that your mother can tell them her side but keep it to a limit? make sure she doesn't push them to hard. but idk some people even dont understand that.


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Panama City Beach, FL---It's unusual to find freshmen or sophomores contending down at the state tournament.
Arnold high school has a sophomore that appears to be heading in fact, for back to back trips to state.
Lindsey Harrison seems like the typical high school student but what sets her apart is her love for the game of golf.
"Every time I go out there is always something I can improve on." says the sophomore phenom.
This time last Lindsey was shooting in the mid 90's which is very good for most amatuer golfers, but not Lindsey, so says Arnold golf coach Jean West.
"She has a work ethic that is just fantastic and it sets her above everyone else."
A bold statement but definitely one that Lindsey's game can back up.
Just this past week she fired an 83 at the county championships winning the tournament for a second year in a row, as a sophomore.
"If she continues the way she is working continuously," says coach West "she has a great support group. She has her parents, her private coach, we have a great LPGA Professional that works with the high school, Liz Kasey and with all that support, if she continues to work hard I think she can obtain any goal she wants to."
In just one year her game has improved by 10 shots. So where does she want to be a year from now? "In the mid 70's" Lindsey replies.
That certainly seems doable. Tuesday Lindsey backing up the 83 at the county tourney with a 78 at districts, beating the other 50 plus golfers there, boys and girls! Next week it's regionals in Pensacola.


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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - An hour before tip-off, several Miami Hurricanes stretching on the court craned their necks toward the scoreboard to watch a few of this season's video highlights. Then they made some more.
Shane Larkin scored 22 points and played smothering defense on Erick Green to help the Hurricanes bounce back from a loss and beat Virginia Tech 76-58 Wednesday night.
Despite a slow start, Miami (23-4, 14-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) never trailed and improved to 13-0 at home. The Hurricanes hold a 2 1/2-game edge over second-place Duke in the ACC and can clinch their first conference basketball championship by beating the Blue Devils on Saturday.
``It's just another game on the schedule,' Larkin said before he and his teammates dissolved in laughter that acknowledged the comment as nonsense.
``It's going to be a blast,' guard Trey McKinney Jones said. ``We beat them here this year, and we beat them there last year, so they're going to be gunning for our heads.'
Miami shook a 10-day scoring slump just in time for Duke. The Hurricanes were coming off a loss at Wake Forest that ended their 14-game winning streak and their bid to go unbeaten in the ACC, and they went 11 minutes without a basket early against Virginia Tech before pulling away.
``A lot of people wanted to see how we would respond to a loss,' Larkin said. ``I think we came out and imposed our will.'
Virginia Tech (12-16, 3-12) fell deeper into last place in the league. Green, the nation's leading scorer at 25.2 points per game, took a painful spill in the first half and scored only 16 - just the third time this season he has been held below 20.
The Hurricanes had averaged only 54.7 points over their past three games and again sputtered at the outset, but led 15-14 despite committing five consecutive turnovers and missing seven straight shots.
The Hokies were having trouble scoring, too.
``We weren't able to capitalize on the offensive end,' Virginia Tech coach James Johnson said, ``and they're too good of a team to hold down for long periods of time. We needed to take advantage of the opportunity we had.'
Then the onslaught began against Tech, an 18-point underdog.
Larkin led the way, and not only because of his defense. On consecutive possessions early in the second half, the point guard hit a one-handed runner, sank a 3-pointer and fed Durand Scott for a fast-break layup and a 49-28 lead.
``We had no answer for him,' Johnson said. ``He's the key to that team.'
Kenny Kadji had 20 points, six rebounds and two blocks, while Trey McKinney Jones added 11 points and three steals. Scott, a senior, was held out of the starting lineup for disciplinary reasons. He missed the first 4 minutes and scored nine points.
Larkin shot 8 for 12, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and had six assists.
``Shane had a terrific all-around game,' coach Jim Larranaga said.
The Hurricanes made 50 percent and went 8 for 21 beyond the arc. They also made 22 of 30 free throws and won a league home game by at least 18 points for the fifth time this year.
``We did a good job driving the ball trying to get to the basket,' Kadji said. ``People are now playing us more like a jump-shooting team, and Shane and Durand do a good job of getting to the basket.'
Green gave the Hokies a scare when he hurt his left side losing the ball and falling in the first half. He went to the bench grimacing but popped a pill and was back in the game a minute later.
Green shot 6 for 13, including just one 3-pointer, and had three turnovers.
``They did a really good job on him,' Johnson said. ``They trapped him off ball screens, sent two guys at him and did a really good job.'
Virginia Tech shot 3 for 16 from 3-point range.
The Hurricanes scored on their first five possessions to grab a 9-2 lead. After their offense stalled, they launched a 23-5 run that included 10 points on the final four possessions of the first half for a 38-19 lead.


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How do you hold in check the top quarterback and passing team in Class 3A?
"We have to move the ball, score and keep their offense on the sideline," said Ed Ergenbright, Newton Senior High head football coach.
Newton's Cardinals face Grinnell's Tigers Friday at H.A. Lynn Stadium in Class 3A, District 4 play. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. The Cardinals are coming off a 22-19 district win over South Tama, while the 11th-ranked Tigers lost, 21-14, to Dallas Center-Grimes last Friday.
Senior quarterback Eli Dunne, who is the top-rated quarterback in Iowa 3A, leads the soaring Tiger offense into the district contest against the Cardinals. Dunne has put up tremendous numbers in the Tigers' first four games of the season, 71-of-121 passes for 1,063 yards and nine touchdowns.
Dunne's favorite targets are junior Luke Honold, and seniors Christian Mertens and Bryce Lidtka. Honold has 338 yards on 20 catches and Mertens has 14 receptions for 236 yards. Lidtka is the Tigers' leading rusher — 362 yards on 55 carries and six touchdowns — plus has caught 12 passes for 160 yards.
"It comes down to us being able to block their defense and move the ball. We need to keep him (Dunne) on the sideline. Grinnell has a good defense with a lot of active linebackers bringing a lot of pressure," Ergenbright said.
Newton junior quarterback Tyler Wood is 40-of-68 passing for the season for 464 yards, and four touchdowns. Wood is one touchdown pass away from tying the NHS school career-touchdown pass record. Junior Nick Easley is the go-to receiver with 22 catches for 231 yards, and three touchdowns.
But the Cardinal offense is run-oriented. Newton has four ball carriers with more than 100 yards rushing apiece. A trio of juniors are the top running backs for the Cardinals. Deonne Harris tops the rushing list with 239 yards on 36 carries, followed by Tristan Peters with 147 yards on 32 carries and J.T. Thongvanh with 142 yards on 34 carries. Wood has 159 yards on 57 carries.
"Last year, we had too many three-and-outs early in a 7-7 game. Grinnell used some big plays through the air and the game got of control by halftime," Ergenbright said. "Our offensive line has to establish control at the line of scrimmage, and block well to allow our running game to be successful. Plus, we have to finish drives with points, and not hurt ourselves with penalties and turnovers."
Defensively, Ergenbright said the Cardinals have to be assignment sound. He said Grinnell's offense spreads the field, and Dunne sees the field really well to trigger the Tiger passing game.
"Our problem on defense this season has been giving up too many big plays. We can't allow that to happen Friday. We're not going to shut this offense down but, if we execute and not give up big chunks of yardage on single plays, we will give ourselves an opportunity to be successful," Ergenbright said.
The Cardinal defense is led by senior linebackers Will Brock — 25 solo tackles and 10 assisted tackles — and Nick Glotfelty — 14 solo tackles and 10 assisted tackles. Strong safety Levi Michener, another senior, has 19 solo stops and five assists, while senior defensive backs Colton Hansen and Daquan Allen are next on the list. Hansen has 16 solo stops and Allen has 17 unassisted tackles.
Nagging injuries continue to put some Cardinal starters on the sideline in practices. Ergenbright said younger players are working in spots "and picking up a lot reps during practices, which will help us develop depth for the team."


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Sophia Strachan capped Columbia's 2018 National Outdoor Collegiate Championships with a silver medal podium finish in the individual compound on Sunday, May 20th. Strachan defeated three opponents in the elimination rounds to earn the national runner-up finish, including a semifinals' win over teammate Brittney Shin.
For the second-consecutive season, Columbia Archery caps its year with a national championship in the compound division at the 2018 National Outdoor Collegiate Archery Championships held on Saturday, May 19 at the Easton Newberry Archery Center. With a score of 218, the Lions edged Michigan State (216) by two points to earn their third national title in four years in the compound, led by performances from Sophia Strachan, Deborah Teo, Brittney Shin and Katherine Alfaro.
The defending national champion Columbia Archery team will look to defend its titles this weekend as the Lions compete in the 2018 National Outdoor Collegiate Championships at the Easton Newberry Archery Center in Newberry, Fla. The Lions will look to capture their seventh national title in the recurve and third compound title in four years.
Brittney Shin and Aileen Yu both captured East Regional titles over the weekend at the 2018 East Regional Outdoor Collegiate Championships to highlight a stellar outdoor season for Columbia archery. Shin edged teammate Sophia Strachan in a one arrow shoot-off to capture the compound gold. Deborah Teo also earned her first collegiate medal with a bronze finish in the compound.
The Columbia archery team took their talents to Cancun over spring break last week to gear for the upcoming outdoor season. The Lions posted several impressive performances competing in the Mexican Grand Prix from March 13-18, led by a silver medal finish in the individual compound by Sophia Strachan.
In a finals match the would come down to a shoot-off, Columbia archery's Sophia Strachan came away with the silver medal in the compound of the inaugural head-to-head finals to cap the 49th U.S. National Indoor Championships. The top eight archers in each group from their qualifying regional site scores competed at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati on Thursday and Friday
NEW YORK On Feb. 17 -18, the Columbia archery team hosted the first C.U. Open (A Pink Arrow Project Fundraiser) at the Columbia Archery Training Facility. The Lions welcomed a number of archers in an event that also helped raise funds for the mission of the Pink Arrow Project.
Manchester, Conn. - In their second tune-up of the indoor season, the Columbia archery team competed in the New England Indoor Open Archer Championship on Friday, Feb. 9 Sunday, Feb. 11. The Lions put together several impressive performances including a first-place showing from sophomore Sophia Strachan in the compound.
Mays Landing, N.J. The Columbia archery team kicked-off the indoor season on Saturday, Feb. 3 at the 2018 Atlantic Cape Eastern Seaboard. Sophomore Sophia Strachan posted the top score in the compound with an impressive 588 points, shooting a new personal record by a single point. First-year Brittney Shin placed second in her inaugural collegiate tournament with a score of 561, along with a fourth-place finish by first-year Deborah Teo at 532 points.
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Columbia archers Christine Kim and Sophia Strachan competed in the the 133rd U.S. National Target Championships over the weekend, putting on medal winning performances admist some of the greatest archers in the spot.


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The Treaty of Lisbon places energy at the heart of European activity. It effectively gives it a new legal basis which lacked in the previous treaties (Article 194 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
The aims of the policy are supported by market-based tools (mainly taxes, subsidies and the CO2 emissions trading scheme), by developing energy technologies (especially technologies for energy efficiency and renewable or low-carbon energy) and by Community financial instruments. Furthermore, in December 2008 the EU adopted a series of measures with the objective of reducing the EU's contribution to global warming and guaranteeing energy supply.
Reducing energy consumption and eliminating energy wastage are among the main goals of the European Union (EU). EU support for improving energy efficiency will prove decisive for competitiveness, security of supply and for meeting the commitments on climate change made under the Kyoto Protocol. There is significant potential for reducing consumption, especially in energy-intensive sectors such as buildings, manufacturing, energy conversion and transport. At the end of 2006, the EU pledged to cut its annual consumption of primary energy by 20% by 2020. To achieve this goal, it is working to mobilise public opinion, decision-makers and market operators and to set minimum energy efficiency standards and rules on labelling for products, services and infrastructure.
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In order to reach the ambitious target of a 20% share of energy from renewable sources in the overall energy mix, the EU plans to focus efforts on the electricity, heating and cooling sectors and on biofuels. In transport, which is almost exclusively dependent on oil, the Commission hopes that the share of biofuels in overall fuel consumption will be 10% by 2020.
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Hugh Pickens writes "Information Week reports that the National Security Agency is taking a cloud computing approach in developing a new collaborative intelligence gathering system that will link disparate intelligence databases geographically distributed in data centers around the country. The system will house streaming data, unstructured text, large files, and other forms of intelligence data, and analysts will be able to add metadata and tags that, among other things, designate how securely information is to be handled and how widely it gets disseminated. For end users, the system will come with search, discovery, collaboration, correlation, and analysis tools. The intelligence agency is using the Hadoop file system, an implementation of Google's MapReduce parallel processing system, to make it easier to 'rapidly reconfigure data' and for Hadoop's ability to scale. The NSA's decision to use cloud computing technologies isn't about cutting costs or seeking innovation for innovation's sake; rather, cloud computing is seen as a way to enable new scenarios and unprecedented scalability. 'The object is to do things that were essentially impossible before,' says Randy Garrett, director of technology for NSA's integrated intelligence program."


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Feeling at home in Fairmont's Charlevoix Chateau
Out of all the things I imagined that I'd miss about home, one thing I didn't anticipate missing was old buildings. Vancouver is such a modern city, it celebrated its 125th birthday in 2011. Gleaming high rises are everywhere and but it wasn't until I arrived at the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu in Quebec's Charlevoix region and beamed at its stone exterior and gleaming wooden interior that I had a sudden flash of realisation; I like old buildings, they feel comforting and like 'home'.
Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu certainly ticked all my Heritage Building boxes, just an hour or so drive along the stunning St Lawrence river, it was a world away from the funky modern delights of La Ferme. The original hotel was built in 1899, but burned down in 1928. I can't imagine what dazzling riches the workers who rebuilt the hotel were offered but it was redesigned as a French Chateau and inaugurated in June 1929. Good work, chaps! I loved the huge fireplaces, the lavish lounge which looked out over the river and the spacious comfortable bedroom which came with the only hotel toiletries I ever 'steal' – I'm such a fan of the Fairmont's rose-scented range.
Although the hotel has a pleasingly old-fashioned vibe, thanks to a multi-million dollar refurbishment, the facilities are bang up to date; well equipped children's area, gorgeous outdoor hot pools and and all winter fun activities are catered for, you can hire everything from skates to tubes to go sliding. There is an Amerispa on site too which offers some interesting ice-cider treatments – I love the use of local ingredients – even in the spa.
After reading about the magnificent food that made the Charlevoix region so famous, I was excited about dinner; a tasting menu of the region created by Chef Patrick Turcot. The restaurant works with ultra-local producers, sourcing food within a 50KM radius. I ate foie gras from a small farm, served with a brandy snap, honied fruit and a dollop of whipped cream, it came served with a glass of Le Pedneault, a local ice cider. At first taste it was syrupy sweet, but it became pleasingly dry with each forkful of foie and was easily a decadent day of calories in a few bites. I've found the flavours of the east coast of Canada to be so much richer and sweeter than those of the west coast. After a few days enjoying the riches of their terroir, I'm always just about ready to crawl back to Vancouver's seafood and kale – no wonder they stock up on winter sports equipment! This is hearty food to fortify the body and soul through bitter winters – but so delicious!
I spoke with Chef in the morning, before I left, he was full of excitement that his plans to create their very own breakfast sausages with local organic suppliers was finally coming to fruition. He'd be making 20kg of sausage over the next few days and looked like a man who couldn't wait to start. In the wake of the horsemeat scandals in Europe, it's genuinely refreshing to spend time with a chef who can tell you the name of each and every one of his suppliers and can point to them on a local map. You could taste the care and dedication in every bite.
I travelled as a guest of Tourism Charlevoix and Le Manoir Richelieu. As always, my views are 100% my own.
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Rafael Dohms has a new post sharing the results of one of his recent struggles - getting a Symfony2 application deployed to the PagodaBox service using Composer to manage the packages. In the post he details each step of the process.
I have been working on a little pet project and wanted to put it up somewhere to show to a few people how it was going. I wanted something really simple so I decided to give the PHP PaaS solutions a try. Its a very simple Symfony 2.1 based app using Composer for vendor management, so I went on a quest to see what could be done and how.
He shares the contents of his Boxfile (a special file PagodaBox uses to configure your application) with entries for writeable directories, extensions to load and the database configuration. He found that, during deployment, everything is writeable by the "build" user, so there's no worries about installing Composer dependencies.


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Ned and Skye return, Steve confesses to Olivia, and Heather escapes again.
Olivia and Steve go to Kelly's for Thanksgiving dinner. Being with Connie is not possible and Shawn tells them not to count Kate out just yet. Olivia sees Heather delivering their food and freaks out, but it is really Shawn. Meanwhile, Heather is in disguise at the bar. Shawn delivers her a BLT and they discuss Edward's death. Heather knew him well. Heather ducks out as Steve assures Olivia that Heather can't hurt anyone. Olivia brings up AJ's return and Steve comes clean about what he and Monica did. She prays this doesn't come back to haunt them.
Sonny visits Michael at home and tells him he is sorry about Edward. He thought Michael might want to talk to his father. He asks Sonny not to turn Edward's death into a contest with AJ. Sonny just wants the best for Michael. Michael asks if he would have killed AJ to keep him away from him. Sonny doesn't say anything so Michael has his answer. AJ never had a chance to be his father. Sonny believed he was the better father and the best thing he ever did. Maybe he wishes AJ was around, but does he wish Sonny hadn't been? Michael just wants to see him through the trial. Sonny advises him to keep his guard up. Michael is going to the Q's for dinner. Sonny tells him he has plans too, not to worry about him. Sonny hugs him and tells him he loves him before he leaves.
At the family mausoleum Tracy tells Alan that Edward is gone. How will she do this alone? Ned approaches and hugs Tracy. He can't believe Edward is gone. She thinks back on her wedding to Luke and Edward's approval. Ned tells her they'll survive because they are Q's. He leaves to go to the house and she stays behind. At the house Monica and AJ reminisce about Edward as condolences pour into the mansion. Alice interrupts – she can't find Tracy. AJ doesn't want to even have the big dinner, but Monica does not want to fight Tracy about it. Alice asks Monica to help her with the new scary cook and alone, AJ thinks back on his time with Edward and ELQ. The bell rings and AJ is excited to see Skye arrive. She is shocked he is alive. She is trying to be a good mother and AJ wants to try to be a good dad to Michael. Syke introduces her daughter Lila Ray to her grandma Monica. She is glad Skye is there. Ned walks in and is not happy to see AJ and encourages Lila Ray to escape. Skye and Lila Ray visit the mausoleum and Tracy is not happy to see her. Skye tells her blood does not make a family, love does. Back at the house AJ offers his hand for a truce but Ned is not having it. He apologizes to Monica for not being there more. She just wishes they could all get along. Tracy walks in and accuses AJ of killing Edward. Monica assures her she was the last one to see Edward alive. Ned stands up for Tracy but Monica snipes back. Alice comes in and asks if Skye is staying for Thanksgiving, but Tracy says absolutely not. A fight breaks out. Later, Heather breaks into the mansion and starts going through Edward's desk. She finds his will and looks it over. She carelessly replaces it but Skye catches her before she leaves. Heather pulls a knife on Skye and tells her no one is going anywhere. Meanwhile, Michael arrives and screams for the Q's to stop fighting. Aren't they there for Edward? Elsewhere Skye screams and Heather bids the Q's gobble gobble as she backs out of the house. Alice knocks out Heather from behind much to AJ's amusement. It's a traditional Q Thanksgiving after all! Steve and Olivia arrive as Heather is being hauled back to Ferncliff. Later, they all reminisce about their happy Thanksgiving memories from the past and toast to Edward. They realize the dinner has been ruined after Heather's scuffle. The bell rings and Alice answers it. There are dozens of pizzas delivered despite the pizza parlor being closed. The ghost of Edward looks on as the Q's sing fist as usual. The ghosts of Edward and Lila go off together as they renew their commitment to each other.
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(CNN) -- Fourteen can be a time of total transformation. It is an age when gangly adolescent limbs may morph into lithe, stronger ones. It is when the first signs of adulthood -- breasts, hair (on faces and other places) -- start cropping up.
Fourteen is also the soonest any child should be tackling on a football field, heading a soccer ball, or body checking an opponent on an ice hockey rink, according to a leading concussion expert.
"If kids don't have axillary (underarm) or pubic hair, they aren't ready to play," said Dr. Robert Cantu, a neurosurgeon at Emerson Hospital in Massachusetts and author of a new book, "Concussion and Our Kids."
"And I have absolutely no problem with parents who want to hold a child out for longer, say 16 or 18."
No tackling? No body checking before 14?
Heading a soccer ball before 14 in soccer might be sacrificed -- if studies eventually bear out the debatable link to concussion -- but tackling and body checking essentially define football and hockey.
Limit hits, limit concussions in young brains
In Cantu's words, "These are sports in which smashing into your opponent isn't just a possibility -- it's the object of the game."
And there is some substance behind the argument for waiting until 14, says Cantu, not the least of which is protecting young, developing brains. At 14, he says, several things enhance the body's ability to protect against head trauma.
Before 14, there is a size disparity between the head and the body, causing what concussion experts call a "bobble-head" effect -- the head snaps back dramatically after it is hit.
"Our youngsters have big heads on very weak necks and that combination sets up the brain for greater injury," said Cantu, a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine.
However, around age 14, a child's skull is about 90% the size of an adult's, and the neck and body are strong enough to steel the head against the force of a blow, according to Cantu. The more developed the neck muscles, the less dramatically the head (and thus the brain) is rocked after a tackle or a body check.
And then there is the issue of brain development, and a protein called myelin. Myelin acts as insulation, a sort of buffer, for nerve fibers in the brain.
By 14, Cantu says children have a "better myelin-ated" brain, making them less vulnerable to injury.
Of course, such a bold proposition, one that would effectively change the way sports are played, causes a minor stir among experts.
"I don't know what is magic about the number 14," said Dr. Julian Bailes, co-director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute. "People suggest radical solutions, but is it practical? Is it going to be done
Bailes acknowledges the debate as complicated. On one hand is a real need to protect children, on the other the unavoidable and possibly insurmountable cultural questions that enter the discussion.
"What does the sporting public want and what is something we can really accomplish?" said Bailes, who also is chairman of the Pop Warner medical advisory board. "As a society, as sporting fans and participants, are we ready to say we're not going to play football?"
Apart from the cultural implications of placing broad limits on contact, there also is the question of what age-specific limits on hitting actually imply about a child's long-term risk for brain damage.
There is no definitive set of risk factors for diseases like chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a dementia-like illness that is associated with blows to the head -- although cases as young as 17 have been identified -- and no clues yet from the scientific community about when and precisely how it starts.
And then there is the pesky question of science.
"I would very clearly disagree with the concept that there is research to support (no contact before age 14)," said Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher, chair of the Sports Neurology Section of the American Academy of Neurology.
"I don't feel like we need to have all the science lined up before we make policy decisions, but those decisions should be made based on common sense and science rather than randomness."
Yet even Kutcher has difficulty dismissing the idea outright. The reality, he says, is that brains don't like to be hit a lot and younger brains are still developing, which could cause problems down the road.
Kutcher says he advocates "diminishing versus outlawing" head contact, adding that waiting to tackle until age 14 sounds arbitrary.
"Some of the sports we've introduced children to involve hundreds of hits to the head," said Chris Nowinski, a concussion expert and author of "Head Games."
"Show me the scientific evidence that that's a good idea."
What everyone seems to agree about is that hits to the developing brain are bad; that agreement can dissolve once the emotionally charged conversation about the sanctity of sport begins.
"I would love to debate anyone, anytime, anywhere about this," said Cantu. "What the other side will say is you have to teach the kids the skills of a sport at a very young age otherwise they're at a competitive disadvantage. It's just plain B.S."
"I'm pro-sports. I just want them to be played more safely," said Cantu, adding that youth athletes have the least-experienced coaches and few medical personnel on the sidelines, putting them at a compelling disadvantage.
What he wants is for parents to carefully consider the potential long-term consequences of brain blows in their children -- to advocate for their safety.
"Reform should be happening much faster at the youth level than it does," said Nowinski, who is co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute with Cantu. "We're saying wake up, your child has so many disadvantages.
"Your kids only have one life and you should think twice about putting your kid in a sport where they're hitting their head repeatedly."
As for the magic number 14? Cantu says that age matters less than maturity and that parents might even decide to wait until after age 14 to expose their children to contact.
"The mantra of the book is that no head trauma is good head trauma," said Cantu. The brain cannot be conditioned to take head trauma so make it as little as possible."
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Text of a statement by Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes on the use of chemical weapons in Syria:
At the president's direction, the United States government has been closely monitoring the potential use of chemical weapons within Syria. Following the assessment made by our intelligence community in April, the President directed the intelligence community to seek credible and corroborated information to build on that assessment and establish the facts with some degree of certainty. Today, we are providing an updated version of our assessment to Congress and to the public.
The Syrian government's refusal to grant access to the United Nations to investigate any and all credible allegations of chemical weapons use has prevented a comprehensive investigation as called for by the international community. The Assad regime could prove that its request for an investigation was not just a diversionary tactic by granting the U.N. fact-finding mission immediate and unfettered access to conduct on-site investigations to help reveal the truth about chemical weapons use in Syria. While pushing for a U.N. investigation, the United States has also been working urgently with our partners and allies as well as individuals inside Syria, including the Syrian opposition, to procure, share, and evaluate information associated with reports of chemical weapons use so that we can establish the facts and determine what took place.
Following a deliberative review, our intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year. Our intelligence community has high confidence in that assessment given multiple, independent streams of information. The intelligence community estimates that 100 to 150 people have died from detected chemical weapons attacks in Syria to date; however, casualty data is likely incomplete. While the lethality of these attacks make up only a small portion of the catastrophic loss of life in Syria, which now stands at more than 90,000 deaths, the use of chemical weapons violates international norms and crosses clear red lines that have existed within the international community for decades. We believe that the Assad regime maintains control of these weapons. We have no reliable, corroborated reporting to indicate that the opposition in Syria has acquired or used chemical weapons.
The body of information used to make this intelligence assessment includes reporting regarding Syrian officials planning and executing regime chemical weapons attacks; reporting that includes descriptions of the time, location, and means of attack; and descriptions of physiological symptoms that are consistent with exposure to a chemical weapons agent. Some open source reports from social media outlets from Syrian opposition groups and other media sources are consistent with the information we have obtained regarding chemical weapons use and exposure. The assessment is further supported by laboratory analysis of physiological samples obtained from a number of individuals, which revealed exposure to sarin. Each positive result indicates that an individual was exposed to sarin, but it does not tell us how or where the individuals were exposed or who was responsible for the dissemination.
We are working with allies to present a credible, evidentiary case to share with the international community and the public. Since the creation of the U.N. fact-finding mission, we have provided two briefings to Dr. Eke Sellstrvm, the head of the mission. We will also be providing a letter to UN Secretary General Ban, calling the U.N.'s attention to our updated intelligence assessment and specific incidents of alleged chemical weapons use. We request that the U.N. mission include these incidents in its ongoing investigation and report, as appropriate, on its findings. We will present additional information and continue to update Dr. Sellstrvm as new developments emerge.
The president has been clear that the use of chemical weapons - or the transfer of chemical weapons to terrorist groups - is a red line for the United States, as there has long been an established norm within the international community against the use of chemical weapons. Our intelligence community now has a high confidence assessment that chemical weapons have been used on a small scale by the Assad regime in Syria. The President has said that the use of chemical weapons would change his calculus, and it has. Our decision making has already been guided by the April intelligence assessment and by the regime's escalation of horrific violence against its citizens. Following on the credible evidence that the regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people, the president has augmented the provision of non-lethal assistance to the civilian opposition, and also authorized the expansion of our assistance to the Supreme Military Council (SMC), and we will be consulting with Congress on these matters in the coming weeks. This effort is aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of the SMC, and helping to coordinate the provision of assistance by the United States and other partners and allies. Put simply, the Assad regime should know that its actions have led us to increase the scope and scale of assistance that we provide to the opposition, including direct support to the SMC. These efforts will increase going forward.
The United States and the international community have a number of other legal, financial, diplomatic, and military responses available. We are prepared for all contingencies, and we will make decisions on our own timeline. Any future action we take will be consistent with our national interest, and must advance our objectives, which include achieving a negotiated political settlement to establish an authority that can provide basic stability and administer state institutions; protecting the rights of all Syrians; securing unconventional and advanced conventional weapons; and countering terrorist activity.
WASHINGTON - The United States has conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against opposition forces seeking to overthrow the government, crossing what President Barack Obama has called a "red line" that would trigger greater American involvement in the crisis, the White House said Thursday.
Officials said Obama was considering both political and military options, but it was unclear how quickly new actions would be taken and what they would involve.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, U.S. officials said Thursday, after the White House disclosed that the United States has conclusive evidence President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against opposition forces trying to overthrow him.
Obama has repeatedly said the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" triggering greater American intervention in the two-year crisis.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., one of the strongest proponents of U.S. military action in Syria, said he was told Thursday that Obama had decided to "provide arms to the rebels," a decision confirmed by three U.S. officials. The officials cautioned that no decisions had been made on the specific type of weaponry or when it would reach the Syrian rebels, who are under increasing assault from Assad's forces.
Still, the White House signaled that Obama did plan to step up U.S. involvement in the Syrian crisis in response to the chemical weapons disclosure.
"This is going to be different in both scope and scale in terms of what we are providing," said Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser.
The U.S. has so far provided the Syrian rebel army with rations and medical supplies.
Thursday's announcement followed a series of urgent meetings at the White House this week that revealed deep divisions within the administration over U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war. The proponents of more aggressive action - including Secretary of State John Kerry - appeared to have won out over those wary of sending weapons and ammunition into a war zone where Hezbollah and Iranian fighters are backing Assad's armed forces, and al-Qaida-linked extremists back the rebellion.
Obama still opposes putting American troops on the ground in Syria and the U.S. has made no decision on operating a no-fly zone over Syria, Rhodes said.
U.S. officials said the administration could provide the rebels with a range of weapons, including small arms, ammunition, assault rifles and a variety of anti-tank weaponry such as shoulder-fired remote-propelled grenades and other missiles. However, a final decision on the inventory has not been made, the officials said.
Most of those would be weapons the opposition forces could easily use and not require much additional training to operate. Obama's opposition to deploying American troops to Syria makes it difficult to provide much large-scale training. Other smaller- scale training can be done outside Syria's borders.
All of the officials insisted on anonymity in order to discuss internal administration discussions.
Word of the stepped up assistance followed new U.S. intelligence assessments showing that Assad has used chemical weapons, including sarin, on a small scale multiple times in the last year. Up to 150 people have been killed in those attacks, the White House said, constituting a small percentage of the 93,000 people killed in Syria over the last two years.
The White House said it believes Assad's regime still maintains control of Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles and does not see any evidence that rebel forces have launched attacks using the deadly agents.
The Obama administration announced in April that it had "varying degrees of confidence" that sarin had been used in Syria. But they said at the time that they had not been able to determine who was responsible for deploying the gas.
The more conclusive findings announced Thursday were aided by evidence sent to the United States by France, which, along with Britain, has announced it had determined that Assad's government had used chemical weapons.
Obama has said repeatedly that the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" and constitute a "game changer" for U.S. policy on Syria, which until now has focused entirely on providing the opposition with nonlethal assistance and humanitarian aid.
The White House said it had notified Congress, the United Nations and key international allies about the new U.S. chemical weapons determination. Obama will discuss the assessments, along with broader problems in Syria, next week during the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland.
Among those in attendance will be Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of Assad's most powerful backers. Obama and Putin will hold a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of the summit, where the U.S. leader is expected to press his Russian counterpart to drop his political and military support for the Syrian government.
"We believe that Russia and all members of the international community should be concerned about the use of chemical weapons," Rhodes said.
Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said his country was "not surprised by the determination made by the U.S. government," given its own assessments, and was in consultation with the Americans about next steps.
The U.S. has so far provided the Syrian rebel army with rations and medical supplies. In April, Kerry announced that the administration had agreed in principle to expand its military support to the opposition to include defensive items like night vision goggles, body armor and armored vehicles.
The Syrian fighters have been clamoring for bolder Western intervention, particularly given the estimated 5,000 Hezbollah guerrillas propping up Assad's forces. Assad's stunning military success last week at Qusair, near the Lebanese border, and preparations for offensives against Homs and Aleppo have made the matter more urgent.
While McCain has pressed for a greater role for the U.S. military, other lawmakers have expressed reservations about American involvement in another conflict and fears that weapons sent to the rebels could fall into the hands of al-Qaida-linked groups.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, condemned the Assad regime but expressed serious concerns about the United States being pulled into a proxy war.
"There are many actions that the United States can take to increase our humanitarian assistance to refugee populations and opposition groups short of injecting more weapons into the conflict," Murphy said. "I urge the president to exercise restraint and to consult closely with Congress before undertaking any course of action to commit American military resources to Syrian opposition forces."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, also urged the White House to consult with Congress.
"It is long past time to bring the Assad regime's bloodshed in Syria to an end," he said through a spokesman, Brendan Buck. "As President Obama examines his options, it is our hope he will properly consult with Congress before taking any action."


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Just look at the version numbers. It's already 5! On the contrary Firefox is still lagging behind with 3.6.
The web is only 3.0 !!?
This is confusing!
Bleh, Emacs is already at version 23. Take that, Microsoft!
Note: if you're thinking of replying "Emacs isn't a web browser!", you clearly have never used Emacs.
Yeah, but remember, they are shooting for version 10^100. They have a long way to go.
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
Maybe now they'll "officially" release Android 2.2 with chrome built-in...
I used to be looking forward to this day; I used Chrome until the day my http:// disappeared. Due to that, I'm sticking with Firefox.
Explanation please?
In 5.0.375.55 the protocol appears to be back in the location bar, at least on Linux.
your looking a beta/dev versions. They are still trying things out there. They make it to beta or not based on feedback.
Parent is not a troll. It's a valid complaint. Displaying the entire URL, including the protocol, is absolutely the standard and should remain that way.
Why? Should you need to copy-paste a URL or part of one from the address bar it'll Do The Right Thing and pre-pend http:/// [http] to it.
I can't see much use for showing the protocol for most people otherwise.
Because users who want to know what their browser is doing want to see it, that's why. No other justification is needed.
One of the commenters on the CNET story on the issue compared it to the Windows practice of hiding file extensions, which is a good analogy. We know how well that worked out (click here on mysterious_attachment.doc{.exe} and see what happens!) Sure, the protocol name may be gabble to most users, but at least the information's there, right out front. And occasionally it even leads them to educate themselves, asking a more technically knowledgeable friend, "What is that http thing, anyway?"
I just don't see that it's a big deal, and I'm a rather technical user who's been known to copy-paste urls on a regular basis.
Your extension-hiding analogy is flawed. To be closer to the security-threat that is hidden extensions, you'd need a browser that hides
http is the only hidden protocol that I've noticed, which is fine because it's the most common, so you'll know thing
It's inconsistent UI on 2 counts:
1. Copying to clipboard:
- selecting the whole URL prepends http:/// [http] in front in the clipboard (expected behavior would be to only copy what is being selected)
- it is impossible to copy the full URL without the protocol
- selecting part of the URL only copies the selected part (which is expected), unless you select just the domain part, in which case it prepends http:/// [http] again
2. Protocol display: Chrome will display https, file, ftp, and whatever protocols it does/will support
Because users who want to know what their browser is doing want to see it, that's why.
That's a pretty small minority -- I've actually seen more people at the other end of the scale, where they don't know what the URL display is at all. If they want to eg check their yahoo mail, they don't go to the URL box and type "mail.yahoo.com", they go to the search box, type "google", search (using google) to find google, click on the first result to get to the google home page, then type "yahoo mail" into that box, search, and click the first result there...
(This is what happens when we train people to follow patterns with no understanding of how it actually works
Even if you use X's built in auto-copy (and middle mouse button to paste)?
this is legit why, exactly?
you can enter any link with or without http and it will still open just fine, since we have that good ole dns thing.
Meanwhile, people don't even understand "slash slash" because they're computer retarded. this just makes it a little easier. You say "go to google", they type in google and hit enter.
Heh. I didn't even realize that. The funny thing is, I have no idea how to upgrade anyway. They don't have the usual File/Edit/View menus. There's just a wrench icon, and it doesn't appear to have any updater under its menu hierarchy.
Googling around (heheh) I found out they left out the F/E/V on purpose. That might make sense for mobile, but I'm using a nice wide LCD with more screen real estate than you can shake a stick at. Without F/E/V I feel like I'm subject to somebody's vision of "clean minimalist design" where they thought they knew what was best for the user. For cryin' out loud, if I wanted to use a Mac I'd already be using one. Hey... maybe it'll automaticly upgrade to 6.0 if I throw it in the recycling bin... no, wait... AHA! The updater is in the "About Chrome" thingy.
Oh sure, bury the updater in the widget that usually just shows copyright info. That's, just... wonderful. To be fair though, interfaces to updaters aren't quite as standard as F/E/V.
"Without F/E/V I feel like I'm subject to somebody's vision of "clean minimalist design" where they thought they knew what was best for the user. For cryin' out loud, if I wanted to use a Mac I'd already be using one."
FWIW, the Mac version of Chrome *does* have File/Edit/View still in the menubar (working as expected), and does not hide http:/// [http] or in any other way mangle your copying of urls.
You don't have to wait, I'm posting this from Chrome 6.0.408.1
You're falling behind... I'm using 6.0.414.0 obtained using Ubuntu's package manager.
Bleeding edge!
I only noticed a while ago that the dev channel was silently updating, I had a week of weird crashes, but otherwise it's been quite good.
I like the sound of hexavalent chromium
Yeah, you and PG&E [wikipedia.org].
But Chrome is a soft metal. You want Tungsten, if you're going in that direction. Since it's now fashionable to design web browsers in a layered fashion, Graphene might actually be the better bet.
Why would I download Chrome when I already have Chromium which gets updated automatically by Update Manager, remaining consistent with everything else on my laptop?
That's very nice for you, but neither Windows nor OS X allow third-party applications to be updated via the built-in updater.
(Actually, that's not strictly true, I believe there was talk of Microsoft allowing it in Windows but I don't know of many applications taking advantage of that).
Installing Chrome
Och aye? The Win32 version I just installed a couple hours ago didn't say that.
Be helpful to know what platform you're on.
I don't see any 'beta' on mine...
http://twitpic.com/1r0t5g [twitpic.com]
Why not go with Chromium?
which saps my bandwidth on the backend to report my surfing habits back to google.
The whole german wifi debacle is making this company just as hot to handle as facebook.
Several points...
1) If you want to eliminate the "phone home", you can do so very easily under options-->under the hood. Uncheck the top 5 boxes; now your data is secure. This is what I did on a live-boot cd where CPU and bandwidth are at a premium.
2) If you do not feel you can trust that it isnt communicating, you can actually VERIFY that, either through about:net-internals, or wireshark, or netstat, or router logs. Not to mention most of the source is actually AVAILABLE....
3) Google as a whole
Not to mention most of the source is actually AVAILABLE....
It's the pieces for which source isn't available that worries me.
I mean, would you eat at a place that said "90% of our food is bought from trusted sources"?
Does Chrome now support a bookmark sidebar? With the wide-screen TFTs everywhere these days a bookmark sidebar has become a must-have for me. I cannot stand bookmark pull-down menus. And to make things worse Chrome has put the default Bookmark menu in the upper- right hand corner of the screen, which for some reason is a place of the screen where my cursor never is.
With the wide-screen TFTs everywhere these days a bookmark sidebar has become a must-have for me. I cannot stand bookmark pull-down menus.
You must be one of those... <shudder>... full-screen people. Dude... windowing environments were invented for a reason!
Extensions have been in place since 4.0 or 4.1 or something. Unfortunately there are no APIs for PROPER blocking of resources (ie stopping Chrome from fetching them) but there are already extensions that can at least remove them from the DOM while the page is loading. My favorite is AdBlock [google.com].
As for NoScript, Chrome has "lite" functionality built in. You can use Options > Under the Hood > Content Settings to turn off JavaScript and Plugins and then whitelist individual sites when the icons pop up on
Chrome has many extensions and yes Adblock. However Adblock only removes the display of ads. It does not prevent downloading of the ad. So you may not see the ad, but it is still downloading, eating bandwidth and making money for whoever has ads on their site.
Firefox adblock is far better.
But I do like Chrome. Its fast, and the ui is nice.
I make good use of the sync bookmark feature. I like it.
Just wish it wasnt so nosey, and spywareish.
Why is this under the Apple topic? There is a Google topic!
That's what I was wondering myself.
To be fair chrome is based on WebKit which is apples fork of KHTML.
I did not notice until reading your comment, but I correctly guessed the answer immediately. kdawson posted it.
Did you just do that to taunt Google? Or slashdot turning into Gizmodo?
I'll keep using Firefox as it is actually possible to download and install it.
Since the day Google released Chrome you haven't been able to install their crappy 550k installer if you're behind a proxy.
I installed a dev channel version a while back and didn't even realize it has been silently upgrading.
I only found out when I read this story and checked my version and found out it was 6.0.408.
Now I have to figure out how to stop that...
...where is Print Preview?
I'll switch to Chrome the day it can support a plugin which can block the downloading of ads and other unwanted content, not just hide them with a bit of CSS and Javascript.
(An adblocking proxy isn't a viable solution for me.)
The party adjourned to a hot tub, yes. Fully clothed, I might add. -- IBM employee, testifying in California State Supreme Court


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The Hoodie of Madness
We see a lot of strange, ungodly things in the course of our blogging duties, and normally we're content to let them go by without comment. But occasionally we're confronted by a mixture of ambition and bad taste that's so confounding, so utterly inexplicable, we have no choice but to inflict it upon the internet at large.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Thuggie.
We have no explanation for what you see before you. In fact, there can be no explanation.
Is it a snuggie knockoff? A parody of inner-city style circa Criss Cross? Why is one of the cuffs a different color? Is it actually a dress? Is it for wizards? Is it related to the South Asian criminal tradition of thuggee? How are you supposed to walk?
So many questions.


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Shen coach suspended over abuse allegations
School investigating reports of verbal and physical abuse
Updated 4:57 pm, Thursday, April 4, 2013
Clifton Park
Shenendehowa boys' lacrosse coach Chuck Holohan has been suspended indefinitely pending the results of an internal investigation into allegations of verbal and physical abuse against his players, the Times Union has confirmed through a source with knowledge of the situation.
The Plainsmen played Tuesday's Suburban Council opener vs. Niskayuna with assistant coach Jason Gifford serving as acting head coach.
Asked to speak on where the investigation stands, Shenendehowa athletic director Chris Culnan would not comment.
Holohan was suspended on Monday after the allegations first surfaced a few days earlier.
More Information
Shenendehowa school officials will be meeting later this week regarding a decision on Holohan's future coaching the Plainsmen.
On the school's Grapevine website, where students and parents can ask questions of school officials, Shenendehowa Superintendent of Schools Dr. L. Oliver Robinson talked about how all disciplinary matters are confidential.
"When the district receives an allegation of misconduct by a student or staff member, we investigate," Robinson said. "In certain instances, the employee or student may be removed from the situation while the investigation occurs to ensure an objective process is followed. Students and/or parents immediately and directly involved may be notified of the removal and, in the event of an employee, that employee's temporary replacement. However, we do not provide the details of the allegation or the investigation whether it is about student or staff misconduct.
"Once the investigation is complete, if the allegation is confirmed, the employee or student is subject to progressive discipline. This system of progressive discipline is intended to correct the negative behavior. Several factors are considered, including the severity of the infraction, previous history, and other mitigating factors."
The Shenendehowa boys' lacrosse team returns to action Thursday against Saratoga.
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NBC's Edward Snowden interview and John Kerry's comments (3 letters)
Re: "Kerry to Snowden: 'Man up' and come home," May 29 news story.
So Secretary of State John Kerry thinks that Edward Snowden should "man up" and return to the United States. Well, fair enough, but should Kerry and other senior government officials "man up" and tell the public about the extent of spying on U.S. citizens as well as on our allies?
Kerry also states that Snowden "should trust the American system of justice." Tragically, given secret drone strikes on American citizens and the long-term imprisonment of individuals without bringing them to trial, it seems that the American system of justice has fallen far short of its ideals.
Gene R. Reetz, Denver
This letter was published in the June 2 edition.
The art of the interview died a little with Brian Williams, whose talk with NSA leaker Edward Snowden felt more like an infomercial than a dialogue. But little else could be expected in an age of soft lighting and the cotton-ball pitch of the negotiated interview, which journalism has become. Williams wasted an hour of air time and Snowden remained the same self-justifying, naive fool he was before.
Richard Mattingly, Denver
This letter was published in the June 2 edition.
I appreciate Edward Snowden for revealing the scope and extent of U.S.
government surveillance of Americans. But Snowden is no heroic civil-disobedience martyr. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. committed civil disobedience and accepted the consequences. He went to jail. And I don't buy the claim that if Snowden had faced the music in the U.S., he would have been muzzled.
Snowden says he wanted to go to Ecuador. He could easily have flown to six different countries in South America from Honolulu before the NSA found out he was gone. Instead, he flew to Hong Kong and Moscow. China and Russia. The United States' biggest rivals or opponents.
Snowden's no hero. He's a naive, self-serving whiner.
Peter Gross, Denver
This letter was published in the June 2 edition.
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Best of The Perl Journal 123
|Computer Science & Perl Programming
|Jon Orwant (Editor)
|O'Reilly and Associates
|8 (7 and 6 for other vols) - Well written, some flaws
|Tony Williams
|0596003102 (0596003110 and 0596003129 for other vols)
|Well edited compendium of magazine articles on Perl
All three volumes reveal a good hand at choosing articles and editing the contributions; after spending three years as a magazine editor I know that not all the contributors could have written this well. The writing is consistently good, tight, well edited and readable.
Across them all you will find articles by almost every major contributor to Perl and a great many of the people who have contributed major modules to CPAN. It's good to feel that perhaps a few cents from your book purchase is flowing into each of these pockets and repaying their work.
Viewing the 3 books as a whole my one real concern is that perhaps a little tighter restrictions on the article choice may have been better -- some of the articles are really only of historical interest, discussing methods overtaken by further development in Perl or the modules available. You may also find only one or two of the volumes contain articles of particular interest to you, I discovered that my favourites were spread across all three and bemoaned the semi-arbitrary division of topics as I only closely read about two books worth from the three volumes -- of course your milage may vary.
The first and largest volume, Computer Science & Perl Programming, is the one volume where I read and enjoyed almost every one of the seventy articles (by 41 different authors) included. The topics covered vary widely, from an essential trilogy of articles about regular expressions by Jeffrey Friedl to some esoteric discussion of Perl internals by Chip Salzenburg.
The second volume, Web, Graphics and Perl/Tk, contains 39 articles, around half of which are devoted to topics such as mod_perl, spidering, and other web stuff. Here is where you can find yourself reading an article about topics now made redundant by changes to Perl and its modules. The graphics section is an eclectic mix while the Perl/Tk section adds up to a fairly good tutorial on the topic.
The third volume, Games, Diversions and Perl Culture, collects 47 articles on a broad range of topics: 15 of them are about various sorts of language processing in Perl that I found extremely interesting. It also includes the Obfuscated Perl Contests, the Poetry Contest and a bunch of other "silliness." An article on how the magazine's covers were photographed seemed particularly pointless.
I'd recommend the first volume for almost anyone interested in Perl. The second might be worth purchasing if you wanted the web coverage. The third is worth it if you want the coverage of language processing or have an interest in the culture that surrounds Perl. Check the O'Reilly pages for one, two and three to see the tables of contents, index, grab the code examples and download a sample chapter (the third volume has two example chapters.) I've given the first volume an 8 but the other two get 7 and 6 respectively as the article choices make them less useful, though the quality of writing and editing is as good.
I think all three would be a marvelous addition to any decent tech library - they seem perfect for a library as they have all the benefits of a five year collection of TPJ without the problems of magazine storage, cataloging and conservation. For everyone else, grab the first one and then decide based on the content for the other two.
You can purchase Best of the Perl Journal (Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3) from bn.com. Slashdot welcomes readers' book reviews -- to see your own review here, read the book review guidelines, then visit the submission page.