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Voluntary recommendation action regarding an ongoing airport noise and land use study by the Lee County Port Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration is taking place at Southwest Florida International Airport, much to the delight of Town officials.
Beach Mayor Alan Mandel and Town Manager Terry Stewart met with local port authority and FAA officials at the airport last week and discovered that certain airline companies are voluntary applying recommendations created by consultants, such as keeping incoming aircraft at or above 3,000 feet over Estero Island and trying different flight patterns over the Back Bay instead of incorporating arrival procedures over the island.
"Companies such as Delta, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines and US Airways have voluntarily placed equipment or made adjustments to equipment on their planes that will allow the pilots to do what is being recommended in the report such as flying in along the Back Bay and not over the island," said Mandel. "That is totally voluntary on the part of the pilot at this point. There are things that the tower is working on that will eventually allow the controller to do that."
Mandel requested a meeting with airport officials after listening to public comment at a recent meeting from Beach resident Tom Merrill and receiving phone calls from other concerned residents questioning the progress of the Federal Aviation Regulation Part 150 study. The two Town officials met with LCPA Deputy Executive Director for Development Mark Fisher, Project Coordinator Chad Rosenstein and Planner Joshua Philpott as well as RSW Control Tower officials Jim Dickinson and Ken Millan of the FAA.
Rosenstein confirmed the meeting went well. He stated the airport officials explained the proposed recommendations and how some of them will have a positive impact on Fort Myers Beach. He believes there are more than four airline companies currently implementing the procedure.
"We highlighted those points and told them the local FAA is currently working on the recommendations before the study is approved," he said. "Southwest Airlines spearheaded the procedure."
The local Board of Port Commissioners held a public hearing about the proposed recommendations back in January. After approval, the recommendations were sent to the FAA's regional office in Atlanta where they are currently being reviewed. Upon reviewal completion, the document will be sent to the FAA's national office in Washington D.C. for yet another reviewal.
"The FAA corporate headquarters issues their final determination on the noise study. That could take another six months," said Rosenstein.
The Town officials learned about certain issues pertaining to flight patterns, such as fuel efficiency determinations and that the flight path is usually programmed before the plane takes off from its departing point.
"Pilots won't deviate from that," said Mandel. "That is why the Back Bay approach may become part of a procedure and become programmed that way more regularly. Until this hopefully becomes more of a procedure, the voluntary efforts by the tower and pilot will depend on the flight queue."
After viewing a chart, Mandel pointed out that there are "significantly less" flights coming over the Estero Island at low altitude from a year ago.
"The air traffic controllers during visual conditions are telling the pilots to maintain at 3,000 feet until crossing the Beach," said Rosenstein. "The RNAV Visual Optimized Profile Descent procedure has been out there for a bout a year now. It's what the FAA calls a special procedure. In order for an airline to follow that procedure, they have to contact the FAA and tell them they would like to begin flying the procedure, and the FAA will review the airline's guidelines to make sure they can fly that procedure and that their pilots are qualified to do it. Once the pilots get into the Fort Myers area, they make the request to use that procedure. If the air traffic controllers are able to sequence the other aircraft with the one requesting the RNAV visual procedure, they will allow that to happen. Most of the time they are able to accommodate that request."
Besides keeping aircraft at 3,000 feet over Fort Myers Beach and use of RNAV descent procedures, other proposed recommendations impacting FMB include increasing altitude of early morning flights to box carriers such as FedEx and UPS to increase, changing Runway 24 to preferred preferred arrival direction to the southwest rather than northeast during the night time hours to limit nighttime flights over Beach and publish Charted Visual Approach to Runway 6 from the north and south.
"The Charted Visual procedure that is being developed will be an overlay, so it will be the same flight path as the RNAV visual and that keeps the aircraft in the Back Bay," said Rosenstein. "Once that is developed and implemented, the air traffic controllers will be able to tell pilots during visual conditions to fly the charted visual procedure, and that will keep more aircraft from flying over the Beach."
Mandel and Stewart thanked Dickinson for his effort as manager of the FAA tower in regards to held meetings with the unionized air traffic controllers in "laying out what the objectives are and being able to get approval to keep aircraft at 3,000 feet" over Fort Myers Beach.
"It's a very nice effort by the airport authority working with the tower and tower management working with their employees in bringing this about," said Mandel. "I think that's a very positive step. Of course, safety is always the first concern."
"We were extremely pleased with their willingness to meet with us and explain all of this to us. The key thing is that they are working with us, and they have done things on a voluntary basis at this point to help matters. I think as this study goes on, we will have some decisions made by the FAA in Washington DC."


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Maryland Terrapins Reloaded: The Next Generation of Champions
Women's Basketball Program Announces the Addition of Five of the Nation's Top Players for the 2010-11 Season.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland Women's Basketball program welcomes five outstanding student-athletes to its program for the 2010-2011 season. Whitney Bays (Huntington HS, Huntington, W.Va.), Natasha Cloud (Cardinal O'Hara HS, Broomall, Pa.), Alicia Devaughn (Blanche Ely HS, West Palm Beach, Fla.), Laurin Mincy (University HS, Newark, N.J.), and Alyssa Thomas (Central Dauphin HS, Harrisburg, Pa.) rank as the No. 2 Recruiting Class in the Nation.
"This 2010 class was a few years in the making", said Head Coach Brenda Frese, "and it is an interesting story in multiple ways. I really want to give credit to our staff for how hard they worked, especially our recruiting coordinator, Tina Langley. Almost two years ago, I started to get a very good feel for the kids in this class. I liked them so much that I was willing to take a chance and back off some 2009 prospects we were involved with. There were no guarantees at the time I made that decision, but fortunately it worked out. I just really liked these kids not only as players, but as people and their families as well. They just seemed like a better fit and they bring a lot of positive qualities to our program."
Bays, Cloud, Devaughn, Mincy and Thomas, all rank in the top 10 nationally at their positions and were the first five players the Terps identified as 2010 targets. "That simply doesn't happen in recruiting, but somehow it did this time," said Frese. "We feel incredibly fortunate that it all worked out and we can't wait to coach them."
"They definitely bring some serious firepower and will allow us to be a very dynamic offensive team that will be a lot of fun to watch. They're all unselfish, team-first and terrific passers. They each compete hard and are winners. All five are tremendously athletic and versatile enough to play multiple positions and have an impact on both ends of the court. And one thing that I was really looking for--all five come from winning, championship-level programs and they're going to bring that mentality to Maryland," said Frese. "That's one of those intangibles that really matters."
"When combined with the good young players that are already in our program, I like where we're heading in the future," added Frese. "I'm not only excited for our program, but also for our terrific fans who in the past have really grown attached to our players. This is that same kind of group and it is going to be wonderful to watch."
Hometown: Huntington, West Virginia
High School: Huntington HS / Coach Lonnie Lucas
AAU Team: West Virginia Thunder / Coach Larry Lambert
Highlights: West Virginia Player of the Year 2009; West Virginia 1st Team All State 2007, 2008, 2009; MSAC Player of the Year 2009; Gatorade Player of the Year 2008, 2009; Led Huntington High to State Finals Averaging 24.4 points, 11.1 rebounds in 2009; Rated the #2 Forward in the Nation
Also considered: FSU, Auburn, Duke, Louisville, Georgia
Coach B on Bays: "Whitney is a terrific basketball player. She can play multiple positions and do damage in many ways. Her points come from all over the floor--she can shoot it, make moves around the basket and she can attack off the dribble. She is a terrific rebounder and catches seemingly everything she gets her hands on. She blocks shots and gets steals. Her passion and emotion on the court remind me a lot of Marissa Coleman, which is really exciting.
"She's played for incredibly successful high school and AAU programs. In high school, she led Huntington High to three straight state championship games; she's had games of 30-plus points and 20-plus rebounds. She simply dominates the competition. And what's really exciting is that she has a desire to keep working on her game and keep improving, which we'll be more than happy to help her accomplish.
"Everything Whitney does, she does well, including her schoolwork. Everyone who knows her has had terrific things to say. She's very well-known in West Virginia and her AAU coach, who has seen all the great recent players in West Virginia, really has high praise for her and puts her right there at the top with the rest. She's going to be a lot of fun to coach and I think our fans are going to love her passion."
Coach Lucas on Bays: "Whitney is the best I've ever coached. She's worked real hard. I think she will transition well into college without any difficulty. She should come into it strong. She is not afraid of competition. She made her choice to come to Maryland because of the talent they have. She wants to win a National Championship."
Bays on Maryland: "The comfort level was there from the beginning. When I visited Maryland, it seemed like I just bonded with the other girls, with the staff, with everyone associated with the program. As happy as I was to be there, it seemed like they all were just as excited as me, and they really wanted me to join the team. My family also played a big part in my decision. They were excited and supported me throughout the process. They loved Maryland as much as I did. I am just really excited and can't wait to get there."
Hometown: Broomall, Pennsylvania
High School: Cardinal O'Hara HS / Linus McGinty
AAU Team: Philadelphia Comets / Matthew Githens
Highlights: Michael Menichini Award 2009; 3rd Team All State; 1st Team All Delco 2009; 1st Team All Catholic 2009; 2nd Team All Catholic 2008; Led Team to 17-3 Finish and a National Ranking of #10 in 2009; Career Averages include 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals; Rated the #8 Shooting Guard in the Nation
Also considered: St. Joe's, Rutgers, Virginia, Miami, Ohio State, Vanderbilt, & Kentucky
Coach B on Cloud: "The second player in the class to verbal to us, Natasha is another very athletic and unselfish player who will do whatever her team needs to help them win. She's a defensive stopper who loves guarding the opponent's best player. She can play either guard spot and is a terrific passer. She can make tough catches and finishes. She's going to give us more size on the perimeter and, in situations, a 6-foot point guard that will be a problem for opponents to match-up against. She really has a chance to develop into a terrific player both offensively and defensively.
"Natasha has a ton of personality, is a lot of fun, a good student and is going to fit right in with our group. She's another player who will contribute in multiple categories and help us win. She can zip passes all over the court and get the ball up the floor quickly. She's going to be a lot of fun for our fans to watch."
Coach McGinty on Cloud: "Tasha is the most unselfish, great player we've had at O'Hare. She'd rather pass the ball to you than score herself. She's just a great kid to have on your team. Natasha always played the other teams' best player regardless of their position. Basically, she guarded every type of player, from a small point guard to a 6-2 post player. She's just a kid that wants to win. No ego as far as stats."Cloud on Maryland: "I chose Maryland because of it's a beautiful campus, a great educational program, and an awesome athletic family that allows you to feel at home on day one."
Hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida
High School: Blanche Ely HS / Coach Tommie Butts
AAU Team: Orlando Comets Red / Coach Jack Givens
Highlights: Florida 1st Team All State 2008 & 2009; Voted to Florida Fab Five Team 2008 & 2009; Florida State Championship 2008; Lead team to 2009 State Regional Semifinals averaging 19 points, 16 rebounds, & 10 blocks per game; Rated the #5 Center in the Nation
Also considered: Texas, Oklahoma, Purdue, Louisville, Georgia, Duke, UCONN
Coach B on Devaughn: "Alicia has only begun to scratch the surface of how good she can be and I really believe we're going to help her get the rest of the way. She's a double-double machine. She averaged 18 rebounds a game last year in high school. She can score both around the basket and by stepping out to shoot it from a variety of spots. She finds open teammates well with passes and as I watched her more and more, I learned that one secret quality she has is that she can really handle the ball well for a 6-4 player.
"She led her high school team to a Florida state championship, which is no easy task. I think she flew a little under the recruiting radar, because she didn't always play for one of the big travel teams and because she missed some time with injuries. When we saw her, she was blocking shots, snatching rebounds and scoring all over the floor, leaving no doubt in our minds that she's one of the very best bigs in this class.
"For our Maryland fans, Alicia might remind you a little bit of Laura Harper, except I think Alicia might be a little further along in her development at this point than Harp. She's sweet kid, who I think our fans and her teammates are really going to like."
Coach Butts on Devaughn: "Alicia is a player with great upside with size, knowledge, and ability to handle the ball. She provides perimeter scoring and an inside presence on defense. She can also defend on the perimeter with great footwork. She is hardworking and diligent with a great attitude on and off the court. Maryland is getting a fine ball player with terrific qualities and a desire to improve every time she touches the floor for practice."
Devaughn on Maryland: "Everyone treated me so nice. Coach (Frese) is just so nice, so down-to-earth. They made me and my dad feel comfortable. Deep down I knew where I really wanted to go. I connected with the Terps when I was a freshman. I'm really anxious to get there and start my career. I plan on majoring in Psychology, and I just want to do whatever I can to help the program."
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
High School: University HS / Coach Felicia Oliver
Highlights: Star Ledger State Player of the Year 2009, 2008; NJ State Gatorade Player of the Year 2009; All-State 2009, 2008, 2007; Essex County Player of the Year 2007; Tournament of Champions MVP 2007... Two time NJSIAA State Group I Championship MVP 2008, 2007; Member of National Honor Society at University HS and has a 3.2 GPA; Rated the #1 Shooting Guard in the Nation
Also considered: Georgia, South Carolina, Rutgers, Miami, UNC, UCONN
Coach B on Mincy: "Two-time New Jersey State Player of the Year and as the first freshman to make All-State, Laurin can flat out score and does it very much within the framework of the team. Her points can come from all over the floor--going to the basket, mid-range pull-ups and shooting the three. She can excel in either a half-court or transition game.
"At over 6-feet tall, she's the biggest, most athletic shooting guard we've ever had in our program. She'll be a defensive presence as well with her ability to block shots and get steals. Her high school coach, Felicia Oliver, will tell you that from the day she arrived at University High School, she was one of those special players who elevated everyone around her and helped them win their first state title. She's also a terrific student and a member of the National Honor Society.
"Laurin has a warm giving personality that fits wonderfully with our team. She has a passion for basketball and life that is infectious. Our team and fans will enjoy watching her on the court and getting to know her as a person."
Coach Oliver on Mincy: "When I think about coaching Laurin Mincy, the one word that comes to mind is `priceless.' Laurin is a true student of the game. She will thrive in the environment at Maryland and the Comcast Center. I believe she will make a strong impact not only in the basketball world but also in the College Park community. The moment she puts on that Terrapin uniform and laces up those shoes, people will understand what it means to truly make a difference."
Mincy on Maryland: "I thought Maryland's style of play fit my style of play. The coaching staff was very welcoming, as well as the team. The coaches gave me a good feeling. It was the manner in which Coach Frese recruited me that made the difference. It wasn't all about basketball. She was always concerned about my family, and that was important to me. She would ask about my Mom and my Dad...Coach really focuses on other things besides basketball. That impressed me."
Hometown: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
High School: Central Dauphin HS / Coach Bill Wolf
AAU: Mid-Penn Motion / Coach Tina K. Thomas
Highlights: Mid-Penn Conference Player of the Year and First Team All Conference 2007-2008 and 2008-2009; P.I.A.A. All District 3 and 1st Team All State 2008-2008 and 2008-2009; Led the 2009 Commonwealth Division Champions and P.I.A.A. District 3 Champions (AAAA) with 19.5 points per game and 12.8 rebounds per game; Rated the #4 Wing/Forward in the Nation.
Also considered: Notre Dame, Penn State
Coach B on Thomas: "Alyssa committed to us a year ago on the weekend of Maryland Madness. From the very first time I saw her in a lay-up line, I knew she had `it'. She can legitimately play positions 1-4 and has done so for both her high school and AAU teams. As for what she does on the court, she's probably the closest thing I've ever seen to a female LeBron James. By that I mean her combination of size, strength, speed, vision, versatility, IQ, instincts and the ability to contribute in every single statistical category is really rare.
"This past summer, I didn't see a better player in the country. She is a terrific decision maker on the court and makes her teammates better. She is a big-time competitor who has a level of toughness that our fans are going to love. She's a terrific passer and a monster on the boards. To give you an idea of how many different things she can do, her high school team sometimes calls her `Magic', as in Magic Johnson.
"Like Magic, she's got a great smile and in addition to that, she's humble, she's a good student, great sense of humor and she's really family-oriented. As a sophomore, she led her Central Dauphin High School team to a state title in Pennsylvania's largest classification, which is very hard to do. There's not a doubt in my mind that Alyssa's going to make a major impact on our program."
Coach Wolf on Thomas: "Alyssa has made an excellent choice with her decision to attend the University of Maryland. She will have the opportunity to play basketball in one of the top programs in the country, and for Coach Frese and her staff who stress the importance of team and have created a `family-like' atmosphere for their players. Family and team are important to Alyssa, and she is looking forward to being part of the University of Maryland basketball family. Alyssa is multi-talented player who could play any one of 5 different positions for us and still be the best player on the court. She has both an inside and outside game, and is outstanding in the open court. She compares favorably to an `athletic Magic Johnson' and is a relentless rebounder. To her credit, however, Alyssa's greatest strength is that she makes those teammates who play with her, better."
Alyssa on why she chose Maryland: "I chose Maryland because I felt the most at home. The players and coaches are very much a family and I thought this would be the best fit for me academically and athletically."


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The Classic Nog inspired me to create an easy, coconut creme brulee recipe. You don't even need to buy a fancy creme brulee torch [though you're certainly welcome to use one if you have one]; you "burn" the sugar topping by placing the gelled brulees under the broiler for a few minutes. [Brulée means "burnt" in French, in case you were wondering]
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Sophomore St. Thomas cornerback Jack Gavin battles
Gustavus receiver Cody Sukalski for a ball in the Tommies' 43-6
St. Thomas became the second team to clinch a bid in the 2010 Division III football playoffs, while Montclair State lost, seemingly clinching the East Region's fate for another year of not being able to produce a team worthy of a No. 1 seed.
No. 4 St. Thomas is the second team to clinch an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. The Tommies rolled over Gustavus Adolphus 43-6, holding the Gusties to 197 total yards and 2-for-13 on third down.
Will the East still get a No. 1 seed? Montclair State lost at Cortland 10-9 to end the region's last unbeaten run, at least among those with a representative schedule. Moravian threw the Centennial Conference wide open by upsetting No. 24 Ursinus 24-17. The Bears slip into a three-way tie for first with Muhlenberg and Johns Hopkins, each of whom won.
No. 20 Alfred couldn't follow up on last weekend's win against St. John Fisher as the Saxons fell to Rochester 24-14. It's Rochester's second win of the season. No. 13 Wartburg held off Luther 24-18 to set up next week's big game against No. 18 Central.
No. 11 Ohio Northern remained in prime position for a Pool C (at-large) playoff bid, rolling past Marietta 45-6. No. 21 Hampden-Sydney won its 18th consecutive regular season game, beating Guilford 49-20.
No. 5 North Central scored 37 unanswered points and held Elmhurst to minus-34 yards rushing as the Cards crushed the Bluejays 47-13. That sets up a de facto title game between North Central and No. 17 Wheaton, which edged Augustana 20-14.
The Purple Powers passed tests in close games on Saturday, as No. 1 UW-Whitewater locked down the UW-Stevens Point rushing game en route to a 27-14 win and No. 2 Mount Union got 174 rushing yards and three touchdowns by Jeremy Murray in a 28-10 win at Otterbein.


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The Roanoke Town Council voted to have a second reading of an ordinance that would raise the town's water utility rates at its Tuesday, April 2 meeting.
The ordinance, 2013-2, would increase rates by 30 percent, with an additional increase to come in early 2014.
The rise is to help bring the town into compliance with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and finance such things as another water tower, a well and an iron filter.
The reason for a partial rate increase now with another next year pertains to the town's water bond, says Council President Dave Tucker.
"We started this about a year ago, working up numbers... at that time, we started talking about numbers, like 70-72 percent increase, but we're not going to be able to finalize those numbers until after the first of the year, 'til our bond comes in and we know some solid numbers," Tucker says.
"So, we opted to go with a partial now so we can start getting revenue at the low end to help pay for some of (those) bond payments now instead of waiting 'til the first of the year, which would be another year out."
Council voted to spend additional money on a sewer project when it came to light that an error had been made in totaling up the entire cost of the project. Instead of $150,000, council will now spend $184,407.
In other business:
• Clerk-Treasurer JoAnne Kirchner said that the former Town Court building has been cleaned out and is nearly ready to serve as the new home of the Town Hall and Police Department.
• Town Marshal Jim Wood stated that he was in the process of cleaning out his office so the town's Parks Department could move in.
• Tucker reported that he has a tenant to lease the space formerly occupied by the Roanoke Public Library for two months.


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Middle schools typically house and enroll students in 6-8th grade only. A handful of schools enroll students in 6-12th grade, and one school on the Upper West Side offers a successful program educating students in 5th to 8th grade.
Middle School applicants may be eligible to apply to a wider range of middle school options both within their district and outside of their district.
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Bulldogs Rally to Take Second-Half Lead, But Cannot Secure Victory
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The Yale University women's basketball team held a 55-52 lead with 7:22 left, but it could not hold on for the victory as Sacred Heart used a late 13-2 run to pull away with the 67-62 win at the William H. Pitt Center Wednesday night.
Junior guard Janna Graf scored 18 points to lead the Bulldogs (3-9), but she was the only Yale player to score in double figures. Sophomore guard Sarah Halejian was held to nine points. It was the first time this season that Halejian failed to score in double figures.
Senior captain Allie Messimer scored six of her nine points in the second half to help the Bulldogs rally from a nine-point deficit in the second half.
Gabrielle Washington scored 12 of her game-high 22 points in the first half to lead Sacred Heart (8-4). Morgan Merriman scored 17 points, while Kiley Evans added 11 points.
Yale trailed 47-38 at the 14:40 mark, but staged a stunning comeback that turned that deficit into a 55-52 lead just 6:18 later. The rally started with a 10-2 run that pulled the Bulldogs to within a point, 49-48, with 11:35 to play. Messimer scored five of her six second-half points in the run.
The teams traded points until junior center Zenab Keita scored on back-to-back layups to put Yale on top 55-52. It was Yale's only lead of the game.
Sacred Heart responded with a 13-2 run that turned Yale's 55-52 lead into a 65-57 deficit with 41 seconds left. The run allowed Sacred Heart to secure its 11th straight win over Yale.
Yale trailed by as many as 15 points (23-8) in the first half but closed the opening period with an 11-2 run to valiantly climb back into contention. What looked to be a potential blowout early on turned into a 37-32 deficit at the halftime break. Yale struggled to make shots in the opening half, shooting just 12-of-41 (29.3 percent).
Graf led the Bulldogs in the opening half, scoring 11 of her points on 4-of-8 shooting, and a near-perfect 3-of-4 from 3-point range. Halejian scored seven of her points in the first half, while freshman Whitney Wyckoff scored six first-half points to surpass her previous personal-best of five points set against Georgetown on Dec. 28.
Yale made its push at the end of the first half thanks to clutch 3-point shooting. The Bulldogs shot 7-for-18 (38.9 percent) in the first 20 minutes to pull back into contention. However, what was the key to Yale's success late in the first half turned out to be a big reason for its second-half slide. In the second half, Yale shot 3-for-12 (25.0 percent).
Sacred Heart was 10-for-12 from the free-throw line, including an 8-for-10 showing in the second half, which helped the Pioneers turn the game in their favor late. Yale only went to the foul line four times, shooting 2-for-4.
Yale outrebounded Sacred Heart 42-41 and turned the ball over only 13 times.
Yale returns home on Saturday to take on Bucknell at 4 p.m.
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Over the past 11 days, the Cayman Islands have seen the best and brightest young talent from around the CONCACAF zone challenging for three spots at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014.
USA and Mexico claimed the first two berths on Friday and were joined last night by Costa Rica, who triumphed 7-3 over Trinidad and Tobago in a thrilling third-place play-off. The US, meanwhile, retained the continental title by beating Mexico 4-0 in the final.
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USA, Mexico dominate group phase
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica and USA contested Group A, and the tone was set on matchday one when the Stars and Stripes put six past Las Ticas to take an early lead in the section. Costa Rica were the next side to display their offensive prowess with a 5-1 win over Guatemala, though USA kept pace with a 3-0 victory over Jamaica, securing a spot in the semi-finals with one group stage match to spare.
Costa Rica, Guatemala and Jamaica were all in the hunt for the second semi-final berth on the last day of group play and suspense was high after Jamaica and Costa Rica battled to a 1-1 draw, meaning Guatemala had a chance to sneak through on goal difference - albeit by causing an upset against USA. The Americans were too strong, though, and claimed top spot with a 10-0 win, with Costa Rica scraping home in second with four points.
Group B was more straightforward as Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago dominated a section that also included Honduras and tournament hosts Cayman Islands.
El Tri scored 16 goals in their first two matches, winning 6-0 against Cayman Islands and 10-1 against Honduras, while Trinidad and Tobago saw off Honduras 2-0 and the hosts 4-0, leaving the two undefeated sides to play off for top spot. T&T held firm for the first 30 minutes but Mexico pulled ahead in the 33rd minute and never looked back en route to a 3-0 win.
Qualifying spots decided
With a spot at Canada 2014 up for grabs for the winner of each semi-final, all four teams came out fighting but it was USA and Mexico, the two traditional powerhouses, who again prevailed.
Costa Rica opened the scoring against in the 17th minute against Mexico through Jazmin Villalobos, but parity was restored 15 minutes later. Fabiola Ibarra's second-half free kick then put El Tri ahead before Jessica Valadez sealed a 3-1 victory.
USA, for their part, scored early and often in their 6-0 rout of Trinidad and Tobago to reach the final. McKenzie Meehan and Stephanie Amack both scored twice as the Americans continued their impressive unbeaten run through the tournament.
With the first two berths at Canada 2014 now decided, a third-place match between Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago was needed to determine the third. And what a game it was.
Trinidad and Tobago went ahead 2-0 early on and looked to be in control, but Costa Rica managed to pull one back through Daphe Monge in the 34th minute. Indeed, while T&T re-established their two-goal lead just before the break through Khadisha Debesette, Las Ticas continually fought back and found another two goals to level the match at 3-3 and force extra time.
By this point, momentum had swung decisively in the favour of the Central Americans, who fired in four goals over the ensuing 30 minutes to win 7-3 and secure the final qualifying spot.
USA remain unbeaten
In the final, Andi Sullivan put USA ahead as early as the ninth minute, giving every indication that the Americans would again be scoring at will. However, Mexico held strong and kept the game close for nearly an hour until the US doubled their lead through Savannah Jordan.
The holders scored again in the 68th minute and Mexico conceded an unfortunate own-goal three minutes into second-half stoppage time to seal a 4-0 victory. The victory secured a third consecutive and fourth overall CONCACAF U-20 Women's championship for USA. Having gone unbeaten throughout the entire competition – not to mention the previous two editions – the Stars and Stripes are now undefeated in 15 qualifying matches.
USA, Mexico, Costa Rica and hosts Canada will now begin stepping up their preparations for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which takes place between 5 and 24 August.


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Installing "Lion Attacking a Horse" at the Getty Villa [03:25]
Go behind the scenes with the installation of this three-and-a-half-ton Greek sculpture at the Getty Villa in Malibu. On loan to the Villa through January 20...
2013 RF Racing Website video [01:25]
Welcome to RF Racing Ltd's 2013 video A glimpse behind the scenes at Musley Bank Stables, home to one of the leading racehorse trainers in the UK -- Richard Fahey. The footage in this short video was kindly provided by Racing UK; Colin Bone implemented the edit while Sal Smithson produced and directed. Enjoy!
Behind The Scenes: Mucho Macho Man [04:42]
Go behind the scenes at the Woodward Stakes (G1) with the connections of Mucho Macho Man. Experience the drama unfold from his final workout through his determined, close runner-up finish to To Honor and Serve.
Behind The Scenes: Corey Nakatani [00:39]
Jockey Corey Nakatani visits the Racing 101 tent in between races on Haskell day at Monmouth Park and discusses how he got into the sport of horse racing.
The People`s Horse Cheltenham October 2012 [00:52]
Gud Day is The People`s Horse. Take a look behind the scenes as "Skippy" races at The Showcase.


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Submission + - TRIM Makes Data Recovery on SSD's Impossible (techgage.com) 1
Deathspawner writes: Solid-state drives may offer unparalleled responsiveness to a PC, but without the help of the ATA command TRIM, performance can be severely degraded over time. On the surface, TRIM may look like an absolute blessing, but there's one downside (or upside, depending on how you look at things) that hasn't been looked into much, if at all. Thanks to how TRIM purges the data when a file is deleted or the drive is formatted, typical data recoveries are impossible, and due to the absolute effectiveness of the command, even forensic recovery can hit a brick wall.


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Garden Talk: July 12, 2012
From NGA Editors
South Pacific Canna
It's not too early to begin planning next year's garden, so canna enthusiasts and those looking to add tropical flair to their gardens will be pleased to see the announcement of one of the 2013 All-America Selection (AAS) Flower Award winners.
The boldly colored Canna 'South Pacific' will be an eye-catching addition to any garden. With its 4-inch, bright scarlet flowers atop a 4 to 5 feet plant, it makes a real statement whether used as focal point, the backdrop to a border, or even in a large container.
Bred by Takii & Co. Ltd, 'South Pacific' is the first F1 hybrid from seed and wowed the AAS judges with its robust nature and prolific blooms. It produces six to seven stems per plant, with larger flowers than other seed-grown cannas. 'South Pacific' flowers early, continues blooming consistently all summer long, and even withstands a light frost.
Like all cannas, it does best in moist, even wet, soil and makes a stunning pond-side planting. Plants in full sun will produce the best floral show. Cannas are perennials hardy to Zone 8. Gardeners in colder zones can dig the rhizomes before frost in the fall and store them over the winter for planting again the following spring.
For more information on 'South Pacific' canna, go to: AAS.
Seed Saving and Starting
Are you interested in developing a tomato that is bred to thrive in the particular conditions found in your own home garden by selecting and saving seeds each year? Maybe you'd like to save seeds as a way to stretch your gardening budget. Perhaps you'd just like to delve a little deeper into growing a wide array of plants from seed. Whatever your area of interest, you're likely to find some helpful information in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Seed Saving & Starting by Sheri Ann Richardson (Alpha Books, 2012, $18.95).
Richardson starts by explaining the differences between open-pollinated and hybrid seeds and how that relates to seed saving, and clarifies terms such as heirloom seeds and GMOs. She then goes on to cover the ins and outs of seed saving; how to identify when seeds are mature, how to harvest them, prepare them for storage, and store them to maintain their viability.
Of course, the whole point to saving seeds is to grow them later! You'll find information on germinating and testing your seeds, special techniques some seeds need in order to sprout, and advice on sowing seeds both indoors and directly in the garden. If you are interested in creating new varieties through your own breeding program, Richardson tells you how to do this. There is also a helpful seed directory with specific seed harvesting, germinating, and sowing information for a wide range of flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs, even grains.
For more about this book, go to: The Complete Idiot's Guide.
Conserving Bumblebees
We hear a lot these days about colony collapse disorder and the problems facing honeybees. But many folks are not aware that our native bees are struggling as well. The nearly fifty species of bumble bees in North America are important pollinators of a wide variety of flowering plants, including crops such as tomatoes, blueberries, cranberries, and clover. Unfortunately, their numbers are declining, due to a number of factors such as the introduction of non-native pathogens, pesticide use, climate change, and loss of habitat.
Individual gardeners and landowners may not be able to address all these bumble bee threats, but they can take steps to provide the high-quality habitat bees need for survival, habitat that provides plants for nectar and pollen and sites for nesting and overwintering. To help this happen, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has put together a helpful online publication (also available in a print copy). Conserving Bumble Bees: Guidelines for Creating and Managing Habitat for America's Declining Pollinators begins with an overview of the important role bumble bees play as pollinators and their natural history. It then outlines the various threats to bumble bee survival, including habitat fragmentation, harmful grazing practices, pesticide use, imported pests and diseases, competition with honey bees, and climate change.
Next come suggestions for ways in which gardeners and landowners can help. One way is by choosing native plants. These are plants with which the bees co-evolved and which they know how to use. And well-chosen native plants that are adapted to their site are likely to need less supplemental water, fertilizer, and pesticides to thrive. When planting horticultural varieties of flowers, the publication suggests using heirloom varieties, since the breeding of modern hybrids has often resulted in reduced amounts or a decrease in the nutritive value of pollen and nectar. Choose perennials over annuals, as they provide higher quality nectar, and select plants with flowers in the purples, blues, and yellows that bumble bees prefer.
To read more about the problems facing bumble bees and additional strategies for helping them; order a print copy of Conserving Bumble Bees; and find out more about the Xerces Society, go to: Xerces Society.
Unraveling the Mysteries of Tomato Genetics
After years of work by scientists from around the world, the Tomato Genome Consortium announced that the full genome of the tomato has been decoded, specifically that of the variety 'Heinz 1706', as well as that of its wild relative Solanum pimpinellifolium.
Knowledge of the sequence of the tomato's 35,000 genes arranged on 12 chromosomes will help plant breeders develop varieties with improved yields, nutrition, disease resistance, and taste. Although unraveling the gene sequence of this first tomato variety cost millions of dollars, according to James Giovannoni of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (located on the Cornell University campus), one of the researchers who participated in the project, this groundwork will enable breeders and seed companies to sequence the genomes of other varieties at a much more reasonable cost.
The research into tomato genetics is expected to have benefits beyond the realm of tomatoes, however. Crops as diverse as strawberries, apples, melons, and bananas share characteristics such as the pathways involved in fruit ripening. ″Now we can start asking a lot more interesting questions about fruit biology, disease resistance, root development and nutritional qualities,″ Giovannoni notes.
To read more about the sequencing of the tomato genome, go to: Cornell Chronicle.


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I could really use some guidance in configuring my home network which consists of two pc's running WinXP Pro SP3 and now two machines running Sabayon X86-64 KDE.
I've edited the Samba config file to contain my proper home network name and on this fresh install that's about all I've done to it.
I can see and browse my windows machines no problem but I can not see the other Linux PC from this Linux box and I can't see either Linux PC from the WinXP Pro PC's.
I have this feeling that I'm missing something simple that will make the Linux PC's visible on this network.
Some sort of folder permissions perhaps?
I've even followed a Samba tutorial and created my own config file on the other machine after which I managed to get the printer to work but still did not make the unit visible to the windows machines.
I need the sort of guidance one gives a complete noob as all I've ever really used to set up my home network is the setup wizard which is kind of hard to mess up.
I'm using a cable modem/router and Dynamic IP addresses. Static addresses is simply not something I'm willing to consider.
Security is also not much of a big deal as I'm the only user and for the most part these are distributed computing machines except for one.
Not sure what other info would be useful so if there's something just ask and I'll attempt to provide it.


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Elizabeth 'Betty' (Gouthro) Currie
Lieu de naissance : Glace Bay
Date de naissance : 25 août 1926
Date de décès : 19 janvier 2013
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth 'Betty' Grace Gouthro Currie, 86, on Jan. 19, 2013, at the Orchard Court Nursing Home in Kentville, N.S., where she has resided for the last few years.
Born in Glace Bay on Aug. 25, 1926, Betty was the daughter (twin of 'Buddy') of the late Joseph and Mary Jane (Bates) Gouthro of Glace Bay. Betty is the last surviving of their 18 children.
Betty was predeceased by her husband, John 'Johnnie' Gregory Currie in 1980.
Betty is survived by her children, Greg (Debbie), Ottawa, Cheryl Peters (Fred), Windsor, Gerard (Brenda), Trenton, Gloria Kean (Jeff), Kentville. Betty is also survived by her grandchildren, Jason (Sylvianne) and Jennifer Currie, Ottawa, Tracy Walker (Shaun) and John (Adrienne) Peters, Windsor, Rochelle Semrau (Isaac), Trenton, and Deanna Currie (Ryan), Edmonton, and Emma and Matthew Kean, Kentville; and great-grandsons, Graham Peters and Cooper Semrau.
The family would like to thank the Orchard Court staff for their kindness and care shown to Betty while she resided there.
Visitation for the late Betty Currie will be held at the Curry's Funeral Home, 775 Main St., Glace Bay on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 9-10:30 a.m. Funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at 11 a.m. in St. Leo's Church, Sterling Road, Glace Bay. Interment will take place in St. Anne's Cemetery, Wallace Road, Glace Bay.
Donations in memory of Betty may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Alzheimer's Society or a charity of choice.


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School Sports
Saltillo Lions are Area Finalists
- Details
- Category: Sports News
- Published on 03 March 2014
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Tucker Johnson shoots for the Saltillo Lions basketball team. The group lost in the Area playoff round to the Bellevue Eagles on Friday, February 21 in McKinney 58-42.
The Lions had trouble getting the ball into the basket. All the shots they easily made during the warm up period glanced off the rim during the game. See the February 27 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for details from the game.


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February 12, 2013
As if you weren't paranoid enough about your Facebook privacy settings, now your every social-media move can be mined for the purposes of actual spying. The Guardian has lifted the veil on RIOT, an as-yet-unsold program from defense contractor Raytheon that looks through Facebook, Twitter, Gowalla, and Foursquare to find out where a person lives and hangs out, to discover what he or she looks like, and even to predict what he or she will do in the future.
Read more at The Atlantic Wire.
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Joann Coghill wishes school board members could be Realtors for a day to see how the highly rated schools in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 draw homebuyers to the area.
Coghill, a school board member and co-owner of Keller Williams Premiere Properties, often sees firsthand the impact of the schools on real estate and enjoys talking about it.
Listing sheetPrice range: $425,000 to $700,000
Age of homes: 11 to 15 years
Schools: Pleasant Hill Elementary, Monroe Middle and Wheaton North High schools in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200
Parks: Carol Stream Park District
Twelve years ago, the excellent school district with award-winning Pleasant Hill School within walking distance attracted Mary and John Lamberts to the Klein Creek subdivision in Winfield.
The schools are wonderful, there are a lot of kids in the neighborhood and it's a great place to raise children, Mary Lamberts said.
Klein Creek Golf Course, carved from 230 acres of rolling prairie, is the centerpiece of the development and also a big selling point. The subdivision is situated just south of St. Charles Road both east and west of Pleasant Hill Road.
Klein Creek features semi-custom homes on quarter-acre sites built by to two homebuilders, R. Russell Builders and R.A. Faganel Builders. Houses sit along short streets and in cul-de-sacs that lend a private feel to the neighborhood, Coghill said.
"Both very good builders, Russell features traditional designs with extensive trim work while Faganel constructed more contemporary floor plans," Coghill said.
Extensive exterior brickwork and a variety of architectural styles create interest and contribute to the curb appeal of the subdivision.
"Homes are new enough that they feel modern and were built at the time that builders began putting in 9-foot (tall) ceilings and 42-inch kitchen cabinetry," Coghill said.
They have energy-efficient features, large kitchens with islands that a lot of people have upgraded with granite and stainless steel appliances, master suites with volume ceilings and nice luxury baths with whirlpools and walk-in closets, Coghill said.
Homes also show stained or white trim, and most have finished basements while homes on certain streets have walkout basements.
For the Lamberts, their three-car garage holds John's motorcycle and the kids' bikes. A first-floor den was also an important feature in their new home, although now 12 years later, everyone has a laptop and sits at the island or elsewhere, Lamberts said.
"We really like the larger floor plan with 9-foot ceilings, which are attractive and give the home a spacious feel."
Klein Creek also features a section of upscale townhouses with two and three bedrooms.
Friendly neighbors make the neighborhood a pleasant place to live. "Our immediate neighbors are very sweet, and the two little girls across the street come with me to walk the dog," Lamberts said. "When our kids were growing up, we did a lot of things with their friends' parents; we still see them, but not as much now."
For fun and recreation, a tot lot right in the neighborhood is a popular spot for families with young children. Also, Winfield offers a bounty of parks and forest preserves along with several sports fields, picnic areas and the Winfield Riverwalk.
Klein Creek sits between the Prairie Path and the Great Western Trail and is near the Cosley Animal Park, which is great for kids, Coghill said.
Residents also like that Coghill hosts and advertises an annual garage sale in the subdivision that has been a big hit.
The subdivision has easy access to shopping in Winfield and neighboring downtowns and strip malls along with Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale.
Situated just south of North Avenue, residents have a short ride to Route 355 for traveling north or south. And commuters can board Metra on High Lake Road in Winfield.


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Central College junior Ethan Miller has received the league's athlete of the week honor for the third time this season.
Teammates Kurtis Brondyke and Jill Ziskovsky picked up men's and women's special mention track and field athlete of the week honors.
The three athletes swept the men's and women's pentathlon titles at the conference indoor track and field championships at H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse Friday and Saturday. Miller and Brondyke shared the men's title, posting 3,475 points while Ziskovsky set a new meet record on the women's side with 3,354 points.
It's the fifth time Miller has earned league honors. He was noted Feb. 7 and 14 after being recognized twice last year. He is a two-year all-American and was named the league's indoor MVP last year and was co-MVP with Brondyke in the 2010 outdoor season.
Brondyke is a three-year all-American. It's the eighth time he has been cited as the league's track and field performer of the week, but the first time he's been recognized this season.
A two-year all-American, this is the third time Ziskovsky has been recognized as the league's field athlete of the week. She was selected Feb. 14 and noted last year on Feb. 13.
The men's squad brought home its second straight conference title, scoring 212.16 points, almost 30 points ahead of runner-up Wartburg (183). The women's squad recorded its best indoor finish in school history, taking second with 118.5 points behind team champion Wartburg (251).
Central will take a limited squad to the Iowa State Last Chance Open Saturday in Ames before competing at the NCAA Division III Championships March 11-12 at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.


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Saracens slaughtered Clermont Auvergne with a 46-6 thrashing at Twickenham to book their place in the Heineken Cup Final.
Saracens slaughtered Clermont Auvergne with a 46-6 thrashing at Twickenham to book their place in the Heineken Cup Final on Saturday.
Six tries and a brickwall defensive effort confirmed Saracens' path to their first major European final in some style after some early controversy.
Much of the talk centred initially around the refereeing decisions by Nigel Owens over the Penalty Try for Saracens and no-try for Clermont in the first half, but Saracens for the most part made their own luck through uncompromising defence and an astute kicking game, along with taking their chances when they came.
Clermont simply were stunned by the opening flurry of tries and never found their grip in the contest, their best attacking efforts coming to nothing. By the end they had been completely humbled, giving up long before the final whistle.
Farce might be unkind with regards to the crowd, but if it hadn't been for the initial best efforts Clermont's faithful to create some noise you'd have thought this supposedly stellar clash was being played in the park.
On this basis neutral venues will have to end, because there were fewer fans here than in some of group stage games. A three-tier stadium with the middle and top areas sparse is hardly befitting of a game this important. The official attendance was 25,942.
It mattered to Saracens and Clermont for different reasons. Les Jaunards somehow lost last year's final to Toulon despite being the better side. For Saracens, a first Heineken Cup final would mark another notch in their quest to become a European juggernaut.
The early exchanges were not friendly. Billy Vunipola chewed up and then spat out Julien Bonnaire with a run to prove that while there may be respect between these two for the moment it was on hold.
It was a record-equalling day for Chris Ashton. He may not be England's choice anymore but the Saracen has scored tries this season for his club, in the process joining in on Sébastien Carrat's record of ten in the competition for Brive in 1996/1997.
Clermont fired back with a penalty from Parra but then threw themselves to the dogs when their scrum-half was caught out with the ball near to his own line.
The French side rallied but passing across their own goal area were charged down by Mako Vunipola. As Marcelo Bosch leapt for the ball as it dropped to earth, Brock James was adjudged to deliberately knock the ball dead and was sent to the bin for his troubles.
The damage was not done, as referee Nigel Owens ran under the sticks to award the Penalty Try. It was a brutally harsh call – how anyone was meant to get to the ball to score in the split second that James knocked it out of play is a mystery – and it left Clermont looking down the barrel trailing 14-3.
Clermont though were blessed with time, even down to 14 men. Jamie Cudmore set the tone with a rambling carry deep into Saracens territory and with points on offer from a penalty they opted for the corner.
It was an early gamble that did not pay off – a crossing penalty ruling out a try for Benson Stanley. Parra did add a second penalty not long after to cut the deficit to eight points.
You just sensed though that it was Saracens day. As Alex Goode released Ashton with a perfectly timed pass, once adjudged as not being forward by the TMO, the winger found Farrell on his inside.
The floated pass bounced forward off his knee before the England fly-half chased up to score. Clermont 21-6 down before the first half had even finished.
A fourth try would have surely killed Clermont off for good, but in another rampaging burst when their big runners – Brits in particular – continued to make ground, Saracens settled for a penalty. It handed them an astonishing lead by the break, 18 points ahead and seemingly destined for Cardiff.
Clermont simply had to score first after the interval but Saracens were sharper – ruthless even, as Farrell's kick pinned Sivivatu into a corner he didn't want to be anywhere near. Clermont's breakdown defence avoided any further damage.
The French giant needed a momentous line break from one of their talented flock, but Billy Vunipola was the only one doing that. The England number eight flew up the middle of the field, only for Neil de Kock to lose the ball forward stretching for a pass.
If Clermont could not panic and find some territory then perhaps they still had a sniff, but the passing within their own 22 suggested otherwise. For every Sivivatu carry there was a double tackle to quell the threat.
The cries of "Bosch, Bosch, Bosch" from the crowd handed Clermont a hint of what was coming next, when after winning a penalty at the scrum the Argentina centre landed a kick from halfway.
The result was sewn up but a fitting footnote was Ashton breaking the European record. After Farrell pickpocketed Sivivatu the winger hacked on and won the race to the ball for his 11th of the season in Europe.
Was it a case of greater desire? Maybe. Saracens' loss to Toulon here this time a year ago was agonising and today they made no mistakes. Their conditioning department also deserve some credit because when the 70-minute mark crept up Saracens were not letting up one bit.
There was time for a sixth and seventh try – Saracens flying up the touchline and making the space down the left for replacement Chris Wyles to go over in the left corner, before Tim Streather then did the same on the opposite side.
Jacques Burger was unsurprisingly Man of the Match – producing a stunning 22 tackles in what was truly by the end a stunning performance from the English side. Clermont will not forget it in a hurry. For Saracens, Toulon or Munster await.
The scorers:
For Saracens:
Tries: Ashton 2, Penalty Try, Farrell, Wyles, Streather
Cons: Goode 5
Pens: Goode, Bosch
For Clermont:
Pens: Parra 2
Yellow Card: James
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 David Strettle, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Billy Vunipola , 7 Jacques Burger, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Steve Borthwick (c), 3 James Johnston, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Mako Vunipola.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Matt Stevens, 19 Alistair Hargreaves, 20 Jackson Wray, 21 Richard Wiggleworth, 22 Tim Streather, 23 Chris Wyles
Clermont: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Naipolioni Nalaga, 10 Brock James, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Fritz Lee, 7 Damien Chouly, 6 Julien Bonnaire (c), 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Thomas Domingo
Replacements: 16 Ti'i Paulo, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Clément Ric, 19 Julien Piere, 20 Gerhard Vosloo, 21 Thierry Lacrampe, 22 Mike Delany, 23 Noa Nakaitaci.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland); Leighton Hodges (


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DarkMuse wrote:I haven't heard anything since the Coffee Bean place. Hmm. Ya know if I worked there and saw him walk in the door I'd be yelling "MINE! I CALL DIBS ON ROB!" Lol. And of course he'd walk right back out because then he'd be all pissy. Lol. "Stupid beyotch just had to recognize me, didn't she?" Hahaha.
Yay #6! Woohoo! I'm excited for no reason other than I get to go to sleep now. *does Napoleon Dynamite 'yessssss' hand gesture*
Peace and I'm out!
EDIT: and by I'm out, I mean I'm logging off the board now so I can go to bed. I don't mean I'm out like I'm gay or I'm out like I give up on Robnapping. Holy hell there's no way of stopping me from the Robnapping. Yeah I'm rambling. I'm tired! Ok bye for now.
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next week.
what if he is at the globes? Hahaha. We could
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In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either. - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
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If this isn't just lip service, its pretty dumb. If you ask 100 people who have seen both Votto and Alonso play which one would even have a chance of being a solid left fielder, 100 would say Votto. I get that Votto is established and very good, but this is a move that seems built around making a player happy rather than the team better. The team would absolutely 100% be better if Votto were in LF and Alonso at 1B rather than Alonso in LF and Votto at 1B.
But of course they aren't. Heisey has a shot at LF (should be CF, but that's another argument) Frazier has a shot. Francisco has a shot, longer maybe, but its there. Wlad has a shot.
The best combo isn't necessarily Votto/Alonso. And Alonso's greatest value to the Reds might be as trade bait.
"There was like a softness to it, a glow to it. I felt... I felt warm."
-- Joseph Daniel Votto 7/10/2017
Alonso trying to find a spot
By C. Trent Rosecrans, CNATI.com Posted March 1, 2010 12:14 PM ET
GOODYEAR, Ariz. - Yonder Alonso hears the talk, how could he not? Even without the talk, it makes sense. The Reds have a franchise first baseman who is young and getting better every season in Joey Votto, and Alonso plays the same position.
Picked by the Reds with the seventh overall selection in the 2008 draft, Alonso's bat is nearing big-league ready, but he just needs a place to play. That could come from a change of team or a change of position.
"I don't want to get traded, I really like it here," Alonso said.
Alonso played in Class A Sarasota last season and in Class AA Carolina before missing two months with a broken right hamate bone and then played in the Arizona Fall League. Baseball America rated him the Reds' second-best prospect coming into the 2010 season. Bottom line is, he's got to play. It just doesn't appear it'll be at first base.
So Alonso's trying his hand elsewhere. On his own, he's been working in the outfield. He's also gone back to work on third base, a position he played in college, and he even caught bullpens last season ("I sucked," he notes. "I was terrible.")
"I've got to make sure I prepare, look at all the field, right, left, third, first, anything. I can also catch and just hope for the best," Alonso said.
Reds manager Dusty Baker said he noticed Alonso working in leftfield on his own on Sunday.
"I know he can hit," Baker said.
Alonso will likely get his chance to show that in the exhibition games. He and Votto are the only players who are primarily first basemen in camp, although several others can and have played first. Danny Dorn plays first too, but is listed as an outfield. Baker also said the team would employ a designated hitter for much of spring in order to get more players at-bats.
Regardless, Alonso said he knows he'll get his chance and isn't frustrated at having to find a way around Votto, who is unlikely to move positions now that he has established himself as a good defensive first baseman.
"It's not frustrating, because I look at it as a challenge for me," Alonso said. "I look at (Votto) and try to learn as much as I can. I talk to Scott Rolen about what I can do. I talk to Jay Bruce. You'll see me talking to everyone, trying to learn. So far it's worked out good. I'm getting positive feedback. I'm happy. As long as I hit, I guess."
Because Alonso can hit, the Reds will find a place for him - until then, he'll be saddled with the questions, which is the worst part.
"It comes with it," Alonso said. "We've got an All-Star at first base and you have someone coming up that's young, 22, and it's just part of it. I've got to make sure I'm prepared and do my part, and everyone's going to do their part and win."
Baker noted that it's hardly unprecedented, either.
"I remember coming up as a kid when they had Willie McCovy and Orlando Cepeda on the same team and they ended up moving one to the outfield. You remember when the Cincinnati Reds had Lee May and Tony Perez. They had a similar problem there, right?"
In the end, the Reds traded Lee May to Houston to alleviate that logjam and got a decent second baseman out of the deal.
You have to love Alonso's attitude. It sounds like he's willing to do anything to to reach the majors with the Reds. I'd love to have his bat in the lineup everyday along with Bruce and Votto, but I'm just not sure if we'll ever see that. I agree with some of the others, I think he may end up being trade bait, a la Matt LaPorta.
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I just hope we get a good SS, C, or LF in return. I'll settle for a starter if we're in the midst of a playoff run.
Again, not to beat a dead horse, but would you/they do the same thing if we were talking about Justin Smoak?
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Go BLUE!!!
Jocketty on Alonso
Posted by jfay March 1st, 2010, 2:28 pm
Walt Jocketty said the Reds plan to try Yonder Alonso at other positions.
Well play him at third and in left, Jocketty said. Well see how he plays there. I dont see Joey (Votto) moving.
If Alonso cant make the transition from first base to another position, a trade may be inevitable.
I dont want to speculate on that, Jocketty said. We drafted Alonso for his bat. Were going to try to find a place for him to play.
The Reds also have Juan Francisco and Todd Frazier is the mix for left and third.
We have a lot of good young players, Jocketty said. Its a good problem to have. But these things have there ways of working out.
Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
Again, I am amused by the bashers. Alonso is one the 2-3 best hitting prospects the Reds have had in the last 10 years or so and y'all can't even appreciate it. Pretty funny.
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A University of Massachusetts student was assaulted Tuesday as she walked toward the Sydney Street entrance of the JFK/UMass MBTA station in Dorchester, an area that neighbors have long said needs more surveillance.
The woman, whose identity was not released, told MBTA and UMass police that she was assaulted at about 12:30 p.m. while she walked through the parking area near the entrance to the Red Line station.
A law enforcement official with knowledge of the case said the woman was grabbed from behind by a white male, who pushed her up against a chain-link fence, then grabbed her chest and crotch.
The attacker was described as a man in his mid-20s, about 5-foot-10, with a heavy build and a scruffy brown beard. At the time, he was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, light-colored jeans, and sneakers, Transit Police said.
MBTA spokesman Joseph Pesaturo called the assault an "isolated event."
"There is nothing to suggest that an imminent threat exists in that area," he said. "There have been no other reports of indecent assaults at JFK/UMass Station this year."
The woman went to the campus counseling center to report the attack. Counselors then called UMass police, who along with MBTA police, interviewed the young woman, said DeWayne Lehman, a university spokesman.
The campus decided to alert students, faculty, and employees through an e-mail, he said. "Given the volume of students and faculty and staff that use that station we felt we should put out a timely warning."
State Representative Martin J. Walsh of Dorchester said residents have long complained that the area around the entrance, which is under the Interstate 93 overpass, needs better security. "It's a dark, dingy, unattractive place for the public," Walsh said.
Walsh said he has repeatedly asked the MBTA to install cameras around the entrance, but has been told that budget constraints stand in the way.
He said he is scheduled to meet with new MBTA general manager next Monday.
Pesaturo said the MBTA has received a federal Department of Homeland Security grant to cover the estimated $3.2 million cost of installing hundreds of cameras at six Red Line stations, including JFK/UMass.
"The MBTA will be soliciting bids soon," he said. "Transit Police are working in partnership with Boston Police to address the neighborhood's concerns. Also, the area is better illuminated at night after the MBTA made lighting improvements over the past couple of years."
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Ear Infections: A Frequent Child Malady
It's a common childhood complaint: an earache. Ear pain often heralds an ear infection — the leading reason children visit the doctor. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently updated its guidelines for managing ear infections. Arm yourself with the latest about this frequent child malady.
Inside an ear infection
The ear has three parts: the outer, middle, and inner ear. As you might suspect, the outer ear is everything you can see, plus the ear canal. The middle portion involves hearing; the inner part plays a vital role in balance.
Most ear infections attack the middle ear, specifically, the eustachian tube. It's a structure that links the middle ear to the back of the nose. It drains fluid from the ear. When bacteria from an illness infect the tube, it swells up and blocks fluid inside. The result: a buildup of pain-producing pressure. Children often develop an ear infection after a cold, the flu, or another respiratory ailment.
Besides pain, other common symptoms of an ear infection include fever, listlessness, and irritability. Your child may also have problems hearing, eating, or sleeping. Children too young to talk may cry or pull at the infected ear.
Signs suggest treatment
To diagnose an ear infection, your child's doctor will use an otoscope — an instrument with a lighted end. He or she will look at the ear drum for bulging or redness. The doctor may also test for fluid in the middle ear.
According to the latest AAP guidelines, treatment may include antibiotics. But your child's doctor may first suggest waiting two to three days to see if symptoms improve. Ear infections can go away by themselves. Plus, waiting can protect your child from possible medication side effects. It can also limit antibiotic resistance — when bacteria become immune to the healing power of antibiotics.
Your child's doctor may immediately recommend antibiotics if your child is younger than 6 months or has a severe ear infection. Medications such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen can help ease pain. If your child has reoccurring ear infections — more than four in a year — surgery may be best. Ear tubes implanted in the eardrum can help drain fluid from the middle ear.
The AAP counsels against using complementary and alternative medicine treatments for ear infections. These include plants like Echinacea and chamomile and even chiropractic, a health discipline that focuses on disorders of muscles, bones, and nerves, and the relationship of those disorders to overall health. Solid research on the effectiveness of these approaches is scarce. Always talk with your child's doctor first if you suspect an ear infection.
Watch this video for more about middle ear infections.
Averting Ear Infections
Experts say that 75% of children will suffer an ear infection before age 3. To lower your child's odds, follow these steps:
Keep your child up-to-date on vaccines. A yearly flu shot and the pneumococcal vaccine can prevent bacteria responsible for ear infections.
Avoid tobacco smoke. Children exposed to it tend to have more ear infections.
Put down the bottle. Studies have shown that breastfeeding for at least the first 6 months of a child's life can lower his or her future chances for ear infections.
Teach your child proper hand washing. It can help stop the spread of germs.
Online resources
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders


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Privately owned music services pioneer Omnifone boasted its first ever annual profit this morning. The company provides a platform for streaming services including that of Sony (Music Unlimited) and RIM (BBM Music) and operates in 28 markets. Omnifone was founded in 2003 and launched its first service, MusicStation, in 2007. It has notched up several firsts, including the first cloud streaming service and the first licensed scan-and-match service.
Omnifone says it will book a profit of £3.8m (EBITDA) in the year ending 30 April 2012, on revenue of around £29m – or £2.9m profit after tax. The company has soaked up some heavy losses in recent years. The company employs around 200 people, and CFO Matthew Bagley said the cost base was around £20m per year. Omnifone booked hefty losses over the past two years - around £16m in 2010 and £22m in 2011 - but is starting to see real revenue from its global deals. It now expects the investment in the platform – which totals £60m in five years – will start to pay off.
How so? While Omnifone says it's "98 per cent" ready to handle other media formats including video and books, and may make acquisitions, it expects most of the growth to come from the increasing popularity of music streaming. It's the fastest-growing part of the music market – but that's starting from a very low base. Only around 10 to 12 million people in the world currently subscribe to Spotify or a similar service.
Industry analyst Mark Mulligan is more skeptical. He doesn't think there's a mass market for £9.99 (or $9.99) subscription services.
"Spotify has got this artificial adrenaline shot from Facebook - but it's a market which will be saturated soon," he said. He added that there was more hope for bundling streaming services in with other products or services.
Omnifone CEO Jeff Hughes didn't think it was an insurmountable challenge. "We're saying the market is going to [go] from 12 million to 80 million subscribers globally in five years," Hughes insisted.
Some major areas have been overlooked. Digital streaming services have so far largely ignored car drivers, and digital radio has failed to sweep analogue radio aside. As a result, drivers are still listening to music on FM radio, their CDs, and cached music collections on iPhones and iPods. There's lots of opportunity there, and faster mobile networks can help.
Hughes said that publicity for Spotify gave Omnifone a lift – since Spotify's success validates the market – and others want in. ®


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Indeed. I was in Curry's yesterday and walked around all their HD TV's, playing HD sources. Talk about unimpressed! What is the point? I have a 22-year-old CRT TV and the picture quality on it is not even apparently lower than most of the LCD/Plasma screens I saw yesterday and those that were better had such a small advantage that I'd have to win one for it to be worth upgrading.
"Most people that have a good HDTV can tell a large difference in good HD content."
You mean, some people _think_ they can tell the difference (notably TV salesmen and people who've bought a HDTV).
Despite many agreeing with you, I cannot, because like so many things in consumer electronics, users are too often fooled into thinking they're assessing one thing when they're assessing another.
To begin, "good HD content" is already qualitative rather than quantitative. HDLite seems prevalent on DirecTV - please see http://www.stophdlite.com/ [stophdlite.com] and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Lite [wikipedia.org] (probably in that order). I'd consider it "good HD content" and appreciate it a lot compared to SD - but it's not highest quality HD, as might be found with the OTA ABC or CBS broadcasts. What we call HD Lite is more along the lines of what you get from good DV tape - which I'll admit might qualify as "good HD content" but isn't HD.
Next - and I'm going to contradict myself a little bit w.r.t. the above paragraph and I'm ok with that - comes native resolution of the TVs themselves. My DLP has a native res of 1280x720p. The sign at the store calls it a 1080i set - because it accepts and converts 1920x1080i to native (all HDTVs convert whatever to their native formats) - so you have to beware of marketing crap. I haven't looked at the latest models, but most plasmas sold to the date I'd checked last year were native of 1024x768, and LCDs are very often 1366(or so)x768 native res. On those models, you're not going to get 1-to-1 mapping of HD anything without processing inside the TV - so like it or not, further signal degradation occurs in the format changeover.
Next, not all HDTV inputs are created equally. See http://www.dbstalk.com/ [dbstalk.com] if you're a satellite TV user (or want to check my references) and you'll see plenty of newbie posts answered by very qualified TV engineers telling that no, they're not crazy, for their set / brand / production run, the component inputs are noticably better than their HDMI inputs or no, they're not crazy, for the same reasons, the HDMI inputs are noticably better than the component inputs.
Next, tuners. I have 3 ATSC tuners in my house, until recently, two were hooked to the same DLP HDTV - and just switching between the two caused guests - drinking beer and watching the game - to exclaim, "WTF did you just do?!?!?" So, even though the source could be qualified as "good HD content" the differences in h/w quality was easily observable by people with no vested interests in oooohs and aaaaahs of HDTV ownership.
Next, cabling. Yes, yes, yes, anyone paying too much for cables is an idiot. Try it. 'Nuff said. Now add in store cabling (have you ever worked in a consumer electronics store?) and you'll know all bets are off for controlling that part of your experiment.
Next, as you point out, color engines. Two HDTVs with same native resolutions? The one with the better color engine wins everytime - in fact, it's often been shown that given the choice between higher native res and color engine, spend the money on the better engine. My Helio Ocean phone with its 2 megapixel camera looking like crap (knew it before I bought it, didn't care) is an excellent proof point on this.
Next, SD upconverters built in to HDTVs all vary - and there are some very scary good ones. Ditto on set-top boxes.
Finally - the source material itself. Hitchhiker's Guide on HD (Lite) is better than on DVD - it's slight, but not subtle. I switched between the two without telling my wife what the switch was (to see if it was just my bias, as you suggest), and got one of those, "WTF did you just do?" moments again. Take something that really cared about HD during production and it's just no contest.
So - there's a lot more to HD comparisons and good HD content and what to invest in the HDTV world than just what
If they stop releasing stuff on DVD before I'm sure, then I'll resort to torrents rather than jump onto a format thats too encumbered.
Have you thought perhaps that for the vast majority of spice-girl-loving, Shrek-3 adoring consumers
Spice Girls were at their commercial peak 10 years ago- all the little girls who were into their music back then are now grown up and halfway through university.
I've also noticed that "Backstreet Boys" and the like seem to crop up as examples of bad manufactured modern music, despite being phenomena of the late-1990s/early-2000s. Perhaps a sign that the Slashdot demographic is getting older (including myself, admittedly) and more out-of-touch? Not that I'm saying that a lot of current manufactured music
Not to mention I'd rather just about anyone control a standard for us then Sony.
Good thing there is also Hitachi, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung and Sharp then I guess. You do realize that Blu-Ray isn't a 'Sony' format?
This simply is not worth worrying about. I picked up the exact same deal as you and am happy. Just remember:
* The format war is *not* over because a couple of 'experts' say so
* Until the war is over, don't build a large library (rent)
* The cost of the player for a few years use is modest
* Amazon started selling discounted Bluray players with the same 10 disc offer a couple of weeks after the HD-DVD offer, so it is not part of a dumping scheme by either format.
In the short term you get to enjoy 1080P video and TrueHD audio now for a low price. I see a lot of postings here about there not being a significant difference between SD and HD discs, but I see a huge difference. I was sceptical before I got the player, but now I am a believer and have no buyers remorse even *if* HD-DVD goes away after a few years.
In short: Don't worry, be happy.
Microsoft only has itself to blame if HD DVD fails. They could have bundled the HD DVD drive into the 360 (e.g. the top end "Elite" model), or promoted the external add-on more but they didn't. I suspect they know the format was doomed and didn't want any of their IP to get dragged down with it. Microsoft also have ambitions with downloa
"Now" as in "May"?
"After a short window following their standard DVD and Blu-ray releases, all new titles will continue to be released in HD DVD until the end of May 2008." [timewarner.com]
The BR/HD devices may well take over where obese supine consumers mindlessly suck the tit of the Culture Industry in their overstuffed barcaloungers in the family "Enertainment Center". There, picture quality in a darkened and directed room makes sense. But that is only one particular consumption ritual practice. There are many others. My typical practice is watching video in tiny stuttering windows online, because I can watch one thing, check my email, and work on a project at the same time, or in short sequences. A friend of mine is the same, yet he uses a video projector as his screen. Parties at his place are great - watch online video? Sure. DVD? Sure. Dance Dance Revolution? WTF? Oooh, OK - why not... Wii? OK - but only after we watch that online video of the guy's head exploding. And freak out your sister with the goatse guy.
Betamax and VHS were such a pitched battle because there were no other options. Now, I can't get a cup of coffee without some giant flat panel telling me how white my shirts should be, and then I go to work, and some knucklehead sends me a link to a youtube video of the longest fart EVER, or I visit my brother and his 5 jillion channels of TV pumped all over every screen in the house, etc. etc.
In the early 1980s, there were fewer options, so there was more at stake in a format. Now, it's just another fish in the sea. And with bandwidth increases and everybody and his ugly cousin getting in on the online video action thanks to Flash video, I think it may well be that BR or HD will be the LAST disk format...
I'd been hoping we'd skip HD and Blu-Ray and go to one of those higher-density mediums one hears about on Slashdot every few weeks. Both formats still require too much compression.
We're not there yet. We're probably there when we get 2K high images at 72FPS without compression artifacts. Somewhere around 72FPS, the annoying strobing on pans disappears. Or, in other words, football games finally look right. Football games are hard because the background is moving, there's action moving in different directions, and viewers care about the detail. The motion compression algorithms can't really handle that situation.
The digital cinema industry has a standard [dcimovies.com] for this. They have two formats, "2K", which is simply 1080p, that is, 1080x2048 pixels, and "4K", which is 2160x4096 pixels. They define two speeds; 24FPS and 48FPS. Color depth is 12 bits. Compression is JPEG 2000. Maximum image data per frame is 1,302,083 bytes (which is actually smaller than you'd expect). Audio is sampled at 96KHz with a depth of 24 bits, and is not compressed. There are 16 audio channels. That's the Hollywood/SMTPE definition of a "movie" in the digital era.
In actual practice, most films now being distributed digitally are going out in "2K" mode, at 24 FPS,with 8 audio channels. The spec has headroom to double each of those numbers.
A 2-hour movie at all the highest ratings is about 500GB. So that's what needs to be delivered to the consumer. Neither HD nor Blu-Ray can do that yet.
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For most of the last two weeks, it appeared that the Cardinals were attempting to implement a cake-and-eat-it approach to Ray Horton, keeping the head-coaching candidate as defensive coordinator and hiring an offensive-minded head coach.
Though the latter is what happened, Horton apparently won't be staying.
Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports reports that Horton is out as the Arizona defensive coordinator. Per Silver, he'll be replaced by former Eagles defensive coordinator Todd Bowles on Bruce Arians' staff.
Bowles was elevated to the position in Philly after Juan Castillo was fired. The Eagles went 1-9 with Bowles in the job, with the Eagles giving up on average 31.9 points per game.
In contrast, the Cardinals' defense was the only bright spot for the team last year. And if Horton is available, he'll surely land on his feet elsewhere — perhaps even sooner than Rob Ryan, who said last week he'd have a new job in five minutes.


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When Does A Child Start To Learn To Read?
Reading is one of those major milestones in a young child's development. As a parent, we wait with baited breath for the day to come that we don't have to read Harold and the Purple Crayon one more time to our child because they can now read it to themselves. It is with joyful celebration that we acknowledge their accomplishment of the written word.
But when does all this reading begin? It starts with the first book the parent picks up and shares with the child, at one day, one week, one month or older. The things we, as parents, do with our children at a very young age prepare them for becoming sucessful independent readers.
There are five skills that specifically enhance a child's literacy experience from birth that parents should share with their children. How a parent addresses these skills will depend on the age of the child, and they will change as a child grows based on their ability level.
- BUILDING A VOCABULARY: Children should be exposed to as much verbal language as possible. Explain to your baby where you are going and what you are doing. And, when a baby babbles back, stop and listen to their "talk". This is how babies learn the art of conversation. As children grow, you can name objects, talk about feelings, and eventually get them to share their feelings. Reading aloud from a very early age is extremely vital – they hear the oral sound of words and the flow of a story.
- ENCOURAGING A LOVE OF PRINTED WORKS: Make sure your child can see the book you are reading, not just the pictures but the words, too. And, as a child gets older, let them choose their books to hear and read. Give them ownership and acknowledge their literary preferences. Let your child see you reading things that interest you as well – magazines, books, newspapers…let them see that reading is a life skill.
- STORYTELLING: Reading a favorite book over and over again is a wonderful way for a child to grasp the concepts of beginning, middle, end, plot, characterization, mood, climax, flow. So, when you are reading Goodnight Moon for the eightieth time in a day, realize it is a GOOD thing. Let the child hold the book and help turn the pages. Play games with the book as the child gets older…if you hold the book upside down, does the child realize it? And, as they become familiar with a story, can they tell it back? Many young children like to retell a story and turn the pages, and they are thrilled that they can "read"! Point to the words so your child will understand how we read. With older children, ask them questions as you read, such as "What happens next?" or "What do you think is happening in this picture?"
- THE LANGUAGE OF LANGUAGE: Play with rhymes and songs, making up actions for the words you say. Finger plays like "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Wheels On The Bus" are great for encouraging language and vocabulary development. With older children, have them come up with rhymes: what rhymes with ball? What starts with the same letter or blend like 'truck'? As children discover the relationship of words they will develop skills for helping them read unknown words later on.
- KNOW YOUR ABC'S: Talk about shapes with your child (round, square, short, small), point out letters on printed material, like a cereal box or sign down the street. Read books that focus on the letters of the alphabet. As a child gets older, encourage a multisensory approach to letters, making them from playdough, playing with magnetic letters, or building different letters from other household items (we like to use cooked spaghetti!).
Keeping these skills in mind will not automatically make your child an early reader, but they will encourage language development and an early awareness of the printed world. The goal is not to have a child that reads at three years old, but to foster a love of print and stories that will, in turn, encourage reading skills.
Great advice. We use a reward system. My son's favorite activity is playing golf, so everytime he finishes reading a book, he gets a trip to the golf course.
We also bought the HotDots Pen and a couple of the flash card sets from WonderBrains, he really likes those…it really jumpstarted his understanding of vowels and blends.
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Former Iowa Mr. Basketball, Jarrod Uthoff, redshirted this season in his first year with the program. He decided that he wanted to go elsewhere because he didn't think that he fit in with Ryan's style of play. I'm not sure why he didn't think of that before signing there but whatever. Wisconsin/Ryan informed Uthoff that he would not be permitted to contact (and vice versa) every Big Ten and ACC School, plus Iowa State and Marquette. Uthoff is appealing this obviously since that seems like a bit much. Recently, we learned that Wisconsin claims that the kid did not file the proper appeal paperwork on time. This claim is a lie because the letter was sitting in the associate AD's mailbox the entire fucking time. Now, we wait for Barry Alvarez or somebody to rule. This is what we know. And now it's time for my opinion.
First of all, let's just get this out there; nobody is going to want a guy that looks like this.
|Colombine was awesome.
Third, Bo Ryan is being a huge asshole that is out of touch with reality but at the same time, he has every right to enforce a competition clause. I sort of see where he is coming from. This kid knows what he likes to do and his tendencies so he doesn't want him to end up somewhere where that knowledge could be used against him. I'm told that this happens in the business world all the time (the blocking of employees from going to a rival company). But throwing a massive net over 20-30 schools seems a bit harsh. It's like using a sledge hammer to kill a spider. And why "all of the ACC and Iowa State" anyway? Wisconsin plays one game against the ACC every year; is he THAT paranoid? I'm all for Bo Ryan looking like a complete shithead and going insane on national radio but some times you just need to pick your battles. This is not one that they should be fighting at all. Wisconsin is getting MURDERED in the court of public opinion (much like Phil Martelli and St. Joe's did earlier this year when a similar story came out about them blocking a transfer for no good reason).
It's time to just meet halfway, block him from talking to Marquette and the Big Ten, and thank Buddha that this PR nightmare is over. What say you though? Should Bo Ryan stick to his guns, relent on his cocksuckerness for once, or swallow ten fistfuls of rat poison and do us all a huge favor?
FUCK! After I wrote this beauty, goddamn Barry Alvarez ruled that just the Big Ten restriction remains. Whatever, I'm not changing anything.
That's it for me this week. As I have mentioned, I am on stay-cation all of next week (fuck yeah!). But Showtime is not showing this year's AVN Awards for me to live blog (fuck no!). Yet I'm already working on my mock draft for Thursday (SICK!). But my in-laws are rumored to be staying over again next weekend (good for you, bad for me!). Make sure that you get here early and often on Monday as I have breaking site news that you all need/are dying to know (trust me). Love you, bye.


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One mans blessing is another mans curse. I actually prefer the Opera way of doing tabs compared to Firefox.
Love or hate the way that they do things, you've really gotta respect the fact that they have a completely full featured browser including a fairly decent mail client that (windows-wise) comes packaged at 3.7megs. And even then, with a vanilla install it does pretty much everything that IE and Firefox can do faster and better (for the most part).
Of course, I can't say it wouldn't be nice to see either A) extension functionality added similar to Firefox or B) a set of developers at Opera dedicated to making some decent extensions per the communities request.
but that's just my fan-boy equipment.


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Author Colin Cotterill believes in fate. Though he didn't know it at the time, fate seemed to determine early on that he would write the Dr. Siri books, a series of mysteries that follows a 70-something Laotian country coroner. (This piece initially aired August 15, 2008 on Morning Edition).