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So I liked this post by Matthew Yglesias, where he invokes Kuhn and draws an analogy between macroeconomics and the Copernican revolution in astronomy. He recounts how Copernican (Earth revolves around the sun) astronomy eventually supplanted Ptolemaic (Earth is center of universe), but initially the Ptolemaic system made much better predictions, and concludes:
My view, with both all due respect and all due derision, is that the Robert Lucas types are like the early Copernicans here. There's something admirable in their insistence that it ought to all work out to an easily modeled system grounded in compelling theoretically considerations. The New Keynesian model is a mess, like late-Ptolemaic astronomy, thrown together to account for observed reality. But you don't fly to a moon with an elegant model that delivers mistaken predictions about where the moon's going to be. And what we actually need is a Kepler to give us an elegant model that actually predicts the phenomena, and then a Newton who can explain what that model means.Hmmm... I'm more inclined to place the users of old Keynesian models, including the IS-LM-based macroeconometric models used by policymakers, in the "late-Ptolemaic" role, but, in any case, the Kuhninan approach helps explain why I simultaneously agree with Brad DeLong, Paul Krugman and Greg Mankiw that the IS-LM model remains a very useful tool, while being a little more optimistic than Krugman about the state of macroeconomics.
Also, I'm not sure that Lucas and others (including new Nobel laureate Tom Sargent) who have pushed macroeconomics towards "structural" or "micro-founded" models are leading us to an "easily modeled system." What counts for "elegance" in modern macro is consistency between the macroeconomic model and micro-economically optimal behavior on the part of consumers and firms (I suppose the obvious retort to that is to invoke Emerson: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds").


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Celebs flock to Denver to help local causes
Denver is going to be celebrity central over the next several months, and a host of local nonprofits will be the richer for it.
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* Dick Vermeil, former head coach for the St. Louis Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs, is the speaker for the 2011 All-Star Breakfast benefiting Warren Village. It begins at 7:30 a.m. in the Seawell Grand Ballroom and the $80 tickets can be purchased online.
* The B-52s will have the Fillmore Auditorium rocking when CoBiz Financial hosts its 11th BizBash. The 6:30 p.m. event is a benefit for Savio House and Florence Crittenton Services and the price of admission includes dinner and an open bar. Call Sally Hallingstad, 720-264-5512.
* The Temptations perform their Motown hits at the black-tie Colorado Symphony Ball. It's at the Sheraton Denver Downtown, starting with cocktails and a silent auction at 5:30 p.m. The evening's host committee is made up of Michael and Tauna Dowling, Kevin and Leanne Duncan, John and Carolee Hayes, Gary Lutz and Margaret Johnson, Mike and Heather Miller, and Willie and Sarah Shepherd. Julie Gordon and Lindsey Wiseman are the auction and decor co-chairs. Tickets can be purchased from Jason Hurley, 303-308-2475.
* Lionel Richie headlines the second annual NightShine Gala that former Mayor Wellington Webb is chairing on behalf of the Denver Health Foundation. Webb's co-chairs are Greg Maffei and Dan Scherer. Festivities begin with a 6 p.m. cocktail reception at the National Western Events Center. Patron tickets are $500 each and sponsorships range in price from $5,000 to $300,000. Details are available from Candice Jones, 303-602-2978.
* The Neil Diamond cover band Super Diamond entertains at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Dream Gala taking place on the United Club Level East at Invesco Field. Michael and Karey Finch are chairing the event that also honors Edward M. Brown, president and CEO of the Patron Spirits Co. Kristin Love, 303-209-7723, can provide details about tickets and sponsorship opportunities.
* Mike Ditka, who coached the Chicago Bears for 11 seasons and the New Orleans Saints for three, speaks at the Jewish Family Service Executive Luncheon. It's at the Grand Hyatt Denver and the $150 tickets can be purchased from Lynn Cooper, 303-597-5000.
* Rock and blues legend Joe Cocker is helping to raise money for the Denver Dumb Friends League by performing at Lulu's Barkin' BBQ. The event hosted by Fred and Jana Bartlit also features a chuckwagon supper catered by Texas barbecue king Tom Perini. For details, call 303-751-5772, ext. 7214
* Comedian/talk show host Jay Leno is at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and the Zarlengo Foundation is going to receive a portion of the proceeds. Tickets range in price from $65 to $85 and are available at Ticketmaster locations.
* Richard Dreyfuss, the 1977 Academy Award winner for Best Actor ("The Goodbye Girl"), is the speaker at a luncheon benefiting Arapahoe House. The event chaired by Jason and Laura Romero will be at the Seawell Ballroom. Kathy Crapo and Tom Clark are heading the corporate committee. Others helping to make the event a success are Helen Hanks, Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons, Sarah Sena, Jaylene Smith, Quinn Washington, Sharon Whiton Gelt, Jeff Hawks, Lou Jahde, David Kikumoto, Charlie McNeil and Ed Romero. Tickets can be purchased by calling 303-412-3643.
* Tennis legend Martina Navratilova delivers the keynote address for a luncheon put on by the Women's Foundation of Colorado. President Louise Atkinson says the event will be at the Colorado Convention Center and that details are available on the foundation website.
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The 1978 Red Sox won 99 games, the club's highest total since their 1946 pennant-winning season. However a single-game, AL East playoff against the Yankees made New York shortstop Bucky Dent an infamous figure in Red Sox history and ended a promising run.
Record: 99-64, 2nd in American League East
Manager: Donald W. Zimmer
Attendance: 2,320,643
In March 1978, after some offseason jockeying for club ownership, the Yawkey Estate sold the Red Sox to a group headed by Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan and Buddy LeRoux. Sullivan had taken Dick O'Connell's place as general manager following the 1977 season.
Over the winter, the Red Sox also addressed weaknesses on their roster and signed 1977 World Series MVP Mike Torrez while also acquiring Massachusetts native Jerry Remy and all-star pitcher Dennis Eckersley in separate trades.
By mid-May, the Red Sox had secured a firm grasp on first place with the help of Jim Rice, who started the season on a tear and hit 16 home runs by the end of the month. Rice kept hitting and earned the 1978 AL MVP after becoming the first American Leaguer to collect 400 total bases in a single-season since Joe DiMaggio did so in 1937.
By July 5 the Red Sox held a 10-game lead in the American League East and seemed indomitable. However, tensions persisted despite the on-field success and on June 15, after Bernie Carbo was traded to the Indians, Bill Lee cleaned out his locker. Lee criticized team management and insisted that he was quitting, though he returned the next day.
The Red Sox recovered from a sluggish July and entered September leading the AL East by seven games over the second-place Yankees. However, Boston had been left short-handed by late August injuries to Jerry Remy and Dwight Evans. Having lost five of their previous seven games, the Red Sox prepared to host New York in an early September, four-game series at Fenway Park. The Yankees promptly swept the Red Sox and outscored them by a 42-9 margin in a series that came to be known as "The Boston Massacre."
Despite squandering what had once been a 14-game lead over New York, the Red Sox found a second wind and won 12 of their final 14 regular-season games. The Yankees stayed hot as well and won seven in a row near the end, setting up a single-game playoff at Fenway Park on October 2. The Red Sox initially led the do-or-die game 2-0 but the Yankees came back thanks in part to a now-infamous home run by New York's Bucky Dent in the top of the seventh. Boston mounted a comeback and cut the deficit to a single run, but their chances were snuffed out by Yankee right-fielder Lou Piniella's sun-blinded snag of a Rick Burleson line drive in the ninth inning. For the third time in seven seasons, the Red Sox had suffered an agonizing last-minute loss.


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Hi Daisy!When are you going? I have guided people up there...Thanks for the Scotland pics, I love Scotland in winter, is that Stob Coire nan Lochan?
Hi Daisy!I have climbed Mt Blanc 3 times and by 3 different routes. It's quite nice and doable especially the 2 normal routes (Gouter route and 3 MtBlanc route, these can be combined for a nice traverse). A guide might be useful for the 3 Mt Blanc route and all more technical routes.It is busy from june to september, normally it can rain a week and then be good for the next, so everybody will head up simultaneously and if you do not have hut reservations you might be in trouble!When are you going? I have guided people up there...It might be busy up there:(From my 2nd climb, Gouter route up)This was the view from the summit the last time:and this towards the Monte Rosa:Thanks for the Scotland pics, I love Scotland in winter, is that Stob Coire nan Lochan?
I am prepared to sound really dumb, but I have to know, are those clounds or snow in the pics?
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I was working with Dr. Java on my class assignment while the professor solved some of the first questions. Not sure how, but i deleted all of my CoinCounterTest (the assignment) and wasn't able to retrieve it. Now I'm lost and need someone to explain how to solve some of the questions on the assignment starting with the first one. I can work my way through some of the steps, but im confused on the first 2
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5. Write client code to deposit an additional 11 quarters, 8 dimes, 0 nickels, and 100 pennies in counter. Again find out and print the value of the total deposits.
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Gear Live found a roundabout, but clever, way of streaming Zune tracks onto your iPhone. Why would you do that? Because Zune Pass gets you a basically unlimited amount of songs, and they don't play natively on the iPhone.
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November 14, 2012
New Catan Scenario - "Frenemies"
Frenemies is a brand new Catan Scenario for the Catan base game by Benjamin Teuber. The game is still Catan, but it isn't what you are used to! "Let me remove the robber from that hex - I bet he's bothering you, right? By the way, you seem to need a brick - do you want me to give it to you for free?"Well, which game is being played here? …
November 13, 2012
Age of Enlightenment Expansion Releasing December
We're excited for the release of 'Age of Enlightenment" the second expansion to "The Rivals for Catan" in December! "Age of Enlightenment™" includes three new theme sets: The Era of Explorers™, The Era of Sages™, and The Era of Prosperity™. In all, "Age of Enlightenment" is a 125-Card Expansion for the two player card game, "The Rivals for Catan™." It picks up where the first expansion, "Age of Darkness™," left off. Look for more news about this expansion as the release date approaches. In the meantime, please enjoy these blog posts by KLaus Teuber about the creation of "Age of Enlightenment" on the Catnism Blog. > …
November 9, 2012
Catan 3.0 for Android is Here!
Catan 3.0 Update with access to "Cities and Knights" expansion (IAP) for Android available now! At last! We've completed work on the latest Catan update for Android. It's now available on Google Play. The Cities and Knights expansion introduces various new gameplay mechanics that will add even more variety to Catan. …
October 12, 2012
Catan Board Project Reaches $100K - New Boards Announced
Thank you fans! We are absolutely ecstatic to see the "Catan Board" project, launched 6 days ago, pass the $100K stretch goal! The support for the project in such a short time has been overwhelming. First, the $25K goal was achieved in under 6 hours. Then, the $50K goal reached in two days and the $75K goal in under four days. …
October 7, 2012
"Catan Board" Launches on Kickstarter
Finally, the Catan Board we've all been waiting for has launched on Kickstarter! The "Catan Board" is the perfect solution to keep your Catan game board from shifting when unfortunate accidents occur while playing. There are several different options and configurations, such as a 5&6 player version and a limited edition walnut board. …
October 2, 2012
Catan Board Coming Soon!
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September 27, 2012
"Catan Histories: Merchants of Europe" Coming Soon!
Trade, Build, Deliver, Profit, and Expand! In the late Middle Ages, trade flourished across Europe as great merchant houses like the Hanseatic League, the Welser family and Fugger family rediscovered ancient trade routes and built factories across the land. Now you can take part in these historic times with anew game from Klaus Teuber, "Catan Histories: …
September 19, 2012
Special Treat: Seafarers Scenario "Treasure Islands" Available in the Free Area for a Short Time
Unexplored seas, hidden islands, and valuable treasures are the ingredients for one of the most popular Seafarers scenarios on PlayCatan: "Treasure Islands." Normally, only Standard or Plus Account holders can play this scenario, but for a short time, players with a Free Account will also be able to give it a try. …
September 12, 2012
Catan 3.0 and "Cities & Knights" Expansion (In-App Purchase) Now Available!
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"Thank you SBY for the forests moratorium". Local community members in Manokwari, West Papua, welcome the Rainbow Warrior during its tour of Indonesia. © Greenpeace / Paul Hilton
I have been fielding calls non-stop over the last couple of days, because as you may have noticed, there has been widespread coverage lately (see here, here and here) on the Indonesian government's extension of its forest moratorium.
It's good news.
And it's encouraging that the President of Indonesia, known as SBY, is renewing his commitment to protect forests – and cut my country's massive carbon emissions. If the powerful palm oil lobby here in Indonesia had got their way for instance, the forest moratorium would have been scrapped and there would be a free for all to clear land for pulp and paper, palm oil and mining concessions.
Thankfully that did not happen.
But sadly, the moratorium still doesn't go far enough. As I've been telling journalists who have asked for our view on the moratorium extension, the President did not go far enough – he did not strengthen the moratorium to cover all forests and peatland. Like the previous moratorium, the extension only covers primary forests, and rather than ALL natural forest and peatland. This is what's really needed if we want to save Indonesia's remaining tigers and orangutans, which are under threat from relentless palm oil, and pulp and paper expansion.
Why is there a moratorium anyway?
A shocking 85% of Indonesia's emissions are from deforestation and peatland clearance, making Indonesia one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters on the planet, behind countries such as China and the United States. Norway is funding Indonesia's forests and climate initiative to the tune of US$1 billion, with the aim to incentivise forest protection in Indonesia and cut greenhouse gas emissions. It's a noble aim, and one we have been lobbying (both quietly and loudly) for years now.
Indonesian Forests Moratorium © Kemal Jufri / Greenpeace
The new two-year moratorium does nothing to fix that.
And furthermore, it does nothing about crucial issues of governance, which we feel goes to the heart of the matter. Without proper oversight and enforcement, the moratorium is a weak decree.
We have closely monitored the moratorium's implementation, and for the two years during the last moratorium we still found cases of overlap with concessions and some deforestation (encroachment) in protected areas.
That's not to mention that the Ministry of Foresty has changed forest functions (from protected forest to production forest) and forest status from forest area to non-forest area.
So what are we going to do?
A lot.
More work needs to be done to harmonise spatial planning, developing sectorial policies and maps, stronger law enforcement measures (including addressing corruption and money laundering in the forest sector) and mechanisms for social conflict resolution. We will be pushing (quietly and loudly) to get this done.
And we'll continue investigating and publicising cases of deforestation, the companies responsible and the laws that need strengthening.
We'll remind the President that the path to zero deforestation means more than signing a decree.
Watch this space.
Yuyun Indradi is a Forests Campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia
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How about their rights to use their land? What about the economic benefits that they will get by developing their lands? Even if they continue to cut ...
How about their rights to use their land? What about the economic benefits that they will get by developing their lands? Even if they continue to cut another 100,000 ha of land, they still have >50% of land under forest cover.
What about this Westeners who are so concern about developing countries' animals and trees? How much land do you have under forest covers? God knows how much animals are already extinct.
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Even with Colorado's move to the Pac-10 taking effect as early as autumn 2011, Buffs men's basketball coach Tad Boyle said he's not about to turn his back on the state of Texas during recruiting.
Speaking Monday morning during the Big 12 Conference summer basketball teleconference, Boyle said his recruiting strategy "won't be a whole lot different" than if CU had chosen not to switch leagues.
One slight adjustment, Boyle said, will be placing a stronger emphasis on recruiting in California. Boyle will be the first CU hoops coach that can guarantee to prospects in California that their parents will be able to see them play during CU road trips to the West Coast.
"We would have recruited (California) anyway," Boyle said. We still need to recruit Texas, and recruit nationally. But we'll focus on the California market."
Early news of potential CU targets may be an indication of Boyle's recruiting strategy. According to the recruiting website Rivals.com, CU has extended scholarship offers to 6-foot-8 power forward Jonathan Holmes of San Antonio (Texas) Antonian and 6-2 guard Collin Woods of Scottsdale (Ariz.) Horizon.
The website said Boyle also is evaluating 6-9 forward Cannen Cunningham of Arlington (Texas) Lamar and 6-3 Tre Demps of San Antonio (Texas) Ronald Reagan.
Reports of recruiting targets in California are sure to emerge. The eight-day early signing period begins Nov. 10.
"We still need to recruit at the highest level and still need to get great players," Boyle said on the teleconference. "If anything, (the impending switch to the Pac-10) has brought Colorado basketball to people's minds."
As for this season, Colorado Boyle said an emphasis will be placed on defense and rebounding.
"We're going to try to hang our hat on (those)," he said on the teleconference. "(But improvement) is not going to come from any one player. It's got to be a group effort, a commitment by the program."
Boyle said the participation of CU star guards Cory Higgins and Alec Burks as counselors at a Nike skills camp this week is a "great opportunity" for them to glean skills and work habits from other top college players.
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Is jailbreaking your iPhone a crime? Right now it isn't, but that could soon change. In yet another example of legislators not quite knowing how to adapt law to the digital realm, jailbreaking has gained only a temporary legal status. Its fate will once again be determined in 2012.
Some manufacturers (including Apple) have claimed that jailbreaking violates a section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In 2010, the US Copyright Office said that it isn't a crime, and granted it an exemption. Unfortunately, that exemption didn't last long. Unless it's renewed, it's set to expire later this year. If that happens, there could potentially be strict penalties for using something like the Absinthe tool to jailbreak your iPhone 4S.
It should come as no surprise that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) adamantly opposes making jailbreaking a crime. Wisely, they aren't limiting their voice to defensive moves. The EFF also wants the exemption to be expanded to tablets and video game systems.
We're pretty sure that George Hotz (aka Geohot) is with the EFF on this one. Sony famously dragged him through courts after he provided a public jailbreak for the PS3. They eventually settled, but only after he racked up considerable legal fees and agreed to an injunction (which meant he had to remove his tools from the web and not hack it again).
Software freedom is something that has gone hand-in-hand with desktop and laptop PCs since they entered the market. But when mobile devices and gaming systems entered the digital realm, manufacturers seized the opportunity to establish a new norm: "we decide what can and can't be installed on this."
In Sony's case, this stance is completely motivated by concern about piracy. With Apple, though, closing the platform can be traced back to the company's core philosophy. It's probably as much of an attempt to uphold a certain level of quality (from Apple's perspective) as it is an attempt to control the device's commerce. That alone isn't a problem; in fact it's a huge part of what makes Apple's devices so appealing to millions of users.
But why should it be a crime to circumvent the closed platform? Of course we know why manufacturers want jailbreaking to be illegal. Many users jailbreak so that they can pirate content, but many don't. Many users like the tweaks and customization, while others simply stand behind the principle that they paid for their devices, so they can do with them as they please.
Jailbreaking itself has no direct association with piracy; it simply returns the device to a "do as you wish" state. You know, the same state in which you'll find every Windows and Mac computer that has ever been sold.
2012 has already seen several hot button internet freedom issues making headlines, including SOPA/PIPA, the Feds' Megaupload takedown, and Hawaii's ludicrous web tracking proposal.
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Junior • 2010
Team co-captain ... A second-team All-Ivy League and All-Northeast Region selection ... Started all 17 games in the midfield ... Tied for the team lead with five assists and tied for second on the squad with nine points ... Assisted on Harvard's goal in season finale against Columbia (Nov. 6) ... Also logged helpers in Ivy League games against Brown (Oct. 2) and Penn (Sept. 25) ... Scored Harvard's other goal in 2-0 win against the Quakers ... Registered a goal and an assist with nine shots in win against Bryant (Sept. 6) ... Logged an assist in season-opening defeat of Holy Cross (Sept. 4)..
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A second-team All-Ivy League and All-Northeast Region selection ... Recipient of team's Most Valuable Player award ... Tied for the team lead with seven assists ... Ranked second on the Crimson with 17 points and tied for second with five goals ... Scored a goal and set up overtime-forcing goal in loss to New Hampshire (Nov. 3) ... Also had a goal and an assist against Dartmouth (Oct. 31) for seven points in two games ... Set up lone goal in second half of 1-0 win at Cornell (Oct. 17) ... Also scored against Boston University (Oct. 14) ... Scored a goal in overtime win against Brown (Oct. 3) ... Recorded a goal and an assist in Ivy opener at Yale (Sept. 19) ... Registered two assists vs. Holy Cross (Sept. 5).
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Selected to the Longstreth/NFHCA All-Northeast Region second team ... First team All-Ivy League ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week Sept. 23 .. Appeared and started in 17 games at midfield ... Scored first career goal on a penalty stroke with 10:04 left to lift Harvard to a 1-0 win against Yale (Sept. 20) ... Scored a goal and added an assist against Vermont (Oct. 1) ... Made first collegiate start against Holy Cross (Sept. 5).
A member of the Canadian National Team ... Played in the 2008 World Hockey Olympic Qualifier, 2008 South Africa Tour and the 2007 AkPro Chile Series.
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I have been following the story of Alaina Giordano, the North Carolina woman whose two children (ages 5 and 11) have been removed from her care and placed in the custody of their father because she has stage 4 breast cancer.
It doesn't matter that Giordano's cancer is under control; it doesn't seem to concern Judge Nancy Gordon that the children's father lives in Chicago and that she is relocating the children far from their home. It only matters that this judge feels they will do better by being with the non-ill parent. Is Judge Gordon surmising that women with breast cancer can no longer parent? Since when did breast cancer take away our ability to be a loving, caring, and responsible parent?
I wanted to write about this when I first heard about it from my editor last week. Then I caught a talk show featuring the mother and saw how capable, intelligent, and wonderful she seemed and was too angry to write about it. What does this mean for other women suffering from the disease? Aside from the ignorance of this judge and the poor analysis of the forensic psychologist she cited, Dr. Helen Brantley, what kind of father uses the breast cancer diagnosis of the mother as a weapon to tear her children away from her? Remember, this is not a woman who is incapacitated by cancer but a vibrant outspoken mother fighting for her life and now the right to spend that life with her children.
All I can assume is that besides ignorance, the psychologist and judge have an intense fear of breast cancer and have no idea of the strength, determination, and sheer ability of women affected to overcome and carry on with their normal family life. If the judge cared about the mother and children, she would be assessing costs for support payments from the father that include additional help in the home if and when the mother should need it. Does she really believe the children are better off losing this valuable time with their mother? Can she not foresee the pain and heartbreak they will suffer while away from their mother — especially while Giordano is fighting the battle against cancer while lacking the support and motivation that comes from caring for her children. So many questions and no real answers.
This affects all breast cancer survivors. If a judge can determine that this man can take these children away from their mother based on a breast cancer diagnosis, what is the next step in stripping women who fight the disease of their rights? Think about it.


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Jordan: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
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- Political and financial support from the Gulf monarchies and the West
- Significant phosphate and potash production
- Expatriate workforce and tourism - significant sources of foreign exchange
- Political stability, unlike neighboring countries
- Shortage of natural energy resources and low productive base
- Vulnerable to international economic cycle and political instability in the Near and Middle East
- Public and external account imbalances leading to a dependence on foreign aid and foreign capital
- Very high unemployment rate (18%)
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Growth Limited by the Consequences of Conflicts in Bordering Countries
Momentum in the mining sector and higher phosphate prices gave economic activity a bit of a boost in 2017. Growth will remain moderate in 2018 because of instability in the region and the fallout from the Syrian crisis. Fiscal consolidation and the very high unemployment rate will penalize private consumption, which represents 89% of GDP. The austerity measures, intended to deal with the very high debt burden, will hit low-income households, dependent on subsidies for essential goods (bread, sugar, electricity). Strong pressure will continue to bear on the property market, especially because of the presence of 1.4 million Syrian refugees, namely almost 15% of the total population. In 2018 the Jordanian economy could benefit from the reopening (on 30 August 2017) of the border with Iraq at Karameh-Tureibil. This is because until 2014, before the strengthening of the Islamic State Group's position in Iraq, 14% of Jordanian exports were destined for the Iraqi market. The banking and insurance sector is expected to continue as one of Jordan's growth drivers (+4.3% in the first half of 2017). Tourism activity is expected to recover, mainly stimulated by visitors from the Gulf countries and Europe. Remittances from expatriate workers in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries could increase against a background of a rise in oil prices in 2017.
With regard to monetary policy, the central bank is expected to continue to maintain the dinar's fixed parity against the dollar.
Twin Deficits at Very High Levels Despite the Reforms
Despite the budgetary reforms implemented during the extension, in 2016, of the IMF'S Extended Credit Facility (ECF, 2016-2019), the deficit and the public debt burden remain high. Fiscal consolidation is reflected in an over 50% drop in the public deficit between 2014 and 2016, but the level remained unchanged in 2017. With only 5% of households paying income tax, the State is heavily dependent on income from corporations. Tax paid by individuals represents only 3.2% of income. The government's plans to widen its tax base in 2018, especially by raising VAT, customs duties and corporation tax on companies in the banking, mining and telecommunications sectors. This is because tax revenues account for only 15.4% of GDP. The government will target improving the fight against tax evasion and remove exemptions for certain companies. To finance its deficit, Jordan will enjoy preferential rates from its European partners who in October 2017 approved a loan of EUR 100 million under the Macro-Financial Assistance program (MFA).
Jordan is a net importer of oil and gas. Imports are not expected to climb strongly as they depend mainly on movements in commodity and food prices. Exports will benefit from the opening of the border with Iraq and the "Jordan Compact" which includes a free-trade agreement with the European Union. In September 2017, foreign exchange reserves were at a comfortable level of USD 12.8 million, i.e. 7.2 months of imports.
Political Stability Under Strain from Regional Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis
Despite the entry into force of a new electoral law aimed at weakening the advantage of non-partisan candidates in the national elections (only 17% of MPs are affiliated to a party), the parliamentary elections in September 2016 have only slightly modified Jordan's political landscape. Voter participation in the elections remained low, at 37%, despite participation by the Islamist Party, which is close to the Muslim Brotherhood (Islamic Action Front) and which boycotted the previous two elections in 2010 and 2013. The August 2017 municipal elections also saw low voter turnout (37%) and a considerable lack of interest by the political parties. The country has a border with Syria and Iraq and over half of the population is made up of refugees, mainly Palestinians and their descendants. Syrian refugees have been able to obtain a work permit since October 2017, a measure designed to reduce the size of the underground economy and integrate the Syrian population. The return of many Jordanians who had joined the Islamic State (after the group was defeated in Iraq and Syria) and potential ethnic tensions between communities pose a security challenge for the country.
Despite improving, (up from 118th place in 2017 to 103rd place in 2018 in the Doing Business rankings), the business climate is still affected by the unstable regional situation.


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Welcome to the Crafty Chicks February Blog Hop! We are a group of creative gals who met on the web and decided to come together and share our passion for paper crafting with you.
If you are coming from Heidi's blog, welcome!
Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner I thought I would make a Crafty Chicks Love mixed media piece. I started with a 12″X12″ canvas and covered it with a vintage pattern and added some chevroness with a stencil.
Then I cut up 9 3″x3″ pieces from different patterned papers and added a couple different blues in paint with my "Hearts all Over" Penny Black stamp.
This piece certainly isn't lacking any hearts as I added Donna Downey's foam heart stamp with black paint then created another one with a vintage zipper I had laying around. The zipper was a bit fussy on the curves but just make sure you really soak it with medium or Mod Podge to get it down.
Then one more heart in the hand of this lovely who I found in a Cosmo Cricket Element Deck. I finished it off by stamping the word love onto it.
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Anne Smedinghoff had a quiet ambition and displayed a love of global affairs from an early age, joining the U.S. Foreign Service straight out of college and volunteering for missions in perilous locations worldwide.
So when the 25-year-old suburban Chicago woman was killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan — the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya — her family took solace in the fact that she died doing something she loved.
"It was a great adventure for her ... She loved it," her father, Tom Smedinghoff, told The Associated Press on Sunday. "She was tailor-made for this job."
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Anne Smedinghoff grew up in River Forest, Ill. — an upscale suburb about 10 miles west of Chicago — the daughter of an attorney and the second of four children. She attended the highly selective Fenwick High School, followed by Johns Hopkins University, where she studied international relations and became a key organizer of the university's annual Foreign Affairs Symposium in 2008. The event draws high-profile speakers from around the world.
Those who knew Smedinghoff described her as a positive, hard-working and dependable young woman.
"She was just the sweetest girl," said neighbor Carol Webster. "She turned into this woman that could just take on anything."
While a student in Baltimore, Smedinghoff worked part time for Sam Hopkins, an attorney near campus. He described her as ambitious "but in a wonderfully quiet, modest way."
Her first assignment for the foreign service was in Caracas, Venezuela, and she volunteered for the Afghanistan assignment after that. Her father said family members would tease her about signing up for a less dangerous location, maybe London or Paris.
"She said, 'What would I do in London or Paris? It would be so boring,'" her father recalled. In her free time, she would travel as much as possible, her father said.
"She wanted to go to the most dangerous places," said Katie Whiting, whose younger sister was Smedinghoff's best friend. "every dangerous place she wanted to go to because that's where the hard work was and that's why she wanted to go there."
Smedinghoff was an up-and-coming employee of the State Department who garnered praise from the highest ranks. She was to finish her Afghanistan assignment as a press officer in July. Already fluent in Spanish, she was gearing up to learn Arabic, first for a year in the U.S. and then in Cairo, before a two-year assignment in Algeria.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday at a news conference in Turkey that Smedinghoff was "vivacious, smart" and "capable." Smedinghoff had assisted Kerry during a visit to Afghanistan two weeks ago.
He also described Smedinghoff as "a selfless, idealistic woman who woke up yesterday morning and set out to bring textbooks to school children, to bring them knowledge."
Governor Pat Quinn said in a statement that "Illinois is proud to call Anne Smedinghoff one of our own."
"Only 25 years old, this brave young woman knew social justice was her calling, and selflessly lost her life while serving others in a war-torn country," he said. "She was devoted to protecting America and improving the lives of others."
Her father said they knew the assignments were dangerous, though she spent most of her time at the U.S. Embassy compound. Trips outside were in heavily armored convoys — as was Saturday's trip that killed five Americans, including Smedinghoff.
"It's like a nightmare, you think will go away and it's not," he said. "We keep saying to ourselves, we're just so proud of her, we take consolation in the fact that she was doing what she loved."
In a statement issued by the family, Smiedinghoff's parents said "We are consoled knowing that she was doing what she loved, and that she was serving her country by helping to make a positive difference in the world."
Friends remembered her Sunday for her charity work too.
Smedinghoff participated in a 2009 cross-country bike ride for The 4K for Cancer — part of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults — according to the group. She served on the group's board of directors after the ride from Baltimore to San Francisco.
"She was an incredible young woman. She was always optimistic," said Ryan Hanley, a founder of the group. "She always had a smile on her face and incredible devotion to serving others."
Funeral arrangements for Smedinghoff are pending.


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The Crimson will play 41 games in 2014, 26 of which are a part of doubleheaders.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard baseball schedule has officially been released, Bill Decker, the Joseph J. O'Donnell '67 Head Coach for Harvard Baseball, announced on Tuesday (Nov. 19). The Crimson will play a 41-game slate in 2014, featuring 12 games at Harvard's O'Donnell Field.
The first pitch for the Crimson, which finished with a 10-31 record (7-13 Ivy League) last season, is set for 3 p.m. on Feb. 28 when Harvard kicks off its four-game series at Oral Roberts. Harvard remains in the Great Plains for a four-game stand against Lamar University immediately after, before heading back to the east coast to take on Big Ten contender Michigan St. in Greenville, S.C. The Crimson and Spartans square off for a three-game series over three days.
Harvard and Connecticut get together for one game a day later in Winter Haven, Fla., before the Crimson get North Dakota St. for a pair of late-march showdowns. A double header on March 21 kicks off a three-game series with Army in Tampa, Fla., to close out the southern trek.
Holy Cross awaits the Crimson's return to the north on March 26, which closes out the bulk of the nonconference action for Harvard. Three days later, Harvard takes to New Jersey for its first Ivy League series, a doubleheader with Princeton. The travel-heavy schedule is ever apparent as the Crimson must play a doubleheader at Cornell just one day later (March 30).
O'Donnell Field hosts its first game on April 5th as Penn pays a visit for an Ivy League twinbill that kicks off a 10-game homestand for the Crimson. Columbia is in for a doubleheader on April 6, followed by an out-of-conference meeting with Boston College in the annual Beanpot on April 9.
Brown makes the short trip to Cambridge over the weekend to start the Red Wolfe Division play. The Crimson and Bears are set to play two doubleheaders apiece on April 12 and 13, before Northeastern wraps up the Crimson's lengthy homestand on April 15.
Harvard treks to archrival Yale for four games starting April 19, set to play a pair of doubleheaders over two days. The Crimson immediately returns to the Boston area to play the final contest in the 2014 Beanpot on April 21.
Harvard and Dartmouth then prepare to play each other four times over two days, as the Crimson host the Big Green on April 26, before the regular season closes in Hanover on April 27. The Ivy League championship series is scheduled for May 3 and 4.


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Bouteflika's Uncertain Future
Pledges to renew and regenerate abound. When the ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika led a cabinet meeting again for the first time several weeks ago, his chief concern was nothing less than a promise to "leave a flourishing nation behind for our children". The corresponding declaration spoke of hope, efficiency and transparency of leadership.
For those Algerians who are not part of the leading elite or its profiteers, such words will always sound cynical. This is because there is no genuine desire for renewal. At the beginning of the month, the weekend edition of the newspaper "El Watan" published a caustic caricature.
Demands for real change
It showed the President as a spoiled little child playing roughly and unkindly with his toys – figures of men in uniforms and suits. The message: this is how the President, who came to power in 1999, treats the institutions, laws and constitution of the nation. Representatives of civil society, retired officers and opposition politicians are now demanding real change and say it is time to make way for a new generation.
In Algiers, recent days have been dominated by bouts of serious unrest even by this country's standards. Presidential elections are scheduled to take place in April 2014. But Bouteflika has not yet decided on his own future or the matter of his successor. The President was taken to France in April, officially because he had suffered a "mini-stroke". He did not return until July. Reports on and speculation over the state of his health were scotched with a heavy hand.
But the question of what the future now holds for a country that remains at a standstill despite major upheaval in the region is being repeatedly asked. In the words of a newspaper commentary published last weekend, the President's illness is paralyzing the nation. The media are getting impatient, and not just the critical outlets.
"He probably doesn't know himself what he's planning"
"They're very, very nervous at the moment," says Adlène Meddi, Editor-in-Chief of the weekend edition of "El Watan". He is referring to the nation's rulers, categorized with the word "le pouvoir" (the power).
It is not clear whether Bouteflika's fatigue is not only due to his age, but also to the fact that he could be weary of holding office; it is not out of the question that the head of state may decided to stand for office again, or to extend his term with a constitutional amendment. There is general puzzlement over who could succeed Bouteflika, if a new candidate is needed at all.
"He probably doesn't know himself what he's planning," Algerian journalists joke. When the President makes one of his noticeably brief appearances on state television, they describe it as "theatre", or even "farce". Often, all they can do is speculate on what might be being hammered out within the opaque network at the helm of the state.
This network includes the President and his clan, the intelligence agency the DRS, the army, the administration, the President's party the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN), powerful families and business leaders. All these protagonists have their own interests to consider.
There has long been a sense of displeasure within the country's leadership at the "illiterates" in the system, or in other words those who only owe their jobs to good connections. Within the army, there is also thought to be frustration among young officers who have absolved their training abroad and who now feel excluded because key decisions are still being taken by the old guard of yesteryear.
The President and his entourage are of course not passive at all when it comes down to structuring the imminent future with their interests in mind. Bouteflika ordered a major cabinet reshuffle in mid-September.
He awarded close allies key portfolios such as the interior, justice and foreign ministries, and removed internal adversaries. General Ahmad Gaïd Salah was installed as deputy Defence Minister in the military leadership – a man who is viewed in Algiers as "400 percent loyal" to the President.
Salah was one of the few people the President spoke to while he was receiving treatment in France. In the same month, General Bachir Tartag, famed among western intelligence agencies as an "iron-eater", was removed from the helm of the domestic secret service – this is also being perceived as an attempt to extend the presidential network's control over the state apparatus. His successor, who was brought from Paris to Algiers to take up the post, is closer to the President, says Meddi.
Fear of the jihadists overshadows the idea of freedom
The exceedingly powerful security chief Mohamed Lamine Mediène, known as "Taufik", won't have been best pleased at the move. But Meddi says the Bouteflika camp shouldn't pursue the weakening of his position with too much enthusiasm. The regime cannot afford an internal war, he says, after all there is probably a "gentlemen's agreement" in place.
Taufik will certainly want to have his say in the selection of a compromise candidate for the Bouteflika successor. There has been much speculation over Bouteflika's brother Saïd. He is alleged to have a great influence on the President and to have played a key role in the power-political restructuring of the system. But Saïd is not a credible successor candidate, says Meddi. "He's got no chance." Following the toppling of leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, the era of republics with hereditary succession is over, he adds.
This upheaval has done nothing to shake the foundations of the Algerian regime. Concerns over security problems and power vacuums created by the rebellions in the region appear to predominate. The fear of jihadists in border areas as well as weak, passive new governments in Tunis and Tripoli is clearly having a greater impact than the message of newfound freedom.
The Algerian experience during the "Black Decade" props up the regime line that in view of the chaos primarily caused by the Arabellion, similar action should be avoided. This shows that memories of the bloody civil war of the 1990s are still very fresh. Civil society is exhausted.
At the end of May, when it was not even certain whether Bouteflika would return from his treatment in France as President, the Algerian writer Boualem Sansal admitted in a piece written for the French newspaper "Le Monde" that he was bored to death by Algerian politics. It offers nothing that might serve to inspire the nation's sullen youth, he wrote.
Among those holding power, says Editor-in-Chief Adlène Meddi, there is currently no desire for genuine opening and change. These people don't even really listen, he says. So the problems continue to ferment, and socio-economic problems such as high youth unemployment and the housing shortage remain unsolved. The leading elite, which can dig into deep pockets due to gas revenues, buys social stability with handouts thereby making inroads into its reserves, an approach he describes as "very short-sighted".
By Christoph Erhardt
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Madelynne Cera turned in her second triple-double of the season, but it was not enough to get Southeastern over the hump in a hard-fought 3-2 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State in the regular season finale on Thursday night in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium.
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 5-27 on the season and 3-11 in Great American Conference play.
SE will, however, qualify for the No. 8 seed in the GAC tournament beginning Nov. 15 in Searcy, Ark. The Storm will open the tournament against top-seeded Harding at 5 pm.
Southeastern opened with a 25-22 win in the first set, but dropped sets two and three by scores of 25-17 and 25-20 to fall behind 2-1. A 25-23 win in set four would knot the score at 2-2, but SWOSU would take set five 15-8 to clinch the match.
Cera's second triple-double was an impressive outing with 10 kills, 32 assists and 13 digs to lead the charge.
Emily Gentle led the offensive outing with 18 kills to add a double-double of her own, while Megan Kunkel chipped in nine kills.
Five Storm players had double-digit dig outings, led by Kunkel's 17. Gentle followed with her 15, with Taylor Benner at 14. Cera and Kristin Martin rounded out the double-digit outings with 13 and 11, respectively.
Natasha Smith led the defense at the net with four blocks, while Cera and Jasmine Everage each chipped in two.


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Women don't need brains when they have a man
Leaving Breaking Dawn Part 1, mercifully the second-to-last installment in the Twilight Saga, I heard a little girl cry:
"I have so many feelings about this movie, but I can't put them into words!"
Me too, kiddo, but they pay me to try.
Aside from being poorly scripted and woodenly acted, the entire Twilight series spoon-feeds a destructive message to young girls.
The romantic premise is as follows: Eighteen-year-old Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart: Eclipse) prepares to wed her beau of one year, vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson: Water for Elephants). There's not much for her to do, since her new vampire friends have taken over the planning. Edward won't tell her where she's honeymooning: It's a surprise. Stylish Alice (Ashley Greene: Butter) won't let Bella pick her dress or shoes since Bella's not stylish enough. Best friend and werewolf Jacob (the always shirtless Taylor Lautner: Abduction) won't talk to Bella because he wanted to be the monster she marries.
Bella could be replaced by a mannequin at her wedding, and she's fine with this arrangement, because her only desire is to be with Edward. This is her life: No job, no education, no friends, no human contact — unless darling Edward okays it.
The script sounds less like the end of a fairy tale than the beginning, when the pretty girl needs rescuing.
No matter, the pair are married and whisked off to their honeymoon, where Bella is finally allowed to consummate the union with her loving spouse. Bella sees the experience as grand, though Edward points out that his amorous attentions have left Bella bruised and injured. That's okay, Bella insists, because Edward loves her.
That's right, girls: It's fine if he hurts you so long as he loves you. Be sure to write that one down in your Team Edward notebook.
A charming montage follows in which Bella dresses up in lingerie nightly, begging her husband for sex. Edward resists like a saint because he knows better.
Their honeymoon is cut short when Bella realizes that she's pregnant and, like a true Teen Mom, decides to keep the baby. This, in spite of the fact that vampire patriarch and doctor Carlisle (Peter Facinelli: Nurse Jackie) assures her the baby is killing her. Apparently a backer of Personhood legislation, the suddenly decisive Bella insists that this baby must be born, even if it kills her. She'll just hope for the best and get turned into a vampire after delivery — if she lives that long.
The baby threatens problems all around. A vampirish birth will nullify the tenuous pact the vampires have with the werewolves. This means that loyal wolf-puppy Jacob will have to break from his pact to protect the woman he loves.
Will Bella have the baby? Will Edward turn her in time? Will Jacob ever admit that Bella's just not that into him?
None of it much matters so long as Edward remains dreamy and Jacob remains shirtless, because Stewart nails her performance of Bella the good cult convert.
On the plus side, cinematography is surprisingly artistic, and the werewolves have hilarious arguments.
I hope for more arguing werewolves in the final Twilight. We'd be saved not only the stilted expressions of the human actors but also more systematic torture of a young girl too co-dependent to function without the guiding hand of a man.


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CLERMONT, Fla.—UMass Boston softball (2-6) concluded their season-opening trip at the NTC Classic with a pair of losses Wednesday afternoon, as the Beacons fell 13-6 to Benedictine University of Illinois (3-5) and 1-0 to #15 Plattsburgh State University (6-2).
Despite the fact that the two losses extended their skid to six games, the Beacons played some of their best softball of the week in game two, going toe-to-toe with a Plattsburgh State team that made it all the way to Salem, Virginia and the Softball Championship last May.
Freshman pitcher Emily Gray (New Bedford, Mass.) was one of the brightest spots for the Beacons Wednesday, throwing eight innings of two-run ball against Benedictine and Plattsburgh. Against the Cardinals, Gray threw six scoreless innings, before allowing a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to take the hard-luck loss. She also added a career-high two hits and her first RBI in game one, while serving as the Beacons designated player.
Senior Kelsey Souza (Braintree) and Erika Vecchiet (Pequannock, N.J.) added three hits apiece to lead the Beacons. A day after being held scoreless and registering just nine hits, UMass Boston tallied six runs and 15 hits across the doubleheader.
Game One: Benedictine University (Ill.) 12, UMass Boston 6
Game one of the day proved to be an offensive battle, as the two teams racked up 31 hits and 19 runs in a 13-6 Eagles victory. The Beacons defensive woes came back to haunt them for a second straight day, as Benedictine turned four UMB errors into three unearned runs.
Samantha Hemstock (Northford, Conn.), Taryn Asta (Marshfield, Mass.) and Gray led UMB with two hits and an RBI apiece, while Vecchiet reached three times and picked up her fourth RBI of the week.
Sophomore first baseman Kelsey Svenson (Oxford, Conn.) earned her first start of the season and tallied her second career hit and an RBI in the loss.
The Beacons took their first lead in four games in the first inning, when Hemstock smashed a single up the middle to score Souza, who had reached on a single to lead off the game.
After Benedictine raced out to an 8-1 lead by the end of the top of the fifth, UMass Boston responded with their second-best inning of the week in the bottom half of the inning.
Five straight Beacons singled to start off the inning and seven UMB players registered hits in the inning, as UMB scored five runs to cut the deficit to 8-6. Despite the five runs, the damage could have been more, if not for the Beacons scoring just one run with the bases loaded and one out.
Benedictine responded right away with four runs in the top half of the sixth to grab control right back and UMB managed just one more hit over their final two at-bats.
GAME TWO: #15 Plattsburgh State 1, UMass Boston 0
The second game of the day was a pitchers duel, as Gray went pitch for pitch with a pair of Cardinals right-handers. After six and a half tense innings of scoreless ball, Plattsburgh finally broke through for the lone run of the contest, as the rain and winds finally began to pick up over the NTC Main Complex.
Brianna Clarke sent a hard grounder up the middle, with the bases loaded and two outs, to score Megan Price and help the Cardinals outlast the Beacons.
Both teams stranded six runners on base, including a combined eight runners left in scoring position.
Souza and Vecchiet accounted for all three Beacons singles, while Clarke was one of three Plattsburgh State players to record two hits each.
Gray continued her strong start to the season, pitching six and 2/3 innings of one run ball, while allowing 10 hits and striking out three. On the other side, Ashley Marshall earned the win by throwing two and 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of freshman starter Samantha Moss.
The Beacons put together their best scoring chance of the day in the top half of the first, when Asta walked and moved over to second on a Vecchiet single. Both players moved up 60 feet on a wild pitch from Moss with two outs, but Natalia Bouyea (East Longmeadow, Mass.) struck out to end the rally.
Plattsburgh State put a runner on third with just one out in the bottom half of the first, but Gray struck out the next batter and forced a fly out to Bouyea to end the threat.
Getting out of trouble would be a common theme for Gray and the UMB defense, as the Cardinals put runners on in every inning but the sixth.
In the fifth inning, Plattsburgh State started off the inning with back-to-back singles, but Gray induced three straight groundouts and the left side of the infield recorded outs on the lead runner on each of the first two groundballs, to keep the score squared at 0-0.
But while the defense kept the Beacons on the verge of scoring the upset, Marshall made things difficult-striking out five of the seven batters she faced after coming on in relief.
The Cardinals finally broke through in the seventh despite some impressive defensive play by UMass Boston. Samantha Tenney led off the inning with a wind aided double that fell just out of the grasp of Bouyea and moved over to third on a wild pitch. After the next batter lined out to Vecchiet at second base, UMB caught Tenney in a run down and recorded the rare 6-5-2-5-2 putout, when Hemstock did a fantastic job of blocking the plate to keep the Beacons alive.
Three batters later with the bases loaded, Clarke sent a shot just to the right of second base to move the Cardinals to 6-2 on the year.
UMass Boston will return to New England over the weekend and are scheduled to play their first games Sunday afternoon in a doubleheader at Salve Regina beginning at Noon.


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ou are standing in an open field, shoulder to shoulder with your regiment. The British line is 50 yards away. They slowly raise their muskets and aim directly at you and your comrades. The thunder of the volley is deafening, the choking smoke stinks of sulphur. Hundreds of pieces of lead whistle as they pass over your head, by your side, and into your ranks. Men fall all around you, dead and wounded. Confusion, fear, and chaos set in. You can not understand your officers' commands in the confusion. You and the other survivors of the volley reform to return the fire to the enemy.
Out of this kind of chaos, soldiers of the Continental Army forged a victory over professional British and German soldiers near Saratoga, New York. The two battles fought here in autumn of 1777 changed the course of the American Revolution and insured the independence of the former British colonies that became the United States of America.
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