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USC tennis will be represented in both the men's and women's action out at the BNP Paribas Open this week in Indian Wells, Calif. Former Trojans Steve Johnson and Maria Sanchez secured wildcards into the singles main draw, opening up action today (March 6) in Indian Wells.
Seven-time All-American, four-time NCAA Team Champion and back-to-back NCAA Singles Champion Steve Johnson -- who is a semifinalist for the Sullivan Award (CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR STEVIE!!) -- will kick off his competition in the men's main draw with a clash against Spain's Pablo Andujar. Johnson enters the BNP Paribas Open ranked No. 134 in the world. Andujar is No. 46.
Also an All-American at USC and the 2010 ITA National Indoor Singles Champion as a Trojan, Maria Sanchez ranks No. 112 in the world on the way into the women's main draw at the BNP Paribas Open. Sanchez opens up against Russia's No. 79-ranked Olga Puchkova.
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MK Dons missed out on the chance to move up to third in Coca-Cola League One as Southend snatched a 2-1 victory at Roots Hall.
The Shrimpers leading scorer Lee Barnard grabbed the winner from the penalty spot deep into stoppage-time as the game looked to be heading for a draw.
Referee Darren Deadman, who booked eight players, awarded the spot-kick after the Shrimpers striker had his shirt pulled by Dean Lewington as a free-kick was delivered into the area.
Dons went in front in the 14th minute when Luke Chadwick charged forward and teed up Sam Baldock, who fired home a low shot from 14 yards.
Franck Moussa had earlier forced a fine one-handed save from Willy Gueret and the Dons keeper pulled off another stop to repel Jean-Francois Christophe`s header in the 22nd minute.
Southend did pull level two minutes later when Christophe nodded a Johnny Herd free-kick across goal and Aaron Wilbraham inadvertently headed the ball into his own net.
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The Seattle Mariners have signed pitchers Charlie Furbush and Hector Noesi to contracts for the 2013 season.
Furbush, a left-hander, was a bright spot in the Mariners' bullpen last year. He went 5-2 with a 2.72 earned run average in 48 games.
Noesi, on the other hand, is coming off a disappointing campaign. The righty compiled a 2-12 record with a 5.82 ERA while starting 18 games and making four relief appearances for the Mariners.


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Transfer news: Aly Cissokho hoping to stay at Liverpool when loan deal comes to an end
Aly Cissokho has set his sights on a permanent deal at Liverpool after expressing his pride at playing for the club.
Last Updated: 17/11/13 3:54pm
The Frenchman made the move to Anfield in the summer on a year-long loan deal from Valencia, providing competition for Jose Enrique at left-back.
He is enjoying life at Anfield and intends to keep working hard to ensure he has a chance of staying beyond the end of the season.
"It's a great source of pride for me every day to be able to play with players like this and to represent a big club like Liverpool," Cissokho told Liverpool's official website.
"It's a source of pride for all the coaches I had as a youth player. Of course, I am very happy to be here and I hope to stay here.
"It's a great city. We have a great training complex here, and we all have a lot placed at our disposal to get the best from each player, and that's a good thing for me."
Cissokho appreciates that he faces a challenge to establish himself as a regular starter under Brendan Rodgers, but he is relishing the physical nature of English football and is ready to play his part.
He said: "To start with, when you want to play in a team like Liverpool, you have to expect that there's going to be high level of competition for each place, whether in central defence, midfield or in attack.
"Everyone in the team is disappointed not to be competing in European competition, and every player wants to give his best to ensure that the club is up there in the qualifying positions at the end of the season.
"The season is long, and there are a lot of matches to come. The coach makes, and will continue to make, his decisions, and it's important to respect them so that the team can be in the best shape each Saturday.
"I'd say the English championship resembles the leagues I've known to date - very physical, high tempo, as in France, and like in Spain and Portugal, a lot of intensity, as with here, combined with technical football.
"It's very engaged, and it's non-stop. It's surprising to see that even with those teams in mid-table, as well as those nearer the top of the table, there's never a let up in the tempo, and they all play at the maximum level right up to the last minute of the match."


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An 11-year-old boy, Derek B. Smith of Brooklyn, was found at the bottom of a pool early Sunday evening at a house off Route 114 in East Hampton. A family friend with whom he was spending the day pulled him out and frantically called 911 while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
East Hampton Town police said the boy, who had special needs, was visiting here for the day.
Chief Michael Sarlo said an officer arrived at the house three minutes after the call came in at 5:08 p.m., and took over C.P.R. A paid paramedic and East Hampton Village Ambulance Association members soon followed, as did three East Hampton Village police officers. The boy was taken to Southampton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Derek was fully clothed and did not know how to swim, Detective Sgt. Greg Schaefer said on Tuesday. The detective said he was apparently not mentally or physically disabled, but that he did attend a special-needs school in Brooklyn.
The family friend, whose name was not released, told police Derek was outside playing with a ball while she was inside on the phone. They were the only two people at the house at the time.
He was only out of sight for three or four minutes, she told the detective. "She began to look for him and she realized there was something at the bottom of the pool."
"How he ended up there — whether he fell in accidentally — we are still investigating." Detective Schaefer said police were told the boy was "aware and afraid of the water."
The woman had asked Derek's grandmother, who was his main caretaker, if she could bring him out for the day. "She thought it would be fun," the detective said.
There were no signs of trauma on the body, and no foul play is suspected. Police are awaiting a report from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's office.
A town code enforcement officer later conducted an assessment of the property, which tax records indicate is owned by Elizabeth Bianco of New York City. A fence around the pool was present; that was not a contributing factor in the death, police said.
Tom Preiato, the town's chief building inspector, was called to the house during the investigation. On Tuesday, he declined to discuss specifics of the property, citing an ongoing investigation.
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Fantasy launch a sure sign spring is on the way
2012 MLB.com Player Preview, Fantasy Baseball game unveiled
By Mark Newman / MLB.com | 02/06/12 9:00 AM EST
Ticket sales are booming. Equipment trucks are on the highway. Players take conditioning routines to another level. Trading-card packs have been opened. Bermuda grass was just planted at Marlins Park. Baseballs are stitched, sealed, delivered and soon signed.
Slowly but surely, the signs of spring present themselves each year at this time, faithfully like green buds, and one of our favorite signs is now visible right here with Monday's launch of the 2012 MLB.com Player Preview and the MLB.com Fantasy Baseball 2012 game.
The 2012 MLB.com Player Preview features rankings, photos, videos, season outlooks, projected stats, fantasy analysis and fantasy auction dollar values for more than 800 players. It is for all Major League Baseball fans, whether or not you are planning to join the millions who will manage fantasy rosters. This is what so many people have waited for in the dead of winter, in the form of trading-card styles that bring back great memories.
Start any conversation with Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, who will report to camp later this month in Glendale, Ari., and then make another run at joining baseball's exclusive 40/40 Club. Kemp is No. 1 in the player ranking ($42 value) after leading the NL in runs, homers and RBIs while batting .324 and swiping 40 bases last season.
Kemp is followed by Albert Pujols of the Angels, Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays, Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies, Justin Upton of the D-backs, Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox, Joey Votto of the Reds and Adrian Gonzalez of the Red Sox. That makes Boston the only club to place two players in the top 10.
Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers is the first pitcher listed, at No. 18 overall, followed by Justin Verlander of the Tigers (22) and Roy Halladay of the Phillies (23). Kershaw won the 2011 National League Cy Young Award with 21 wins, a big-league best 2.28 ERA and a strikeout rate of nearly 10 batters per nine innings, and at just 23 his dominance is just beginning. He projects to a 19-9 record, 2.55 ERA and 237 whiffs.
It is free to enter MLB.com Fantasy Baseball 2012, it is easy to play, and you could win the $10,000 grand prize when all league champions compete in October. The popular game features weekly head-to-head matchups, smaller rosters, real-time video highlights, and team pitching staffs to make the game more user-friendly. Drafts do not start until later this month, but you can start signing up right now. Create a league with your friends or join a public league.
MLB.com will have news and analysis all year round, featuring such staples as player notes, injury updates and closer report.
In addition to the MLB.com Player Preview and game rollout, there are fresh signs popping up all around the Majors signaling the imminent reporting of pitchers and catchers. For example, consider the Phillies Three-Game Ticket Packs that went on sale Monday. It is part of an overall fan rush right now to MLB.com/tickets.
"With 204 consecutive regular season sellouts, ticket inventory will be limited. We encourage our fans to purchase early," said John Weber, the Phillies' vice president of sales and ticket operations. "Baseball is just around the corner, and we look forward to welcoming our fans back to Citizens Bank Park for what is sure to be another exciting season."
Another example is the gradual procession of Truck Day, as 18-wheelers leave largely frosty climes packed with baseball equipment headed from regular season homes to spring venues. Consider the Indians' trucks that pulled away from Progressive Field on Friday and are now on a 2,075-mile journey to the team's Cactus League home in Goodyear, Ariz. They are due to arrive on Thursday.
"This is almost like the first day of spring for a lot of Northeast Ohioans," said Tony Amato, the Indians' home clubhouse and equipment manager. "We have everything going down there. We have all the uniforms. We have all the bats. The baseballs will meet us down there -- anything that you're going to need to basically move your whole operation for two months into Goodyear."
Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. Read and join other baseball fans on his MLB.com community blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This is my first time participating in the 'Festival of Postcards', and hopefully it wont be the last.
I was fortunate enough to receive a box full of personal belongings of my great-grandmother's; and a handful of postcards was among them. There are probably more in the hands of other relatives because she saved everything (thank goodness!).
So this edition is a theme of ''light'. It took several sessions and some creative thinking to find one that fit the bill; let me tell ya!
See how the young lady is looking at the young man? It's as though she is thinking "You are the light of my life," which makes me wonder why great-grandma's sister sent this postcard to my great-grandpa. Did she just grab any old postcard, or did she put some thought into choosing one? Who sends postcards to their brother-in-law? No, really, curious minds want to know!
Friday, January 22, 2010
A Festival of Postcards -- 7th Edition
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It is a wonderful card! I like thoose old postcards! Nice to see them!ReplyDelete
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It is a sweet card. As a former Idaho girl, I was trying to think of where Bloomington might be.
Bloomington is in Bear Lake County about 100 miles south of Pocatello and close to the Utah border. It is about 5 miles from Bear Lake which is half in Idaho and half in Utah. It is beautiful country.ReplyDelete
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Sheriff vows to get spanking fetish Aussie
A Florida sheriff says he won't rest until an Australian man accused of instructing the "spanking fetish" sexual abuse of two girls with a leather paddle is extradited to the US and sentenced to a lengthy jail term.
Perth man Christopher Lobban, 54, allegedly met online girlfriend Robin Pagoria, a 46-year-old Florida prison guard, on the Spank-O-Life social network.
Pagoria was this week sentenced in a Florida court to 20 years in prison after doing a plea deal with prosecutors.
Lobban, from his home in Perth, gave detailed instructions to Pagoria on how to build a "spanking bench" and use a leather paddle to beat the girls to fulfil his and Pagoria's sexual desires, authorities allege.
Pagoria allegedly videotaped the abuse and uploaded the videos to a website for Lobban's review.
"She spanked them and spanked them and spanked them without mercy," Polk County sheriff Grady Judd, Pagoria's former boss, told Tampa Bay's ABC TV affiliate.
US authorities issued a warrant for Lobban and he was arrested by West Australian police on July 16, 2011, in Perth, but Judd said Lobban has waged a long legal battle to fight extradition attempts.
"He's got lawyers, he's fighting us," Judd said.
"That's OK. He's sitting in prison right now, where he needs to be, in Australia."
Pagoria, like Lobban, faced a minimum mandatory jail sentence of 25 years, but she agreed to the plea deal before the case went to trial.
As part of the deal, Pagoria must testify if Lobban stands trial.
Judd said Pagoria was an excellent employee during her six years as a detention deputy.
"What we didn't know is she had a deep dark secret, and that was she was into the dominant, submissive fetish and the spanking fetish," Judd said.
The victims told authorities Lobban was very involved in their "punishment".
"You're not going to hide on the other side of the world and sexually batter our children and sexually abuse our children without going to prison," Judd said, in a warning to Lobban.
In her deal, Pagoria pleaded no contest to counts of aggravated child abuse, lewd or lascivious battery and using a child in a sexual performance.
After serving the 20 years, Pagoria will be on probation for another 20 years.
Lobban was arrested in Australia on a Polk County provisional warrant for two counts of promotion of sexual performance of a child, two counts of solicitation to commit aggravated child abuse by malicious punishment, and two counts of solicitation to commit lewd/lascivious battery on a victim aged between 12 and 16 years.
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VMware Spooks Investors By Cutting Q2 Revenue Guidance
VMware's profit during its fiscal first quarter dipped 9 percent, and the vendor alarmed Wall Street by cutting its revenue forecast for its current quarter and full fiscal year. In its second quarter, VMware is now expecting revenue of $1.21 billion to $1.24 billion. Wall Street analysts had been expecting $1.26 billion. VMware in January forecast fiscal 2013 revenue of $5.23 billion to $5.35 billion, but is now expecting $5.12 billion to $5.24 billion.
VMware CFO Jonathan Chadwick said the revised guidance is partially due to the removal of $110 million in revenue from VMware's Pivotal Initiative joint venture with EMC.


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Well, I guess my moratorium on blogging about All-Star voting had to end at some point.
Today, the league's popularity contest finally came to an end with the selection of the six men that will start the All-Star Game in Raleigh Jan. 30.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin of Pittsburgh and Chicago's Jonathan Toews were selected as forwards, Chicago's Duncan Keith and Pittsburgh's Kris Letang as defensemen and Penguins netminder Marc-Andre Fleury was picked to start between the pipes. Congrats to fans of the Penguins and Blackhawks for being technologically savvy enough, and for having enough free time, to get their players elected to the game.
Obviously, the one slight related to the Bruins is NHL league-leader in goals-against average and save percentage Tim Thomas. But that was to be expected. Thomas finished respectable fourth in the balloting with 139,182 votes. However, Fleury collected 311,623 votes to earn starter status.
Next week, the NHL will announce the 36 other All-Stars who will join the starters in the draft pool. And then in around two weeks, the captains will be picked by the pool of players.
The sides will be chosen for the game Jan. 28 during the NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft, which will be as riveting a television experience as the aftermath of the JFK assassination, the season finale of "Lost" and the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Or maybe better. With Versus televising it, it has to be sensational.
Anyway, expect Thomas to be among the 36 players announced next week. Zdeno Chara and Milan Lucic also have a chance, while Tyler Seguin should be among the 12 rookies selected to compete with the All-Stars in the Honda NHL SuperSkills Jan. 29.


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Kobach predicts its first statewide test of photo ID to vote will be a success
August 3, 2012
Topeka Critics of requiring photo ID to vote say such laws suppress voting, especially among the elderly and people with low incomes.
But Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Thursday the Kansas photo ID law that he shepherded through the Legislature may increase voter participation in next Tuesday's Republican and Democratic primaries.
That is because, he said, his office's photo ID campaign to educate voters about the law has raised the visibility of the election, which will be the first statewide test of the law.
He added, "You probably have some voters who are anxious to see how the new law works and maybe some voters who actually are excited about the new law and want to participate. So, I think the photo ID law is probably elevating turnout, slightly."
But Ernestine Krehbiel, president of the League of Women Voters-Kansas, disagreed.
Krehbiel said she is concerned that elderly voters who don't have driver's licenses or other forms of photo ID will be unable to vote.
"We are not opposed to photo ID, but we are opposed to having it shoved down very fast, instead of going at it in a calm manner," she said.
Kobach said he doubted many voters would not have ID, but he said for those who don't, they can still cast a provisional ballot and get the ID within the next few days to have their votes count.
But Krehbiel said some elderly and low-income Kansans would be unable to get the necessary documents together in time to get the state-issued, free non-driver's license ID and have their votes count. Statewide, 32 people have received this kind of ID.
Douglas County is tackling the photo ID requirement by becoming the first county in the state to issue its own ID cards for voters.
This will allow voters who don't have a photo ID to avoid having to go to the state's Division of Motor Vehicles. The Douglas County ID card also won't require voters to produce a birth certificate to receive a photo ID. Under the system, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew will accept a current utility bill, bank statement, government check or other government documents that show a name or address.
Kobach said he supported the effort by Douglas County.
"It is a valid, government-issued ID," he said. "The only concerns we would have, would be if a governmental unit were issuing the IDs without a requisite checking to ensure that a person was actually establishing who he or she says she is. But we are satisfied that Douglas County is doing that."
Kobach's comments were made during a news conference in which he predicted a paltry 18 percent of registered voters will vote in the primaries.
But that's not because of photo ID, he said. He said part of the reason for the projected low voter turnout is that congressional races have been low key.
None of the four incumbent U.S. House members faces a Republican primary opponent. The most contested congressional race is the three-candidate field in the Democratic primary for Congressional District 2, which includes Douglas County.
And even though there is intense competition between moderate Republicans and conservative Republicans in state House and Senate races, Kobach said legislative races don't necessarily drive people to the polls.
Kobach said another indicator of a low turnout is that advance voting has been low.
He predicted about 310,000 Kansans will vote in the primaries out of 1.7 million registered voters. Primary election turnout for the last decade has been 26 percent in 2002; 30 percent in 2004; 18.1 percent in 2006; 22.45 percent in 2008; and 25.2 percent in 2010.
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When asked about how rough Game 2 of the Los Angeles Kings-Phoenix Coyotes ended up, Anze Kopitar had an amusing response: "I don't think it was too dirty. I don't think it was Pittsburgh-Philly like."
Yes, it's true that the Coyotes didn't lose their composure in the same way that the Penguins did when they felt that their series was spiraling out of control. No one was headhunting like James Neal seemingly did when he delivered some highly questionable hits on Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier, but there still might be some pretty significant consequences for the Coyotes after they lost their cool on Tuesday.
Much like the Penguins after Game 3, the Coyotes might play a big game (albeit not an elimination one, barring a multiple-contest punishment) without some significant players. Shane Doan delivered a questionable boarding hit on Trevor Lewis that many believe won't bring him any punishment beyond Doan being ejected from Game 2. That being said, there's always the chance that "good guy" Doan could sit out a contest because he has a history of questionable hits, including a three-game suspension from March. You never really know with the NHL's disciplinary ranks, although you can kind of make out certain patterns.
Now let's move on to the guy who almost definitely won't be suspended: Mike Smith. The Coyotes goalie (justifiably) hasn't been very happy with the Kings crashing his crease with aplomb and he expressed that distaste with a slash to the back of Dustin Brown's leg. Somewhat amusingly, Brown received a minor penalty (unsportsmanlike conduct – diving) to match Smith's slash. Brown is known for having a talent to "draw" penalties yet this was actually a case when he was a victim of his own reputation. Either way, Smith is unlikely to get any more than the minor he received in Game 2.
Meanwhile, another painful moment for Brown will likely draw a suspension. During the third period, Martin Hanzal caught Brown from behind with a boarding hit that was far less defensible than the one Doan delivered. While one could argue that Lewis put himself in a dangerous situation by "turning in" to Doan's hit (which is what Dave Tippett and Doan essentially), Hanzal's hit from behind is the type of thing that the NHL is trying to get rid of. After taking the temperature of the Twitter populace, it sounds like Hanzal will probably get at least a one-game suspension.
There's actually one other incident that might get some attention that slipped under the radar that might get some a little heat was Derek Morris' knee-to-knee hit on Rob Scuderi. Not much has been made of this moment, but it's at least worth noting if you have Morris in a league.
So, just to recap:
As many speculated from almost the moment word got out that Dale Hunter only had a one-year contract, the head coach decided to step down from his fairly successful (or wildly successful, depending upon whom you ask) post as the Washington Capitals head coach. His time with the London Knights – or just getting away from questions about Alex Ovechkin's ice time – proved more valuable than testing his chops in the NHL some more.
From a winning/playoff perspective, one can debate the merits of "Hunter hockey" until they're blue in the face. (My take: it wasn't the best way to take advantage of the personnel on hand, but even the biggest haters of the style probably will admit that the team was buying in to an impressive degree.)
The fantasy perspective is a lot easier to distinguish: it's a sigh of relief. The Capitals' talents were shackled in a system that occasionally gave bigger minutes to likeable (but far from explosive) players such as Jay Beagle than to the Ovechkin and Alexander Semins of the world.
It brings me to the first question: where does Ovechkin belong in next year's fantasy hockey drafts? Oddly enough, the Crosby vs. Ovechkin question might be moot when it comes to the first pick next year. Considering the concussion worries for Crosby and the consistency/system/whatever questions for Ovi, I'd venture that it's safer to rely on someone like Steven Stamkos.
My guess is that as much as he's struggled, Ovechkin probably has to be at least a first round pick next year, but feel free to drop me an e-mail or message me on Twitter if you have a strong dissenting opinion.
The Capitals have a lot of more direct off-season questions, though. Replacing Hunter is the fundamental first choice for Capitals GM George McPhee. The next coach will determine style and probably a fair share of the personnel decisions ahead.
Alexander Semin is the first and most obvious question. Initially it sounded like he won't be back and logic certainly dictates that. In the case of both Semin and definitely departing goalie Tomas Vokoun, the question isn't so much about their futures with the Capitals but rather whether or not they'll go to the KHL.
Beyond those rather significant scenarios, Mike Green and Dennis Wideman are other noteworthy guys whose futures are hard to place. Green – like not going anywhere gem John Carlson – is a restricted free agent while Wideman is unrestricted, which might increase Green's chances of sticking around.
Long story short, things are going to be different in Washington – it should be fascinating to find out what exactly that means, though.
1. Jimmy Hascup - 365 points
2. Corey Abbott - 217.60
3. Jared O - 206.20
4. Michael Finewax - 187.30
5. Marc Lapierre - 172.10
6. My team - 158.30
7. Ryan Dadoun - 138.10
8. Brian Rosenbaum - 123.50
9. Gus Katsaros - 106.70
10. Kevin Brown - 88.80
Well, there seems like a pretty clear dividing line between the teams who have a shot to fit into the top three and the ones who are probably done: my team. If you're above it, you still have a shot; if not, you might be out of luck. Jared has a great chance of eclipsing Corey because he has 18 remaining players versus Corey's seven, but as usual, no one has a chance against Jimmy.
Am I the only one who thinks we need to lighten up on Patrick Kane, at least if he's only doing any "damage" to his liver? If I'm a GM of any of the NHL's other 29 teams, I'd gladly take that "problem" off the Blackhawks' hands … Jay Beagle apparently broke his foot in Game 5 … Colin Fraser missed Game 2 for the Kings because of family issues. The way Los Angeles (and Fraser) played, he might not be back for a while … The Rangers won Game 1 against the New Jersey Devils, but the game was a lot closer to the 3-0 score indicated. Watch for New Jersey's forecheck to create some havoc in this series. (Click here for the full list.)


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Corn tortillas, fresh or slightly stale, thicken this soup in a flavorful way.
If you open two 15-ounce cans of pumpkin puree for this recipe, you�ll have a little left over; stir it into store-bought hummus or your favorite chili or muffin recipe. To omit the alcohol, substitute fresh, unsweetened apple cider or sparkling cider.
If you have the inclination to make a crunchy garnish, cut 1 or 2 additional tortillas into thin strips and lightly fry them in oil until crisped. Or you can crumble a few store-bought tortilla chips.
MAKE AHEAD: The soup can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 5 days or frozen flat in zip-top bags for up to 6 months. Adapted from a recipe by Emily Ho on TheKitchn.com.
3 to 4 servings (Makes about 5 1/4 cups)
1/2 medium white onion, coarsely chopped
1 or 2 cloves garlic, smashed
1/2 cup packed cilantro leaves and tender stems, plus a few cilantro leaves for garnish
2 tablespoons olive oil
Six 6-inch refrigerated corn tortillas, cut into strips, then into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Ground cayenne pepper (may substitute hot sauce)
1 1/2 cups canned pure pumpkin puree (from two 15-ounce cans; see headnote)
1 cup brown ale or hard cider (see headnote)
1 1/2 cups water, or more as needed
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, or more as needed
Toasted hulled pumpkin seeds, for garnish (optional; see NOTE)
Flesh of 1 ripe avocado, cubed, for garnish (optional)
Combine the onion, garlic (to taste) and cilantro in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped.
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onion-cilantro mixture along with the chopped tortillas, stirring to coat. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring several times, until softened.
Stir in the cumin and cayenne pepper (to taste). Cook for 1 minute, then add the pumpkin puree, ale or cider, the water and salt, stirring to incorporate. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. The tortillas will break up and thicken the soup; add water to achieve the desired consistency. Taste, and adjust the seasoning as needed.
Divide among bowls. Garnish with the cilantro leaves, pumpkin seeds and/or avocado, if desired. Serve warm.
NOTE: Toast pumpkin seeds in a small, dry skillet over medium-low heat for a few minutes, until lightly browned and fragrant. You will hear them make popping sounds.
NUTRITION Per serving (based on 4): 180 calories, 3 g protein, 24 g carbohydrates, 8 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 140 mg sodium,5 g dietary fiber, 6 g sugar


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Car news
It's the Beetle Dune Concept
Near 'production ready' 207bhp turbo stars in Detroit and could become real. If you like it
Volkswagen has revealed this Beetle Dune concept at the Detroit Motor Show with a rather explicit announcement: that should its reception be positive, it'll go into production.
In fact, we're told this car is practically production ready, sitting as it does on the FWD architecture of the current Beetle, matched to a 207bhp turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol engine (the same one you get in a Golf GTI) and six-speed DSG automatic gearbox.
This means the summer 'concept' - with its electronic front differential - can accelerate from 0-100kph in 7.3 seconds and onto a top speed of 227kph that, says Volkswagen, "would be a speed for the race track". Quite.
But what exactly is it? Those with long memories will remember its predecessor, the original Beetle Dune concept from January 2000, and this car is a step closer to a production version of that, rather wilder, early concept. There are a pair of skis mounted to the back, and the whole car has been raised by 50mm and fitted with 19in wheels, just like those old VW dune buggies.
It's not only taller than a regular Beetle, but also slightly wider (wider wheel housings and an extended track front and rear) and longer too, together with polished aluminium sill trims, a higher bonnet, a redesigned front apron, and a rear roof spoiler.
There's more exclusive Dunery inside too; a colour coded dashboard, a 7.7in touchscreen that handles the infotainment and some new seat upholstery. You'll also notice how everything is orange.
And should you like this orange, it could appear in a city near you. So, VW is listening, everyone. Do you like this Beetle Dune? And should VW put it into production?
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Westminster Mall Names GM
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Westminster Mall named Rajeev K. Chhabra as general manager.
Chhabra replaces Mark Halbach, who is no longer with Indianapolis-based parent company Simon Property Group Inc.
Chhabra oversees leasing, marketing and operations among other duties at the 125-store center.
Chhabra comes to the Westminster Mall after having served as assistant mall manager of Simon Property's The Domain and The Arboretum malls in Austin, Texas. He previously worked in Simon Property's financial operations division at the company's headquarters.
Westminster Mall added The Limited, Victoria's Secret Pink and Cotton On earlier this year in addition to some existing tenant remodels. The mall is set to add a T.G.I. Friday's and Cups Frozen Yogurt in early 2013.
The mall saw taxable sales for the 12 months ended in June down 1.3% to $266.1 million.


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Marie Postle Stewart
Salt Springs Mist
Painting - Oil
48" x 96"
Mass Transit Division - loaned to the Office of the County Attorney
Marie Postle Stewart painted in the plain-air tradition of the Impressionists, choosing the beautiful landscape of the state and county parks as subject matter. She especially focused on the atmospheric lighting of a particular time of day. Here, in this diptych oil painting, she depicted a misty river bank in Ocala National Forest, Central Florida.


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New Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System wave buoy deployed in MauiUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Melissa M. Iwamoto, (808) 956-6556
PacIOOS Outreach and Program Coordinator, SOEST
PacIOOS Outreach and Program Coordinator, SOEST
Posted: Dec 8, 2011
On December 3, 2011, the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) deployed a new Datawell Mark II Waverider Buoy in 700 feet of Maui's coastal waters just north of Kahului. Dr. Mark Merrifield, UH Mānoa Professor of Oceanography and PacIOOS lead for wave and water level measurements, and his team organized the buoy deployment. PacIOOS is a program led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.
According to PacIOOS Director Chris Ostrander, this location was chosen in response to multiple stakeholder requests and aims "primarily to provide information to recreational and commercial mariners who use Kahului harbor and transit the waters north of Maui. Also, it is so close to the well-known Peahi surf break that the information will be helpful in refining forecasts of wave height for big wave surf events."
The buoy in the Pauwela ahupua'a joins PacIOOS' existing network of six real-time wave buoys in Hawaiʻi, Guam, and the Marshall Islands to provide streaming data on wave height, direction, period, and water temperature to the PacIOOS website (www.pacioos.org), to the Coastal Data Information Program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (http://cdip.ucsd.edu) and via Twitter @buoy51205.
This buoy will help to inform safe transit entering and exiting Kahului Harbor, provide real-time data to recreational ocean users (e.g., surfers, sailors, paddlers), and provide critical information for coastal hazard and low-lying inundation forecasts for north-facing shores.
PacIOOS is the Pacific Islands regional component of the United States Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). The mission of PacIOOS is to provide timely, reliable, and accurate information on the open and coastal ocean waters of the Pacific Islands to ensure a healthy, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone.
For more information on PacIOOS or to become a partner, visit www.pacioos.org or contact Chris Ostrander at email@example.com.
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What is SNUC?
Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma (SNUC) is a rare and highly aggressive neoplasm arising from the nasal cavity. Only a few hundred patients have ever been diagnosed, and there appear to be only a handful alive in the US at any one time.
Why are we involved?
Andrei Makovik was employed in the Information Technology department at Cayman Chemical. In November 2004, when he was 37, it was discovered that he had a large, invasive tumor of the nasal sinuses. A biopsy revealed that the malignancy was SNUC. A large contingent of Andrei's coworkers organized a research team to help find an optimal treatment program for this cancer. This work was continued after Andrei's death in May of 2006.
Where are we now?
After many years struggling to grow SNUC cells in culture, we have established the unexpected fact that although SNUC is a vigorous and rapidly growing cancer within a human host, it is almost incapable of growing in a petri dish. Andy Martin spent almost his entire life post-diagnosis trying to culture his own SNUC cells in Dr. Curiel's lab. The Cayman team has also worked for years, trying to coax some life out of cells that divide much more slowly than normal HEK or other mammalian cells.
The University of Michigan Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery has initiated a study of whole tumor genome sequencing for SNUC. This study will allow researchers to read the entire DNA 'instruction manual' of each SNUC tumor. This information should pinpoint each mutation and alteration in the normal human sequence and has the potential to identity novel or alternative target-based theories.
Urgently Needed: Additional fresh frozen SNUC tumor biopsy samples
In order to draw meaningful conclusions, we need to sequence SNUC tumor samples from as many different patients as possible. It does not matter whether the cancer has been treated, but it is very helpful to have the tissue frozen immediately on collection. Anyone who is a recently diagnosed SNUC patient or a friend or relative of one, please contact us at email@example.com
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- Mr. and Mrs. John Damico
- Ashley Abernathy's Purple Star Foundation Memorial Fund
- The Patricia L. Knebel Memorial Fund
- Mr. Larry Pietrzyk
- Mr. Steve Weiss
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Editors note: The following narrative is from a telephone interview that Jerry Penry had with Edward S. Wodicka, navigator and survivor of the B-17 Flying Fortress 1st Lt. Charles Young was flying. The aircraft was shot down over Rodenbeck, Germany.
Howard Croner of Estherville, himself a crew member of a B-17, received the information in the mail earlier this month from Carol Wilcox of Lenoir, N.C. who was inquiring about Young who was killed in the crash. Croner had served in the same squadron and bomb group.
Edward S. Wodicka of Stanardsville, Va., is the only living crew member of a B-17 Flying Fortress that was shot down over Germany on the March 23, 1944 mission to Brunswick, Germany. He was the navigator and belonged to the 728th Squadron of the 452nd Bomb Group stationed at Deopham Green, England. He and waist gunner Fred Buckingham, who has now died, were the only surviving crew members from their plane after it was shot down. The following story was told to Jerry Penry by Edward S. Wodicka through telephone conversations on Dec. 20, 1998 and Jan. 2, 1999.
Wodicka's story
On the day of the mission we started to board our usual plane when our pilot, Charles Young, was ordered by Captain Oxrider to fly a different plane that was sitting alone on the tarmac. Our usual plane named "Star Eyes" was given to another crew. When we boarded the battle-damaged plane, we noticed that it had been "redlined" but Oxrider ordered us to fly it anyway. Our pilot had previously been in trouble with Captain Oxrider back on the States for making an unscheduled landing in Kansas to see his brother one last time before leaving for England. This unscheduled trip caused us to later fly into a very bad electrical storm and make a landing that caused damage to our plane and made us a week late. Charles Young and Captain Oxrider were not on good terms as a result of that incident. Young complained about having to fly this different plane that was redlined, but we were ordered to fly it, and it was time to get into the air.
After takeoff we noticed right away why the plane had been redlined since oil was spraying all over the wing. We should have turned back, but we kept up with the rest of the crew anyway, since we were ordered to fly that plane. German fighters noticed our plane, which was a mess from all of the oil, and attacked us. We were carrying both incendiary bombs and fragmentation bombs that day. The fighters went right after the wing which caught fire, and the incendiary bombs were also hit. I had continuously practiced turning from the navigator's seat, then reaching for my chest pack parachute, and hooking it on during every mission. I had practiced it so much that it soon became second nature to me. I remember that the bombardier, Sherman Farr, often laughed at me saying that it was a waste of time for me to do this, since there would be plenty of time if we needed to grab our parachutes.
During the attack, a wing came off of the plane; it immediately went into a downward spin. The centrifugal force of gravity pinned us all inside the walls of the plane, but I had already instinctively put on my parachute. Just as I was reaching for the latch to open the hatch, I noted the bombardier frantically trying to find his parachute. This was the last thing I remember from the plane.
At the same instant that I tried to kick open the door, the intense heat from the incendiary bombs exploded the fragmentation bombs, either killing crew members or blowing them out of the plane. The plane just blew up into a huge fireball. Pieces of the plane struck me everywhere in the air, and as I was falling toward the ground it felt like an arm and leg had been blown off. I tried to reach for the ring to pull my chute, but my right arm was broken. I then quickly pulled the ring with my left hand, which was just soon enough for the parachute to break my fall before I struck a freshly plowed field near Rodenbeck, Germany.
To be continued . . .


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Remember the Ducati 851? It came out in 1987 and blitzed the world of sportsbikes like few other machines have ever managed to. Desmoquattro V-Twin, liquid-cooling, fuel-injection, four-valve cylinder heads, 95bhp and a top speed of about 240km/h made the bike a bit special 25 years ago and that's the way it remains today, despite the fact that it probably requires motorcycle breakdown cover more than the Panigale does!
The 851 and its various avatars (851 SP, 888 and 888 SP) were produced from 1987 to 1993 and the bike won three World Superbikes championships – with Raymond Roche in 1990 and with Doug Polen in 1991 and 1992. By 1993, the Ducati 888 had twin fuel injectors per cylinder, power was up to 125bhp and the bike had the best bits that companies like Termignoni, Brembo and Ohlins were making back then.
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Calling all UH Hilo teacher ed alumsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Director Media Relations
Graduates of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Teacher Education Program and the current cohort of TEP students are invited to the Education Department's first alumni event, a pau hana "mix and share" on Friday, May 1, 3:30-6 p.m. in UCB 127.
The Education Department urges all program alums to take advantage of this opportunity to re-connect with faculty, update the department on their lives and careers and to learn about the current TEP and meet the current program cohort.
For more information, call program advisor Terry Reveira at 974-7748 or email email@example.com. The Education Department also requests TEP alumni to call or email the department at 974-7582 or email@example.com to update contact information.


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court says the gambling machines seized from VictoryLand casino don't resemble the game of bingo.
The court issued an opinion Friday explaining why it ordered a search warrant for a raid by the attorney general after a Macon County judge refused.
The justices said they viewed an undercover surveillance video of what the casino called "electronic bingo" games and they "do not reasonably resemble the game of bingo." The justices also said a reasonable man could reach no conclusion other than there is a fair possibility the games are illegal slot machines.
Attorney General Luther Strange said the opinion should end debate about whether electronic bingo is legal.
His office seized 1,615 machines in the raid that closed what was once Alabama's largest casino.
(MONTGOMERY)— The Supreme Court of Alabama today issued a 46-page opinion explaining why Judge Tom Young of the Macon County Circuit Court was wrong to deny the State's application for a search warrant to search and seize the gambling devices and gambling proceeds at the VictoryLand casino.
The Supreme Court's opinion explains that current Alabama law, including its decision in the Cornerstone case, is "more than clear enough to serve as a guide to measuring the facts of this case." Under existing law, the Supreme Court explains that "the circumstances presented allow for no reasonable conclusion other than that probable cause exists for the issuance of the search warrant in this case." The Court continued:
The games depicted in the surveillance video and described in the affidavit proffered by Sisson in support of the application for the warrant do not reasonably resemble the game of 'bingo.' Without turning a blind eye to that which is depicted in the video and described in the affidavit, a 'man of reasonable caution' could reach no conclusion other than there is a 'fair probability' that the machines in question are not the game of bingo and, instead, are slot machines or other gambling devices that are illegal under Alabama law.
The Supreme Court concluded that "[a] circuit judge is not free to frustrate the enforcement of the criminal law by refusing to issue warrants necessary or appropriate to its enforcement in his or her circuit."
In response to the Court's opinion, Attorney General Strange said "I have said from day one that my office would handle this matter through the courts, and today the Supreme Court has spoken. The Court explained in a detailed and thorough opinion why each of Judge Young's reasons for denying the warrant for VictoryLand was wrong as a matter of law. This decision should end the debate on whether so-called 'electronic bingo' is illegal. It is illegal and local officials cannot create rules to make it legal. The only question now is whether the Legislature will enact tough penalties so that people will think twice before they engage in large-scale slot-machine gambling in the future."


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Republicans don't treat black voters well at all. They disenfranchise them, they suppress their votes, they make it nearly impossible for them to get to the polls, they put up all kinds of obstacles to keep them from registering, and they do everything they can to make those Voter I.D.s they insist upon as inaccessible as possible.
Or as I like to call it, GOP outreach.
Thank you, Supreme Court, for your decision last year to gut the Voting Rights Act. How impartial of you.
Consequently, African American voters won't exactly flock to the Republican party any time soon. Nor will they be inclined to fill in a dot next to anyone with an R after their name on the ballot. Can the GOP be any more shortsighted?
Ironically-- with a twist of karma-- black Southern voters are about to play a prominent role in the November elections.
Via Nate Cohn for the New York Times:
Nearly five decades after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, black voters in the South are poised to play a pivotal role in this year's midterm elections. If Democrats win the South and hold the Senate, they will do so because of Southern black voters. [...]
This year's closest contests include North Carolina, Louisiana and Georgia. Black voters will most likely represent more than half of all Democratic voters in Louisiana and Georgia, and nearly half in North Carolina. Arkansas, another state with a large black population, is also among the competitive states. [...]
If Democrats win this November, black voters will probably represent a larger share of the winning party's supporters in important states than at any time since Reconstruction. Their influence is not just a product of the Senate map. It also reflects the collapse in Southern white support for Democrats, an increase in black turnout and the reversal of a century-long trend of black outmigration from the South... Southern black turnout today rivals or occasionally exceeds that of white voters.
You know what this means, right? Say it with me:
As Cohn reminds us, black voters played a big role in Thad Cochran's primary win against a tea party candidate. Please read his chock full o' info, background, and history article in full, here.
And then help everyone you can to register, and in November, to get to the polls. Swarm the polling places. Vote in droves. Use your voices. Because it doesn't do much good to have winning numbers without access to the ballot box.


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Police are searching a property belonging to Sir Cliff Richard in relation to an alleged historical sex offence, involving a boy from South Yorkshire.
The allegation involves a boy aged under 16 and dates from the 1980s.
A house belonging to the musician in Berkshire has been searched today, with a number of items removed from the property.
Sir Cliff was not at the house at the time of today's search.
Reports said the search is not connected to Operation Yewtree but officers from the operation have been notified.
A statement from South Yorkshire Police said: "South Yorkshire Police has gained entry to a property in the Sunningdale area of Berkshire.
"Officers are currently searching the property.
"A search warrant was granted after police received an allegation of a sexual nature dating back to the 1980s involving a boy who was under the age of 16 at the time.
"No one has been arrested and the owner of the property was not present."
Sir Cliff denies any wrongdoing.
He said: " For many months I have been aware of allegations against me of historic impropriety which have been circulating online.
"The allegations are completely false. Up until now I have chosen not to dignify the false allegations with a response, as it would just give them more oxygen.
"However, the police attended my apartment in Berkshire today without notice, except it would appear to the press.
"I am not presently in the UK but it goes without saying that I will cooperate fully should the police wish to speak to me.
"Beyond stating that today's allegation is completely false it would not be appropriate to say anything further until the police investigation has concluded."


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No other play before Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park"has won the Tony Award for best play, the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Olivier Award (the British equivalent of the Tony Awards) for best new play. So says Arvid S. Sponberg, a professor of English at Valparaiso University in Indiana.
"No other play can make that claim," Sponberg said. "The closest any other play has come also has Chicago ties."
That would be David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," which won the Olivier and Pulitzer when it first emerged, and the Tony for best revival in 2005.


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Where's the Food?
Where's the Food?
The Children's Pic-nic. New York: Currier & Ives, 1872-1874.
Catalog Record | Enlarge Image | Adopt a Book Home
This charming scene of well-dressed children playing outdoors was issued by Currier & Ives towards the end of their long run as print sellers and publishers in New York. The firm listed numerous genre prints of happy and adorable (and adoptable!) children under the heading "Juvenile" in their catalogs.


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Manchester United have offered a trial to highly-rated USA youth international Nick Taitague, according to the Daily Mail.
The 14-year-old winger has been invited to the Premier League champions' Carrington training complex after catching the eye of the club's global scouting network.
Taitague is widely regarded as one of the most gifted young footballers in all of North America, and was recently selected as one of three underage players in the USA squad for the Copa Mexico de Naciones earlier this year.
Red Devils scouts were present at the competition in August, and filed a promising report back to Old Trafford boss David Moyes.
The talented teenager could now be in line for a place in Manchester United's esteemed academy, providing he passes his trial, which is due to take place later this month.
After helping USA to a third place finish at the U15 tournament, Taitague's burgeoning reputation has given him a strong chance of forging a career in England's top-flight.
Manchester United have always placed an emphasis on nurturing and developing young talent, and the recent emergence of Adnan Januzaj will only act as an incentive for the aspiring American in the coming weeks.
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Ooh, aah, Grand Theft Auto 5, how awfully exciting. Last week brought a shiny new trailer, more screenshots and a flood of new details but, sadly, no new word on release platforms beyond Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Though the series' core games have always hit PC, it seems this is still up in the air for 5, or at least that's the official marketing message for now.
"Everything else is up for consideration. That's all I can give you," Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser told IGN. PC and Wii U players, cross those fingers.
"The main thing is we are not... we are a third-party publisher. We're not Nintendo, we're not Sony, we're not Microsoft. We love all of them in different ways. But we can do what we want wherever there's the appropriate business opportunity and chance to find a market. If that's on Apple we put something on Apple. Wherever it might be."
GTA 5 is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in spring 2013 with a honking great huge chunk of the fictional West Coast. Look, here's last week's new trailer again:
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CLEVELAND, OH - The Cleveland Indians today announced the following roster moves relative to the Major League roster:
Recalled LHP SCOTT BARNES from AAA Columbus.
Designated OF EZEQUIEL CARRERA for assignment.
Barnes has spent most of the season at Triple-A Columbus where he has gone 2-0 w/a 3.27 ERA in 8 relief outings (9.2IP, 8H, 4R/ER, 5BB, 10K, .250AVG) and has limited left-handed batters to a .222 (2-9) average against. Over his last 4 outings since April 20 he has an ERA of 1.93 (4.2IP, 3H, 1R/ER, 6K). He was with the Indians on April 28 as the 26th-man for that day's doubleheader and appeared in the day game (1.0IP, 1H, 2R/ER, HR, BB).
The 40-man roster is now at 39
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First-time mothers who opt for a home birth are almost three times more likely to have a baby who dies or suffers brain damage, a major new report has shown.
Babies born to first-time mothers who choose a home birth are almost three times more likely to die or suffer a medical complication, according to a report.
The Birthplace in England study found these babies were 2.8 times more likely to suffer serious problems compared with those born in hospital obstetric units.
Problems include stillbirth after the start of labour, the baby dying within the first week of birth, brain injury, fractures to the upper arm or shoulder during birth, and faeces in the lung, which can require intense medical attention.
Conditions can vary in severity and their long-term impact but are linked to trauma at birth or the baby becoming distressed or being deprived of oxygen during labour.
There was no increased risk for babies whose birth was planned at units led by midwives, either ones that stand alone in the community or which are attached to a hospital. There was also no increased risk for second or subsequent babies whose mothers planned a home birth.
Serious adverse outcomes for the baby are rare - occurring just 3.5 times for every 1,000 babies whose birth was planned in an obstetric unit. But the research, carried out at Oxford University, shows this figure rises to 9.5 per 1,000 babies if the mother chooses a home birth.
The study compared data for almost 65,000 women at low risk of complications who planned to give birth in obstetric units, at home or at a midwife-led unit. The researchers stressed that giving birth is generally very safe. For the entire group of women studied, 250 babies suffered an adverse outcome at birth.
Professor Peter Brocklehurst, who led the study, published in the British Medical Journal, and who now works at University College London, said adverse events are very uncommon.
He added: "These results should reassure pregnant women planning their birth that they can make informed decisions about where they'd most like the birth to happen, knowing that giving birth in England is generally very safe."
Royal College of Midwives chief executive and general secretary Cathy Warwick said: "This study demonstrates clearly the safety of midwife-led care."


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BILLERICA -- The picture, taken last fall, shows Shawsheen Tech students who passed the exam to become certified nursing assistants.
Pamela Mann loves that picture.
"There's him -- and 20 beautiful girls," she says with a laugh -- the "him" being her son Matthew, obviously one smart kid.
The picture also impressed one of Matthew Mann's wrestling teammates. "He's a lucky guy," Devonn Pratt says with a laugh. "He made the right choice (in classes)."
If that picture is not proof enough of how smart Mann is, there is also his 3.8 GPA in Shawsheen Tech's health technology program and the methodical manner in which the 132-pounder deconstructs the aggression of his wrestling opponents.
"He's more of a defensive wrestler, countering off the other wrestler's moves," says Shawsheen Tech coach Mark Donovan. While not always resulting in victory, Mann's style "always makes him the hardest kid in the room to wrestle," says Pratt, a Division 1 state champion at 138 pounds last year.
"I probably have learned and perfected three or four moves my entire four years," says Mann with a smile. "But it's gotten me this far. I can't complain."
A senior from Tewksbury, Mann is 23-6 this season for a Shawsheen Tech wrestling team that won Commonwealth Athletic Conference and State Vocational titles for the fifth straight year, and was runner-up to St. John's Prep at the State Coaches Division 1 Dual-Meet Tournament.
Mann took up cross country and wrestling as a Shawsheen freshman. The former youth hockey player's curiosity has been rewarded. In addition to his uncommon wrestling style, Mann finished 8th, 3rd, and 5th at the CAC's cross county league championship meet the past three years.
He enrolled at Shawsheen Tech prepared to study toward becoming a plumber or an electrician. But while exploring all the school's offerings -- as every freshman is required to do -- Mann trusted his heart.
"Something draws me to medicine," he says.
His mother Pamela, a secretary at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, thinks this is from Matthew listening to his aunts and cousins talking shop at family gatherings.
"I have four aunts who are nurses. Some of my cousins are nurses," says Matthew. "One of my aunts is an intensive-care nurse at the Brigham (and Women's Hospital) in Boston. So she's always telling me all the crazy things that I love to hear."
Aiming for the ER
Mann dreams of becoming an emergency-room doctor. He has been accepted to Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and is waiting to hear also from the University of South Florida and University of Tampa. He plans to major in biology/pre-med.
Mann's dad Chuck is a sales rep at TND Precision Sheet Metal in New Hampshire. His older brother Nick, who attended Central Catholic, is a senior business management major at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., where he plays lacrosse. At the time Matthew chose health technology at Shawsheen, he was the only boy from his freshman class in the program.
"I was hesitant about what people were going to say," he says. "I had a few people say crap to me. But I never really cared. Most people encouraged me. It was great."
Patricia Micalizzi, a health assisting instructor and Mann's co-op teacher at Shawsheen Tech, commends Matthew as " a hard-working individual, who is very compassionate and supportive when caring for patients."
Mann's co-op job is at the Blaire House of Tewksbury, a provider of elder services. On a previous assignment there, Mann monitored the needs of 12 patients on a subacute rehab floor. "Very hard-worker, very reliable, very humble," says his former supervisor, Anne Wanyee.
Mann now works on the assisted-living floor.
Two summers ago, he did 57 hours of volunteer work as a greeter at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, helping direct patients and families through the building.
"Matt is very polite and cordial. He's going to do fine wherever he ends up," says Donna Silva, coordinator of volunteer and community services at Lahey.
Fueling his medical aspirations was also a school externship in a telemetry unit at Lahey Clinic in Peabody. "I can't picture myself doing anything besides health care," says Mann.
Pamela Mann detects in her son a compassion gene that might not be apparent to Mann's opponents on the mat. Last Saturday he pinned his two opponents at the State Coaches Division 1 Dual-Meet Tournament at Chelmsford. Shawsheen next wrestles at the Division 1 North Sectional next Saturday at Lawrence High.
Mann's wrestling career will soon end. "I'm so glad about what I've done here," he says. "To look back on it is all I need."


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Naval Academy will hold a symposium on the history and future challenges of cybersecurity.
Andrew Phillips, the academy's academic dean, announced the October conference during a meeting on Monday with the school's Board of Visitors.
Phillips says the symposium will include a panel on the alliance of the private and public sectors in developing cybersecurity.
The academy has been working to make cyberwarfare a part of the curriculum for all students. The class of 2015 already has had its first cybersecurity class. They will be taking another course next year.
The academy also is developing a Cyber Operations major. Phillips says the major will be designed to make graduates "our tip-of-the-spear cyber warriors who can conduct network attacks as well as defend against them."


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The former Liverpool skipper, who starred in the 2-1 win over Mexican giants Club America in the International Champions Cup at the weekend, came on at half-time at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah.
Gerrard missed a fine opportunity to hand Galaxy the lead with 15 minutes remaining when he exchanged passes with Robbie Keane, but saw his effort sail high over the crossbar.
RSL won the game as Aaron Maund proved to be the unlikeliest of goalscorers.
The journeyman defender fired home his first professional goal three minutes from time to help his side set up a clash against the winner of next week's quarter-finals meeting between the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City.
After the match, Gerrard could not hide his disappointment, telling Galaxy TV: "It's always tough when you lose on the road, especially when it's at the end of the game.
"We had some good chances to at least take the game to extra-time. I'm guilty of missing one, so I take responsibility for that, but the big game this week was always going to be Friday.
"We move on, we can't change the past. We will try to get back to winning ways on Friday.
"It's been a whirlwind change over the last week or two. I'm still searching for 100 per cent fitness but I can feel it coming.
"I'd be very frustrated and disappointed if I wasn't getting chances whilst the chances are there and I have full belief in myself that those chances will sooner rather than later go in the back of the net."
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at what age can your child be tested for adhd/add? And what are some signs that come with it? i've been reading different things about it. Im thinking my son could possibly be adhdAnswer Question
Asked by TatymMommi at 3:42 PM on Feb. 9, 2013 in Preschoolers (3-4)Level 13 (934 Credits)
I had my son tested at the age of four (but was within a few months of turning 5). I would not go to his pediatrician though. It's best to go to a psychologist or a children's behavioral specialist.
Answer by JeremysMom at 3:44 PM on Feb. 9, 2013
I have no idea but you read my mind. I was coming back on to ask this. I think my SS has ADHD, this is a website I found below. My SS meets almost everyone of them.
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Answer by Ballad at 3:50 PM on Feb. 9, 2013
Normally once the child starts school most doctors are comfortable diagnosing ADHD. The first thing the doctors will ask is everything okay at home and if any major life events have occurred recently. The behaviors in your last post seems more like attention seeking, but I would talk to pediatrician at your next appointment and in the mean time you can use the following test to evaluate whether or not he might have ADHD or something else. www.nichq.org/...adhd/03VanAssesScaleParent%20Infor.pdf
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If the Jets are stupid enough to trade Revis, primarily for financial reasons, they will become an even bigger laughing stock amongst NFL teams. You do all you can to keep great players, you don't salary dump them in their prime in order to keep inferior players.
Trim the obvious fat and, reluctantly, consider moving a guy like Cro whose value will never be higher.
Drafting a QB, even high in the draft, will not cost much in cap terms. With some smart cap management, there will be plenty of money from 2014 on to add more weapons to the O.


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Awesome 2012 Retro Mustang GT
Here's yet another reason why you should go to SEMA this year. It's a bit too far away for myself to visit the event, but I would at least want to see this Mustang up close.
John Heermann – 23 years old – created this '68 styled Mustang GT from a new 2012 Mustang. And it looks just great. Ford should take a look at this and let this Mustang inspire them for their new yet to be designed Mustang model. Seriously!
Here's how he did it:
"The Retro Stang features '68 and '69 Mustang sheetmetal hand grafted into the nose, tail and rear quarter panels of the 2012 Mustang GT body. The hood has been lengthened 14-inches and the rocker panels custom made.The headlight doors and rear fender caps were hand built from scratch by Heermann. Another feature you might notice is the raised back glass to give it the angle for the fastback look."
Awesome John!
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So it's late in the fight and you haven't been able to break your opponent down mentally? No problem, dog. Just bust a backflip to start the third round, making sure to stick the landing perfectly, and he'll instantly lose his will to fight. Then you go on the attack and wait for the referee to get bored enough to stop the fight. Looks like someone may have finally discovered the secret to beating Fedor. Better start drilling those flips, Josh Barnett.
Of course, if you can't pull it off during the fight, it's bizarrely more impressive to do it after you've been choked out. See what we mean after the jump.


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I think you could see Zack Cozart in a Reds uniform by the time the club gets to Baltimore. I dont know that for sure, but I get that sense.
The club is struggling so badly offensively that it needs some sort of spark. Cozart could provide it. Hes hitting .320 with 25 doubles, seven home runs and 29 RBI at Triple- A Louisville.
To make such a move, the Reds would likely have to designate Edgar Renteria for assignment. That means theyd have to pay the balance of Renterias salary.
But keep two things in mind: a) The money has already been budgeted and b) the Reds need to keep drawing to meet the budget long-term. Falling out of the race would be devastating to attendance.
Shortstops Renteria and Paul Janish are both hitting below .230 and neither has a home run. Theyve also have combined 15 errors.


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(RNN) – It's that time of year again when all of your sports knowledge is put to the test and your reputation as someone who knows things is destroyed once again.
You've spent the last 12 months repairing your reputation as a sports fan after you eliminated Wichita State in the second round only to watch them sail into the Final Four.
Oh wait, that was me. The Shockers are the only undefeated team in college basketball this season, so I won't be making that mistake again. (SPOILER: I'm making that mistake again.)
Last year I attempted to find a way to not look grossly uninformed at predicting the outcome of the tournament, and that didn't go so well. The best bracket I had was one where I picked the straight favorites with no upsets whatsoever. It was supposed to be the control just to have a baseline comparison to gauge my methods by, and it ended up being better than all of them.
To a normal-thinking person, this would be an indication to use that as your bracket or give up all together, but to me it was evidence that I need better methods. I could probably start taking an interest in basketball and keeping up with teams the way I do with football, but that seems like a lot of work. It's much more fun to spitball ideas at the last minute and see what happens.
With that in mind, here are this year's attempts at looking smart. Gone are the mascot comparisons, defensive analysis and summoning of Abraham Lincoln's copper likeness. They were all terrible.
When it was all over last year, I said I was going to throw darts, but I started trying to figure out how that would actually work and it didn't really seem practical, so this year is all about uniform color, coaching experience and a 5-year-old boy.
The brackets can be viewed here. (And for more bracket nonsense, Slate did several variations as well.)
Once again this is supposed to just be for comparative purposes, but something tells me it's going to be the best one again.
It is, of course, boring because there are no upsets of any kind. (One click and some websites will fill out the bracket for you in this manner. Where's the fun in that?)
I chose Wichita State as the championship game opponent for No. 1 overall seed Florida because it is No. 2 in the Associated Press poll and finished the season undefeated.
Final Four: Florida, Virginia, Arizona, Wichita State
Championship game: Florida 70, Wichita State 68
This is purely me doing my thing, going by whatever notion pops into my head at the moment. It ended up being the best of all my attempts to beat the chalk last year, so maybe I'm not as terrible at this as I think I am.
All of ESPN's "experts" predicted Michigan State to win the national championship, so for better or worse, I made certain to eliminate the Spartans before the Final Four based on that information alone. In fact, I have them losing to 12-seeded Harvard in the second round.
Harvard is one of two double-digit seeds I have in the Sweet 16, along with No. 10 seed Arizona State. Otherwise, I picked the top teams from each region to advance. My Elite Eight has no team lower than a No. 4 seed, and my Final Four is two No. 1 seeds and two No. 3 seeds.
Three No. 1 seeds make the Elite Eight, but only one region has both the 1 and 2 seeds advancing that far. One region – the Midwest – has neither, with No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Louisville, whom I have toppling undefeated Wichita State, advancing.
I picked three No. 12 seeds – Stephen F. Austin, Harvard and North Dakota State – to advance in the opening round, two No. 10 seeds – Arizona State and BYU – and three No. 9 seeds – George Washington, Oklahoma State and Pittsburgh.
Though the East has Harvard advancing to the Sweet 16, it's the region with the fewest upsets.
This is also my entry for the $1 billion bracket challenge insured by Warren Buffet, so if it ends up being perfect, I'm moving to a private island and creating my own country. Law No. 1 will be outlawing sports I dislike, such as basketball and soccer.
Final Four: Florida, Virginia, Creighton, Duke
Championship game: Florida 75, Duke 67
One popular method for picking the tournament amongst novices is to go by the teams' uniform color. Conventional wisdom says to take the teams wearing blue since historical powers Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, UCLA and Kansas all wear blue.
Blue happens to be my favorite color, so that sounds good to me. For this purpose, a team with any blue in its color scheme was taken over a school with no blue, and darker blues won over lighter ones.
When neither team had blue, the team with the closest primary color to blue on the spectrum won.
If a team's color was simply "blue" rather than a specific shade, they won. In the case of a tie, the school's secondary color was used to break it. In the South Region, this led to Florida (blue) and Kansas (blue) meeting for a trip to the Final Four and Kansas advancing due to its secondary color of crimson being closer to blue on the color wheel than Florida's orange.
White was considered no color and any color beat it out, black beat all colors other than blue and the higher seed was used to break ties.
Problems arose when teams like Stanford (cardinal red) met New Mexico (cherry red). By applying the blue rules to other colors, I chose the darker shade and New Mexico advanced. Harvard's crimson lost to Cincinnati because the Bearcats list black as their primary color.
In the East Region, Villanova was able to advance to the Elite Eight, toppling Connecticut because of the higher seed tiebreaker and North Carolina owing to a darker shade of blue, but lost to Virginia because its secondary color is white.
North Dakota State was able to advance to the Sweet 16 in the West Region due to its green and favorable matchups, but its run ended against Arizona. No. 15 seed American University was able to take down No. 2 Wisconsin and survived BYU, but fell to Creighton.
The Midwest Region is where things took a turn for the worse. Wichita State's gold and black lost immediately to Cal Poly's green, No. 11 Iowa and No. 13 Manhattan both advanced and a blue tornado showdown in the finals saw Duke edging Michigan, but falling to Kentucky.
Creighton made the championship game over Kentucky because of the higher seed tiebreaker and Kansas (crimson) topped Virginia (orange) after an analysis of secondary colors, which it also used to beat Creighton (white).
All told, it's not a terrible plan. There are several early round upsets, five double-digit seeds made the Sweet 16 and a No. 8 seed reached the Final Four, but the higher seed tiebreaker likely saved this bracket from being a disaster.
Final Four: Kansas, Virginia, Creighton, Kentucky
Championship game: Kansas 77, Creighton 71
It's stat wonk time. Field goal percentage was a disaster last year, so I thought scoring margin might be a better plan. Scoring margin is the average difference in the number of points a team scores versus the points it allows.
The numbers were easy to find. The first thing I noticed when pulling it up is that Louisville will repeat as national champion and topple Wichita State exactly the way I picked it in My Actual Picks, so I feel good about that. (It also validated me by picking Harvard to beat Michigan State in the second round, which I now feel much better about.)
The second thing I noticed is that I would have had an opportunity to put my alma mater, Louisiana Tech, in the Final Four had it not lost to Tulsa in the Conference USA championship game. Eh, such is life.
The bracket again shows why purely statistical choices are problematic. Despite being 11th in the country in scoring margin, No. 3-seeded Duke wasn't able to advance even beyond the first round because it faced No. 14-seeded Mercer, which is ninth.
No. 12 seeds Harvard and Stephen F. Austin both made the Final Four, and surprisingly the West Region is almost straight chalk, except for North Dakota State beating Oklahoma in the first round and Creighton edging Wisconsin to make the Elite Eight.
Mercer was the lowest seed to win, and it made it all the way to the Elite Eight before falling to Louisville.
Final Four: Stephen F. Austin, Harvard, Arizona, Louisville
Championship game: Louisville 78, Stephen F. Austin 70
The idea here is that an experienced coach has several advantages. One of them being he's likely at a school that is a consistently successful.
Teams were picked to win based on the tenure the coach has at his current school, but coaches who have previously won a national championship won over those who haven't (multiple championships were not considered). Total years of coaching experience were used as a tiebreaker.
So, Jim Boeheim who has coached Syracuse since 1976 and won the national championship in 2003, sailed right into another one. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski cruised to the title game as well, having helmed the Blue Devils since 1980. Had multiple championships been considered, Duke would have won due to Krzyzewski's four previous tournament wins. Reversing the years the coaches were hired also made for a nice final score.
Coastal Carolina is the breakout star in this bracket. Cliff Ellis has led Coastal Carolina since 2007 and that tenure was able to help the No. 16 seed Chanticleers oust Virginia and Memphis to reach the Sweet 16 before Michigan State and Tom Izzo, who has both a national championship and longer tenure, ended the run.
But that wasn't the only No. 16 seed to get a win. Randy Rahe has coached Weber State since 2007, which is two years longer than Sean Miller has been at top-seeded Arizona. Additionally, Phil Martelli's tenure with St. Joseph's (he was hired in 2005) helped the No. 10 seed Hawks make the Sweet 16.
San Diego State was another surprise, riding Steve Fisher's 1989 national championship with Michigan all the way to the Final Four.
Overall, the bracket looks like it could be a fairly good one, though it will need a ton of minor upsets. No team lower than a No. 4 seed made the Final Four, but not a single No. 1 or No. 2 seed was able to do it.
Final Four: Syracuse, Michigan State, San Diego State, Duke
Championship game: Syracuse 80, Duke 76
So, what exactly is the RPI? I'm glad you asked.
RPI stands for Rating Percentage Index. It is an analysis of a team's strength of schedule and its success against that schedule. It's used by the selection committee to help determine seeding. It gets cited a lot in basketball circles, but also gets dismissed in a lot of discussions.
It's like a basketball version of the BCS, only basketball is smart enough to not use it to crown a champion. But the question is, what if they did? I'm glad you asked.
Virginia, which is a No. 1 seed, is eighth in RPI, and New Mexico is 12th in RPI, but is a No. 12 seed, so it's obviously not the end-all, be-all in the selection committee's eyes. Ideally, the advanced matrix used to calculate RPI will predict which teams are better. Let's see if it's right.
The conventional wisdom everyone has been spouting since the bracket was announced is that the Midwest is the toughest region. According to the RIP, it's actually the second weakest behind the West Region.
Could it be that people think Wichita State has no chance to make the Final Four due to their perceived weak regular season schedule and blaming it on a "difficult road?" That's possible. Could it mean the RPI is a massively flawed ranking? That's even more possible.
Either way, it's almost an entirely chalk bracket, and I almost decided against using it after seeing the result. No double-digit seeds advanced and George Washington was the only No. 9 seed to advance. Three of the four brackets have the 1-4 seeds in the Sweet 16 while the South has the 1-3 and No. Virginia Commonwealth, which has an RPI ranking of 13 – one spot ahead of No. 4 seed UCLA.
No. 3 seed Duke is the only team outside the top two seeds to crack the Elite Eight and Virginia was the only No. 1 seed to not make the Final Four, losing out to Villanova, who is No. 5 in the RPI.
There will undoubtedly be early round upsets, but the bracket is just different enough from the chalk bracket to be able to beat it even if only one or two games go its way, so it could work out in the end.
Final Four: Florida, Villanova, Arizona, Wichita State
Championship game: Florida 76, Arizona 75
I don't have kids, but some people I work with do and I enlisted the services of one of the little tykes to use whatever goes on his head to hopefully crack the March Madness code that adults have been struggling with for years.
I desperately want this bracket to be flawless. I think it would be hilarious for this to be the best bracket on ESPN.com considering it was filled out by a 5-year-old.
By the way, this 5-year-old is a great American. I know that because he picked American University to win the national championship. I have never been a bigger fan of a school than I am of the Eagles right now. But American was just one of three No. 15 seeds in this bracket to advance, along with Milwaukee and Eastern Kentucky.
Nowhere have double-digit seeds been given more respect than in this bracket. In the East Region, every double-digit seed except No. 16 Coastal Carolina moved to the next round and No. 11 Providence, No. 13 Delaware and No. 15 Milwaukee all made it to the Sweet 16 with Providence making the Elite Eight.
Only two double-digit seeds failed to win in the West, where No. 16 Weber State was picked to beat top-seeded Arizona. The 11, 13 and 15 seeds move on in the South, and the 12 and 13 seeds won in the Midwest where No. 12 Xavier not only survived a play-in game, but advanced all the way to the Elite Eight.
No second seed make it past the second round, but with the exception of American the Final Four isn't all that dramatic.
C'mon kid, don't let me down.
Final Four: Florida, Virginia, American, Duke
Championship game: American 76, Florida 70
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