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Toronto FC versus Philadelphia Union games have followed the same path this season.
Toronto scored first, had a player sent off and then gave up a stoppage-time goal to Jack McInerny — both off a long Sheanon Williams throw — as the two earlier meetings ended in 1-1 ties.
"They stole four points off us with the long throw in the dying minutes," said Toronto manager Ryan Nelsen. "That has kind of faded away from our game hasn't it? ... Those stoppage-time goals they fade away."
The numbers seem to back Nelsen up. Once a generous provider of goals in the final 15 minutes, Toronto has given up four goals less in that period at 14 than the Los Angeles Galaxy this season. FC Dallas (15), the Montreal Impact (15) and Chivas USA (23) have also yielded more late scores in 2013.
Tied for 14th with the New York Red Bulls in that category is hardly cause to celebrate but it is a step up for a team that has a history of giving late goals away.
The good news for Nelsen this week is that Toronto (5-15-11) is coming off a rare win and has healthy personnel options. Forward Robert Earnshaw has recovered from a hamstring problem, leaving only striker Danny Koevermans (calf) and midfielder Matias Laba (toe) on the sidelines.
The manager believes Toronto can do some damage as the season winds down.
"Philadelphia, they have all the pressure on them," said Nelsen. "Their home fans will expect an easy win. They'll expect to come and do a number on us.
"All I can say is our guys are really motivated. We want to ruin a few guys' seasons, to tell you the truth. We've got three games to ruin some seasons and we want to win games. It's as simple as that."
Toronto finishes its schedule against three teams in the playoff hunt, with games in Philadelphia, in Chicago and at home to the Montreal Impact.
With Toronto out of the playoff picture once again, Nelsen's players are working to retain their jobs ahead of another off-season overhaul.
For some, the die has already been cast. Fullback Richard Eckersley, whose $400,000-plus contract has been deemed too large, is expected to sit once again in favour of Mark Bloom for a fourth straight game.
"He's been fantastic. He wants the ball. He looks like a guy who's been in the league for a long time," Nelsen said of Bloom.
"He's playing a position where we should be worried because of his inexperience but we're not," he added. "That shows you how well he's done."
Nelsen acknowledges that Eckersley has committed no crime, other than wield a contract that is too big for the team's salary cap to handle.
"He's a fantastic fullback, he's a great fullback. In MLS, there's not one club that would not want Richard Eckersley," said Nelsen.
But the manager is not about to shed any tears for the English fullback.
"He's on guaranteed money and he still gets paid. There's guys out here on semi-guaranteed contracts on minimum (MLS) wage."
Defender Steven Caldwell and midfielder Jonathan Osorio both return from suspension Saturday. Darel Russell will likely get another start in centre midfield.
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"Darel Russell has arguably been our best player in the last two games," said Nelsen. "You've got to reward his application in the games."
Philadelphia (11-10-9) has four games remaining with coach John Hackworth estimating it will make the playoffs with two wins and a draw.
"This is a game where we really need to maximize the points," he is quoted on the team's official website.
The Union are coming off a 1-0 win in Kansas City, with Conor Casey's goal ending a 346-minute scoreless streak dating back to Aug. 25 The shutout was the 11th of the season for Zac MacMath, tying him with Portland's Donovan Ricketts for most in the league.
NOTES: Toronto will wear white for the second week in a row, a consequence of the league's breast cancer awareness campaign. Toronto goalie Joe Bendik wore all pink last week at home, prompting the referee to tell Toronto's outfield players to switch to white because their red was too close in colour to Bendik's gear. With the Philadelphia goalie wearing pink this time, Toronto will stick to white. The game will also feature balls with pink trim ... A Philadelphia win would be a season-best 12th for the franchise.


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Greg Miller doesn't have to talk about how much he loves his job, the kinds of changes he's seen in his industry, the kind of changes he's been part of and how he couldn't imagine working anywhere else but inferno.
The fact that he recently passed the 10-year mark working for the 14-year-old full-service advertising, marketing, design and public relations firm pretty much says that for him. Miller is an art director and interactive specialist with inferno, and to be with the same employer in a creative field as long as he has says many things.
It suggests, for example, that Miller is a fan of and a good fit with the culture of inferno, as well as the fact that he's adept at tackling new mediums and challenges.
To put his tenure in perspective, when Miller started at inferno Mark Zuckerberg was still a student at Harvard who had not yet dabbled with the code for what would become Facebook. Twitter was still three years away, YouTube wouldn't launch for two more years and print media – including books and legacy news outlets like Newsweek – still had business models built around paper.
Not only did social media arrive on the scene while Miller has worked at inferno, reshaping all manner of industries, but video has become especially crucial and embraced by the business world.
And it's a medium that Miller is increasingly focused on.
Miller's work includes everything from helping companies produce commercials, animation projects, training videos, how-to's and more. One example he said inferno helped with was an explanatory video showing how FedEx gets shipments around the world – from China to the U.S. – in a single day.
"We have such a broad audience now," he said. "Video is about controlling your message."
Miller's focus has been on Web design, but he also has a broad range of design and computer animation skills. Michael Overton, creative director and agency partner at inferno, said Miller's skills are invaluable because he keeps the team on top of technology, new media and related changes they ought to know about.
–Michael Overton Creative director and agency partner, inferno
"Creative has become so independent from specific media, and you can't rely on the old standbys of print, outdoor and radio," Overton said. "You need to take a very integrated approach to reaching your audience because there is constant innovation in the way people gather information. Greg ensures that our team is updated on all the developments associated with content distribution and new media channels."
Ask Miller what a typical day is like for him, and the question might as well be in another language. He and others at the firm are quick to disabuse someone of the notion that the concept of a typical eight hours, of sameness and predictability, is not something that one should expect to find at inferno.
On one particular morning last week, Miller's day started early, when he was out on a shoot. Usually, his workday includes a mix of planned tasks in addition to the necessary flexibility of rolling with the punches to accommodate clients who need something immediately.
One way he tries to stay creative and keep himself inspired is by searching the Web. He doesn't watch much TV, so he tries to seek out examples of great art, visuals, video and design online, and then use that to fuel his intellectual and creative energy.
One of the things Miller said he likes about his job is how inferno's partners have "allowed me to change up what I do every few years."
Inferno's clients span a variety of sectors, including health care, relocation, logistics, banking, agriculture, entertainment and the nonprofit world. The company is based in Memphis and has satellite offices in Arkansas and Michigan.
It bills itself as a leading mid-sized provider of business-to-business and consumer marketing solutions, with expertise across a variety of disciplines.
Miller said the firm recently added a new staffer to its interactive department. The additions always bring something new to the table, he reflected, and this time the department is getting its first female addition, which he said would bring an especially fresh and valuable perspective.
About the firm, Miller said: "It's a great place to work, with great people. And I have a lot of respect for the partners."

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On Monday night, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne revealed that the leg injury he sustained during his UFC on FX 5 clash with Antonio Silva resulted in a torn hamstring that will sideline him for two to four months.
According to Browne, who announced the news via Twitter, surgery is not needed to repair the injury.
"Thank you for all of your support and I apologize to my friends, family and fans that had to see me lose that way," Browne wrote. "I just got out of the [doctor's office], and they said I tore my hamstring. I'll be out for two to four months. Luckily no surgery."
UFC on FX 5 took place at Target Center in Minneapolis and saw "Bigfoot" Silva hand Browne his first career defeat. Silva earned his inaugural Octagon victory via technical knockout, first driving Browne against the cage and attempting a takedown, which was stopped only when "Hapa" illegally grabbed the cage. After receiving a warning from referee Herb Dean, Browne suffered his injury in the center of the Octagon while looping a punch at his opponent's head. Silva wasted no time in pursuing his wounded foe, backing the 30-year-old up against the cage and then unloading with a wicked right straight that put Browne on the canvas. The former Elite XC champion finished the job with ground-and-pound at 3:27 of the opening frame.
Prior to that setback, Browne had gone 4-0-1 in his two years as a UFC heavyweight, posting knockouts of James McSweeney and Stefan Struve before outpointing Rob Broughton one year ago. More recently, the Hawaiian kicked off 2012 with an arm-triangle finish of former Strikeforce talent Chad Griggs at April's UFC 145. The win marked Browne's first submission victory since his third pro fight back in 2009.


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How to
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Activity 1: To Make Public, or Not to Make Public
After reading the scenario to the class, divide them into two groups and assign one group the side of the individual buyer and the other the side of the park supporters. Give students time to formulate their argument with group members and designate two spokespersons. Ask a spokesperson from the first group to present a five minute position statement and then have a spokesperson from the opposing group offer a two minute rebuttal. After both groups have presented their argument and given a rebuttal, have the class vote on which side they would take and which side they think presented the best argument.
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The purpose of the Rail Yard Redevelopment Project is to make the downtown rail yard land available for economic development purposes by removing the yard tracks, while maintaining BNSF's railroad operations, meeting applicable railroad design criteria and safety standards and being feasible from an engineering and logistics standpoint.
Through the Environmental Assessment process, multiple alternatives were evaluated. An alternative has been selected which meets the purpose and need for the project and does not significantly impact the human or natural environment. The selected alternative has four main components:
• The city will purchase the western half of the rail yard.
• A new rail connection will be constructed at the south end of the yard between the Ellis and Eastern rail line and the BNSF Railway main rail line.
• Two siding tracks, approximately 3,400 feet long, will be constructed along the BNSF rail line north of Rice Street and west of Timberline Avenue.
• BNSF will make changes to their regional operations to accommodate the loss of the rail yard.
In 2001, a feasibility report was developed and in 2002, a conceptual phasing plan identified four key phases to accomplish this project. Phase 1 of the plan has been completed and portions of Phase 4 have been completed. In 2005, Congress authorized funding to complete Phases 2 and 3 of the plan that specifically addresses the removal of the downtown rail yard.
"With the Environmental Assessment completed, we can now work on appraising the rail yard property and negotiating the sale with BNSF," said Mark Cotter, director of public works for the city.


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Tebow was injured
tebow would have us in the playoff hunt.
Tebow was injured
Because Tebow sucks, GMC.
its spelled teblow
you couldn't have discussed this point in the 17 other threads OP?
First of all Tebow sucks, but the reason Tebow was placed on IR for today because Rex's mind was allready made up before the game on who he was gonna go with if Mark ****ed up again..
Because Tebow isnt a QB
1. Tebow cannot throw the ball. He makes Sanchez look like Manning
2. He had some success when the Broncos completely changed the offense for him and even then he had a lot of luck and defenses were really catching up to him at the end of the year, notwithstanding Pittsburghs cover 0 scheme in the playoffs
3, He cannot run Sparanos offense.
Choice is between McElroy and Sanchez period.
The Tebow Myth is alive and well.


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Erickson returns from Rotary exchange in Sweden
Marlena Erickson returned from a life-changing trip to Sweden last Tuesday. Erickson spent more than 11 months in Hudisvall, Sweden, which is approximately two hours north of Stockholm, as a foreign exchange student through the Petersburg Rotary Club.
"I still feel like I'm in a dream," Erickson said. "It was such an amazing experience."
Erickson explained that she was able to take a three week tour of Europe while she was there as well. She visited Germany, Poland, Austria, France and Belgium. "They are all such beautiful places," she said. "Sweden will always feel like a home to me."
She said that her mother, Kris, encouraged her to participate in this program.
"I was really hesitant about it at first because I didn't want to leave home, but she told me this would be a great opportunity for me," she said.
Leaving her family and friends behind was a very hard step for her to take.
"I did it," she said. "And I had an amazing year."
Erickson explained that being of Norwegian and Swedish background, this trip meant much more to her.
"I was able to learn more of my heritage and even meet some distant relatives while I was there," she said.
Her first host family was Bjorn and Katarina Kvick who had six children who no longer lived at home.
"It was just me and they traveled a lot for work," Erickson said. "I had a lot of time to myself and it was hard being there and home alone, but I managed."
The second host family was Niklas Arvidsson and Anna Persson who had eight year old twin boys Alfred and Lukas.
"They were young and like to do things, it was perfect," Erickson said. "It was great with the boys, too, because they didn't speak English, so I had to speak Swedish with them. It was great to practice my Swedish with them and they didn't care if I got things wrong."
She attended school while there and explained that the educational system is very different there.
"High school is structured differently," Erickson stated. "It is like college is for us, here. They have to know what they want to do before they enter high school. Once they are there, they choose a program that will prepare them for their career."
Erickson chose the hotel and restaurant program because she felt it would be a fun program and she did not want to be bombarded with homework while she was there. She just wanted to enjoy her year.
"I knew I was coming home and that is what college is for," Erickson said. "The classes I took there didn't count for me anyway."
She received some credit for being there and while she was in Sweden she kept a journal and that counted for an English credit.
"I'll still graduate when I'm supposed to," she stated. "I took a few extra classes before I left so I could keep up and wouldn't drown in work for my senior year."
Erickson's dream is to become a doctor. She went back and forth as to the specialties, but, as of about five years ago, she has chosen to become a dermatologist.
"I have had psoriasis most of my life, and I remember being bullied and teased about it," Erickson said. "I want to be able to help people with the same problem or worse."
College is her next step in life and her hope is to attend Stanford University and will be visiting the campus with her family next week.
"I have heard that Stanford likes exchange students and I hope they see something in me that they like," Erickson said. "I didn't know much about the exchange program, but after experiencing it, I feel I can conquer the world now."
Erickson explained that the beauty of Sweden is very different from Petersburg.
"Petersburg is beautiful," she stated. "But this is a different kind of beautiful."
She described the countryside as green, mostly flat farmland.
"They don't have any mountains and it doesn't rain as much," she stated. "I even started to miss the rain a little."
Erickson explained that by the end of her time there it was hard for her to leave her new friends. She thought that was good because it meant she had a great year.
From this experience, Erickson brought home memories and new skills that will stay with her forever and she can't wait to go back.
"My family and I are planning a trip to Sweden for the graduation of the class I was with, and I will get to go through the ceremony with them," Erickson said. "I absolutely loved this experience, I would encourage any of my peers to be an exchange student. You will come away a different person."


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For many of the 842 million hungry people in the world, the answer is not a hand-out of free food. It's more about making local food 'systems' more productive and reliable so that nutritious food is always available, even to the poorest of the poor. But what is a food system precisely? And how can you make it stronger?
ROME -- In the developing world, the processes through which food is grown, sold and distributed are sometimes fragile. The land may be dry and unsuitable for farming. The farmers themselves may lack the skills or techniques they need. There may be a shortage of storage capacity. Markets may be badly connected or even inaccessible.
All of these things form what can be called a 'food system'. Problems anywhere in the system will affect people's ability to get the food they need. The importance of building robust food systems, that can provide communities with healthy diets, is the key theme of World Food Day this year.
Here are three examples of WFP projects which are contributing to creating 'healthy' food systems:
Village in Mali builds new dam
In a village in Mali, a lack of water during the dry months of the year has prevented local farmers from growing as much food as they need for the community to be 'food secure'. It has also restricted the types of food they can grow. WFP gave farmers food while they built a dam to conserve water, which they could then use to irrigate their crops. This meant they were able to grow different things, including more vegetables. This, in turn, meant they were able to diversify their diets and eat better. The result is that the entire community now has an asset (the dam) which will make their food system as a whole healthier. Read more
School in Bhutan grows own food
In one school in Bhutan, WFP has been providing food for two of the three meals students get each day a day. This supports the school as it teaches students how to grow nutritious foods. WFP also provided some expertise in crop production. Right now, the school supplements the food supplied by WFP with their own home-grown vegetables, producing a more nutritious diet. In a couple of years, WFP will no longer be needed and the programme is scheduled to be handed over to the government. When this happens, a healthy food system will have been created which should help local people eat better for years to come. Read more
Farmers in El Salvador find new markets
In a community in El Salvador, small-holder farmers had for years been forced to sell their low-quality maize and beans for low prices because they lacked the knowhow or connections to access bigger markets. But, with the help of an initiative coordinated by WFP, the 65-member El Garucho farmers' association has learned to improve the quality of its production and developed business skills which mean they can now sell to big buyers, including an important Salvadorian flour producer and WFP itself. As a result the farmers now have an approach which is economically sustainable -- and their community is becoming less food insecure. Read more
If you want to support WFP projects such as these, consider making a small donation.Donate now


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13 Papuans, Killed In Shooting Death By Police Joint army / police Indonesia in Wamena - Papua
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Lien: http://suarabaptis.blogspot.com/2012/06/13-papuans...
Source: http://suarabaptis.blogspot.com/2012/06/13-papuans-killed-in-shooting-death-by.html
Increased anxiety and Emergency Situations in West Papua after a violent military / police led to 13 people were killed in (24h) twenty-four hours.
Voice Baptist Jayapura, - Violence broke out again after two battalions Wamena military personnel who ride a motorcycle crashed into and killed a boy.
The family did not accept their son in a hit, the population of military personnel are attacking both of them have been killed and only in-patient hospital Wamena.
As the combined forces revenge TNI / police brutality and uncontrolled, while the police reportedly beat and shot several people, while the data on the victims who gathered some 13 people were shot and killed instantly in the incident 06/06 at 07 at night.
Up to 500 homes have been burned by the soldiers allegedly with all the goods and treasure on earth scorching in quotation Newzeland radiator. Local human rights sources said the bullets that were fired indiscriminately and that dozens of people have been beaten and shot by soldiers.
Until this news was sent down, can not be in the confirmation and verification because the real situation is very urgent and tertutut for the people and journalists and humanitarian workers.
Papua expert, Greg Poulgrain told Radio Australia Connect Asia said that the current situation in Papua needs serious attention.
Papua current situation is an emergency, officials can not be controlled by humanitarian workers because the apparatus is very brutal and banya catching and shooting without hair, it needs no special advocacy and international intervention on the current situation.
Photos News from Wamena : West Papua - Indonesian Military launch mass offensive and burning the villages


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These photos are of the Cassidy family members (Daniel Cassidy II operated the Cleveland Roller Mill from 1913 to the 1940's) as well as the Huber and Daugherty families during this time period as well. The Cassidy's are related to both these families by marriage.
Huber girls in Iowa
please help identify them
cassidy family photos 1870's to 1940's
Cleveland roller mill Museum
Cleveland roller mill Museum
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Photo labeled "Huber girls in Iowa" Not sure of the date or occasion for this picture, but here's who's who: Back row: Regina (Huber) Lansing, Cecelia (Huber) Cassidy, Anna (Huber) Hemesath. Front row: Adelaide (Huber) Cassidy, Clare Huber (Sister Marie Philip).
Terry Chism
folk/roller_mill | Terry Chism [firstname.lastname@example.com] | April 27, 2012
Back left is our grandmother Adalaide.
Catherine specht | firstname.lastname@example.com | May 23, 2012
Daniel, the back left is our grandmother Adalaide . Center is Celia. Others Terry is right.
Cathy | May 23, 2012


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Don't count out Laurenitis (sp?), the wrestler's kid from Minnesota, who filled in admirably during the Michigan game after Carpenter's injuryOriginally Posted by redsfan30
Don't count out Laurenitis (sp?), the wrestler's kid from Minnesota, who filled in admirably during the Michigan game after Carpenter's injuryOriginally Posted by redsfan30
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
John Kerr might sneak in there somewhere too.
The redshirt freshmen and young special teamers from this year will all probably be in the mix. They wouldn't be short on talent even without this great class. How that talent performs come game time is/was the issue. If he's healthy, I think Freeman's the only sure thing to start out of all of them.
Everyone seems to be worried about the defense (losing 9 starters)...trust me, the defense will be just fine... I know it's overused but they truly will just "reload."
And the offense will put up some sick numbers in '06.
Should be another fun season!
The scary thing about the defense is many are saying it has the potential to be faster this year. There is a lot of quickness that can hopefully step in, especially in the secondary. At LB OSU should be fin with several capable players to fill the roll. There were rumors that D'Andrea might switch to D-line depending on his quickness. I think if he stepped in there he could almost be like a Kudla and line up in a linebacker position in some formations. The secondary is the only question mark. I would think Gonzalez or Ginn is going to have to play both ways at times but I sure hope an underclassman steps up and proves me wrong.Originally Posted by max venable
Originally Posted by ochre
I thought I read somedwhere about Kerr not even being on the 2-deep now possibly. I am thinking just o-zone message board, but still.... Lots can change in a short time though.
"I'm virtually free to do whatever I want, but I try to remember so is everybody else..." - Todd Snider
The difference between Ohio State and Indiana? John Kerr, an standout at Indiana, a benchwarmer, with issues at OSU. He was a solid contributer on special teams, and should provide quality depth. He just is an inch short and a step slow. Those are the breaks. In the games he did play mop up in this year, he was more of a pile jumper than a pile maker. I think Laurinitis is a much better player at this point.
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
could be. I think he gets in the doghouse a lot from what I've read. They seem to like to reward seniors in the end though, so who knowsOriginally Posted by bucksfan
So where does this class rank nationally, FWIW?
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
10ish I think.
OSU is currently ranked 12th. Michigan is 13th.
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
Your Mom is happy.
I think they're 8th or 9th on Rivals.com. But that's not the main thing to look at. The main thing is to look at holes to fill and the kind of kids you're going after. With those criteria in mind, you have to give OSU an A+ for this year's class. Plus, they got the guy many believe to be the best recruit in the country (Chris Wells). They ended up with several guys that could have an imediate impact.
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
Your Mom is happy.
Yea, I think that in the past, the class rankings have focused too much on quantity than quality, but its still good as a limited yardstick. They certainly are stockpiling. One thing that is good to see is that there are some studs in the classroom and guys starting early. It seems like JT is starting to get a little Dukeish in getting strong overall recruits instead of jocks. Of course, there is always the apprehension of saying that when I know there is likely 1 or 2 potential flunkouts or criminals in this class because of the nature of the beastOriginally Posted by max venable
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
Quote from JT about this year's class
BTW, ESPN's Scouts, Inc. has this year's Buckeye recruiting class ranked #7--best in the Big 10.MANSFIELD NEWS JOURNAL
Despite reeling in the nation's No. 1 running back prospect and arguably the best group of linebackers, the Buckeyes did not earn a consensus top 10 ranking. In most polls, they finished third in the Midwest behind Penn State and Notre Dame. Rivals.com ranked OSU 12th overall and Bill Kurelic of Midwest Football Recruiting News had the Buckeyes 10th.
The Buckeyes were downgraded for only landing two offensive linemen, though one of them is Cincinnati Colerain's Connor Smith, a Parade All-American and one of the top six linemen in the country.
"I don't have a whole lot consternation about it," Tressel said. "I've been here five years and can tell you exactly what our record was those five years. But I can't tell you where we ranked in recruiting. Having a top 10 class validates you a little bit, but until the players come in and do anything you're not truly validated."
Some additional points worth making:
1) Ohio State has seven Top 100 recruits, tied for second in the nation behind USC (11).
2) They have the nation's #1 recruit (Chris Wells) and
3) They have the nation's #1 fullback (Aram Olson) to block for him
4) Ten of 20 recruits are from out-of state this year with the geographical dispersion being two from Florida, three from California and one each from Georgia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Indiana and Michigan
5) They had eight of the top ten recruits in Ohio.
Not only do the Buckeyes have great recruits, they also have recruited at the positions that need the help. That's something that isn't measured quite as readily in the overall rankings.
Only USC had more top-100s than OSU. OSU had 7 of 20 in the top 100. Then Grant was a 5-star JUCO and Ballard and Coleman were former top-100 picks. To me, that's the equivalent of 10 top-125 players. And they somehow end up ranked behind Auburn with 2 top-100 guys?
The Bucks got exactly who they wanted--and needed. And that's really all that matters.
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BAGHDAD, Sep. 1, 2006 – The Iraqi Ground Forces Command assumed command and control here today of one of its Iraqi army divisions from the Multinational Corps Iraq, marking what officials here said is the first step toward Iraqi sovereignty over the country's armed forces. The 8th Iraqi Army Division, commanded by Maj. Gen Othman Ali Salih Farhood, which had been a subordinate unit of Multinational Division Baghdad, will now report directly to the IGFC as an adjacent unit to MND-B. When the division took the lead for operations in its sector on Jan. 27, it was the first to reach that milestone.
In a gradual sequence over the following months, the IGFC will assume control of the remaining nine Iraqi Army divisions, officials said. The IGFC was established May 15, 2005, as the corps-level command for providing command, control and guidance to the 10 Iraqi Army divisions. Over the past year, MNC-I worked closely with the IGFC in a partnership to develop procedures, training and infrastructure that enables the IGFC to effectively command and control maneuver units to provide for Iraq's security, officials said.
Later this week, the IFGC will join the Iraqi air force and the navy in a formal ceremony marking the transition of operational control of Iraqi armed forces from the coalition to the Iraqi government. Four months ago, the IGFC officially opened its Joint Operations Center, a modern command center in which all elements of the headquarters staff are represented, to monitor and process data from throughout Iraq in real time.
Today's assumption of control by the IGFC demonstrates the increased capability of the Iraqi Army to assume control of security tasks and is another significant step toward Iraqi security self-reliance, Multinational Corps Iraq officials said today in a written statement.
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text: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Job openings at U.S. workplaces ticked up to 3.68 million in November from 3.67 million in October, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. Compared with the prior year, job openings rose 12% -- private openings increased 14% to 3.32 million, and government openings rose 2% to 355,000. There were more than 4 million jobs open when the recession began in December 2007. With about 12.04 million unemployed people in November, there were about 3.3 potential job seekers for each opening, unchanged from October. In November of 2011, there were about 13.3 million unemployed people -- about 4.1 potential seekers per opening. The number of separations, such as quits and layoffs, fell to 4.14 million in November from 4.09 million in October. Meanwhile, the total number of hires remained at 4.32 million. The level of hires was about 5 million when the recession began.


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Top five B2B social media marketing trends from 2011
It has been another hot year for social media in the B2B space. While B2B companies are known for being relatively slow in adopting new trends, 86 percent of them are using social media today, and 69 percent of B2B marketers planned to shift more of their budgets towards social media in 2011. Looking ahead, Forrester Research reported that B2B companies will spend $54 million on social media marketing in 2014, up from just $11 million in 2009.
B2B marketers used social media in a number of ways in the past year to connect, collaborate and share more directly and effectively with their communities of stakeholders, customers, prospects, fans and other influencers in their respective industries. As B2B marketers became better at listening and engaging with their communities online, many have managed to harness the full potential of social media to improve business functions internally, provide their communities with immediate service and information and boost visibility and reputation for their businesses across multiple channels.
While this list represents only a handful of the B2B social media marketing trends in 2011, I felt, through my own research over the course of the year, that these were paramount.


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After seven months of healing, Bella starts to notice some changes. She is taller than before, warmer, and stronger. She figures it's a fever and brushes it off. But when a strange visit from Renee reveals interesting family scandals, Bella undergoes a monstrous change. Then, a vengeance crazed vampire comes to town with one intent-kill Isabella Swan. When Bella is changed even further, what will happen? After things settle, she lives quite happily for forty more years, until her past comes back to haunt her. When old love is revived and new love arises, who will Bella choose?
Hi, this is my first story. I expect it to be quite long, but I'm unsure. I do guarantee twists! As it said on my profile, none of the charactes nor settings belong to me. Sadly. :( Anyway, enjoy!!!
1. Chapter 1. Sick
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It had been about seven months. Seven whole months. Yet I couldn't really say of agony any more. It was getting better. Jake and the pack were like my family, and were always there for me. Sam was almost like the father figure, being the makeshift alpha. He and Emily were as inseparable as ever, and we had all become closer. Sam called me his Little Sister, and poked fun at my blush all of the time. It got really annoying, but I dealt with it, for I loved him like a brother also. He was so wonderful to me.
Emily was like a best friend, aunt, and sister all wrapped in one convenient package. I could come to her if I had any problems-which I often did-and she would be there for me. She would take me shopping, yet not force me into anything. I often found that I enjoyed our 'lady's time' together. She was a great listener, and problem solver. I usually found her interfering with the boy's more outrageous pranks against me. And, past the scars, she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.
Jared enjoyed rough-housing with me, and was a huge fan of the noogie. He was a wonderful big brother, and had a secret soft-side that few knew about. I found that he knew me like the back of his hand, much like Jacob. But, he was the wild one of the group, plotting the oddest pranks against all of us. I loved him much as I would the brother I never wanted. I often told him just that to rile him up.
Quil and Embry were the jokers, not to mention the youngest. They were often arguing and fighting over me, each vying for my affections. Yet they loved each other to death, being distant relatives. I found it flattering though, the attempts they made for me. I blushed quite a bit at Embry's suggestive innuendos. That-of course-egged them on.
Jake was quite well. He was still in love with me, but had recently accepted that we were not meant to be more than friends. It seemed to bother him every once in a while, but we were easing back into the swing of things. He and I could often hang around each other without becoming uncomfortable in the slightest. He had recently stolen a kiss, and I had allowed him. I owed him that much, with how many things he had done for me-knowingly or not, he fixed my heart. But after I continued to refuse, I think my point wormed its way into his skull.
Paul...was Paul. He was the distant one of the bunch. I mean, don't get me wrong, he laughed and joked with the rest of us, but you could sense a wedge there. It was hard to explain, but I knew it had something to do with his short temper. I knew he was quite nice, after I passed his test and gained total acceptance into the family. I loved him too, though I didn't know him all that well.
With my time occupied at La Push, I barely noticed anymore that school was flying by. I had applied to random colleges, and got accepted into every one. I had always been advanced, but with my recent peak due to certain...events, I had even gotten enough scholarships to work my way through Yale. Charlie and the pack were very proud, and a feast was prepared. Though the wolves ate most of it, I was still very grateful for the nice gesture.
The end was a few weeks away, and finals were coming quite soon. I found that I was pretty excited, yet scared. I remembered that as a little kid, the thought of being on my own to start a family and have my own rules sounded wonderful. I could always recall wishing for my birthday to come sooner, wanting to finally be a grown-up. But with that day not too far, I was dreading it. The freedom appealed to me greatly, but the responsibility was a constant weight upon my shoulders. It seemed as if I was a baby bird, about to fly for my first time. The excitement of finally being able to leave the nest, get my own food, and fly alongside my parents was thrilling, but the fear of falling was always lurking behind me.
Yet I looked at the bright side. I would be my own person. Drive my own car. Make my own food and money. I would officially be an adult, given the freedom to plant myself and grow wherever I pleased. It was quite a wonderful day-dream, imagining where my future would take me, the far-away places I would explore. The mysteries I would solve. The things I would discover. I was truly happy about that. Or, as truly happy as I could get.
Preparations were quite taxing, so I spent quite a bit of time up in La Push, hanging around with the pack. They insisted recently, the near-by string of murders seemingly suspicious of a vampire. Or, group of new-born vampires to be exact. That scared me, for knowing what I did of new vampires, they were volatile, aggressive, and twice as strong as older vampires. I definitely didn't like that information, for the pack would be killed off if they migrated closer, not to mention the citizens of Forks and La Push.
As of late, with new threats too close for comfort, I spent a lot of my time with Emily, worrying over the pack's welfare while cooking their outrageously large meals. We talked about numerous things, coming to a silent agreement to not mention recent events, but to try and distract each other. I saw in her eyes the internal fretting going about in her mind for them, especially Sam. I'm sure she saw the same from me.
This day was particularly on edge, for a few pack members, including Jake and Sam, were going to see how many new-borns were running amuck in Seattle, and if they were a large threat. It was silent between the two of us as we held each other in a comforting embrace. No words needed to be spoken, we knew that this was all that kept us from sobbing until our eyes were dry.
I finally became bold enough to ask the question that had been bouncing through my head-uninvited, I might add.
"Em?" This was my recent nick-name to her, and it was strangely comforting that I had once called one of my 'would be' brothers by the same name. Though I-of course-never told her that.
She hummed a question, and I felt the rumble in her chest against my shoulder as we continued to hug.
"What if..." I gulped loudly, afraid to voice my concerns, "what if they don't come back?"
I heard her quick intake of breath, and she trembled as she suppressed her sobs. Though she collected herself quickly, and in shaky low tones, said, "As an imprint or a friend in on the secret, you have to prepare yourself for such things. Though your heart rebels, you must always remember that if they were to...perish in battle, they would do so for a good and noble cause. They would do so for their families and friends, for you and I. Sometimes I wonder if the strain is more on the people who sit at home-emotionally of course. I mean, they at least know we are safe, but we are left to flounder around in doubt until we see them come home-unscathed. But I will not lie nor sugar-coat things, as you are a strong woman, and can handle the truth...It is a possibility, and can happen. We just need to have faith. All will turn out right in the end. Fate owes us that much."
Her speech was real and to the point, and in truth, should have escalated my fears. But it seemed to put me more at ease, for she sounded so sure that everything would work out in the end, I found it hard to not believe her.
I straightened, and my tears of sorrow mingled with those of joy and adoration. What did I do to deserve such a wonderful and loving family? One that would never leave me?
"Thank you." I whispered hoarsely. My throat hurt from crying, and I felt like water might do me some good. I cleared my throat, and winced. It felt like I swallowed sandpaper.
"You don't know how much that means to me." I continued to whisper.
She smiled slightly, and I pushed myself up and danced to the kitchen. I still marveled at this, being that not only a year or so ago I would have completely rejected the idea. Yet now my grace seemed to be improving, as well as my speed.
I hefted the twenty-four pack of closed water bottles into one arm while grabbing boxes of sugary sweets. We definitely needed comfort, and Hohos, Cinnabons, popcorn and other goodies would help. I closed the fully stocked fridge with my toe, and danced back into the living room.
Emily took one look at the pile in my hands and smiled gratefully. She scanned the contents more in depth and gasped. She bolted upright and squinted at the packages in my hands, looking like she couldn't believe what she was seeing. She looked back at me with worried eyes, and raked them over my body once like a practiced doctor.
My worry and self-consciousness increased and I began to get anxious. "I just thought we might need some sugar...ya know...a little picker-upper..." I mumbled as I shifted uneasily. I cast my eyes downward, trying to avoid her probing gaze.
We stood awkwardly for twenty more minutes-or at least I did, and she continued to examine me. I felt her eyes drilling holes into my soul, and I squirmed internally. I didn't understand what the sudden fuss over treats was for, and I wondered what made her act like this. This was not the Emily I knew. That woman was accepting and easy-going, but today she was intense and calculating. I felt as if I was some sort of science experiment she was waiting for to explode.
"Bella..." She began softly. Her voice was kind and gentle, and I snuck a peek at her face. She was much more relaxed, not so on edge, yet there was still worry hidden in her eyes. I lifted my head slightly, a signal that I was listening and wished for her to continue.
"We have been standing for a half-hour, and my legs are bothering me. Yet I am load free. You, on the other hand, seem comfortable standing here even longer while balancing pounds of nourishment on your arms. Sweetie...that is not natural. Is there something you would like to tell me?"
I started, and then glanced at the clock, furrowing my brow. She was right, it had been a while, and I completely forgot about my heavy load of sugary comfort foods. That was very odd, for my arms felt fine, as I had been holding a feather for no more than a second. This was interesting, but I stored it away for later, as her question bothered me. What could I possibly have to tell her that I didn't already?
I mean, who else would I spill my guts to beside the compassionate and non-judgmental woman who knew about the supernatural world just as much as I did? I had told her everything-the moments Edward and I had spent together, how I felt when he left me, what happened when I figured out Jake's secret...What did she think she didn't know?
I shook my head to clear such thoughts, realizing that she needed an answer. Yet I still wasn't sure what that was, or what she was even talking about. I looked down at her, and then jumped in confusion and surprise.
Since when had I been taller than Emily?
Well, I could remember being shorter than her...but then we were about the same size...now she was a good two inches smaller than me. What was happening?
All of this was increasing my frustration, and my confusion. What was it about her question that suddenly had me noticing how different I had become? What was up with me? And why did it feel cramped in here? Was it me or was it colder? Why was Jake's super-hot temperature not so hot to me anymore?
Questions rang through my mind, and I suddenly felt nauseas. The world was spinning, and I felt sick. I wobbled, even on my own questionably graceful feet.
Emily reached out to grab me, her voice rising in panic. "Bella? Bella?! Sweetie...what's wrong honey?"
She pressed her cold hand to my forehead and cheeks, gasping.
"Bella! Oh honey! You're burning up! Sweetie, I'm gonna take you home, okay?"
I felt that if I opened my mouth to speak I would surely get sick all over her, so I nodded. I had been just fine recently, and I wasn't sure what exactly was going on. In the back of my mind there was a little voice screaming at me that what was happening was all wrong, that it knew what I was.
I knew what I was too.
Sick. Yes, I had a bug or something, and that demanding little voice didn't help with my developing headache. What was wrong with me? Why was this so sudden? Wouldn't I have had some forewarning I was about to get so violently sick? What was going on with the world?
Emily led me out to her little blue car, but I was vaguely aware of my feet moving. My oddly graceful feet! What the hell?! I wasn't even thinking about walking, nor looking down, or anything, yet I was able to stride confidently with no rifts in my rhythm. Something was horribly wrong. Somehow, my body just knew it, and my mind recognized it too. There was something incredibly wrong with me, and I had no idea what it was.
I was vaguely aware that Emily was talking, and I turned to look at her. Though I was suddenly feeling terrible, that gave me no right to be rude. When I was able to see her in the complete darkness of the car, she was talking in hushed tones on a cell phone.
The blood rushing past my ears didn't help, but I did catch a few scattered words, and connected that she was making an important phone-call about me to...Sam. I don't know why, but that made the annoying little voice inside my head scream louder, seemingly desperate. I pushed it away again and listened when I could hear past the...two heartbeats!
This was not good.
I brushed it off as something for later, storing it in a cell in the farthest recesses of my mind along with the voice. I strained to hear, but some words did get through, between each separate pulse.
"Sam...Bella...burning...really sick...at least twenty pounds...one hand! Yes...I noticed too...really worried...do you think...? Maybe...should...tell Jake...?...just sick? I don't think so...yeah...okay...sleep...if you...hurry...okay...twenty minutes...probably ten miles...I'm not sure...okay...got it...alright...Love...Bye."
I wasn't sure exactly what they were talking about, besides me and Jake, and my frustration and anger rose.
My head began to throb with pain, and a migraine would be welcomed to what I was feeling. I clutched at my ears and hair, trying in vain to silence the horrible alarms running through my mind. In the background I heard Emily's frantic shouting, but I could not respond. I groaned at the searing flames in my head, the ones that made their way down my spine. There was a screech, and I heard Emily's door pop open, followed by mine.
Two hands that were substantially larger than mine and not nearly as cold as Emily's gently wrapped around me, and I felt at peace.
For a moment.
My headache returned, and a series of cracks resounded through my back. It was torture, and I squeezed my watering eyes shut further. I heard a muffled "Shit..." and soon found water and pills flowing down my throat.
The headache slowly dulled over time, until I fell into a numbness that allowed me a night of restless sleep.
I awoke the next morning sore and dizzy, and I tried in vain to remember why. I sat up quickly, but my head protested with a horrible screeching in my ears. I dimly wondered if this was what a hangover would feel like, but brushed it off.
A horrible roll of nausea made me reflexively clutch my abdomen. I groaned and doubled over, hoping the new position would allow me relief. Nope. I squeezed my eyes shut tighter, being that I never really opened them, and bit my lip.
I stayed that way for what felt like an eternity, and waited for the stabbing pain in my mind to go away. Eventually, it did begin to fade, and I was able to open my eyes and straighten.
The gloomy light poured through my window, which was now locked-and bolted. I knew certain...people could easily break such things as if they were paper, but I was hoping that if they ever did come across it-which I severely doubted, but who knew?-they would respect my decision to keep them out. I swiveled my gaze to the right, and what I saw made my blood run cold.
A shadowed figure sat in my old chair, rocking silently.
"Bella...?" The gruff voice made me sigh in relief. It was definitely not velvety. For a moment all sanity went out the window and I began to think my past came back to haunt me, but I was both lucky and unlucky that it was not after all.
"Bella, you up?" Jake asked as he stilled the chair. He leaned forward, and I was able to get a good look at his face. It was darker in the gray-ish light, and shadowed with worry. His deep eyes raked over my body, but I knew it was only to check my condition.
"Sam called last night, and told me that we needed to have a talk when you woke up, and said that he was really worried about you. Bells...I'm worried too. You are much taller now, and stronger. Plus, you feel warmer. We think you're just sick, but what sickness makes you stronger and faster? It's all so confusing, and I think Sam left something crucial out that he won't tell me. Bells, what's wrong, because I'm worried sick."
Relief flooded my being once I was sure it was him, and I knew that he was safe from last night. Obviously Sam was too, so I'm guessing that Embry was also, being the other wolf that left for Seattle. But that reminded me of last night and all that transpired. What started off as an innocent question became words of wisdom before developing into a massive head ache. What was wrong?
I shook my head to clear it of the arising questions, and squinted at Jacob. I studied him for a moment, hoping in vain to find all of my answers written in bright pink letters on his forehead. Nothing. I quirked a brow briefly before shaking my head with a sigh. He probably knew more than I did, and he just said that he knew very little. Not good.
I dragged my right foot across the bed and let it fall to the ground with a heavy thump. I shivered at the feel at the cold wood, and wondered why I didn't get a nice soft, fuzzy, warm rug to wake up to. I mimicked the movement with my left foot, and heaved myself up with a sigh.
"I honestly have no idea Jake. Em asked me this question yesterday and it...I dunno, kinda sent me into a tailspin. It was so weird, I just suddenly felt dizzy and nauseas and...was sore...my back cracked..." I trailed off, studying the floor with a scowl while trying to find a hidden answer.
I hefted my arms up into a T-like formation before letting them fall to my sides with a slap that resounded around the uncomfortably silent room. "Like I said Jake, I dunno. But please...no more interrogations, I feel like crap enough already. Let's just go downstairs, I'm hungry enough to eat a hog."
He grinned at me, but it still didn't reach his eyes, as they were too clouded with worry. "Well, you just might get your wish. The pack was worried, so we bunked downstairs-y'know since Charlie stayed back with Dad. Emily's gonna cook Sausage this morning, and if you get down there early enough, you might just get a chance at that hog."
I smiled while rolling my eyes. I looked down to assess my situation, and saw that I was in pajamas. Wait...I didn't...
"Jake!" I looked up with a ferocious blush and half whispered-half yelled, "did you-"
He laughed with a blush of his own while reaching up to scratch the back of his neck nervously. "Uh...no, Bells, Emily did that."
I breathed a sigh of relief and breathed a bashful laugh of my own. "Right..." I mumbled.
"Well, I'm gonna go down stairs and letcha get changed. See ya there." And with that, he was up and gone. I stayed still in my bed a moment, expecting the thump of his feet on the stairs but there was none. I just heard the slight whoosh of air as his feet ghosted silently over my creaky old stairs. Right, werewolf.
I padded silently over to my dresser, pulling open the scarce drawers. Though it was gloomy and rainy, It felt comfortable to me, so I settled on a white tank-top with a star on it and my old worn-out jean mini-shorts. I tied my hair out of my face with a rubber-band and slipped my-beat up boots on, ready to start my crappy day.
I shuffled to the bathroom and took a few Aspirin, hoping to relieve the sore spots on my body, forgetting about my pounding head. I decided to take a shower to let it do its job, so I stripped of my new clothes and folded them alongside my toiletries on the counter. I started the water and got in.
At first it was frigid, colder than I ever remember it being. Right, temperatures are off to me now. It slowly got warmer until it was about right. I sat for a few minutes, allowing the water to cascade down my bare back while I pondered my situation.
Now that I thought about it, I had been a bit short tempered lately...in fact, for a few months. I remembered scattered comments that the pack made about it. I had brushed it off at the time, but could it now be used as relevant information?
Probably not, I mean, after weeping away all of my sorrow, I am justified to be angry about recent...circumstances, right? But, it wasn't just that. It was anything. Like when Jake got hit on by that slut in Port Angeles, I was practically quaking with anger. But, I was just defending him. When you see someone as a brother and then a whore who would just break his kind heart tries to seduce him, you get angry, right?
In fact, I had recently been over-protective of the pack. I distinctly remembered snapping on Mike or Jessica when they asked why I was always with them. And Angela, when that player from school tried to hit on her. I had as of late been feeling like I needed to protect everyone I know and love. Strange.
And then, my grace and speed had improved exponentially, and that was very odd. I mean, I used to be fearful of wide open areas that were perfectly flat in flat shoes. Now I bet I could dance on stairs with stilettos. Not right.
Okay and the speed thing. I could have sworn I was pretty average in that aspect, if you discounted the slips and trips. Yet now I enjoyed whooping butt in Gym. And even scarier-I could! I was suddenly being fought over when picking teams, and got multiple high-fives whenever I scored, which I often did.
Along with speed, my strength was much better. I made an example of that the day before when I was carrying loads of food and drinks and standing comfortably for half an hour. That was definitely off when my arms used to be the equivalent of jell-o.
And then my temperature was high, or at least that was what everyone said. And that could mean I had a fever, which would explain why I was sore and my head hurt, but what about everything else? Sickness usually makes you weaker, and as Jake had so rightfully pointed out, I was just increasing in my strength.
And the height thing frightened me a lot. I mean, don't get me wrong, It isn't an odd thing to have late growth spurts or anything, but A growth spurt of at least six to eight inches? At my age? I don't think so.
I wasn't sure what all of these things meant, and grouped together they seemed familiar. I could have sworn something like this happened before. Maybe not to me, but to someone. I think...
I strained my mind, searching for the answer that would solve all of my problems and quell my worries, but it eluded me. The throbbing in my head got worse with the effort and after a few more minutes I gave up with a sigh. I shook my head to clear it and continued washing.
After I got done with my shower, I changed back into my clothes and trudged down the stairs-pills in hand. I wasn't sure of anything anymore, and questions flooded my mind at every waking second. It seemed that every time I found an answer, I got three more questions in its place.
When I made it all the way to the bottom, I saw that Embry, Quil, and Paul had all had brought some kind of Game system over and were playing with vigor. I don't even think they knew I was there until I spoke. "Whatcha playing?"
My voice was rough from sleep, and they all jumped. I saw bright red lights dance over their faces and music blared. "Game over" came from the T.V. in a monotone voice. The boys swore loudly and glared at me.
"Well, now that you, made us all lose and the world ended because we weren't there to stop the violent zombie mayhem...we won't tell you." Quil said with a playful glare.
I scowled right back and tried to make my voice as commanding as possible. "Tell me. Now."
Immediately they all sat ramrod straight and, in unison, blurted "Zombie Slayers Three."
I furrowed my brow at their strange behavior, and laughed while shaking my head when they clapped their hands over their mouths and glanced at each other fearfully.
"Okay, strange...but thanks!" I said cheerfully before skipping into the kitchen happily. The smell of sausage, eggs, butter, and toast assaulted my senses and I hummed with delight. As if to accentuate my point, my stomach chose that moment to rumble loudly. I blushed a light pink and Sam-
Who was towering over Emily from behind- laughed at me. "Good ol' Bella." He mumbled while shaking his head. I walked up to him and smacked him pretty hard, knowing I couldn't hurt them if I tried. How wrong I was. When my hand collided with his elbow, I felt a dull throbbing, but he yelped and rubbed the spot I hit him in. He turned around and I saw in his eyes that he was not faking and was actually in pain.
"Oh my God! Sam! Oh shoot! I am so sorry; I didn't mean to hurt you! I just usually end up making you laugh no matter how hard I hit you. Oh I'm sorry! It doesn't hurt too much does it? Oh man! I am so so so-"
"Bella!" He cut off my apologetic rambling. "I'm fine now. I just didn't expect how hard you would hit me. I'm sorry honey; I don't mean to make you feel bad. You're just...stronger..." He trailed off while thoughtfully studying my tiled floor.
"This is not good." He mumbled.
"I know. I don't know what's going on." I said while furrowing my brow. He looked up at me with the most dumbstruck face.
"You heard that?" He asked incredulously.
I looked up in confusion. "Was I not supposed to?"
He just continued to study me for a moment before shaking his head and walking into the living room. I briefly wondered what that was all about, but all thought quickly fled from my mind as the smell of a good breakfast came to me again.
I peered around Emily and didn't even bother with a greeting. "Whatcha making?" She laughed as her hands worked furiously with what looked like dough. I liked cooking but I was nothing compared to Emily. She could make the best meals from nothing. She does it all from scratch!
"Well, I have about fifty pounds of eggs over there, then another fifty pounds of sausage. I'm making blueberry croissants now, and I have some oranges that need to be squeezed."
"Ooh...can I help? Maybe then we'll get done faster."
"Sure, sure, just grab the oranges, a knife, and the juicer and have fun."
"Cool." I shuffled silently over to the fridge and grabbed the bundles of oranges. I went and asked Emily to move-politely, of course-and she stepped away. Her eyes widened slightly at how many things I was carrying, but she hid her surprise well. I blindly raked my hand through the drawer, searching for a knife. Bad idea.
"Ow!" I gently put the oranges down and examined my hand. There was a pretty deep cut running from the tip of my pinkie finger down my palm. It was a good five inches long, and blood was dripping onto the floor. I leaned over the drawer to find the culprit, and my giant cleaver was stained with a thin crimson film.
"Stupid sharp edges." I muttered angrily. I grabbed the utensil and put it into the sink. I quickly ran water over it and then slipped back up the stairs. I got blood spots on the carpet, but it was lessening. I knew Charlie wouldn't say anything, what with my past injuries. When I reached the bathroom I ran cool water over the cut and got peroxide. I grabbed a cotton-ball from the linen closet, and dabbed it on with the little fluffy bundle. After that I grabbed a clean wash-cloth and wrapped it around the cut.
I then rethought that and figured that it would take about an hour to scab, so I threw the cloth in the hamper and grabbed our gauze. Again, Charlie was prepared for me and my chronic injuries, so I had enough gauze on hand to mummify someone with.
I went downstairs to try and put some ice in a bag to cool it down. Emily looked at me worriedly and examined my hand. "Are you okay sweetie?"
I glanced around the freezer door at her and said "Oh, yeah. Nothing to worry about. It'll just take a while to heal, that's all."
I looked back at the freezer's contents and was about to grab the ice-tray when I saw the ice-packs. They looked just like the ones in the nurse's office, and were cold and ready for me to use. It was times like these when I knew how much Charlie cared about me. My eyes swam with tears of love for him. It was always the little things that made me realize just how wonderful he was and how lucky I was to have the perfect father. I made a mental note to hug and thank him later and fished out one of the packs.
It was frigid and stiff like it had been in there a while and I briefly wondered how I had missed those before. I pulled it out and wrapped it up in the gauze while closing the freezer door with my shoulder. I went back to the bundles of oranges and lugged them over to the table with my good hand.
I heaved them onto the table with a plop and then went back for a knife and the juicer. I reached into the same drawer-carefully-and grabbed a pretty sharp knife. I then rummaged through a few cupboards until I found what I needed.
It took us about another hour, but Emily and I thoroughly enjoyed peeling and juicing the oranges. Every once in a while she would get up to change trays of croissants, but our conversation never died. Half the time I wasn't even sure what exactly we were talking about, it just felt good to prattle on about nothing in particular.
After we were all done, I figured my cut would have at least stopped bleeding. I walked over to the sink and unwrapped my hand warily. Blood still kinda grossed me out, and feinting on Emily wouldn't be such a good idea. I gently set the ice pack in the sink and continued. After my hand was free of the binding I ran it under the cool water. I turned off the faucet and shook my hand dry. At last, I pulled it up to my face for inspection and gasped.
All that was left was a little pink scar.
We all feasted around my small breakfast table. We were laughing and talking and having a wonderful time. That is, until we began to discuss the boys' trip to Seattle. Things turned serious as we listened to their reports.
"We picked up so many scents, there had to be fifty of them. Not to mention three older ones, but those trails are dead now. Probably thirty females; and twenty, maybe twenty-five males. It's a very serious situation. There are old legends in our tribe about armies, but that was one I thought was false. I guess everything is real. Just wait till witches start popping up. Then we'll be in trouble. We're pretty sparse on pack members as it is. But there is Seth Clearwater, and that other kid...what was his name? Billy or something..." Sam then trailed off.
"Bobby." Jake supplied.
"Right, Bobby. Well, anyway, they are migrating toward Forks, and we'll definitely get slaughtered if we don't get new members. And there might be another..." Sam trailed off while rolling a sausage around his plate with his fork. I saw him sneak glances up at me every few seconds. Weird.
Suddenly Jake's eyes widened, and he was about to say something, when the phone rang. I jumped up and set my fork down. "I got it." I mumbled before dashing over to the phone. "Hello?" I asked as I glanced back at the pack. They were speaking in low tones, all of them leaning over the table. I shook my head at how silly they looked, the six huge Quileute men above my itty-bitty table.
"Bella?" My eyes widened at the voice. I couldn't believe it! She was calling me?!
"Mom?!" The surprise didn't escape my voice. She hadn't called in forever, only e-mailing once a month while trying to close on a bigger house. What a surprise it was for a moving, baseball playing, couple that just settled in to their new house to find out they were pregnant.
"So...did you get the house?" I asked. I hoped they did, because it was a beautiful house, and in great shape. I remembered approving right away when she showed me the pictures she took. Of course the pictures and computer could distort it some, but I was sure it was a great pick.
"Yeah...Bella, before you go off to college and stuff...I wanna come up and visit. We already have plane tickets and a hotel reserved in advance. We should be there in a few days. Okay?"
I was rendered speechless. After all the money they had spent on the house and the moving, plus all the extra things for the baby. I told her to wait until she found out the gender and would be able to buy either girl or boy oriented furnishings, but she insisted that she wanted a surprise so she could go neutral. I knew not to push it, by the tone of her voice, this was something she was serious about.
"Y-yeah that's fine Mom..." I was still pretty surprised, so it came out pretty choked, but she did hear me.
"Good. Oh, and sweetie?" Uh-oh. She only called me sweetie when she did something particularly outrageous and she expected me to get angry. Of course I never did-I always thought I was a pretty calm person-but with some of the...men-if they deserved to be called such-she had hung out with, she expected you to snap about everything and lash out at her.
"Yeah..." I wasn't angry as she thought I was, but wary. What exactly did she do this time?
"I have a few important things to tell you." She said quietly. It seemed as if she were a three year old awaiting a scolding. What was the big deal? So they were important, but at least she wasn't out risking her life with some crazy stunt. Or was she...?
"Okay Mom, I'll see you soon. Love you."
"Love you too sweetie."
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I've seen people criticise Unity and Gnome Shell (for desktop use, I'm talking solely about use on a desktop with kb and mouse here) for being 'touch centric' or 'designed for a tablet' or similar.
Is that necessarily bad? Is there something intrinsic to focussing on (and it's often not even a 'focus', just an accommodation) touch which makes things worse with a keyboard and mouse?
I don't believe there is, and I think it's (when unqualified) a lazy criticism.
If the design is touch-only and they do things like removing any functionality on middle/right click or replacing things I can do with a keyboard and mouse with multitouch things (e.g. removing the ability to resize windows with a mouse) then fair enough, that's worse on a desktop.
But surely the general concerns of making things usable on touch actually make things easier and more fluent to use on a desktop too? There's nothing (multitouch aside, we've got other ways to do what little that does) that can be done with touch that can't be done with a mouse. So if I'm using my mouse to make broader, sweeping gestures and click on large icons in an interface which is usually hidden away, how is that worse than operating a tiny, difficult to hit menu with tiny, closely spaced menu items?
No screen space is lost - this stuff is tucked away when it's not being used. And when it is being used, it's easier and quicker. How is that possibly bad?
It's certainly not mature yet, what we're seeing now are obviously first drafts and there's a way to go. Gnome Shell and Unity are certainly lacking in configurability but, again, in the case of Gnome I think that's just because it's still early (with Unity I suspect it's by design). But that's nothing to do with it being touch-centric.
There are differences of course, I can be more precise with a mouse than with touch so, while bigger is better if it's well designed, there's a limit to that - the cutoff point where you're no longer gaining accuracy with size comes sooner on a desktop. But that's a configuration issue.
There's some stuff in these UIs which will not be appropriate on a desktop, and that needs addressing. But there's a lot which will make desktop use easier/faster/better (or just more pleasant - I'm sometimes willing to sacrifice efficiency for a bit of aesthetic engagement) too, and that needs recognising.
It's not for everyone, of course. If you just prefer tiny, cramped little menus then there's no argument for that, that's fine. But thoughtlessly dismissing this stuff out-of-hand for being touch-centric, without looking at what that actually means for the desktop, is lazy and a bit dumb.


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#1 Barack Obama and Alinsky's Rules for Psychopaths
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Alinsky dedicated Rules for Radicals:
"... to the very first radical . . . who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer."
"... the community organizer ... must first rub raw the resentments of the people; fan the latent hostilities to the point of overt expression.'
-- Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals
"THERE IS ONLY THE FIGHT --- An analysis of the Alinsky Model."
-- Hillary Clinton, BA Honors Thesis, Wellesley College, 1969.
"(Barack) Obama worked in the organizing tradition of Saul Alinsky, who made Chicago the birthplace of modern community organizing...."
-- The Nation
A psychopath is a person without conscience; someone who constantly breaks the moral rules of the community. Saul Alinsky was a "community organizer" who found a career that fit that personality disorder. In the Orwellian upside-down world of the Left, community organizers disorganize communities. That is the meaning of revolution, to overturn whatever exists today in the raw pursuit of one's own power.
Alinsky boasted about his close alliance with Frank Nitti, Al Capone's second in command in the Chicago Mob during the 1930s. Al Capone's Mob were domestic terrorists, and not for any noble cause either. They poisoned the Chicago politics of their era. Alinsky's close alliance with Frank Nitti tells us something crucially important today. Alinsky was also a lifelong ally of the Stalin-controlled Communist Party, at a time when Stalin was known to have murdered tens of millions of people. He was proud of building a bridge between organized crime and the power hungry Left. That tacit alliance may continue today.
Alinsky's personality fits the definition of a psychopath -- someone who has no guilt or shame toward others. But Alinsky also discovered how to teach psychopathic behavior to college students. That is the key to his success: To persuade hundreds of thousands of ignorant young people that it is much more moral to be immoral. Or, as Bill Ayers famously said, "Bring the Revolution home; kill your parents."
Bill Ayers is now a highly influential professor of education. That is not an accident; it reflects a deliberate program of radical agitation and propaganda through the school systems. If you want to know who brought down American education, Bill Ayers is part of the answer.
A lot of the Boomer Left is marked by psychopathic behavior, in politics and in the rest of life. That is why the actions of the Left are so shocking to many of us.
Alinsky's disciples -- including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- have a warlike political style. They learned politics as war from the Master. Obama is so well-trained in Alinsky tactics that he used to teach workshops on it. That is why Obama can knowingly violate Federal law against usurping the presidential power to negotiate with Iraq before ever getting elected. Actual election to head of state by the voters means nothing, just as it means nothing to Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, who have negotiated with Syria and the Muslim Brotherhood in clear violation of law while serving in Congress.
Teaching hatred for the normal majority is the key to power for radicals. But Alinsky taught that you can't easily hate millions of people. To do that effectively you need a one-person scapegoat to focus all your hatred on. "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." That is the politics of personal destruction, and it doesn't matter if the target is black like Clarence Thomas, or a woman like Sarah Palin, or a severely wounded war veteran like John McCain.
That is why Obama is now instructing his followers to "get in their faces" of those Americans who are not down for his cause. Obama acts like a nice guy, but he is a political warmonger. He's been very clear about that: "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." That's the language of gang war.
Today we can see the Left's rage reaction to John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin. The New York Sun quoted one feminist saying "All of my women friends, a week ago Monday, were on the verge of throwing themselves out windows ...People were flipping out. ... Every woman I know was in high hysteria over this. Everyone was just beside themselves with terror that this woman could be our president -- our potential next president."
The "comedienne" Sandra Bernhard suggested that Sarah Palin would be "gang-raped by blacks in Manhattan" if she dared to go there.
A British Leftist writing for Pravda (!) called "Sarah Palin - The Devil in disguise...
Sarah Palin, Mrs. Nobody know-it-all shreiking cow from Alaska, the joke of American politics, plied with a couple of vodkas ... cheap little guttersnipe ... suppose you shut up ... you pith-headed little bimbo from the back of beyond ... So next time suppose you keep your mouth shut and while you're at it, make sure the members of your family keep their legs shut too. ... "
That warlike rage has been systematically whipped up over decades by the Left. That's what college "Women's Studies" does, just as "Black Studies" is deliberately designed to whip up black rage and victimhood. Michelle Obama's Princeton thesis is a case in point.
Alinsky called ordinary Americans "the enemy." Normal people don't declare war on all of society. But Alinsky wrote in Rules for Radicals that radicals
"...have contemptuously rejected the values and way of life of the middle class. They have stigmatized it as materialistic, decadent, bourgeois, degenerate, imperialistic, war-mongering, brutalized and corrupt ... They are right
... .................................................. ......."
Normal, decent America is the enemy for these people.
Obama and Hillary are lifelong followers of Alinsky. They use his tactics and ideology. That is why American politics became the politics of personal destruction when the Boomer Left came to power.
These claims require proof; but we have been looking straight at the evidence since the first Clinton term. Bill Clinton fits the diagnostic description of psychopathic personality, now relabeled "antisocial personality' in the DSM IV, the official diagnostic manual for psychiatry. Three out of the following seven criteria nails the diagnosis:
1. Failure to conform to social norms ...
2. Deceitfulness ... or conning others for personal profit or pleasure;
3. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead;
4. Irritability and aggressiveness ... ;
5. Reckless disregard for safety of self or others;
6. Consistent irresponsibility ... ;
7. Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another.
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The following announcement is by Gaylon Findlay, President and developer of Ancestral Quest.
Salt Lake City, Utah (July 29, 2008) – Today, Incline Software, LC announced the release of Ancestral Quest 12.1 at the Conference on Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
All of the new features introduced in Ancestral Quest version 12.1 are designed to aid a user in comparing and synchronizing local databases with the Family Tree database of new.FamilySearch.org, a system being developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). The Family Tree database claims to have roughly 500 million lineage-linked records, and these records become directly accessible to users of AQ 12.1 through these new features.
Because new.FamilySearch.org is still being developed and tested by members of the LDS church, its Family Tree is currently only available to a relatively small number of people. The new features of AQ 12.1 require access to the FamilySearch system through their secure system, and therefore can only be used by those who have access to new.FamilySearch.org. In the coming weeks and months, as new.FamilySearch.org is made available to a growing number of individuals, those users will also be able to use the new features of AQ 12.1. Incline Software understands that the Family Tree feature of new.FamilySearch.org will eventually be available to the general public, and therefore that the new features of AQ 12.1 will eventually be functional for all users.
These new features benefit not only users of Ancestral Quest, but also users of Personal Ancestral File (PAF), because the PAF program of the LDS church is based on an older version of Ancestral Quest. AQ 12.1 is a FamilySearch certified PAF add-in. It will allow a PAF user to synchronize his/her local PAF data with the Family Tree of new.FamilySearch.org. Once installed Ancestral Quest will appear on the Tools menu of PAF 5.2, and the PAF user merely needs to click on that menu item to start AQ 12.1 to synchronize their PAF data with FamilySearch.
AQ 12.1 is being released in phases. The release today begins the first phase of this roll-out. It is being made available to a limited number of users of both AQ and PAF. Over the coming weeks, Incline Software expects to expand the number of users that will be able to use these features, until it will be available to all users in the very near future.
To find out more about Ancestral Quest or Incline Software, visit the web site www.ancquest.com.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Incline Software Releases Ancestral Quest 12.1
Posted by Renee Zamora at 10:43 PM
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2 comments:
- Mel said...
If incline announced the release they are sure keeping it a secret. You seem to be the only one to know.
- August 1, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Renee Zamora said...
The announcement was made of their website at http://www.ancquest.com/pr072908aq.htm
- August 3, 2008 at 5:10 PM
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The sport scientist at the centre of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority's investigation into Essendon's use of unspecified supplements last season, Stephen Dank, will break his silence on the ABC on Monday night.
The club's former performance scientist was sacked late last year as the Bombers came to terms with a spate of soft tissue injuries as their season fell away in the second half of the year.
Dank has not returned calls from Fairfax Media this week after Essendon on Tuesday announced it would be investigated by ASADA and the AFL over its controversial fitness practices in 2012.
But his lawyer on Friday described his client as "a sacrificial lamb on the altar of sport".
Lawyer Greg Stanton said Dank had been unfairly portrayed as the villain after the Australia Crime Commission on Thursday released a report confirming the widespread use of illegal drugs in Australian sport.
Two days before the ACC released its findings, the Bombers threw themselves at the mercy of ASADA and the AFL's integrity unit after revealing concerns over supplements supplied to their players.
"He stands, if I may use the phrase, as a sacrificial lamb on the altar of sport which this country worships and adores on a day to day basis," Stanton said.
"Sure he does (protest his innocence), but he's doing so not in the context or in the criteria of someone who's facing an allegation or charge.
"There is a degree of innuendo, rumour, scuttlebutt and tenuous information floating around, none of which is very specific at all.
"In the face of that, he says - I've done nothing wrong.
"He is the scapegoat - that's how we see it.
"He is a highly qualified, credible, experienced man in this field and what's happening is an absolute travesty to be honest."
He stands, if I may use the phrase, as a sacrificial lamb on the altar of sport which this country worships and adores on a day to day basis
Dank will appear on the ABC's 7:30 Report on Monday night.
Essendon's fitness boss Dean Robinson has also been suspended on full pay pending the ASADA investigation.
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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/01/q4_09_smartphone_mkt/
Smartphone sales skyrocket
Good news for big names
Posted in Personal Tech, 1st February 2010 06:02 GMT
Smartphones shipments leapt 30 per cent year on year during Q4 2009 to 53m units, well ahead of the 12 per cent growth seen by handsets as a whole.
According to market watcher Strategy Analytics, the top three vendors all shipped considerably more smartphones during the quarter - and the year as a whole - while their other competitors combined experienced the exact opposite.
Nokia, Research in Motion and Apple all achieved higher market shares in Q4 2009 than they did in Q4 2008. Nokia and RIM saw modest growth: from 37 per cent to 39.2 per cent for Nokia, and from 18.6 per cent to 20.2 per cent for RIM.
Apple's jumped from 10.8 per cent to 16.4 per cent on the back of an almost doubling in unit shipments: 4.4m to 8.7m. Nokia's shipments went from 15.1 smartphones to 20.8m, RIM's from 7.6m to 10.7m. Both RIM and Apple have some way to go to challenge Nokia's lead, but Apple isn't very far behind the BlackBerry maker.
Other vendors' combined unit shipments fell from 13.7m to 12.8m.
For 2009 as a whole, Nokia took 39 per cent of the world smartphone market, RIM 19.8 per cent, Apple 14.4 per cent and everyone else 26.7 per cent.
Missing from the data is Android's contribution, but most analysts forecast big things for the Google OS during 2010 as more vendors introduce devices based upon it.
"The smartphone market will become ultra competitive in 2010," predicted SA's Neil Mawston. "Samsung and LG have ambitious plans to grow volumes and expand their app stores, while emerging players like Dell and Huawei are strengthening their device portfolios and courting major operators.
"The smartphone wars will be good news for consumers," he added. ®


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Polio, I think you forgot polio. You are supposed to blame me and conservatives for polio too in that shtick.
It is obligatory now to bring some homosexual angle into everything as someone did here. I just responded to that, after responding to the original topic. I didn't start it.
One single argument? What better example of the conceit and arrogance of liberals? You are advocating the change - homosexual legitimization, an extreme, radical, and fundamental change. I just want status quo or status quo ante. I'm not obligated to justify anything. When you have a society that performs dramatically better than others, YOU better have a good reason for tampering with the rules and it better be damned good if the cost is moving from a standard where you can go for decades at a time without even hearing of homosexuality to having it forced on your attention daily.
On the original topic, I can see the 21st century has no clue what responsibility even means. Firstly, as anyone can see, go from the theoretical level to the field level and pregnancy is never "not an issue." Disease alone is still, on the field level, reason enough why everyone should have sex with just one other person. Sex should be part of the most powerful and sublime bond between people in the most fulfilling relationship in their lives. Premarital sex instantly cuts that potential way down, for four people. I think introducing a comparative or competitive factor into the marital relationship is responsible for much of the hostility, spouse abuse, and divorce - in other words a vast amount of unhappiness and misery. Non-marital sex drastically affects your later relationships to your children. What are you going to tell them when the time comes if they ask? It drastically wounds the relationship with parents and other loved ones. There are dozens of good reasons the Victorians were right the 21st century is determined to not see. We don't legalize murder just because some can't abide by the law. And if we did, it wouldn't reduce the tragedy. The old rules worked best for the best quality most self disciplined people and that redounded through many routes to the benefit of society. Conversely…..
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LAWRENCEVILLE — The Notre Dame softball team has slogged through a pretty rough week but came out the other side with a bang yesterday, scoring a 10-0, five inning win over West Windsor-Plainsboro South.
The Irish had been struggling on offense in recent losses to Steinert and Allentown but showed no signs of that yesterday as they broke loose for eight hits and nine runs in the first two innings, bringing 13 batters to the plate in the decisive second.
"The way we had been playing we couldn't string hits together," Notre Dame head coach Artie Kearns said of his team's recent hitting woes. "It seemed like we were going up to the plate looking for walks. If you're doing that you may as well go home.
"Robbinsville, Steinert and Allentown all hit the ball and are very aggressive at the plate and that's what we need . You've got to get your money's worth up there."
The Irish sure got their money's worth yesterday. In addition Kearns got a chance to not only empty his bench but also to get a look at some players who were coming off of the injured list.
The most notable of these was centerfielder Colleen Meehan, who had been limited strictly to fielding duties in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Allentown, but who went two for two yesterday with a solo home run to lead off the second.
"I DH'd for Colleen yesterday," Kearns pointed out. "Today she proved she wants to be in the lineup. We tell them that's what we want them to do. We want them to play hungry."
An RBI double by Alexis Wiggley was the big hit in a two run first but it was six hits and three errors that fueled Notre Dame's seven run second.
After Meehan started the inning with her homer, the Irish got a two RBI double from Liz Fedorak, an RBI single from Becky Levitsky and another two RBI double from winning pitcher Julia Tosti.
Notre Dame got the game clinching run in the third when Tori Zangrilli's fielder's choice ground out scored Sierra Hnatiuk.
"Any coach will tell you that you don't want to peak too early," Kearns said of the win. "But you don't want to be in too deep either. This game was a good pick me up. Hopefully it shoots up from here and it's a start for us.
"Hitting is contagious. We're starting to get people back and that allows us to do things with some of the other girls. It's always good to have someone behind them, pushing them. But we're only eight games into the season and we want to make sure we peak at the right time."
WWP South (4-3) 0 0 0 0 0 0-4-5
Notre Dame (6-3) 2 7 1 0 x 10-9-1
WP-Tosti (3-0) LP-Julius (4-3) HR: N-Meehan; 2B: N-Wiggley, Tosti, Tinsman; RBI: N-Tosti 2, Fedorak 2, Meehan, Wiggley, Coyne, Levitsky, Zangrilli.
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viernes, 30 de agosto de 2013
Journey Joined Onstage by Carlos Santana and Gregg Rolie
A mini-Santana reunion took place last night (Aug. 28) when Carlos Santana and Gregg Rolie sat in with Journey. The concert took place at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Rolie was the founding keyboardist and singer in Santana, appearing on their 1969 debut album, providing lead vocals to the classics 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Evil Ways.' Two years later, Neal Schon joined the group, with both of them departing after 1972′s 'Caravanserai' to form the group that would eventually become Journey.
Back in February, we learned that Santana and Schon were looking to reunite the original Santana lineup, although Rolie's involvement was not definite. "It will be like 'Santana IV' because we stopped at 'Santana III,'" Santana said of the project, which is expected to be out in 2014.
Santana is still in the midst of the two-year residency at the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Vegas that he began in 2012. The next series of shows in his 'An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow,' program begins Sept. 11 and will run through Nov. 17.
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For the last couple of years, sales of Android-based smartphones have been smoking every other kind of smartphone, including the iPhone. Android phones now account for nearly 75% of the global smartphone market. The next closest competitor is iPhones, which have about 15% of the market.
In the U.S., Android is clubbing iPhone 53% to 34%.
Given such a disparity in phone sales and usage, you would think that things people do with smartphones--smartphone-based activities--would be equally dominated by Android.
But they aren't. They're not even equal.
In fact, iPhone users completely dominate Internet-based smartphone activities.
A recent survey of mobile web usage found that a staggering 60% of mobile web visits came from iOS devices, while only 20% came from Android. A study IBM did of Black Friday online sales showed much the same thing--except that it was even more skewed.
iOS (iPads and iPhones) accounted for nearly 20% of Black Friday sales. Android devices, meanwhile, accounted for only 5.5%.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Jul 2012 23:39 UTC
Ars Technica is running an interesting article about the Mail application on Windows 8. It's one of the first party Metro applications, and Ars' conclusion is that it's really, really not up to snuff - it can't even compare favourably to the mail application on Windows Phone. The sad thing is, however - this applies to virtually all Metro applications.
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RE[3]: Too many platforms - running old code
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Enhancing Furnace Thermal Efficiency by Adjusting Fuel Temperature
Increasing fuel temperature leads to lower fuel density so that speed of the fuel leaving the nozzle increases causing the fuel to reach the burning point sooner. Hence, a higher temperature can be maintained in the furnace to reduce heat loss. Increasing the fuel temperature also causes higher temperature of the hot gas surrounding the burner nozzle, faster flowing velocity for the hot gas flow in the furnace, more even thermal distribution in the furnace, as well as faster thermal flow rising velocity and higher temperature in the furnace radiation zone. Hence, the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission are significantly reduced. In this study, results obtained with a full-scale furnace show that when the fuel temperature is raised from 95 oC to 130 oC, the hot gas temperature in the convective zone of the furnace rises by 21 oC; the furnace pressure increases by 2.5 mm H2O so that oxygen concentration in the excess air drops by 1.2 vol %. Under these conditions, 7.5 x 105 m3 of fuel cost can be saved, and 858 ton per year of CO2 emission can be reduced.
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