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General Manager: Michael Hill
Minor League Director: Marty Scott
Scouting Director: Stan Meek
AAA: New Orleans Zephyrs (Pacific Coast League) 69-74
AA: Jacksonville Suns (Southern League) 70-70
Hi A: Jupiter Hammerheads (Florida State League) 60-80
Low A: Greensboro Grasshoppers (South Atlantic League) 79-60
Rookie Adv.: Jamestown Jammers (NY-Penn League) 35-40
Rookie: GCL Marlins (Gulf Coast League) 38-16
Dominican: DSL Marlins (Dominican Summer League) 24-43
System Overview
As the Florida Marlins, the franchise has won exactly as many World Series championships over the last two decades as the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. Of course, those are also the only two times that the Marlins have made the playoffs in their existence. They have spent the majority of the intervening years as a low budget team with the reputation for being very savvy about acquiring and developing young talent but that didn't have the funds to push much beyond a .500 team.
The past few years have been marked by what seemed to be a near desperate wait on the fate of getting a new stadium. The team was criticized for its microscopic Major League payrolls (even as they continued to post at or above .500 records) and spending on talent acquisition tapered off to a bare minimum.
That all turned around this past off-season as the Marlins long awaited new ball park and its potential as a new revenue stream became a reality. The team's biggest splash might have been their strong but unsuccessful run at acquiring 1B Albert Pujols, which told everyone in baseball just how serious the organization was about becoming real players in the talent market again. But signing SS Jose Reyes, LHP Mark Buerhle and closer Heath Bell to a combined $191M in contracts spoke to the Marlins commitment to spending their new money. Bringing on the controversial Ozzie Guillen to manage the club and trading for equally unpredictable RHP Carlos Zambrano guaranteed that the team will remain in the headlines no matter what is happening on the field.
Some in baseball characterized the newly named "Miami" Marlins as "having gone all in after years of going almost all out." Whatever the case, the organization dominated the off season Hot Stove League as no other time in their 19-year history.
The biggest challenge on the field will be to pump some life into an offense that scored the fewest amount of runs of any full-season Marlins team since their expansion season of 1993. A return to form from potential superstar Hanley Ramirez, along with a full season from Reyes at the top of the batting order, could accomplish that just by itself. Of course, keeping with the "controversy" theme, no one really knows how Ramirez will accept his forced move to third base to make room for Reyes.
The starting rotation of Josh Johnson, Buerhle, Ricky Nolasco, Anibal Sanchez and Zambrano could be either very, very good or not so good, depending on the condition of Johnson's arm, Zambrano's psyche and Nolasco and Sanchez's consistency. Bullpen depth will definitely be an issue going into spring training.
One thing that the last few years of uncertainly has brought is a shallow pool of talent at the upper levels of the minor leagues and limited depth on the Major League roster. That's the kind of thing that can usually only be fixed with an increased financial commitment to scouting and player development. The Marlins have shown they are willing to do that at the Major League level, it will be interesting to note whether it will happen at what has been the organization's historical lynch pin as well.
2011 Draft
Any short comings with talent that the Marlins may or may not have could well be argued to be the result of spending habits rather than scouting ability. The organization has spent approximately $3.6M in the first 10 rounds of each of the past two drafts while failing to sign their third (IF Connor Barron) and fourth round (IF Tyler Palmer) picks in 2011 and their 2010 fourth round selection (OF Andrew Toles). That investment pales in comparison to what many organizations are spending and doesn't include the fact that the Marlins are not spending any money going overslot for players past the 10th round either. Their biggest investment in a round 10+ player the past two years is $200K.
It will be very interesting to see what the Marlins do in 2012 in light of a) the new CBA draft bonus slots, and b) the opening of the organization's wallet at the Major League level.
The Marlins hold the ninth pick in the first and subsequent rounds in 2012 and have no comp round picks. The new CBA bonus slots for the Marlins picks in the first 10 rounds add up to about $5.6M. They have certainly had the option to spend that type of money the past few years and have strongly avoided it.
Because they failed to sign their two top hitting prospects in Barron and Palmer, the Marlins 2011 draft list leans very heavily to pitching, with only two signed players in the top 11 rounds, 1B Ryan Reiger and C Austin Barnes.
RHP Jose Fernandez was a potential steal with the 14th pick in the draft, not only because of his talent on the mound but because of his Cuban heritage. Fernandez "escaped" from Cuba twice as a teenager, the first time being put under house arrest after being captured and the second time successfully reaching Mexico and eventually the Tampa area. That type of background could make Fernandez an icon in the Miami community if he becomes a successful Major League pitcher.
Second round pick Adam Conley (Washington State) lacks the eye catching background Fernandez has but has touched 97 mph from the left side and could move quickly through the Marlins system, especially if the organization decides to use him out of the bullpen, where he has shown better stuff and had more success.
The picks that could really make the Marlins draft, though, were the fifth and sixth rounds, where they were able to pick up high school RHP Mason Hope and Wichita State LHP Charlie Lowell. Hope is a very projectable right hander with potentially dynamic secondary pitches who immediately dominated the Gulf Coast League. Lowell is a big, mature southpaw who flashes a plus fastball and was thought to be a second/third round pick leading up to the draft before mysteriously sliding.
The pitching emphasis seemed to strongly emphasize plus raw arm strength down the draft list where plus fastballs are often hard to find. Eighth rounder, RHP Dejei Oliver, the son of former big league catcher Joe Oliver, can get up to 93-94 mph with his fastball and has a sharp slider to go with it. 10th round pick Scott Lyman had a disappointing 2011 season as a two-way player at UC Davis and can touch 96 mph, profiling well as a late innings reliever. 11th round pick RHP Jacob Eshe was primarily a shortstop at Georgia Tech but has huge arm strength and could end up being a mid-90s thrower once he gets enough repetitions.
A sleeper to watch is their 33rd round pick, RHP James Nygren from Oregon State. Nygren has flashed plus stuff in the past and was dominant in his professional debut.
Top 10 Prospects
1. OF Christian Yelich – Baseball-reference player profile
Yelich was an often overlooked member of the powerhouse ABD Bulldog travel teams during high school, despite the fact that he usually hit cleanup in the Bulldogs line up. During the 2009 summer, scouts began remarking, "Wow, this kid is really starting to improve" as he started adding strength to his long and slender frame.
Still, few expected Yelich to continue to improve at the rate he did during the spring of 2010, when the Marlins settled on him as their first round pick and ironically signed him away from a scholarship to U. Miami.
That same pace of improvement continued during Yelich's first full season in the minors. Most teenagers in full season A ball struggle as the season wears on as they get tired and often have trouble making adjustments. The opposite was true, as he got better and better as the year progressed.
Perhaps the most important part of Yelich's big picture development was the Marlins immediate decision to take Yelich off first base, his exclusive position in high school, and move him to the outfield. Although Yelich's arm strength may necessitate a move to left field, he has 6.7 speed and quickly adapted, as he has to every challenge thus far, to his new position.
2. OF Marcel Ozuna – Baseball-reference player profile
The 6-2/190 Ozuna has the best overall tool package in the Marlins system and has five-tool potential if he continues to progress with his pitch recognition and contact skills and his strike out ratios keep going down as they did in 2011. After finishing the 2010 season in the South Atlantic League, he spent the entire summer there in 2011, with remarkably similar slash lines to his cumulative 2010 numbers: .258/.306/.532 vs. .266/.330/.482. While not dominating numbers, they do point to a young man at the very worst holding his own at an advanced level while possessing exciting raw power potential. His slightly above average running speed and plus/plus throwing arm make him a potential impact right fielder on defense, although the Marlins might be tempted to work him more in centerfield in the future with Mike Stanton firmly established at that position in Miami. A future outfield of Yelich, Ozuna and Stanton could form a productive, young trio in the Miami lineup, something that Marlins fans could get very excited about over the next few years.
3. 3B Matt Dominguez – Baseball-reference player profile
Dominguez has been placed in a difficult position in the Marlins system, at least with the public's perception of his standing as a prospect. The team's 2007 first round pick (he was high school teammates with Royals 3B Mike Moustakas) was very young for his high school class, yet advanced enough skill-wise to play well above his age group in the minor leagues.
Dominguez played his entire 18 year old year in the South Atlantic League (and tore it up, hitting .296/.354/.499), reached AA as a 19 year old and split his 21 year old league between AAA and the Major Leagues. By comparison, he's only nine months older than the top college third baseman in the 2011 draft, Pirates first round pick Anthony Rendon. Yet the perception is that Dominguez has essentially failed to develop as a hitter despite consistent double figure home run totals and an OPS in the mid .700s.
What Dominguez is offensively is a dead replica of Aaron Boone or Scott Brosius (look up their Major League numbers and compare them to Dominguez minor league production). And where Dominguez stands out, of course, is defensively, where he is considered Gold Glove quality at third base. Do you think that the Marlins would welcome six or more years of Aaron Boone/Scott Brosius quality work at third base with a Gold Glove or two mixed in? Hanley Ramirez obviously has Dominguez blocked for the moment, but you can win with Boone/Brosius/Dominguez as your starting third baseman.
Dominguez has claim to a couple of very unusual minor league stats that are worth noting. In almost 2,000 minor league at bats, he has a grand total of one stolen base and four triples. While he may have cat like quickness at third base defensively, his straight-line speed isn't one of his attributes.
4. RHP Jose Fernandez – Baseball-reference player profile
As mentioned above, Fernandez could reach a unique status with the Miami community should he become an established big league pitcher for the Marlins. While that may have affected the Marlins picking him with the 14th pick in the 2011 draft, his talent definitely warranted that slot as well.
Fernandez' defining moment as a high school prospect was his performance at the 2010 WWBA World Championships in Jupiter. Pitching in a quarterfinal game against a Dallas Patriots lineup that featured top prospects OF Josh Bell and SS Trevor Story and with upwards of 300 scouts watching, Fernandez showed 3 plus pitches in a 92-95 (T97) mph fastball, an 83 mph slider and 81 mph change up, all thrown with pinpoint control, in throwing six dominant innings. Some scouts remarked that there was no doubt that Fernandez could have pitched in the big leagues that evening.
Fernandez has pitched in international competition for the Cuban Junior National Team before and has shown the ability to rise to the occasion like he did in Jupiter on other occasions. His challenge in reaching Miami could well be to harness his talent into a consistent "every five days" approach and grind it out in the minor leagues. If that happens, all of Miami will celebrate him.
5. C J.T. Realmuto – Baseball-reference player profile
Realmuto was not a well exposed player prior to the 2010 draft as his primary high school accomplishment up until the spring of his senior year was leading Carl Albert High School to the 5A Oklahoma state football championship as a quarterback. He exploded that spring, though, with one of the most amazing high school seasons ever, hitting .595 with 28 home runs and driving in a national record 119 runs en route to being the Marlins third round draft pick.
Realmuto signed late and only got into a few games in 2010 but is old for his draft class and the Marlins didn't hesitate to send him to full season A ball in 2011. In addition, they moved him full-time to catcher, as he had switched back and forth between catching and playing shortstop previously. While Realmuto's defense is still a work in progress, he has the athleticism and leadership ability to excel at the position with more experience and repetitions. His big value will come from his ability to play a premium position with a potential impact bat. Like Christian Yelich, Realmuto showed steady progress throughout the summer and was at his best at the end of the season.
6. LHP Chad James – Baseball-reference player profile
James was the Marlins first round in 2009 and signed for a $1.7M bonus out of an Oklahoma high school. He was a well regarded prospect coming in into his senior year but jumped up draft lists before the draft when his fastball went from the low-90s to the mid-90s, very rare ground for a young left hander.
Unlike many southpaws, though, James was not a polished product by any means and much of his development time in two years of pro ball has been spent in taking short steps to refine and calm down his delivery and determine which of his four pitches can be commanded the best while maintaining quality. That led to a situation last summer where James was 0-13 at one point in the Florida State League on what admittedly was a well below average Jupiter team. That record, which left him at 5-23 for his professional career, was deceptive as he was a 20 year old pitching in Hi A with what were very presentable ratio's and peripheral numbers. He went on to win five of his final seven decisions.
At his best, James has a low-90s fastball that he's increasingly able to spot in the strike zone, both a big curveball and a power slider and a change up that was actually his best pitch in high school most of the time. When he figures out how to get all those tools working together, he could develop into a solid middle of the rotation starter.
7. LHP Rob Rasmussen – Baseball-reference player profile
Rasmussen was a starter on the 2010 UCLA Bruins team with 2011 first round picks Gerrit Cole (first overall) and Trevor Bauer (fourth overall) and outpitched both, finishing with an 11-3, 2.72 record and 128 Ks in 109 innings. That performance, keyed by a low-90s fastball, a sharp late slider and big, hard nasty curveball, made the 5-10 left hander the Marlins second round draft pick.
Rasmussen has never had pinpoint control and that was perhaps the only negative factor in his debut first full season (12-10, 3.64 in 148 innings), as he walked 71 hitters. Due to his height and a delivery that has some effort, there has always been talk of Rasmussen eventually moving to the bullpen, although he's proven very durable both in maintaining his stuff during games and throughout the course of the season. Whether he's able to continue to improve his command as a starter could be the determining factor in what his role at the big league level will eventually become.
8. RHP Mason Hope – Baseball-reference player profile
It's hard to believe that Hope was only the fifth high school pitcher drafted out of Oklahoma as the Marlins fifth round pick, that's how deep the state's prep pitching class was. But don't be surprised if Hope ends up being almost as successful as bigger names such as Dylan Bundy and Archie Bradley.
While Hope threw up to 93 mph at WWBA/Perfect Game events in high school, his most interesting attribute as a teenage pitching prospect is that he has four quality pitches that he can throw for strikes. His fastball has nice hard late life on occasion and sits at 91 mph, he throws both a curveball and a true low-80s slider and his change up might end becoming his best pitch. That and his signing early and getting the Gulf Coast League out of the way in 2011 means that Hope is in position to move quickly through the Marlins minor league system if he stays healthy.
It's worth noting that three of the top eight Marlins prospects are high school drafts out of Oklahoma. Marlins scouting director Stan Meek grew up and lives in Oklahoma and worked his way up from being an area scout responsible for the state.
9. OF Kyle Jensen – Baseball-reference player profile
A couple of things differentiate Jensen from your usual 6-4/230 ex-college slugger who puts up big numbers in the lower minor leagues. Being a left handed hitter helps, of course, but Jensen is a very good athlete for his size with mobility and a very strong arm. The Marlins have switched him back and forth between left and right field and he hasn't sniffed first base since rookie ball. The other thing is that while Jensen will strike out, he also shows barrel skills and the ability to hit for a high average and draw a couple of walks (.309/.385/.535 in the FSL in 2011 before promotion). That bodes well for his future as a hitter. He might never be a starter for Miami with the young talent in front of him but he can be a productive fourth outfielder and pinch hitter.
10. RHP Jose Urena – Baseball-reference player profile
The 6-3/175 Urena has a steady low to mid-90s fastball as a starting pitcher and had a strong debut in the United States as a 19 year old pitching in the New York-Penn League after two seasons in the Dominican Summer League. He has no problem throwing strikes with his fastball for his age and experience level. His secondary stuff is well behind his velocity, however, and he struck out only 48 hitters in 72 innings against the older hitters, a sure sign that hitters were comfortable standing in on his plus fastball without fear of being fooled by a quality breaking ball or change up.
Others in the Conversation: RHP Austin Brice, 1B Mark Canha, LHP Adam Conley, OF Kevin Mattison, 2B Noah Perio, OF Jesus Solorzano


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Sunday is the FAFSA and Cal Grant deadline!
By Theresa Harrington
Friday, February 28th, 2014 at 5:25 pm in Education.
This is your final warning: Sunday is the deadline for high school seniors to apply for federal financial aid and California state grants. Don't delay!
Students can apply by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, and submitting Grade-point Average, or GPA, information to the California Student Aid Commission.
A report released earlier this week by The Education Trust-West — a statewide education policy, research and advocacy organization nonprofit advocacy organization — found that while the number of high school seniors who complete FAFSA and Cal Grant applications across the state last year, many students still did not apply for financial aid.
The number of high school seniors who completed FAFSA applications rose from 54 percent to 62 percent from 2012 to 2013, while the number who applied for Cal Grants rose from 50 percent to 56 percent during the same time period, according to the report.
However, 44 percent — or nearly 175,000 12th graders in the class of 2013 did not complete a Cal Grant application, according to the "Equity Alert" brief titled, "Doorways to College Aid," which is a follow-up to the group's report from last year called, "The Cost of Opportunity: Access to College Financial Aid in California." To view the report, visit www.edtrust.org/west and click on "New Analysis Finds FAFSA & Cal Grant Applications Rising; Too Many Students Across California Still Not Applying for Financial Aid."
"We are glad to see the increases in FAFSA completion and Cal Grant application rates, but there are still far too many students falling through the cracks," said Dr. Orville Jackson, senior research analyst at The Education Trust—West, in a news release. "Our research gives us a good sense of what works to get more students to apply for aid and go to college. The challenge now is to get those practices spread to schools and districts across California."
The research shows that schools and districts using an electronic GPA verification for their high school seniors outperformed other districts by 15 percent, with an average Cal Grant completion rate of 71 percent compared to 56 percent for others. The Education Trust—West supports AB 2160, introduced earlier this month by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, which would require all public high schools to electronically submit GPA verifications to the state Student Aid Commission.
"Education is the greatest gift we can give to our children," Ting said, in a prepared statement. "California is providing more help than ever to help families pay for college but too many students leave aid on the table. Students who apply for aid are twice as likely to enroll in college and more likely to graduate. This simple solution will ensure more students get help getting ahead."
The report includes a list of the Top 100 high schools in the state ranked according to FAFSA completions out of 1,100 schools studied. Here are the nine East Bay schools that made the list, with their FAFSA completion rates followed by their Cal Grant application completion rates.
MyClymonds High, Oakland Unified: 100 percent; 76 percent
Oakland School for the Arts, Oakland Unified: 88 percent; 83 percent
Aspire California College Preparatory Academy, Alameda County: 87 percent; 91 percent
Impact Academy of Arts and Technology, Hayward Unified: 87 percent; 87 percent
KIPP King Collegiate High, San Lorenzo Unified: 83 percent; 90 percent
American Indian Public High, Oakland Unified: 82 percent; 73 percent
Leadership Public Schools — Hayward, Hayward Unified: 79 percent; 92 percent
Deer Valley High, Antioch Unified: 100 percent; 28 percent
Middle College High, West Contra Costa Unified: 81 percent; 85 percent
To see the Education Trust-West California Financial Aid Tracker, which shows how well schools and districts are doing in college financial aid applications, visit http://financialaid.edtrustwest.org.
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Jan 25, 2013
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Day one of the Coker men's volleyball match scheduled to play at Pfeiffer's Lance Johnson Memorial tournament has been cancelled due to weather conditions.
A Saturday schedule of volleyball matches will be made available as soon as possible with any game additions from Friday. Be sure to check www.cokercobras.com for any schedule updates and changes.


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nope Interested parties are free to sign-up, but there is a waiting list before being given access. Once in, players have access to several free demos along with the options to buy and/or purchase other titles. A full list of games and pricing can be found here.
I've been playing around with OnLive for a few days and, while the technology is impressive, I can't agree with the pricing structure. In this age of digital distribution, we already buy licenses for games through services like Steam and Impulse, but those services include a method to play the game offline. Furthermore, they do not cost anything on top of purchasing the games.
I would be all over OnLive if it could be used to play the games I already own or became an all-you-can-play service. What about you?


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I'm going to be in the Chamonix/Zermatt/Saas Fee area for three weeks in early August. I plan to do some hiking/climbing/via ferrata. I have some questions.
1. Can I eat in the Gouter/Tete Rousse hut if I'm not staying there?
2. Can I leave gear in the Gouter/Tete Rousse hut for a day or so if I'm not staying there?
3. Is climbing Dufourspitze solo reasonable?
4. Does anyone have ideas on a climb from Saas Fee to Zermatt (or vice versa) over the Mischabel group that is easy and safe? I would like to go from the Mischabel hut to the Dom hut (or vice versa), but am open to other ideas that may be easier/safer.
Thanks for your help!


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The Oakland Athletics optioned left-hander Gio Gonzalez, infielders Daric Barton, Cliff Pennington and Jack Hannahan and outfielder Chris Denorfia to Triple-A Sacramento after Saturday's 3-2 win over San Francisco.
The A's, who open their season against the Los Angeles Angels in
Anaheim on Monday night, finalized their 25-man roster by officially adding pitchers Brett Anderson, Andrew Bailey and Trevor Cahill.
Oakland's projected opening day starter Justin Duchscherer and right-hander Joey Devine, expected to share the closer's role with Brad Ziegler, will open the season on the disabled list along with Rule 5 outfielder Ben Copeland.


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Some people might find the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum a bit rickety, musty and dated, but those who played, coached and watched high-school basketball at the venerable Fairgrounds building through the years tend to regard The Barn - as it is affectionately known - like a favorite grandparent. So when news leaked recently that the Coliseum no longer will play host to the Central District boys basketball tournament - a tradition dating back nearly a century - some reacted as if a close friend had passed on.
Some people might find the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum a bit rickety, musty and dated, but those who played, coached and watched high-school basketball at the venerable Ohio State Fairgrounds building through the years tend to regard The Barn � as it is affectionately known � like a favorite grandparent.
So when news leaked recently that the Coliseum no longer will play host to the Central District boys basketball tournament � a tradition dating back nearly a century � some reacted as if a close friend had passed on.
�It�s a sad, sad day for anybody who loves high-school basketball,� said Reynoldsburg coach Scott Davis, who played seven games in the Coliseum from 1989-91, leading then-Pickerington to the Division I regional title game as a senior.
�To play in The Barn was really special. You looked forward to that so-called second season down there. Later on, when they only played the district semifinals and finals there, it served more as a yardstick. You knew if you made it to the Coliseum, you had a pretty good year.�
The tournament is being strong-armed by none other than noted bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger. Columbus officials were granted use of the entire Ohio State Fairgrounds for the Arnold Sports Festival next March 6-10. The largest multisport event in the U.S., the Arnold Festival draws 18,000 athletes and more than 175,000 fans to the city.
Central District basketball tournament coordinator Max Ness said the four Division I district finals will be held at Ohio Dominican University. Ness is working with several area high schools to host the Division II, III and IV finals.
�High-school basketball goes back generations in that building, and this is a real shocker to a lot of people,� Ness said. �The kids loved playing there in that big arena with all the tradition, but we�ll survive. Let�s face it; the Arnold Classic is an international, world-renowned event and Columbus needs it.�
Other districts use college facilities at places such as Ohio University, Xavier, Bowling Green, Toledo, Wright State and Dayton for tournament games. Ness said he spoke with Ohio State officials about renting St. John Arena, but they are unable to guarantee advance dates because of the possibility that facility might be needed for any of several OSU tournament events.
Ness said the Coliseum will be available next March for the Division I regional, which will include four Central District champions. Beyond 2015, however, nothing is etched in stone.
The Coliseum has been the hub of high-school basketball since it was built in 1918. Ohio State played its men�s games there from 1920-56. The facility, which seats roughly 5,000, plays host to more than 125 events each year.
For many years, every boys basketball district tournament game was played in the Coliseum. Dwindling crowds and increasing rental fees prompted the district to move early round games to high schools. Last March, only district championship games were played there.
Newark coach Jeff Quackenbush said many of his best memories as a player and a coach occurred at the Coliseum.
�A great tradition we have is that when they open the doors up, our fans run around the whole arena to get the best seats,� he said. �The atmosphere there is special in its own way, but I suppose getting sellout crowds in a smaller college venue might make for a nice atmosphere, too."
Although he conceded that his opinion might not be popular among traditionalists, Westerville South coach Ed Calo thinks Central District officials can find a better home for high-school basketball.
�The Fairgrounds reeks with tradition and it�s impressive to think about all the great players and teams that have come through there over the years,� Calo said. �For a lot of people around here, it�s all we know.
�But let me tell you, we�ve gone around and scouted at Xavier, Cincinnati, BG and other places, and those facilities are far superior and the experience is so much better compared to the Fairgrounds. The seats are closer to the floor and you can really feel the excitement. The kids and fans in this area deserve a venue like that.�


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Every Saturday in October, the museum conducts mock digs in two simulated excavation sites, an 1880s farmhouse and a 2000 BC camposite. Tools will be provided and the event is free. This is a come-and-go event during our hours.
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The Southeast Iowa Super Conference has released it's All-Conference basketball teams for the north and south divisions. The North Division features a pair of 1st Team players from both Lone Tree and IMS. Bryan Forbes (jr., 19.5ppg, 7.3rpg, 5.0apg, 5.3spg) and Max Larew (sr., 8.4ppg, 6.5rpg) led the Lions to a district finals appearance while IMS 1st-Team All-Conference members Chance Miller (jr., 13.4ppg, 5.4apg) and Brian Hagedorn (sr., 10.8ppg, 5.3rpg) helped lead their team to a state tournament appearance. WACO senior Christian Roth (8.4ppg, 5.8rpg, 3.9apg) and WMU senior Clayton Robinson (19.0ppg, 15.4rpg, 2.8bpg) are the other two area players who garner 1st-Team honors. Jesse Ertz, Jacob Darbyshire, Jordan Wagenbach (Mediapolis), Trey Sathoff (Pekin), and AJ Steahr (L&M) round out the 11 North Division 1st-Team All-Conference players.
Lone Tree juniors Logan Forbes and Andy Dodson each received 2nd-team honors joined by Tyler Ayers (jr., WACO), Jake Hootman (jr., Highland), and Rafael Cardenas (sr., Columbus). IMS had the other three of their five double-digit scorers named 2nd-team; Cameron Gingerich (jr.), Peyton Thompson (jr.), and Johnny Lackender (sr.). Will Janssen (sr., MEPO), Tater Clubb (sr., Pekin), and Jordan Schoonover (jr., Wapello) round out the rest of the 2nd-team honorees.
Download the list of both the north and south division's 1st, 2nd, and honorable all-conference teams by clicking HERE.


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The renewal of Porsche's sports car line-up continues apace with the unveiling of a larger and lighter second-generation Cayman at this week's Los Angeles motor show.
The new mid-engined coupe, which adopts a redesigned platform offering improved weight distribution as well as a series of weight saving measures that are claimed to see it tip the scales under that of its predecessor, is planned to go on sale in Australia early next year at $115,500 for the base 202kW Cayman and $150,400 for the 239kW Cayman S.
Sister car to the Boxster, alongside which it will be produced at Porsche's traditional manufacturing plant in Zuffenhausen, Germany – and, if demands warrant it, the old Karmann factory in Osnabruck, Germany – the new Cayman receives slightly different proportions in a move that serves to stretches it silhouette and provide the basis for a larger cabin. Length is up by 35mm, width extends by a scant 1mm while height drops by 10mm over its predecessor at 4380mm, 1801mm and 1295mm respectively.
The Cayman once again shares its styling with the Boxster. Distinguishing features over the roadster launched in Australia earlier this year are daytime running lights and indicators housed within a round unit within the outer top edge of the front air ducts instead of a trapezoidal shaped unit in the top of the air duct. It also has more shapely rear hunches and a heavily angled liftback style tailgate at the rear.
As with its roadster sibling, the new coupe adopts an edgier appearance than its predecessor, with tauter surfacing and crisper feature lines, including a distinctive swage running through the doors and into larger cooling ducts ahead of the rear-wheel arches. As on all recent Porsche models, the exterior mirrors are mounted on the doors rather than within the glasshouse. The wheelhouses have also increased in size, allowing Porsche to fit the range-topping Cayman S with standard 19-inch wheels and offer 20-inch rims as optional equipment.
Inside, there is a higher quality interior with added levels of accommodation. The two-seat layout remains, but a longer cabin provides for greater levels of seat adjustment and improved oddment stowage space. Porsche claims a nominal 150 litres of luggage space up front in the nose section and a further 162 litres at the rear in the space above the engine.
As with the Boxster, the new Cayman will be sold with the choice of two horizontally opposed six-cylinder engines: a new 2.7-litre unit at the entry level and a reworked version of the existing 3.4-litre powerplant in the initial range-topping model. Buyers will also be able to choose between two gearboxes: a standard six-speed manual and optional seven-speed dual-clutch unit – the latter boasting a coasting function that idles the engine and disengages the clutch on a trailing throttle for added fuel savings.
The 2.7-litre unit replaces the older 2.9-litre engine, producing an added 7kW but 10Nm less torque, with 202kW and 290Nm. It is sufficient to propel the base 1310kg Cayman from 0 to 100km/h in 5.7sec and up to a top speed of 266km/h while delivering combined cycle consumption of 8.2L/100km and average CO2 emissions of 192g/km in combination with a standard six-speed gearbox. The dual-clutch gearbox extends performance and reduces consumption and emissions, with official claims of 5.4sec, 264km/h, 7.7L/100km and 180g/km respectively.
It will be joined from the outset by the reworked 3.4-litre engine. It delivers a scant 4kW more but the same level of torque as the old unit, with 239kW and 370Nm. This is enough to endow the 1320kg Cayman S with an official 0-100km/h time of 5.0sec in six-speed manual form and 4.7sec in combination with the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, together with corresponding top speeds of 283km/h and 281km/h. Fuel consumption is put at 8.8L/100km and 8.0L/100km respectively for the two gearboxes, with corresponding CO2 emissions of 206g/km and 188g/km.
Underpinning the new Porsche is the same aluminium-intensive chassis used by the Boxster. It receives a 60mm increase in the wheelbase over the platform used by the outgoing first-generation Cayman at 2475mm. The tracks have also been extended by 36mm to 1526mm at the front and 5mm to 1540mm at the rear, giving it an more aggressive stance.
As with the Boxster, the new car also adopts an electro-mechanical steering system with different states of tuning depending on the engine and comes with the option of Porsche's PASM (Porsche Active Suspension Management) that offers differing damping, throttle and steering characteristics.
The Cayman wears 18-inch wheels – 8 inches wide up front and 9 inches at the rear, shod with 235/45 and 265/45 tyres. The 19-inch wheels of the Cayman S are 8 inch wide up front and 9.5 inches at the rear and come with lower profile 235/40 and 265/40 rubber. The standard steel brakes are 315mm in diameter for the Cayman and 330mm for the Cayman S up front, with the two sharing the same 299mm rotors at the rear. Carbon ceramic brakes with 350mm composite discs up front and 299mm at the rear are available as an option.
The reduction in height is claimed to provide for a lower centre of gravity – something Porsche claims is at the heart of improvements in the Cayman's overall dynamic ability. Further highlights include a torque vectoring function and electronic differential to aid traction. Nothing is official just yet but insiders suggest the new two-seat coupe is up to 10sec per lap faster around the Nurburgring than the old model in Cayman S guise.


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I am a Wikipedian. I do not travel a lot at the moment.
Germany is the country where I was born. Rosenheim is my home town, and I am studying in Freiburg.
I lived in Madrid for about one year. I travelled to other parts of Germany and Spain, and also to Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland.
I also lived in Singapore for a while, and would be glad to see some information about Southeast Asia, too.
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World heritage sites I have visited: Aranjuez, Ávila, Barcelona, Berlin (Museumsinsel), Bruges, Cáceres, Córdoba, Cuenca, Delphi, El Escorial, Granada (Alhambra y Generalife), London (Tower), Mérida, Olympia, Potsdam, Rome, Salamanca, Salzburg, Segovia, Strasbourg, Toledo, Vatican City
Other Spanish towns I have visited: Almuñécar, Benavente, La Granja de San Ildefonso, Priego de Córdoba, Puebla de Sanabria, Santander, Tordesillas, Valladolid, Zamora
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I might be wrong, but I think Bev Hills Tennis (on La Cienega) and the courts on San Vicente are two different entities. I think the San Vicente courts belong to the City of West Hollywood.
They are on the rooftop of a garage - you take an elevator from inside the garage. And they're free.
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Manon Beaudoin has written, directed and performed throughout Canada and other parts of the world. She was a core member of the acclaimed wordless play The Overcoat (CanStage), a hit in festivals around the globe and Co-Creator of Flying Blind (Axis/Belfry/Arts Club Theatres in Canada and Legs on the Wall, Australia.) She helped create 8 shows for Vancouver's enduring cult hit Leaky Heaven Circus as well as founding her own all-woman Cirque Poule. Her plays The Queen of Hearts and The Bloody Clean-Up or the Lamentable Tale of Marie Antoinette have been produced in Canada. She now teaches movement at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. This is Manon's first collaboration with Cirque du Soleil.


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The Gunners ran out 5-3 winners at Stamford Bridge, with Robin van Persie playing a starring role for the visitors with a superb hat-trick.
Walcott, though, also put in a commendable performance in which he provided a stern examination of Ashley Cole and netted Arsenal's third goal.
And Wenger believes the 22-year-old is beginning to demonstrate that he has been a 'complete' winger.
"Theo has been struggling because we make him work very hard," said the Arsenal boss.
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"Past and present collide in this epic adventure that reveals the origin of Iron Man. While raising the ruins of a long buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront the destructive force, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry. To stop the evil that he himself has raised from the earth, Tony must become his greatest invention ever - Iron Man! The newly born champion must travel to the four corners of the earth to battle the Mandarin's henchmen, the Elementals (four magical warriors who harness the power of the elements - earth, water, wind, and fire) with deadly chemistry. But is the Iron Knight, as he his known in the prophecy, strong enough to defy fate and turn back the malevolent forces hell-bent on earth's destruction?"
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas joy...
18 comments:
- Lorraine said...
Merry Christmas Amanda, I hope you and your daughter have a lovely day.
- December 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- URUGUAY LIFE - WHITE LIFE said...
I wish you MERRY CHRISTMAS, filled with love, family, friends, contemplation, light, shine and Gloria!
Love hugs
- December 25, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Sarah B said...
Merry Christmas, I hope you and yours have had a lovely day x
- December 25, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Millie said...
Dearest Amanda - warm wishes from all of us @ The Hedge for a truly wonderful Christmas. The image courtesy of your beautiful girl is exquisite!
Millie x
- December 25, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- Viera said...
Amanda, I wish you and your family MERRY CHRISTMAS
- December 26, 2010 at 9:22 AM
- Teresa at Splendid Sass said...
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Beautiful image.
- December 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Annie @ PlumSiena said...
Hi Amanda,
Nice to meet you! I just found Oliveaux- so pretty!
Isn't it nice to have a child old enough to know what you would like? My daughter would do the same thing...
Oh- that magnolia wreath is to die for! Real or silk- I'd love it!
- December 26, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Design Elements said...
♫•*¨*•.¸¸ belated merry xmas! ¸¸.•*¨*•♫
- December 27, 2010 at 12:46 AM
- Verandah House said...
Hope you had a lovely xmas, like us no doubt it was sad not having your mum, thinking of you xx
- December 29, 2010 at 7:08 PM
- M a d a m e M o r e l l said...
LOVE,love,love your blog!
Happy new year!
- December 30, 2010 at 12:43 AM
- red ticking said...
merry christmas sweeeeet friend... i truly love you and my arms are hugging you right now...
wishing you peace in the new year... xoxoxox
- December 30, 2010 at 6:20 AM
- wishful nals said...
hope you had a wonderful christmas and happy 2011. xo
- January 5, 2011 at 12:12 AM
- Kellie Collis said...
What a sweet image from your daughter! Wish you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Have a glorious day, Kellie xx
- January 5, 2011 at 8:57 PM
- Melissah said...
I'm an interior designer from Melbourne, Australia - I loved your blog, I found it very inspiring. This is all new to me but I have just set up my own blog
You may like to check it out because I had so much fun doing it.
Thanks for providing me with such great entertainment!
- January 9, 2011 at 7:56 PM
- Laura Casey Interiors said...
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Happy New Year to you.
- January 11, 2011 at 4:43 AM
- Tapping World Summit said...
Hope you had a splendid Christmas! I'm looking forward for your future posts.
- January 14, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Exquisite Accessories said...
Hi Amanda I hope you are safe with all this flooding in Brisbane my thoughts are with you! Elaine x
- January 15, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- red ticking said...
ok darlin... waiting for some paris snaps! xoxo
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i did something pretty stupid today. i couldn't sleep last night, even with all this in my veins, and i just kept thinking of Muad-Dib. so at about 0400 i wrote a letter to him. the handwriting was so shitty he probably won't even recognise it, on account of my hands shake at the best of times and it gets worse when i'm stressed. i'm not even sure what i said.
i guess the heart of it is that i still love him. i cannot forget that. his loss poisons me every day that i am still without him, like something inside my chest is rotting away. i find myself thinking that if i can't be by his side again, it would have been far better if i had never met him at all. i had never loved anyone before him - i told a few boys and a few girls that i did, but it was always the kind of situation where you're forced to say it back because they just did and you don't want to upset them, then you sort of come to believe that liking them is the same thing... then i ran into Muad-Dib and everything was different. i'd do anything to be back with him. it's fucked up but if he asked me to stab my dog in the heart, and then i could come back to him, i'd seriously consider it. my loyal, faithful Staffie dog, the best dog in the world, that tries to comfort me when i wake up yelling at night and licks my face if i cry, that i could take for a walk on the main roads without a lead if i wanted to because she sits down at every curb and waits for me to tell her it's okay to cross, that never disobeys a command, the best friend i have in meatspace - and i would probably murder that poor dog if it would bring back the man i loved. i'd give up decades of my lifespan. i'd let myself get sent to an asylum. anything. even after all the shit.
i don't have a clue if he would forgive me for depending on him for so long. he probably remembers months and months of him working, me doing nothing, him bailing me out each time i bought too much food and pushed my bank account into the infrared again. i was a massive drain on his finances. and because of my depression, i was close to catatonic for a lot of the time, which must have looked a hell of a lot like pure brazen laziness. like just basking in the free time, not having to work, getting while the getting was good. i will always regret that.
of course because i had been writing and thinking of him, the dreams were even worse last night. every so often i have this cruel dream that i'm with him; usually there's some surreal conflict going on, like this time he was choosing a woman to marry from a list. i screamed and begged and pleaded with him, as i've never done in waking life. "Just marry me!" i shouted. and he agreed. i was so fucking happy. just like the other times, he came back to me and took me in his arms, and i actually felt him hugging me and his hands in my hair, and everything was gonna be okay again, and then i fucking woke up and it wasn't true and once again there i was sobbing at six in the morning like a fucking fool. i still sent the letter.
all i can do now is try not to wait for any reply. i can't get my hopes up, because if i do and nothing happens, or worse, he replies and tells me he's found a real woman who's beautiful and sexy and has a nice clear sunshiny fucking mind, it will be like hearing him leave me all over again.
this has come about as a result of all the promotion of Valentine's Day, of course. i suppose all the bitterness sank into my brain until it vomited. i doubt it was a good idea to send anything - tomorrow he will in all likelihood either get drunk with his mates, all of whom i also miss, and go to a club and pull some pretty girl, or if he has already replaced me, he will be writing her a poem and giving her roses. i will be alone in the house (my parents will be having a nice dinner somewhere) with the dog. i will probably raid my dad's stash of cider, get wasted, feed cake to my favourite hen Steve McQueen (she may as well have a nice dinner too), and hopefully fall asleep without any fucking dreams.
fuck. what a pathetic screed. believe me, i would love to be able to "get over it" as common sense suggests. other forms of repair are progressing: i have been assessed by a psychiatric nurse and referred to a consultant psychiatrist who is coming to my house in a few days to see how fucked up i am; i have a stable if expensive source of medication from a prescriber who does not believe i am a lying crackhead; i have seen an orthopaedic specialist who has decided that my spine, while it is too curved, is not bad enough to qualify as "deformed" and therefore does not require surgery. i also need to thank everyone who has sent anything, be it money or food or anything else - it really, really does help, so thank you. on Valentine's Day, all of you who are happily ensconced in loving couples, maybe think about not snogging and giggling in front of your fucked up single acquaintances. throw us a fucking bone here.


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Fannie Farmer was a real person, who was president of the Boston Cooking School. For many years, there was a Boston area chain of candy stores named Fanny Farmer, but although named after her, the chain was started after her death. They had the best cream-filled Easter eggs. I've wondered about the UK usage of fanny as well--in Austen's Mansfield Park, the main character is named Fanny.
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A Senate panel on Wednesday, May 22, approved a bill that would tighten oversight of specialized compounding pharmacies and bring them under Food and Drug Administration control.
A Senate panel has approved a bill that would tighten oversight of specialized compounding pharmacies and bring them under Food and Drug Administration control. The proposed bill would not impact smaller retail compounding pharmacies like Benevere Pharmacy of Collierville, pictured here, but it would affect large-scale pharmacies that function more like mass manufacturers.
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Compounding drugs, particularly sterile injectables, has fallen under the scrutiny of the FDA because of a string of recent health emergencies. In 2012, an outbreak of fungal meningitis was linked to an injectable steroid that infected hundreds of people across the U.S. The outbreak, which resulted in serious injuries and deaths, was tied to a firm in Framingham, Mass. In 2011, contaminated injectable eye medications also resulted in serious health problems.
The FDA does not approve drugs made by compounding pharmacies; instead, a compounding pharmacy is licensed by its state's board of pharmacy. Unlike traditional drug manufacturers, compounding pharmacies are not required to tell the FDA what drugs they are making.
The bill, the Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act, was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and will now head to the full Senate. The House has not yet drafted a bill, but a subcommittee held a hearing Thursday about state and federal compounding rules.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee member Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said the legislation erases confusion over who regulates pharmacies and manufacturing facilities and clarifies who oversees each business.
"Putting one agency on the flagpole for each of these businesses will mean greater safety for American families so they don't have to question whether the drugs they take are safe," Lamar said in a prepared statement on May 15, the day he helped introduce the legislation.
While the Senate bill would establish a new category of FDA regulatory oversight for large-scale pharmacies that function more like manufacturers, traditional retail compounding pharmacies that do not ship across state lines would remain under state control. Currently, state laws vary widely, so a company that is considered a drug maker in one state could be classified as a retail compounding pharmacy in another state.
Most of the problems associated with drug compounding have been tied to the emergence of firms with pharmacy licenses making and distributing drugs in a way that's outside the bounds of traditional pharmacy compounding. Many of those pharmacies mass produce injectables for hospitals and larger clients – which is different than traditional retail compounding pharmacies.
Already, the bill is under fire from consumer advocacy and public health groups, who say the legislation does not adequately address health risks from smaller retail compounding pharmacies. They also want the FDA to have oversight of compounding pharmacies that sell everything from oral drugs to topical creams.
Brett Wright, the owner of Benevere Pharmacy, a retail compounding pharmacy in Collierville, says he supports the new legislation and believes it would increase patient safety. Unlike large-scale pharmacies that function more like mass manufacturers, Wright's pharmacy requires a physician's prescription and does not produce sterile injectables or ship across state lines.
Most retail compounding pharmacies like Benevere Pharmacy specialize in custom-making medications that are tailored to meet the medical needs of an individual patient. Sometimes compounding is needed because a patient may be allergic to a certain dye, or an elderly patient may need a medicine in a liquid or suppository form that is not available. In other cases, compounding is necessary because a drug has been discontinued.
The number of drug shortages reported to the FDA gained 41 percent to 251 shortages in 2011, compared to 178 shortages reported in 2010. The agency says it continues to see an increasing number of shortages, including drugs used to treat cancer, anesthetics used for patients undergoing surgery, drugs needed for emergency medicine and injectable drugs. The FDA also has reported a spike in the number of medications that have been discontinued.
In its current form, the bill would not impact smaller retail compounding pharmacies like Benevere Pharmacy. Wright says he welcomes legislation that clarifies the rules, but wants to make sure any new legislation doesn't restrict his ability to meet the needs of his customers, like a four-year-old patient who can't swallow his seizure medication. Benevere Pharmacy compounds that medication into a liquid form.
"It's not an overly complicated process, and it is life-saving for that patient," he said.
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From a young age, the third-year industrial design major from Bethesda, Md., has been committed to giving back.
"I did a lot of service work growing up. The middle school I attended encouraged us to really be part of the community," says Garcia. "I volunteered at soup kitchens, nursing homes, animal shelters and thrift stores."
At RIT, her focus has been improving wellness and developing adaptive devices for people with spinal-cord injuries.
Garcia has redesigned a dorsal splint to make it easier for individuals to use in their daily lives. The splint is primarily used by those who've suffered C5/C6 vertebrae injuries.
"Without the splint, the patient's hands are flaccid so they have no control over their hands or fingers. With the current design, people have to wait for an assistant to help put it on. People with cervical injuries can't feel when they get an infection or a pressure sore, especially if they are wearing a splint for a long period of time. Cleaning and repairing the splints can be difficult without the assistance of an aid, so it's easier for the patient to just replace it."
Garcia says her redesign increases the independence of the user, reduces pressure sores and infections, is easier to clean and is less expensive to manufacture than what is on the market. She is applying for a provisional patent.
She got the opportunity to conduct research last summer with spinal-cord injury patients, occupational therapists, physical therapists and vendors after winning a McNair Scholarship. The scholars program is for students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. and provides a graduate-school experience through academic research and mentoring. Garcia is also part of the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program program which provides research experiences for students who are historically underrepresented or financially disadvantaged, as well as mentoring, academic funding, GRE preperatory classes and tutoring.
One of Garcia's mentors is Dana Wolcott, an adjunct faculty member in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business.
"The attribute that stands out with Paula is her empathy and compassion for the splint users; this in turn drives her passion for the product," says Wolcott. "Many times it is the passion for your idea that is required to bring it to life."
Garcia has shared her passion for her design at various conferences.
"After I spoke at University at Buffalo, a very enthusiastic woman approached me about my research. She had a brother with a spinal-cord injury who, at the time was in physical rehabilitation therapy. To hear this feedback makes what I do all worth it."
Garcia's grandfather was among those who inspired her to go into this area of design.
"As my grandfather's body degenerated with age, he wasn't able to be as independent as he liked. As I grew up, my experiences made me realize that this issue was universal."
Garcia's service-oriented thinking spills over into her extracurricular activities. She volunteers at the Rochester Rehabilitation Center and an animal shelter and is a member of service fraternity Phi Sigma Pi.
Garcia also minors in marketing and entrepreneurship. Taking full advantage of all the opportunities RIT has to offer, Garcia is the vice lead fellow in the Center for Student Innovation and part of Entrepreneurs Hall.
"I haven't encountered one faculty member at RIT who isn't excited about the innovation process and willing to help you out," says Garcia. "If you don't take advantage of the faculty and technology around you, you aren't making the most of it."


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Bond Chases Bond-The Ultimate 007 Car Chase [VIDEO]
When it comes to spy movies, James Bond is the ultimate. Who doesn't love the action, the gadgets, the intrigue, the girls, and most of all-the cars? In celebration of a new on demand service coming to the UK in October called Sky Movies 007 HD, a little trailer was put together featuring chase scenes from every Bond flick. Through some very clever editing, it actually appears as if the different Bonds are chasing each other. Cool!


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The Pew Charitable Trusts completed its 10-year campaign to advance high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three- and four-year-olds in 2011. Through its successes, Pre-K Now changed the national conversation about pre-k education, and in its final report, challenged the nation's policy makers to transform public education by moving away from the current K-12 system to pre-K-12.
Visit the Pew Home Visiting and Children's Dental Campaigns and the Families and Health issue sections of this website to learn more about critical programs for young children.
Why Pre-K Matters
We know from more than 50 years of research that vital learning happens before age five. Yet, for decades, policy makers and education leaders have been working to "fix" public education while overlooking the demonstrated benefits of pre-kindergarten education. To ensure that all children fulfill their potential as individuals and citizens, we must re-imagine public education as a system that begins not with kindergarten, but with quality pre-k, and builds on that foundation to raise performance in later grades.
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An Economic Analysis of Pre-K in Arkansas
This 2006 report found that each dollar invested to date in the high-quality Arkansas Better Chance Pre-K program will yield $2.32 in future savings to the state and that offering pre-k to all children would return savings of more than $100 million. Read More
Arne Duncan: How Pre-K Levels the Playing Field
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants every child — particularly disadvantaged children — to have access to high-quality pre-k programs. Listen to Secretary Duncan speak about leveling the playing field for children with pre-k. Read More
Wendy Kopp: All Children Deserve an Exceptional Education
Teach for America Founder and CEO Wendy Kopp believes all kids deserve an exceptional education. Listen to Kopp speak about how starting earlier with high-quaity pre-k can ensure school success and a love of learning for children. Read More


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Submission + - Report: Fisker Automotive Sold To Hong Kong Billionaire Richard Li
cartechboy writes: Its looks like an investor group led by Hong Kong tycoon (and early Fisker investor) Richard Li is the likely winner of a government loan owed by Fisker Automotive, the dormant maker of plug-in hybrid sports cars. Buying the loan would allow Li to try and restructure the company even as its still at risk for bankruptcy. The originally company won a $529 million government loan in 2009, took venture capital investment, and created a lot of buzz around its flagship car, the $100,000 Karma plug-in hybrid. But the company had delays launching the car, struggled financially and has not built any cars since July of 2012. Is Li the new savior?


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Its got to be true ivory, it was on the internet
i dont know if its because ive been at work for the last 16 hours, but when i seen this video i lost it, i started laughing out loud, so freaking stupid!!!!!!!!!
I was reading a thread and man some of the stuff me and my bro with our friends have done makes me shake my head. And we still aren't done!
2013 spyder turbo, 70lbs black out and 2013 pse omen max 60# stormy hardwoods green
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When you check your UPS tracking and it says "train derailment" it cant be a good thing............
"Helena, MT, United States 03/03/2014 6:00 A.M. Train derailment"
Yeah that does not sound very good at all!
Yeah thats not good at least u know y its delayed later
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And thank you MM for the pic of that rattler. I hope you didnt kill that beast anywhere near where im going to be !!!


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Radcliffe has won each of its three individual races this season: one varsity eight, one second varsity eight and one second varsity eight (photo courtesy Jacquie Labatt).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The No. 4 Radcliffe lightweight crew faces defending national champion Stanford, ranked second nationally, Saturday morning on the Charles River and welcomes No. 7 Buffalo a day later.
The Course
The 2,000-meter course for Harvard and Radcliffe's home races begins in the Charles River Basin, roughly 100 meters upstream from the Longfellow Bridge and continues upstream until to the finish line just downstream of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. Popular spectator viewing areas include the finish line in front of the Hyatt and the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue) at the course's midpoint.
Watch From Home
Free live video from all of the Harvard and Radcliffe crews' home races in 2011 is scheduled to be streamed on GoCrimson.com, weather permitting. Click here and then choose the "Live Events" tab to view the live feed once racing is underway. NOTE: Sunday's broadcast has been canceled due to rain.
Harvard/Radcliffe Race Schedule
Saturday, April 16
7:12 a.m. – Men's lightweight second freshman eight
7:24 a.m. – Women's heavyweight third varsity eight
7:48 a.m. – Men's lightweight third varsity eight
8 a.m. – Women's heavyweight varsity four B
8:12 a.m. – Men's lightweight freshman eight
8:36 a.m. – Women's heavyweight varsity four A
8:48 a.m. – Men's lightweight second varsity eight
9:12 a.m. – Women's heavyweight second varsity eight
9:24 a.m. – Men's lightweight varsity eight
9:48 a.m. – Women's heavyweight varsity eight
10:12 a.m. – Women's lightweight varsity eight
10:36 a.m. – Women's lightweight second varsity eight
Sunday, April 17
Heavyweight racing TBD
9:24 a.m. – Women's lightweight varsity eight/second varsity eight
Probable Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: Maryana Vrubel, 8: Marissa Reichel, 7: Natalie Wong, 6: Emma Lukasiewicz, 5: Lizzy Bates, 4: Lillian Alexander, 3: Kelly McCarthy, 2: Erika McCormick, 1: Julia Mason
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Jana Douglas, 8: Devi Lockwood, 7: Katherine Mallett, 6: Wynne Evans, 5: Elizabeth Hamilton, 4: Erin Flynn, 3: Emiko Zumbro, 2: Emily Boyd Walker, 1: Leah Schwartz
Last Time Out
The Radcliffe varsity eight (3-0) defeated No. 5 Georgetown by three-quarters of a length last Saturday on the Potomac River to claim its first trophy of the spring and win the Class of 2004 Cup for the fifth time in the seven-year history of the trophy.
History Lesson
Stanford claimed the inaugural Class of 2010 Invitational Cup with a win last year on the Charles. Radcliffe defeated the Cardinal in the second varsity eight race. The Cardinal varsity went on to capture the national title at the IRA National Championships. The Radcliffe varsity four, meanwhile, edged Stanford by about a quarter-second for fourth place at the IRA regatta. Stanford also defeated Radcliffe on the Charles in 2009, and the Black and White beat the Cardinal head-to-head in 2003, '04 and '06.
Radcliffe opened the 2010 spring season with a single race against Buffalo. The Black and White varsity and second varsity eights both placed ahead of the UB varsity, with the Radcliffe varsity defeating the Bulls by about 13 seconds.
Scouting the Opposition
Stanford sent three boats to the San Diego Crew Classic. Competing against heavyweights, the varsity eight reached the grand final of the SeaWorld Cal Cup, placing fourth. The Cardinal won the lightweight competition for the vitaminwater cup, and the Stanford B entry placed third in that grand final.
Buffalo opened the spring by reaching the grand final and placing fifth at last weekend's Knecht Cup.


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Bring Back The Trend: Animal Ears On Grown-Ups
One of the most abidingly obnoxious trends has got to be putting animal ears on grown ass people. From the Playboy bunnies of the seventies to the spirit hoods of last year, the trope of "woman as primal, sexy animal you want to commit bestiality upon" simply refuses to die. I mean, it's fine for furries and cosplayers, but in a high fashion context it just looks…out of place? Infantilizing? Uncomfortably fetish-y? Dazed and Confused Korea's new cover featuring Coco Rocha is just the latest in a long line of offenses. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present to you: animal ears on grown-ups.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Event in New York City
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UNICEF is a very important organization that tries to provide protection for children. It also provides them with the things they need in order to survive and have better lives. In order to support children and make their lives better, volunteers from all over the world travel to countries where children live in bad conditions and try to make a difference and help. Some of those volunteers are the Goodwill Ambassadors who are not just famous people, but they are also people who are dedicated and willing to help children around the world. I was fortunate to participate in the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador event in New York on December 3rd because I had the opportunity to hear Katy Perry talking about her great experience in Madagascar. I also had a great opportunity to hear Anthony Lake talking about what UNICEF does to help children around the world. I believe that the newest Goodwill Ambassador, Katy Perry, will be able to make a huge difference, raise awareness and help those children who are struggling around the world for so many reasons. For example, she is very popular and she has many fans who support her, which can help her raise awareness. Also, she is very enthusiastic, hard working and ardent. I believe that UNICEF is a huge organization that actually improves the lives of many children around the world every single day and can make a big difference in our world. Choosing Katy Perry as the new Goodwill Ambassador is a great step that will help UNICEF's work for children to move forward. I am grateful! It was such a pleasure to meet Katy Perry and Anthony Lake and learn more about UNICEF and how it is helping children around the world and making their lives better. What a great experience!


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Washington Files First Consumer Protection Lawsuit Over Kickstarter Fraud 47
An anonymous reader writes "In 2012, a card game called Asylum was successfully funded on Kickstarter. Two months later, its expected delivery date came and passed without a product. In July 2013, the company behind the game stopped communicating with backers. Now, the Washington state Attorney General has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against the makers. This is the first time a project from a crowdfunding site has been the target of such a lawsuit. The AG said, 'Consumers need to be aware that crowdfunding is not without risk. This lawsuit sends a clear message to people seeking the public's money: Washington state will not tolerate crowdfunding theft. The Attorney General's Office will hold those accountable who don't play by the rules.' Here's the legal document (PDF)."


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Brown Calls On CVS Pharmacy To End Expired Product Sales, Protect Confidential Information
LOS ANGELES--California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called upon CVS Pharmacy to immediately stop selling expired products, including baby food and over-the-counter medications, which were discovered during recent undercover shopping investigation in Southern California. The attorney general also asked the CVS to comply with California laws requiring proper storage and disposal consumer's confidential medical and financial information.
"State investigators found that dozens of CVS pharmacies in Southern California have old and expired products, including medicines and baby food," Attorney General Brown said. "CVS Pharmacy should immediately pull these expired products from its shelves and ensure that these consumer safety violations do not occur again," Brown added.
During a recent undercover shopping operation, state investigators found 48 expired products on the shelves of 26 CVS Pharmacies in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties. Some of the expired products--which included baby formula, toddler food, and over-the-counter medications--were between four and six months old. Investigators also discovered expired food products including milk and eggs. Some of the products' "sell by" dates were hidden with price tags or other store stickers.
Recent investigations by the New York Attorney General have also found that CVS Pharmacies in New York have engaged in similarly unlawful selling practices. In a letter sent today, Attorney General Brown asked CVS Pharmacy to change its sales practices to make certain that sales of expired product do not occur in the future.
The California Attorney General's Office had launched its investigation into CVS Pharmacy sales practices in March, 2008 after receiving consumer reports about expired products on store shelves in Southern California.
Although California law does not explicitly prohibit the sale of certain expired products, federal laws require that products contain expiration dates. The attorney general asserts that placing expired items on its shelves violates false advertising and unfair business practices statues because CVS Pharmacy falsely implies that its products meet national quality control standards.
Attorney General Brown also asked CVS Pharmacy to disclose its formal policies regarding the collection, retention and destruction of such information to determine whether the company is complying with California law. The attorney general has reason to believe that the company may not have properly safeguarded or disposed of consumers' private health and financial information, in violation of state consumer protection laws.
In February, 2008 Brown reached a settlement with The Walgreen Company after state investigators discovered that that company had failed to properly retain, safeguard and dispose of confidential customer information, in violation of California laws including California Civil Code section 1798.81 Under the terms of that settlement, Walgreens agreed to revise its disposal and retention policies, implement ongoing employee training, and annually review those policies.
In addition to the ceasing the sale of expired products, Attorney General Brown today asked CVS Pharmacy to quickly resolve its practice of not protecting private consumer information.
CVS Pharmacy, a division of CVS Caremark Corporation, is the largest retail pharmacy in the United States with more than 6,300 retail locations and approximately 300 stores in California, most in Southern California. The company is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.


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quote:Originally posted by patrickvienna: Do I have it right that what you're describing, bump on a log, is a sports bra?
quote:Originally posted by Stephanie_1: Another problem, especially with something like water balloons (and of course a flaw of the water bra too) is that they could pop. And well, nothing like that ever seems to happen at home when you're by yourself.


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Interesting? Looks to have gone pretty much according to plan apart from the clouds in Durban...or am I missing something?`Originally Posted by Protea
Interesting? Looks to have gone pretty much according to plan apart from the clouds in Durban...or am I missing something?`Originally Posted by Protea
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Interesting if you support the Warriors...the fact that they managed to make 245/5 was pretty surprising in itself, especially since we were missing our most experienced batsman in Mark Bruyns. The wind in PE was also very strong and it probably wasn't the easiest condition to play under. Weighted bails wouldn't even stay in the grooves, if the wind when I was playing a match at school was any indication. We didn't even bother with the bailsOriginally Posted by Samuel_Vimes
I also expected the Lions to struggle a bit against the Dolphins, especially batting first at Kingsmead, which suits the fast bowlers so early in the season.
I also expected Martin van Jaarsveld to make more than 0 especially after his good season at Kent.
So, under the laws of cricket, no one was out bowled, stumped or run out?Originally Posted by Protea
Ian Harvey Update:
Bowling: 11-5-27-1 (wicket of no. 4 Arno Jacobs, bowled for 87) Currently batting with JP Duminy, on 7* off 10.
Not under the laws of cricket, obviously...they did make allowances though, since it was a bunch of high school girls playing Our spinner is our keeper so no chance of a stumping anyway. Plenty of catches dropped thoughOriginally Posted by Samuel_Vimes
a new Symcox has appeared, the son of the great Pat Symcox , currently on 1*, average of around 25 batting.
winner of formula 1 prediction thread 2005 competition and look forward to next year
Shocking defeat to the Cobras though, Im still gutted the way we capitulated that morning.. I was only at the ground for an hour and saw six wickets! You off to the game on Sunday Protea?
Oh and dont even talk to me about the wind here.. I've never batted in a wind so strong that it moved my backlift out towards point!..
Of course...I wouldn't miss it for anything! Weather should be pretty good, as long as the wind doesn't blow. Weather forecast is mostly sunny, 28 degrees celcius (83 farenheit) Funny, CricInfo has listed the third ODI as Bloemfontein Who'd expect them to make a mistake like that
Warriors doing much better against the Titans, batting wise anyway, although CricInfo seem to be unable to function in East London, because they aren't giving live updates. SuperCricket says Titans are 334/3, Alviro Petersen just out for 140. Pity we can't seem to be taking any wickets. I would expect us to bowl a lot better, since we have Henderson back.
What is the point system for the standard bank cup?
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Using a wrinkle in federal law, at least seven states and the District of Columbia are blocking as much as $1.2 billion in food stamp cuts, preserving federal benefits for millions of people who otherwise would have had them cut by about $90 each month.
Of the 14 states and the District of Columbia affected by the cuts, at least seven states (Connecticut, Montana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont) plus D.C. are moving to block them, according to a Stateline survey. The others — California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin — are considering doing the same.
The farm bill Congress approved with bipartisan support earlier this year cut a total of $8.6 billion over 10 years from the federal food stamp program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The cuts came after years of debate over how to stem the continued growth of spending on food stamps, which topped $82 billion in fiscal year 2013.
The seven states and D.C. have been able to thwart Congress because the cuts only affect those states using the so-called "Heat and Eat" provision of the food stamps program. Under "Heat and Eat," a household is entitled to more food aid if it is enrolled in the federally-funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps people pay their utility bills. Each state gets a specific amount of federal money to run LIHEAP as it sees fit.
Under the old version of "Heat and Eat," it didn't matter how much LIHEAP help a family got—only that they got it. So to maximize food stamp aid, some states were signing up food stamp recipients for LIHEAP, and then giving them a nominal payment of as little as $1 per year.
To close the "loophole," as many called it, Congress changed the law. Under the new rules, food stamp recipients have to receive at least $20 each year in utility assistance to qualify for more food aid. The change was projected to cut benefits by about $90 per month for the 850,000 households affected. The average monthly benefit per household for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in fiscal year 2013 was $275.
The States Strike Back
But in response to the change, states have simply boosted LIHEAP funding to meet the new threshold. In most cases, they have been able to do so without using state dollars, though some states may be forced to dip into their own money if they exhaust their annual LIHEAP grants. States have varying amounts of leftover LIHEAP money, depending on how many of their residents were enrolled in the program during the year, the cost of energy and the severity of the weather.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said in February his state would spend about $6 million in federal funds to preserve $457 million in food aid for 300,000 households. Connecticut will spend $1.4 million of its federal LIHEAP money to preserve $66.6 million in food aid for 50,000 households. Republican Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania surprised many by agreeing to spend $8 million in federal LIHEAP money to save $300 million in food aid for 400,000 households.
Rhode Island will avoid $69 million in food stamp cuts by spending $1.38 million more in federal utility aid. For Montana, $24,000 in additional LIHEAP spending will prevent $2 million in food stamp cuts. And Oregon will spend an additional $2 million in LIHEAP money to protect $55.7 million in food stamp benefits.
D.C. would have to boost its annual utility aid to $1.3 million from $60,000 in order to avoid cuts to its "Heat and Eat" recipients. It has promised to "find a solution" for continuing the program, without specifying where the money will come from.
If the other "Heat and Eat" states follow suit, they would nullify almost all of the projected food stamp cuts in the farm bill, which would have affected about 4 percent of the households in the program.
None of the states contacted by Stateline indicated a willingness to accept the cuts as enacted by Congress. (Delaware, a state often reported as being affected by the cuts, says it no longer uses the "Heat and Eat" provision, and isn't subject to the cuts.)
Strange Political Ground
But the "Heat and Eat" states stand on strange political ground. Though "Heat and Eat" had some defenders on Capitol Hill, there was bipartisan support for ending the program during the years of rancorous debate over the farm bill.
The Republican-controlled House targeted the program in its version of the farm bill, but so did the Senate, which is controlled by the Democrats. Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, said the change addressed "misuse" of the program. Even the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities gave its blessing to the demise of the program after the farm bill passed, with its founder calling the "Heat and Eat" provision "difficult to defend."
Some critics of "Heat and Eat" are now calling on Congress to return to the issue to ensure the cuts are carried out, even though revisiting a debate over food stamps could be politically perilous for members of both parties. Last week, House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, criticized states for getting around the cuts, according to news reports.
"States don't really have any accountability for this money," said Rachel Sheffield of the conservative Heritage Foundation, who criticized the states in a blog post earlier this month and called on Congress to act.
The controversy is placing some state officials at odds with members of their own party in Washington. For Republican governors with presidential aspirations, such as Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Chris Christie of New Jersey, rolling back cuts that were hailed by conservatives could present political problems on the presidential campaign trail.
For those defending the states, the reason to support "Heat and Eat" is the same as it's always been: It gives a boost to a safety-net program they see as insufficient to meet the needs of those who rely on it. They also note that the recent cuts came on top of a $5 billion across-the-board cut for all recipients enacted last November.
"This is a really vulnerable population," said Dave Yacovone, commissioner of Vermont's Department of Children and Families. Vermont will spend $300,000 to ensure at least $6 million in aid continues, if the legislature approves the move, as Yacovone expects it to. "We're doing everything we can to strengthen the social safety net."
As for those saying he's gaming the system, Yacovone denies that as well.
"It's a loophole they created," he said of Congress, "so I would say I'm just using the law that they made."
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