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So this weekend is going by just as slow, but for a completely different reason. It is PACKED full with the boys going to camp, working out every morning (hello, washboard abs!), errands, cleaning, and going to school in the afternoon. Shawners came by the table while I was doing homework this afternoon, and says, "Are you doing homework?" I said, "Yes." And he says, "You're going to summer school?!" Haha, yes, but only for a few weeks to catch up on what I learned last year so I'll be more prepared for the fall.
In lieu of anything else interesting to say... or just because I'm too tired! Here are some pictures:
BBQing out with KT, M, Li, and K
Date at T*ff's Treats while the boys were at art class - yum!
Our infamous stormy date night where we swam, watched an outdoor production and drove through a lightning, hail, wind, and rainstorm all in an hour and a half
The outdoor theatre. My favorite, favorite, favorite unique place in Aust*n!
The ballet production acts of Elvis and the Beatles. This was Blue Suede Shoes.
Baseball game at R*und R*ck Express
Funnel cake at the baseball game. Yum!
Beer at the baseball game. Even more yum, although it got kind of warm towards the end.
Stormy skies behind us - second night we were stormed out.
Our seats. At least we weren't stormed out til' the ninth inning!
Trial run for Brando taking h*gh school s*nior portraits. I LOVE how this one turned out. There was really no pretty scenery anywhere near that gate except for the gate itself and he totally made it work. Oh he also did these on our date where we went to T*ff's Treats. We squeezed a LOT into an hour!!


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Grapefruit and oranges "appear to protect against having a 'brain attack'", the Daily Mail has reported. The Mail says that these and other citrus fruits can protect the brain from stroke due to their antioxidant content.
The research behind this story involved almost 70,000 women taking part in the Nurses' Health Study in the US. They were asked to complete food frequency questionnaires (which asked them to recall how frequently certain foods were consumed during a specified period of time) every four years and over around 14 years of follow-up the researchers documented the numbers of strokes that occurred, overall and by type.
The researchers found that women who had the highest intake of flavanone (a crystalline compound found in citrus fruit) had a reduced risk of ischaemic stroke. However, they found no association between consuming actual citrus fruits and juices and being at risk of ischaemic stroke, and no association between consumption of flavonoids overall and risk of stroke.
This makes these findings far from conclusive. Whether citrus fruits and the chemicals they contain have any association with stroke risk needs more investigation. But on the basis of this study alone, there is no evidence that women who eat citrus fruits will reduce their risk of stroke. However, a balanced diet high in fruit and vegetables is known to be beneficial to health and can reduce the risk of several diseases, including cardiovascular disease.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from the University of East Anglia and other institutions in the US and Italy, and was funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. It was published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Stroke.
The Daily Mail does not accurately represent the findings of the study. Its headline, "How eating oranges and grapefruit can cut the risk of a stroke", contradicts the finding that there was no significant association between intake of citrus fruits and juices and risk of stroke.
What kind of research was this?
This was an analysis of women enrolled in the ongoing Nurses' Health Study in the US. The researchers aimed to use data from this cohort study to examine associations between subclasses of flavonoids and risk of stroke. Flavonoids are plant chemicals believed to have antioxidant properties, and are found in several food groups, including citrus fruits, berries, onions, certain pulses, tea and wine.
Cohort studies such as this aren't ideal for showing cause and effect. In this study, researchers circulated regular food frequency questionnaires at the same time as looking at clinical outcomes. It is difficult to guarantee that food intake patterns preceded the development of cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, because food frequency questionnaires are self-completed, they are also likely to contain inaccuracies and may not represent the pattern of food intake over a lifetime. Finally, it may be difficult to ensure that other things that could be associated with both diet and risk of stroke (confounding factors) have been taken into account.
What did the research involve?
The Nurses' Health Study started in 1976 and enrolled 121,700 female nurses aged 30 to 55. Participants completed follow-up questionnaires on diseases and lifestyle factors every two years, as well as food frequency questionnaires every four years. In this study, researchers looked at food questionnaires completed from 1990 onwards (the time when the questionnaires covered sufficient fruit and vegetables to assess flavonoid intake). This study included the 69,622 women who had sufficient information on food intake and who did not report a stroke before 1990.
The researchers constructed a database to assess intake of the different flavonoid subclasses. Intake of individual subclasses was calculated as the total consumption frequency of each food, multiplied by the content of the specific flavonoid for the specified portion size. The six flavonoid subclasses were reported to be those commonly consumed in the US diet:
- flavanones (eriodictyol, hesperetin, naringenin)
- anthocyanins (cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, pelargonidin, petunidin, peonidin)
- flavan-3-ols (catechins, epicatachins)
- flavonols (quercetin, kaempferol, myricetin, isohamnetin)
- flavones (luteolin, apigenin)
- polymers (including proanthocyanidins, theaflavins, and thearubigins)
The outcome of stroke was self-reported, with reports verified by review of medical records.
What were the basic results?
Over 14 years of follow-up there were 1,803 strokes among the 69,622 participants (52% ischaemic strokes – caused by a blood clot, 14% haemorrhagic – caused by a bleed in the brain, and the rest – of unknown type).
The average intake of total flavonoids was 232mg per day. Tea was reported to be the main contributor to total flavonoid intake, followed by apples and oranges or orange juice. Women who ate more flavonoids tended to:
- exercise more
- have a greater intake of fibre, folate, fruits and vegetables
- have a lower intake of caffeine and alcohol
- be less likely to smoke
The researchers found that women who consumed the highest quantity of the flavanone subclass had reduced risk of ischaemic stroke compared with those who consumed the lowest quantity of flavanone (relative risk 0.81, 95% confidence interval 0.66 to 0.99). The relationship between flavanones and stroke overall was not reported.
As 95% of flavanones are reported to be derived from citrus (in this study, oranges and orange juice were the highest contributors), they looked for a relationship between intake of citrus fruit/juice and risk of ischaemic stroke but found no significant association (relative risk 0.90, 95% confidence interval 0.77 to 1.05).
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers concluded that flavonoid intake was not associated with risk of stroke, but that increased intake of the flavanone subclass reduced the risk of ischaemic stroke. They said that because experimental data suggests that the flavanone content of citrus fruits may protect the heart, there may be an association between citrus fruit consumption and stroke risk, but this has not yet been proven.
Despite the news headlines, this study provides no evidence that women who eat citrus will reduce their risk of stroke.
The researchers found a link between higher intake of flavanones and reduced risk of ischaemic stroke, but:
- no association between the actual consumption of citrus fruits and juices and risk of ischaemic stroke
- no association between total flavonoid intake and risk of stroke
The researchers didn't report on any association between flavanone, flavonoid or citrus consumption and risk of stroke overall. There was no association with haemorrhagic stroke and presumably there was none found for stroke overall.
Further problems with making the conclusions stated in the headlines include:
- The design of this cohort study cannot easily imply cause and effect. The researchers excluded women who had experienced a stroke prior to 1990, but assessed both food consumption and stroke outcomes over the following 14 years. This makes it difficult to ensure that food-intake patterns preceded the development of cardiovascular disease.
- Food frequency questionnaires are self-completed and often contain inherent inaccuracies, and may not represent a lifelong food-intake pattern.
- The researchers used the most recent US Department of Agriculture databases to categorise individual foods according to their content of flavonoid chemicals. However, they did not further describe how they did this in their report. As the researchers acknowledged, there is potential for the misclassification of flavonoids using this method as there is wide variation in flavonoid content of foods. Flavonoid content of fruit depends on their geographical origin, growing season, different cultivars, agricultural methods and processing. It is also difficult to say how flavonoids are processed in the body.
- The researchers did adjust their analyses for multiple potential dietary, lifestyle and medical factors, but it is possible that some confounding factors that could be associated with both diet and risk of stroke have not been taken into account.
Whether or not citrus fruits and the chemicals they contain have any association with stroke risk may be a topic for further research. However, on the basis of this study alone, there is no evidence that women who eat grapefruit, oranges or any other citrus fruit will reduce their risk of stroke.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
How eating oranges and grapefruit can cut the risk of a stroke by their anti-inflammatory properties
Daily Mail, 24 February 2012
Links to the science
Cassidy A, Rimm EB, O'Reilly EJ, et al.
Dietary Flavonoids and Risk of Stroke in Women
Stroke. Published online February 23 2012

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NYFOS to Present JACQUES BREL & CHARLES TRENET: FIRE AND FANTASY, 2/19
The NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG continues its 25th anniversary season, honoring two of the 20th century's greatest balladeers in Jacques Brel & CHARLES TRÉNET: Fire and Fantasy on Tuesday, February 19 at 8:00PM at Merkin Concert Hall.
The Belgian and French pair of composers are celebrated with an authentic flair under the graceful touch of tenor Philippe Pierce, making his NYFOS debut, and mezzo-soprano Marie Lenormand, whom French music magazine Diapason praised as a "distinguished and emotive musician, whose every phrase is a model of simplicity and elegance."
This tour-de-chant includes some of Brel and Trénet's most famous pieces-Brel's "Ne me quitte pas" and "Madeleine," and Trénet's "Que reste-t-il de nos amours" and "La mer"-along with lesser-known treasures.
Joining pianist and NYFOS artistic director Steven Blier are virtuoso accordionist Bill Schimmel and Broadway veteran Greg Utzig on banjo and guitar.
A repeat performance of this program will take place on Thursday, February 21 at 8:00PM at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD.
Single tickets are available for $40-$55, with discount tickets available for students at $10, and a limited number of advanced purchase Real Deal tickets at $20. Every concert is accompanied by a post-show wine reception with the cast. For more information, visit nyfos.org.
(subject to change)
Jacques Brel (1929-1978)
La valse à mille temps
Les paumés du petit matin
Sur la place
Les bourgeois
La chanson des vieux amants
Ne me quitte pas
Ça va
Vous qui passez sans me voir
J'ai connu de vous
L'âme des poètes
J'ai ta main
Le soleil a rendezvous avec la lune
J'ai mordu dans le fruit
La mer
Grand'maman, c'est New York (Fr./Eng.)
Marie Lenormand, mezzo-soprano
Philippe Pierce, tenor
Steven Blier, piano
Bill Schimmel, accordion
Greg Utzig, banjo/guitar


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Harvesting, handling and storing frost-damaged soybeans
The late planting season has increased the potential for frost damage to occur this fall. Learn how to reduce the adverse impacts of soybean fields damaged by frost.
September 15, 2011 - Author: Mike Staton, Michigan State University Extension
Frost-damaged soybeans are generally considered salvageable as long as the plants reached the R6 growth stage at the time the killing frost occurred. The R6 growth stage occurs when the beans completely fill one pod at one of the upper four nodes on the main stem on 50 percent of the plants in the field. In dense, green soybeans, frost or freeze damage kills the upper leaves, but rarely penetrates deeply into the canopy when temperatures remain above 30°F. However, once the upper leaves have been damaged, subsequent freeze events will penetrate deeper into the canopy. Once the plants reach the R7 growth stage, yield reductions due to frost or freeze injury will be minor. The R7 growth stage occurs when one pod on the main stem has attained its mature color on 50 percent of the plants in the field.
Combine adjustment
Frost-damaged beans will probably be wetter than normal and more difficult to thresh. Your first step in adjusting for this condition is to reduce the concave clearance. If acceptable threshing still does not occur, increase the speed of the cylinder. Make incremental adjustments and check your progress after each adjustment.
Harvest at higher moisture contents
Soybeans that experienced severe frost or freeze damage extending well into the crop canopy will dry down slowly. In this case, producers should avoid significant harvest delays by harvesting frost-damaged fields at moisture levels between 16 and 18 percent. Data from the University of Wisconsin showed that shatter losses of 0.2 bushels per acre per day occur after the beans reach 16 to 18 percent moisture.
The beans will need to be dried to a safe moisture level for storage (12 percent for six months). Electronic moisture meters tend to underestimate the moisture levels in green and immature soybeans, so remember to add 1.5 percentage points to the moisture meter readings when testing mixtures of green, immature and mature beans and adjust drying times accordingly. In fields where only the upper leaves were damaged by frost, producers should wait and allow the beans to mature and dry to 14 to 15 percent in the field if possible.
Drying frost-damaged soybeans with ambient air
If only two to three points of moisture need to be removed, the air temperature is above 60°F and below 75 percent relative humidity, no supplemental heat is required in drying bins equipped with full perforated floors and fans capable of producing one to two cfm/bu. However, drying will occur slowly. Drying times depend on initial moisture content, air flow, grain depth and weather conditions. Aeration fans should be ran continuously as long as the beans are above 15 percent moisture and the average humidity of the air is below 70 to 75 percent.
Drying frost-damaged soybeans with supplemental heat
If you plan to add supplemental heat, be careful as soybeans are more fragile than corn and can be damaged by drying temperatures above 130°F. These temperatures will cause excessive seed coat cracking and split beans. The relative humidity of the drying air should always be maintained above 40 percent to protect the integrity of the seed coats and prevent splits. Growers can control the heat and humidity of the drying air by using short burner cycles or by changing the burner jets.
Store frost-damaged beans
Green and immature soybeans are included in the total damage factor in the United States soybean grading standard. Elevators will discount loads containing green and immature soybeans and, in some cases, may reject entire loads if the damage levels are high. Discounts can be reduced by screening out the small beans, drying the rest to 12 percent moisture and storing them in aerated bins for at least six weeks. The green color may fade and marketing concerns should be reduced after this amount of time.
This article was produced by the SMaRT project (Soybean Management and Research Technology). The SMaRT project was developed to help Michigan producers increase soybean yields and farm profitability. Funding for the SMaRT project is provided by MSU Extension and the Michigan Soybean Checkoff program.
Read other articles related to late planting and high feed costs.


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Our department
We are responsible for the development of service delivery policy and provide access to social, health and other payments and services.
On 26 October 2004, we were created as part of the Finance and Administration portfolio. The Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 integrated Medicare Australia and Centrelink into the Department of Human Services on 1 July 2011.
Payments and services
We offer a range of health, social and welfare payments and services through the following programs:
Looks after the health of Australians through programs such as the:
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- Australian Immunisation Register and
- Australian Organ Donor Register.
Delivers payments and services and provides services at times of major change for:
- seniors
- job seekers
- students and trainees
- families
- carers
- parents
- people with disability
- Indigenous Australians, and
- people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Child Support
Gives separated parents the financial and emotional support needed for their children's wellbeing. Read more about how we engage Child Support stakeholders.
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Learn to open, fund, make payment and withdraw from Skrill in Nigeria. We partner with Skrill, the online financial platform.
Skrill (formerly known as Moneybookers) are a financial services company based in UK. They are one of the best Paypal alternatives, and it is often regarded as second to PayPal.
This is for a number of reasons. Firstly, their currency conversions fees are cheaper than PayPal, so when converting from USD to Naira you get charged less.
Secondly, Paypal doesn't allow Nigerians to receive money but to just send; making Skrill a popular choice when it comes to Nigerian online transactions. With Skrill account, you can receive money in Nigeria and withdraw it into your bank account; you can also send money from Nigeria to another skrill account across the world.
Update: To Send and receive money in Nigeria via Skrill is quite easy, convenient and quick. It is important to note that Skrill is a highly regulated company. As a result of this, they have very strict rules implemented in order to abide by anti-money laundering laws in the UK and throughout Europe.
Skrill is particularly popular among people that uses foreign betting platforms like Bet365, Bet Victor, Ladbrokes, William Hill etc., and (Note that you will have to be verified with them to withdraw funds from them to Skrill). Skrill has been adapted by many companies and business such as web4africa, Forex traders as means of receiving and making payment
Note that you will need a domiciliary account to process withdrawals (that's if you are going to be receiving money or payment abroad). If you do not have a domiciliary account and want to open one, read this ; How to Open a Domiciliary Account with Gtbank, Firstbank and Zenith Bank to create one.
Getting Started; How to Open Skrill Account
Getting started with Skrill is relatively easy. All you need to do is;
1. Visit Skrill official website; www.skrill.com and click the "Sign Up" button. It is important that you fill in your details accurately as shown below
The details you will need to fill in on the form are:
2. Select your ACCOUNT TYPE – personal or business.
If you are a registered company and want to do business with this account, you should choose business. Likewise if you receive a lot of payments from companies or individuals for services you provide, you should not hesitate to pick "business account".
If you want to use your Skrill account to deposit to a betting site, to pay for goods or services, or to transfer money to other people, then you should choose personal. If you will be making infrequent, minimal and little transactions, a personal account is all you need.
3. Enter your COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE – Nigeria, except you are currently outside the country.
4. Input your CURRENCY
Your currency should be USD (US Dollars). This is to avoid double currency exchange fees. If you choose USD, you will not be charged anything for making transfers in Dollars. If you receive a lot of payments in Euros or other currencies they may be a better choice. Another reason is for especially for domiciliary account being in USD.
Make sure you are happy with the currency you have chosen. Skrill do not allow users to switch currencies after their account has been created.
5. LANGUAGE – select English.
6. and then Personal Details
Make sure everything here is spelled correctly. Skrill will check all the details and you will need to verify your name and address with scans of your identification and a utility bill.
The fields they ask for here are:
First name
Last name
Address line 1
Address line 2
Post code
7. Finally, enter Phone number, tick – I'm not a rebot and agree to skrill terms and conditions; click on open account as shown below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Skrill only allows one account per person so do not create multiple account under any circumstance as you could end up having it blocked.
The final fields to enter are:
- Email address
- Date of Birth
- Account Password – This should be obvious but just in case, make sure you choose a very secure password. Don't go for something like pass1234 or 123456.
Verifying Your Skrill Account
Verification is a four part process with your card details the most important, reason being that you can use Skrill without necessarily completing all the four steps. The only problem is you will be unable to continue to use Skrill after you have make transactions of up to £2,500. Therefore it is important to make complete verification a priority.
Its four part process includes Email verification, physical address, credit/debit card, and bank account.
The first step is to verify your email address. As with any email verification system, Skrill will send you an email. You click the link in the email and easily your email address gets verified.
The next stage in verification is to verify your physical address. Skrill will send a letter to the address you entered when registering.
The letter you will receive contains a 6 digit code. You must then login to your Skrill account and enter the code on the account verification page. Once that is done, your limits for sending money to other Skrill users will be raised, as will the amount of money you can withdraw.
The third part in getting verified with Skrill is to set up your debit or credit card. The name you used registering must match the name on your debit/credit cards.
Skrill will charge a small amount to your card around $2.00. Once you verify it they will refund this amount back to your card.
You have two ways of confirming your bank details. You can either deposit money to Skrill by bank wire or you can withdraw money.
Updated : Manual deposit of fund into Skrill account via bank wire transfer is no longer accepted.
When you withdraw money via bank wire, you will need to first select the "Add bank account" option. For this you will need to know the SWIFT code of your bank. Contact your bank branch for the swift code at the bank or through one of their online representative or give them a call. Not all bank branches have SWIFT codes, so you may be given a general code to use.
After you have added your bank account correctly, simply click withdraw and choose the amount of money to send to your account. Withdrawals usually take about two working days.
Manual Verification
On very rare occasions, withdrawals from Skrill may not show the code in your bank statement. If this happens, Skrill do provide a third option whereby they will manually verify your bank account. However, in order to do so, you will need to send them on some more details.
You will need to email them a screenshot of your online bank account statement or else a scanned copy of a statement from your bank.
These must clearly show:
- Your name ( the account holder)
- Your account number
- The item on your statement that shows the withdrawal from Skrill in your account.
If you have trouble with this, you will need to go down to your local bank branch and get a physical print out of the actual SWIFT transaction to send to Skrill. Your bank will supply you with a copy of this on request.
In order to do this, you will most likely need to visit your local bank branch. Simply copy down Skrill's bank details and fill them in on an international wire form. If you have the ability to send money internationally online, you can do this using your internet banking account.
Sending wires internationally can be expensive and the cost varies from time to time.
Notes for Freelancers and Businesses
If you chose the commercial account option at the beginning of this article, you will also need to send Skrill:
- A copy of an identification document such as a passport or driver's license.
- A copy of a utility bill showing your home address from the past 3 months.
If you followed all this processes, your account will be completely verified by Skrill.
Updated: Verification of skrill account is now very easy as you can verify the your account online quick using either your driving license, national ID card or Permanent Voters' Card(PVC) and statement of account.
How to Fund Skrill Account in Nigeria
For uploading cash to you Skrill account depending on the platform you'll get charged nothing to as high as 7% .
Using bank transfer via Swift is free and it takes 2 to 5 working days to process.
Updated: Skrill no-longer accept bank transfer. So, manual bank transfer to skrill is no-longer working.
Using Master and Visa cards cost 1.9% of your deposit and it is instant provided you have verified your card.
Updated: Skrill no-longer accept funding of account using MasterCard. You can fund and withdraw from Skrill account using VISA card. One of Nigerian VISA card that works is UBA naira VISA card.
Skrill supports many international and local card types such as AMEX, JCB, Diners, Maestro, Paysafecard etc.
Methods like American Express and Paysafecard cost 2.5% and 7% respectively.
How to withdrawals Money from Skrill account in Nigeria
You will be charged 1.75% of your withdrawals up to a maximum of £10, you will also be charged 2.99% for transfers between USD, GBP, EUR, CAD and PLN currencies and 3.99% for transfers involving any other currency like Naira.
Skrill supports withdrawals via bank transfer and credit or debit card (VISA).
Some of this processes and fees can seem a little overwhelming but it's relatively straightforward. Here is a comparison with PayPal
|Multiple currencies per account
|Verification method
|Withdraw small sum from account
|Deposit small sum to your account
|Registration time
|1 day
|2 days
|Accounts per customer
|Merchant Transaction Fee
|2.99% (+ Fixed amount)
|4.5% (+ Fixed amount)
|Currency conversion fee
|2.99% t0 3.99%
|Dormant Account Fee
|£1 per month after 12 months
|Allowed and Encouraged
|Requires advanced approval
|Bonus to sign up for gambling
|Yes, through promotion offered
|Use for buying and Selling "adult' services
|Yes, they do not interfere with personal morality
|Merchant acceptance
|Master Card/Debit Card offered
|All customers
|Only US customers
In conclusion Skrill is decent, secure online merchant for Nigerians and a wonderful alternative for PayPal as a transfer platform and for web payment.
You can also use the services of trusted e-currency exchangers in Nigeria to make funding or withdrawal on your Skrill account. A good exchanger you can use to fund your Skrill account is (well, I don't trust them) MyTopExchange.
Warning: I have never use MyTopExchange before. If you're going to use it, that's at your own risk! You can buy skrill from us and you can also sell skrill to us here in Nigeria. Contact us at 07038844464 to fund your skrill account today . On their website, they claim to buy and sell Skrill, Neteller, Bitcoin and Payoneer funds. On visiting their site at https://www.mytopexchange.com, you would have to Sign-Up before you can perform any exchange transaction with them.
If you run into any issues opening, funding or withdrawing from skrill account; you can leave a comment below using the comment box.
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STX, the Baltimore-based sports gear manufacturer, announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Major League Lacrosse to provide equipment to its players for the 2014 season.
As part of the one-year official equipment partnership, STX will equip the league's teams' sticks, gloves and pads.
This deal follows on the heels of one announced Friday to supply the Team USA, the U.S. men's national lacrosse team, with gloves and padding for the next three years. The deal came in time to supply the team, which includes Kyle Harrison, the STX brand spokesman and former Johns Hopkins University star, in advance of the FIL World Championships starting July 10 in Denver.
Terms of neither deal were disclosed.
STX, which got its start after developing the first synthetic lacrosse stick head, now also produces equipment for field hockey, ice hockey and golf.
"We are very excited at the opportunity to partner with Major League Lacrosse and by doing so provide the top players in the sport with the chance to compete at the highest level, in our equipment," said Ed Saunders, STX director of marketing.
STX is first official equipment partner for the Boston-based league, which includes the Chesapeake Bayhawks. The team's home field is Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis.
The league's opening weekend is April 26 and 27.


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This box is one of our best sellers for wedding and conference favors. It can be personalized with your names and wedding date, or conference name and date. The box is available in gold, silver and white with a variety of ink choices. The lead time for the personalized box is 3 weeks.
Our fudge is made the old fashion way using a copper kettle, marble slab tables and our own recipe which dates back to 1887. The fudge is hand cut into approximately 1/2 pound slices. Fudge has a very high melting point, so it can be shipped to you year 'round.
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Wisconsin law prohibits anyone who knows about a secret John Doe investigation from talking about it, Gov. Scott Walker says
As questions surfaced about whether Gov. Scott Walker is trying to settle a secret John Doe criminal investigation involving his campaign, he has suggested that state law prohibits him from commenting on the case.
That's what happened on the June 1, 2014 edition of "Upfront with Mike Gousha," a weekly public affairs program aired on WISN-TV (Channel 12) in Milwaukee and on five other Wisconsin stations.
Gousha asked the Republican governor if an attorney representing Walker and his campaign committee has been negotiating with the John Doe special prosecutor to reach a settlement.
Walker gave this response:
"As you know, as I've pointed out many times in the past when we've talked about this, the law's pretty clear in this state," Walker said.
"Anyone who knows anything about a John Doe can't talk about it. Anyone who doesn't know anything about it shouldn't talk about it. So, I've not commented on the Doe itself because I've abided by the law."
Walker has made similar statements in the past, leading many to ask whether the secrecy part of the law in fact is so broad -- particularly given that others have disclosed details of the ongoing probe in the press and in public court filings.
What is a John Doe?
Here's a John Doe primer, based on an article for the State Bar of Wisconsin by Madison criminal defense attorney Marcus Berghahn, who has represented clients in John Doe investigations:
A John Doe is "intended as an independent, investigatory tool to ascertain whether a crime has been committed and, if so, by whom."
Unlike standard criminal investigations, law enforcement officials in a John Doe have special powers, including the power to compel the testimony of reluctant witnesses under oath and to issue subpoenas requiring witnesses to turn over documents.
Another key difference is that the judge overseeing a John Doe can -- and typically does -- order that the proceedings be done in secret, unlike the vast majority of court proceedings.
The governor has been connected to two John Doe investigations.
In May 2010, when Walker was the Milwaukee County executive, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat, launched what would become a nearly three-year-long John Doe targeting Walker's aides and associates. Six people, including three county executive employees, one county appointee and a major campaign contributor, were convicted of a variety of crimes.
In August 2012, weeks after Walker won an historic recall election to remain in office, Chisholm opened another secret John Doe. It has focused on whether the Wisconsin Club for Growth and other conservative groups illegally coordinated with Walker's campaign.
Eric O'Keefe of Wisconsin Club for Growth has openly defied the secrecy order, going public with the fact that he has been subpoenaed.
Now, to Walker's claim, made in connection with the second Doe -- that under Wisconsin law, "anyone who knows anything about a John Doe can't talk about it."
It's worth noting that Walker's "anyone who knows anything" phrasing is open to interpretation.
At one extreme, a person could know something about a John Doe case by hearing about it in the news. That, of course, is much different than knowing about a Doe by virtue of being a participant in it.
What the law says
Asked to back up Walker's statement, a spokeswoman for the governor's office referred our questions to Walker's campaign, and a campaign spokeswoman declined to offer any information to back Walker's claim. Walker's attorney in the John Doe, former U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic, didn't return our call.
We contacted seven experts, all of whom have handled multiple John Doe cases:
Berghahn and Madison defense attorneys Stephen Morgan and Stephen Meyer; Milwaukee defense attorneys Jeremy Levinson, who also handles campaign finance cases for Democrats, and Raymond Dall'Osto; University of Wisconsin Law School professor David Schultz and Marquette University Law School professor Daniel Blinka.
Meyer and Berghahn are also adjunct professors at the UW Law School. Morgan and Blinka are former prosecutors.
Here's what we learned about the state's John Doe law, in terms of Doe cases done in secret:
1. Secrecy applies when so ordered
As we noted, John Doe investigations can be done in public, but the Doe law allows judges to hold them in secret. And many do.
When the secrecy provision is invoked, individuals who are ordered by a John Doe judge not to disclose information about a Doe investigation are prohibited from doing so.
At minimum, witnesses, attorneys and others who participate in the secret court proceedings are prohibited from disclosing anything that was said in court, or anything, such as documents or other evidence, shown in the closed court proceeding.
Judges have also issued broader secrecy prohibitions. For example, people who receive a subpoena to produce documents might be ordered not to disclose to anyone but their attorney the fact that they were subpoenaed, nor what information the subpoena seeks.
2. Secrecy doesn't apply to "anyone"
There is no blanket prohibition that applies to anyone who has some knowledge about a John Doe.
For example, anyone who hears information second-hand about a Doe is not prohibited from talking about it.
3. A gray area
Our experts disagreed on whether the John Doe law prohibits a person from commenting on any possible settlement negotiations.
Some felt any secrecy order would not apply because settlement negotiations would be done in, for example, a lawyer's office, apart from the secret proceedings in court.
However, other experts said a secrecy order could apply to commenting on the existence of settlement negotiations because such negotiations could be the subject of discussion during the secret courtroom proceedings.
Our rating
Asked whether his lawyer was in negotiations to settle a John Doe criminal investigation, Walker said that under Wisconsin law, "anyone who knows anything about a John Doe can't talk about it."
A person who knows something about a John Doe by virtue of participating in the secret court proceedings -- if they are individually ordered by a judge not to disclose anything about the proceedings -- is prohibited from revealing such information.
But the governor's statement is overbroad in suggesting that anyone who knows any information about a John Doe can't talk about it.
For a statement that is partially accurate but leaves out important details, we give Walker a Half True.


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Scottish Farmer Breeds 'Panda' Lamb
The pandas at Edinburgh Zoo have become famous in recent months, with everyone wanting to get in on the action of celebrating their arrival. However, one farmer has gone further than anyone else in order to honour the new addition, by creating a whole new breed of sheep that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Zoo's new residents. Jill Noble from Carlops, Peebleshire has successfully bred white lambs with black splotches on their coats, including one over each eye. Looking at the lambs' faces, there is a definite resemblance to a panda and this is a very interesting development in the world of animal breeding.
Jill will not reveal the breeds of the lamb's parents, however if you look at a picture of the new-born, after playing partypoker online when you have some free time, you can definitely tell that she has done something unusual. Jill has said that they are keeping the parents to themselves, however there is a bit of Icelandic as well as Scottish. They sell Icelandic lambs as they have a very attractive look, so she is expecting that there will be interest in this new breed that has been created.
Jill also said that they are calling it the 'panda breed' for obvious reasons and that everyone who has seen the lambs has been very impressed. While the first lamb of this new breed was born on April Fool's Day, Jill has insisted that this is not a joke. She also breeds horses and cattle, so she should know something about breeding. The successful creation of this new breed of sheep will show the pandas a thing or two as despite many people paying close attention, they are still failing to mate themselves.
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Salt Lake City, Utah – Bill and Joe Granhall were brothers born in Salt Lake City, UT in the late 20's. Born exactly one year apart they never seemed to get along and personality-wise were also complete opposites. Bill was happy go lucky and a day dreamer while his brother Joe (the older brother) was always serious and studious. They became business partners in 1944, opening a printing company. The company was very successful and both men became millionaires many times over but they fought on a daily basis and hated each other. This is a bust that Bill Granhall had commissioned just days before his brothers death and it was put on display at the funeral home during his burial.
Bill delivered they eulogy and stated, "My brother Joe was a difficult person to get along with and I think it was because he was constipated his whole life"


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This month I received a package from Cindy ; I sent a box of goodies to Shannon.
The foodie pen pal system was set up by Lindsay of The Lean Green Bean.
Here's what I got from Cindy:
Some really tasty, addictive Pretzel Crisps (deli style, with sesame seeds and poppy seeds), Cashew Crunch, a Kind bar, which were sticky but good. I liked that she sent some dish towels along with the goodies. Also, being from San Francisco, I have had (but can't get enough) Ghiradelli chocolates. I haven't tried the Vanilla Chai yet, but I am sure it is great. Thanks, Cindy!
As always, looking forward to next month's goodies! I can't believe it's August already!


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Battle of the cack-handed quickies, could be interesting to dig up later. Starc has more height and a spectacular inswinger, Boult has maybe touch more guile and variety at the stage. Who will go further in international cricket?
Battle of the cack-handed quickies, could be interesting to dig up later. Starc has more height and a spectacular inswinger, Boult has maybe touch more guile and variety at the stage. Who will go further in international cricket?
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Strac has more X factor to him. Boult will prove to be a good foil to Southee.
Starc will end up with better stats.
Starc's just another overrated NSW hack. Doesn't come from Bowling Districts like Boult does.
Ironic in a thread where Albert wants an excuse to fap over Boult that he's undersold him. Kid is a genuine strike bowler. I'll put it out there that I think he will be a better bowler than Southee.
This is before his serious back injury at 25 naturally.
To answer the actual comparison, I really can't say. My viewing of Starc is blurred by him bowling short and wide to Chris Martin when we were over there and that was some lolbad filth, but the lad can definitely bowl. From one match and a few overs in this Perth innings, I would say Boult is slightly sharper and swings it further but Starc gets more bounce.
Anyway I expect the poll to be won or lost based on how many neutrals cbf voting and who they end up going for. Australians will vote Starc and kiwis will vote Boult. Steve will vote Mitch M.
That and very few people have seen both bowlers bowl a lot of overs.
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I like them both.
Boult also has a spectacular inswinger to the right hander.
Boult will probably get more opportunities than Starc and has already cemented his place due to less competition. This may give him the career advantage.
Who really knows though.
Funny you say that, 'cause I'd say Boult definitely swings it less, but at the same time doesn't rely on sheer extravagant movement like Starc seems to at this stage.
not to mention tendy being a sore loser ****
Junaid Khan is also another promising left armer.
Boult to Sanga at Galle was fap worthy. He had no idea what to do.
Generally agree with phlegm's assessment, though (purely on the basis of the perth test) I'd say it's pretty much a dead heat pace wise. Boult is probably slightly more accurate atm, but Starc has improved a lot sice I first saw him. If either develops an outswinger to the right hander, they'll be devastating
As for who will be better? I'll be patriotic for a change and say Boult.
Boult as I think Australia have more depth and Starc won't play as often as Boult will.
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The World Heritage Centre/IUCN reactive monitoring mission, led by Guy Debonnet from UNESCO and Goran Gugić representing IUCN, met with relevant stakeholders in Nairobi on the 15th- 16th March 2012 to discuss the threats facing Lake Turkana National Parks World Heritage site which is situated in northern Kenya.
These consultations, in which IUCN ESARO also participated, focused on the cumulative impacts on the Lake levels of the GIBE III hydroelectric dam, and planned further dam developments lower down on the Omo River (GIBE IV and V). These two, when combined with an irrigation scheme for growing sugar cane, could pose a major threat to the Lake Turkana ecosystem, its biodiversity and the livelihoods of the people that depend on it. On the 17th of March the team proceeded to the Lake Turkana site to assess the situation on the ground.
At its 35 session in Paris in June 2011, the World Heritage Committee expressed its utmost concern about the proposed construction of the GIBE III hydroelectric dam on the Omo River in Ethiopia and its likely impacts on Lake Turkana, considering that the dam is likely to significantly alter Lake's fragile hydrological regime, and threaten its aquatic species and associated biological systems. In light of this, the Committee requested the States Parties of Kenya and Ethiopia to invite a joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN reactive monitoring mission to assess the impacts that the dam might have on the Outstanding Universal Value of the Lake Turkana World Heritage property. Furthermore, informal consultations with stakeholders conducted by IUCN ESARO last year also drew attention to a number of other potential threats and management challenges facing the Lake Turkana World Heritage site including extensive irrigation schemes in the Lower Omo Valley, cattle encroachment in Sibloi National Park, poaching and oil exploration.
Based on its findings the mission will prepare will develop recommendations to the Government of Ethiopia, Kenya and the World Heritage Committee to conserve the Outstanding Universal Value of the property and improve its conservation and management.
The Lake Turkana National Parks World Heritage site is situated in northern Kenya and comprises Sibiloi National Park, the South Island and the Central Island National Parks, covering a total area of 161,485 hectares located within the Lake Turkana basin whose total surface area is 7 million ha. The Property was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 under criteria (viii) for is geology and fossil record from the Pliocene and Holocene periods as well as presence of recent geological process represented by volcanic erosional and sedimentary land forms, and under criterion (x) for its diverse habitats resulting from ecological changes over time inhabited by diverse fauna.
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"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket" Rebroadcast August 23, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013, 9 to 10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket" recounts the life, works and beliefs of the late writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin: what it is to be born black, impoverished, gifted, and gay in a world that has yet to understand that "all men are brothers." Using rarely seen archival footage from nine different countries, the film melds interviews and public speeches with cinéma vérité glimpses of Baldwin and original scenes from his funeral service in December 1987. His friends and colleagues, and critics illuminate the narrative, including Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka and William Styron, and Bobby Short. Originally broadcast August 1989, this encore broadcast airs 25 years after Baldwin's death and 50 years after the historic March on Washington and publication of his best-selling essay The Fire Next Time.
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Newborns' weak immunity may allow helpful bacteria to gain a foothold
Though infant immune systems raise risk of infection, they also allow good microbes into the body
The seeming failure of newborns to muster a robust defense against infections is a trade-off that delivers long-term benefits, a new study suggests. In infants, the body's immune army stands down for a month or two and then gears up. While this gap leaves babies at risk of infection, it also may allow beneficial bacteria to populate an infant's intestines, a development that carries lifelong advantages, researchers working with mice report November 6 in Nature.
The findings suggest that the lackluster response of the neonatal immune system "is a normal developmental feature," says biochemist Sidney Morris Jr. of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who wasn't involved in the study. The immune suppression shows up "during the transition from the sterile in utero setting to a decidedly nonsterile external environment," he says.
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Chinese tourists are just crazy about Hangzhou, it's probably the most popular tourist destination for Chinese tourists in China. Hangzhou is just 1-2 hrs away from Shanghai and it has much more pleasant feel than super big Shanghai.
If you are headed to Hangzhou you may wish to print this list of cheap hotels and hostels in Hangzhou, it may come very handy when you arrive in the city on the West lake.
Learn more about Hangzhou here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangzhou and here http://wikitravel.org/en/Hangzhou
Gowestchina Youth Hostel, Shuangfeng Branch
杭州西行漫记青年旅舍, 双峰店
24 hours
22 beds in total.
Standard room: 120RMB
Sleeps three: 140RMB
Bed: 45RMB
It was established in October 2007. It is the found by four young backpackers....
Address: 67 Jilong Mountain, Longjing
Tel: 0571 8799 7030
Mingtown Garden Youth Hostel
This hostel is in a refurbished Qing Dynasty villa. Great location on the West shore of the lake. Dorm Beds 50RMB; Rooms begin at 200RMB. Buses 15, 67, 156
Address: 4 Zhaogongdi, (Just off of Yanggongdi Rd.)
Tel: 0571 8797 5883
4 Eyes Youth Hostel
Tucked in the hills of Longjing near Hupao Spring is a refuge for the road weary, city slicker in need of some quality R & R. The place is called the 4 Eyes...
Address: 62 Jiangjun Road
Tel: 0571 8643 5731
Tel: 0571 8643 5821
Hangzhou Jiangnanyi International Youth Hostel
Nice location outside of the city. Great restaurant.
Rooms start at 90RMB. Dorm beds 30RMB.
Common Twin: 100, Standard Room: 170, Mountain View Suite:...
Address: 32 Manjuelong Rd.
Tel: 0571 87153273
Gowestchina Youth Hostel, Lingying Branch
杭州西行漫记青年旅舍, 灵隐店
24 hours
30 beds in total.
Standard room: 120RMB
Sleeps three: 140RMB
Bed: 40RMB
It was established in October 2007. It is the found by four young backpackers....
Address: 246 Baileiqiao, Lingying Branch Road
Tel: 0571 8799 4733
Star Guest Youth Hostel
Out by the zoo and up the side of the hill, you've got a hidden gem in Star Guest Youth Hostel's restaurant. Rooms range from 150 to 180RMB.Dorm bed serves...
Address: 228 Siyanjing, Hupao Rd. (junction of Manjuelong Rd.)
Tel: 0571 8715 3077
HouNiao /Migrator Youth Hostel
Dorm Beds 50RMB; Rooms start at 168RMB.
Address: No.1 Qingzhiwu, Yu Quan (South gate of Zhejiang University)
Tel: 0571 8796 1219 (7am-11pm)
Tel: 0571 8183 4428 (12am-7am)
Wushan Yi International Youth Hostel
Dorm bed 35RMB; Double room 130RMB; Busses 12, K12, K187, Y1, Y2, Y7
Address: 96 Siyiting, Siyi Rd.
Tel: 0571 8701 8790
Amber Youth Hostel
Dorm Beds 50RMB; Rooms range from 138 to 168RMB
Address: No.196 Si yan jing, Hupao Rd.
Tel: 0571 8715 3373
Backpacker Hostel, South
Dorm beds from 45RMB; Rooms range from 100 to 258RMB
Address: No. 1 Si Yan Jing, Hupao Rd.
Tel: 0571 8715 3033
Hangzhou International Youth Hostel
Fantastic location on the South shore of the lake. Lots of parks, pubs, and restaurants to keep you occupied. Rooms start at 200RMB. Beds start at 45RMB....
Address: 101 Nanshan Rd.
Tel: 0571 8791 8948
Gui Lu Hostel
Rooms start at 180RMB; Beds start at 50RMB
Address: No.236 Si Yan Jing, Hupao Rd.
Tel: 0571 8715 3215
Xinyu International Youth Hostel
Rooms start at 288RMB; Beds start at 40RMB
Standard Room: 288, Single Room: 288, Suite: 368. These three types all included breakfast. Extra bed:...
Address: 21 Qingchun Rd.
Tel: 0571 8724 4888
You Ke Youth Hostel
Dorm beds range from 40-45RMB; Rooms start at 80RMB; Bike rental available
Address: 91 Si Yan Jing, Hupao Rd
Tel: 0571 8796 0788
Hangzhou West Lake Youth Hostel
24 hours
40-55RMB/bed, 250RMB/king size room.
If you are reading this, then you probably already have a place to lay your head, but maybe you aren't happy with it....
Address: 62-3 Nanshan Road, next to Jing Temple
Tel: 0571 8702 7027
Tel: 0571 8803 0237
Longshangxing Hostel
Address: 17 Xia Man Jue Long
Tel: 0571 8577 8600
Tel: 0571 8577 8611
Yu Hu Wan Hostel
Address: 29 Chishan Bu, Santaishan Rd.
Tel: 0571 8762 0058
Backpacker Hostel, Shuguang
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Phillies cash in on Dodgers' error in 10th inning
LOS ANGELES -- Hours before Jonathan Papelbon threw his seventh and final pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg talked about his team's record and what might have been.
The Phillies had blown three late-inning leads in their first 19 games, including two in the ninth, and they also wasted a one-run complete game from Cliff Lee.View Full Game Coverage
LOS ANGELES -- Hours before Jonathan Papelbon threw his seventh and final pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg talked about his team's record and what might have been.
The Phillies had blown three late-inning leads in their first 19 games, including two in the ninth, and they also wasted a one-run complete game from Cliff Lee.View Full Game Coverage
"We've had a chance to win other games, looking back," Sandberg said. "We've had some opportunities."
The Phillies got one back with an impressive 3-2 victory against the Dodgers. Philadelphia improved to 10-10, the first time the club has been at .500 since April 13. The Phillies have won three in a row overall and have a chance to secure a series victory Wednesday when Cole Hamels makes his 2014 debut.
"The guys have battled back to be at .500 right now," Sandberg said. "That says something."
The victory came in unlikely fashion.
Carlos Ruiz popped up a ball to shallow left field with one out in the 10th. He tossed his bat in frustration because he thought he had wasted a hittable 1-0 sinker from Dodgers left-hander J.P. Howell, but he ran hard out of the box anyway. Dodgers left fielder Carl Crawford came in, while shortstop Hanley Ramirez drifted back for the routine play.
"Something can happen," Ruiz said.
It did. The ball fell between Crawford and Ramirez, deflecting off Crawford's glove as Ruiz cruised into second for a two-base error.
"I didn't get to the ball and just missed it," Crawford said. "Neither one of us called for it. We were both coming at the ball and came up short. I didn't think it was clearly my ball. I was in no-doubles [defense], that's a long ball for me."
Baseball players are taught to run hard. Some do. Some don't.
"That's why," Sandberg said of the importance of hustle.
Domonic Brown followed with a double to left-center field to score Ruiz and hand the Phillies the lead.
Ruiz went from frustration to elation in mere seconds.
"It was a tie game and I'm real close to scoring the run we need," Ruiz said, snapping his finger. "It changed everything."
The Phillies had opportunities to score in the first four innings against Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu, but carried a scoreless tie into the fifth.
A.J. Burnett, who is waiting until after the season to have surgery on an inguinal hernia, started the third with a sharp single to right. Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig threw to first in an attempt to surprise the pitcher, who had just four hits in 59 at-bats last season and just 10 hits in 144 at-bats since 2005 before tallying three singles on Tuesday, a career high.
Burnett was safe easily and good-naturedly motioned for Puig to relax.
"I think he thought he was going to get the 37-year-old with a hernia," Burnett said.
Ben Revere followed with a single, but Jimmy Rollins struck out looking and Marlon Byrd hit into an inning-ending double play. Ruiz's one-out triple to left in the fourth also was wasted.
But the Phillies broke through in the fifth. Burnett started the inning with a single up the middle. Revere followed with another single to put runners on first and second. Byrd hit a one-out double to left field to score Burnett, and Ryan Howard's sacrifice fly to left scored Revere to make it 2-0.
The Dodgers responded in the bottom of the inning to make it 2-1, and tied the game in the seventh thanks to some serious speed from Dee Gordon.
Gordon hit what looked to be a single to right-center with one out, but ran hard the whole way and turned it into an unlikely double, even with Byrd charging the ball hard all the way. Gordon then stole third and scored when pinch-hitter Justin Turner singled to left.
Burnett allowed two runs on six hits and one walk and struck out five in 6 2/3 innings. Jake Diekman got the final out of the seventh and Mike Adams, making his second appearance of the season, pitched a perfect eighth. Antonio Bastardo worked a scoreless ninth, before Papelbon picked up his sixth save with a 1-2-3 10th.
It was a game the Phillies would have lost the past couple of seasons. Crawford would have caught that ball, or the bullpen would not have been perfect. But things broke their way and the Phillies have a chance to post a winning record for the first time since they were 3-2 on April 5.
"That's baseball," Burnett said. "It's how it goes. We laugh at Cliffy all the time. We laugh about his first game [on Opening Day in Texas], giving up eight and getting that 'W.' It's how it goes. It's a long season, man. It'll pan out."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Gibson struggles in loss against Rays
ST. PETERSBURG -- It was Kyle Gibson's chance to keep his early-season success going while matching up against Rays ace David Price in a potential pitchers' duel, but it simply wasn't to be on Tuesday night.
Instead, Gibson saw his streak of three straight strong starts to open the year come to an end, as he struggled through just three-plus innings in a 7-3 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.View Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- It was Kyle Gibson's chance to keep his early-season success going while matching up against Rays ace David Price in a potential pitchers' duel, but it simply wasn't to be on Tuesday night.
Instead, Gibson saw his streak of three straight strong starts to open the year come to an end, as he struggled through just three-plus innings in a 7-3 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.View Full Game Coverage
Gibson, who entered with a 3-0 record and a 0.93 ERA, had trouble from the start, giving up three runs in a 41-pitch first inning. He ended up allowing seven runs on 10 hits and two walks to see his ERA climb all the way up to 3.63.
"I don't think I did anything too differently, other than the fact that I didn't execute and they did a good job up there of working the at-bats," Gibson said. "Unfortunately, this was the outing where I didn't have everything going."
He started off his outing by allowing a leadoff single to Ben Zobrist, and then wasn't helped defensively by shortstop Pedro Florimon, who lost a popup in the infield that dropped for a gift-wrapped single by Matt Joyce with one out that Twins manager Ron Gardenhire believed should've been ruled an error.
Evan Longoria followed with a walk to load the bases for James Loney, who doubled to left-center to bring home two runs. David DeJesus then laced an RBI single off the wall in right for the third run of the inning.
"The kid just didn't have it tonight," Gardenhire said. "They were putting some balls in the right places. He ended up pitching behind a few times tonight, which cost him. He was just missing, as they say. Some pretty close pitches that didn't go our way."
Gardenhire was hinting that Gibson was getting squeezed by home-plate umpire Paul Schreiber in the first, but Gibson said he didn't want to use that as an excuse for his troubles.
"Some of them were close, but it doesn't matter," Gibson said. "There's always gonna be some borderline pitches and sometimes you get the call and sometimes you don't. In the first inning, I had to do a better job of being around the plate. Some of that comes from my mechanics being a little off tonight."
DeJesus, who entered the game on an 0-for-24 skid, struck again in the third, when he stroked a two-run single with one out to bring home Longoria and Loney.
Gibson ran into trouble again in the fourth, giving up a pair of singles to Zobrist and Desmond Jennings to open the inning. He was then removed in favor of right-hander Samuel Deduno, who promptly gave up a two-run double to Joyce.
It was enough offense for Price, who opened with three perfect innings and threw a complete game. The left-hander surrendered three runs on six hits and a walk with 12 strikeouts.
"It felt good," Price said of his first complete game of the season. "I've been close a couple of times this year, and to be able to go out there and finish that one, especially after the first guy got on [in the ninth], was big."
The Twins didn't get their first hit off Price until the fourth, when Brian Dozier launched his team-leading sixth homer of the season. Joe Mauer followed with a single that deflected off Price before Chris Colabello blasted a two-run shot to left field. It was the second homer of the year for Colabello, who leads the American League with 22 RBIs.
"He's a good pitcher," Colabello said. "Obviously, his reputation precedes him. We got to him a little bit in the fourth. After Dozier hit the home run, Joe hit the ball back up the middle off him and he looked a little shook up. But he settled in obviously."
The Twins were unable to mount any rallies after the homers from Dozier and Colabello, as Price was able to get through nine innings on 113 pitches.
"It was their night," Gardenhire said. "It was Mr. Price. He threw the ball great and was dominant against us."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger.


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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Halloween Hairdos: Spider Rings
16 comments:
- Jill said...
Maaaan, I saw that pkg of rings at the dollar store and didn't buy it. Now I have to go back to the store :) BTW, I used your dancing skeletons idea yesterday, and it turned out so cute!
- October 14, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Beth @ Sand To Pearl said...
Goodness, you've got such an eye for this, finding random things and making them so awesome. Thanks!
- October 14, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- amber.hope said...
I did something very similar! I cut the ring part off of the spider rings and hot glued the spider to bobby pins. I plan to use them on some fun fohawks the week of halloween.
- October 14, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Julie said...
Jill, I'm sure your daughter was darling!
Beth, thanks for the compliment!
Amber, That's a great idea! It will look so cute.
- October 14, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Curly Hairdo Ideas said...
Adorable! and so creative!
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Love this. Just bought a package of these rings at the Dollar Store for the granddaughter. Sent your link on to the DIL. So cute. Can't wait to see my little one with her hair like this. PS posted picture and link-back on my blog.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - New Design .. Please Comment. Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "New Design .. Please Comment." MongoosememberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 363Location: North Posted: Tue Nov 16, 1999 3:50 pm Hey guys, I've started on a new design of my page, and I would like to know what you guys think of it. It is not complete yet, the links don't work, but the layout is all done. Please gimmie some feedback http://www.cperry.com (Click through the splash screen) Thanks! Mongoose Back to top imdakingmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 321Location: USA Posted: Tue Nov 16, 1999 4:43 pm No offense... But............................. The old worn out metal, stone type interfaces just don't do it for me anymore.... I think it has been over used too much. But thats just my opinion. It still looks good from that type of interface though. I like the tire idea. It is neat. Keep up the good work! =) Back to top OpticalmemberMember #Joined: 26 Oct 1999Posts: 331Location: Edmonton, Alberta , Canada Posted: Tue Nov 16, 1999 5:50 pm very nice design mongoose! you are very good at texture... i for one am a fan of that style =) Back to top MongoosememberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 363Location: North Posted: Tue Nov 16, 1999 6:41 pm Thanks to both of you for replying /g00se. Back to top immimemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 629Location: vancouver Posted: Tue Nov 16, 1999 9:19 pm I agree imdaking that the rusted metal, stonework sort of background tends to be overused. However, i think on your site it works really well. Something i should note was when i first opened your site, the stone background only appeared on the left hand side(by the tires.) The rest of the background was black including behind the text. I dont know what happened, but when i accessed it again, i got the stone background behind everthing. i've got to say, it looked much better the first time, with only the stone background behind the tires. The black background seemed to work really well, and it contrasts nicely with the text and tires, and it makes the interface a lot more prominent. Basically, it rocked witht eh black background. I dont know if this was just a fluke in how i viewed it the 1st time, but seriously consider changing it so that the background is black. It really makes for a striking web site. another thing that you might want to add is possibly a mongoose or something similar peeking over one of the tires. It might just give your website that added spice. in particular over the About Me tire it would work. i hope you understand all this shit im writing. nice site mongoose PS. my diet isnt working currently. I guess its not balanced and nutritious enough. What do you suggest? i recall cat-piss right? Back to top MongoosememberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 363Location: North Posted: Wed Nov 17, 1999 4:37 am hehehe, thanks immi. Yes, cat-urine is full of zinc and iron - it does a body good! PS - Im gonna use that mongoose idea, thanks Back to top BONDGIRLjunior memberMember #Joined: 17 Nov 1999Posts: 9Location: USA Posted: Wed Nov 17, 1999 5:10 am IT LOOKS DOPE! BUT THAT DESIGN IS SORT OF PLAYED OUT, BUT IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD....HOW DID YOU DO THE BACKGROUND FOR THE TIRES? ------------------ -HEATHA Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Busy busy bee 🙂 I have been raiding and playing lotro like a mad woman the past two weeks and even have another raid for tonight, times I've set aside for my blog and outfitting days were pushed aside when I was asked to group a few times and help some friends out and irl I've been having a lot going on so I apologise for the lack of frequent updates, I have the ideas but I'm just enjoying playing the game a little more for the moment I guess.
While putting together my previous outfit I nabbed this wonderful chest piece cheap off the Auction House and after trying so many leg pieces to go with it I had planned to do a black and gold outfit, but the legs worked so much better with Crimson and it all started to fall into place. I believe the chest piece is a drop from an Orc Abomination (level 70). I finally got a male character through the starting area and due to his level his screenshots will have limited areas, but I thought some crumbling ruins gave him a gladiator feeling, don't you agree?
The gloves I picked up via a world drop a good +6months ago while levelling my Guardian and have never seen the cosmetics of them before, so if anybody knows please feel to let me know in the comments, and I mostly just wanted to show them off rather than expect anybody to grind for the drop (they dropped while I was hunting humanoids outside Helegrod for pages) so any gold and red gloves will do, like a lot of the Lothlorien/mirkwood style ones or crafted officers gauntlets will also work.
The point I think I'm getting at is that a lot of outfits I see on these cosmetics blogs I adore and if I wan't to look the same there's still always a couple things I change, and it's the inspiration of only one or two pieces I use to get the same effect with the cosmetics pieces I DO have access to. Whether you are level 5 like my Warden here or 75 via the Auction Hall and the fantastic Wardrobe system you can still achieve the look you want regardless of level, but it still requires a bit of luck and coin in some cases!
Head: Helm of Rohan [Lotro Store] ~Crimson~
Shoulders: Dwarf-Make Campaigner's Shoulder Guards [Crafted T5 – Tailor] ~Crimson~
Back: Summer Travelling Cloak [Summer Festival] ~Red~
Chest: Breastplate of Vigour [World Drop – Dunland] ~Crimson~
Hands: Leather Gauntlets [World Drop – Misty Mountains] ~Crimson~
Legs: Elven Warriors Armour [Crafted T5 – Metalsmith] ~Crimson~
Feet: Dwarf-Make Campaigners Boots [Crafted T5 – Tailor] ~Crimson~
A big thank you to Devonna for the fantastic Screenshot settings which greatly improved my game, I'm also still running the game in DX10, god only knows what beauty I can achieve when I upgrade to 11 soon ❤


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(RNN) – It is impossible to have an effective conversation on the sequestration of government spending without talking about the 2011 budget crisis.
The two are so closely tied to together – really, one wouldn't exist without the other – that focusing solely on how to prevent imminent spending cuts ignores that there was no real need to put them on the table in the first place.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-MO, pulled no punches when expressing his views after both sides of Congress emerged from the trenches following a debate that raged for several months: "This deal is a sugar-coated Satan sandwich. If you lift the bun, you will not like what you see." – via Twitter on Aug. 1, 2011, 5:01 a.m.
One day after Cleaver's tweet, President Barack Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 into law. A few days after that, the U.S. was considered less than capable of comfortably fulfilling all its financial debt and its perfect credit rating was downgraded for the first time in history.
A heated debate in Congress two summers ago mushroomed during the middle of the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. Legislators were desperate not only to avoid going into default but to win back the confidence of the country's largest group of creditors – its citizens.
Like the most recent budget deficit squabble, the focus of the debate was whether to raise the debt ceiling – a self-imposed limit determining when the federal government can no longer reasonably pay its debts.
Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling unless Obama and Democrats agreed to a proposal that included spending cuts for most federal programs, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2013. Negotiations during the "fiscal cliff" crisis pushed the deadline back to March 1.
Those were called sequester cuts, and the reasoning was, they were so damaging, neither side could conceivably allow them to happen. The brutal cuts would force compromise, officials surmised.
The Bipartisan Policy Center wrote on its blog the day Obama signed the legislation into law: "But what happens if they fail to come to an agreement? That's what the 'sequester' is for. It will act as a 'sword of Damocles' hanging over the JSC (Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) in the hopes of forcing action."
The Joint Select Committee, more widely known in Washington as the "super committee," was a 12-person, bipartisan panel created to find budget cuts that would help the government proactively avoid sequestration. It was comprised of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans from the House and Senate.
Some of the key members included newly appointed Secretary of State and former Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Sen. Rob Portman, R-OH, once lightly considered as a Republican candidate for president in 2012.
The committee had an original deadline of Nov. 23, 2011, to draft a proposal that would avoid sequestration. But negotiations crumbled and blame passed back and forth between Congress and the White House.
Despite its deadline, Congress still had almost a year to work things out. That didn't happen for two reasons - partisan gridlock and the November elections.
"This Congress is the most polarized in history. Between Republicans, Democrats and median voters, there are not all the moderates that used to cross over," said Victoria Farrar-Myers, a political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. "We're not seeing crossover anymore, not seeing outside conversations. We see small groups - gangs of four, gangs of eight - and legislation is being torpedoed by the smallest piece of something.
"The other thing you have to look at is some members of the panel were up for re-election, and they didn't want to do anything to go against their own party."
That failure set the clock in motion and with time almost out, initial spending cuts of $85 billion – $46 billion from the Pentagon – are set to take place and will get progressively steeper during the next decade.
Bargaining positions on the issue have taken a 180-degree turn.
Unlike the fiscal cliff negotiations, when the president looked like the aggressor and House Republicans seemed backed into the corner, Obama conceded to adding the sequester cuts and signed the Budget Control Act.
Mitt Romney made sequestration an issue during the third presidential debate with Obama in October.
At the time, Obama emphatically said those dramatic spending cuts would not take place.
He further condemned the idea of such damaging cuts during a speech on Tuesday, when he called it a "meat cleaver approach."
"Unfortunately, Congress didn't compromise," Obama said. "They haven't come together and done their jobs, and so as a consequence, we've got these automatic, brutal spending cuts that are poised to happen next Friday."
The president's words leave no doubt he is placing the blame on Congress, but Republicans point to two facts: Democrats control the Senate – as they did when this legislation passed – and the president wasted no time signing it into law.
Speaker of the House John Boehner fired back a response shortly after the president's speech.
"Washington Democrats' newfound concern about the president's sequester is appreciated, but words alone won't avert it," Boehner stated in a release. "Replacing the president's sequester will require a plan to cut spending that will put us on the path to a budget that is balanced in 10 years."
It is possible that Republicans strongly insisted on keeping such potentially damaging legislation in the proposal because they were confident their candidate would defeat Obama in the presidential election.
On Obama's watch, the economy struggled and the deficit doubled. The unemployment rate dropped slowly in his first term while gas and food prices went up.
Passing conservative-friendly legislation up to a Republican president whose party also controlled the House would have made it much easier to stop the clock on a ticking time bomb.
However, Obama won his second term and held the upper hand in public opinion by pointing to sequestration as a Republican idea.
He also benefited from some major GOP blunders last year.
"Even political scientists from a history perspective said this person is in trouble," Farrar-Myers said. "He shouldn't have, in all honesty, won re-election. By those indicators alone, I think Republicans felt fairly good going in. But Republicans torpedoed themselves when two of their candidates made controversial comments about women and rape, and they ignored a growing Hispanic community and young people.
"With President Obama being a second-term president, does [sequestration] tarnish his legacy? Yes. But the president has less to lose than Congress does."
The result of the 2011 legislation was a temporary fix to the country's money problems and a deal no one was happy with.
Although the effect of the legislation was delayed, the fallout of it was immediate.
Three days after Obama signed the Budget Act, Standard & Poor downgraded the U.S. credit rating. Financial markets around the world plummeted, especially the Dow Jones Industrial Average, before seeing marginal spikes in the following week.
The lingering results were a dramatic decrease in public approval of Congress and a stall to what was already a slow economic recovery.
By passing the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and avoiding the fiscal cliff, Congress only fixed part of the problem. Income tax rates did not revert to pre-2001 levels, and an agriculture bill that kept milk below a ransom price was renewed, but the impending cuts were only delayed.
Cleaver spoke out against the partisanship that led to vicious fights in Congress during his speech at the Democratic National Convention.
"Just as bees cannot sting and make honey at the same time, members of Congress cannot simultaneously make passionate enemies and expect political progress," he said.
Congress members have only days to demonstrate a willingness to listen to the type of reasoning Cleaver offered and learn from their lessons.
If the actions of House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-KY, are a gauge, lawmakers are not optimistic this will turn out well.
Rogers is working on a bill to ease financial pressure on the military resulting from the cuts, according to the Washington Post. The bill would allow money to shift among accounts.
Congress is also out of session until Monday, narrowing the time they have to get a deal done.
"I'd like to say I don't think this could happen, but I do think it could," Farrar-Myers said. "Midterm elections are coming up, and both sides are trying to see how far they can take it to the brink. The power of the purse is in Congress, not with the president. All the president can do is try to bring people together."
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