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The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2019. APHIS believes the Final Rule will result in a more effective disease eradication program, with a more flexible approach to disease investigations and affected flock management, and more consistent animal identification and recordkeeping requirements between sheep and goats. Many of the specifics requirements regarding official eartags and official ID methods such as tattoos and implantable electronic ID (microchips) and on how indemnity is calculated have been moved to the Scrapie Program Standards, Volume 1: National Scrapie Eradication Program.
Program Priorities
National Scrapie Eradication Program
The goal of the National Scrapie Eradication Program is to prevent the spread and eventually eliminate scrapie in the United States
Information on Additional Sheep and Goat Diseases
APHIS VS has placed additional restrictions on shipments of ruminant semen and embryos (germplasm) to address the emergence of Schmallenberg virus in Europe
VS' National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) analyzes and reports on goat health
Sheep Management and Health Studies
VS' National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) analyzes and reports on sheep health and management practices to provide a snapshot, national in scope.
The APHIS Veterinary Services Sheep and Goat Health Program partners with State and local agencies and allied Federal agencies to provide public education on zoonotic disease threats.
Biosecurity on your farm is a key element to preventing the introduction of disease.


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Now that is a Pie!
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Zack turned 30 last weekend and he is not a cake person. Easy enough for me, I made pie. Believe it or not I have not made too many pies in my life. Prior to the three I made for Zack's birthday I had only made three, Frozen Lemonade Pie, Frozen Coconut Pie, and a Pecan Pie. Based on my limited experience with pie, I think they are quite a bit easier than cakes. This was my first pie with a double crust; I thought it would be pretty to make the lattice on top and it was surprisingly easy. I am not very skilled at making pretty edges, so I used some of the extra dough and a small cookie cutter to cut out shapes for the edges. I was really pleased with the taste and the look of this pie. Just add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you are set!
Blueberry Pie
recipe from Allrecipes.com
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 cups fresh blueberries
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie (see the recipe I used below)
1 tablespoon butter
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cinnamon, and sprinkle over blueberries. Line pie dish with one pie crust. Pour berry mixture into the crust, and dot with butter. Cut remaining pastry into 1/2 - 3/4 inch wide strips, and make lattice top. Crimp and flute edges. Bake pie on lower shelf of oven for about 50 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
Bakers note: I covered the edges of the pie for the first forty minutes w/ foil so it would not get too dark and removed it for the last 10 minutes.
Vodka Pie Crust
recipe from Cook's Illustrated
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces)
1 teaspoon table salt
2 tablespoons sugar
12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), cut into 1/4-inch slices
1/2 cup chilled solid vegetable shortening , cut into 4 pieces
1/4 cup vodka , cold
1/4 cup cold water
Process 1 1/2 cups flour, salt, and sugar in food processor until combined, about 2 one-second pulses. Add butter and shortening and process until homogeneous dough just starts to collect in uneven clumps, about 15 seconds (dough will resemble cottage cheese curds and there should be no uncoated flour). Scrape bowl with rubber spatula and redistribute dough evenly around processor blade. Add remaining cup flour and pulse until mixture is evenly distributed around bowl and mass of dough has been broken up, 4 to 6 quick pulses. Empty mixture into medium bowl.
Sprinkle vodka and water over mixture. With rubber spatula, use folding motion to mix, pressing down on dough until dough is slightly tacky and sticks together. Divide dough into two even balls and flatten each into 4-inch disk. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to 2 days.
Bakers Note: I have prepared this recipe in the food processor and by hand using a pastry cutter. It is definitely easier with the food processor, but tastes just as great doing it by hand. This is by far the best pie crust I have ever tasted!

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Among many other moments of wonder, we are told in this essay that:
By virtue of digital technology it is possible to self-replicate one's mind wholly apart from the DNA-driven partial replication of one's body (aside from cloning, babies are a blend of two people's largely similar but subtly unique genes). For example, the entirety of one's digital life –- all of our photos, emails, web searches, music, videos, chats, texts, documents, links and downloads -– could be archived in cyberspace and animated with a sophisticated chatbot. It will not be difficult for advanced artificial intelligence (AI) programs to ferret out and replicate the unique personality that is woven through our digital reflections. Now, provide that chatbot, running our personality program, with self-replication capability and our inherent Natural Selection bred drive to self-replicate could be satisfied just for our minds.
I don't think that word "possible" means quite what some people seem to think it does…
It actually matters that there is no actually existing "digital technology" that I ever heard of by means of which one can "self-replicate one's mind."
Nor is there any actually-existing cloning, "aside from" which one properly compares human sexual reproduction at this particular time.
No one has a "digital life" in the first place "the entirely of which" is archivable in cyberspace (also, not a real space, I suppose I am forced to add, given present company), thereupon to be "animated" by a "chatbot," however "sophisticated." This matters.
Second Life is not life. Your avatar is not you. Neither are you a picture of you. This stuff really matters, you know.
I guess I could concede that should hypothetical instantiations of non-existing not even particularly conceptually coherent current notions of "artificial intelligence" eventually come into existence it may indeed be possible that that particular non-existing not presently-possible non-thing may also cause other presently non-existing not presently possible non-things to be marginally more existing or possible as well. Who on earth can say? What on earth is any of this supposed to mean?
It matters. And of course, that's the point. That's what makes a futurologist "serious" in the first place, I suppose.
For myself, I prefer making contact with such fancies by way of science fiction writers who have been playing around with these notions already for generations, and in ways that can reasonably be expected to be accompanied by interesting plots, arresting characterizations, compelling settings, and rarely require that I confuse fiction with fact or skylarking with policy analysis.


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I am committed to a life provoking the invasion of The Coming Kingdom through: human service, ecstatic prayer, halakhic observation, community building, nurturing hope, and drawing down abiding faith...
The connection between trustworthiness and honesty would appear to be fairly simple. An individual who has regularly demonstrated honesty is usually trustworthy. However, this is not universally the case as I have seen brutally honest people say nasty things to people they love.
In his commentaries in both the Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur Koren Machzorim Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speaks of the God who "creates us in love and forgiveness, who loves and forgives, and asks us to love and forgive others." Love is so often found side-by-side with forgiveness in discussions of God's relationship with us.
Rabbi Yaakov said, one who is walking along the road and is studying [Torah], and then interrupts his studies and says, 'How beautiful is this tree! How beautiful is this plowed field!', the Scripture considers it as if he is liable for his life. -- M. Avot 3:9
This is a somewhat unusual mishna. After all, aren't we supposed to say berachot over various features of nature? Were not both the Torah and nature given to us? The classical interpretation of this mishna is that we are being told that the most awesome work of God is the Torah itself. Unlike a regular tree of the field, the Torah is an eytz chayyim—a tree of life. It can be argued that this mishna is yet another expression of the sages' view that Torah learning is the supreme act of Jewish devotion to God. However, I would further argue that there is another lesson being taught to us here as well.
To complete nearly any task necessitates a fair amount of awareness. To play a game one needs to be aware of its rules. To walk across the street unharmed one must be aware of the traffic conditions. These things also require focus. Yet it seems that the more one focuses on one particular thing, the less aware that same person can become concerning everything else.
The act of giving is a relatively simple thing. When you give you are simply transferring something that was once yours to someone else. It is entirely possible to give angrily, happily, begrudgingly, indifferently, or thoughtfully. Generosity, on the other hand is a different matter. Generosity has a component of mindfulness and "heartfulness" that goes beyond the physical act of giving.
Rabbi Joseph Karo begins his code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch) with a statement concerning the way one should get up in the morning:
The first time I ever needed to type out an outline for a school project included what could be considered one of the biggest, "duh," moments of my life.
For the Lord will comfort Zion, He will comfort all its ruins, and He will make its desert like a paradise and its wasteland like the garden of the Lord; joy and happiness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and a voice of song. -- Isaiah 51:3
One of God's greatest gifts to humanity is free will. That gift produces the opportunity to be creative, thoughtful, decisive, curious, and more. With free will we are given the privilege to partner with God. Any partnership requires mutual trust for it to be positive. Our human partnership with God is no exception.
My maternal grandfather is often one of the least effusive people I know. He has a big white beard and it is rare that one can get a sense of what's going on under there at any given moment. Affectionate would not be the first word that comes to mind when I think of him. At the same time I can safely say he is the kindest man it has ever been my privilege to know.


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Michael_M brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 63 Designs von 23 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Free advertising bonus on high traffic site being offered to encourage more quality candidates to participate. Details inside. Looking for a vibrant, alive, and distinct logo for a unique broadcast mentoring program. Artistic and creative freedom encouraged to compliment/change my ideas.
Broadcasters Mentoring Group
My company uses working broadcasters to train our student apprentices inside their radio stations nationwide. A unique alternative to the traditional broadcasting school classroom setting, thus the need for a unique and distinct logo.
Mentoring is the primary emphasis of how we get such great results, and represents who we are. How you may want to incorporate that into a logo is what makes you the artist, and me the clueless one. Understand, that may not even translate, but it's a thought.
Since broadcasting is an alive and active profession, the logo must reflect that somehow. Movement comes to mind(not animation, however).
We're undergoing further expansion from our current offerings, so we have some flexibility in terms of color schemes and branding. Matter of fact, your work may provide the rebranding we're undergoing.
I will pay special attention to the designs that can come up with a company identifying 'icon' from the logo. Not sure if 'icon' is the correct term, but think of Microsoft, Mozilla firefox, and Quick time player, to name a few. Those little doodads, when you look at 'em, you know who they are....or are at least encouraged to find out.
Now, to the good stuff - the bonus. I have a LOT of projects coming up or ongoing, one of which is a complete site redesign and programming to my http://www.TVandRadioJobs.com site.
Sure, it's ugly, but it's a traffic magnet. Google 'radio jobs' and anything associated with those terms, and we're likely #1.
In an effort to encourage as many talented designers to toss their hat into the ring for this, and possibly future work I'll need ASAP, I'll allow the winner to put a free banner advertising your services on that homepage for 3 months.
You'll get paid from this job, and will likely pick up other work you wont have to compete for from your efforts.
Although I can't promise any results from that, I can say the site averages over 1000 unique visitors daily, and many of them are broadcasters with websites and MySpace pages. I've done quite well with things I've put on there since I bought the site, so who knows?
- Item 1...name of the company; Broadcasters Mentoring Group
- Tagline: "Your fast-track to broadcasting success". Include quote marks.
- Color scheme I kinda like. Look at the Mozilla firefox logo, as well as the Hostgator banner at the bottom of my http://www.TVandRadioJobs.com site. It's preferable that the blue be more of the dominant color, with the reddish/orange and yellow complimentary. I'm not married to this scheme, and openly admit to being genetically deficient when it comes to color and anything artistic. All color scheme ideas welcomed at this point.
- Again, something that's vibrant, alive and shows movement.
- Has to be uber-professional, but I'm not opposed to irreverance, either.
- Since the name of the company is long, I'd be open to seeing how you may combine it with the acronym BMG. Not a must, however.
- I'd like to see this long name contained in a more limited space, if possible. Doesn't mean it can't be just spelled out horizontally, but the lettering will then need to be smaller.
- Item 1...Would prefer avoiding large letters just splashed across the page. Must be something artistic and snappy.
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Martin's Coffee Shop
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- Diners, Breakfast & Brunch, Coffee & Tea
Don't let the name fool you—Martin's Coffee Shop is packing a lot more thanjust your morning brew. This cozy neighborhood diner will take your taste budson a 'round-the-world culinary cruise.Don't let the name fool you—Martin's Coffee Shop is packing a lot more than just your morning brew. This cozy neighborhood diner will take your taste buds on a 'round-the-world culinary cruise. Sandwiched in an old-as-dirt storefront (what's new, Boston), the once all-American eatery is armed with the most colorful breakfast and lunch menu on the block.
Originally from Albania, owner Quidy (pronounced 'k-why-dee') balances a master mix of Mediterranean, Spanish, and down-home American fare. From cucumber tzatziki and eggs to berry pancakes piled high, Quidy and his crew prepare everything from scratch. The Irish Breakfast with a side of traditional pudding and Albanian Breakfast with meatballs and pita bread top the list of crowd favorites. Although Quidy's quick to add fresh basil or his famous fruit salad to your plate, Martin's Coffee Shop has a seven-year reign of "Boston's Best Home Fries." It's that health conscious-meets-greasy spoon vibe the regulars dig. Thus, hipsters and blue-hairs alike vie for a table in a line that often stretches out the door. Plus, you can be internationally curious in the comfort of your own backyard—no passport necessary.
"Like our food, our customers come from different backgrounds, ideas and cultures," Quidy says. "That's why I mostly stay at the register—it gives me a chance to talk to everyone who comes in." A word to the wise: bring your change jar—this flavor trip is cash-only.
Menu Highlights:
Albanian Breakfast, $10.99
The Eiffel Tower, $11.99
Breakfast Burrito, $8.99
Baklava, $1.50
Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Saturday, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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Cruising Europe on a luxury liner, the choice is Crystal clear
Cruising Europe on the newly remodeled Crystal Serenity offers picturesque ports and a taste of the suite life - with a butler
MEDITERRANEAN COAST - Most customers probably choose a cruise based on its ports of call. But having sailed three times now with Crystal Cruises, I'd happily board one of their ships if it never budged from port.
This year, Crystal Cruises - which encompasses the 1,070-passenger Crystal Serenity and the 922-passenger Crystal Symphony - was voted the "World's Best Large-Ship Cruise Line" for the 18th consecutive year in the Travel & Leisure readers' survey. Guest loyalty is so high that many customers have cruised more than 50 times with the company.
On my most recent voyage - Crystal Serenity's 10-day "European Embrace" tour from Dover, England to Guernsey, Bordeaux, Lisbon, Cadiz and Seville, and Barcelona - I meet two such die-hard fans. Dan and Maryan Gertson, who run a farm in Lissie, Texas, are currently on their 26th Crystal Cruise.
We're sitting knee-to-knee on a tender back from Guernsey, a sunny little sliver of an island best known as the setting for the novel "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," about the German occupation during World War II. It is the only port of call on the itinerary that the Gertsons haven't visited before.
When I ask why the Gertsons are devoted to Crystal, Maryan says, "It's their service and their crew. They're so warm and genuine. On almost every cruise we've been on, they know your name."
Steve Bluestein, a writer and comedian from Los Angeles on his third Crystal Cruise, puts it this way: "The staff doesn't know how to say 'no,' no matter what you want. One trip I wanted soy milk. They didn't have it, but at the next port, they got it. "
The Crystal Serenity offers one of the highest space-per-guest ratios of any luxury liner, and 85-percent of rooms include a veranda. First launched in 2003, the Serenity recently underwent a $35 million renovation and will benefit from another $17 million redesign of the Lido Deck and its top four suites during a dry dock in November.
More Information
1 Crystal Cruises will visit similar ports on the "Venice to Lisbon Explorer Combination" Oct. 26-Nov. 15 (from $4,635 per person), the "Mediterranean Medley" Nov. 2-15 (from $3,230 per person), the "Barcelona to Lisbon Crystal Getaways" Nov. 9-15 (from $1,950 per person), and the "Canary Island Serenade" (from $4,600 per person) Nov. 27-Dec. 9, as well as numerous cruises in 2014. Prices include food and beverages. Details: crystalcruises.com.
I'm in a 400-square-foot Penthouse Suite, which comes with a stocked bar, a Jacuzzi bathtub and, oh yes, a butler - in full tux with tails. Tamas programs his number into my bedside phone, so that I can summon him at will. (And who doesn't like the idea of "summoning one's butler.")
So what does being "butled" entail? Well, your man will pack and unpack your luggage upon request, make reservations in the ship's two specialty restaurants (Nobu's Silk Road and the Italian Prego), set up shore excursions, salon and spa appointments, offer nightly nibbles (I'm referring to food here, people), and even arrange a private cocktail party in your quarters.
It's tempting to simply remain aboard the ship, with something going on nearly every hour of the day. There's ballroom dancing, art and computer classes, movies, Broadway-style shows, live music, a disco, and guest lecturers. My favorite is retired FBI criminal profiler Clint Van Zandt. Without him, I'd never have known that the best way to remove your fingerprints is to soak them in a mixture of pineapple and papaya juice.
Within a day or two, I feel so at home that I find myself in the laundry room on my floor wearing only my bathrobe and slippers, chatting with other passengers as I clutch a load of damp underwear in my hand. If that doesn't count as becoming fully "Crystallized" - a term coined by cruise director Gary Hunter to describe the state of relaxation guests experience - then I don't know what does.
Only the irresistible allure of the ports could catapult me from this comfortable cocoon.
For me, the biggest surprise is Lisbon. Surveying the sunlit hillside city from Serenity's deck on the morning of our arrival, I'm in love before I even set foot off the boat.
Rua de Augusta, a broad, tessellated boulevard, is the main shopping street. Shouldering through throngs of ladies laden with bags, on your left you'll find the Elevador de Santa Justa, which transports passengers to the streets above. I take a more circuitous route (aka, I got lost) wandering the Alfama neighborhood, where laundry lines hang like bunting overhead and women chat to each other from windows. The prize is the Castelo de Sao Jorge, where I roam the romantic ruins of the castle walls for hours, taking in panoramic views of the city below.
Each new port seems determined to outdo the last, and Seville is no exception. It's a two-hour bus ride from Cadiz, where we dock, but it's worth logging the extra miles. I could easily spend an entire afternoon exploring the maze of the former Jewish quarter, Santa Cruz, where the fictional Don Juan was "born." It's probably no coincidence that the narrowest alleyway, Renosa, is nicknamed "the kissing street."
But you can't come to Seville without visiting the eye-popping Real Alcazar, a royal palace where almost every surface is covered in intricately patterned tiles, and the Spanish Pavilion. The pavilion, with a dazzling columned arcade embracing a massive courtyard, served as an otherworldly palace in the "Star Wars" series and as Sacha Baron Cohen's abode in "The Dictator."
Saving perhaps the best for last, our final port is Barcelona, a city that redefines the notion of "surreally" beautiful, thanks to the fanciful architecture of Antoni Gaudí. His masterpieces include La Sagrada Familia, an unfinished cathedral that resembles a dripping sand castle, the mosaic-encrusted Parc Guell, La Padrera, and Casa Batllo, with "bones" and Mardi Gras-like masks adorning its facade.
After you've got your Gaudí on, take a stroll along La Rambla, which buzzes with tourists, vendors hawking flowers and souvenirs, and some of the world's most outrageously clad street performers. I cap my visit off with a pint of beer at El Bosc de les Fades near the Museu de Cera (wax museum). With its mysterious grottos and drunken Ent trees, it's like Timothy Leary's version of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Then it's back to the ship, where my butler and a cold cocktail await.


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Please feel free to stop by our offices on the 2nd floor of Town Hall or contact a staff member to set up a meeting to explore your topic of interest.
For maps, downloadable data, and other information that might help you learn more about the Town or be of use in your next development project, please visit Geographic Information Services or our library of planning documents.
The departmental structure includes three Divisions:
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Just wanted to share the Valentines bulletin board I created for our teachers at school this week.
Each little owl says how much we love our teachers:
I painted the owls on white paper and then laminated them, so that part can be used again. Teacher friends, if you're reading this, pretend you never saw the owls before when TA Week comes around in May. =D
In addition to the bulletin board which was hung outside the teacher's workroom area, each teacher and staff member got a bookmark in their mailbox.
I printed the text on clear labels and used a small heart shaped punch and white tulle.
Happy Valentines Day!


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Importing email contact lists into SendBlaster Newsletter software from Yahoo! webmail is simple, here's our brief tutorial. First you need to export from Yahoo! your contacts in the CSV (comma separated values) common file format
Open Yahoo! webmail in you browser
Switch to classic view
Go to Import/Export section
Click on Export Now button near Microsoft Outlook label
This will open a new popup window asking for file save on your hard disk.
- Hit SAVE FILE
Now learn how to import a CSV contact file into SendBlaster Newsletter Software. Ready to bulk email your contact list!


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Using Maxthon 22.214.171.1240, whenever I try to get onto webs.com, a warning message like this appears. I went to taobao.com, which it said to. And it looked like madeinchina.com Can someone tell me whether this is a false positive or a real threat so I can move hosting providers.


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Truth About Ben Affleck And Lindsay Lohan Hooking Up
March 3rd, 2020
Lindsay Lohan was born on July 2, 1986, the first child of Dina and Michael Lohan, who would go on to give the star three younger siblings, Michael Jr., Cody, and Aliana. Lohan's parents had a stormy marriage, and continued to battle publicly and privately even after their 2007 divorce.
Lohan's career kicked off when she began modeling at just three years old, before doing dozens and dozens of commercials. Following a turn on the soap opera "Another World," her big break came when she was cast in the dual lead roles for the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap," playing twins opposite Dennis Quaid. Lohan received high praise, and went on to star in a number of teen-friendly films, including "Freaky Friday," "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen," and "Mean Girls."
In 2004, Lohan released her first single, "Rumors," and her debut album, "Speak," which went all the way to number four on the Billboard 200 chart. But following several more films and another record, Lohan's career started to derail in 2006 with personal and professional problems that led to a 30-day stint in rehab in early 2007. Just a few months later, the actress was arrested for DUI. She again entered treatment, was released after 45 days, and had a second DUI fewer than two weeks later, during which she was also caught possessing cocaine.
After a guilty plea, Lohan was placed on three years probation, went to rehab for a third time, and while ordered to spend a day in jail, ultimately served just 84 minutes due to overcrowding. Lohan's probation was extended in 2009 after she failed to complete required counseling, and her career continued to suffer due to sporadic projects that failed to find any success. In 2010, a judge determined Lohan had violated her probation, and ordered her to serve 90 days in jail, of which she only ended up behind bars for 14. She was also supposed to spend 90 days in rehab, but left after 23 days.
After a failed drug test later that year, Lohan once again entered rehab, staying at the Betty Ford Center for three months. In early 2011, Lohan was arrested for allegedly stealing a necklace, and after pleading no contest, she was sentenced to 120 days in jail, but ended up doing 35 days of home detention instead. Months later, Lohan was again ordered to jail for a probation violation, but spent only five hours locked up.
Lohan seemed on the brink of a comeback in 2012, with a Playboy spread and a well-received turn as "SNL" host. But a car accident on her way to filming the TV movie "Liz & Dick" ultimately led to charges of reckless driving and lying to police. She pleaded no contest, and was sentenced to 90 days in rehab. Upon her release in 2013, Lohan filmed a reality show for Oprah's OWN network, documenting her attempts to rebuild her life. It aired in 2014, and Lohan revealed on the finale that she had suffered a miscarriage in the months before.
With her last film, "The Canyons," ripped by critics, Lohan set her sights on the stage, and made her West End debut in "Speed-the-plow" in the fall of 2014. She completed the run without incident. Lohan nevertheless remains a tabloid target, and is routinely romantically linked to various people, even though she hasn't seriously dated anyone since Samantha Ronson.
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Adams proving to be effective against defensive shifts
PITTSBURGH -- Matt Adams, getting his first sustained opportunity to be the Cardinals' everyday first baseman, opened the season with five hits in a three-game series against the Reds. What's a bit surprising, though, is that four of those hits went to left field -- all while the Reds shifted their infield defense expecting Adams to pull the ball.
Hitting against the shift isn't all that new to Adams, who saw more teams defend him with an unconventional infield alignment last season and even in Spring Training. He's talked about countering it with the occasional surprise bunt, but has thus far had success just by taking advantage of where he has been pitched.
"After my first at-bat against [Johnny] Cueto [on Monday], all pitches were away and there was nobody over there at third base," Adams said. "It kind of surprised me a little bit. But maybe their feeling was to throw it out there and try to get me to pull it. I've just got to stick with my approach and hit the ball where it was pitched."
His two hits to left field on Thursday were also on pitches over the outer part of the plate that Adams was able to poke the other way.
"I've never thought of him as a pull-only hitter," Matt Holliday said. "But maybe the numbers show different. He doesn't seem to me like a guy who is a huge shift guy."
Teams aren't shifting him without reason -- Adams did show a tendency to pull the ball last season -- but the success of a shift is often predicated on the pitching that accompanies it. Pitching a left-handed hitter inside is more likely to draw a hit toward the right side of the field.
If Adams can continue to show teams he can hit to all parts of the field, he may end up beating the shift by forcing teams not to use one.
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Petra Kvitova won her first WTA tournament title since last August. (Regi Varghese/AP)
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Petra Kvitova: A-plus. The Dubai champion built on the previous week's three-set loss to Serena Williams in Doha, which was her best match in more than a year. She dropped only one set in Dubai, in the final against Sara Errani, beating three top-10 players in Errani, Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska. She won her first title since the New Haven Open last August by doing what she does best, rendering her opponents mere spectators as she blasted winner after winner. Kvitova improved to 10-2 in finals and moved up one spot to No. 7.
Kvitova's run was a much-needed reminder of what the WTA would (or should) look like if the Czech can rediscover her 2011 form. In the current WTA landscape, Kvitova is a top-four player with the firepower to challenge Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. Much ink has been devoted to her 2012 slump, but it bears reminding that the "slump" included two Grand Slam semifinals, one major quarterfinal and two titles. Looking fitter and more confident, she's primed for a charge up the rankings over the next six months.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: A-plus. Tsonga saved six match points to win his first 2013 title, in Marseille, five against Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals and one against Tomas Berdych in the final, which he won 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4. He ended a three-match losing skid to Berdych. Tsonga's resiliency supports the theory that his new partnership with Roger Rasheed is as much a boon to his mental game as his physical one.
Kei Nishikori: A. Special Kei won the Memphis lottery -- the tournament was an ATP 500 without a single top-10 player -- by beating top seed Marin Cilic in the quarterfinals and Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 6-3 in the final. He's up six spots to No. 16, just one off his career high.
David Ferrer: A. The No. 1 Spaniard defended his Buenos Aires title with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 win over Stanislas Wawrinka in the final. Ferrer, who is 17-2 this year, collected his 20th career title and 10th on clay.
Jelena Jankovic: B-plus. The good news: Jankovic won her first tournament in almost three years and snapped an 0-5 streak in finals by besting Paula Ormaechea 6-1, 6-2 in Bogota. The bad news: that this is a notable accomplishment, given she faced only one top-100 player and was pushed to three sets by No. 124 Julia Cohen and No. 133 Karin Knapp.
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Marina Erakovic:A. Erakovic became the first Kiwi to win a WTA title since 1989, winning in Memphis after Sabine Lisicki retired trailing 1-6. The 24-year-old Erakovic climbed from No. 71 to No. 62 after a week in which she had to save match point in her first-round victory against Annika Beck.
Dmitry Tursunov: A. Tursunov is back into the top 100 (at No. 92) after making the Marseille semifinals as a qualifier. The 30-year-old has been toughing it out on the Challenger circuit for most of the last year.
Janko Tipsarevic: D. The world No. 9 hasn't won a match in two tournaments since the Australian Open, where he retired in the fourth round with a foot injury. He lost to Tursunov in his opening round in Marseille.
Sara Errani: B-plus. The toughest part about having a career year that sends you into the top 10 is proving it wasn't a fluke. Errani has done well. Aside from a first-round loss at the Australian Open, the Italian has now made two finals this season. In Dubai, she pushed Kvitova to three sets thanks in part to Kvitova's erratic play, but also because she attacked the net with her doubles prowess and gave her opponent a different look.
Caroline Wozniacki: B. In making the Dubai semifinals, where she lost to Kvitova, Wozniacki outlasted boyfriend Rory McIlroy during a tournament week (McIlroy was eliminated in the first round of the World Match Play Championships). Aside from her loss to Ksenia Pervak in her first match of the season, Wozniacki hasn't had any bad losses this year, though she hasn't notched any big wins, either. For now, that stability is a positive.
Angelique Kerber: D. It's hard to know whether Kerber's winless streak in the Middle East -- she lost to Mona Barthel in Doha and Roberta Vinci in Dubai -- is a result of a prolonged drop in form or injury. Kerber skipped Fed Cup with a back injury, and it's possible she came back too early. Still, the results are worrisome.
Daily Bagel: Murray buys a hotel
Serena Williams withdrew from Dubai a day after Victoria Azarenka pulled out. (Osama Faisal/AP)
Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka: C. Last-minute withdrawals are a dagger, particularly to tournaments like Dubai that always get the shaft. But it's hard to fault a player who's willing to pay a fine in order to protect her health.
Yulia Putintseva: B. I made a fuss last week over Putintseva's being granted a wild card into Dubai over Svetlana Kuznetsova, but to her credit the 18-year-old made good. She beat Laura Robson in the first round and challenged Radwanska in a 7-5, 6-3 loss. Most notably, the fiery Kazakh-by-way-of-Russia was remarkably subdued through the week. The jury is still out on whether that makes her more or less entertaining.
Rebecca Marino: A. Marino, 22, stepped away from the game because of a lack of passion, a decision influenced by her bout with depression and Internet abuse. I'll miss having Marino on tour. She may not have made many headlines, but she was one of the "normals," intelligent, well read and easy to talk to about all manners of subjects. And her serve. I'll miss seeing that booming serve.
Jack Sock: A. What a way to get your first win of the season, as Sock upset Milos Raonic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in the first round of Memphis. Sock backed up his first victory against a top-15 player by beating James Blake to make his second ATP quarterfinal.
Bob and Mike Bryan: A. The brothers won their third title of the season, defeating Blake and Sock 6-1, 6-2 in the Memphis final.
Bernard Tomic: B. Tomic got his first win since the Australian Open, saving a match point to beat Martin Klizan 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9) in the Marseille first round, and he had match points against Tsonga in the quarterfinals. Some may focus on an opportunity lost, but I'm digging the fight Tomic has shown throughout the season.
Just look at some of the shots he's hitting in this highlight reel. Exciting stuff.
American men in Memphis: C-plus. Upside: Sock and Michael Russell made the quarterfinals. Downside: They outlasted the top three active Americans, John Isner, Sam Querrey and Ryan Harrison, all of whom lost before the third round.
American women in Dubai: D. Serena withdrew and Sloane Stephens and Varvara Lepchenko lost in the first round. Christina McHale failed to qualify. So, yeah, not a good week.


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"God's not dead," blares a headline on the black-and-white cover of the Newsboys' latest album, which depicts a late 19th century newsboy hawking papers on a city street.
And many would say that the proclamation is just not news in the 21st century, but not Michael Tait, the band's newest member and frontman.
"In today's age we see more and more young people and adults who say they are in the atheist category that there is no God," Tait said. "And we are here to say that God is alive and well. He is the foundation of our faith, and it's a reaffirmation of that belief. And we are roaring like a lion."
Tait and the Newsboys, which are known for their high energy live shows that feature drummer Duncan Phillips and his elevated rotating drumkit, will play at Rocky Mountain Calvary Church in Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 1. Also playing on the God's Not Dead Tour is The City Harmonic, which just garnered a Dove Award nomination for New Artist of the Year, hard-rockers Abandon and alternative rock band Anthem Lights.
"God's Not Dead" is also the name of the band's album that released Nov. 15 and is the first true worship CD by the 18-year-old group. But don't forget this is the hard-rocking Newsboys and the band puts its mark on such standards as "Mighty to Save," "Forever Reign" and "Your Love Never Fails."


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We'll be live-blogging everything from the inane to the stupendous with A.J. Daulerio at Deadspin over the course of Saturday and the buildup and race on Sunday. If you can pry yourself away from backyard barbecues and pool and beach openings, you can follow along at the tag "I AM INDY." Why "I AM INDY"? Well because we still haven't made enough fun of the horriful Gene Simmons theme song of the same name from two years ago.
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How many of you buy your mom flowers for Mother's Day? I know in the past I have sent flowers, but you know what is better than flowers...cupcakes with edible roses. What you see pictured here are Vanilla Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cupcakes topped with my favorite Vanilla Frosting and an edible chocolate rose. I actually made these cupcakes for a baby shower, hence the blue roses, but I think they would be adorable in assorted colors for mom. What mom doesn't want a dozen edible roses? To make the chocolate roses I piped melted chocolate (using a plastic baggie with the tip cut off) onto wax paper. I drew a template on a piece of paper and then placed the wax paper over it to pipe the roses. I used a toothpick to pre-poke holes in the top of the cupcake to make sure the stem did not break when I inserted the roses. I think they turned out perfectly.
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Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
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1 package yellow or white cake mix
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (dust these in flour to keep them from sinking to the bottom of the cupcake)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mix, sour cream, oil, vanilla extract, eggs, and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into 24 lined muffin cups.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
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John Battelle, 45, is an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, and author who has founded or co-founded scores of online, conference, magazine, and other media businesses.
In addition to his work at Federated Media, one of the largest media companies on the Internet, Battelle continues to serve as the Executive Producer and Program Chair of the Web 2 Summit, as well as a partner with BoingBoing.net. Battelle also maintains Searchblog, an ongoing analysis site that covers the intersection of media, technology, and culture at www.battellemedia.com.
Previously, Battelle occupied the Bloomberg chair in Business Journalism for the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He was Chairman and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI), publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com. Prior to that, he was a co-founding editor of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures.
In 2005 Battelle authored The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture (Penguin/Portfolio), an international bestseller published in more than 25 languages. He is at work on his second book, with the working title What We Hath Wrought: A History of the Internet's Next 30 Years. He is an expert in the field of media and technology, and has appeared on many national and international news channels such as CBS, BBC, CNN, PBS, Discovery, CNBC, and dozens more.
Battelle was a founding Board member of the Online Publishers Association and currently sits on the board of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. He sits on various startup advisory boards and served for nearly a decade on the Board of his children's school.
Battelle's honors and awards include: "Global Leader for Tomorrow" and "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; finalist rank in the "Entrepreneur of the Year" competition by Ernst & Young; "Innovator – One of Ten Best Marketers in the Business"by Advertising Age; and one of the "Most Important People on The Web" by PCWorld. Battelle holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a master's degrees in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.
Since 1992, Jim Balsillie has been co-CEO at Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the world renowned BlackBerry wireless solution.
In 2002, Mr. Balsillie founded The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a world-class global research institute focused on the restructuring of international governance. In 2007, Mr. Balsillie announced the creation of the new Canadian International Council (CIC) of which he is the Chair. In 2008, he founded the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Mr. Balsillie is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He is a chartered accountant and a fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants. He also holds numerous honorary doctorate degrees.
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It sure would be nice to find a copy of the Jim Balsillie interview on here. for someone who missed the original
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Meet John, Jason and Dan
When the Phillies set up camp at Bright House Field starting in mid-February, the front office from Philadelphia relies heavily on the Clearwater Threshers staff that works here the entire calendar year. The entire Clearwater staff is a huge help in making sure the camp runs smoothly and that fans have a great experience at Bright House Field.
Let's meet three particular employees that are vital to the Spring Training experience.
John Timberlake: Yes…he is the uncle of the famous singer and actor, Justin Timberlake. For the Phillies, he is the general Manager of the Clearwater Threshers and the Director of Florida Operations. John oversees the entire Spring Training operation from catering to merchandise. Timberlake is celebrating his 25th year with the Phillies and even served as a guest co-host for a radio show that aired back in Philly this past Sunday.
Jason Adams: Jason is the Assistant General Manager and in charge of ticketing. When he started 12 years ago, we sold 67,000 tickets for the entire Spring Training season at Jack Russell Stadium. This Spring Training, Adams will sell over 145,000 tickets at Bright House Field. Jason also oversees the IT department and print publications, including pocket schedules, programs and brochures.
Dan McDonough: Dan, Assistant GM for Sales, is the most visible of the three since he can be seen on the dugout twice a game with a "random contestant". Funny how the random contestant is always a good-looking female that he just happened to find in the stands. He also sells the suites and the Hooters Diamond Dugout, handles the postgame entertainment at Frenchy's Tiki Pavilion and even sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at every home game. Dan arrived in Clearwater from Philly in the fall of 1995.
Team Notes
Today is another road game but it is more like a home game. Team took BP at Bright House Field and then caught an 11:30 a.m. bus for Dunedin, which is about a 10-minute ride. They'll dress and shower in their own clubhouse.
Wednesday is a day off in the big league camp. Except for Doc who will take his regular turn by pitching in a 1 p.m. minor league game at the Carpenter Complex against a Pittsburgh minor league club.
Phillies' amateur scouts are in camp though Friday; international scouts will be here from Mar. 20-26. Most of their time will be spent at the Complex watching the minor leaguers . . . Phillies and Blue Jays will play a "B" game at 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Complex . . . WIP's Anthony Gargano and Glenn Macnow will be live from the Tiki bar on Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Broadcasting Schedule
Phillies are home for a 1:05 night game (Blue Jays) on Thursday. Game will be broadcast on phillies.com by Scott Franzke and Sarge. Phillies will wear green hats, a St. Patrick's Day tradition started in the late 1970s by the late Tug McGraw.
Friday's game (Pirates at Clearwater) will also be on phillies.com, Franzke and Wheels. Phillies are on TV Saturday (The Comcast Network), Sunday (Comcast SportsNet) and Monday (ESPN).
Alumni Memories
Opening day is fast approaching. We've asked Phillies Alumni for their most memorable opening day moment, minor leagues or majors.
Gary Matthews, (OF, 1981-83)
"Two stand out…1973 and 1986. In 1973, I was very proud to be in the opening day lineup my rookie year with the San Francisco Giants when we played the Reds at Riverfront Stadium. On the other end of the spectrum, having been in the starting lineup for 13 consecutive years, I was shocked to not see my name in the 1986 opening day lineup with the Cubs. Brian Dayett was penciled in for left field instead of me…in fact, he roomed with me the year before when he was getting a cup of coffee with the team and now he was replacing me in the opening day lineup!"
(John Brazer, Director, Publicity, once again contributed to today's blog. Next Phillies Insider will be posted Friday evening).
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1. Cherkasy mess
An eastern European take on the English classic. Combine crumbled beetroot macaroons, crushed beetroot meringues and yoghurt mousse (or whipped cream) in a glass. Top with candied beetroot (made by poaching small chunks of beetroot in its own juices and sugar syrup, allowing it to cool and rolling it in sugar) and a tart berry sorbet, such as blackberry. The Crimean flavours its macaroons and meringues with dehydrated beetroot powder (available from the Melbourne Food Ingredient Depot, mfcd.net).
2. Beetroot salad
Arrange a layer of sliced pickled beetroot (see below) on a plate. Coarsely chop some toasted walnuts and scatter over the beetroot. Scatter with crumbled Bulgarian feta, dress with olive oil and garnish with torn mint.
3. Beetroot Bloody Mary
A colourful alternative to the classic cocktail. Combine 60 millilitres of raw beetroot-infused vodka, 60 millilitres of fresh beetroot juice, 60 millilitres of tomato juice, a squeeze of lemon juice, a pinch of black salt, half a teaspoon of chilli powder, two drops of celery bitters, one teaspoon of freshly grated horseradish, a dash of chipotle Tabasco and one teaspoon of Hungarian paprika in a Boston shaker. Add ice and stir. Serve over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with slices of pickled turnip and beetroot.
4. Clear ice-distilled borscht
Place thinly sliced beetroot, carrot, celery and onion, a splash each of apple juice and kvas (a low-alcohol beer), lemon juice, parsley stalks, allspice, cloves and bay leaves in a large saucepan with vegetable stock and beetroot juice. The ratio of beetroot juice to stock should be 1:4. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Whisk in some agar agar (a vegetable-based alternative to gelatine available from Asian grocers) to help with the filtration process, cool and freeze. Thaw through a filter, such as a coffee filter. This leaves a delicious clear borscht. Serve cold.
5. Pickled beetroot
For four kilograms of beetroot, you will need 600 grams of raw sugar and one litre of red-wine vinegar. Bring the vinegar and sugar to the boil, stirring constantly. Top and tail the beetroot, halve and place in a deep roasting tray and season with olive oil, black pepper and salt. Cover with foil and bake at 190 degrees for about 40 minutes or until a fork is inserted easily. Cool for about 20 minutes or until the beetroot is cool enough to handle. Wearing gloves, peel the beetroot and cut into five-millimetre slices. Cover the slices with the pickling solution and refrigerate overnight.
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We would obviously jump at the chance to wear Olive Garden all over our faces - and we don't mean pasta sauce. The Italian-style chain that serves endless breadsticks and salad teased a makeup palette via Twitter that has our mouths watering, and it's getting a ton of attention on social media.
The pink-hued kit pictured in the Twitter post includes a large pink blush and a large toast-colored bronzer stamped with the Olive Garden logo, four highlight shades, and two mini blushes. With shade names such as "Marinara Rouge," "Breadstick Bronzer," "Alfredo Awesome," and "Parmigiana Perfection," this palette is making us super hungry with its appetizing colors.
Okay so you liked the subscription box... now what about a makeup palette? 😠pic.twitter.com/FDVSEjJGvz- Olive Garden (@olivegarden) July 31, 2018
The saucy palette caught the attention of internet beauty guru Jeffree Star, who tweeted back to the brand, "Is this real???"
Is this real???- Jeffree Star (@JeffreeStar) July 31, 2018
Olive Garden responded, "It needs to be!"
It needs to be! 💄â¤ï¸- Olive Garden (@olivegarden) July 31, 2018
Twitter seems to agree, as many users are responding back to the brand with statements of desire, heart eye emojis and even their own ideas for an expanded beauty line.
don't really know if i'm hungry or just excited- C∆rlyy♡ (@Carlyy_Millarr0) August 1, 2018
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The Daily Meal reached out to Olive Garden about whether or not this is going to be a real thing. All we recieved was a mysterious "Talk soon...."
We're craving this makeup palette harder than we crave OG's cheese ravioli. While we dream about the potential tutorials, we'll be reading 10 things you didn't know about Olive Garden.


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Army baseball a brotherhood, but duty comes first
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- There is the college life, and then there's the Army life.
The Army athletic program's recruiting pitch is not what you might imagine, an ego-building exercise in which the incoming freshman is told they can be the team's future. It's just the opposite. West Point cadets are told that they can be part of a glorious tradition that may include intercollegiate sports but extends into life long after graduation.
Duty. Honor. Service. Respect. Army cadets are instilled with a code from the day they enroll, and the precepts of that code are rigorously enforced by their peers and by the expectations of the institution. There are no easy rides at a service academy, and cadets who play sports are just lumping another time-draining responsibility on top of a hectic schedule.
Army baseball coach Joe Sottolano has been at West Point since 1992, and he knows he's dealing with a higher caliber of recruit. He doesn't have to promise playing time or put names on the back of the jersey. Sottolano simply tells players that if they go to West Point, they'll win and they'll leave better men, and his words carry the weight of history.
"What name could trump the one on the front? Whose name are you going to put on the back?" asked Sottolano. "West Point's not for everyone, and that's the beauty of the place. It's for a person who understands they're committing to something bigger than themselves. These guys want to help people. That's why they come here. I believe -- and these guys believe it, too -- that the greatest resources in life are people. And the greatest gift you give people is time. The greatest self-fulfillment that you get in your life is by positively impacting someone else."
Time, if precious everywhere else in the world, is more of an endangered commodity at West Point. Service academies cannot offer athletic scholarships to their recruits, and cadets must carry at least 18 credit hours each semester. Classes begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m., and cadets who play sports have to head right to their complex after class.
And practice isn't exactly peaceful. Sottolano's players know they're not supposed to walk between the lines, and they're taught that a messy dugout or locker is seen as a sign of disrespect to themselves and their team. The players may not get home until 7 p.m. and they have to be indoors at 11, and the whole day starts again a scant eight hours later.
"This is a rewarding place, a hard place for all the right reasons," said Sottolano. "If you think about it, what do your parents want from you? They want you to be a responsible person. They want you to be a leader. They want you to be disciplined and a person of high character, morals and integrity. All the things your parents want, this place instills in you 10-fold."
Jon Crucitti, an outfielder on Army's baseball team and a running back on the football team, can speak to that phenomenon. Crucitti, on track to be an infantry officer, interviewed several of the Yankees when New York visited West Point for an exhibition game this spring, and he revealed an interesting truth in an exchange with first baseman Mark Teixeira.
Crucitti, a history major, said his fellow cadets have a brotherhood among them, that they spend their bus trips to games studying for subjects and vigilantly making sure that they're each on the right track. Crucitti had scholarship offers to play sports at some of the schools he now competes against, but he decided early on that he wanted another path.
"Mom was the one I had to sell on this place, because I came here and I fell in love immediately," said Crucitti of West Point. "She just didn't know ... her baby going to a military school during a time of war. She just was unsure. I brought her here, and she saw how excited I got. Not only playing Division I football and baseball; that was a given. That's something she knew I was capable of and knew I wanted to do, but when she saw how I felt about the Army, she was put at ease."
West Point, situated on a strategic bend in the Hudson River, has a history that most schools can't match. The academy is located near the scene of a crucial Revolutionary War battle and was created by legislation signed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802. American generals like Ulysses Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson all walked the halls of West Point, as did modern-day generals Douglas MacArthur and Norman Schwarzkopf.
The baseball program at West Point hasn't produced a Major Leaguer since the First-Year Player Draft was instituted in 1965, but that's not for lack of talent. Army has won the Patriot League six times -- including last season -- and has seen several cadets taken in the Draft. The lone fly in the ointment, for potential pro athletes, is the academy's five-year military obligation.
Cadets can serve two years of their obligation and then request an early exit, and if they have a professional contract in place, there's a decent chance the rest of their service time will be converted to reserve duty. Perhaps nobody understands those in and outs better than J.T. Watkins, a senior on Army's team last year who is now stationed at Fort Sill.
Watkins, whose father Danny Watkins is an area scout for the Red Sox, said that Army recruits know what they're getting into when they enroll at West Point. Sure, they may have professional ambitions, but they learn to prioritize them. Professional baseball may be their dream, said Watkins, but they learn that serving in the military is an honor.
"I'm glad I made the decision I made," said Watkins last spring. "I have so much respect for this place and what it means and what it stands for and what it does to people. Coming into this place, you're expected to have good ethics and morals. They don't just accept anyone. It's not a factory. It's a place that reaffirms what you know and reinforces your good habits."
Those good habits, drilled down to every man, have found a focus in one of the program's former players. Stephen Reich, revered as one of the greatest pitcher in Army's baseball history, is known around West Point not just for the way he approached the game, but also for the way he loved his teammates and his peers away from the field.
Reich pitched for Team USA at the 1993 World University Games, and he briefly thrived for a low-level affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles after fulfilling two years of his military obligation. But Reich, a helicopter pilot, went on to serve four tours of duty in Afghanistan, and he was killed in action during a mission to rescue a four-man Navy SEAL team in 2005.
That memory -- of a man sacrificing his personal dreams to serve the greater good -- isn't somber at West Point.
Reich, who was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Meritorious Service Medal, is celebrated in a way that no winner of the Golden Spikes could be. His No. 20 is still on the Army jersey as a reminder eight years after his final flight, and Army's players learn to look up to his accomplishments in the game and the ideals he lived and died for.
"Steve Reich is what Army baseball should be about," said Watkins. "No. 20 means more to us than just about anything. The way he lived his life and gave his life -- not only for our country but for the other people that serve to protect our country -- it's a very honorable thing. Hopefully I can be half the man Steve was, and I think every one on our team aspires to be the same kind of guy. It's a shame that some other people give their lives for their country and go unnoticed, but I think Stephen's legacy will go on for a long time in Army baseball. I think No. 20's here to stay, and I think guys understand what it means."
Sottolano often talks about the Army Baseball Family -- sometimes shortened to ABF -- and it rings true in Reich's case. The program has unofficially renamed its recreation room "The Reich Room," and the left-hander's pictures and trophies are in full public view every day. And a couple times a year, you might even see Reich's actual family out at a game.
Ray Reich, Stephen's father, comes out to West Point a couple times a season, and he cherishes the way the program has embraced and remembered his son. The elder Reich, slight and bespectacled, resembles a physics teacher way before he reveals his former profession, and he said that his son wasn't raised in a military atmosphere.
Reich raised Stephen to play baseball, but a funny thing happened after his time at West Point. Reich, who had coached his son as a youngster, began to see that the Army was a better fit for him than the sport.
"He knew that he was not a Major League player," said Reich of his son's vision. "He saw that after two summers. He played with Team USA and fit in there very well. He knew what he could do, but when it became apparent he wasn't a Major League starter -- without spending years in the Minors -- I was relieved when the Pentagon said, 'Come back and fly.' I'd rather see him working hard in the Army than working hard for a Major League ballclub. It's what the country needs."
That perspective was entirely borne from the younger Reich's experience at West Point and the lifelong bonds he made with his teammates and coaches. Bob Beretta, executive athletic director at Army, has been on campus for 25 years, starting as an intern in the sports information office and rising to his current role where he oversees the sports information directors.
West Point's charm is its consistency, said Beretta, in the way that each class comes in and maintains the continuity of the institution. First-year cadets come in harried and overstressed, but they learn over time how to handle their responsibilities. And in this place, crucial to the country since before the nation existed, All-American carries a different meaning.
"Every one of them has a piece of Steven Reich in them," said Beretta of the team's current members. "He lives in the lives of all these young men, and Coach makes sure they're aware of his legacy. To this day, they wear his number on their uniform, and it's a fitting tribute. His legacy will never leave West Point. It's what this place has produced for 200 years, and it will produce that type of leader for another 200 years. I think that honor is very fitting in that it doesn't disappear. His memory, his spirit and what he stood for will live forever, because that's what West Point's bedrock foundation is built upon."