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Epstein continues to prepare for upcoming Draft
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.
CHICAGO -- Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein spent Tuesday watching Class A Kane County, but also reviewing video of some of the potential top picks in the upcoming First-Year Player Draft, June 5-7.
The Cubs have the fourth pick overall.
"We're just going to take the best player, regardless of position -- the best investment, the best bet on that player's career," Epstein said. "I think there's tremendous pitching depth in this class. I think there's more depth than elite, per se, but we should come out with a pretty good pitching haul, we hope, when it's all said and done."
The Cubs have done well in Epstein's first two Drafts, picking outfielder Albert Almora in 2012 and third baseman Kris Bryant in 2013.
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"Paranormal Activity 2"
After experiencing what they believe to be a series of break-ins, a family installs a surveillance system, only to discover from the footage that their relative Katie, from the original "PA," is responsible. In theaters everywhere, watch the trailer.
From director Clint Eastwood and screenwriter Peter Morgan comes a film that tells three interwoven stories about a man who can talk with the dead, played by Mat Damon, a woman who has a near-death experience and a young boy who loses his twin brother. Going into wide release, read our review and watch the trailer.
"The Taqwacores"
Based on Michael Muhammad Knight's novel of the same name about a Muslim American college student in Buffalo who goes looking for an apartment and finds himself living with a group of guys who have founded an Islamic punk scene. In limited release, read our review and watch the trailer.
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Garter stitch is a beginner's best friend, and even for the most seasoned knitters, it holds an important place in our repertoire of stitch patterns. Cecelia Campochiaro reminds me of this in her beautifully designed book, Sequence Knitting.
Sequence Knitting brings to life the modular and algorithmic nature of repeating simple combinations of knits and purls. We've put these methods to the test with this Broken Garter Scarf, which is just one line of a repeating pattern. In Purl Soho's elegant Mulberry Merino, the result is a texture as soothing to behold, as it is to create!
It isn't often that such a groundbreaking reference book comes along, and Sequence Knitting has secured a prime spot on my bookshelf. If you're interested in the story behind this book, I highly recommend Cecelia's interview for Woolful. And to put the concepts into practice, start with our Broken Garter Scarf! -Laura
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March 9, 2017
The soothing hypnotism of our Broken Garter Scarf pairs perfectly with our lustrous Mulberry Merino. And in our new heather-ed Wheat Flour color, the result is subtle and totally classic. Click here for more information and additional photos!
- 3 skeins of Purl Soho's Mulberry Merino, 80% extra fine merino wool and 20% mulberry silk. Each skein is 247 yards; approximately 554 yards required. We used Ballet Pink and Dark Loam.
- US 5, straight or circular needles
22 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch
Finished Dimensions: 9 inches wide x 78 inches long
This pattern is worked over a multiple of 6 + 1 stitches. For example 6 x 8 = 48 and 48 +1 = 49.
Cast on 49 stitches.
Row 1: Knit.
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Aid to cash-strapped Ukraine and sanctions on Russia remain on track in the U.S. Congress, but it will take a few days longer before the legislation gets to President Barack Obama.
House leaders decided to vote Tuesday on the package, putting off an expected Friday vote. Congressional aides said the decision by the International Monetary Fund on Thursday to release billions of dollars to Ukraine lessened the urgency to act.
The delay ensures that House members will have a chance to go on record with a roll-call vote in backing the Senate version of the bill.
If signed into law, the bill would provide $1 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine and further sanction Russia for its annexation of Crimea.
"We must target those guilty of aggression against Ukraine and stand by our allies and friends to ensure peace and security in Europe," said Rep. Ed Royce, a Republican and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Obama was wrapping up a three-country European trip during which he solicited support of allies in challenging Russia's moves in Ukraine. The rare congressional unity contrasted with recent partisan divisions over the Ukraine package, including disputes over new IRS regulations on groups claiming tax-exempt status and International Monetary Fund reforms.
In a retreat two days earlier, Senate Democrats backed down and stripped the IMF reform language from the bill, a defeat for the Obama administration, which had promoted the IMF provisions.
Ukraine, a nation of 46 million people, is battling to install a semblance of normalcy since Ukraine's pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted in February after months of protests ignited by his decision to back away from closer relations with the European Union and turn toward Russia.
On Thursday, the IMF pledged up to $18 billion in loans to prop up Ukraine's teetering economy. The money was hinged on structural reforms that Ukraine has pledged to undertake.
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Nationals tie it in ninth, lose to Reds 4-3 in 15
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twice during their extra-inning game against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night, the Washington Nationals appeared to have game-winning hits.
Twice, the Reds made outstanding catches.
There would be no third chance as Todd Frazier's two-run homer in the 15th inning lifted the Reds over the Nationals 4-3.
"All you can do is hit and sometimes you wish you could steer it after you hit it, but that doesn't happen," Nationals manager Matt Williams said after watching his team tie the game in the ninth and nearly win it in the 11th and 14th.
First, Brandon Phillips robbed Wilson Ramos behind second base with a runner on third to end the 11th.
Then in the 14th, Billy Hamilton got a great jump and made a diving grab in right center of Anthony Rendon's liner with a man on second.
"I hit it good," Rendon said. "I knew it and I knew he had a chance of catching it, but I was hoping it might die and it didn't die."
Phillips singled off Ross Detwiler (0-2) to open the 15th and with one out, Frazier homered to center.
"I (wanted) to drive something. I had two good at-bats before that. It's crazy how the game goes," Frazier said. "You're 0 for 3 and then you get three more at-bats in extra innings and you go 3 for 3. So it's like a whole new game and I got a ball up, elevated and tried to drive it."
The home run also ended a 27 2-3 innings scoreless streak by the Nationals' bullpen.
"Bad execution, bad pitch selection, pretty much bad all the way around," Detwiler said
Logan Ondrusek (1-2) worked two innings for the win, allowing an RBI single to Greg Dobbs in the bottom of the 15th before getting Danny Espinosa to fly out to deep right to end the 4-hour, 58-minute game.
Washington trailed 2-1 when Espinosa doubled to left off Aroldis Chapman to start the ninth. He advanced to third on a fly to deep left-center by Kevin Frandsen and scored on pinch-hitter Scott Hairston's fly to deep left.
That rally cost Reds starter Mike Leake his first win since April 15.
Monday night was the first meeting between Leake and Stephen Strasburg, youth league teammates in San Diego and 2009 first-round draft choices, with Strasburg going first overall and Leake eighth.
Strasburg went seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits. He walked only one, but hit two batters, both of whom scored.
Both teams had their share of chances. The Reds were 2 for 24 with runners in scoring position, and the Nationals were 2 for 18.
The Reds were without first baseman Joey Votto (strained left quadriceps), who is rehabbing in Cincinnati, for the fourth straight game.
Trailing 2-0, Washington finally got to Leake in the seventh. Nate McLouth singled with one out and took second on a wild pitch. With two outs, Denard Span singled to right, scoring McLouth and ending Leake's night after 110 pitches.
The Reds used their legs to take a 1-0 lead in the fourth.
Frazier was hit by a pitch with one out and went to third on Brayan Pena's single. With Chris Heisey at the plate, Ramos blocked a pitch by Strasburg in the dirt and Pena broke for second. Frazier dashed home when Ramos threw to second and second baseman Espinosa's only play was on Pena, who was tagged out in a rundown.
The Reds made it 2-0 in the fifth. Zack Cozart was hit on the arm by a fastball by Strasburg. On a hit-and-run play, Hamilton singled him to third and Cozart scored on a single to center by Skip Schumaker.
NOTES: Williams said rookie RHP Blake Treinen will be called up from Triple-A Syracuse to make LHP Gio Gonzalez's scheduled start Thursday in Pittsburgh. Gonzalez (left shoulder inflammation) went on the 15-day DL Sunday. Treinen has made four appearances, including one start, for Washington. ... Williams said 1B Adam LaRoche (right quad strain) took pregame grounders for the first time since going on the DL on May 10. . Cincinnati's Jonny Cueto (4-2, 1.25) opposes Doug Fister (0-1, 4.76) on Tuesday.


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This is going to be sort of a rambling, chain-of-thought post, not my highest grammatical achievement. Still, it's on my mind.
I know people will point and laugh, I'm used to it, but here's what I keep coming back to - what might we expect from the Jays next year compared to what was successful in other cities last year? Comparisons are always tricky but still . . . consider this.
I matched up the potential starters as well as i could where direct comparisons were not possible, and the figures cited are xFIP
Front part of rotation RHP -
Shields (age 30) - 3.25 xFIP: His career year, coming off his worst year. The two combined look much more like his career figures except the K's got some higher.
Morrow (27) - 3.53: Has about .4 run higher career ERA, but more stuff, a higher ceiling, and he's 3 years younger. I see no reason why Morrow couldn't take a similar step forward in 2012 as Sheilds did in '11. No one would have penciled Sheilds in for a sub-3 ERA a year ago.
Front part of the rotation LHP-
Price (26) - 3.32: actually pitched better in '11 than in '10 even though ERA went up. True front of rotation high ceiling talent. Can only get better.
Romero (27) - 3.80: As Shields is to Morrow, so Romero is to Price. Producing similar results, but with noticeably less raw stuff and upside.
Taken as a set, though, there's little difference between the talent and ability - and potential for producing similar results - between their set and ours, in my opinion.
Oldest pitcher among those remaining-
Neimann - (29) 3.73: Basically average guy (Jesse Listch has a better career ERA+)
McGowan - (30) 4.38: Injury prone is an understatement, but virtually legendary ability before the injury and Jays people say he's pretty much all the way back. No way to know how long he will last but EVERY reason to think that while he's out there he's noticeable better than Neimann.
Similar age-
Hellickson - (25) 4.72
Cecil - (25) 4.43 [4.03 in 2010]
This is the comparison that a lot of you will scoff at. But Cecil, even in his "bad" year had a better FIP and xFIP than Hellickson, has a slightly better BB/9 and also a better K/9. Cecil had a worse H/9, which cost him last year when he got the ball up, but on actual results they are very close - far more so than the ERA would suggest. Now, the flip side is that Hellickson comes with better scouting reports and shinier clippings than Cecil ever had. One may safely assume he has more stuff and a higher ceiling. but if we pair these last two sets, as we did the first two, it's arguable that on stuff, McGowan exceeds Neimann to a similar degree that Hellickson exceeds Cecil.
The slight edge going to the Rays because one can't assume McGowan can last all year. But assuming health, as with the 1-2 set, the outcome in '12 should display a very marginal difference between their two and our two.
Young and unproven:
Moore - (23) ??
Alvarez - (22) 3.38
Moore is considered the best pitching prospect in the game, Alvarez is quite good but he doesn't carry THAT reputation. The only question here is whether Moore will pitch up to his reputation in the first year. BUT let's remember that the premise here is not what will happen next year, but what happened last year. Moore did not significantly contribute to the Rays record last year. The fifth busiest starter for the Rays in 2011 was Wade Davis. while one has to acknowledge the potential that Moore will out-preform Alvarez, one also has to expect Alvarez will be better than Davis was last year.
sixth option-
Davis - 4.82
Drabek - 5.13
One might argue similar potential as a prospect, they were similarly ranked in the minors, but Drabek has the edge in age (2 years) and Davis has the edge in not having the difficulties Drabek had in his first year. But taking the 2011 results as a reference, it's not crazy to suggest Drabek could rebound to the level Davis produced, if he were in the rotation.
Ultimately, I have no answer for Matt Moore if he pitches up to his press, but Price was every bit as highly regarded and he was just league average in his rookie year so it obviously can happen. Otherwise, where is this vast gap between the Rays staff and the Jays? I think it's quite overstated.
Jumping to the bullpen, let's look at the ERA and xFIP of the Rays' relievers who are still on the team:
Farnsworth - 2.18 / 3.23
Peralta - 2.93 / 3.88
Ramos - 3.92 / 4.85
Howell - 6.16 / 4.35
Gomes - 2.92 / 4.51
Russell - 3.03 / 5.50
McGee - 4.50 / 4.35
compared to:
Santos - 3.55 / 2.69
Cordero - 2.45 / 4.14
Oliver - 2.29 / 3.24
Frasor - 2.98 / 3.94
Janssen - 2.26 / 3.04
Villianueva - 4.04 / 4.48
Perez - 5.12 / 3.79
Acknowledging that McGee has the potential to get dramatically better, I still contend the latter set is superior to the former. And the idea that cumulatively they could match or exceed what the Rays got in relief last year is easy to accept.
Now the offense:
Catcher - the Rays are going with the 37 year old guy who's career OPS+ going into 2011 was 62. The Jays are going with the guy who, for all his offensive flaws, posted a 90 as a rookie (and who's not an "out of left field" fluke like Jaso was). I like our chances of getting better results in 2012, but on the point of whether this Jays team can do what the 2011 Rays did statistically, JP was way better than Shoppach was. Here's the collective line JP and Jeff have to best:
.194 - .274 - .333 - .607 - I'm going to say that's in the bag.
First - Adam Lind brings a 106 into the season, which seems short of matching Kotchman's 128 last year. Except when you consider that Kotchman brought a career mark of 91 into last season. CAN Lind throw up an OPS better than .800 this year? Sure he can. Will he? Who the heck knows. Here's the cumulative like for 1B for the '11 Rays:
.288 - .357 - .388 - .745 - Move 50 points from OBP to SLG (I know that the higher math says one is more important than the other) and there is no reason at all Lind can't be expected to do that well, and likely better.
Second Base - Ben Zobrist put up a 132 last year, which is better than Johnson's career mark. I'm not going to pretend Johnson can do anything like that this year. However, Zobrist wasn't the only fellow playing 2B. Sean Rodriguez spent some time there too, and that drug the cumulative line down to something more reasonable:
.262 - .343 - .451 - .793 - now go look at Kelly Johnson's career line.
Shortstop - the combination of Ried Brignac (abysmal) and Sean Rodriguez (average) fell far short of what Yunel can reasonably be expected to do. In fact, the combined offense of TB shortstops in '11 is a line John McDonald could challenge:
.193 - .256 - .282 - .539
Third - Longoria wasn't himself for most of the year, but it's the year he had in the season in question and Lawrie is certainly capable of matching it's value. Certainly he MIGHT regress, but I'm speaking here of reasonable optimism. it's not unreasonable to suggest lawrie could throw up an .850 OPS. I think Lawrie is our Longoria. and of course, Longoria was hurt for the first month or so of the season, so the cumulative production at 3B for the season was an easier bar for Our Hero to reach:
.231 - .335 - .466 - .801 - anyone NOT want the over on that?
Right - Matt Joyce had a fine little year, but Jose ran-roughshod over it, more than enough so to make up for any minor negative elsewhere.
.261 - .338 - .436 - .774
Center - B.J. Upton's OPS was .759, in 2010 Rasmus' OPS was exactly 100 points higher. No one can say for sure he WILL return to those levels but he certainly CAN.
.257 - .341 - .440 - .781 - I, for one, am very confident Rasmus will out-do that line.
Left - yes, the future is Jennings, and it's an open question whether snider will step up and contest him on who is better (I think he's at least his equal in talent, but whether he can overcome the effects of having been rushed...) BUT this comparison is with last years Rays, for whom the primary FL was good old Sam Fuld, who finished the year with a .673 OPS. Thames can easily beat that, let alone Snider.
.241 - .313 - .406 - .720 - not a high bar to clear.
DH - EE already did better in 2011 as a DH than Damon did for the Rays.
.260 - .320 . 424 - .744
The 2012 Jays are not just better than the 2011 Rays offensively, they are WAY better. The counter argument being that the team totals for the 2011 jays are not much higher, but this is a different team: Hill is gone, Lawrie and Rasmus will be with them all year, and since I'm arguing "possible" and not "guaranteed" - it's reasonably possible snider busts out and not inconceivable that Lind rebounds somewhat.
I think the bullpen, if, on average, they pitch to their abilities, is clearly better.
Which brings us right back around to the rotation.
The Blue Jays were one full run (of ERA) behind the Rays in this department in 2011, and not even I would deny they have some stepping up to do. But I, for one, think they are capable of it. That doesn't necessarily imply that they will be better than the Rays in 2012. A full season of Jennings and Moore make potentially a great difference, as does a rebound from Longoria and the return of Carlos Pena (though I'm not as impressed with Pena as many are). I wouldn't be terribly shocked if both teams passed the Red Sox, however. I expect all three teams to land somewhere between 87 and 92 wins and that could be in virtually any order (and the best of those could be 8-10 games behind the Yankees).


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Gákti is the Northern Sámi word for a piece of traditional clothing worn by the Sámi in northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The gákti is worn both in ceremonial contexts and while working, particularly when herding reindeer. The traditional Sami costume is characterized by a dominant color adorned with contrast colored bands, plaits, pewter embroidery, tin art, and often a high collar. In the Norwegian language it is called 'kofte', most probably due to the word "gákti" being somewhat similar to the word 'kofte' in the accusative, genitive, locative and comitative case.
The colors, patterns and the jewelry of the clothing can signify if a person is single or married and where the person is from. There are different gákti for women and men; men's gákti have a shorter "skirt" than women's. Traditionally the gákti was made from reindeer leather, but now it's more common to use wool, cotton or silk. The gákti can be used with a belt (pleated, quilted or with silver buttons), silver jewellery, traditional leather footwear and a silk scarf. It is also a tradition that if your buttons on the belt are square, it shows that you are married. If they are round, you are single/not married yet. If a married couple divorce, and the ex-husband continue to use the Sami costume made by his ex-wife, he signals that he still wants her.
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Fr. Pavone Supports "Common Sense" Indiana #Abortion Bill
Date: March 7, 2014
Contact: Leslie Palma
NEW YORK, NY – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today issued a statement commending the Indiana Legislature for passing SB 292 and urging Gov. Mike Pence to sign the legislation into law.
"President Reagan once said of dealing with the Soviet Union, 'Trust, but verify.' All we can say with regard to dealings with abortionists is 'Verify.' It's only common sense that the state should know that abortionists are obeying the law," Father Pavone said. "This bill is sound legislation and we look forward to Gov. Pence making this bill a law."
Indiana currently requires an abortionist to have local hospital admitting privileges or to have an agreement with a doctor who has such privileges to treat any post-abortion complication. The new bill would require an abortionist to provide to the state the written agreement he has with the hospital or the designated physician.
The legislation also would amend current law to require annual state inspections of abortion clinics instead of every two years and would require an abortion clinic to maintain a 24-hour hotline to answer emergency calls.
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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The Concord Museum will be temporarily closed due to ongoing public health and safety concerns.
Renowned as the site of the battle that began the American Revolution and as the home of the most original thinkers and writers of the American literary renaissance, the town of Concord has played a remarkable part in the history of New England and the nation. The Concord Museum is the one place where Concord's past is brought to life through a nationally-significant historical collection including the famed Revere lantern, literary treasures such as Emerson's Study and Thoreau's Walden desk, Concord-made clocks, silver and furniture -- all in engaging, self-touring galleries with hands-on family activities and the award-winning "Exploring Concord" film. The Concord Museum is where Concord's history begins.


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Here are two recent sets of name rankings out of the United Arab Emirates.
In mid-2013, the UAE's Ministry of Health released "year to date" baby name rankings topped by Mariam/Fatima and Mohammed:
|Girl Names
|Boy Names
1. Mariam (tie)
2. Fatima (tie)
3. Aiysha
4. Sara
1. Mohammed
2. Abdullah
3. Ahmed
4. Ali
5. Khalid
6. Saeed
7. Omar
8. Rashid
Earlier this month, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) of Dubai — one of the 7 emirates in the UAE — released lists of popular girl names and boy names according to a survey of school registration records. I'm not sure what age range the records covered, but these lists were also topped by Maryam and Mohammed:
|Girl Names
|Boy Names
1. Maryam
2. Sara/Sarah
3. Fatima/Fatma
4. Ayesha
5. Noor
1. Mohammed
2. Ali
3. Omar
4. Ahmed/Ahmad
5. Abdulla/Abdullah
One Dubai student named Mohammed was quoted as saying, "It is common to see four or five students share Mohammed as their first name in a class of 25 to 30 students. We usually get called by our second name."
(I wonder where Hamad fell on these lists…)
Sources: Mohammed most popular name for boys, The baby names that Dubai happens to loves the most


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The resulting Clang-built-Clang is not yet functional, so this "self-build" milestone is well short of full self-hosting. However, self-building indicates that C++ parsing, semantic analysis, and code generation is solid enough to compile the entirety of LLVM (~350k lines of C++ code) and Clang (~200k lines of C++ code) and produce object files that link together properly. To get to this point, we've fixed many bugs in Clang (when compiling C++ code), but also several bugs in LLVM and Clang that were found by Clang itself.
We are tracking a number of Clang bugs that manifest when building LLVM and Clang, as we make our way to the next big milestone: full self-hosting of Clang!


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Senior Jessica Gass placed 28th at the 2012 Royal Cross Country Challenge in a 5K personal-best time of 18:24.54.
Meet Information Live Results Page Men's 8K Course Map Women's 5K Course Map Charlotte Weather The Liberty men's and women's cross country teams will be back in action Friday afternoon, when they send partial squads to McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte, N.C., for the Royal Cross Country Challenge. The women's gold 5K race will get the day started at 4:30 p.m., with the men's gold 8K race following at 5:15 to cap off the Flames' first meet outside Virginia this season. Liberty will enter a full women's team, consisting of Lindsey Bray, Stephanie Buda, Mary Cate Cooper, Jessica Gass, Kaitlyn Hutchins, Courtney Russo, Kate Spencer and Megan Versen. Meanwhile, Nate Jones and Jacob Onifer will be the only Flames competing on Friday.
How to Follow the Flames and Lady Flames Live results and in-progress splits will be available for both of Friday's races, courtesy of Flash Results, Inc.
Weather Report The weather will be a bit warm for distance running Friday afternoon, with a forecasted high temperature of 78 degrees under partly cloudy skies.
Scouting the Competition Liberty is one of 45 schools which will compete at Friday's meet, hosted by Queens University of Charlotte. Duke headlines the list of entrants, as the Blue Devils' women's squad is the meet's defending champion and is currently ranked No. 17 nationally.
The Flames and Lady Flames will also square off against Big South Conference foes Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian College.
Checking Out the Course For the first time in 2013, Liberty's runners will compete on a flat race course at McAlpine Creek Park. The course is known for producing fast times, in contrast to the hilly terrain the Flames and Lady Flames have encountered at Panorama Farms and the Vista Links Golf Course.
Last year, Liberty senior Jennifer Klugh set the school record at McAlpine Creek Park, racing to a 6K time of 20:35.78 at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships. Additionally, four of the 10 Liberty athletes competing on Friday set their personal bests at the 2012 Royal Cross Country Challenge, including Nate Jones (25:10.9 for 8K), Mary Cate Cooper (19:38.73 for 5K), Jessica Gass (18:24.54 for 5K) and Courtney Russo (18:24.98 for 5K). Looking Back at Last Year Liberty will be competing in the Royal Cross Country Challenge for the second straight season. Last year, the Flames took home the men's team title in impressive fashion while a short-handed Lady Flames team finished fourth overall.
On the men's side, David Ricksecker, Caleb Edmonds, Ngetich Kipchirchir and Jeremie Bourget swept the top four places, helping Liberty win with a score of 19 points. Nate Jones, who will compete for the Flames on Friday, finished 16th overall and sixth for Liberty in 2012, clocking an 8K personal-best time of 25:10.9.
The Lady Flames placed fourth of 25 teams despite the absence of senior standouts Jennifer Klugh and Khristina Kanagy. Among the Lady Flames' entrants for this year's meet, Jessica Gass and Courtney Russo are the top returnees from 2012. Last season, Gass crossed the line 28th overall and fifth on the team, with Russo right behind her in 29th place.
Bye Week Not only is this a bye week for the Liberty football team, but it is also one for the Flames' top seven men's and women's cross country runners. They will take this weekend off from competition in preparation for the ISU Pre-National Invitational, slated for Oct. 19 in Terre Haute, Ind.
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Hey all,
This month's inspiration is the fool. Feature the jester fig (or your own custom) in a MOC.
Bruce N H wrote:Oops, sorry I let this one languish most of the way into the next month. As interest in these seems to have waned a bit, I'll let the monthly challenges sit idle for a couple of months.
Siercon and Coral wrote:Aw bummer... I was just looking forward to the next one lol, in light of the lack of fool inspiration. Good idea, i just couldn't think of anything myself. So just know we'll be waiting for them to start popping up again!
Karrde wrote:I'm just waiting for the next 32x32 challenge (and passing exams in the meantime)
IWhy wait?
pijani wrote:IWhy wait?
I am kind of missing battle contest maybe we could have one, withouth rewards? l'art pour l'art
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Last November "New Moon" rocked the U.S. box office with $142 million. Studio Summit Entertainment has even greater hopes for its next chapter, "Eclipse," which opens in theaters at 12:01 Wednesday.
So how do the filmmakers expect to grow their audience (and box office) beyond it's rabid following --- in the third film?
"Eclipse" Producer Wyck Godfrey tells PopcornBiz that people are able to get onto the "Twilight" bandwagon well beyond the initial release of the films. At this point, folks can get hooked on the books, the movies, the DVD releases and the television viewings of the film.
"We're speaking to the evolved 'Twilight' audience," says Godfrey. "The fortunate thing about 'Eclipse' is that it's coming on the heels of the greatest access to the world of the 'Twilight.' "
That's an advantage for a third film that even trumps the initial craziness that came in the first, pop-culture-altering film, "Twilight," which Godfrey also produced. At that point it was a rabid -- but contained -- audience.
"The audience we were going for in 'Twilight' were the people that had read the books and loved the books," he says. "Now there have been two other movies in theaters and out on DVD."
With multiple access points, even more people are bound to get pulled into the craziness and the enthusiasm. This could even be seen by the need to move the "Eclipse" premiere to downtown Los Angeles to accommodate the growing legions of zealous fans who camp out for days for a good spot near the red carpet.
Besides the fans, Godfrey even counts in a small population of the just curious who will be drawn to the box office.
"There will be a minority of people that are curious because its summer and they have heard about the movie about this girl Bella and Edward and Jacob," says Godfrey.
Seriously, have these people been living under a rock? Either way, they are welcome into the "Twilight" tent. With "Eclipse" getting some of the best initial reviews of any film in the series, they might just enjoy the ride.
"If you knew just the basics like Edward and Bella, then you would be able to appreciate this film," says Godfrey.
How "Eclipse" Will Even Cover Over "New Moon"
Last November "New Moon" rocked the U.S. box office with $142 million. Studio Summit Entertainment has even greater hopes for its next chapter, "Eclipse," which opens in theaters at 12:01 Wednesday.


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Congregational minister Asa Turner settles in Iowa and writes a letter to his mission board in the East asking for missionaries to come to Iowa. "The land sales (from the Black Hawk Purchase) are over," he says. "Settlers have got their titles to earth. Now it is time to secure a title to heaven." Eleven men hear Turner's call and organize what becomes...
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At the annual meeting of the Association of Congregational Churches of Iowa, James J. Hill lays down a single silver dollar, asking that trustees protect and grow it, officially beginning Grinnell's endowment. Every first-year student receives a replica medal at New Student Orientation.
Iowa College opens its doors to a rigorous college preparatory program in Davenport, Iowa. The college would soon relocate to Grinnell, Iowa.
Iowa College admits its first collegiate candidates. Like at the best eastern colleges, tuition was $24 a year.
Brothers John and William Windsor are the first to graduate from Iowa College. William later recalls that "the free-soil fever ran high in Iowa College" in the years leading up to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
The East College building is completed in Grinnell. For several years it houses all of the functions of Iowa College.


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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A woman remained in a coma after undergoing breast augmentation surgery at Coral Gables Cosmetic Center, her attorney said Wednesday.
WPLG-TV reports Linda Perez' attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said she had been in a coma at Mercy Hospital for 16 days.
"Unfortunately, Linda is not doing well," said Eiglarsh. "A healthy woman goes in to have a simple routine procedure and comes out a vegetable in a coma."
Eiglarsh said Perez, 18, suffered extensive heart and brain damage as a result of the procedure.
"She's having a tracheotomy. That means she has to go under general anesthesia again, and it was under general anesthesia where we believe the complications occurred last time," he said. "Question is: was it the doctors involved that put her in this state?"
On its website, Coral Gables Cosmetic Center bills itself as Miami's trusted plastic surgery center "with board certified surgeons, a center with 12 years in the industry and with a high rate of patient satisfaction."
Eiglarsh said her procedure was performed on August 12 by Dr. Jacob Freiman, and Dr. Mario Alberto Diaz, an anesthesiologist.
Federal court records say that Diaz is a convicted felon who served time in a prison for illegally dispensing more than 53,000 pain pills over the internet.
"Unfortunately, we are getting no answers from them at all," Eiglarsh said. "They claim HIPPA law prevents them from giving answers to her parents."
The Coral Gables Cosmetic Center issued a statement, saying: "We are committed to upholding the highest standards of medical care and patient safety. To protect the privacy of our patients, we cannot comment on any medical issues related to our patients. We will continue to abide by healthcare laws and regulations. We have been a proud member of the South Florida community for almost 15 years and have consistently delivered exceptional results for thousands of satisfied patients. We pride ourselves on partnering with top medical professionals, including board-certified plastic surgeons."
"Whether a lawsuit suit has to take place, that's to be determined," said Eiglarsh. "Right now we are trying to determine how she ended up in a vegetative state."


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According to a study by AOL, 42% of people surveyed said they absolutely would not tell the truth about their weight if asked.
Thirty-seven percent said they'd lie to a spouse about their weight.
And 39% said they'd be willing to shave up to 10% off their weight in order to deceive someone.
What I was most curious about but didn't see in the survey was who lied more about their weight, men or women.
At risk of getting boycotted, I'm gonna guess it's women...but just barely.
I think it's a myth that women are so much more self-conscious than men about their weight.
Sure, women I've known are really sensitive about such questions. I even had an ex-girlfriend back in the day nearly break down in tears and walk out of a department store when a sales clerk gently but adamantly told my ex that there was just no way she was going to squeeze herself into a size 2, unless she placed a 1 before the two.
Not nice, I know.
But of all the guys I know (not all of them beautifully sculpted like me), while I can only think of two who ever got that stressed out about their weight (and those two were morbidly obese), most guys I know stressed over their weight during their single days. They just stressed behind closed doors and banked on the fact that other guys just wouldn't query them on weight.
Here's the difference I noticed between men and women. Both worry about their weight in terms of their outward appearance. But men don't sweat the actual number as much as women, because they know that women who aren't in some sort of fitness or health-related line of work really have no idea what guys want to weigh, or should weigh.
An overweight guy with enough self-confidence can get away with walking around, sucking in his gut, and pretending that big automatically translates to muscular.
It may be 'cause society in general has been so much more biased toward them, but I just can't imagine an overweight woman attempting to pull off the same stunt as the overweight guy.
Who knows - maybe I'm reading too much into the study.
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Men who take vitamin C supplements could develop kidney stones. Calcium supplements may increase the risk of heart disease and even death. There is no scientifically proven evidence that multivitamins improve people's health. These are just a few headlines that lately appeared in the press. Behind those stories are a series of clinical studies that question a widespread habit among Americans, namely to add one or more daily supplements to their diet to ensure their nutritional needs are covered.
Nearly half of American adults use supplements regularly, generating over $30 billion a year in sales, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH). A new study tried to find out why so many people put their trust in supplements despite of much uncertainty that they have any significant health effects.
"People have very strong beliefs about these products and I don't know where they are getting their information," said Dr. Regan Bailey, a nutritional epidemiologist at NIH and lead author of the study report, in an interview with HealthDay. "The majority of scientific data available does not support the role of dietary supplements for improving health or preventing of disease."
What's even more puzzling is that many supplement users don't think of supplements as related to nutrition but rather to overall health. It's almost like a lifestyle issue, according to the study. Typical users are older, eat well, are physically active, manage their weight, don't smoke, and usually have a higher educational and social status than non-users. They consider themselves to be in very good or excellent health, and they also have health insurance.
Multi-vitamin-mineral products are among the most popular choices, followed by calcium and fish oil supplements. Many older women use calcium supplements for bone health. Some believe that vitamins are good for heart health or to lower cholesterol levels. Others think certain vitamins help preserve their eyesight.
The popularity of supplements has not been generated by the medical community. "Less than a quarter of supplements used by adults were recommended by a physician or health care provider," said Dr. Bailey.
There may also be safety concerns. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates dietary supplements under a different set of regulations than conventional foods and prescription drugs. Under current laws, the responsibility for the safety of supplements lies with the manufacturers. The FDA can only take action against unsafe products after they have been put on the market. Generally, manufacturers of supplements do not need to have their products approved by the agency.
Because of dietary deficiencies many Americans suffer from due to poor eating habits, I still would recommend taking a daily multi-vitamin-mineral supplement from reputable sources. However, it is crucial that users are aware of potential risks, i.e. overdosing. While it is unlikely for a healthy person to overdose on water-soluble vitamins like vitamin C and B-complex, since excessive amounts get eliminated in the urine, the fat-soluble varieties like vitamins A, D, E and K are stored in fat cells and can build up to toxic levels. So can a number of minerals. Some supplements can also interfere with certain medications and cause metabolic problems.
Most importantly, taking supplements should never be considered as a substitute for a healthy diet. Essential nutrients from real foods like fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats, dairy products and whole-grains cannot easily be provided by a few pills. Those are just – well, supplements.
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book "The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun"®, which is available on her blog and at amazon.com. For more articles on nutrition, health and lifestyle, visit her blog, "Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D." (www.timigustafson.com). You can follow Timi on Twitter and on Facebook.


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A vandalism spree in Jewett City over the long weekend left areas throughout town tagged with hate speech and other profanity.
A vandalism spree in Jewett City over the long weekend left areas throughout town tagged with hate speech and other profanity.
Griswold High School on Slater Avenue, the former Zuckerbraun's department store building on North Main Street, the skateboard park on Hill Street and a house on High Street were among those tagged with anarchic, anti-Semitic and racist language, as well as swastikas and other profane imagery. The most extensive, and expensive, damage was done to the Jewett City Little League fields which, while spared from graffiti, were sprayed with pellets from a pellet gun, Jewett City resident state trooper Adam Chittick said. The damage is expected to cost several thousand dollars to repair.
State police are continuing to investigate the vandalism and have offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of the vandals. Chittick did not offers specifics about the amount of reward.
Although the graffiti involved hate speech, Ryan Aubin, the town's director of youth and family services and parks and recreation departments, said the incident likely was not racially or religiously motivated.
"I think they're just teens who are dumb," Aubin said. "They're probably in a group of people who use that language daily and think they're cool when they say words like that, but I don't think they understand what it truly means."
Graffiti done on signs at the skateboard park was easier to remove because the dew kept the spray paint from setting, Jewett City Resident State Trooper Jay McCarthy said. In other places, especially on asphalt, Chittick said he planned to spray black spray paint over it as a temporary measure.
"We don't want anyone to see that and be offended," Chittick said.
At the skate park, some areas may need to be sanded out using a palm sander or sandblaster, Aubin said.
Chittick praised the quick response of neighbors, some of whom are working with him on starting a neighborhood watch program in the area. Their quick calls of suspicious activity meant police could clean the graffiti more easily because it hadn't set yet, he said.
"Without question, I think the neighborhood watch would curb incidents such as this one. With this program, the area will be better trained and educated, and we'll have a communication chain.


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It is coming to half a year since the inaugural Singapore Mini Maker Faire which was held on 4 & 5 August last year at Science Centre Singapore. So, what have all the makers been doing in this half a year? What projects have everybody been doing? It would be great if you could share them with us.
To start the ball rolling, we will share what some students under the club "Singapore Academy of Young Engineers and Scientists (SAYES)" have been tinkering with in the month of December.
Want to try your hands on it as well? The harmonograph they built will be set up for the first time in public on 19 January 2013 at Fort Canning as part of the Handmade Movement Singapore's Indie Craft Fair and you are free to express your drawing creativity with this specially designed paper!
So, come look for us at Fort Canning Green and Patio, 52 Canning Rise, this coming Saturday!


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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Examining Archives in Presidential Libraries
I thought I'd follow up Emily Kadens's excellent posts on working in archives (for instance, here and here) with some thoughts about conducting archival research in presidential libraries. So far I have visited two--Franklin D. Roosevelt's in Hyde Park and Lyndon B. Johnson's in Austin. It definitely pays to plan ahead by examining online finding guides, especially if you are working under severe time constraints. Unlike the Library of Congress, the archives at presidential libraries tend not to be open on Saturday. The FDR finding aids and photo libraries are searchable. The LBJ library has an extensive oral history collection (you can listen to a few, but not all, of the recordings without visiting the library).
Before the staff lets you touch anything at the LBJ library, they sit you down with a specialist to go over the rules for handling the documents and how information is organized. This wasn't required by the FDR library, but I think a brief orientation is not a bad idea. From somewhere around the time of President Kennedy onward, the system for organizing presidential documents changed dramatically. For example, I discovered that "human rights" became an umbrella category "used for all material pertaining to human and civil rights, the promotion and denial of such rights, discrimination, or discriminatory practices, and matters relating to segregation, ideologies, and voting rights, including all complaints about such matters." So, after having just learned how things were cataloged at the FDR library, I had to learn a completely new archival system.
Both presidential libraries required researchers to identify the documents intended for copying, using fairly standard procedures. At the FDR library, one had to show each file to the librarian for examination, but copies could otherwise be made by the researcher. I enjoyed running my hands over the various drafts of Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech, including the president's handwritten peroration with the memorable repeating line, "everywhere in the world," as well as finding proof that he was a card-carrying member of the American Legion. At the LBJ library, one could snap photos of the documents (you could even rent a camera), but copies had to be made by the library's copy service. It ended up taking a few months for my copies to arrive in the mail.
One of my happier discoveries was that some presidential libraries allow you to bring in a scanner. This appeared to be true of the FDR library (though just to be safe, I would call ahead to get confirmation because the research policy states that "computers" are allowed but makes no specific mention of scanners). I watched as an enterprising Georgetown student, working on her senior thesis, happily scanned document after document and uploaded them straight to her computer. I vowed then and there to become just as technologically savvy—hopefully, by the time I returned.
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Posted by Robert L. Tsai at 11:00 AM
Labels: Politics, Research tips
3 comments:
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
Thanks for this post. The LBJ Library is one of the most well-run archives I've encountered. For more help planning a trip, tips at the Archive Wiki, hosted by the American Historical Association, are helpful. The main page is here. And the LBJ Library page is here.
- April 21, 2009 at 3:50:00 PM EDT
- agourse said...
Reagan library also allows you to bring your own scanner. I was there last month and felt like a total dinosaur for relying on the photocopier. They do let you make your own copies for a reduced cost, which is nice (though a bit tedious).
- April 22, 2009 at 12:55:00 PM EDT
- Robert L. Tsai said...
Thanks for passing this information along. The Reagan library just went to the top of my to-do list!
- April 22, 2009 at 10:41:00 PM EDT
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This Chicago Tribune story came in my email this morning. In 2000, Diane Levine, who is a musician, was given Demerol and Phenergan for a migraine. Tragically for her, the physician's assistant injected the Phenergan into an artery instead of a vein. Levine subsequently developed gangrene and had her right forearm amputated. Not suprisingly, she sued the clinic and the physician's assistant for malpractice and received a $700,000 settlement.
What followed is tragic for all patients. Levine subsequently sued the drug company, Wyeth, for $7 million in damages, stating that there were not enough warnings on the label. In reality, there are 6 warnings indicating that intra-artierial injection can result in gangrene. She won.
The FDA had already approved the warning labels on Phenergan. However, last week, the Supreme Court upheld the Vermont verdict. Unfortunately, and counter to present practice, it appears, in this case, the Court upheld that untrained juries could dictate what drug companies put on their labels instead of trained doctors and pharmacists, who comprise the FDA.
In the end, Diane won her case against Wyeth, but who loses? All of may lose. Migraineurs may lose. They may not want to take a drug out of fear. They may not be given approved, safe drugs for fear of a lawsuit. Drug companies may not develop drugs with severe side effects for fear of a law suit. We all may pay higher prices for drugs that we need. In the end, sick people are inadequately treated. Just like Justice Alito said in his dissent, "tragic facts make for bad law". This is one of them.


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It's Election Day – Here Are 10 Strange Facts About Former Presidents
Election Day is finally here. After months and months of campaigning, either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama will be named the 45th president of the United States. While the rest of the nation votes, why not read some interesting information about past leaders of our country? We dug out some interesting facts about the first 44 presidents, to say they are strange is an understatement.
- Grover Cleveland was a cradle robber. He married the daughter of his law partner - he was present at her birth to give you an idea of the age difference. When his partner died, Cleveland became the girl's legal guardian.
- Thomas Jefferson invented alot of stuff. He invented the polygraph, a pasta maker, the swivel chair, the sundial, and the pedometer.
- President Obama collects "Spiderman" and "Conan The Barbarian" comic books, and has even read every "Harry Potter" book.
- William Henry Harrison's term as the ninth president is the shortest in history. He was president just under 31 days before inconveniently dying of pneumonia.
- James Garfield was both ambidextrous and fluent in different languages. He could write Greek with one hand while writing Latin with the other.
- It is rumored that President Lincoln predicted his own death, and even warned Congress.
- President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his presidency for running a lady over with a horse, although the charges were later dropped.
- President James Buchanan was the only bachelor in that time that occupied the position of President. He had his niece fill in the role of the First Lady.
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- 33 - Jesus memorized his lines.
- 1756 - Oscar Wilde opens in a play for which he did not memorize his lines. He improvs the whole play, to everyone's amazement. This dialogue was the basis for Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Ernest'. It also lead the consequent discovery of cheese.
- 1823 - ummmmm... Line!
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- 1901 - Sherlock Holmes forgets his "lines".
- 1968 - Two Runners have their gold medals taken away in the Mexico City Olympics because they had their lines memorized
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KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) >> A 9-year-old boy died after being repeatedly stabbed by a 12-year-old boy at a playground in western Michigan, police said today.
Michael Conner Verkerke ran home and collapsed on the porch around 6 p.m. Monday after he was stabbed at a mobile home park in Kentwood, near Grand Rapids, according to police. Investigators said the older boy then left the playground and called police from a nearby home to turn himself in.
The 9-year-old died after being rushed to a hospital, Kentwood police said.
Witnesses told investigators that four children were playing when one of them, for unknown reasons, pulled a knife and stabbed the boy.
Glen Stacey, who lives nearby, told The Grand Rapids Press that the older boy approached him after the attack and asked to use his phone. He said the boy called 9-1-1 to report the attack.
Stacey said he also called police and described the boy as "very calm."
"The only time he raised his voice was when the police came," Stacy said.
When police arrived, Stacy said, they first went to aid the stabbing victim. When officers started heading toward the playground area, he said the boy on Stacy's lawn wanted police to pick him up and yelled "Hello. I'm right here. You're going the wrong way."
The motive in the attack was still being investigated, said Kentwood Police Chief Thomas Killen.
Police said the 12-year-old boy was evaluated at a hospital before being taken to the Kent County Juvenile Detention Center pending charges. Police didn't immediately release additional details about the child.
An autopsy is planned by the Kent County Medical Examiner's Office. The Kent County prosecutor's office will determine whether the boy will be charged as a juvenile or an adult, Hillen said.


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