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No. 1 seed Connecticut women too much for Maryland in Bridgeport Regional
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Maryland star Alyssa Thomas believes the future will be bright for her team.
The present is a bit rough. The Terrapins didn't have enough offense or healthy bodies to stay with UConn, losing 76-50 in the Bridgeport regional semifinals on Saturday.
Maryland had been plagued by injuries all season, losing three players to ACL injuries, including the expected starting backcourt, guards Brene Moseley and Laurin Mincy.
The Terps (26-8) were down to six healthy players and were outscored by UConn's bench 25-0.
"Next year we'll have plenty of numbers, a full roster," said Thomas, who finished with 13 points to lead Maryland.
"Not to take away from this season, but looking forward to next season, we're going to be a tough team to stop."
Thomas scored 29 and 28 points in the first two games of the tournament, but struggled against UConn. She only had six points when the teams met in December — a 15-point UConn win.
"I asked her to do more than any player in the country," Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. "She's our leader and moving forward as a senior she'll set the tone for this team."
Freshmen Breanna Stewart and sophomore Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis each scored 17 as UConn (32-4) advanced to its eighth straight regional final.
Stewart and classmates Moriah Jefferson (10 points) and Morgan Tuck (eight points) combined for 35 points. Stewart also had eight rebounds and four blocked shots.
"I think we were 16 for 28 from the floor, our freshmen," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "One turnover between the three of them. I thought they were the key to the game today for sure."
Jefferson made several key defensive stops and her two fast-break layups capped a 9-0 run to start the second half, giving UConn a 44-26 lead and control of the game.
"We got in a nice offensive flow," she said. "Once the transition game came, then the offensive flow was right there."
Her layup midway through the half stretched the lead to 60-38.
"They didn't play like freshmen at all," center Stefanie Dolson said. "They came out confident and ready to play. They knew what they needed to do for our team and what they can do."
Chloe Pavlech and Tianna Hawkins each had 11 points for the Terps in Hawkins' final game at Maryland.
"We are going to miss Tianna here," Frese said. "Everything she's meant to our team and program. It's been a special run with Tianna the last four years."
Maryland trailed 35-26 at halftime and went scoreless for the first 3 minutes after intermission.
"I thought we'd come out of the locker room with a lot more energy," Frese said. "They came with a knockout punch in the second half."
The Huskies will play Kentucky on Monday night in a rematch of last year's regional final, which was played just over 100 miles away in Kingston, R.I.
The Wildcats beat Delaware 69-62 earlier Saturday.
Connecticut will be playing in a regional final for the 19th time. The Huskies have made five consecutive trips to the Final Four and are seeking their eighth national title.
Maryland came into the game ranked second in the nation in rebounding margin, grabbing more than 14 more boards per game than its opponents. The Terps had outrebounded opponents in 32 of their first 33 games, including 39-35 in the teams' first meeting.
But UConn won that battle this time around 41-36.
"We were really looking forward to getting back on the court," Stewart said. "We knew Maryland was very physical and we just wanted to come out and disrupt them defensively."
Maryland hit just seven of its first 23 shots, but was 4 of 7 from 3-point range during that span, and trailed just 23-20 midway through the first half.
But 3-pointers from Bria Hartley and Kelly Faris pushed the lead to nine, and started a 12-1 run.
The Huskies looked as if they were about to extend that further, when Faris drove to the basket and appeared to take a hard foul. But there was no whistle, infuriating Auriemma, who received a technical foul.
Thomas made one of two foul shots, then hit a jump shot that cut the lead to nine 35-26 at halftime.


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Why Do Kids Dislike School?
So. Your child is one of the millions who think school is a drag.
He or she gets bored. Doesn't stay focused. Avoids homework. When you ask what happened at school earlier in the day, the response is, "Nothing," or, (my personal favorite, one that I've heard countless times from my own children) "I don't remember."
Perhaps you think your child is lazy. Undisciplined. Incurious. Even limited.
And some of you, unfortunately, may be correct.
But for others, the problems may lie beyond your child. According to cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, it could be the school that is boring the heck out of your child.
A professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, Willingham studies how people think and learn by looking at the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His conclusions about what this all means for your child sitting in class for eight hours a day may cause you to rethink how your child is being educated.
If the folks who decide what goes on in classrooms understood the work that he and other cognitive scientists do, perhaps more kids would stay interested--and learn in class. And perhaps school "reform" would be geared more toward how kids learn than on standardized test scores.
A discussion of Willingham's views from his new book, "Why Don't Students Like School?" starts with the somewhat startling notion that the brain is not designed to think efficiently.
It turns out, he said, that thinking is slow and unreliable, at least compared to activities such as seeing and moving. Unless the cognitive conditions are right, the brain will avoid thinking and instead try to rely on memory.
The human brain does, however, like a challenge. Our brains make us curious and interested in exploring new things. But if the problem a brain is asked to solve is too difficult, it tries to give up. If the problem is too easy, it quickly gets bored and tries to find a way to stop working.
Adults can more easily opt out of doing things that are too hard or too easy than can kids in school. So how do children react when forced to do something they do not feel they can handle? They tune out. And sometimes act out, too.
I learned some other things from Willingham, too, or rather, I unlearned some things I thought were true.
One of them involves the "visual-auditory-kinesthesia" theory that holds that everybody can take in information through each sense but learns best through a preferred one.
It turns out, Willingham said, that the processes by which children learn are far more similar than different. So that many of the efforts teachers make to help kids learn through different "learning styles" don't really help.
He also takes on the notion that teaching "critical thinking"--or "higher order thinking"--to kids trumps the learning of facts. In fact, the former can't be done without the latter. Background information matters, and is in fact, necessary for deeper thinking.
And he dispels one of the common techniques that I confess has always bothered me: The effort by textbook writers and many teachers to make classroom material "relevant" to students' interests and lives because, the thinking goes, it helps them stay interested.
It actually doesn't, Willingham says; content is no guarantee of interest. You can turn on a documentary about a subject you love but find it boring, or you can watch one on a subject you don't like and find it fascinating.
Willingham's book goes on to discuss how thinking and memory work, but explains how teachers can use this to keep their students engaged. (I will post a longer Q & A with Willingham for those who want to read more about these issues.)
The reasons that I find his conclusions so interesting go beyond the shattering of a few myths about education.
What it shows is that there is still a great deal for all of us to learn about how to engage and teach children--and make sure they are learning what they need to be successful adults.
The Answer Sheet will, over time, look at everything that goes into educating children. The issues are countless; the routes to success varied. I'd like to start our discussion by asking you to e-mail me (put in link) with questions and ideas about anything and everything you wonder about related to school and how to survive it.
Valerie Strauss
August 31, 2009; 7:40 AM ET
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Why don't kids like school? It's been portrayed in the conservative media as being heavy-handed, condescending, and Godless. Plus, you have rappers who don't go to school, athletes who don't complete college, and truants causing trouble and selling drugs on the sidewalk in open-air markets.
Parse THAT.
Posted by: bs2004 | August 31, 2009 9:10 AM | Report abuse
Rather than go on about what doesn't work, it would be easier to understand, and more interesting, if the post explained what does work. I imagine using an active voice helps people learn.
Also there is no link to post questions. The text currently has a placeholder, "put in link."
Posted by: sayit | August 31, 2009 9:54 AM | Report abuse
Well, my children generally like school. My oldest, by half way through his 3rd grade year, resented the amount of time devoted to test prep for the DC-CAS.
Right now, in the District of Columbia Public Schools, the only measure of success is how the school scores on a single test.
My children enjoy the language lessons at their school and the music program. Sadly though, those aren't on the DC-CAS and ostensibly have no value.
I'm grateful to our principal and our teachers who make these opportunities available to my children.
Posted by: Title1SoccerMom | August 31, 2009 9:57 AM | Report abuse
Why don't kids like school? Because the one-size-fits-all education provided by Western schools (yes, even private ones, although to a lesser degree) makes no attempt to account for the learning styles and cognitive abilities of children outside the norm.
Children that are ahead of the class will find school to be mind-numbing tedium that will color their outlook of education for life, and those behind the class will be frustrated and similarly disillusioned.
Couple this with the fact that school is 12-20 years of a the same daily grind (what percentage of the population has stayed in the same job for that long?) and it's easy to see how, with the exception of those within a sigma of the mean, regard school with revulsion. It's no surprise that homeschooled children are usually fantastically more advanced than their peers.
Besides, there are many things that are much more fun to do.
Posted by: thermowax | August 31, 2009 10:28 AM | Report abuse
My son has loved school and learning but has found the teachers do not try to meet his desire for more. For example he has tried to get his school to offer a debate club but the teachers wont put in the necessary "extra time" to make this happen. He also tried to get something going about the primaries last year to study the election process but was met with little interest as this stuff was "not on the test". He was in a public school in Massachusetts but will be entering 7th grade now at a private school. Our hope is they will meet his desire for more education!
Posted by: trotterew | August 31, 2009 10:59 AM | Report abuse
I used to hate school: I had a poor memory so I learned almost nothing and on the other hand I was very rational and responsible to begin with. Still, I do survive well in tasks demanding schooled ways of thinking & picture of the world. My way of thinking is extremely objective and very much common sense like, like using the senses - see http://www.paradisewillwin.info/Holistic_Objectivity_booklet.pdf for a guide to it. I wonder if it could be used to teach students to be more equal in thinking skills regardless of background? It ought to take one school lesson or less to learn, and as far as I understand objective thinking it could rise the uneducated practical person's thinking ability to about the level of an average university professor. It is hard to believe, I know, but if you know university professors, you know that they aren't superhuman, and if you know practical people, you know that they have practical common sense and keen senses, just like is needed in thinking. I believe my way of thinking being quite close to what is natural for humans. It suits well math, engineering, science, even philosophy, everyday thinking and handiworks & sports, leaving room for one's own different kinds of observations but making one more rational. Since this way of thinking has been largely enough for me, I wonder if it could be enough for the school children too: Could one lessen the school burden, could one teach things much quicker, could one shorten the compulsory (& other) school years and even hours of the school day? I mean: IF this works? One should try: take a look and you will find it easy. Ask a person who understands about thinking and you will find it obvious, correct and quite to the point.
I have been writing about this to many places without any answer, I consider it worth a try, REALLY!, this method of teaching should be EVALUATED just like any other nice idea!
Posted by: hanneletervola | August 31, 2009 11:25 AM | Report abuse
Well, we could look at the cognitive scientist point of view or we can simply ask kids what they think about school. here are some of their complaints:
1) it's tough to sit still in a seat and not talk for almost an hour at a time all day long, every day (how many adults do that?)
2) kids feel most of what they learn in school they'll never use in life (how many times today did you quote Shakespeare, discuss the periodic table, explore trade routes of Mali in the middle ages or factor a polynomial?)
3) kids often report that teachers don't know their stuff and don't really care about the kids and make them feel stupid when kids don't understand what the teacher is saying.
Here's what kids say they do want:
more real life connections to what they are learning
more hands on activities
more group activities
use games as a way to teach
Perhaps as with any product or service, if you give the customer what he wants, he will like the product and if you force a product on the customer that he doesn't want, he will rebel against it. the same works with education.
we may want to keep in mind that school kids have it tougher than we do. their day starts earlier than ours (after all schools deliberately open early so parents can get kids off to school before they go to work) and their days end much later. When grownups go home at night, they're done working (usually). Kids have homework. May kids, particularly at the high school level, report that they do homework until 10, 11 or 12 at night. Imagine your work day went from 6 am to midnight every day. how enthusiastic would you be about it?
Posted by: adifferentpointofview | September 1, 2009 7:20 AM | Report abuse
After spending entirely too much money to buy a house in a great school district, we have decided to homeschool. We have a boy and he's one of those boys who is not very good at sitting nicely in a chair for 6.5 hours a day.
Posted by: KS100H | September 1, 2009 10:05 AM | Report abuse
I read Dan's book when it came out. It is one of the most important books about teaching according to the way that people learn that I have ever read. Regardless of one's political agenda, moral leanings, or perception of public education, following the clear advice in this book will prevent many problems from occurring and overcome many that are already present. Why is it that we insist on celebrating the practice activities of athletes and musicians but dismiss acquiring sufficient practice with a cognitive skill as "drill and kill?" Why do we accept the idea that people who are good at things in adult life got there by working long and hard (see Gladwell: "Outliers") but think that children should acquire their competencies effortlessly as if by magic? Even at Hogwarts, the students have to work at it.
Posted by: fbrigham | September 2, 2009 4:15 PM | Report abuse
Perhaps one great question for those who are local is why so many Montgomery County, Maryland kids dislike school, and why their parents are so worried about that boredom and dislike. Many of these same children start school intensely curious and ready to learn. They are made to wait until the others catch up.
I read Willingham's book earlier this year and have watched his YouTube powerpoint presentations. He makes the point that reading "strategies" only work for a short time. Then kids need content. Real content.
Parents are very worried: where's the science? where's the history? where's the CONTENT??? Most kids in Montgomery elementary schools don't get any real content, or only small bits of it here and there. This makes school boring, but also largely pointless and a waste of time for those that show up at kindergarten ready to read or already reading.
It is alarming, for instance, that in the three years my child has been in the system not one iota of American history has been discussed. No pilgrims. No American revolution. No Betsy Ross or George Washington. Only once did they talk about Abe Lincoln, because someone came in a Lincoln costume for Halloween. Nothing. Very odd. But then, hey, those things don't show up on the MSAs, do they? So the school system doesn't need to teach them. They essentially don't matter. Same with science. Same with many other topics that kids should be learning.
And while we're at it, how about the importance of recess, for Pete's sake. Kids are not little machines made to crank out test results. They need to move and run and play. A lot. No one can learn when they've been made to sit still all day. This too, has been proven by cognitive scientists. And demonstrated in multiple pieces of research. Recess improves learning. Why our county has almost eliminated it is really beyond most parents. We see how crazy it is making our kids. (The teachers see it too. They realize how pointless it is to try to teach kids who have not been outside all day.)
Many parents are also alarmed by how often practice tests are substituted for real teaching. Talk about boring! At one point last year that was all my child did in school, day after day after day.
I am so glad that someone new is going to be writing about education for the Post. Someone who is a parent, not a grandparent. Someone with current knowledge of how frustrating the PUBLIC schools are today for parents and children. Someone who doesn't act like parents who want a real education for their kids are spoiled and greedy. We are actually doing our jobs: making sure our kids will get what they need to survive without us in the future. Right now it often seems that our kids are being cheated BIG time of a real education.
Welcome Valerie. Thanks for writing about Willingham. Now if we can just get you in print instead of in blog....
Good luck.
Posted by: AGsilverspring | September 2, 2009 5:32 PM | Report abuse
What has got to stop is that policy makers are making decisions about how much curriculum is required in one year.
THE most important thing to consider is that MOST students are required to learn TWO years of curriculum in ONE year. NO ONE wants to look at the amount students are required to learn in one year! No wonder they act out or tune out, teachers have to move SO fast that students do not have a chance to digest, practice and perfect a skill before five new concepts are thrown at them!
Posted by: shelly4 | September 7, 2009 11:44 AM | Report abuse
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Sony just won the console war for this generation. Not only is the PS4 going to be cheaper, Sony's CEO gloated on stage last night at E3 with the biggest possible grin as he detailed that all that nonsensical DRM crap that Microsoft is pulling, like blocking used games sales and stuff like that? Yeah, Sony's PS4 will have none of that. Sony even made an instructional video to explain how sharing games works.
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I have to imagine the overall state of the company has humbled them, and the extreme mess that unfolded on PSN was a wakeup call. They needed to quit thinking people will buy from them on name alone, and offer a superior product with consumer friendly terms.
MS undoubtedly thought they had not changed, and could go the way they did with ease. It may not matter in the end, and Xbox one will almost definitely sell very well, but this move from Sony may have won more back than MS could have predicted.


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SPARKS, Nev. -- A popular gun, on our city streets, and it doesn't have a common safety measure, as one man found out in the Sparks Century 14 theaters.
Six weeks ago, a single shot rang out inside the theater.
Sparks Police investigators immediately called Fernando Eagleheart's shooting an accident, and left it to the City Attorney to decide whether to charge him with anything.
The city is charging him with discharging a firearm on public streets. (NRS 202.280) But KOLO 8 News Now has uncovered proof that there's a very popular gun out there which can accidentally fire.
56-year-old Fernando Eagleheart was getting ready to watch The Bourne Legacy when a single shot rang out inside the theater.
A shot which came from his own Walther PPK.
Eaglehart wants people to know, "I'm a very abiding citizen."
In fact, he has an elite military career, "I handled weapons in the military. And being armed security in California, Pinkerton Security. I handle the gun very well."
Which is why, when he shot himself, he was so surprised.
"I love that gun so much," Eagleheart says, "They call it the Rolls Royce of the pocket pistol."
He purchased the gun from a local store in 2011, not knowing that in 2009 Smith and Wesson, the US distributor for Walther firearms, issued a recall on the pistol for: accidentally firing.
Ironically, Eagleheart found out his weapon was unsafe from the very people who are charging him.
"The City Attorney Office," he says, "told me that 'don't you know your PPK has a recall?' No!"
A bullet is only fired from any gun when the firing pin iside hits the back of the casing.
The firing pin gets its motion from the hammer.
And with a double action semi-automatic, hammers remain de-cocked.
But, the Walther PPK's hammer can still depress about one-sixteenth of an inch when the safety is off.
So, we put Eagleheart's gun to the test with Sierra Firearms' Mike Robbins. A gun expert with 27 years at the Washoe County Sheriff's Office. Eleven as the department's Range Master. Duties of that position include everything gun related: being in charge of the range, in charge of training, in charge of all deputies' qualification shoots. Robbins was in charge of all gun related academy training for that period of time, as well as special team training.
Robbins used an empty, primed casing of a bullet and loaded Eagleheart's gun. Then took a plastic mallet to the back.
"So with the safety off, if we tap the hammer, it should pop that. (The gun pops.) Whoala. Drop the gun, it goes bang."
Robbins says dropped guns are not at all uncommon, "It happens probably weekly across the country, daily across the world. Some guns have enough safety features built in with firing pin safeties to prevent that. So if they're dropped they won't go off. This one does not."
Robbins who is a USPSA Master Class shooter says, "I have not used one of these guns, so I was not aware that it did not have a firing pin safety in it. So I would've carried it the same way."
KOLO 8 News Now did approach the Sparks City Attorney's office and asked them for an interview regarding this story. Representatives declined an interview, but did say the office will continue to pursue Fernando Eagleheart's case because they believe he was negligent.
Robbins says this is not a case of negligence at all, "In this case, it was an accident. Fell out of the man's pocket, fell on the floor, and went off. Shot him. And I think he's paid the price for that pretty much already… If you've handled guns for any length of time, you're going to have dropped a gun somewhere along the way. It's just a matter of course. It happens. Just like dropping your cell phone."
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Little Tokyo business leader Frances Hashimoto, who championed the neighborhood's Japanese cultural traditions and invented the popular dessert mochi ice cream, died of lung cancer Sunday at her home in Pasadena. Hashimoto was 69.
According to her obituary in The Times, she was "the feisty, visionary president of Mikawaya, the 102-year-old, three-generation family business selling traditional Japanese sweet pastries and snacks. At the urging of her widowed mother, she left teaching and took over the family business at age 27, vastly expanding its reach from a single shop in Little Tokyo to four retail stores in Southern California.
And she put her most famous invention — an ice cream ball in seven flavors covered in soft, sweet rice cake — into such mainstream markets as Trader Joe's, Safeway, Albertsons and Ralphs.
Hashimoto's leadership of many community organizations made the biggest mark on Little Tokyo. As economic downturns and demographic changes transformed the neighborhood, she helped oversee its redevelopment and transportation projects. And she was generous with both financial contributions and her sweet rice cakes, chestnut buns and other Japanese desserts for local events.


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Toronto Blue Jays 2013 Preview
Philadelphia, PA – It's been a long time since fans in Toronto have anticipated a baseball season more than this one.
Manager John Gibbons isn't the only new face in the Blue Jays' dugout this year, as general manager Alex Anthopoulos completely changed the landscape of the club with a monster deal with the Miami Marlins that saw them pick up shortstop Jose Reyes, second baseman Emilio Bonifacio, lefty Mark Buehrle and righty Josh Johnson.
That deal came on the heels of Toronto signing outfielder Melky Cabrera to a 2-year, $16 million deal. Of course, Cabrera comes with some baggage, as he sat out most of the final two months serving a 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs.
And if that wasn't enough, the Jays went out and acquired the National League's reigning Cy Young Award winner in R.A. Dickey.
All that equals some high expectations north of the border, as the Jays eye their first postseason spot since 1993.
Below we take a capsule look at the 2013 edition of the Blue Jays, with a personnel evaluation and prognosis included therein:
2012 FINISH (73-89) - Fourth Place (AL East)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: R.A. Dickey (RHP), Jose Reyes (SS), Josh Johnson (RHP), Mark Buehrle (LHP), Emilio Bonifacio (INF), Melky Cabrera (OF)
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: John Buck (C); Jeff Mathis (C); Kelly Johnson (2B); Henderson Alvarez (LHP); Carlos Villanueva (RHP); Jason Frasor (RHP); Yunel Escobar (3B); Yan Gomes (C)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Jose Reyes (SS); Melky Cabrera (LF); Jose Bautista (RF); Edwin Encarnacion (1B); Colby Rasmus (CF); Adam Lind (DH); J.P. Arencibia (C); Emilio Bonifacio (2B); Maicer Izturis (3B)
PROJECTED ROTATION: R.A. Dickey (RHP); Brandon Morrow (RHP); Mark Buehrle (LHP); Josh Johnson (RHP); Ricky Romero (LHP)
PROJECTED CLOSER: Casey Janssen (RHP)
MANAGER: John Gibbons
A lot of the high hopes in Toronto centers around the rotation. And rightfully so, but there are some concerns too.
And No. 1 on that list is Ricky Romero.
An All-Star in 2011 and considered one of the best young lefties in the game at that point, Romero struggled mightily a year ago, going 9-14 with a 5.77 ERA. Things were so bad for Romero that he lost seven straight starts and was 0-13 over a 15 start stretch. In fact he one just one time over his final 17 outings.
Minor elbow surgery, plasma injections in both knees, and mechanical adjustments were supposed to get him right, but it hasn't worked, as Romero has a 7.27 ERA with more walks (7) than strikeouts (6) in four exhibition game starts this spring.
Luckily, he's no longer the ace of the staff. In fact, he's likely a fifth starter behind R.A. Dickey, Brandon Morrow, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle. But, that also means the Blue Jays will be less inclined to stay with him should his struggles continue.
Above anything else the biggest question surrounding this team is can Jose Bautista stay healthy? Despite a roster overhaul that netted multiple All- Stars, the Blue Jays will only go as far as Bautista will take them.
Bautista became the premier slugger in the American League with 97 home runs from 2010-11, but last year he only belted 27. Of course, he only played in 92 games and was limited to just six contests after the All-Star break.
The three-time All-Star underwent wrist surgery in September after being shut down last season to repair a torn sheath around his Extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendon. However, he appears to be all the way back, as he has five home runs through 18 exhibition games.
With Reyes and Cabrera in front of him, Bautista should have no problem driving in runs. In fact he may be the one guy who stands in the way of another Triple Crown for Miguel Cabrera.
Melky Cabrera has something to prove to everyone in Major League Baseball.
The 28-year-old native of the Dominican Republic was on his way to a career year, leading the NL in batting at .346 with 11 home runs, 25 doubles, 10 triples and 60 RBI in 113 games. He was also named MVP of the All-Star Game.
Cabrera, though, did not did not play after Aug. 14, having been hit with a 50-game suspension for violating MLB's drug policy.
So not only did he cost himself in the neighborhood of $50 million because of the suspension, people are of course wondering if Cabrera leans more towards the player who was designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves a couple of years ago rather than the one who was an MVP candidate last season.
The answer is probably somewhere in the middle, as Cabrera has been terrific this spring. While he's traditionally been an underachiever, Cabrera did have 44 doubles and 18 home runs for the Kansas City Royals in 2011.
If Cabrera continues to be the player he was last year, the Blue Jays may have gotten the biggest bargain in baseball this offseason.
X-FACTOR: CASEY JANSSEN: There are not many concerns with the Toronto Blue Jays this year. One of them, though, is in the bullpen where the Blue Jays don't have anyone who has closed games for an entire season. Righty Casey Janssen will get the call at the start of the year, but he's already been bothered this spring by some soreness in the collarbone area where he had a surgical procedure performed in the offseason. Janssen isn't your typical blow-it-by-you closer, but what he lacks in velocity, he makes up for with location, movement and fearlessness. Janssen was thrust into a closer's role last season when Sergio Santos' season was cut short in April. Janssen thrived, as he made good on 22 of 25 chances. He also only issued 11 walks as opposed to 67 strikeouts. The bullpen, though, as a whole should be a strength for the Blue Jays, as Santos is expected back and the ageless Darren Oliver continues to find a way to get lefties out.
The knock on Toronto the past few years was that the pitching never equaled up to the potent offense. Well, that can't be said anymore. Even if Romero struggles. Of course, it's never easy in the American League East. The Tampa Bay Rays will once again be a top team and the Baltimore Orioles were a playoff team a year ago. However, the two traditional powerhouses - the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees - could both be headed for a rough season. The bottom line is if the Blue Jays can't compete this year, they never will.


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As Time Goes By "The Stalker" Lionel is feeling brave and protective, giving Jean concern. Lionel's pride is severely dented because of Jean's reaction.G
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The Cafe "Afternoon Tease" Sarah soon has two school friends vying for her favor - Richard, who secretly fancies her, and John, a former "fat kid" now a good looking successful businessman with a Porsche.G
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The Red Green Show "The Auto Club" The men form an auto club to make money servicing other people's vehicles. Then, Red turns a car into a dump truck.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Eleventh Hour" The 11th Doctor Who (Matt Smith), still wearing the remains of the 10th Doctor's suit, pulls himself out of the wreckage of the TARDIS to come face-to-face with young Scottish girl Amy Pond (Karen Gillian). Amy's bedroom lies athwart a crack in the universe and the new Doctor has just 20 minutes to save the whole world.G


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Andrew Cogliano wore his heart on the sleeve of his hockey sweater yesterday.
He did everything but come out and say his goal is to prove himself to the point the Edmonton Oilers will never try to trade him again.
Or, as Oilers' captain Ethan Moreau put it: "He was pissed off, but instead of pouting he worked his ass off and he's going to show everyone that he won't be put in any trades again."
Cogliano openly revealed himself to be the anti-Dany Heatley -- somebody who desperately wants to remain an Edmonton Oiler and spend a significant part of his career here.
Heatley took until late August before he talked. Cogliano took even longer.
But unlike Heatley, when he finally spoke about being part of the trade that was rejected by the Ottawa Senators' two-time 50-goal scorer, there was plenty of content in his comments.
Arriving back in Edmonton the night before and taking the ice yesterday with teammates at the Kinsmen Arenas complex, Cogliano served himself up for his first and allegedly last media availability on the subject of his being traded -- along with Dustin Penner and Ladislav Smid -- to Ottawa for Heatley on the last day of June.
Characterized by Smid as having been "devastated," Cogliano didn't dispute that as he spoke with candour about the deal that has been hockey's hottest off-season story this side of the one in Phoenix involving Jim Balsillie.
"It was pretty shocking," Cogliano said.
"It was very emotional and at times weird. It was pretty disappointing. I like being here. I want to be an Oiler. I want to play here. I love being an Edmonton Oiler and I want to play here for a fairly long haul."
He's not a 50-goal scorer. But come on -- who would you rather cheer for?
"It was my first taste of it all," said Cogliano, who found out what it was like to be traded without actually having to go anywhere.
"I was sitting on the couch watching TV," he said of how he found out.
"When they listed the names, mine was the last one out. When you're watching TV and your name comes up, it's pretty shocking.
"It was a tough situation. It's even tougher when you're in Canada," said the 22-year-old native of Toronto.
"In Canada people are always coming up to you. People are asking what's going on. And I'm in the middle of it," he said of the worst part of the whole deal, hanging in limbo for more than a month while the Oilers kept the door open on the deal.
Cogliano said GM Steve Tambellini eventually did give him a call.
"I had a couple good conversations with Steve. He apologized for how it leaked out. I know it wasn't the Oilers who leaked it out," he said.
In a twisted way, he admits, you could consider being part of the trade a compliment.
"When you see Dany Heatley as the guy coming back, you realize he's a 50-goal scorer and they have to give up assets to get him.
"It just made me stronger. And it's good motivation, too.I'm a guy who has some worth in the league and I have to prove it now."
To show up yesterday was to get through the longest summer of his life and get back to being what he was when we last left him, an Oiler of good standing with 83 points in his first two seasons of play -- including 36 goals.
"This is a big year for me, a big year for the team. I know I'm still a big part of the team and that I have to play well for the team to do well.
"I'm not holding any grudges. I'm a team player. I'm not putting my ego in front of the team or anyone."
While some see it unlikely that the Oilers can keep Cogliano and Sam Gagner -- two small centres with similar skill sets -- he says he's back with his best buddy and hopes they'll find a way.
"We can play one on the wing. We like being on the same line. We both want to be here," he said.
Cogs and Gags are a definite duo.
They won't be roommates this year, however.
"We both bought apartments," said Cogliano.
"But they're in the same complex."
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West Indies captain Darren Sammy has dropped the strongest possible hint that 'mystery' spinner Sunil Narine will make his Test debut against England here at Edgbaston.
West Indies, 2-0 down in the three-match series, called up the Trinidadian after fast bowler Kemar Roach was ruled out of the finale with a shin injury.
The 24-year-old Narine, primarily an off-spinner but who also boasts a 'knuckle ball' that turns the other way, missed the start of this tour because of his commitments in the lucrative Indian Premier League.
In the IPL, he took 24 wickets at 13.50 and an economy rate of 5.47 from 15 matches, fully justifying his $700,000 price tag.
These were the latest set of impressive figures in his brief career, with Narine having taken 34 first-class wickets at an average of 11.88 in just six matches, 14 at 20 in one-day internationals and 46 at 14.04 in Twenty20 games.
Such has been Narine's impact, he has been compared to Sonny Ramadhin, another unconventional off-spinner from Trinidad, who played a major role in West Indies' Test series win in England in 1950.
Although conditions at Edgbaston, where the third Test starts on Thursday, are set to favour seam bowlers, Sammy, speaking at the ground on Wednesday, said Narine had "every chance of playing".
Sammy added: "Everyone is calling him the mystery spinner and he could come in and make an impact for us.
"It's a difficult place for spinners to make their debut but he has a lot up his sleeve and we're backing him to make an impact. Hopefully, this is the start of something that could be a great Test career."
Sammy, recalling his own experience of facing Narine, said: "He opened the bowling, I think it was against the Windward Islands and he got 10 wickets in the match but I got 88 in that match as well.
Sammy backs Narine to make England 'impact'
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has dropped the strongest possible hint that 'mystery' spinner Sunil Narine will make his Test debut against England here at Edgbaston.
"He's very exciting and all of the Caribbean are very excited about having him in international cricket. We're very happy to have him here."
England captain Andrew Strauss, understandably, tried to play down the hype surrounding Narine by saying: "We've had a look at a bit of footage. He's like the new kid on the block and hasn't played a lot of cricket, so if he does play we'll look forward to the challenge of facing him.
"We encounter these things quite often and the key is to make sure you react well in the middle.
"You can do all the preparation you want but it's how you play on the pitch and hopefully the stuff we've done over the winter will stand us in good stead on that front."
For West Indies, however, the most pressing issue as they bid to improve on a record of just two wins in 32 Tests is their top-order batting.
Collapses in the first two Tests have cost the tourists dear, and Sammy indicated reserve batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin were in line for a call-up after missing out at both Lord's and Trent Bridge.
"We have two batsmen on the bench," Sammy said. "They are working hard in the nets although that is not the same as in the middle."
Sammy, asked what West Indies needed to do to start winning Tests again, replied: "We need to compete longer. If you look at Test matches for the last year-and-a-half, we have a bad hour or session that takes us out of the game.
"We play four-day cricket at home and sometimes they finish in two-and-a-half or three days, so I guess our concentration span is not as long."


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CRESTVIEW � Typically in basketball, the team tries to shoot enough baskets to score the most points.
CRESTVIEW � Typically in basketball, the team tries to shoot enough baskets to score the most points.
Officials at two churches do things a little differently.
Central Baptist and Live Oak Baptist Churches' Upward Basketball and Cheerleading league, for kindergartners through sixth-graders, offers stars, and points, on the court.
"They have different stars (attached to their uniforms): one is (for) offense, one is defense," said Coach Andrew Slentz, who works with "The Jazz," a group of third- and fourth-grade boys and girls. "Then they have a white (star), which is for Christ-like."
That star is the biggest difference, Live Oak Pastor Jerry Nelson said.
"The unique thing about this league is that we get to spread the word of God," he said. "It's an opportunity to get out and have fun playing basketball and, more importantly, teach some scripture."
That happens during half-time. Nelson delivered a brief, inspirational message during a recent Saturday game.
There are other differences between Upward and other North Okaloosa teams.
Upward allows children in the same age range, regardless of sex, to play together, Kristy Larkins, Central Baptist's Recreational Outreach Center Kid Care director, said.
Play, not compete, is the key word.
"This is not a competitive league," she said. "They all get the equal amount of playing time."
That's beneficial, Nelson said.
"It helps develop their character and confidence," he said.
The league's final games take place March 15 with an awards ceremony on the following Monday.
Call 682-5525 for details.
WHAT: Upward Basketball and Cheerleading registration
WHEN: 2:30-6 p.m. Monday through Friday
WHERE: Central Baptist Church'sRecreational Outreach Center, 1005 S. Pearl St., Crestview
COST: $70 per child to register
Email News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown, follow him on Twitter or call 850-682-6524.


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The original, Old Norse phrase from Odin's self-hanging episode that is usually translated as "I took up the runes" reads, "upp nam ek rúnar." The word nám can mean either "to learn" or "to pick something up." The Icelandic words nám ("studying") and nemandi ("student") are both related to the word nema ("to learn"). The word rún means "secret," and the meaning of the Icelandic personal names Rún and Rúnar are "friend you tell your secrets to." During the time period the poem's composition is ascribed to, the words for alphabetical symbols were letur ("letter") and stafur ("stave"). Only in later ages did the word rún come to be used for the old symbol system of Germanic letters. This all points to a translation of the Old Norse as "I learned the secrets" - mystical secrets, to be sure, but to be understood as spells or incantations, not as runic letters.
The importance of runic characters as a secular alphabet is also evidenced by modern linguistic echoes of their use. Runic letters were, generally speaking, engraved into stone or cut into wood. Beech-wood was most often used for inscribing runic messages, due to its softness and ease of cutting. The modern German word for beech-tree (Buche) gives us the word for book (Buch) and letter (Buchstaben - literally, a beech-stick). These wooden and stone inscriptions, throughout the Germanic world, were used for a wide variety of communicative purposes - to send messages of war and love, to record laws, to memorialize the deceased, to announce property ownership. In other words, they were an alphabet that was used for anything that needed to be written down, and not just for magic spells.
In trying to decide whether runes were used for magical use or for practical use, we have poetry and etymology at war with each other. The more one dives into the existing scholarship on the subject, the clearer it becomes that the background discipline of the scholar tends to determine which side of the argument they take.
|Mimir and Odin by Willy Pogany (1920)
As for Odin's special relationship to the hanged, this can be traced back to two major historical sources. In the 11th century, the German chronicler Adam of Bremen described the pagan temple at Uppsala, located in what is now modern-day Sweden. He writes of a rite that occurred every nine years - nine being a sacred number in the Norse conception, as there are nine worlds in their mythological construct. Nine members of every species of animal were sacrificed, including human victims. They were hung on trees in a sacred grove: "Now this grove is so sacred in the eyes of the heathen that each and every tree in it is believed divine because of the death or putrefaction of the victims."
This ritual practice of human sacrifice on earthly trees clearly reflects the mythological tale of Odin and his self-sacrifice on the World Tree. In 98 AD, the Roman Tacitus wrote of the continental Germans, "Above all other gods they worship Mercury [his Roman interpretation of Wodan], and count it no sin, on certain feast-days, to include human sacrifices in the victims offered to him." Clearly, the Swedish sacrifice reported by Adam of Bremen had roots in older Germanic ritual.
In 921 AD, the Arab travel writer Ibn Fadlan described a Viking funeral ritual that he witnessed on the banks of the Volga. Among the grisly rites that accompanied the cremation, a young slave girl was killed and burned with the deceased warrior chief so that she could join and serve him in the next world. Fadlan writes, "Two held her hands and two her feet, and the Angel of Death wound a noose around her neck ending in a knot at both ends which she placed in the hands of two men, for them to pull. She then advanced with a broad-bladed dagger which she plunged repeatedly between the ribs of the girl while the men strangled her until she was dead." This repulsive act could not better illustrate the ritual origins of the Odin hanging myth; the victim is both strangled and stabbed, just as the god hung and stabbed himself. Unaware of the mythology and the role of Odin as the ruler over Valhalla ("hall of the slain"), the Arab writer found no meaning in the bloody act. That he described the woman running the ritual as the "Angel of Death" is evidence for the existence of the female ritual leaders known as "choosers of the slain" - the valkyries in their original, pre-mythologized form.
|Haraldskær Woman
In Hávamál, one of the runes that Odin knows enables him to speak with the hanged dead. He says, "I know a twelfth one if I see, up in a tree, / a dangling corpse in a noose: / I can so carve and colour the runes / that the man walks / and talks with me." Clearly, the hanged dead have a special relationship with Odin. Known as Dragudróttin ("lord of the dead"), Odin's dealing with the departed goes beyond merely those who have died by hanging. In his endless quest for knowledge of the future, he several times quizzes the dead for information.


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IA Column
Measuring Progress in a Complicated World
Andrew Dillon is professor and dean of the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin. He can be e-mailed at email@example.com
I asked the IA panel at the recent ASIST 2002 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia if research in information architecture was really nothing more than old wine in new bottles. In fact, I was even more pointed: I asked what they were saying that would not have been said at the conference 20 years earlier. I was provoked by listening to the panelists presentations on user studies in information architecture. For more than an hour, we were being told how important it was to do user studies if we wished to design systems that worked for humans. Of course we must do this, I thought, but such a perspective is not new and it struck me as odd that some of the leading lights in IA would feel the need to advocate this at an ASIST meeting as if it were a novel idea. I mean, regardless of what lessons we have learned about this in software design, Henry Dreyfuss was advocating the study of users in product design as far back as the 1930s.
In response, Lou Rosenfeld urged us to recognize that the world of information architecture is more complex now than it was in 1982. He argued that while much of what the panel was saying in 2002 could have been said then, the world has become more complicated and the design process more difficult. If nothing else, IA cannot expect answers only from an ASIST community. The point was well taken IA is an interdisciplinary field but I remain concerned by how little information architects seem to be saying that is truly new. From the reaction of some members of the audience, I was not alone in my concerns.
In musing about this with other folks during the conference, I wondered if the measure of progress in a field such as ours may not really be the accumulation of a body of evidence or the development of sophisticated models for predicting outcomes (which might be a blessing since we have few enough of those). Perhaps the path to progress lies elsewhere. But if our theories and methods have not developed as much as we might like to think they have, what might be an alternative index of that progress?
A quick search of Google for information architecture throws up some clues. I got more than 4 million hits on that search this week, with 797 of the most relevant displayed for perusal surely that tells us something about the interest in the area, though what exactly I will leave to you to determine. Wondering how far this listing would go before I found irrelevant pointers, I noted that even entry number 797 really was relevant it pointed to Christina Wodtkes new book, IA Blueprints for the Web, listed on an online bookstore other than Amazon. Exhausting Googles search at number 1000, relevant material was still turning up, at least by name, though some pointed to that old reliable, the rebadged LIS course with the old curriculum still intact, and a few genuine oddities, like: Floor plan spacing information architecture forum, a message about kitchen and bedroom layout. Well, I do pride myself on my Big IA view!
But measuring progress in IA has to involve more than quantifying our occupation of Web space in admittedly complicated times, so what other indices might we employ? Philadelphia also was the location for a small, very informal get-together of members of the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (www.aifia.org), a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to promoting and advancing the field. Not a professional society as much as an advocacy group, AIfIA certainly indicates one landmark in the emergence of the field. I also heard from one university of a plan for an IA undergraduate degree, a sure sign of development.
So, hundreds of relevant hits on the subject, a new advocacy group, a full program for a fourth IA summit, a still-busy listserv, a proposed undergraduate degree and the general sense that IA is so standard at ASIST that audience members like me can complain about lack of theoretical development. Perhaps this is all the proof we need that IA is making progress. There have been several new books on IA published in the last year and more are planned. Perhaps it is too soon to ask for more, but I would hate to be at ASIST in 2020 and have to hear again that user studies and interdisciplinary perspectives are important parts of developing information systems. Only time will tell if this is a real concern, but who would have thought in 1982 that we would still be debating these points now?
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Hi all,
I couldn't find anything on this when searching originally, so I thought I would post something here incase others are interested in doing it.
We successfully installed Zoneminder on an OLPC XO-1 and got it to read the built in webcam. Zoneminder (for those who do not know) is a simple tool that turns the webcam into a basic security system. It will record movement when detected, and even send your an alert. You can go back in history and re-play any recorded movement.
Now we have a low powered portable security monitoring system!
http://gctechspace.org/2012/01/zonemind ... olpc-xo-1/


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(Thanks to Ann of Zoolatry for our hippity hoppity photos.)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The Woos on Wednesday
(Thanks to Ann of Zoolatry for our hippity hoppity photos.)
72 comments:
- rottrover said...
Have a wonderful time :-)
-Bart and Ruby
- April 4, 2012 at 12:14 AM
- The Thuglets said...
What great photos of you all!
Have a wonderful time!
Happy Easter
Big Nose Pokes
The Thugletsx
- April 4, 2012 at 1:01 AM
- Princess Jasmine said...
Have a wonderful Easter. Enjoy having your family all around you. Sounds like you are going to have a fantastic time. Egg hunts are great fun, hope you find something special. See you soon :)xxxx
- April 4, 2012 at 1:25 AM
- Jo's World said...
We are wishing you a most happy, fun-filled Easter Holiday. Is little Ciara the Gardener going to hide the eggs for you?
Jo, Stella and Zkhat
- April 4, 2012 at 1:44 AM
- Prancer Pie said...
Haf a blessed Easter! Looks like you will. Will the woofies be pawticipating in the egg hunt? We bet they are eggscellent at it! MOL!
- April 4, 2012 at 3:03 AM
- scotsmad said...
We think there's going to be too much excitement for much sleeping. You have a fantastic holiday visit.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
- April 4, 2012 at 3:58 AM
- Clive said...
What brillant photos! Murray just loved them this morning.
We love your idea of those eggs filled with money too! We might have to borrow that idea!
We wish you and all the family a very Happy Easter. You will certainly be having a very busy one!
best wishes
Clive & Murray
- April 4, 2012 at 4:41 AM
- ZOOLATRY said...
Easter blessings to all of you ...
- April 4, 2012 at 4:41 AM
- Macintosh Mitch said...
You guys will be having so much fun! Happy Easter to all of you!
Love ya lots,
- April 4, 2012 at 4:55 AM
- Finn said...
Wow, look at all those eggs! Have a very happy Easter!
- April 4, 2012 at 5:21 AM
- Just Ramblin' said...
Enjoy the time with your family and pups!
- April 4, 2012 at 5:33 AM
- Khyra And Sometimes Her Mom said...
Have FUN!!!!
- April 4, 2012 at 5:39 AM
- Reilly / Denny Cowspotdogs said...
We don't think there will be much of the sleeping going on - there is going to be to way to much fun happening for sleep
- April 4, 2012 at 6:33 AM
- Gus said...
It is great to have family with you for holidays, but with all those small humans, we think you guys had best have some hiding places picked out so that you can retreat when it gets too intense.
Good luck!
gussie n teka
- April 4, 2012 at 6:49 AM
- Rocky Creek Scotties and Rocky Creek Ramblings said...
Hoppy Easter - enjoy your brother!!
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ivy
PS - we think of you every time that Suzuki commercial comes on where the Eskimo sells the sled.
- April 4, 2012 at 6:55 AM
- Steve, Kat, & Wilbur said...
Wow, it looks like you are going to have tons of fun for the next few days! I think maybe a few of the eggs should be filled with hamburger, steak, and ice cream.
- April 4, 2012 at 7:11 AM
- Priscilla said...
Have fun and enjoy the time with your family and friends!!!
Happy Easter!
We will be MIA for the weekend too!
- April 4, 2012 at 7:28 AM
- Mileys Daily Scoop said...
Have a great time!!! Happy Easter!!
- April 4, 2012 at 8:14 AM
- Casey said...
Have a grreat Easter!
- April 4, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Sarge said...
Wow, those are such fun basket pix of everyone! I bet you'll have a wonderful visit with everyone and that's gonna be one HUGE egg hunt. Have fun!
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, COP
- April 4, 2012 at 9:05 AM
- Frankie Furter and Ernie said...
Have a HOPPY Happy EASTER with your family. Of course we will be expecting LOTS of pictures of the fun time.
- April 4, 2012 at 9:09 AM
- SissySees said...
Happy Easter! Love the egg-cellent photos.
- April 4, 2012 at 9:21 AM
- Jake of Florida said...
What an adorable furry pack! Since you'll be MIA, we wish you a Happy Easter in advance and know you'll have a wonderful time with your family!
Wirey love,
Jake and Just Harry
- April 4, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- Nola said...
Have a fun time and a furry happy Easter!
Dachshund Nola
- April 4, 2012 at 9:35 AM
- Stewey said...
Great photos! Enjoy your family over Easter!
- April 4, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Beth said...
So cute! Have a Happy Easter, my friends!
- April 4, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- harrispen said...
Happy Easter and remember to stay away from the chocolate!
- April 4, 2012 at 11:08 AM
- The Websters said...
BEST EGG HUNT EVER! Think of all the treats you can buy with that money.
- April 4, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- houndstooth said...
You make adorable Easter Sibes! I hope you have a great time with all your family there together. I'm so happy you get to have such fun right now!
- April 4, 2012 at 1:27 PM
- Tom, Tama-Chan, Sei-Chan, Bibi-Chan, Gen-Chan, Vidock said...
It sounds like you have a great weekend coming up. Enjoy every minute!
Woofs, Purrs, Neighs and Hugs,
The Poupounette Gang
- April 4, 2012 at 1:34 PM
- Madi and Mom said...
Happy Happy Easter to you 4 Woos and all of your two leggers. FYI: with all the munchkins in the house there could be lots of foodables dropped so be on the lookout.
Hugs from your BFFF
MADI AND Mom
- April 4, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- Ginger Jasper said...
Beautiful post.. have the very best time and I am sure all those kiddies will bring so much pleasure.. Happy Easter.. Hugs GJ xx
- April 4, 2012 at 2:01 PM
- jen said...
Those are a lot of eggs! Hope you have a great Easter!
- April 4, 2012 at 2:34 PM
- Linda said...
It sounds like you all will have a busy time filled with lots of fun and giggles. Have a great Easter
- April 4, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- Redberry Cottage said...
Hope you all have a great visit and Happy Easter!
Nina, Myshka, Sasha, Betsy, Lucy, Phoebe and Lily
- April 4, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- sprinkles said...
I hope you have a wonderful visit with your human brother.
Wish I was there for the Easter egg hunt. I could always do with a little extra copper, nickel, silver and green papers. Then again, I wouldn't mind a little extra chocolate either! bol
There is just no way I could have the chi's pose with a box of eggs like that. Shiver would try to run away with them.
- April 4, 2012 at 5:42 PM
- Sagira said...
What cute photos!
Have a great time with the family.
I'm sure you guys could dig some holes and cover those eggs right up! :)
- April 4, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- BeadedTail said...
Cute photos! Lightning, you're such a cutie! We hope you all have a great time with your visitors!
- April 4, 2012 at 8:57 PM
- Lorenza said...
Full house!
Sounds like you all are going to have a super Easter!
Have fun with your family!
Happy Easter!
Kisses and hugs
- April 4, 2012 at 9:45 PM
- KB said...
Wow, I love the Easter photo of the four Sibes. I love seeing Phantom in any photo, and I love the last photo of the two youngsters.
Have a very Happy Easter.
- April 4, 2012 at 11:03 PM
- Siku Marie, White Dog said...
Have the best time with your family. May your time together be rich in sharing, memory making, play, celebrating, and love.
- April 4, 2012 at 11:19 PM
- Bunk said...
This looks like so much fun!!!! HAPPY EASTER!!!!! I can't wait to hear all about the fun once you guys get back online.
- April 4, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter and enjoy the blog break too (sometimes it is a good idea!)
- April 5, 2012 at 3:32 AM
Oh Dog! You're each a basket case! I heard that a city in the US recently held its first Easter egg hunt for dogs. Now THAT would be a cool idea!
- April 5, 2012 at 7:23 AM
- FiveSibesMom said...
Love your pics!!! Oh they are just so cute. They would be great in our virtual Easter Parade video!!! Have a wonderful Easter!
- April 5, 2012 at 9:22 AM
- Sue said...
Have a wonderful holiday with your family and we'll see you next week.
Morgan, Tsar and the Porties
- April 5, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- sagechronicles said...
We hope you all have a wonderful Easter with your family! I hope you Woos get your own special Easter egg hunt. What fun would that be!
- April 5, 2012 at 6:08 PM
- Holly Dare said...
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter!
- April 5, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- bichonpawz said...
What a fabulous post!!! We totally love all of these pictures!!! Wish we could egg hunt with you!!! Hoping you and your family have the best holiday ever! Happy Easter!! xoxo Chloe and LadyBug
- April 6, 2012 at 2:57 AM
- T. Maxx said...
Pawsome pictures!!!
Have a lovely Easter!!
- April 6, 2012 at 4:11 AM
- sharkgila said...
Happy Easter! Those eggs look yummy-licious.
Togo, Tagar & Gamby
- April 6, 2012 at 5:15 AM
Ha! Y'all look very cute in your Easter baskets :) Have fun with the egg hunt!
Waggin at ya,
- April 6, 2012 at 5:22 AM
- Chicco said...
Dear friends,
Happy Easter to you and your family.
Woof, woof,
- April 6, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Oh, you all look SO cute in your Easter baskets! I hope you have fun with all your company and the Easter bunny leaves you some dee-licious treats!
Wiggles & Wags,
- April 6, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- Two Doodles and a Dane said...
Happy Easter to you all, that post sure made us smile! :D
- April 6, 2012 at 5:43 PM
- Sierra Rose said...
Bonus eggs with green papers!!!! Woot woot!! Have a fun Easter Egg hunt!
Sweet hugs,
Sierra Rose
- April 7, 2012 at 1:35 PM
- Sally said...
Wonderful pictures.
Happy Easter.
Nice woooh
- April 8, 2012 at 4:03 AM
- George The Lad said...
Looks like you are all going to have a fun weekend, love the blooper photo of Lighting :)
Have a good Easter
See Yea George xxx
- April 8, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Cyber-sibes said...
Happity Easter, pupperoos!
jack & moo
- April 8, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- ♥ Sallie said...
Happy Easter!
- April 8, 2012 at 4:16 PM
- Au and Target said...
We love your blooper shot! All those eggs; we didn't realised people had Easter egg hunts anymore. Pawsome!
- April 8, 2012 at 8:45 PM
- Little Reufus said...
What a wonder full Easter I know Yeu had!!!
We send our lubbs to yeu all, as the Mom hass missed you berry much.... and juss now I haff been a llowed to haff my own bloggy.
wif lubbs from Little Reufus
- April 8, 2012 at 9:15 PM
- Soggibottom said...
Hope you all had a fantastic Easter.
Luvs Freya Rose Blossom X
- April 9, 2012 at 11:34 AM
I hope yall have a wonderful easter with fams we will see ya when yous gets back....peee.ss we didnt knows you guys were living in our backyard...we live in the northland nears liberties...
wags and licks
keiko (and tess)
- April 9, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- Bobby said...
It sounds like a great time will be had by all.
Have a Happy Easter.
Licks Bobby
- April 9, 2012 at 1:04 PM
- Prancer Pie said...
Ummm, we'll take an Easter basket wif that in it! Adorable! Thank fur the crossed paws fur Princess. It is much appreciated. xoxo
- April 9, 2012 at 11:11 PM
- Mrs. JP said...
I like your pictures. Love the extreme close-up of Lightning. He makes me laugh
I've been thinking of you....Do you remember Roof Damage? We'll we've got it and I'm just so dreading the fixing part...yuk.
- April 10, 2012 at 3:39 PM
- ♥Mona + Weenie + Mommy, too♥ said...
Happy belated Easter! Hope your Mom survived the holiday. Ourts almost didn't. All those eggs!! Wow, that a lot money the little peeps must have got.
- April 11, 2012 at 4:51 AM
- Golden Woofs! SUGAR said...
Woof! Woof! Just saying Golden Hello! Hope you are having FUN with your visitors. Happy Wednesday. Lots of Golden ALOHA n Woofs, Sugar
- April 11, 2012 at 10:55 AM
- The Websters said...
You have a guard Sibe???? We heard that was impossible. Master is trying to teach me to bark when someone is at the door.
hahahahahahahahaha. I only bark when I want to play.
- April 11, 2012 at 11:10 AM
- chicamom85 said...
You are all so beautiful in your bunny pictures. I hope you had a wonderful Easter and enjoyed all of your guests. Ours was great!
LOveys Sasha
- April 11, 2012 at 1:57 PM
- ArtemisiaFSS said...
Your Easter pictures are adorable. Hope you did a lot of sleeping for the Mom.
- April 11, 2012 at 4:58 PM


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Part of the Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture exhibition.
Visit the Science Topic about food for hands-on activities, resources, essays, and more from the Museum, and check out additional recommended external resources below.
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- Evolution of Crop Plants: A collection of lectures and course materials on the fascinating origins of many of our most familiar crops. Assembled by Dr. Paul Gepts of University of California Davis, an expert on the origin of agriculture, crop domestication, and genetic diversity.
- The Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture: The mission of Economic Research Service is to inform the public about food, farming, trade, health, natural resources issues, and rural development. The site provides access to publications, data, and information on topics that range from food safety to biofuels to global food markets.
- Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture: A leader in sustainable agriculture, Iowa State University's Leopold Center conducts research on food systems, policy, and ecology.
- Global Crop Diversity Trust: This international organization, which established the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and many other seed banks, works to conserve crop diversity. On the website: information about how this conservation relates to issues such as climate change and food insecurity; an interactive map of conservation initiatives; and case studies of crops from bananas to rice.
- Bioversity International: A leader in agricultural biodiversity research, this organization works with partners around the world to improve the lives of small farmers and rural communities. Explore the role of farm conservation, gene banks, neglected and underutilized foods, and habitat conservation in conserving agricultural diversity.
- Crops for the Future: This international organization undertakes research and capacity development for greater use of underutilized crops. Explore databases, publications, and other resources on lesser-known crops, and find out about updates on crop research, events, and training opportunities.
- Protecting Potato Diversity in Peru: The Museum's Science Bulletins present videos, essays, and data visualizations about current research in the natural world. An April 2013 BioBulletin describes the domestication of potatoes in the Andes of South America, their evolution into a global staple, and a Peruvian conservation program for some 900 varieties of potato.
- Genetic Engineering in Agriculture:
- http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering.This page from the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit advocacy group of both private citizens and professional scientists, explores the science of genetic engineering in foods, along with costs, benefits, and alternatives.
- http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/focus/2003/gmo1.htm.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a source of information on agriculture, forestry, and fisheries related issues, working towards nutrition and food security goals. This resource provides a balanced overview of agricultural biotechnology.
- http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml.This webpage for the US Department of Energy's Human Genome Project includes information on genetically modified foods, along with benefits and controversies.
- GrowNYC: Information about programs run by this New York City nonprofit, which include greenmarkets, urban gardens, recycling, and composting. Provides teaching materials.
- Growing Power: This Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization develops community food systems and sustainable food production methods in both urban and rural locations. Offers training, active demonstration, outreach, and technical assistance.
- Agriculture and Public Health Gateway: Created by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, this is a portal for information about public health, agriculture, and the links between these two fields. Includes fact sheets and searchable databases.
- International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development: A comprehensive 2008 report on agriculture around the world, with respect to meeting development and sustainability goals, reducing hunger and poverty, improving nutrition, health and rural livelihoods, and facilitating social and environmental sustainability.
More you can do
- Monterey Bay Seafood Watch: A sustainable seafood list designed to raise consumer awareness. Visitors can download pocket guides and learn how consumers and businesses can make a difference by purchasing responsibly.
- Windowfarms: Find out why and how to start a hydroponic food growing system in your window. The site provides a platform for open source collaboration and access to a global online community of vertical farmers.
Learn more
- Teaching the Food System: Distribution & Transport: A cross-disciplinary approach to studying what's involved in getting food from field to plate developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. The lesson on food distribution and transport explores local and far-reaching distribution systems, along with energy and climate implications. Includes a lesson plan, background reading, vocabulary, slides, and student handouts.
- Agricultural Marketing Service: A USDA website that aggregates information about food hubs, which help small and mid-size farmers reach larger markets. Food hubs offer a combination of production, aggregation, distribution, and marketing services.
- Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States: A 2008 paper published in Environmental Science and Technology that explains the concept and energy implications of food miles—the distance food travels from producer to consumer. The authors explore how emissions from food production compare to emissions from transportation, prompting discussion about how to reduce food-related energy emissions in many ways, from dietary choices to buying local.
- Food Waste Harms Climate, Water, Land and Biodiversity: A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations documents the economic and environmental impact of food loss and waste along the food supply chain, focusing on consequences for climate, water, land, and biodiversity.
More you can do
- Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill: A 2012 study by the Natural Resources Defense Council of inefficiencies at every level of the U.S. food supply chain. Includes recommendations for making better use of natural resources, saving money, and meeting demands more effectively.
- Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food: Visitors can learn how the federal government supports local and regional food economies, see communities putting these resources to work, and locate farmers and programs on an interactive map of the United States.
- Greener Choices: Products for a Better Planet: Consumer Reports' guide to evaluating what food labels really mean. Includes articles on related issues, such as organic food, and links to a video critiquing familiar labels
- Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter: Lectures by world-class chefs and food experts on topics that range from the science of texture and flavor to precision cooking. Part of Harvard College's 2012 Public Lecture Series.
- Teaching the Food System: Food Safety: A cross-disciplinary approach to studying what's involved in getting food from field to plate developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. In this lesson on food safety, students identify sources of bacterial and chemical contamination along the food supply chain and simulate an investigation of a foodborne illness outbreak. Includes a lesson plan, background reading, vocabulary, slides, and student handouts.
- World Health Organization: Food Safety: Information about foodborne diseases and threats to food safety. Includes Five Keys to Safer Food for Consumers.
- New York Public Library: "What's on the Menu?" A digital repository of over 15,000 historical restaurant menus, dating back hundreds of years and searchable dish by dish, along with tools for exporting search data.
- Wild Fermentation: http://www.wildfermentation.com. Expert and author Sandor Ellix Katz maintains this lively blog about the world of fermentation, including step-by-step instructions for fermenting everything from hot peppers to sauerkraut.
- Monell Chemical Senses Center: Advancing Discovery in Taste and Smell: Scientists at this nonprofit institute conduct basic research on taste and smell and explore their significance for human health. Includes background information on taste and smell, and emerging fields of research.
- About Taste: The Taste Science Laboratory: Cornell University's Dr. Virginia Utermohlen studies how taste and smell are related to food choice and eating attitudes. Visitors can explore the nature and physiology of taste, and learn about supertasters.
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- The Kitchen Sisters: The "Hidden Kitchens" series produced by this award–winning public radio team explores how communities come together through food. Stories range from Lebanese immigrant cooking in the US to the art of foraging.
- USDA Results: Global Food Security: This USDA webpage aggregates information about food security: stable access to enough food and the ability to cook or prepare it in a healthy way. Includes resources on topics ranging from the economic dimensions of food insecurity to community assessment toolkits.
- The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013: This annual report discusses the underlying causes of global hunger and malnutrition and the connection to human and economic development, and monitors progress toward hunger reduction targets established at the 1996 World Food Summit and the Millennium Summit. Co-published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme.
- Teaching the Food System: Hunger & Food Security: A cross-disciplinary approach to studying what's involved in getting food from field to plate developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. In the lesson on food security, students explore the history, causes and consequences of hunger and food insecurity in the United States and compare the strengths and limitations of emergency food programs, federal food and nutrition assistance, and the community food security movement.
- Nourishing the Planet: This project from the World Watch Institute aims to eradicate hunger and raise the profile of innovative approaches, from cropping methods to agricultural policy. A blog covers the people, institutions, and ideas that affect the global food system and features several popular series.
- Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science: The website of the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science, which advances nutrition research and applies its findings in the field. The website includes information about the institute's research agenda, publications, and upcoming events.
- The Nutrition Source: A range of resources that include recommendations, recipes, and answers to common questions. Maintained by the Harvard School of Public Health.
- USDA: Choose My Plate: The USDA's building blocks of a healthy diet, with tools and tips to help Americans make good food choices.
- Food n' Me: An interactive site for kids that promotes healthy eating. Includes quizzes, guessing games and a feature that allows visitors to "smash" their favorite foods to see how much salt and sugar they contain.
- Teaching the Food System: Diet and Food Choice: A cross-disciplinary approach to studying what's involved in getting food from field to plate developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. In this lesson on diet and influence on food choice, students explore the relationship between diet and health, play a game about how American diets have changed over recent decades, and brainstorm reasons why people eat what they eat. Includes a lesson plan, background reading, vocabulary, slides, and student handouts.
- Healthy School Food: Nutrition education, information about plant-based foods, and programs for the whole school community from the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food.
- Locally grown food: An article from a Consumer Reports newsletter assessing the claim that local food is healthier.
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- Grassroots approach to Food Security: WhyHunger is a nonprofit organization that supports grassroots solutions to ending hunger and poverty and connects people to delicious, affordable food. The site's Food Security Learning Center offers materials on topics that range from nutrition education and climate change to the food system and urban agriculture.
- Eat Well Guide: A free online directory of fresh, locally grown and sustainably produced food sources in the United States and Canada. Thousands of listings include family farms, restaurants, farmers' markets, grocery stores, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, U-pick orchards, and more. Users can search by location, keyword, category or product, download customized guides, or use a mapping tool to plan a trip. A program of the GRACE Communications Foundation.
- Sustainable Food: From National Geographic magazine, this website offers tips for cooking with sustainable seafood, features on topics like urban agriculture, and buying guidelines for energy-efficient appliances.
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- Global Landscapes Initiative: This program at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment is developing tools needed to characterize global land use, understand land use changes, assess trends in global agricultural supply and demand, and balance human needs with environmental stewardship. Includes publications and resources such as videos on the future of food.
- Climate Hot Map: Global Warming Effects Around the World: This webpage from the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists explores the effects of climate-related threats to global food production, including the effects on human health, agricultural crops, livestock and fisheries, and land and marine ecosystems. Includes an interactive "hot map" and describes potential solutions.
- The Future of Food: How Science Will Solve the Next Global Crisis: An interactive atlas of the future of food created by Wired magazine in 2008. Features range from the future of farming to how global diets have changed and may continue to evolve.
- Food Tank: The Food Think Tank is a nonprofit organization focused on environmentally sustainable ways to improve our food system and alleviate hunger and obesity. This website offers information about research and investment in agriculture and news about issues including human health, development, food movements around the world, and climate change.
- NPR's The Salt Blog: The Salt is a dynamic clearinghouse that explroes food from many angles: health, science, taste and flavor, culture, and history.
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- H2O Conserve Water Footprint Calculator: Water conservation is a key to the future of farming. Visitors can use this interactive tool to explore how they use water—and how much—and find ways to conserve. Your household's


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With multiple arrests worldwide this year of LulzSec and Anonymous members, the number of at-large hackers in both hackers groups is rapidly dwindling. LulzSec's non-fingerprinted membership, in fact, could be down to two.
According to a recent tweet by LulzSec/Anonymous leader Sabu, only he and one other member of LulzSec have not been arrested.
Last week, the FBI arrested alleged LulzSec member Cody Kretsinger and alleged People's Liberation Front members Christopher Doyon and Joshua Covelli. Both groups are associated with the hacking group Anonymous.
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The FBI's Los Angeles division arrested Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, Ariz., allegedly known as "Recursion," for hacking into Sony Pictures Entertainment's system in June. Kretsinger was charged with conspiracy and the unauthorized impairment of a protected computer.
Kretsinger and others are accused of using an SQL injection attack to obtain confidential information via Sony's website and distributing the stolen information on LulzSec's website, as well as announcing the attack on Twitter. Additionally, Kretsinger used the U.K.-based virtual private network proxy service HideMyAss.com to disguise his IP address when connecting to the Sony Pictures site and permanently erased the hard drive of the computer he used to conduct the attack. The extent of the Sony breach is still under investigation.
In a separate indictment, Christopher Doyon, 47, of Mountain View, Calif., and Joshua Covelli, 26, of Fairborn, Ohio, were charged with conspiracy to cause intentional damage to a protected computer, causing intentional damage to a protected computer and aiding and abetting, reported Fox News.
Doyon and Covelli are charged with using their computers to launch a distributed denial-of-service attack in December 2010 on Santa Cruz County, Calif.'s servers, causing them to briefly go down.
Doyon, allegedly "Commander X," pleaded not guilty, CNET reported. Doyon is homeless and has been living on the streets in Mountain View for the past few months after living on the streets in Berkeley, Calif., said his lawyer, Jay Leiderman, to CNET. Doyon is being tried in the U.S. District Court of San Jose, Calif.
Fox News also reported that search warrants were being executed in New Jersey, Minnesota and Montana. And the U.K.-based Guardian reported that another LulzSec member, known as "Neuron," may also be facing arrest if the British government can trace him via his usage of HideMyAss.
Kretsinger was found with the help of the VPN proxy service, which turned its logs over to the police. In a lengthy blog on the subject, HideMyAss said: "As stated in our terms of service and privacy policy our service is not to be used for illegal activity, and as a legitimate company we will cooperate with law enforcement if we receive a court order. .. It is very naive to think that by paying a subscription fee to a VPN service you are free to break the law without any consequences."
The blog went on to say that, as a U.K. based company, it complies only with U.K. law, and would comply with requests only if they are delivered through U.K. legal channels.
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There is a group that is currently under investigation in Phoenix, Az. The FBI and ICC are doing stellar work, unfortunately too many of these hackers go unnoticed unless they hit a big company. Well expect all of that to change as the tables are being turned in an effort to nab small time crooks that target home computers for their fraudulent schemes. I have been attacked time and time again and myself and a handful of friends have started a counter hacking group to aid in the apprehension of these thieves. Understanding your computer and reporting any malicious behavoir goes along way in fighting cyber crime.
Pseu An, those items weren't on the black market... the FBI sold them to him before they arrested him!
Nameles One- Good clean fun? Did you hear about a REAL BAD GUY the FBI snagged yesterday? That was an effort deserving of tax dollars these days. BTW auto ARs, drones, hand grenades & C4-how do these things even get on the black market? Not for "good clean fun" I bet.
They're lucky they are just hacking into local government and private industry computers and not DoD computers, they would get much worse than the figurative hand slap they are getting now. But then again, you wouldn't be hearing about their arrests either.
Pseu - what does it take to exceed good clean fun in your anarchist little mind; explosions? Good thing FBI isn't run by public opinion like a lot of other very powerful governmental functions!
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Alex Bruce says Hull are "quietly confident" of reaching the Europa League play-offs despite being held to a goalless draw by AS Trencin on Thursday night.
The Tigers were favourites to beat their Slovakian opponents on their competitive continental bow in Zilina but came away from their third qualifying round first leg with a stalemate.
Tom Huddlestone should have won it but saw his 61st-minute penalty saved and somehow flashed a point-blank follow-up against the bar.
Bruce, who was one of City's most impressive performers in the centre of a back three, was not surprised the visitors did not get things their own way but is banking on a positive result at the KC Stadium to carry them through next week.
"It was a tough game for us, particularly because we've only had a couple of friendlies and they are into their season," he told Press Association Sport.
"Friendlies aren't the same as competitive matches so they were just that bit fitter than us, running round like whippets, which is a bit of a leveller.
"If it was during the season and we were at peak fitness and match sharp I'm sure we would have won quite handsomely. But we have had the benefit of that game now and I'm sure we'll be quietly confident of doing the job at home."
Huddlestone has missed spot-kicks before, in the FA Cup and Europa League while at Tottenham, but Bruce was surprised to see his side's dead-ball specialist falter from 12 yards.
"I think everyone in the ground thought it was going in, we all know how cleanly Tom strikes the ball," he said.
"The second chance, I think he just thought it was too easy, a rush of blood.
"I'm sure he'll be beating himself up about it but we'd prefer him to do it in a game like last night when we've got another chance at home.
"We've missed a few penalties as a side so I'm going to start taking them, but then we really would be in trouble."
Hull handed debuts to summer signings Tom Ince and Robert Snodgrass in the second half against Trencin, and Bruce expects to see plenty more of them as his father Steve shuffles the pack this season.
He added: "We could have a lot of games this year so it's important to have a big squad and utilise that for each game.
"The new lads did have a bit of impact when they came on and we need to keep it fresh.
"I'd be very, very surprised if we see the same team again for the next match."
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Is Cocoa the Brain Drug of the Future?
... raw cocoa may be packed with brain-boosting compounds. Researchers at the University of L'Aquila in Italy, with scientists from Mars, Inc., and their colleagues published findings last September that suggest cognitive function in the elderly is improved by ingesting high levels of natural compounds found in cocoa called flavanols. The study included 90 individuals with mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to Alzheimer's disease. Subjects who drank a cocoa beverage containing either moderate or high levels of flavanols daily for eight weeks demonstrated greater cognitive function than those who consumed low levels of flavanols on three separate tests that measured factors that included verbal fluency, visual searching and attention. Exactly how cocoa causes these changes is still unknown, but emerging research points to one flavanol in particular: (-)-epicatechin, pronounced "minus epicatechin."
Tragically for chocoholics, most methods of processing cocoa remove many of the flavanols found in the raw plant. Even dark chocolate, touted as the "healthy" option, can be treated such that the cocoa darkens while flavanols are stripped. Researchers are only beginning to establish standards for measuring flavanol content in chocolate. A typical one and a half ounce chocolate bar might contain about 50 milligrams of flavanols, which means you would need to consume 10 to 20 bars daily to approach the flavanol levels used in the University of L'Aquila study.
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How about (undutched) cocoa powder?
As far as I know it's still processed, not raw.
I cannot find what undutched it - tell me more, Grinning Cat!
I meant cocoa powder that hasn't been "dutch processed" with alkali for a mellower taste. (Don't think there's any way to reverse that.)
Thanks Grinning Cat, that was all new to me.
This was a double-blind controlled study, I found the abstract. However some of the authors are associated with Mars Bars, so results might be biased.
Not sure where to get raw cocoa... Especially outside the US...
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