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NASA had a whole website debunking doomsday predictions. Michigan officials closed 33 schools two days early for the holidays — in part because of concerns that some unhinged individual might use end of the world rumors as an excuse to play Newtown copycat. All over the world, panicked people were hoarding supplies in preparation for the apocalypse. In Russia, the prime minister felt it necessary to make an announcement to quell public hysteria.
But after all of the hype, we're still here. The Last Days predictions turned out to be as legit as Oakland preacher Harold Camping's repeated false warnings about the coming of Judgment Day.
Why do so many of us keep falling for it? How did such bogus claims create global hysteria?
According to archeologists, doomsday predictions were based on a misinterpretation of the Maya calendar and some inscriptions carved on ruins in Guatemala. The calendar, which started Aug. 11, 3114 B.C., functions like an odometer. It rolls over every 5,125 years. It was scheduled to reset Dec. 21, 2012. Many people deduced that the end of this major time cycle would coincide with some kind of cataclysmic event.
Like the end of the world. Hollywood added to the hysteria with movies like "2012."
Only, there never any evidence that the Maya predicted doomsday.
Scientists also refuted claims Earth would be destroyed by another planet.
Yet that didn't stop the advertising and media juggernaut.
What you might not know from reading or watching most of the news coverage of the so-called Maya Prophecy, is that plenty of people around the world had an entirely different take on what the date Dec. 21, 2012, signifies.
Rather than the world going up in a ball of flames, they viewed the date as the start of a rebirth for humanity.
According to this New Age interpretation, this is a time for people everywhere to undergo a radical spiritual transformation before we destroy ourselves and the planet.
From Oakland to Australia to India to Mexico, tens of millions of people gathered to celebrate a "planetary Birth Day event." Many more followed the ceremonies via the Internet.
A Who's Who in the New Age movement participated, from Deepak Chopra to Marianne Williamson.
Don Miguel Ruiz, the international bestselling author of the "Four Agreements, A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" called the end of the Maya calendar "a great opportunity for us to return to love and an important time to recover our integrity.
"For those people in fear of this being the end of times, it's not true," Ruiz said. "It is just a shift in consciousness."
The goal of the "planetary birth day" events was to bring 100 million people around the world together to pray for and celebrate world peace. Attendees pledged to focus on making the world a better place not just for themselves but for everyone.
Words like "global unity," "peace" and "love" may sound airy-fairy to some.
But if I have a choice between throwing in my lot with the New Age crowd or the Last Days folks, I'll take door number one.
Regardless of your spiritual beliefs — or even if you have none at all — you can't deny that many people suffer from low-level consciousness that is manifested in the turmoil that we see evidence of everywhere. In the never-ending shootings in our cities. The NRA's preposterous call for armed guards in every school after the Newtown massacre. The hatred and violence and lack of respect for human life and dignity all over the world.
Humanity is in far greater danger of perishing from its own self-destructive behavior than as a result of a rogue planet smashing into Earth.
Wishing you a blessed and safe Christmas.
Tammerlin Drummond is a columnist for the Bay Area News Group. Her column runs Tuesday and Sunday. Reach her at email@example.com or follow her at Twitter.com/Tammerlin


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Kobe Bryant or Chaz Bono — Whose Split Is More Devastating? You Tell Us!
In the past week, two big celebrity splits have made headlines: Basketball star Kobe Bryant and his wife of 10 years, Vanessa, are divorcing, and Chaz Bono and his fiancee Jennifer Elia said they too have gone kaput.
And while neither announcement may have left the same implosion crater made by the Kardashian-Humphries split, breakups are always rough. But just how rough will Kobe and Chaz have it?
Kobe's impending divorce could cost him serious Bejamins. The couple didn't have a prenup, so he stands to lose a substantial portion of the reported $200-$300 million fortune he's built during the past decade, not to mention no longer being a full-time presence in the lives of his two young daughters.
There's also the matter of bad PR. Remember, back in 2003, Kobe was accused of raping a 19-year-old Colorado resort employee and Vanessa stood by her husband's side during the ordeal — later even sporting a $4 million diamond dubbed an "apology ring" by celeb-watchers — but insiders say the mess didn't cure the NBA star's wandering eye.
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Bono had already been with girlfriend Jennifer Elia for years before he famously transitioned from female to male, which by itself would've torn most couples apart. Elia, however, proved herself to be the most understanding of partners, supporting him every step of the way, even showing up to cheer him on during his controversial stint on 'Dancing with the Stars.'
Chaz proposed to Jennifer on a special segment of his 'Being Chaz' series, and she accepted. But the reality is Elia is a lesbian, and Chaz is no longer the woman with whom she initially fell in love. With his highly-publicized background, how easy will it be for Bono to find love again?


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It's hard to believe that this Friday marks one year. Do you remember where you were when you heard? I was driving back from Los Angeles, on my way to a vigil outside the home of beloved Ocean View High School coach Jim Harris, who would soon die from cancer.
My column that next week began with, "The mercury pushed up near 100 degrees throughout the region, the sort of strange, unseasonably arid kind of day that will prompt at least a few to start wondering about 'earthquake weather.' It was a summer day that didn't happen all summer, and the odd, almost-eerie stillness that comes with such an afternoon was obliterated about 1:30 when a gunman in Seal Beach opened fire, killing eight innocent people (and injuring a ninth)."
Do you remember what you were doing the day a madman named Scott Dekraai allegedly slaughtered those innocent people at the hair salon in Seal Beach, the worst massacre in Orange County history?
Forty-seven-year-old Paul Wilson remembers all too well what he was doing. He had gotten his haircut at the salon, where his wife Christy worked, just two hours before the killings began. Then he was at work in Commerce, where he runs a clothing manufacturing company. He received a phone call from his daughter saying she saw police cars and helicopters near the salon. Then he got another call from Gordon, the guy who had cut his hair, telling him he had to get back to the salon. Wilson told Gordon to tell him that Christy was OK. Gordon said he could not do that, and hung up.
Racing wildly down the 605 toward Seal Beach, blinkers flashing, Wilson next received a call from his mother. He pulled over. She told him there had been a shooting, but that she thought Christy was OK.
Somewhat relieved, Wilson continued on to the salon. But when he arrived, he saw his wife's car in the parking lot, and his heart sank. He knew something was wrong. A Long Beach police officer, a family friend, walked Wilson to a nearby church that had become a makeshift grief center for family members. That's when he got the news that his wife of 24 years had been taken from him and their three children. Christy had been getting her hair washed by Michelle Fournier, the ex-wife of the shooter, and she was the second person to get shot after Fournier.
Talking with Wilson today puts the event in a new, chilling perspective. But it also reminds us that while we, the public, have returned to our collective routine, every day is still a living hell for the family members of victims.
Paul and Christy raised three kids together, who today are 23, 21 and 18 years old. That day, one year ago, is when Wilson had to break the news to his kids that their mom was never coming home again.
"Christy was the love of my life," he told me. "We were together 26 years, my entire adult life, and there was not a day we didn't speak to each other. I travel for work, and she took care of everything with our kids. She held down the fort. She kept track of everything. She spent so much wonderful time with our kids. Her shoes cannot be filled. So my last year has been spent trying to make sense of that and be here for my kids."
But it's also been spent trying to prevent a catastrophe like this from happening again, as well as protecting the rights of the victims when madness occurs.
Wilson has started working toward changing legislation regarding gun safety and victim's rights. While he stresses that he completely respects the laws of gun owners, in extreme custody cases he thinks more needs to be done (and I think it's hard not to agree with him). He has been working on a two-part proposed law, called Christy's Law, which is gaining attention through an online petition.
It proposes prohibiting the purchase or possession of firearms while engaged in dissolution/child custody disputes and also would require the surrender of existing firearms by parties engaged in dissolution/child custody disputes. In addition, Christy's Law proposes new victim's rights legislation that would basically require defendants seeking a stay in a civil lawsuit to file a declaration of wealth, so they don't have the opportunity to "hide" their assets.
It would also enable a defendant to testify in a civil case and still remain silent in the criminal case without prejudice. This will ensure that victims of violent crimes can still pursue a civil suit against the defendant without having to wait until the criminal trial that could take years, especially in the case where the defendant is known to possess sizable wealth that could be hidden away or spent in the process.
In addition to Wilson's efforts to change legislation, he is forming the Christy Lynn Wilson Foundation and will use the foundation as a platform to work with other advocates and organizations in protecting citizens from further gun violence. He has also coordinated a golf tournament fundraiser for Nov. 19 to raise funds for the foundation. Lastly, he has set up an online petition to gain public support for Christy's Law: http://www.change.org/petitions/support-christy-s-law.
Wilson told me doing all of this keeps him sane because he's still fighting in the name of the love of his life. As we remember the victims of the salon shooting this week, may his profound efforts also become part of the legacy of this tragedy; something positive from the horror that erupted one year ago. I hope you will support him.
Also, there will be a candlelight vigil Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Eisenhower Park in Seal Beach, where many are expected to gather to pay their respects to the victims.
CHRIS EPTING is the author of 19 books, including the new "Baseball in Orange County" from Arcadia Publishing. You can chat with him on Twitter @chrisepting or follow his column at http://www.facebook.com/hbindependent.


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Since I haven't done much sewing lately I thought I'd show you some of the things I made in 2010...
Little did I know when I started this blog how much fun I would have connecting with all of you crafty people from all over the world. Or how much time I would spend trying to take just the right pictures to post on my blog. And most of all how great it feels to read your lovely comments and emails! It's been such good fun!
So what's coming next year...?
I'm thinking about changing my blog name...
I will be working with friends on an exciting new project {yes it involves quilts!} wish me luck!
There will be a daschund popping up somewere, once at the very least.
I'm bound to swap a thing or two, there will be a quilt or three and some pillows, pincushions, mug rugs, handmade gifts and well you don't really want me to list all these do you? ;-)
And hopefully many more exciting new creative adventures to share with all of you!
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Evan Williams and Biz Stone, the co-founders of Twitter, have leased three sprawling floors in a historic downtown San Francisco tower for their low-profile start-up incubator, The Obvious Corporation.
Obvious said Friday it leased 75,000 square feet at the busy 760 Market Street location - known as the Phelan Building - in one of the city's larger commercial real estate deals in recent months.
The downtown space will be able to hold roughly 500 employees and signals ambitions at Obvious, which was re-constituted when Williams and Stone both left Twitter in 2011.
The incubator, with no more than two dozen employees, has mostly stayed out of the press except when it unveiled two new blogging platforms called Medium and Branch last September.
Although still thinly staffed, Obvious's new space is larger than start-up Pinterest's recently inked lease in the city.
"We need the right space from which to grow the Medium team and position Obvious to focus on bringing our new ideas to life," Obvious CEO Williams said in a statement Friday about the new lease.
The company will occupy the seventh, eighth and ninth floors of the triangular building, which wraps around a central courtyard, said Jenny Haeg, a real estate agent who has brokered leases for Square Inc, Dropbox, Airbnb and other large tech startups.
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The Electricity Market Reform White Paper may have grabbed all of the headlines when it was published on 12th July 2011, but another document published by DECC at the same time also made for interesting reading. The Renewable Energy Roadmap sets out how the UK Government, along with the devolved administrations, hopes to achieve an increase of more than four-fold in the consumption of renewable energy by the end of the decade. It looks at the actions to tackle barriers to the wider rollout of renewables and identifies the key technologies - including wind, biomass and heat pumps - which it believes have the greatest potential to help meet targets. Read more »
In order for a personal wind turbine to capture optimal wind energy it must be able to always face the wind dead on. The yaw, or yaw drive, is a component of a horizontal axis wind turbine that allows the turbine to continually pivot into the wind.
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Vanderbilt Knots Baseball Series, 6-3
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BATON ROUGE, La.- Vanderbilt shortstop Anthony Gomez smacked four base hits and drove in two runs Saturday night to pace the Commodores to a 6-3 victory over third-ranked LSU during in Alex Box Stadium.
LSU dropped to 39-12 overall and 17-9 in the SEC. Vanderbilt improved to 25-25 and 12-14 in the conference. The Tigers are in a second-place tie with South Carolina in the overall league race, trailing Kentucky (18-9) by one-half game.
Game 3 of the LSU-Vanderbilt series begins at 1 p.m. Sunday. The game will be televised on SportSouth/Fox Sports Houston and it may be viewed at ESPN3.com (online blackout may apply in some areas).
Sophomore right-hander Ryan Eades (5-2) will take the mound for LSU Sunday, while Vanderbilt will counter with freshman right-hander Tyler Beede (1-4).
"It was just one of those games where nothing seemed to work for us, and Vanderbilt played just a little bit better than we did," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. "We kept ourselves within striking distance all the way to the end but Vanderbilt threw some quality arms at us and we fell short. I would be surprised, though, if we don't play our best game of the weekend tomorrow."
Mainieri said that LSU starting catcher Ty Ross missed the game after undergoing an appendectomy Saturday afternoon in a Baton Rouge hospital. Mainieri said Ross is expected to return to action in approximately two weeks.
Left-hander Sam Selman (8-3) picked up the win for the Commodores Saturday after allowing one run on four hits in five innings with four walks and five strikeouts. LSU freshman right-hander Aaron Nola (6-3) was charged with loss after giving up three runs (two earned) on nine hits with six strikeouts.
Vanderbilt stole five bases and racked up 12 hits in the contest. Second baseman Tony Kemp and Gomez each scored twice and designated hitter Connor Castellano added a pair of base hits.
LSU's offense strung together three runs on 10 hits. Right fielder Mason Katz, catcher Jordy Snikeris and third baseman Tyler Hanover each had a pair of base hits. First baseman Tyler Moore provided two RBIs on a single in the eighth.
The Commodores took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third. Kemp connected on a one-out single, stole second and scored on Gomez's RBI single up the middle.
Vanderbilt added two more in the top of the sixth. Spencer Navin was hit by a pitch and stole second. Castellano singled, and Navin scored on a throwing error by shortstop Austin Nola. Jack Lupo plated Castellano on an infield single.
LSU responded in the bottom half of the sixth. Snikeris drove home Austin Nola from third on an infield single.
Vanderbilt added another in the seventh when Gomez scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch.
The Commodores added two more in the top of the eighth. Kemp walked and stole second before Gomez delivered an RBI double and Conrad Gregor notched an RBI single.
LSU showed fight in the bottom half of the eighth. Austin Nola walked and moved to second on Katz's single. Snikeris smacked a single to load the bases. Moore plated Nola and Katz on a two-RBI single through the right side.
Vanderbilt reliever Will Clinard earned his third save of the season, allowing no runs on two hits over the final 1.2 innings with one strikeout.
Vanderbilt 6, LSU 3 (May 12, 2012 at Baton Rouge, La.)
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Pitchers: Vanderbilt - Sam Selman; Drew VerHagen(6); Brian Miller(8); Will Clinard(8) and Spencer Navin.
LSU - Aaron Nola; Brent Bonvillain(6); Joey Bourgeois(7) and Jordy Snikeris.
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The Buccaneers, who enter the new season as the defending Atlantic Sun Conference champions, got a team high 12 points apiece from sophomore guard
"I thought we did a lot of good things tonight, and obviously we've got a lot of guys that can score the ball," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "In a game like this you want to play a lot of guys and we did that, but it can be sloppy at times. It's a good start for us, but there are areas for improvement."
The good news for the Bucs came in the areas of field goal percentage, steals and rebounds, with ETSU hitting on 53 percent of its shots, forcing 21 Mars Hill turnovers with 14 steals, and out-rebouning the Lions 44-37. However, the bad news for ETSU came in the form of 23 turnovers of its own, and the Bucs gave up 18 offensive rebounds.
In the first half, the Bucs led by a score of just 14-12 with left before the break, but progressively increased that cushion to as much as 53-31 with remaining. In the second half, ETSU didn't stop the point barrage, outscoring the Lions 43-39 and finishing the game with a 24-point advantage.
For Mars Hill, P.J. Gore led the way with a game-high 19 points, while Jamarl Glen pitched in 17. The Lions shot just 35.3 percent from the floor and hit on just 28.6 percent of their 3-point shots. In the paint, Josh Goble picked up a game
ETSU got a game-high six assists and five steals from sophomore Dequan Twilley (Shelbyville) in just 21 minutes of action, while Andrew Reed (Port Richey, Fla.) picked up a team-high five rebounds. The game was marred by several official calls, with Mars Hill committing 31 fouls and the Bucs committing 26 of their own.
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Within the cigar world there is probably not a more hot button issue like the trade embargo placed on Cuba in 1960. In the early hours of February 7th, 1962 a near total embargo against Cuba was signed into effect by President John F. Kennedy. This is the common date everyone associates the Cuban Democracy Act with as prior to this date it was simply a partial embargo against the Communist island. As most know this is still in effect to this day and is the most enduring trade embargo in modern history. In 1992 the embargo was codified into US law with the purpose to continue sanctions again Cuba so long as the Cuban government refused to move towards democratization and greater respect for human rights. The law has been added to and extended several times since 1992 to further restrict U.S. citizens from doing business with Cuba and was most recently extended by President Barack Obama until September 14th, 2012. This all began due to Cuba nationalizing American businesses on the island as well as aligning with Russia during the Cold War.
We as retailers get asked numerous questions, sometimes daily, about the embargo. Questions ranging from what makes them so good, why are they the best, when we think the embargo might end, and even what will change about what we do should it end? The answer will of course vary from person to person and maybe even from day-to-day. But the fact remains we hear them all the time.
Let's start by looking at what is probably the most asked question: what makes them so good/why are they the best? This is of course all subjective and my answer won't be the same as the next retailer. I always start by telling people the obvious, that taste is subjective so they may not be the best to everyone. I personally prefer a more hearty Nicaraguan to a Cuban but enjoy the forbidden fruit as well. They both offer something that I enjoy but for very different reasons. Nicaraguan tobacco is by nature a heartier, heavier tobacco while Cuban tobacco tends to be more medium in body with more subtle flavors. Each provide a different smoking experience that allows you to decide what to smoke based on the moment. The biggest difference you between each is that Cuban cigars are puro, made only of Cuban grown tobacco while non-Cuban companies will use tobacco's from different countries. The biggest argument you will hear from many Cuban cigar smokers is that if they weren't the best, they wouldn't dominate the cigar market outside of the U.S. Many estimates put Cuba as holding upwards of an 80% market share on the cigar industry. However many companies don't actively market or sell to the international market which lends itself to Cuba holding such a large share.
The next most asked question is about when/if the embargo might end. In the past 50 years it has looked mostly impossible due to political reasons. But in the past 2-3 years it has started to look more and more like a possibility. Fidel Castro has ceded power to his brother, the Communist nation has begun allowing privatized business to occur, and the embargo is starting to look more and more like a failure due to Cuba still being Communist. The point of the embargo was to create change and it really hasn't lived up to that idea. The biggest hurdle is going to be garnering enough support in Congress to release the embargo that has for so long been such a major part of the political landscape in the United States. Under the current administration we have seen several aspect of the embargo loosened, including travel restrictions and the ability to send aid to the island. This could be just a starting point for an eventual abandonment of the total embargo that would open many new doors for both citizens of the U.S. and Cuba.
Another major point to be brought up is what changes we would see in the cigar landscape in America should Cuban tobacco be available to us. What many people overlook is the legal issues that would arise from the embargo ending. As most people know, many cigar names that came from Cuba prior to the embargo started to be made in the Dominican Republic after the embargo was signed. Brands like Partagas, Romeo y Julieta, H. Upmann, Montecristo, Cohiba and others have both Dominican and Cuban variations. What many people don't realize is the Dominican versions of these are made by different companies, Altadis and General. The issue that this causes is that Altadis owns 50% of the Cuban cigar production arm known as Habanos S.A. and as such owns the rights to all of the above mentioned brands of Cuban origin while General owns the rights to many of the Dominican versions. The battle that would ensue over who could produce these and release these in their Cuban form would be lengthy to say the least. I personally wouldn't expect to see any form of Cuban cigar on our store shelves for 10 years or more after the embargo was lifted. The other issue that would arise is how much supply would be available to us. Cuba right now is thought to be at maximum capacity for cigar production based on farm space available to grow tobacco from. Estimates say that Habanos S.A. is producing around 150 million cigars a year (this number is heavily disputed) and controls 80% of the foreign market. This means the international cigar market consumes around 200 million cigars a year if the Cuban number is accurate. The U.S. market consumes approximately 250 million cigars a year on its own. If Cuba is at max capacity then the availability of Cuban cigars in America is going to be extremely limited. I would also expect there to be a huge demand on this very small supply which would most likely drive the price up considerably, at least for the first several years as people seek out legal Cuban cigars once they become available. What I would expect is to see a small boom period, around 4-8 years, should they become legal as people hunt for them much like they did during the cigar boom of the late 90′s. What would be most interesting to me would be to see what manufacturers in countries like the Dominican, Honduras, and Nicaragua would do if they had Cuban tobacco to blend with their current stockpiles should there be enough for them to purchase and use. I can only imagine what we would see coming from major names like Fuente, Oliva, Padron and others should they have access to the forbidden fruit.
As long as this embargo remains in place, we will continue to get the questions, provide our answers, and just wonder "what if?" I honestly think it will be lifted in the next 15 years, which seems like an eternity, but after 60 years what need is there for it anymore? We placed the embargo with the intent to move Cuba away from a Communist government and yet they persist. We wanted them to recognize human rights on a better level and yet we continue to hold things from them that could inevitably help improve their track record. The Cold War has been over for over a decade and the U.S.S.R collapsed. At what point does this embargo collapse as well?


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I am greatly interested interested in learning of OTHER vendors/publishers that curretnly provide or a planning to provide mobile access to their respective databases and/or journal and/or e book collections
BTW: I am aware of the Vendors and Publishers section of the M-Libraries section of Meredith Farkas's Most Excellent _Library Success Best Practices Wiki_
and the work of Bill Drew.
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Mobile Access Databases And/Or e-Journal And/Or eBook Collections?
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- AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM
BioMedCentral (via Avantgo), and - of course - there is WorldCat Mobile (via Boopsie).ReplyDelete
Wiley Interscience had the service, but has pulled it down for some reason.
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2009 at 2:50 PM
ACS just has launched a mobile project - seeReplyDelete
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People watching: metal cut-outs of figures installed on Swede Alley
November 27, 2012
Sheets of metal with cut-outs in the shapes of people were installed earlier in November along Swede Alley close to the China Bridge garage as part of a City Hall improvement project that included the construction of brick crosswalks.
The architectural firm involved in the crosswalk improvements also designed the cut-out sheets of metal.
Park City officials will consider putting the pieces of metal cut out from the sheets — the ones in the form of a person — in the walkway between Swede Alley and Main Street next to the Egyptian Theatre. The placement depends on permission from property owners.


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Ding Village Folk custom Museum. This museum constructed in 1985, is first which China established reflected that the Han nationality folk culture the specialized museum, had the groundbreaking significance. the Ding village, the position located at the Shanxi Province Xiangfen County Chengnan 5 kilometers, east here depends on the Tashan, west approaches the Shui river water, east the topography Gao Xidi, the climate is temperate, the water and soil is abundant, was one of since old times human activity local, the famous nation key Cultural relic preservation organ paleolithic period "the Ding rural population" and the cultural remains site distributes in its periphery. The excellent natural condition, the glorious civilization accumulates, preserves the complete Ming and Qing Dynasties common people residence architectural complex, to preserve and inherits the Fenhe River basin the typical culture to provide the advantageous condition in here.
Shanxi located at Mt. Taihang west, east of Yellow River. Name of the Shanxi, because of occupies Mt. Taihang west to acquire fame. Was called since old times ?Biaolishanhe?. Spring and Autumn Period time, most districts for Jin all, therefore abbreviation ?Jin?; The Warring States initial period, Han, Zhao, Wei three divide the Jin, because and calls ?the Three-Jin?. The entire province total area 156,000 square kilometers, the total population nearly 34,000,000 people, presently govern Taiyuan, Datong, Shuozhou, Yangquan, Changzhi, Xinzhou, Luliang, Jinzhong, Linfen, Yuncheng, Jincheng and so on 11 locally administered levels, altogether 85 counties, 11 county-level cities, 23 municipal districts. Provincial capital Taiyuan, provincial government in the Taiyuan Municipal government east street. Rich tourism resources in Shanxi Province, historical monuments, scenic spots more. There are more famous Yungang Grottoes, Mount Temple group Jinci, Yingxian Wooden Tower, Yongle Palace,Xuankong Temple , Hukou Waterfall, Temple state solution, such as Hongtong large tree.


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DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association released its first weekly NCAA Division II National Players of the Week awards of the season for the period ending February 10.
Junior Adrian English was selected as the South Region Player of the Week after helping the Buccaneers to their best start in program history with a 6-0 start.
English amassed 13 hits in 22 at-bats which included five multi-hit games. The Miami native finished with 11 RBI and five doubles, good for a .591 batting average through the six-game span. The only game in which English did not have multiple hits was the series finale against Shorter University that was cut short due to inclement weather in the sixth inning.
Barry's six game winning streak came to an end on Tuesday night with a loss to Palm Beach Atlantic at Feinbloom Field.
The Buccaneers will look to rebound from Tuesday night's loss this weekend as they're set to take on the Panthers of Florida Tech University.
Friday night's Sunshine State Conference opener against the Panthers is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be followed by a double-header on Saturday beginning at 12 p.m.
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The final of the MBUK Dirt Jump Invitational took place this afternoon (31 May) during a sunny BikeRadar Live at Donington Park.
Seventeen-year-old Sam Reynolds took the win ahead of Sam Pilgrim and Lance McDermott.
Only select riders were chosen for the comp which had a winner-takes-all prize of £5,000.
A group of more than 20 riders were whittled down to just 10 who took part in the final on a sun-soaked, slightly breezy day.
The group were: Danny Pace, Blake Sampson, Jamie Johnson, Lance McDermott, Daryl Brown, Grant 'Chopper' Fielder, Sam Pilgrim, Jamie Goldman, Ray Sampson and Sam Reynolds.
Riders were scored over two runs of the massive jumps by a team of judges including UK freeride star and Corsair rider Chris Smith, Jim Davage and MBUK magazine's Doddy.
Highlights from the first run included MacMahone rider Jamie Johnson's no-hander superman on the penultimate jump, Chopper's X-up on the third followed by a tail whip on the fourth and 2008 Qashqai Challenge winner Lance McDermott pulling out a novocaine followed by a massive flip whip on the last two jumps.
Watch Sam Reynolds' winning run now, courtesy of Ian Hill:
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The huge crowd were fans of the riders... and the free stuff being given out!
Things hotted up in the second round and although the wind caused problems for some riders – Santa Cruz Syndicate rider Jamie Goldman crashed out on his second run – the noise from the crowd got louder and the moves got bigger.
Danny Pace's backflip to front flip on the last two sent the crowd wild, and Sam Pilgrim took time out of the Animal Relentless Bike Tour to wow the crowds with a tailwhip, 3X to flip-X combo. Grant Fielder crashed out at the start of the course, only managing a tail whip on the first jump.
Undoubtedly the most impressive rider on the day was 17-year-old DMR rider Sam Reynolds. The crowd went beserk when he finished his second run with a flip to 720. Fellow riders ran to congratulate him, and the name of the winner was a foregone conclusion.
Reynolds said: "The wind picked up so the final was sketchy, the track was good with nice big jumps so the riders could show off their big tricks. The flip to 720 definitely sealed the deal!"
He added: "I've got an exam in biology tomorrow but that doesn't matter any more! I'll definitely be back to defend my title at BikeRadar Live 2010."
(Left to right) Lance McDermott, Sam Reynolds and Sam Pilgrim
Will Longden's sun baked trails were surrounded by a crowd of supportive fans
Spectators were amazed as the riders continued to step up the skill level
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Ray Samson and a fully extended superman
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The fancy "In Motion" DLC for the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2 is available today.
We last saw "In Motion" at E3 this summer, where a Sony representative demonstrated how the Move works with the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. The DLC adds new kinds of controls to the game, including, notably, the ability to scale a cube in size while holding it. (Just when you thought you had mastered thinking with portals, along comes a whole new mechanic to trip you up.)
The "In Motion" DLC also includes new levels to go along with the new controls, and that, of course, require features like portal surfing and item scaling to solve.
Portal 2 In Motion DLC Launches Today on PSN [PlayStation Blog]


text: As you may recall, in Obama's acceptance speech he told the incredible story of Ann Nixon Cooper. The 106-year-old got a tip from the Obama campaign and stayed up on Tuesday night to see her name mentioned by the President Elect. Cooper is a former Atlanta socialite who co-founded a Girls Club for African-American youth and taught community residents to read in a tutoring program at her church, where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor. She describes Obama's win as a "victory of faith over fear" and said she is relieved that things have changed so much in the past century. "After a while, we will all be one," she said. "That's what I look forward to." [AP, CNN]


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Sunday, October 7, 2012
We Are Your Astros: Update
I still stand behind what I wrote, but I want to provide an update.
Kathleen and I were able to talk for a little over half an hour this evening. While I'm not able to pass along many of the details, the bottom line is that the Astros organization has heard the fans and is taking what I feel are appreciable steps towards addressing the most glaring concerns. Change is difficult and mistakes have been made, but hopefully things will get back on track soon.
Also, be prepared for a couple more interesting reveals from the club on a couple of topics very soon.
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- What The Heck said...
The Astros blogosphere rarely agrees on anything quite as unanimously as they have on the front office debacles of late. I really do hope that they have learned something from it, but I will remain skeptical until I see them really reach out and make nice with the average fan, not just season ticket holders and corporate sponsors.
- October 8, 2012 at 8:20 AM
I would think this blog would be above "I know something you don't know" posts. Weak.
- October 8, 2012 at 8:46 AM
- Juvenile Court Clerk - Bryan Trostel said...
This wasn't meant to be that type of post. Given the response the first one received I felt it necessary to provide as much of an update as possible. In no way do I consider myself to be any sort of "insider".
That said, throwing out an insult while hiding behind "Anonymous" is pretty weak, too.
- October 8, 2012 at 8:59 AM
- Ted said...
Ah, now I feel better! Why didn't we think of asking a corporate PR rep sooner?
- October 8, 2012 at 10:59 AM
- Juvenile Court Clerk - Bryan Trostel said...
That's why we get paid the big bucks, Ted.
- October 8, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- Chris Perry said...
This article isn't nearly as weak as posting criticism anonymously. Snap!
- October 8, 2012 at 11:38 AM
In my defense, my anonymous 'insult' was more of a backhanded compliment. And was only anonymous because I'm lazy.
- October 8, 2012 at 12:19 PM
I post from Anon also because it takes too long to log in from my phone, but I agree that the "I know something" quote rubbed me the wrong way also, LoL. You just have to realize how us readers are going to take it. But that's just my .02 cents. Keep up the good work
- October 8, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Greg Thurston said...
I thought the first post was GREAT! And I don't get why people are put off by anything you said after talking to the P.R. lady. Keep up the good work.
- October 8, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Reuben said...
I appreciate the update, and I'm glad to hear the Astros' marketing Dept is reaching out to fan outlets a little bit. I just hope to god you didn't convince them to re-hire DoRay.
- October 8, 2012 at 5:58 PM


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The Last of Us Extended Trailer Goes to Extremes
The full red band trailer for The Last of Us has been released to the public, and with it comes a closer look at the lengths to which our protagonists will go to escape the terrors of the post-apocalyptic world.
Almost every bit of footage for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us has been measured for maximum effect. That goes double true here, as the hyper-violence on display shows just how brutal an existence Joel and Ellie must live to survive in the wilds of what was once civilization.
Ellie appears in this trailer to be much more of a central figure than she originally appeared as well. Sure, she was always a part of the action and story, but here, Ellie is finally given some much appreciated depth. It will certainly be interesting to see how this young girl grows and adapts during the course of the game. Naughty Dog has been great at character relationships in the Uncharted series, but The Last of Us appears to be taking things up a notch. Hopefully the devs can deliver on the promise we see in this extended trailer.
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This past weekend, everyone on the East Coast was hurrying to prepare for Hurricane Irene. I wasn't in an evacuation zone, but I put together a "go bag" for my pets and put crates by the door, just in case we had to leave home. Fortunately, we didn't end up needing any of the emergency supplies. By the time Irene reached New York, the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm and the damage was much less than expected.
I was impressed by the local efforts to accommodate pets in emergency planning. New York City evacuation centers welcomed pets, and taxis and subways were required to transport pets of all sizes to help people get to safety with their furry loved ones. The ASPCA worked closely with the New York City Office of Emergency Management to assist with the city's disaster relief efforts. The Office of Emergency Management even had a dedicated Animal Planning Task Force. I'm glad that the government is learning from past relief efforts, such as Hurricane Katrina.
Natural disasters are stressful, but I felt a lot more comfortable knowing that I didn't have to worry about where I could go with my pets in the event of an emergency.
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by Tom Utescher
The girls soccer roller coaster ride continued for Springside Chestnut Hill Academy last week. In home games on consecutive afternoons the Lions recorded a 5-2 Girls Inter-Ac victory over the Academy of Notre Dame and then a 2-1 loss to a team that was previously winless in the league, Baldwin School.
Tuesday's victory against Notre Dame was SCH's second win of the season over the Irish, and it looked like the Lions were starting to put at least some league rivals behind them. However, on Wednesday a Baldwin team that had lost to Notre Dame by a 7-2 count five days earlier rallied from an early deficit to defeat Springside Chestnut Hill, which dropped back down amongst the teams clawing to stay out of the Inter-Ac basement.
The Bears went back to Bryn Mawr with a league tally of 1-4 and SCH dipped to 2-4, with its other setbacks coming against Penn Charter, Agnes Irwin, and defending Inter-Ac champ Episcopal Academy. The Lions, who were 3-3 against all opponents in the middle of September, fell to 4-9 overall with last Wednesday's outcome.
Freshman Meghan McCool excelled against the Irish on Tuesday, scoring four of the five goals for the victors. Junior Julia Schumacher had the other goal to help to complete the season sweep of Notre Dame.
However, SCH coach Jerry Hartey remarked that it seemed like an entirely different Lions team showed up for the Baldwin game the following afternoon.
"Yesterday we pressured, we denied the 18 [yard line], and today we were random – all over the place," he said on Wednesday. "We didn't trap well, we didn't move to space well, and I don't think we worked hard enough, either."
Although Baldwin stepped onto the SCH pitch at Carson Valley without a single league victory in the books, Hartey related, "I told the girls yesterday not to underestimate anyone. We played back-to-back games, but Baldwin played yesterday, too, so that's not an excuse. They obviously wanted it more than we did."
The Lions displayed some desire at the outset, with senior Shelby Jackson firing into the Bears' den to put the hosts ahead just two minutes into the action. She shot from the right of the box and the ball slipped through the hands of Baldwin freshman keeper Kayla Watkins and rolled inside of the left post.
The play flowed up and down the field, until with 17 minutes to go in the half Baldwin came up the field on a counterattack and Ellie Greenberg shot the ball from the middle of the box into the left side of the SCH goal.
The Bears' confidence grew. After a few minutes they earned a corner kick, and although they did not get off a shot that time, Greenberg broke loose a little later, with 10 minutes left in the half. Springside Chestnut Hill was simply fortunate that she hit her open shot a little outside the upper right corner.
After a few SCH opportunities in the closing minutes, the period ended 1-1. McCool had sent a nice cross into the middle from the right endline, and sophomore Breon West served a long free kick inside, but the Lions did not get a foot on the ball in front of the cage either time.
McCool is known to league opponents at this stage, and she received some rough handling on Wednesday. The Lions weren't angels, either, and for the most part the ref let play continue.
"Meghan just works and works and works," Hartey commented. "She got fouled a lot, but they didn't really call many fouls at all, so it goes both ways."
In the second half the Lions had scoring chances on corners and free kicks and in real time play, but they seemed out-of-sync and never cashed in. Baldwin got the game winner with 25:09 remaining, just after Maddie Dawkins took a sharply-angled shot from near the right endline. SCH junior goalie Madi Sehn and swatted the ball to keep it from rolling across the line, but the Bears' Laura Pansini closed in from the left to drive the loose ball home.
"We had a number of chances we didn't finish," noted Hartey, "and in the second half a lot of times we played the ball right to the feet of the other team."


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THE Possible to release a new single in April
It's been revealed that idol group THE Possible will be releasing their new single, "Zenryoku Banzai! My Glory!", on April 10th.
The comeback was announced on February 14th during the group's event, 'THE Possible Yori Ai wo Komete! Saishin Jouhou Daihappyo Shimasu!!', at Shibuya Glad. Upon hearing this good news, the crowd of 300 people broke out into a spontaneous cheer of excitement.
The members commented, "Yay we're glad! Thank you! Actually the members and staff thought a lot about which song would be our next single and made this decision. But this song, we've performed it several times during our lives, and we've also released a live version CD right? That's why we were all nervous about how everyone would respond. So we're very happy!"
"Zenryoku Banzai! My Glory" will be the first single released under Victor Entertainment's girl pop/idol label 'Version Music'.
Additionally, THE Possible will be holding a live concert called 'The POSSIBLE Weekly Acoustic Live' for 4 consecutive weeks starting February 26th at Akihabara ASOBITCITY. More details on this will be revealed at a later date.
<Regular Edition>
01. Zenryoku Banzai! My Glory!
02. Saa Koi! Happiness!
03. Zenryoku Banzai! My Glory! (Instrumental)
04. Saa Koi! Happiness! (Instrumental)
<Solo Version>
01. Zenryoku Banzai! My Glory!
02. Dakara ne Zettai Dayo...
03. Zenryoku Banzai! My Glory! (Solo Vocal Version for Each Member)
04. Dakara ne Zettai Dayo... (Instrumental)
05. Zenryoku Banzai! (Instrumental)
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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Former Chicago Bulls forward Andres Nocioni produced a vintage performance to keep Caja Laboral Vitoria in the hunt for a berth in the Euroleague playoffs after a rollercoaster 86-82 win at Khimki Moscow on Friday.
The competition's six-time winners Panathinaikos Athens reached the last eight with a match to spare in the second group stage after an 82-60 rout of Germany's Bamberg and holders Olympiakos Piraeus, their bitter cross-town rivals, stayed on course with a 78-73 success at Fenerbahce.
Quadruple former champions Maccabi Tel Aviv also edged closer to the quarter-finals with a 101-58 home rout of hapless Besiktas Istanbul while last season's runners-up CSKA Moscow beat Real Madrid 81-72 in a battle of the top contenders.
The 33-year old Nocioni, who has had a topsy-turvy season in Europe's premier club competition, rolled back the years by scoring 24 points, including four crucial three-pointers, to keep Caja in the hunt for one of the three remaining berths in their eight-team top pool.
Khimki, who are also involved in a fierce five-team dogfight to join group winners Barcelona in the quarter-finals, had fought back from a 10-point deficit in the final quarter before Nocioni stepped up to the plate and buried a long-range effort to swing the tie Caja's way.
"It's a big victory for us and it gives us an opportunity to advance to the knockout stage if we win our last home game (against Montepaschi Siena)," Caja coach Zan Tabak told the competition's official website (www.euroleague.net).
Centre Maciej Lampe, who poured 21 points for the winners, added: "It was great to be in this wonderful arena, I spent three years here and have fantastic memories but the most important thing is that we came away with a lifeline win."
Panathinaikos joined the already qualified trio of CSKA, Real Madrid and Anadolu Efes Istanbul from the other pool after Lithuania shooting guard Jonas Maciulis netted a game-high 24 points in just 23 minutes on the court, hitting six of seven three-pointers.
Centre Stephane Lasme and forward James Gist added 11 apiece for Panathinaikos, who will be looking for a win at home against CSKA in their final group match that could lift them into the top two and ensure home court advantage in the best-of-five quarter-final playoff series.
Four teams from each pool advance to the quarter-finals, whose winners will progress to the May 10-12 Final Four in London.
Maccabi looked out for the count halfway through the second group stage with two wins and five defeats but came storming back and hauled themselves into the hunt with a sixth successive victory after an impressive display against Besiktas in their Nokia Arena.
Americans Devin Smith and Ricky Hickman netted 16 points each and their compatriot Nik Caner-Medley chipped in with 15 to boost Maccabi's confidence ahead of a crucial visit to 2010 champions Barcelona in the last round.
"I am really pleased with the club and the players who knew how to turn a very difficult situation into a wonderful one," said Maccabi coach David Blatt, who won the 2007 European Championship with Russia.
"After we beat Besiktas last time their coach said that they played poorly and that we weren't a strong team. Perhaps we are not as strong as in past years but we are still strong enough to rout them and I never thought it would be this easy," he added.
CSKA also appeared to be in trouble at one stage in the top 16 but five wins on the trot, capped by an effervescent performance against eight-time winners Real, elevated them into the driving seat of their section.
Former Toronto Raptors guard Sonny Weems led the charge with 21 points and four assists, playmaker Milos Teodosic added 17 points and seven assists and fellow Serbian centre Nenad Krstic amassed 16 points.
"We played good defense against a team of great shooters and it's a very important victory for us because it's always been our goal to finish top of the group," said Weems.
Teodosic added: "It's easy to collect seven assists when you have team mates like I have, it's all because of them. We never stopped believing in ourselves and are now very close to winning the group."
Real looked certain to clinch that group when they romped to a 9-1 record but three successive defeats have made that objective unlikely ahead of their final game at home to Efes.
The Turkish side also did themselves no favors in the battle for top spot with a 70-64 home defeat by Spaniards Unicaja Malaga but the victory turned out to be meaningless for the visitors, who were eliminated from the playoffs after Panathinaikos won their match.
Editing by Pritha Sarkar


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For Price, only one thing wrong with return to St. Pete
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay Rays threw a going-away-party for David Price at Tropicana Field on Thursday afternoon and the guest of honor blew out 23 candles in a row.
But it was one lit by former teammate Brandon Guyer in the first inning that flickered brightly and ruined Price's celebrated homecoming wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball suit.View Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay Rays threw a going-away-party for David Price at Tropicana Field on Thursday afternoon and the guest of honor blew out 23 candles in a row.
But it was one lit by former teammate Brandon Guyer in the first inning that flickered brightly and ruined Price's celebrated homecoming wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball suit.View Full Game Coverage
The Rays managed only Guyer's booming first-inning triple that scored Ben Zobrist after he reached on shortstop Eugenio Suarez's throwing error to right-center. That was it.
The Rays wobbled off the field with a marvelous 1-0 victory even though their former ace retired the next 23 batters after Guyer's hit and has never pitched better.
It was only on July 31 when Tampa Bay made the difficult decision to trade the popular 28-year-old Price to Detroit.
It was also on that day when Rays fans began to look forward to this week when the Tigers would play at Tropicana Field and Price would pitch against the team for whom he won 82 games and the 2012 American League Cy Young Award.
Yes, he said, emotions were stirring when he ran to the mound to start the bottom of the first inning with the crowd of 19,189 welcoming him back with a standing ovation.
"I had to step off the mound when they kept chanting," he remembered. "That was a good feeling. I spent a long time here and the fans always had our backs through the ups and downs. I spent a long time (2008-2014) here.
"I'm glad to get this behind me. This is something I never thought I'd really have to do -- pitch against these guys in this ballpark, or pitch against them at any time. Now, it's over with and I've pitched in every American League park as an opposing pitcher."
Alex Cobb, one of Price's closest friends on the Rays, shut down the Tigers on two hits during seven innings. Brad Boxberger and Jake McGee pitched the last two innings.
Cobb has won seven straight decisions with a 1.99 earned run average during the span.
"All the stuff leading up to this game was awesome," he said. "Definitely, David deserved everything he got from the crowd, all the hype."
A script writer undoubtedly would have had Price winning his return, but even though it didn't turn out that way the afternoon did belong to him.
And in a sense, maybe the script was perfect. The team he grew up with eked out the win, but Price never before has allowed just one hit in a complete game. Not once did Rays' batters reach three-ball counts.
"There had to be a surreal moment between the combatants, David and Alex," said Tampa Bay skipper Joe Maddon. "I think it was even crazier for David, although he handled it wonderfully like you thought he would. Pitching a one-hitter is not so bad.
"It was just a crazy game, an interesting game. It will be talked about, I'm sure, ad nauseam the rest of today, into tonight and probably into tomorrow."
And days after.
Price, who spent much of his day off Monday playing golf at nearby Belleair Country Club, said he visualized what it would be like to pitch against his former teammates.
"There definitely were more emotions, but I handled them well," he said, staring across the Tigers' clubhouse as the players prepared for their early evening trip to Minneapolis. "Honestly, I never want to give up runs, but giving up that run in the first inning locked me in a little bit. I wish I hadn't given up that run, but that's baseball."
Such an excruciating loss is often difficult to put behind, but Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said this one will be easier because Cobb also pitched so well.
"David was outstanding, but Cobb was outstanding, too," said Ausmus. "You could probably make the argument that David was even a little better despite the fact that he got the loss.
"He was very impressive, very efficient. If we tie the game in the ninth, clearly he would've gone back out and who knows? If he kept the pitch count down in the ninth, he probably would have gone out for the 10th if we were still playing."
The Rays were walking their 1-0 tightrope in the eighth when .233 hitter Suarez doubled off Boxberger with one out.
Kevin Kiermaier, who'd replaced Zobrist in the right field to start the inning, saved the 1-0 lead when he made a spectacular diving catch on Rajai Davis' sinking fly ball. Boxberger struck out Ian Kinsler to end the threat.
"I was just happy to see the ball go in my glove right there, especially in a big situation late in the game," said Kiermaier, a rookie. "I saw it in the air and got a good read on it. I'm willing to put my body on the line to help this team out and that's what I did right there. Nothing serious happened [when he hit the artificial turf]; I don't even think I'll be sore tomorrow."
And in the ninth, with one down, two-time MVP Miguel Cabrera singled, but McGee retired the dangerous Victor Martinez -- he hit a grand slam on Wednesday night -- and J.D. Martinez to end the swift 2-hour, 34-minute matinee.
Cobb was sitting in the dugout when Price went out to pitch the bottom of the eighth, an inning in which he blew out Nos. 21, 22 and 23 in order.
"You watch him go out there for the eighth and you just kind of laugh a little bit at the situation that's actually taking place.
"That's who David is. He's one of the best and the performance you saw was awesome."
Pausing, Cobb added: "But he'll always be remembered in this clubhouse for being the best teammate who has ever worn a Rays uniform for us."
Hal Bodley is the senior correspondent for MLB.com.


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A Costa Mesa teen diagnosed with congestive heart failure in November returned home with a new heart Tuesday, after three months chained to an artificial pumping device in UCLA Medical Center's intensive care unit.
"It felt weird, but it felt great," Ezekiel "Zeke" Kendall said of his homecoming. "I hung around downstairs and talked to everybody I hadn't seen in so long."
His siblings visited, Kendall said. His sister, Amber Weiser, played him the "Rocky" theme as he got out of the car.
"And then I slept," he added, a little weariness lingering in his voice.
Kendall, 19, said the transplant, which he received Jan. 20, went smoothly, all things considered. So far, he hasn't had any rejection symptoms and an initial biopsy looked good.
"Usually, in the first tests there's a little rejection, and I didn't have any, so that's fantastic," he said.
Kendall's father, Dusty, said that while he's "ecstatic" to have his son home, the transplant process was nerve-wracking.
"You don't know it's actually going to happen until it happens," he said. "With organ transplants, they make you an offer when there's a donor available, and they don't know if your heart's going to be compatible to you, and you're waiting until you find out."
Now that he's home, Zeke Kendall said, it's a matter of following a strict, low-sodium, low-sugar diet and keeping on top of his anti-rejection medications — though he'll still likely to need another transplant.
Staying healthy could mean that surgery won't come for another 25 years, rather than five years, Dusty Kendall said.
Weiser said the family is still raising money for the surgery and medication.
Through the Children's Organ Transplant Assn., they've raised about $14,000.
She said they hope to raise more at an auction event Feb. 21, hosted by Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos at Mixology in Los Angeles.
Given Zeke Kendall's history of bouncing back, his mother, Birdie Kendall, said she's confident he'll continue to a full recovery. He estimated he'd be functioning normally in about six months.
"Dark as it's been," Birdie Kendall said, "there have also been beautiful moments. We give so much thanks to the donor, but also to the SynCardia, the artificial heart.
"We're living in an age of amazing technology."
For more information about the fundraiser, go to cotaforzekek.com.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Like An Animal
I always had a good attitude toward food. I always enjoyed fresh fruit & veg, loved meat, and treated junk food as occasional indulgences, but never really thought about it. Going low-carb, then primal, then carnivore, and eventually paleo - that's what screwed up my attitude towards food and, most of all, my body. Exercising 'mindful eating' immediately makes you over-think eating. Just eat real food, and your body will stop you when you've had enough. Counting anything will mess you up. I sure learned that the hard way.
So much of the primal/paleo movement revolves around humanity's return to earlier states of civilisation - even pre-civilisation - when it comes to how we eat and live. We're not eschewing the creature comforts of housing, electricity, transport, etc - the only area we really concentrate on is food. Yet, we seem to pursue this return to an animal, natural state in such an unnatural way.
Every pet I've ever had, growing up, was given big bowls of food, which were topped up as needed. There were usually a few animals living with us at any one time, yet there was always left-over food in the bowl. There was more than enough for everyone. The pets ate when they were hungry. They knew food was always there. They didn't overeat. They didn't eat as much as possible in case food was not going to be available later - they knew it would be.
We live in the exact same situation, and yet we spend so much energy over-thinking food. We use food as a crutch for when we are stressed, bored, stuck for something to say, etc. Whilst many health ills do come from eating the wrong kind of food - no one debates that living on refined carbs is unhealthy - most of us have enough money to ensure we can access and store a wider range of foods. We're not forced to subsist on the refined carbs that result in insulin resistance and physiological hunger. If you are eating meat, eggs, fruit & vegetables, but find yourself craving doughnuts, then the issue is more likely to be psychological. Even if you have a physiological disorder such as hyperthyroidism, diabetes, etc, and you need to take care with what you eat, you should not find your life revolving around food. I know people with severe food allergies who are more relaxed around food than I have been!
The attitude of being "strict" is a signal of neuroticism. A success/fail attitude is unnatural. Dieting does not make sense if it involves actively monitoring your food intake, actively denying yourself foods that your mind obsesses over. There's nothing natural about pushing yourself to do something your body doesn't want you to do. There may need to be a mind-shift to find yourself actually craving healthy foods, but if you're forcing yourself to be strict and dieting, you usually find yourself craving junk. There's a hint that something's wrong.
I'm not really saying that the individual is in the wrong; we're just products of this weight-focused culture. So few of us eat naturally - the media and societal-pressures consistently reinforce the idea that we're WRONG - the wrong size, eating the wrong food, thinking the wrong thoughts. Existing like animals is derided.
The primal/paleo movement is all about getting back to our natural lifestyles as evolution dictated, and yet we end up going further away from nature and into dark places of restriction and self-disgust when we make "mistakes", or covering our psychological issues with food in the guise that it's fine because it's paleo! Sites like PaleoHacks have certainly enhanced that perfectionist/neurotic attitude. Gosh, even Richard Nikoley of "Free The Animal" seems to be rapidly reversing the mind-set proclaimed by his blog's title, although he is still much more relaxed (I hope) than many other paleo endorsers out there. Hopefully as the hype passes, that attitude will recede and those of us who believe in evolutionary nutrition and medicine will find the groove of natural eating behaviours along with a relaxed lifestyle.
I'm not putting food up on a pedestal, like the vegetarian who dreams about bacon just because they won't let themselves eat it. Animals don't do that. Damaged, neurotic humans do. I can eat whatever I want. I desire healthy, nourishing foods because they give me energy and make my systems run smoothly. Sometimes I crave junkier food, and I'm permitting myself to satisfy that craving. Sometimes I feel fine after it, sometimes I feel a bit sick, but I never feel guilty. I am aiming to eat like an animal - food is there, and I eat it if I need it.
I aim to live like an animal as well - Mark Sisson advises us to play, to avoid poisonous things, to get enough sun, to avoid stress... My pets do all of this. I can too. I had been trying to off-set work stresses with relaxation activities like massages and sunbathing. I'm starting to think that this is the wrong mind-set as well - but there will be more about that as time goes on. In the meantime, I am spending time making and selling jewellery, and am also starting a new vocal group. These activities are my pleasures, and - if I wanted to - they could also be my primary sources of income. I do not find them stressful, or the minor stresses are far outweighed by the pleasure and relaxation associated with the activities. With two weeks left before teaching resumes, I will be living like an animal as much as possible. After teaching resumes, I will see whether the stressors outweigh the pleasures. If so, I might have some decisions to make...
I am still the Girl Gone Primal, and going primal now means a lot more to me than just following a diet. Maybe I should add a "now with more primality" sticker across my banner :)
25 comments:
- Lindsay and James Cotter said...
well said! Such a great post, thank you for sharing this.
- January 17, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- meghan said...
This is such an awesome post. I love it.
- January 18, 2011 at 12:04 AM
- Marinka said...
You've got it totally right! I was shocked to recognize everything you said, and you truly inspired my to make a change. Not in my diet, but in my attitude towards food, because that's where the problem really is. Thank you so much!
- January 18, 2011 at 12:18 AM
- TexasPrimalSurfWahine said...
I so love this post, it reflects where I am and where I am going. Funny, I have primal in my blog name/title and I had been wondering whether it was still applicable. I think it is because of the same things you were pointing out. Thanks for the post, now I don't even have to think about what I need to say since you did it quite well already!
- January 18, 2011 at 1:07 AM
We're intelligent creatures who are constantly thinking. Sometimes we think too much and as you noted, we just need to channel our inner animal.
My comment was not a criticism of any sorts. More so a reflection on my own attitude towards food/diet based on your last post.
- January 18, 2011 at 5:00 AM
- Kelleigh Orthmann said...
Thank you! What a thoughtful post and so right on! In my quest for better health, I often find myself obsessing over food. I totally resonate with your thoughts on how animals naturally live primally by eating just what they need and just doing what needs to be done. And...us smart humans have gotten away from these instinctual, healthy behaviors.
- January 18, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- Anne H said...
My little kittens would eat so much, then no more;
It would still be there for them when they got back.
And it was the same dry junk every day!
Love your spot-on post!
- January 18, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Melissa said...
I absolutely understand where you are coming from and wish it was that easy for me. I broke my "satiety meter" with my eating disorder, so for now counting is what keeps me honest. I hope someday it will be fixed and I can rely on my myself to make better decisions without the crutch.
- January 19, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Xan said...
I found an article you might find interesting http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all
- January 21, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Rachel said...
Just so you know, you're not the only one out there making this transition-I feel like I have totally mirrored you in a lot of ways. When I first went Paleo I got super neurotic about making sure I had certain macro nutrient percentages. I would get stressed if I didn't eat perfect Paleo meals. Lately I've decided to just stop. I choose real food, but I eat what want to eat, and if that's cheese and an apple for dinner (with nary a real protein serving in sight) that's ok, because I know I'll eat the protein when I want it. I feel so much more relaxed now, it's really nice :)
- January 21, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Yay, Jezwyn, another hit. And I love that so many people are on this same page at the same time!
My goals for 2011 include, no goals—as far as eating is concerned.
By that I mean, no counting, no weighing, no obsessing about food in general. I will purcahse nearly all whole, primal type foods but if an occassional processed goody creeps in I will welcome it, and then move on.
I have bannished the phrase, "strict Paleo" from my vocabulary and my home. I will simply eat, and get on with life.
- January 24, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Great Post!
Somehow, eating has gone from "eat what you need, when you need it" to "eat what you think you should eat or what someone else thinks you should eat."
Our body "knows" what it needs, and if only we listened to it I think we would all be fine.
My eating has run the gamut from low-fat, to vegan, to the present primal (with occasional non-primal foods).
It's all a learning process, and part of life
BTW, I loved the pic of the rat-like creatures eating from their bowl of food. They look happy!
Keep up the insightful posts, I really like your pix of food!
Robert J. Stone
- January 27, 2011 at 8:27 PM
i'm glad my intro into pale was art de vany. he has always said that stressing over food will sabotage you. i tried to count and measure years ago on the zone diet, and it didn't work. i am a disorganized ( but creative!) person who just needs some guidelines. that's what professor de vany gave me and since 2009 it has worked.
- January 27, 2011 at 11:18 PM
ps i try not to depend on other people's praise for my happiness. writing a blog where you get a lot of encouragement is great, but a person can get addicted to that too. on paleohacks they have the before and after paleo picks. a real show of solidarity with others regaining weight would be to show before-after-after pictures, with the weight regain there for all to see. what we look like is not the measure of who we are as people- showing those kind of pics would underline that.
- January 28, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- Brahnamin said...
Brilliant. I read a lot of paleo/primal blogs and I get a lot of good info (and a few question mark moments) but this was simply and perfectly brilliant. Well said.
- January 30, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Nastia said...
"They knew food was always there. They didn't overeat. They didn't eat as much as possible in case food was not going to be available later - they knew it would be."
There are two good books that really helped me with this issue, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat and Intuitive Eating. Worth reading.
Keep up the good work, I love your blog!
- January 31, 2011 at 3:06 AM
- Bemused Badger said...
You might want to check out Skwigg's blog if you haven't already. She's made a similar loop through the pitfalls of orthorexia and back again to a place where one can just feel good and make peace with their food.
- January 31, 2011 at 9:56 PM
- Bill Pairaktaridis said...
Oh my God! I think I love you! This post pretty much sums up my conclusions on all this mind-f*ckery that has become simply eating. If your diet is making you miserable and you spend all week thinking of the weekend when you can have whatever you want because someone told you so, then it's not the right diet for you. It's great to see people finally opening their eyes to all this marketing. Eat what you want, not too much and move around. Intuitive eating is something so simple that most people think that it won't work. Everyone wants something extremely complex that's impossible to follow just so they can blame the system for their failure. You, miss, earn a gold star in my book!
- February 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Grok said...
Us old schoolers kind of fueled each other there for a while ;) You learned a lot on your journey. Congrats.
- February 4, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Thanks for all the comments! This blog exists to help others, to serve as a bit of camaraderie and empathy, rather than for my own 'use'. I certainly don't rely on praise - most of the time I receive negative comments, so I'd be screwed if I had to feed my ego with comments!
I love paleo food and know that it's the smart health choice to make since it cuts out refined carbs and vegetable oils. But beyond that, all the tweaks and ratios are only really necessary for people with specific health problems. I'm amazed when I think back to how happy and relaxed I was eating just meat, and how my fixation on food developed when the weight started coming back. Weight-loss stalls are enough to horrify the average person shedding pounds, but re-accumulation is a very different kettle of battered fish.
I should point out that eating like an animal had kept me overweight since I was about 9 or 10. Starving myself in late high school was the first time I had actively sought weight loss, and it worked - until I moved out of home and ended up living a pretty isolated life on my Uni campus. Communal kitchens are no foodie's friend!
I'm not unhealthy, and I think I'm pretty sound of mind now that I've let go of the pain of last year. The question going forward is - how do I lose weight without hurting my physical or psychological health?
- February 9, 2011 at 7:02 PM
- GI Jane said...
This post was great. I'm going to link it over on my blog!
- March 8, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Rikke Rørbæk Olsen said...
Hear, hear! What a great post!
I was going to get into writing a whole lot, but changed my mind... I'll just keep it at: What a great, great post! I agree with you 100%!
- April 12, 2011 at 1:48 AM
Awesome blog! I eat whatever I want too (which happened to be a wild rabbit I got yesterday). I think you might find my site interesting: www.animalism.info
- May 1, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- mommasmonster said...
this makes perfect sense.i am thinking about it..it will be much like going on adkins with the "carb detox" but ive done it before i can do it again.luckily i live in the south were hunting is common .also.. i have friends who skin fresh caught game in my back yard in exchange for a leg or two.as well a fresh caught bass that i fried last nite.amazing.if you live in an area that allows for it.. learn to hunt you cant get more primal than that.find someone experienced to go with of course.we dont want to kill ourselves now do we??
- June 1, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Deanna said...
Okay, this was posted over a year ago, but this completely reflects where I am now.
When I first discovered Paleo, it was for all the wrong reasons, but it worked, it made me feel good, and it gave me something to "control." So yeah, someone who doesn't need to lose weight found herself counting calories, trying this diet, that diet, the other diet...
The only thing I did recently was try a Whole30 and noticed how much the little bits of added sugars and preservatives make me feel nasty. Otherwise, I'm working on eating naturally, working out naturally, and watching my own cats for inspiration!
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One of the benefits of being "the bird lady," and of working at Wild Birds Unlimited, is that I get to stay up on all the latest bird gossip. Hey, I may be clueless about what's new in movies or sports, but if there are feathers involved, I'm on it, particularly in April.
April in the Lowcountry is off the charts for birds. It's the month where the reports come in fast and furiously. Birds are singing. Birds are nesting. Birds are migrating. Back in the old days, we had to rely on the faithful home phone to spread the word. Now cell phones, email, Facebook and Twitter can broadcast the bird news live as it happens.
"We're in Forsyth Park and warblers are everywhere!" one couple reported.
"Woo-hoo!" another friend fairly crowed with excitement reporting a prothonotary warbler, a painted bunting, an indigo bunting, and a ruby-throated hummingbird visiting his McIntosh County feeders and birdbath.
"Did you hear that ospreys are nesting on the cell phone tower behind the United Bank?" The email came from an interested reader.
With some of the reports, I just share the excitement. Occasionally, I get to enjoy the experience vicariously via photographs.
Some happenings I actually get to check out for myself.
One email came from a woman I met several years ago when she reported barred owls hanging out in the oak tree across the street from her Kensington Park home. This year, she reported that the owls had used an owl box built and installed six years ago in nearby Fairway Oaks. The young birds had left the box and were now "branching" - a behavior engaged in by juvenile owls when they are about 1 month old. They can't yet fly, but they are restless and inquisitive, ready to explore the outside world. Using feet and beaks, they pull themselves out of the box or cavity and begin moving about on the branches.
When a friend and I arrived at the reported location, we found the box mounted on a tall metal pole next to the trunk of a large pine tree, but saw no sign of the owls. Just as we were about to leave, a car pulled into the driveway and a woman got out. When I introduced myself, she joined us in staring up into the tree.
"There's one," she announced, pointing to a pine branch. We followed her directions and spotted a fluffy white lump peering down at us. "That's the smaller one," she went on. "The other one is larger and moved over into the oak tree." When we looked carefully, we found another wide-eyed youngster practically hidden by the clumps of Spanish moss.
While the small songbirds lay one egg a day and wait until the clutch is complete to begin incubating, barred owls lay their eggs two to three days apart and begin incubating as soon as the first egg is laid. Thus, the eggs hatch asynchronously so that there are older and younger siblings.
"Look there!" One of the parent owls was studying us from a perch in a nearby tree. Just then, another neighbor approached and pointed out the second adult perched in the same tree. Mom and Dad were on the job, making sure that Juniors One and Two were not at risk. Barred owls tend their young for nearly four months, as the specialized skills of nocturnal hunting take longer to master than does cracking open a sunflower seed.
Barred owls maintain long-term pair bonds, staying in the same territory year after year. Young birds generally don't move much beyond hooting distance, dispersing less than six miles to set up housekeeping.
Yes, the lines are humming. I've had two reports of wood ducks using nest boxes, my twelve purple martin condos look like they'll be fully rented this year, and the chimney swifts are once again zooming about in downtown Savannah. It's April! Keep that bird news coming!
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Enjoy the outdoors with the sounds of music this Saturday, August 31, 2013, at the historic Queen Bee Mill in Falls Park. The show featuring Surfin' Safari will begin at 7 p.m., weather permitting. Surfin' Safari plays hits from the 50s' and 60s'.
This is a free event in an outdoor venue. Some seating is available and guests are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs.
This is the final performance of the summer series "Sounds at the Falls."
For more information regarding Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation programs, refer to the summer Activities Guide, visit siouxfalls.org/parks, or call 605-367-8222.