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The Beckham brood is expanding again.
International soccer star David Beckham and his wife, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, have announced that they are expecting their fourth child, reports People.
David took to his Facebook page to announce the good news.
"Victoria and I are expecting our fourth child this summer," he wrote. "The boys are very excited about the arrival of a new brother or sister."
With three sons, Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 5, the Beckham's already have a full house, but Victoria has spoken in the past about the possibility of having more kids.
"I think one day, if we're blessed to have more children, it would be amazing," she said to People. "It's a lot having three boys ... But who knows, one day?"
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2,700 rounds paint chilling portrait of gunman
and Genevieve Reilly
When police arrested William Dong on the University of New Haven campus, he had two handguns with a belly full of bullets, and a loaded Bushmaster rifle stashed in his car down the street.
But Dong never emptied a single shell Tuesday as West Haven and campus police thwarted what could've been a mass shooting just 11 days before the first anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
A portrait emerged Wednesday of Dong -- the 22-year-old Fairfield resident and UNH criminal justice student -- as a young man obsessed with guns and mass murders who hoarded more than 2,700 rounds of ammunition in his padlocked bedroom.
"I don't know what it was, but something bad was going to happen, either (Tuesday) or sometime in the future," said Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara, after police found a disturbing trove of news clippings about mass killings, including stories about the Aurora, Colo., movie theater slayings during a search of Dong's Stratfield Road house Tuesday night.
In the Aurora murders, the shooter dressed as Heath Ledger's Joker character from the Batman movie, "Dark Knight Rises."
The cover photo of Dong's Facebook page features a photo of Ledger as the Joker, and the page indicates he has a penchant for violent video games such as "Call of Duty," "Rage" and "Saints Row."
A former classmate of Dong's at Fairfield Warde High School described him as "nerdy but outgoing." The classmate, who did not want to be identified, said Dong and Dong's friends would sync their Nintendo DS devices and play video games during lunch and homeroom.
Police said Dong's parents, Chinese immigrants who toiled in the kitchens of restaurants in Westport and Norwalk, claimed they either didn't know what was going on with their son, or didn't understand it.
Dong was arrested Tuesday on the UNH campus after being spotted holding a Bushmaster XM-15 assault-style rifle, which he later placed in the seat of his car parked in a lot near Campbell Avenue. He then walked onto the campus carrying a loaded semi-automatic handgun and had another loaded handgun is in his briefcase, along with extra ammunition. No shots were fired and Dong was arrested without incident.
In all, Dong had nearly 230 rounds of ammunition with him, between what he left in the car and what he possessed when arrested.
He was arraigned Wednesday afternoon and charged with illegal possession of an assault weapon, illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle and breach of peace. He could face additional counts as the police investigation continues.
He was held in lieu of a $500,000 bail bond and placed under a mental health watch.
MacNamara said a female witness who called police after spotting Dong with a rifle, "probably thwarted a shooting, based on the totality of what we have so far."
Although investigators have not clearly defined Dong's intentions, MacNamara said what was found during the search of the home shared with family "concerns us. We have a lot of investigating to do."
The collection of news clippings about mass shootings "should concern all of us," MacNamara added.
The incident prompted a lockdown at UNH and surrounding schools and panicked students suddenly unable to move about. Police were on alert following two other recent reports of a gunman on area college campuses.
Last week, Yale University was locked down for six hours during an incident later determined to be a hoax. Central Connecticut State University in New Britain was locked down Nov. 4 after a man was seen carrying a gun or a sword, which turned out to be late use of a Halloween costume.
"It was very nerve-wracking as a parent at that point," said Judith Acampora, whose 15-year-old son attends Notre Dame High School in West Haven near UNH. Acampora, owner of an investment lending company in Bridgeport, learned about Tuesday's lockdown at UNH in the early afternoon and arrived at the high school to see it shut down and surrounded by emergency vehicles.
"You don't know and basically there's not much you can do other than stand by and hope the officials do their job," Acampora said. She said she communicated briefly with her son by text message.
"He said they felt very safe," she said. "Apparently, the school did a good job inside of keeping the kids calm. They didn't have chaos. It's definitely a scary thing. It makes you feel insecure as a parent. It's been a year since Newtown and it just seems like this is happening more and more. My biggest concern is why is this happening?"
On Wednesday afternoon, Dong stood before Milford Superior Court Judge Frank Iannotti dressed in a zippered hoodie, his hands secured in front of him. Two rows behind him his parents huddled together on a bench, crying.
In the back of the courtroom were two Bridgeport detectives assigned to a federal gun task force.
State's Attorney Kevin Lawlor urged the judge to set a $500,000 bond, pointing out the seriousness of the crime and the amount of bullets found in Dong's bedroom. He said the investigation into the case is continuing.
"The safety of the community requires a bond of this nature," Lawlor told the judge.
Dong's lawyer, Senior Assistant Public Defender Kevin Williams, argued that a $200,000 bond would be more appropriate, pointing out that his client was a full-time student and has no prior criminal record.
Iannotti agreed with the prosecutor and continued the case to Dec. 17.
Dong was issued a pistol carry permit by Fairfield police for the handguns in April. A permit is not needed for the rifle, but under state law, it must be transported in the trunk of a vehicle.
Man with a gun
Shortly before 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, West Haven police received a call that an Asian man was seen leaving a parked car outside the ShopRite supermarket carrying a long rifle. The caller said the man was walking towards the UNH campus.
When officers arrived they said witnesses pointed out a blue 2010 Toyota RAV4 parked against a fence on the south side of the store's parking lot. When officers first looked into the car, they saw a soft rifle case folded on the passenger side floor of the SUV. Behind the front passenger seat they saw four AR-15 magazines.
A perimeter was set up around the car while other officers rushed to the nearby UNH campus and joined campus police already searching for the gunman.
Police spotted a man outside one of the buildings and quickly placed him under arrest.
That man was Dong, who was found holding a 9mm Glock 26 loaded with 10 rounds, with one in the chamber. He had a 40-caliber Glock 22 Gen 4 in a laptop case loaded with 15 rounds and one in the chamber, police said.
Connecticut State Police and FBI agents searched Dong's car and found a Bushmaster 223 assault rifle with a collapsible stock on the floor behind the front passenger seat. Five magazines of 30-rounds each were discovered next to the gun along with three handgun magazines with more than 50 rounds.
After being advised of his rights, police said Dong admitted to owning the guns and ammunition.
"Whether a tragedy was averted is for another day," Lawlor said later.
But that didn't make Tuesday's events any less terrifying for students.
UNH Police Chief Mark DeLieto said Dong was sitting in class with a weapon when the first campus alerts went out and were received on students' cell phones.
After the alerts went out, some students left class, but others stayed, including Dong. He left class a short time later and was apprehended by West Haven and UNH police.
Nicole Zompa, meanwhile, was in Kaplan Hall waiting to give her final presentation in her legal psychology class when another female student raised her hand.
"We weren't supposed to have our cell phones on but she did and she had just gotten the text that there was a man on campus with a gun," Zompa said. "We all turned on our phones and began getting the texts."
Zompa said they were told that the gunman had entered their building.
"We closed the door and got down on the floor under the desks," she said. "I began to cry."
Her teacher tried to calm her, but Zompa said it didn't help that they all were getting texts and emails from friends with differing reports on the situation outside.
"We heard they got one guy but believed there was another suspect because he wasn't carrying a rifle," she said.
After about four hours, Zompa said they were told it was safe to leave.
"And to think that morning when I got up I had decided I wasn't going to class but then I decided I had to," she added.
Joe Harry Jr. was in class in the engineering building when he got a text from the university that there was a man with a rifle on campus.
"It stated, 'shelter in place,' " he recalled. Harry said the teacher locked the classroom door and they kept checking their cell phones for updates.
"It was reassuring that the university's text system worked really well and it was impressive how fast the police got here," he said.
Eerily similar
The image of Dong that emerged Wednesday is eerily similar to Adam Lanza, the troubled young man who murdered 20 first-graders and six adults Dec. 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lanza first killed his mother and committed suicide as police arrived at the school.
Lanza also owned and had access to numerous guns, used a Bushmaster rifle during his school rampage, played violent video games and had access to many rounds of ammunition. He possessed news articles about mass shootings, including reports about the Columbine and Colorado movie theater shootings.
According to a variety of sources, Dong was a gun rights supporter who joined a Facebook page created by a Fairfield man earlier this year called Connecticut Gun Laws and featured 23 members. In all, he had joined six pages but no postings by Dong were found.
In explaining the gun rights page, the 23-year-old who created it wrote that "over the past few months Connecticut has seen the promotion of new gun legislation, including a reinstatement of the 1993 assault weapons bans. I created this page so that people who wish to discuss their thoughts on the proposed gun legislation and the assault weapons ban may do so."
The ongoing investigation will seek to determine where Dong purchased the handguns and rifle and whether they were obtained through legal channels, police said.
Staff writers Brian Lockhart, Wes Duplantier and John Schwing contributed to this report.


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Bail Up! The story of Australia's most successful bushranger
In 1863, colonial-born horsebreaker Frederick Ward and a fellow prisoner escaped from the Cockatoo Island penal establishment in Sydney Harbour, the only successful escapees from this barbaric prison. On the run from the authorities, he became the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt and roamed in northern NSW from 1863 until his dramatic denouement in 1870.
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Prons of settling Your Debts
1)You could be completely free of debt within 24 to 36 months so you can start rebuilding your credit.
2)You may be able to satisfy your debts for far less than you actually owe, representing a typical savings of 50% to 60% or more.
3)Some creditors may agree to re-age your accounts and bring them to a current status in order to boost your credit score right away (especially since your credit is probably not in good standing up to this point).
4) All unsecured debts and medical bills in excess of $1,000 can be included in debt settlement arrangements.
5)You can protect your credit report from incurring negative marks after you make settlement arrangements with your creditors. That is, you may be able to negotiate with and convince some creditors to go easy on the impact on your credit score going forward.
6)In most instances, your settled debts will no longer be subject to legal action or collection pursuits, so you don't have to worry about debt collectors hounding you.
Cons of settling Your Debts
1) Some creditors won't work with debt settlement companies and may even treat you more harshly if you use such third party services.
2) Debts appear on your credit report as "settled" instead of "paid in full" unless the terms are clearly negotiated with creditors.
3) Collectors can sell the remaining debt to another collection agency if your creditor does not send you a written notice as proof that your debt has been forgiven. You'll need to keep a record of the outstanding debts you still owe.
4)Debt settlement companies are only allowed to operate in certain states.


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Spectators watching the Rio Olympics, which kick off Friday, will be hearing a cultural term used to describe pockets of neighborhoods surviving — and thriving — within Brazil's second-largest city: favela (pronounced fah-vel-ah).
It's origins date back to Brazil's civil war in 1897 when soldiers camped out in shacks on a hill where the favela plant grows in the northeast. After the war, some of the soldiers returned to Rio de Janeiro and were forced to settle on the forested hillsides when they weren't granted land promised by the government. Their makeshift living conditions were a reminder of the "favela" hills and the name eventually stuck.
Favela populations grew in the 19th century when slavery was abolished and surged in the 20th century as migration to Rio, the one-time capital of Brazil, became a draw for employment.
Today, there are an estimated 1,000 favelas in Rio, and they are home to about 1.5 million people, according to advocacy NGO Catalytic Communities.
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Before a few weeks ago, we had never even heard of the biscochito. But then, one of our spies had the good fortune of meeting with an extremely talented writer who hails from New Mexico (buy her books! here!); when we asked what baked goods were popular in the area, she mentioned this cookie. Intrigued, we tested out a recipe. We were instantly hooked by the taste--to us, it kind of tasted like a mexican wedding cake cookie crossed with pie crust and a melange of spices including anise and pepper--and eagerly set out to learn more about this magical cookie which has claimed the heart of New Mexico (in fact, it's their official state cookie). Let's get better acquainted with the biscochito, shall we?
First off, what is a biscochito?
According to Miguel Hambriento, who wrote The Foods of Old Mesilla, they're "heaven's own little cakes blended delicately of sugar and spice, flour and wine and other secret ingredients, shaped by the swift fingers of the linda señora into small diamonds and baked until they are the delicate brown of the maiden's cheek kissed by the New Mexico sun".
What's up with this cookie's name?
Depending on where you look, it may be referred to as the bizcochito, biscochito or biscocho. There's a bit of debate over the name of these cookies. In general, it seems that they're referred to as biscochitos in the northern part of the state, biscochos in the southern part of the state. But wait, that's not all. In 1989, when New Mexico House Bill 406 declared the bizcochito as New Mexico's Official State Cookie, there was a battle over how to spell the cookie's name--biscochito or bizcochito. Several lawmakers got on the House floor to press for the "s" or "z". Eventually the Senate returned it as bizcochito.
What's the story behind this cookie?
Biscochitos were introduced to Mexico by Spanish explorers in the 16th Century. In Spain they are called Mantecosos (according to our spanish dictionary, the word mantecosa means "buttery" in Spanish--love it). This cookie has long been associated with celebrations, sometimes being called the "Original Mexican Wedding Cookie", frequently served in a diamond shape to represent purity (just think about it--ew). Today, they make frequent appearances at weddings, quincenieras, baptisms and Christmas parties.
Are biscochitos hard to make?
What should I drink with biscochitos?
We'll defer once again to the expert Hambriento, who says: "Biscochos go with vino like an egg on an enchilada". Sounds good to us, Hammie. OK, maybe milk or hot chocolate for the kids.
Biscochitos from a Trusted Source
- 1 lb lard (no substitutes!)
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsps aniseed
- ½ cup sweet table wine
- 6 cups unbleached flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar mixed with 1-2 tsp cinnamon for dredging
The next day, preheat the oven to 350º F. Have ready 2 ungreased cookie sheets.
Let dough stand at room temperature till soft enough to roll out; divide into quarters and roll to 1/8" thickness. Cut out with 2 ½"-3" cutter and bake 10-15 minutes, or until cookies are pale blond on top, golden on bottom. Sprinkle with sugar/cinnamon while still warm. Makes about 4-5 dozen cookies.


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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Wine & film
Every summer from mid-July to early August there is an outdoor cinema festival at the Parc de la Villette in the northeast corner of Paris. As night falls at 10.30pm or so in these long days of the year, the film starts late, leaving a broad expanse of time to go tipple elsewhere or—which is more gratifying—directly in the park.
Aside from a couple of shameful tourist spaces—I'll name names: the Champs-Elysées and the Champ de Mars (that flat mown park in front of the Eiffel Tower)—where boozing has been proscribed, everywhere else in this fine town, one may bring one's bottle(s) and corkscrew, stemware, whatever else seems apposite, and tuck in.
Picnics abound.
And, oh my brothers, a few days ago they showed (in the original with subtitles) "A Clockwork Orange."
It had been warm that day, nearly 80°F after a week of chill, overcast and mediocre dashed-hopes summertime. No, this day was hot and sunny. It was still fine out as night fell, but it was also nice to have a woolen blanket (rentable from the park) and to sit on a canvas lawn chair and watch that still startling, still hilarious film under dark and beautiful yet calm skies, with a wind that kicked up.
My friend Meg brought the last of her stash of 2007 François Chidaine Montlouis, bought in a frenzy of appreciative relief in, I dunno, March or so, at a wine festival.
We'd had a curious bottle of bubbly back at the ranch (viz., her flat nearby) before striking out to the park, whetting our filmgoing vinous appetites with NV Domaine de L'Ocre Rouge "La Perle," a méthode champenoise from the south of France, about 11 miles north of Nîmes. Half pinot noir, half chardonnay, it rides the back of a very Champenois blend. And it has an ace up its sleeve: the vigneron is in fact a son of those chalky hills—Ayméric Beaufort, of the family renowned for the exuberantly good Champagne Jacques Beaufort. But given the dramatically different climate, the wine was a curious creature; dry with a bit of citrus pith, but also a pearish tone. An interesting discovery, and a fair friend for the small round yellow zucchinis my host had prepared, stuffed with ground pork and spelt, robed with a few leaves of basil. We should all eat basil when we go up to heaven.
Then: the park. The film. That dark yet clement sky. The savory Montlouis (damn, Chidaine is a monster of pitch-perfect winemaking). The lovely silence amid many. All were quiet. I hate to say it, but films are better when lots of people are watching them. I always go alone, but here we were all alone, and all enrapt.
But we were drinking best.
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- August 4, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- The Wine Mule said...
Kubrick and Chidaine. Yes, of course.
- August 9, 2010 at 3:13 AM
Truly, life's simple pleasures are often the best. Except wine, where simple is often not the best.
- August 10, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Ngorevic said...
We got to see The Graduate up there before we left. When they show outdoor movies in New York, like at Bryant park, generally no one pays attention, and everyone chit chats the whole time. Not in Paris though. I think they have too much respect for film to do that. It was awesome! Unfortunately it was a last minute decision, so I didn't have any wine with me and we didn't have any chairs or blankets. Just a couple bottles of Kronenburg 1664. Yummm.
- August 13, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- TWG said...
60 days!
- October 5, 2010 at 3:59 AM
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Brad Paisley rocks Mohegan Sun
Brad Paisley brought his country swagger to Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, making for a rockin' Valentine's Day celebration.
"OK guys, how many of you are using this (concert) for your Valentine's Day?" he asked. The question was met with heavy applause.
"How many guys just realized it was Valentine's Day when I said that?" Laughter followed. And there were many other funny and entertaining moments throughout the evening.
The singer-songwriter wore jeans and a black T-shirt with a picture of the Mona Lisa over the right side of his chest. ("Mona Lisa" is his latest hit single.) He also sported his signature cowboy hat; before the night ended, he gave it to a fan.
Between connecting with his band and his fans, Paisley turned the concert into an intimate gathering, making the packed arena seem more like a local honky-tonk than a 10,000-seat venue.
Shortly after the show's start, the three-time Grammy winner joked with audience members who were lucky enough to be near the stage. Someone offered him a cellphone and he took a video of the sea of faces before him, and then returned it.
The West Virginia native also chatted with a newly engaged couple, asking their names and telling the woman to "Hold up the ring!" Then he playfully teased her that her last name was bizarre, and how she was lucky to be getting a new one. The new name would be an improvement, he said, suggesting it sounded like a French pastry.
Later, fans gave Paisley some long-stemmed flowers, which he tucked between the strings and tuning pegs of his guitar.
Paisley, 41, filled his two-hour show with a mix of old and new hits, all performed with high energy and emotion amid a backdrop of cool laser lights, videos and special effects. Included in the techno-wizardry was a giant image of Carrie Underwood on a holographic screen for a duet with Paisley. It seemed so real I wondered if she was backstage somewhere.
The guitar master was on his feet nearly the entire time, dancing and prancing with different instruments from his impressive collection; he has guitars in a variety of colors and paisley patterns.
The only time he wasn't standing was when he moved through the audience on a series of raised runways, or when he kneeled down to shred. Watching his fingers fly up and down the neck as he wailed on the strings was mesmerizing, especially when you saw the close-up on the big screens behind him.
Among the most striking of his guitars was a turquoise blue number he used for "Beat This Summer," from his new album, "Wheelhouse." In the catchy tune, Paisley is talking to a girl about how he feels nothing will ever be better than the summer he's spending with her.
"This is the worst winter in a hundred years," he said, commiserating with Friday's audience. There's no doubt Paisley's Connecticut fans were grateful the concert happened to fall on a dry, clear night amid the recent series of snowstorms. The country music star, a married father of two, then asked his fans to close their eyes and envision themselves on the beach during the summer of 2014. It was a welcome exercise.
Paisley also sang "Water," about his love affair with water. The video for that tune showed a montage of what appeared to be old home movies of kids in swimming pools or playing with a water hose, plus people at the beach, surfing and swimming. There were a few girls in bikinis too, to complete the fantasy.
Other hits he performed included "Waitin' on a Woman," "I'm Still a Guy," "Ticks," "Online," "Outstanding in Our Field" and "Alcohol" (he used the side of a beer bottle to wail on the strings for that last one).
"Online" is a particularly funny tune. He talks about being a guy who is so much cooler online than in real life ("I drive a Mazarati. I'm a black belt in karate and I love a good glass of wine ... Even on a slow day I can have a three-way (chat), etc."
Paisley got into music when he was 8, after his grandfather gave him a guitar. Aside from his Grammys, he now has 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards and three awards from ASCAP as Country Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year.
Since his first No. 1 single in 1999, he has placed 22 singles at the top of the charts. His current single, "Mona Lisa," is a romantic song. "Every time I put my arms around you, I feel like the frame that gets to hold the Mona Lisa," he sings.
The one song I really wanted to hear Friday, but didn't, was "Letter to Me," about what he'd tell his teenage self if he could send him a letter. Guess I'll have to see him in concert again if I want to check that off my bucket list.


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Phillip Phillips Brings the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards 'Home' [Video]
Psy suggested that the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards crowd take pictures of Phillip Phillips, and we don't blame him. What a beautiful, rugged Southern charmer he is!
The 'American Idol' winner rocked a plaid shirt and an acoustic guitar for his full-band performance of 'Home.' The crowd pretty much sang half the song for him because they knew and loved every word -- and you better believe he ate it up. Singing with a permagrin, Phillips strummed and hummed away.
Phillips' rendition of 'Home' was an extended one, featuring longer interludes of "whoa-oh-oh" than we're used to hearing on radio.
The crooner clearly felt at home onstage, and the show -- and his warm reception -- was likely a good precursor to the type of love he'll receive when he tours with John Mayer this summer.


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HIGH POINT, NC - Conference Carolinas announces the All-Conference teams during this week's Conference Carolinas Men's & Women's Soccer Championship Tournament. Awards include All-Conference First, Second, & Third teams, Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Divisional Regular Season Champions. Pfeiffer University's Alyssa Wombwell was another first-team selection for the Lady Falcons while Fahret Salihovic and Luke Vernon captured third-team honors for the men. Head coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote on the award winners who represent the best of the best for the league.
The conference championships started Monday with the top eight teams qualifying for quarterfinal action. Semifinal play resumes Thursday (women) and Friday (men) with the championship finals on Saturday (women) and Sunday (men). All games are played at the highest remaining seed with the tournament Champion receiving an automatic berth to the NCAA DII championships.
Women's Soccer Player of the Year
Ashley Alderin-Fleagle, Limestone
Ashley Alderin-Fleagle had a breakout season during her final year with the Saints, posting a conference-leading 19 goals to go with six assists while also leading NCAA Division II in total goals scored. Alderin-Fleagle paced Limestone to a program-best 12 wins this year, scoring 15 goals over the final 11 matches of the regular season to lead the team to a 9-2 record during the same span.
Women's Soccer Freshman of the Year
Meagan Thornton, Lees-McRae
Meagan Thornton burst onto the conference and national scene this season, leading all Conference Carolinas freshmen with 12 goals, six assists, and 30 points. A native of Millville, N.J., Thornton has also tallied a pair of match-winners this season, while scoring two or more goals on a trio of occasions.
Women's Soccer Coach of the Year
Cally Morrill, Lees-McRae
Cally Morrill has taken the Bobcats to new heights this fall, leading Lees-McRae to its first Conference Carolinas regular season championship since 2000. The Bobcats posted an 11-1 record against league opponents in Morrill's second year at the helm, earning the program's first-ever top seed in the conference tournament.
Women's All-Conference 1st-Team
Ashley Alderin-Fleagle, Limestone -Forward
Morgan Shelton, King -Forward
Marybeth Sullivan, Lees-McRae -Forward
Lauren Vawter, Queens -Midfielder
Nicole Voets, Belmont Abbey -Midfielder
Brooke Santerre, Lees-McRae -Midfielder
Alyssa Wombwell, Pfeiffer -Midfielder
Mary Dorn, Lees-McRae -Defender
Carly Kensinger, Belmont Abbey -Defender
Lauren Lanham, Limestone -Defender
Lyndsey McIntyre, Mount Olive -Goalkeeper
Women's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Lindsey Stanley, Mount Olive -Forward
Meagan Thornton, Lees-McRae -Forward
Ananda Gebreyesus, Belmont Abbey -Forward
Vickie Rich, Lees-McRae -Forward
Vanessa Jarrett, Limestone -Midfielder
Silvia Vazquez, Belmont Abbey -Midfielder
Casey Craft, Erskine -Midfielder
Hilary Parkin, Converse -Defender
Alana Ryczek, Belmont Abbey -Defender
Holli Schwartz, Limestone -Defender
Kaitlyn Briggs, Lees-McRae -Goalkeeper
Women's All-Conference 3rd-Team
Gabriella Reid, Limestone -Forward
Kristen Wright, Queens -Forward
Rebecca Mateo, Belmont Abbey -Forward
Emily Jones, Lees-McRae -Midfielder
Becky Sanzsole, Mount Olive -Midfielder
Heidi Steger, King -Midfielder
Patrice Clarke, Mount Olive -Defender
Kariel Parian, Queens -Defender
Sarah Rountree, Coker -Defender
Mary Knepp, Mount Olive -Defender
Abbey Kitts, King -Goalkeeper
Women's Soccer Eastern Division Regular Season Champions
Mount Olive College
Women's Soccer Western Division Regular Season Champions
Lees-McRae College
Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Carlos Recinos, Coker
Carlos Recinos has been one of the key components to Coker's successful season. Behind his team leading 13 goals, including nine game-winners, and nine assists, the Cobras are ranked No. 5 nationally and have captured their first ever Conference Carolinas Regular Season Championship.
Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year
Jorge Mackenna, Limestone
Jorge Mackeena put together a stellar freshman campaign after tallying nine goals and four assists for 22 points, playing a major role in Limestone finishing the regular season as the top-ranked offense in NCAA Division II. Mackeena served as the catalyst for the Saints this season, leading the team to a 7-0 record whenever he posted a goal.
Men's Soccer Coach of the Year
Paul Leese, Coker
In just his third year leading the Coker men, Head Coach Paul Leese has turned the Cobras into a national power. Ranked No. 5 nationally, Leese led the Cobras to their first ever Conference Carolinas Regular Season Championship this season.
Men's All-Conference 1st-Team
Carlos Recinos, Coker -Forward
Erik Pajunk, Barton -Forward
Tom Winspear, King -Forward
James Galvani, Lees-McRae -Forward
Jack Kimber, Erskine -Midfielder
Larry Mahon, Limestone -Midfielder
Rommel Fondin, Coker -Midfielder
Luke Duffy, Lees-McRae -Defender
Fernando Bedoya, Coker -Defender
Atticus Lum, Coker -Defender
James Sweeney, Coker -Goalkeeper
Men's All-Conference 2nd-Team
Andrew Settlemire, Erskine -Forward
Jorge Mackenna, Limestone -Forward
Jack Bailey, Limestone -Forward
Jeremy Chambers, Queens -Midfielder
James Smith, Lees-McRae -Midfielder
Stephen Scrivens, Coker -Midfielder
Dante De Luca, Barton -Midfielder
Luke Staats, Lees-McRae -Defender
Jonathan Rutter, Erskine -Defender
James Burke, Limestone -Defender
Brian Riesenberg, Barton -Goalkeeper
Men's All-Conference 3rd-Team
Felipe Netto, Queens -Forward
Vieux Sarr, Mount Olive -Forward
Danilo Matos, Barton -Forward
Tom McCready, Limestone -Midfielder
Bryce Ziada, Limestone -Midfielder
Fahret Salihovic, Pfeiffer -Midfielder
Jose Penaloza, Belmont Abbey -Defender
Luke Vernon, Pfeiffer -Defender
Mark Leslie, Limestone -Defender
Matthew Gwilt, Queens -Defender
Thomas Rusling, Lees-McRae -Goalkeeper
Men's Soccer Eastern Division Regular Season Champions
Coker College
Western Division Regular Season Champions
Lees-McRae College


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Two weeks after Jerry Lawler's on-air heart attack led to a breakdown of kayfabe on WWE Raw, unscripted events again found their way to air as two idiots broke the barricades in Albany and headed onto the mat during a match between Ryback and the Miz.
It prompted a mostly-off-camera tag team match between the scoundrels, security, the match referee, and ring announcer Justin Roberts. From ProWrestling.Net:
Justin Roberts was the first one up and took the guy who made it further into the ring down and dragged him out. He kept the one on the floor until more security ran over. They kept both pinned down hard in front of the announcers' table until after the finish.
Of course, the incident wasn't mentioned by Michael Cole or guest announcer Jim Ross, at least in the moment (they may have addressed it later; we're not watching very closely). Maybe the idiots were inspired by last night's Baltimore Batman. [USA]


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It could be the first of many for the Ste-Julie, Que., native, who is a medal favourite in his three other events.
He finished in two minutes 14.985 seconds Monday, edging Han Tianyu of China.
Viktor Ahn earned the bronze, giving Russia its first-ever short-track medal. J.R. Celsi, the 2010 bronze medallist from Federal Way, Wash., finished fourth.
As Hamelin entered the final lap in the lead, his girlfriend and teammate Marianne St-Gelais couldn't control her excitement, racing from her seat to the sidelines to give him a congratulatory hug.
The gold in the 1,500 was a bit of a surprise given it's not the 29-year-old's best event. He finished seventh in Vancouver where he won gold in the 500 and the 5,000-metre relay. He also has a silver from the 2006 Turin Olympics.
He has been virtually unbeatable this season, winning six World Cup races.
Francois Hamelin, Charles' brother, and Michael Gilday of Yellowknife didn't advance to the final. Gilday was disqualified in the semis and Hamelin was second in the B final.
In the women's 500 preliminaries, St-Gelais, from Saint-Felicien, Que., Jessica Hewitt of Kamloops, B.C., and Valerie Maltais of La Baie, Que., all advanced from the heats.
St-Gelais, Hewitt, Maltais and Marie-Eve Drolet of Chicoutimi, Que., also advanced in the women's 3,000-metre relay.
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June 13, 1931-Feb. 24, 2014
Nellie G. ?Nell? Woodley, age 82 went home to be with her Heavenly Father February 24, 2014 at her home under the care of St. Joseph Mercy Hospice with her loving family by her side. She was born June 13, 1931 in War, West Virginia, the daughter of Frank and Clara (Pauley) Romans. On June 9, 1979 she married James Woodley and he survives.
Nell was a member of the Clinton Baptist Church. She and Jim owned and operated Woodley?s restaurant and convenience store in Milan for over 34 years. She enjoyed painting, gardening, and tending to her flowers. She loved to spend time outdoors and enjoyed many camping trips. Her greatest joy in life was the time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren.
Nell is survived by her husband Jim; daughters Sandra (Glenn) Fye of Albuquerque, NM, Karen (Mike) Phillips of Milan, and Trish (Troy) Massingill of Maybee; brother Clarence Romans of Tecumseh; grandchildren Brittany and Madison Phillips, Bryce Massingill; step granddaughters Colette (James) Wagner, Kristin (Kyle) Hessler, and Kari (Dirk) Benson; five step great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, and two brothers.
Visitation will be at the Tecumseh Chapel of Handler Funeral Home on Thursday, February 27 from 10 a.m.?2 p.m. and 4 p.m.?8 p.m. The funeral service will be Friday, February 28 at 11:00 a.m. at the Clinton Baptist Church, 11555 Clinton-Tecumseh Road, Clinton. Visitation will also be Friday at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral service.
Interment will take place at Marble Memorial Park Cemetery, Milan. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society to benefit the Milan Relay for Life Friends for a Cure Team. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.HandlerFuneralHomes.com


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Agree with your point of old/new but some of the new stuff can really dazzle ya though. Long term endearment? Time will tell.
Big negotiations going on now regarding the need for ferry service of some sort year round between NS and Maine. -Bob
Agree with your point of old/new but some of the new stuff can really dazzle ya though. Long term endearment? Time will tell.
Big negotiations going on now regarding the need for ferry service of some sort year round between NS and Maine. -Bob
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Bob Weber
Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
Dang it! My wife and I caught a ride on the CAT from Yarmouth to Bar Harbor just a couple of weeks after it started operation several years back, and it was packed. I was looking forward to doing it again someday.
Bob Weber
Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
Nova Scotia hopes to keep Maine ferry
Service by The Cat isn't worth subsidizing but a traditional ferry might be, says Premier Darell Dexter.
By TOM BELL, Staff Writer
December 24, 2009
PORTLAND ÔÇö Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter may be willing to subsidize ferry service between Maine and Nova Scotia, but he won't give any more money to The Cat, Dexter's press secretary said Wednesday.
A federally funded study on southwest Nova Scotia's transportation options, including ferry service, is scheduled to be completed in March. Dexter will ask the Canadian government to put the study on the fast track so it can be delivered to him in January, press secretary Jennifer Stewart said in a telephone interview.
"We are looking at the best option for replacing The Cat ferry service, and that is going to come from the study," she said.
Since 2005, the province has invested $21 million in ferry service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and Bar Harbor and Portland. Stewart said The Cat is not a sustainable service and is not a good investment.
Last week, Bay Ferries Ltd. announced that the loss of the subsidy had forced it to end the service. Last year, it received $5.65 million from the government to help it offset higher fuel prices and lower passenger numbers.
The Cat is a high-speed catamaran. Yarmouth officials and business leaders believe that a traditional, single-hull ferry has a better chance for success because it would be more fuel-efficient and have more room to carry trucks. The Cat does not carry trucks. A delegation of officials and business leaders met with Dexter on Wednesday morning. The delegation urged the premier to fund The Cat for one more summer to give it time to recruit another vessel.
Julie Walters, a tourism development officer in Yarmouth who attended the meeting, said that Dexter's plan is not helpful because it won't leave enough time to find another vessel.
She said The Cat must operate next summer to keep the U.S. market engaged in Nova Scotia, and to sustain service businesses in Yarmouth. For example, two hotels have said they will have to close if there is no ferry service to Yarmouth.
"We need a new vessel. There is not time to find a new vessel between now and May 15. We need to keep this link alive," she said. "This is not good news, and it really is not acceptable news."
She said Yarmouth officials are gathering support from around the province and will continue putting pressure on Dexter to reconsider.
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Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
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Bob Weber
Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
I took the ferry to Block Island, RI a couple of months ago to do a service call. They are running two boats in tandem, a traditional ferry that takes an hour for the 14 mile crossing and a high speed cat that does it in half the time.
I imagine there was a price difference, but I took the slow boat since I was gonna be gone all day anyway.
Their high speed boat is for passengers only.
Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
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Contactless payments are one of those ideas that make instant sense—in theory. Instead of forcing people to stand in line, waiting to talk to/deal with a cashier, businesses can use a scanner that can read whatever card or phone is waved in front of it, and allow the customer to go on his or her merry way. It's a technology that the major credit card companies are pushing, but it's not without its growing pains, as the battle continues between security experts who want more a more open approach to device security and companies who seek to hide their methods of securing such devices.
Despite the issues surrounding contactless payment deployment, Visa has taken a significant step forward in designing its version of this technology by unveiling its newest product: the Visa Micro Tag.
As shown above, the Microtag is a small device meant to attach to a keychain. The Micro Tag uses Visa's payWave system to conduct and verify the actual transaction. No number is imprinted on the device, which, according to Visa, is one of the Micro Tag's security features. According to Visa's Micro Tag homepage, Visa payWave will only activate once the tag is within 1-2 inches of the scanner, which will then indicate that the appropriate information is being processed through the "secure" Visa network. Users making purchases under $25 won't even have to sign a receipt.
There are, however, some practical concerns standing between you and your insta-purchase keychain. There are currently a number of contactless payment systems in use from various credit card and mobile phone companies. This alone is likely to make any store wary of upgrading its scanners to any single contactless payment system until compatibility with the major players can be guaranteed. Security researchers have also raised issues regarding both how the credit card numbers are transmitted and the fact that none of the companies developing contactless payment systems are willing to allow independent security developers to examine their systems. For the moment, it's not even clear whether Visa uses an encryption algorithm to communicate with the scanner or if such data is transmitted "in the clear." The company web site has little to say on the matter, noting only that "Visa Micro Tag is very secure, protected with the same multiple layers of security as traditional Visa cards."
Contactless payments are going to continue growing in the US—it's too good a concept to ignore. The big battles, then, are going to be fought over who controls the payment networks, how secure they are, and how wide a variety of devices can be supported by a single scanner unit. Hopefully someone will also come up with a way to simplify the keyfob end of the system—I can imagine carrying one these devices, but I'm really not sure I'd want one for Visa, MasterCard, and American Express all hanging off a single keychain.


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Well, I have been observing for some days but it seems my English above is OK because, at least, there have not been any negative comments.
Retired English Teacher
Hello, I would like you to check the below sentences.
This is for the greeting message of a software I made.
Please point out any grammatical errors, or any unnatural expression, anything to be improved, any other way which English-native would say, etc.
I do appreciate your help.
Thank you in advance.
Welcome to "3D PHONETICS"
This software has been developed for Japanese students who wish to acquire English pronunciation.
You can master every phonetic symbol by actually manipulating the 3D phonetic model using left and right arrow keys on your keyboard.
Select any phonetic symbol you want to learn either in Mode A or B.
In Mode A, you can rotate the 3D model horizontally to observe the shape of the mouth and tongue from any favorite angle.
In Mode B, you can animate the lips, mouth and tongue and carefully learn how the sound is produced in your mouth.
When you select any vowel, you will see the articulation table at the right-bottom of the window. It immediately shows which pronunciation you are learning, how you should position your tongue, comparing with other vowels. You can also check the difference from Japanese vowels.
When you select any consonant, you will see an illustration which tells you some important points to correctly pronounce it.
For any phonetic symbol, a brief explanation will appear at the right-hand side of the window.
For more detailed explanation, you can click "Voice" button, and sample pronunciation can also be heard.
You can adjust the volume of, or turn on/off, the BGM and "Voice" explanation any time you want.
To be better in pronouncing each vowel and consonant of English, you will also be much better in expressing yourself and in listening comprehension, and even in reading and writing skills.
I do hope you will enjoy learning Basic English Phonetics with this software, as a very important basis of learning English.
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An email from the head of a controversial unit at AIG suggests employees who gave up their bonuses did not do so voluntarily, but feared their names would be released if they did not.
The email, obtained by CNBC, states the following: "Please be aware that we have received assurances from Attorney General Cuomo that no names will be released by his office before he completes a security review which is expected to take at least a week. To the extent that we meet certain participation targets, it is not expected that the names would be released, at all."
The email, dated Friday March 20th, is from Gerard Pasciucco, the individual hired by AIG CEO Edward Liddy to wind down the controversial Financial Products division — the division which caused the near collapse of the global financial system — and was sent to employees of that division.
CNBC has confirmed the authenticity of the email contents, which also was reported by the Washington Post. An AIG (NYSE: aig) spokesperson declined to comment. The attorney general's office declined to comment.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced late yesterday that 9 out of the top 10 bonus recipients at the American International Group agreed to give back their bonuses. And that 15 of the largest 20 bonus recipients in AIG's financial products division had agreed to give back the money.
On a conference with reporters the attorney general said that releasing the names would be in the interest of explaining to taxpayers how their money was used—and that if the money were returned, it would severely diminish if not extinguish the need to release the names.
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Three of four reports from the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry's investigation into sexual abuse have been released on Friday, with a fourth remaining confidential "until any potential criminal proceedings have been determined".
The special commission presented its report to NSW Governor Marie Bashir on Friday after extensive hearings in 2013.
The inquiry covered conduct by clergy, particularly in the Maitland-Newcastle diocese, over knowledge of child sexual abuse by priests Denis McAlinden and James Fletcher.
The special commission explored "the extent to which those officials facilitated, assisted or otherwise hindered or obstructed" police investigations.
It also explored senior police's decision in December 2010 that Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox halt investigations into certain matters relating to the two priests.
Documents were sourced from the Holy See in Rome while victims of the priests also provided information on relevant interactions with church officials.
Commissioner Margaret Cunneen SC expressed her gratitude to those who assisted, particularly those who survived abuse and helped the commission's inquiries.
"Victims (often appropriately called 'survivors') and family members have contributed enormously to the work of the Commission," Commissioner Cunneen said.
"I will be forever grateful for their assistance and their willingness to let their voices be heard."
Ms Cunneen recommended deferring one of the four reports from the Commission "until any potential criminal proceedings have been determined" or a decision to avoid taking criminal action is made.
NSW Premier Mike Baird thanked Commissioner Cunneen for the body's efforts, which included more than 100 private hearings with witnesses and 100,000 pages of documentary material.
"I thank Commissioner Margaret Cunneen SC who conducted the inquiry, which was designed to ensure allegations surrounding child sexual abuse in the Hunter were fully investigated," NSW Premier Mike Baird said.
"The four volume report was delivered to the NSW Governor [on Friday] morning and the first three volumes have now been released by the NSW Government."
"The Commission has recommended that the fourth volume of the report remain confidential at this time."
The government will consider and respond "in due course", Mr Baird said.
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Shoe On Other Foot
Game 2 was similar to Game 1, only this time the shoe was on the other foot for the Phillies.
With a record crowd on the feet cheering and waving the rally towels for Lee's first pitch, silence quickly followed when Furcal tripled on the firsts pitch. Strikeout, infield pop and a ground ball brought the noise back.
In the first inning against the Cardinals ace, Chris Carpenter, the Phillies scored three times on three hits. Last time he gave up that many runs in the first inning was 2004. More noise. In the second, Freese doubled to start the inning. Silence. Strikeout, strikeout, ground out. More noise.
A second-inning run on a pair of hits gave the Phillies a 4-0 lead. In two innings, Carpenter had thrown 55 pitches, 28 for balls. Lee, on the other hand, 22 pitches, five balls. On Carpenter's 53rd pitch, a call went to the St. Louis bullpen and LaRussa went to the mound. He waited for home plate umpire Jerry Meals and appeared let him know they were unhappy with the strike zone for both Carpenter and Lee.
Carpenter settled down in the third, and the Cardinals began working deeper counts on Lee, who wound up allowing five runs on 12 hits and throwing 88 pitches over the next four innings. It indeed was a rare Lee loss. During the regular season, he is 72-1 when he has a lead of four or more runs.
In Game 1, St. Louis got three first-inning runs off Doc who then retired the next 21 hitters.
In Game 2, the Phillies led 4-0 after two innings. Carpenter and six relievers retired 21 of the last 23 Phillies, who had only one hit after the second inning. Over the previous 10 games against the Phillies, the Cardinals bullpen had a 10.54 ERA.
The Cardinals could have been deflated after not scoring in the first two innings. But, they've fought for their lives in September to get here.
St. Louis is 19-13 in Game 2 postseason decisions, including 8-1 in the NLDS. The Phillies fell to 6-16 in Game 2 decisions.
Cardinals returned home after the game while the Phillies will take a Delta charter to St. Louis on Monday noon and work out at Busch Stadium at 5 that evening. Garcia and LaRussa will be in the interview room at 2:30 after the Cardinals workout and Cole and Charlie will be there at 4:30.
Phillies Postseason History
On October 3, 0-1 record:
2007 NLDS #1 at Citizens Bank Park: In their first postseason appearance in 14 years, the Phillies fall to the Rockies, 4-2, in the first postseason game in Citizens Bank Park history. Trailing, 3-0, Aaron Rowan and Pat Burrell hit back-to-back homers (first time in Phillies postseason history) to make it 3-2 in the fifth
Alumni Postseason Memories
What is your favorite postseason memory as a child? . . . What is the biggest change from the regular season? . . . What is your fondest personal postseason memory? The questions were posed to Phillies Alumni.
Putsy Caballero (INF, 1944-45; 1947-52; 83 years old)
"Heck, there was no TV when I was a youngster. We listened to the World Series on the radio. I remember when Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals won the World Series by scoring from first base on a single in the seventh game against Boston in 1946. Harry Walker got the hit. Later Harry and I were teammates with the Phillies. Harry used to complain that everybody remembered Enos but not the guy that got the game-winning hit.
"Only been in one World Series, 1950. Every game down the stretch was a nail-biter including the last game when we won the pennant in Brooklyn. The World Series games were all tight ones but we were used to that. We just didn't hit.
"Being in the World Series is my fondest memory. There are a lot of players who never played in one. That's one of my two favorite memories of my career. At 16, I the youngest player ever to start at third base for the Phillies in 1944."


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That's right! For those among us who have wasted days, if not weeks, on the internet gazing at kittens batting around toys, or getting tickled, or drinking water from a faucet, or falling asleep, or wearing hats, or playing the piano, or acting like ninjas, or whatever else there is finally a glimmer of formal acceptance. The inaugural Internet Cat Video Film Festival will be held IRL at Minneapolis' Walker Arts Center on August 30th. The festival is part of the center's Open Field festivities, which encourages participation and collaboration among art consumers. In her blog, Internet Cat Video Film Festival creator Katie Czarniecki Hill writes that the real-life film festival will bring the traditionally-solo act of cat-video-watching into a community. "…cat videos are normally viewed alone. Until now. As Walker Open Field's Cat-lady-in-Residence (just kidding, that's not a real position…yet), I could not be more excited to literally bring this solo cat video viewing behavior out in the open…Let's transform this singular small screen viewing experience into a shared celebration with the larger-than-life projection of these silly clips out on the Open Field."
But Minneapolis is far away. So for those of us in New York, we can participate by submitting nominations to the festival.
For what it's worth, here's my entry, to be marked under "science fiction" and/or "suspense" and/or "Science Fiction" (that's my cat's name):
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Jackie endured much in pursuit of equality
Aside from Opening Day, the release of "42" might generate the most buzz on this month's baseball calendar.
The film, starring Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson and screen legend Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, chronicles the hatred, animosity and threats that Robinson endured as the player Rickey chose to break baseball's color line.
Aside from Opening Day, the release of "42" might generate the most buzz on this month's baseball calendar.
The film, starring Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson and screen legend Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, chronicles the hatred, animosity and threats that Robinson endured as the player Rickey chose to break baseball's color line.
In one of the movie's most compelling scenes, and perhaps the game's most history-making conversation, Robinson asks, "Do you want a player that doesn't have the guts to fight back?"
"No," Rickey declares. "I want a player who has the guts not to fight back."
"Give me a uniform, give me a number on my back and I'll give you the guts," Robinson says.
Today, "42" is displayed on outfield fences throughout baseball, at all levels, in tribute to Robinson's courage and impact on the game. Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera is the only player who still wears No. 42, and when he throws his last pitch later this year, the number will be retired for good.
In 1997, under the direction of Commissioner Bud Selig, Robinson's No. 42 was retired across all of Major League Baseball in an unprecedented tribute.
"A lot of people don't know it, but Jackie was under a three-year gag order," said former Dodgers hurler Carl Erskine, a Brooklyn teammate during nine of Robinson's 10 years in the big leagues. "Mr. Rickey told him if a black player got into any fights, this would destroy the effort. He was to say nothing; no retaliation, physically, verbally, nothing. That was remarkable. Some Negro League players thought Jackie wouldn't make it because of his temper.
"Mr. Rickey wanted him to have that kind of fire, but he couldn't show it. He wanted him to take it out on the diamond."
The animosity is well-documented, from beanballs and being spiked to the use of racial epitaphs, and in one instance, an opponent tossing a black cat on the field.
"Anything was fair game to upset the opponent," Erskine said. "But they found out Jackie was so good under pressure they finally backed off. They realized the more they got on him, the better he did."
In his first three years, Robinson sparked the Dodgers to two National League pennants, was named Rookie of the Year (1947) and Most Valuable Player ('49) after winning the batting title with a .342 average. During his decade with the Dodgers, Brooklyn won six NL flags, a World Series championship and was eliminated from two other pennant races on the season's final day ('50, '51).
However, Robinson knew his fight was bigger than baseball, Erskine says. Trophies and championships were fine.
"But I remember Jackie saying, 'That's not why I'm here,'" Erskine recalled. "He understood that what he was doing was going to be good for his whole race. He started the momentum for civil rights a decade before Mark Luther King [Jr.] came on the scene. Baseball was a vehicle."
Fittingly, parts of "42" were filmed at America's oldest ballpark, Rickwood Field, in Birmingham, Ala., where 50 years ago this May, commissioner of public safety Eugene "Bull" Connor unleashed attack dogs and high-pressure fire hoses on non-violent demonstrators fighting against segregation.
Robinson hung up his spikes after the 1956 campaign, but never stopped fighting for racial equality. He enjoyed fame, celebrity and financial success, but unlike some of today's mega-millionaire athletes, he used those things toward a higher end.
"I won't have it made until the most underprivileged Negro in Mississippi can live in equal dignity with anyone else in America," he wrote in a New York Post column published on Aug. 22, 1960.
Erskine personally witnessed much of what Robinson went through. In the late 1940s and early '50s, a city ordinance prohibited blacks from staying overnight in Vero Beach, Fla., where the Dodgers held Spring Training. So after a day's workout, Robinson would have to go to nearby Gifford.
"Not only Jackie, but Campy [Roy Campanella], Don Newcombe and Joe Black," Erskine said.
One year, while heading north from Florida, the Dodgers played an exhibition game in Atlanta, which was a Minor League city at the time.
"The Klan picketed the hotel, and they wouldn't sell tickets to black fans," Erskine said. "They had to sit on a hill, a sort of levee beyond the right-field fence. Jackie got a threatening letter saying he was going to be shot if he took the field."
Robinson didn't live to see the most significant fruits of his labor, which others have kept building upon, long after his passing in 1972.
"I wish Jackie could come back to Atlanta today," Erskine said. "There's a statue of Hank Aaron outside the ballpark. They've had black mayors, plus look how many African-Americans have become governors, elected to Congress and of course, President Obama."
In Robinson's native Cairo, Ga., a small rural town just above the Florida Panhandle, more than 600 people gathered on March 16 to dedicate a new Jackie Robinson Ball Park and rename a local Boys & Girls Club in his honor. Dignitaries included Robinson's daughter, Sharon, former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield and Olympic basketball star Teresa Edwards.
Robinson's mother, a sharecropper, left Georgia for California because she knew what life would be like for her children in the South. Last month, Cairo Mayor Richard VanLandingham, a white man, presented Sharon Robinson with a key to the city.
"To the credit of America, we've made a huge turnaround for the better," Erskine said.
Paul Post is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Summit High Tigers roar past Columbine in hockey matchup
The Summit High School Tiger hockey team faced Columbine on Saturday evening and emerged the victors with a 7-5 win.
Blake Horan received a pass from Travis Potts and skated and jived past two of the Columbine defense men for the first goal of the game and a 1-0 lead at the end of the first period. Following Summit's strong start, Columbine came out strong in the second period, scoring two goals during the first two minutes of play. Sean Farley had an opportunity to tie the game with a penalty shot but was denied by the Columbine goalie Charlie Marchese.
However, Summit did respond by scoring its next three goals in a matter of three minutes of play. George Kamins and Karl Olsson Deem provided an assist to Travis Potts and then Potts fired a slap shot from the top of the circle to take the lead. Horan dumped the puck and retrieved it with a pass to Peter Grotemeyer for the fourth goal of the game.
Columbine answered with two more goals but Summit's Marc Demers took a shot from the point and scored his first high school goal to take the Tigers into the locker room with a 5-4 lead at the end of the second period.
Columbine scored first in the third period but that's all they had left. Potts, however, scored a hat trick as his third goal was assisted by Kamins and Ben Schoeffield.
With the goalie pulled for Columbine, Jack Nevicosi took advantage of the empty net and scored the final goal for a Summit win of 7-5.
Freshman Wyatt Dickerson was in goal for the Summit team and had 36 saves for the evening.
"This was a must win game for us. We are now 2-2 for league play going into the holiday break," said head coach Chris Ruhly.
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zipzap necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 138 diseños de 51 diseñadores freelance.
CardEx is an industry leader in Prepaid MasterCard and Visa program management and processing.
Corporate clients. Fortune 500 executives. High-level, educated environment. Attracted to a simple, clean, crisp design.
• Please see http://www.cardex.com for current logo design
• Should include the name "CardEx" as typed (without the quotations)
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