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What drama! Thanks for all your comments today folks. Don't forget, you can always follow me on Twitter: @RazMirza to send me your views so speak to you all soon!
FULL-TIME: Tottenham went ahead after 76 minutes through Clint Dempsey's deflected strike, but Everton won the game with a quick-fire double late in the game from Steven Pienaar's long-range header before a dramatic winner 88 seconds later from Nikica Jelavic.
YELLOW CARD: Dempsey is almost in and there was a yellow card for Jelavic as he celebrated his goal.
SUBSTITUTION: John Heitinga replaces the winning goalscorer surely in Jelavic and the Croatian gets a big hug from David Moyes.
What an amazing turnaround at Goodison Park as Apostolos Vellios' attempted overhead kick falls into the path of Jelavic and he finishes calmly from close-range. Two goals in 88 seconds!
Wonderful equalising goal for Everton as Steven Naismith finds Seamus Coleman and his ball in to the box is headed home superbly by the South African from just inside the area.
Everton had only won two of their first 18 Premier League meetings with Tottenham at Goodison Park (W2 D9 L7) before winning in each of the last two seasons. Desperate measures from the hosts now as they pump the ball up to Marouane Fellaini.
James says: "Now the hard bit!! Holding on!! Loving the recent run of form and the attitude since being smashed by Arsenal. AVB really could be the man for us to keep hold of for many years to come... COYS!"
SUBSTITUTION: Spanish Under 21 star Falque replaces Jermain Defoe, who has failed to hit the abck of the onion bag this afternoon.
Yoseph is back in touch: "Yesssssssss! So happy about that goal. This is always a hard place to come and get 3 points, we just need to do what spurs always struggle to succeed on, hang on to a 1 goal lead. Dodgy sub from AVB though, lets hope we can hold on! COYS."
SUBSTITUTION: Apostolos Vellios is sent on the field for Leon Osman. Marouane Fellaini will automatically drop into midfield now.
David Moyes must be fuming inside, because his side have dominated for long periods, but that speculative effort from Dempsey could prove to be the difference this afternoon.
Tottenham have failed to win in their last five visits to Goodison Park, but they're on course today. If Premier League games had ended at 80 minutes this season, Spurs would be top. We are into the final ten minutes now!
Breakthrough for the visitors and it's the American with his third goal for Spurs. His right-foot shot is deflected over Tim Howard by Sylvain Distin. Is this a smash and grab raid by the north Londoners on Merseyside!?
James emails in to say: "Spurs really need to hold onto this point. Although pushing on and picking up three would show we mean business and can compete when it matters away from home. Scrappy game so far but plenty of time. Take a point & go from there! COYS!"
Two very well drilled teams on show at Goodison Park, but Everton are pushing on as they win a throw, but Baines' cross is poor.
SUBSTITUTION: Tom Huddlestone replaces Aaron Lennon for Spurs, so you would now expect Moussa Dembele to move across.
YELLOW CARD: Kyle Walker skips away from Leon Osman, but the midfielder is not letting him go past him that easily, so he decides to hack him down and take the booking.
Bale is a big miss for Spurs Yoseph. He's a world class talent, so any side would miss his creativity and goal prowess.
Yoseph Siza says: "Hi Raz, How much do you think Bale would have influenced the game if he had been passed fit? Everton's defence is solid hence the reason we are finding it hard to break through."
CHANCE!! Leighton Baines' pull-back finds Leon Osman, but he can only fire over the crossbar. That was a real opportunity!
Kyle Walker's free-kick is dinked into the box, but Everton break through Steven Pienaar although Walker is back defending and he has too much pace this time to win his side a throw.
Darron Gibson swings over a ball to Marouane Fellaini, but he has to generate the power in his neck muscles to direct the ball towards goal and Hugo Lloris collects.
Steven Pienaar and Nikica Jelavic combine which lifts the home supporters. We apprioach the hour mark at Goodison Park. Still no goals, but plenty of opportunities from both teams.
Baines has been top draw this afternoon Lance and has kept Aaron Lennon quiet, despite being booked for one very late tackle.
Lance is back in touch. He says: "Am I the only one that thinks Baines should be Englands first choice left back? Cole is on a decline while baines has been outstanding so far this season."
Now Moussa Dembele stays calms as he wins another corner. The outswinger is met by Vertonghen, but Howard holds on.
SMART SAVE!! Jan Vertonghen blasts a swerving and dipping free-kick, but Tim Howard deals with it but palming it over the crossbar.
Jack. A spurs fan in Southend on sea says: "In hoping spurs can prove a lot of fans wrong today and get a result when it matters. Avb has a lot of critics but I think if we give him a chance and a bit of money he can start to build a squad that he wants as he can only make the bet of what he's been given this year. I expect us to be challenging for the title in the coming years if we keep the faith. Watch this space!"
The visitors have come out meaning business in this second half as Emmanuel Adebayor chases down Sylvain Distin.
INCHES WIDE!! Spurs keep good possession in the middle of the park and Sandro's shot deflects wide of the post with Tim Howard hoping for the best.
Mark Cato: "Spurs need to push up and play a higher line putting pressure on the Toffees. When we play a defensive game we always concede - make them worry about Defoe and Ade - AVB needs to remember that the best form of defence is attack."
David Moyes looks frustrated on the touchline and he won't be happy after watching his substitute miss that glorious opportunity!
Aimee Loughran from Sunny Spain says: "Afternoon! After reading the first half commentary I really think Sigurdsson would change this game! Got a good feeling about this second half! COYS."
GREAT CHANCE!! Leighton Baines' effort is blocked, but the full-back drives the ball back in and Steven Naismith puts his effort wide when it seemed easier to score.
Tottenham get the second half underway then. Mirallas had been suffering from an hamstring injury and he was 'feeling it' according to the Toffees' dressing room.
SUBSTITUTION: Everton change at the start of the second half as Steven Naismith comes on for Kevin Mirallas.
Lance Morris emails in to say: "Hi Raz, neutral fan here was just wondering what you thought about David moyes's future? Personally, I think hes a top manager and should get the united job when Fergie retires." I think he loves Everton too much Lance. He's a true Blue in my book!
Don't forget, if you'd like to air your views during the second half, email Raz...that's me! at firstname.lastname@example.com or Tweet me: @RazMirza and I'll publish as many as I can.
Everton are now 5/4 to claim victory with our friends @Skybet, who make Tottenham 7/2 and the draw 11/8. Remember, in 20 previous meetings between the teams at Goodison Park, no fewer than nine have been draw, with Everton winning only four and losing seven, so I went for another draw this afternoon - 1-1, which is now 5/1. Head now to SKYBET to place your bets on this match.
HALF-TIME: Referee Kevin Friend is the centre of attention at Goodison Park as he waved away appeals for a spot-kick to Everton twice on the stroke of half-time. The first was on Clint Dempsey - although replays showed the ball struck his chest. However, the claims on William Gallas were much stronger as he kept out Steven Pienaar's shot. Early in the half, Hugo Lloris made a super decision to come off his line and get a strong hand on the ball to deny Nikica Jelavic, who was put clean through and Leon Osman also come close with a left-foot curler.
PENALTY CLAIM!! Big shout for a penalty from Everton fans as Clint Dempsey points to his chest. His right-arm did come out but Kevin Friend was in a good position.
Aaron Lennon loses out to Steven Pienaar and Seamus Coleman on the far side looks to get in behind Clint Dempsey, but the American does well to win the throw.
SO CLOSE!!! Marouane Fellaini finds Leon Osman but his left-foot curler drifts wide of the far post. That's arguably been the best chance of what has been a poor first-half.
The Toffees are coming on strong in the last few minutes and Emmanuel Adebayor fails to control a simple pass out of defence.
Leighton Baines' left-foot delivery fails to pick out Marouane Fellaini on the far post. It's a throw to the visitors.
Defoe comes back to lay the ball off, but here come Everton through Marouane Fellaini. However, his ball into the box is over hit.
Corner to Everton and Steven Pienaar's cross is headed towards goal by Marouane Fellaini, but the ref points for a goal-kick.
The quality has dipped at Goodison Park in the last ten minutes. Walker comes over to take a throw but the hosts quickly win the ball back.
Yoseph Siza in reply to Malcolm Boyle's email says: "Every team has their "blips" in a season. You saw the crucial 11 point lead Spurs gave away to Arsenal towards the end of last season."
Seamus Coleman surges forward before opting to go for goal ratehr than crossing and he hits the advertising hoardings behind the goal.
Why not Malcolm. The Premier League is not as strong this season and these two sides are improving. You never know! Spurs are back on the ball and have been impressive on their travels this season.
Malcolm Boyle: "Your comment in the fourteenth minute.....playing catch-up with what exactly?!!! Are you suggesting either of these two 'also runs' can get anywhere near the Manchester clubs?!!!"
The corner comes out to Darron Gibson who needs two touches before he lets fly with a firm volley, but it's way wide of the target.
Kevin Mirallas looks to find Nikica Jelavic in the area, but William Gallas makes a vital interception.
Darron Gibson finds Nikica Jelavic and he fires in the ball for Leon Osman who fails to time his run.
Clint Dempsey is brought down by Darron Gibson after Leon Osman misplaced his pass. We're about 25 yards from goal to the left of the area.
The game has suddenly settled into a pattern, but it's Everton who looks the more threatening thus far.
In today's Manchester derby at the Ethiad, it's now 2-2. That result would suit these two sides, who are playing catch-up.
I guess that is why Spurs paid all that money for the France No.1 in the summer. He showed his worth in that moment.
SUPER GOALKEEPING! Hugo Lloris charges out to time a perfect dive to get a good left-hand to the ball just as Nikica Jelavic thought he was about to score.
Kyle Walker's cross is cleared by Sylvain Distin and then Jan Vertonghen header finds Moussa Dembele who hammers a low drive which is well handled by Tim Howard.
Now Spurs enjoy a bit of early possession as Moussa Dembele controls the ball and finds Sandro. Nice stuff from the visitors here.
Just in regards to Yoseph's email, Aaron Lennon will be up against Baines and not Dempsey and that is a contest will is sure to be intriguing.
Seamus Coleman gets away down the right and to the byline, but his pull-back is scrambled away by Spurs, although a goal-kick has been given.
These are two teams which are in-form and confident so we should have a real battle of a contest this afternoon and the hosts have made a good start.
Sandro's challenge on Nikica Jelavic is a strong one and the quick free-kick finds Leon Osman, who finds the Croatian, but his shot is well blocked.
Yoseph emails in to say: "Looking forward to a tough encounter today! No Bale is the downside of things, Dempsey is up against Baines. Maybe lennon and bale can swap sides so we have a better threat within our flanks. Dembele is key and it looks to be a battle between the two Belgians today! Dembele vs Fellaini! Im happy that Defoe and ade are playing together today, i hope to see some goals- COYS!, lets get the 3 points!"
Tottenham are looking to build on three successive wins, while Everton are looking to build on three successive draws this afternoon. The teams are out and the ground is packed as usual. The Toffees are in their famous blues and white kit, while Spurs are in white shirts and black shorts. A real sense of tradition as we wait for kick-off.
We're moments away from Everton's famous theme from Z-Cars as the players wait in the narrow tunnel inside Goodison Park.
Everton are 10/11 to claim victory with our friends @Skybet, who make Tottenham 11/4 and the draw 13/5. The Toffees' Nikica Jelavic is favourite to bag the first goal for the hosts at 11/2 and is 9/1 to bag a brace. Marouane Fellaini is 6/1 while Steven Pienaar is a decent bet at 10/1 to score first or 7/2 to score in 90 minutes while Leighton Baines is a 16/1 shot to score first. Meanwhile, Spurs' Jermain Defoe is 6/1 and his strike partner Emmanuel Adebayor is 7/1. Clint Dempsey is a 9/1 shout and the American is 3/1 score in 90 minutes. In 20 previous meetings between the teams at Goodison Park, no fewer than nine have been draw, with Everton winning only four and losing seven, so I'm hedging my bets and going for another draw this afternoon - 1-1, which is priced at a steady 11/2. Head now to SKYBET to place your bets on this match.
Andy Shaddick Tweets: "Happy that AVB starts with both Defoe and Adebayor up front - COME ON YOU SPURS."
Stewart MacLaren from a warm and windy Torrevieja in Spain says: "Everton will beat Tottenham 2-1 at Goodison Park this afternoon with good goals from Fellaini and Nikica Jelavic."
Russell Howard from Gloucester says: "Massive game for spurs today, with a bold move to play two up front from AVB! Time to prove we can start grinding out the tougher fixtures! COYS."
EVERTON TEAM NEWS: Forward Kevin Mirallas returns from a four-match absence with a hamstring injury to take his place in the side. The Belgium international is one of two changes to the side which drew with Manchester City last weekend with Seamus Coleman returning at right-back.
SPURS TEAM NEWS: Tottenham, as expected, are without the hamstrung duo of Gareth Bale and Michael Dawson and show three changes in total from the win over Fulham with Emmanuel Adebayor, William Gallas and Kyle Walker back in the side.
EVERTON: Howard, Coleman, Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Osman, Pienaar, Gibson, Fellaini, Mirallas, Jelavic.
TOTTENHAM: Lloris, Walker, Gallas, Caulker, Vertonghen, Lennon, Sandro, Dembele, Dempsey, Adebayor, Defoe.
Piku Ghosh from New York says: "I'm in JFK waiting for my flight to Dubai...but I'll be following the match from your updates! I'm a huge Spurs fan so I just wanted to know...what do you reckon are the odds of a JD goal today?" Defoe is certainly a man in goalscoring form Piku. 13 goals already this season and I feel the Europa League run has helped his form.
George Bennett: "I can see there being a few goals in this one but for Tottenham to pick up all three points at the end."
Jack Royle emails in to say: "Spurs to win 3-1 today, can see goals coming through strikers like Defoe but can't see them keeping a clean sheet."
Aaron Kelly Tweets me a question: "Do you reckon Marouane Fellaini is going to score today?" Well Aaron, the The bushy-haired Toffee is bound to be up against Tottenham's Belgian duo Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele and he's scored five in five games and is the Premier League's top-scoring midfielder with eight goals, so in answer to your question...yes! I think he's got a great chance of scoring this afternoon.
Dave in Widnes says: "Massive game for the Blues today. I hink we will edge it 2-1 and go back up to fourth spot." This really is a top of the table clash isn't it!
Spurs fan Robert Ford writes in from Berlin: "Snowing like crazy in Berlin - huddled up by the heater, beer in one hand, pizza in the other! Come On You Spurs!" Well, I hope you enjoy today's minute-by-minute commentary Rob!
Villas-Boas thinks Everton would be in a much worse position had the 49-year-old Moyes not taken the helm 10 years ago. "He has done tremendously well. He has changed the mentality of the club. They went through incredibly difficult situations financially and has always built strong teams. His scouting is perfect, his training is perfect, the way he motivates his players also makes a difference as you see them on the pitch and they are extremely competitive. His teams always seem to improve year after year and that is not always the case. Going to Goodison Park is one of the toughest games." Are you Spurs fans expecting a testing encounter this afternoon? Email Raz...that's me! at firstname.lastname@example.com or Tweet me: @RazMirza and I'll publish as many as I can.
Moyes admits he may go in to the transfer market for loan signings in January: "We may well go into the loan market and see if we can find anything in that area. I think that would probably be the way we are looking - but that was the same as we were doing last year. But what happened is we got a sale of (Diniyar) Bilyaletdinov, who went back to Russia, and it freed us up a little bit of cash to go and make the signings. So you never can tell." Who would you Everton fans like to see come to Merseyside? Email Raz...that's me! at email@example.com or Tweet me: @RazMirza
Tottenham defender Michael Dawson has only a slim chance of recovering from his hamstring injury in time. Winger Gareth Bale is out with a hamstring problem while Hugo Lloris is expected to replace Brad Friedel in net after the American started Thursday night's Europa League win over Panathinaikos. Midfielder Scott Parker (achilles) and left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) are a week away from full fitness and defender Younes Kaboul (knee) is also unavailable.
Everton, who have drawn seven of their last nine fixtures and are three points behind Tottenham in the standings. They could have Kevin Mirallas and Seamus Coleman available. David Moyes says forward Mirallas, who has missed four games due to a hamstring injury, and full-back Coleman, sidelined for three by an unspecified problem, have "outside chances" of featuring against Spurs today. Victor Anichebe and Phil Neville remain on the casualty list.
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The stop at Forensic Fluids in Kalamazoo is one of three planned stops by Upton today.
During the 11:30 a.m. visit, Upton is expected to "highlight local job creation and innovation in the life sciences industry," the release stated.
Forensic Fluids formed in 2005 and has grown to 30 employees. The company, which operates out of former Gibson Guitar office space in Kalamazoo's Northside neighborhood, does drug testing using oral fluids.
Also this morning, Upton will give an update on federal legislative issues to the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce, including jobs and health care, the release stated. He also will "discuss his priorities as the new chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce."
And Upton is expected to visit the Kalamazoo Gazette at 10 a.m. today to speak with editors and reporters.

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Despite the recession and a 19 percent drop off in statewide fund-raising since 2006, Booker has raised roughly $900,000 more than he did four years ago at this time. Booker's camp raised $7,033,493 as of today. Paterson Mayor Jose Torres came in second with $789,680.
While Booker is raising money for his entire slate, at least four of the council members made the top ten with their individual fund-raising efforts. East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador and North Ward councilman Anibal Ramos made the top five breaking the $400,000 mark.
A total of 36 municipalities governed by the Faulkner Act are holding elections in May and out of the $11.4 million raised throughout the state, Newark candidates have raised $9.2 million. The $5 million that Booker has spent is almost twice as much as what candidates have raised, in all, outside of Newark."Why would he need to spend that much money to become mayor?" said Clifford Minor, Booker's chief opponent. Minor, who came in seventh with $262,214 said the role of money in politics can be limited. He said he is running a grass-roots campaign, going door to door, holding local fund raisers, and hosting informal events to hear voters' complaints. "That (money) won't have an effect on those voters. We've seen it over a couple of elections now." Minor said.
The Booker Team has done numerous mailings, posted countless campaign signs throughout the city and produced several commercials.
"Every race is different," said Booker campaign manger Pablo Fonseca. "We've out raised them. We're also out-working them," Fonseca said, adding that Booker has attended over 100 coffee klatches, and is campaigning "seven days a week."
Minor tagged Booker for raising millions outside of New Jersey with big ticket donors like Barbra Streisand and David Geffen peppering Booker's election contributions.
Fonseca argues similar donors have given over $100 million in philanthropy for the city which has led to new parks, surveillance cameras, and new equipment for firefighters and police.
Minor accused Booker of looking beyond the Newark race, and raising money for his next campaign, which he thinks will hurt the mayor in May.
Fonseca denies the charge, saying that Booker is focused on the problems facing Newark.
"We're not looking at our next race. We're looking at our next budget," Fonseca said.
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• Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. to run unopposed in Democratic primary for 3rd term
• Newark Mayor Cory Booker kicks off re-election campaign
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US commandos capture Benghazi attack 'ringleader'
By Dan De Luce , AFP
June 19, 2014, 12:00 am TWN
WASHINGTON -- U.S. commandos have captured the suspected ringleader of a deadly 2012 attack on an American compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi, in a raid hailed by the White House as a triumph for justice.
Special forces, working with FBI agents, carried out Sunday's stealth operation in Libya under cover of darkness and withdrew without losses, though Washington was giving away few details.
Ahmed Abu Khatallah is now en route to the United States, where he could face the death penalty, officials said Tuesday.
The raid represented a victory for President Barack Obama, who has faced intense criticism over his administration's handling of the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi assault and its aftermath.
Four Americans including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens were killed when gunmen stormed the U.S. Consulate and set it on fire, and a CIA outpost was also targeted.
"The United States has an unwavering commitment to bring to justice those responsible for harming Americans," Obama said.
"Since the deadly attacks on our facilities in Benghazi, I have made it a priority to find and bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of four brave Americans."
Attorney General Eric Holder said the raid showed "our nation's memory is long and our reach is far."
There were no civilian or other casualties in Sunday's raid and U.S. troops taking part in the operation have "safely departed Libya," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said.
Kirby would not say whether Washington gave advance notice to Tripoli.
He said it was a "unilateral" action without any Libyan forces involved but declined to offer more details of the operation, including whether any shots were fired.
The suspect was being held temporarily on a naval ship, as in similar raids in the past, according to defense officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Top U.S. diplomat John Kerry called the raid a "bold action" that served as a reminder that there was no "impunity" for militants trying to harm America.


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I first met Alexandra about 2 years ago at Tropicalia in Furs record store. She was hanging out there, buying and listening to records. I asked her if she collects records, and she humbly replied "kind of... I have a tiny collection, I don't I could stand out of all the great collectors you've profiled already". I told her that, as some of you already agree, size does not matter! she laughed and agreed with me. 2 years later we finally managed to schedule a photo shoot. Her collection didn't grow much, but her stories about each individual record went deeper and deeper. read the full interview at http://www.dustandgrooves.com/alexand...
I like the brasilian part! Jorge Ben is phenomenal! Beijos
this is avesome, thanks! i'd appreciate DL-link. is it possible?
really nice selection
Really nice mix - I need to spend some time in Brasil man! x
Lovely eclectic mix, enjoyed every minute – thank you.
Ououou thanks! I might just make another one, it was so fun. xoxo
Fantastic set! More Alexandra please!
Great selection!
I like to see other female record collectors and 'world' music lovers out there! I heart Jorge Ben.
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Muito boa sua seleccion!!
Well then, that was a tasty treat, for sure! Thanks once again for showcasing great artists! Cheers!


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For 17 years, Live Nation and Cuyahoga Community College have given high school rock stars a chance to strut their stuff in the Tri-C High School Rock Off. Some of those kids have gone on to careers in music, and some have not. The one thing all have in common is the memory of playing on a "real" stage.
The process began Friday at the House of Blues, East Fourth and Euclid Avenue, and continue on Sunday, Jan. 13; then Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 18, 19 and 20; and on Sunday, Jan. 27.
Three bands from each round of semis will make it to "The Final Exam" set for 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9.
Tickets for each day of shows -- from the semifinals to "The Final Exam," are $10, available at the box office and through members of the competing bands.
Here are the bands in the Sunday, Jan. 13, semis, listed in alphabetical order.We've added music when the bands provided it, so you can hear how they sound.
Anywhere Avenue
Who: Michelle Gaw, 17, rhythm guitar, piano, vocals; Rob Brown, 17, bass, vocals; Skylar Brown, 17, lead guitar; Stephen Lynn, 16, drums.
School(s): Lake Catholic, Wickliffe High, ODELA.
Music: Soft rock/alternative.
Influences: Ed Sheeran, Paramore, Cage the Elephant, A Day to Remember, Mayday Parade.
Best song and why: "Alive," because it is very personal to the band and it relates to a personal situation.
Who: Hale Douthit, 17, bass, keyboard, vocals; Kingsley Bowen, 16, guitar, vocals; Shay Gill, 17, drums, vocals; Bijan Saboori, 16, guitar, vocals.
School(s): University School.
Music: Alternative/varied.
Influences: Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Modest Mouse, Broken Bells, Death Cab for Cutie, Deadmen, Jimi Hendrix, Black Keys, Buffalo Springfield.
Best song and why: "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead. We sound the tightest and Kingsley really kills on his solo.
Evolution 3
Who: Keifer Wiley, 18, guitar, vocals; Josh Cheston, 17, bass, percussion; Robert Jones, 17, percussion.
School(s): Orange.
Music: Acoustic rock.
Influences: Ed Sheeran, Damien Rice, Milow, John Mayer, Paul Simon, Guns 'N Roses, For Today, the Devil Wears Prada, Nirvana, Avenged Sevenfold, Buddy Rich.
Best song and why: "Dream of You Tonight" because the lyrics relate to the ever prevalent and relatable issue of forbidden love. The theme of the song is both powerful and emotional yet uplifting and upbeat.
Lethal Synergy
Who: Josh Smack, 18, guitar; Tyler Sodee, 18, drums; Joe Toth, guitar; John Kravetz, bass.
School(s): Cardinal.
Music: Alternative.
Influences: Rush, Muse, Weezer, Dream Theater, Primus.
Best song and why: "JTP" because it is very bass- and drums-driven, and it s very different from our other originals.
No Clue
Who: Luke Eusebio, 17, guitar, vocals; Tommy Kuhns, 16, lead guitar, keys; Trevor Lawless, 18, guitar, vocals; Nick Scheetz, 17, bass; Adam Witmer, 17, drums.
School(s): South Range High.
Music: Indie rock/alternative.
Influences: The Black Keys, Nirvana, Green Day, Switchfoot.
Best song and why: Our original "Fly" because that's the one we've practiced the most.
Scorch Muffins
Who: Brett Cortelletti, 16, bass; Ethan White, 15, guitar, vocals; John Daily, 16, drums, vocals.
School(s): Ontario, Field.
Music: Hard rock.
Influences: Metallica, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Cream, Tenacious D, the White Stripes, Foo Fighters.
Best song and why: "City of Sin," because it's energetic, has a full sound, an AMAZING solo and an awesome ending.
The Independent
Who: Mason Nozik, 15, guitar, vocals; Michael Taddeo, 14, drums; Kevin Roche, 16, bass.
School(s): Brush, Memorial Junior High.
Music: Indie garage rock.
Influences: Arctic Monkeys, Green Day, the Hives, Cage the Elephant.
Best song and why: N/A.
Two Days Until Tomorrow
Who: Frank Toncar, 18, vocals, guitar; Spiro Shialdone, 18, drums; Zach Nussle, 18, bass, vocals; Jerry Runyan, 17, trumpet; Alex Miller, 17, sax; Patrick Hughes, 18, trombone.
School(s): Lakeview, Lowellville.
Music: Ska/punk.
Influences: Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, Less Than Jake, illScarlett, Goldfinger.
Best song and why: "Pistol Johnny," because it is catchy, packed with energy and everyone loves it.
Who: Jacob Holliday, 17, guitar, vocals; Louis Haas, 17, bass; Hunter Prunty, 16, drums.
School(s): Wellington.
Music: Pop punk.
Influences: blink-182, Alkaline Trio, Green Day.
Best song and why: The positive feedback we have received from "My Way Out," combined with our own enjoyment, makes it our best song.
War Head
Who: Jason Bush, 16, electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synth, vocals; Peter Cary, 15, drums, percussion, mallets, cello; Conner Carlson, 15, alto, tenor and soprano sax.
School(s): Berea.
Music: Art rock, progressive rock, experimental rock, avant garde , fusion.
Influences: King Crimson, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sex Pistols, Winston Churchill, Igor Stravinsky, Gentle Giant.
Best song and why: Our best song is "Gautama:Transcendental Tales of a Divine Ascetic." This 35-minute epic tells the tale of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha and his journey through enlightenment. This is song is our magnum opus that represents our abilities on all our respective instruments as well as our songwriting abilities. We will be playing an abridged version of this song at the Rock Off.


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E5 Design Studios - Web Designing Company India provides E-learning ...
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Irish illustrator specializing in traditional, digital, and Flash art. [Flash]
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The Labyrinth Flash series dealing with the escape of Red.
Score: 7.31 Category: Animation\Web
Pictures rendered in Photoshop, Flash animations, and skins. [Flash]
Score: 7.31 Category: Visual Arts\Computer Graphics
Gallery of still and animated Flash/3D rendered car images. [Flash]
Score: 7.31 Category: Visual Arts\Computer Graphics
Collection of traditional illustrations and Flash animations. [Flash]
Score: 7.30 Category: Illustration\Illustrator Portfolios
Experimenting with traditional, 3D graphics, and Flash illustration. [Flash]
Score: 7.30 Category: Illustration\Illustrator Portfolios
Consists of Flash animations of South Park.
Score: 7.30 Category: Animation\Cartoons
Flash game involving clicking on TIE fighters.
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Showcasing digital illustrations, animations, graphics, and Flash movies. [Flash]
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Flash movies about all films in the series. Also includes ...
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Featuring nature and industrial photography, 3D computer graphics, and Flash ...
Score: 7.30 Category: Visual Arts\Multiple Media Artists
Humorous vector illustrations and Flash animations. Stock art available. [Flash]
Score: 7.30 Category: Illustration\Whimsical and Humorous
Descriptions of EOS Flash accessories, with accompanying photos.
Score: 7.30 Category: Photography\Equipment and Services
Collection of abstract and symbolic still images and Flash movies. ...
Score: 7.27 Category: Visual Arts\Computer Graphics
Quicktime videos and Flash animations showing scales, chords and other ...
Score: 7.27 Category: Music\Instruments
A study of the DC Comics character through the ages, ...
Score: 7.20 Category: Comics\Titles
Artist biographies, Flash section, and image gallery. Also offers body ...
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Trading site including concert references, biographies, pictures, Flash movies and ...
Score: 7.16 Category: Music\Bands and Artists
One of the longest-running zines dedicated to Flash fiction -- ...
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Use off-camera Flash equipment and studio strobes for producing professional ...
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Wide variety of works ranging from traditional illustrations and paintings ...
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A message board for fans of the Flash and Flash ...
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Cartoon animations, Flash movies, and games featuring many oddball characters. ...
Score: 7.07 Category: Animation\Web
Features news, sound files, photos, biography, tour dates, and discography. ...
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Showcasing Flash-generated film shorts created by independent creators. Catalogues include ...
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Poetry, artwork, short stories, drawings, quotes, Flash, 3D and computer ...
Score: 6.92 Category: Online Writing\Poetry
Flash site featuring artwork and background information on Mark's solo ...
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A history and overview of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon with ...
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Convert AVI, MPG, and MOV files into Flash swf.
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Score: 6.77 Category: Education\Language Arts
Animation of a symbol fighting against the Flash 8 IDE ...
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For serious writers of Flash fiction (sudden, fast, micro, postcard ...
Score: 6.61 Category: Entertainment\Writers Resources
Analysis of the conditions, forms and consequences of Flash mobs ...
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Flash movies.
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Art and animation.[Requires Flash]
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Exhibits of several, mostly digital and Flash artists.
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Large collection with Flash animation.
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Tattoos, paintings and Flash.
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Fan site with multimedia and links.
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HTAS Athlete July Update
Adam Jones won both the Hampshire County Combined Events Championships with a new PB and breaking the Championship Best Performance. He then won the Hampshire Schools Athletic Association Multi-event pentathlon. At the Hampshire Combined Events he also gained a new PB in High Jump which puts him 2nd in the UK for U15 boys High Jump. Earlier in the year he came 3rd in the England Athletics U15/U17 Combined Events Championships in Sheffield.
Sam Bass-Cooper jumped (pole vaulted) a new PB of 4m35 and has been selected for the English Schools (ESAA) Track and Field Championships. He will be competing for Hampshire Schools in the U20s men's Pole Vault. At the English Schools Track and Field Championships Sam was the only competitor in the lower year of the senior boys age group and he came 4th with a vault of 4m51. He has now achieved national standard (over 4.40) in his first year in the age group.
Olivia Breen has been selected to represent GB at the World Championships in Lyon in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. She has taken 2/10ths of a second off her 100m and 4/10ths second off her 200m so far this season.
Louise Damen won the English National Cross Country Championships and the UK Inter-Counties Championships.
Sam Sleap won gold in the U23 Decathlon at the England Combined Events Championships in Bedford with 6975pts.
Kierra Barker was selected as part of the National Team to compete at the World School Games in Czech Republic. Kierra won the High Jump with a height of 1.74 and was 3rd in the 100m hurdles.
Eddie Jenkinson is the County Champion at the U15 discus (where he set a new championship best performance) and the javelin. He is also the Hampshire Schools Champion in the discus. He won the Southern Inter county schools discus competition and in the process went to the top of the UK rankings for the U15s with a throw of 47.26m.
He was also selected for Hampshire Rugby U14s first team and made captain in his first year, leading the team to a winning record in their games.
Emily Jenkinson is the South of England 800m Indoor Champion. She came 2nd in the National Indoor 800m and is the County Champion in 800m and 400m. She came 2nd at the National U20s competition for the 800m, in Bedford with a time of 2:05.72 - this was inside the qualifying time for the World Youth Athletics championships (2:08.00). She has subsequently been selected to represent Great Britain at these championships being held in Donetsk, Ukraine this month.
Isobel Pooley featured on the BBC at the European Team Championships where she jumped 1.85m to help GB to a third place finish overall in the premier division. She has just returned from Ireland where she competed at the Cork City Games in a closely contested competition to take the win ahead of some international rivals. In doing so, she jumped a season's best of 1.88m, a new UK leading mark for 2013. Her next major target is the European U23 Championships in Tampere, Finland where she hopes to finish in the top 5.
Andrew Douglas continues as he left off as an U13 topping the UK rankings for Pole Vault, now as an U15, with a personal best of 3.62m. At the Hampshire County Championships he made a new county record of 3.5m - 30cm higher than the previous record. At English Schools he jumped 3.3m - the same height as his closest rival but having one countback more than him, won silver.
Leanne Davies represented Hampshire at the English Schools Athletics Championships in Birmingham and came home with the silver medal and a new PB throw of 43.04m. She has been selected to represent England at the Home Countries Schools Track and Field International in Dublin on the 20th July. She has also been selected to represent Hampshire Cricket in the U17 squad as well as the U19 Hampshire Development squad in next Easters ARCH (Arabian Challenge) cricket tournament in Dubai.
Oliver Bromby won the Hampshire Athletics Championships 100m intermediate boys in a championship best performance time of 10.73. He then went on to win the 100m Hampshire Schools Championships intermediate boys. This secured him a place at the English Schools Athletics Championships where he won a silver medal in the 100m and a gold in the 4x100m relay intermediate boys. The silver medal earned him his first call up to represent England in the Schools International match in Dublin on July 20th in the 100m.
Myles Richardson competed at the English Schools Championship and made it through to the final of the inter boys 200m where he finished 4th. Myles also won gold as part of the Hampshire inter boys relay team, running 2nd leg.
Will Smith has been selected for the Great Britain Junior U18 World and European Championships in the C2. He has also been selected to The England National Training Squad, there are only 9 paddlers from England selected for this group.
Bethany Watts won bronze at Junior European Championships in Poland.
Hannah Leigh is currently playing hockey for the England U16 squad with 8 official national caps for England.
Simon Cardy has been participating in the British Colleges hockey team this year. They have played against England U16, Wales U18 and Scotland U18.
Ice Skating
Danielle Harrison won the Lee Valley IJS, Bracknell IJS, Murrayfield IJS and the Basingstoke Open.
Sarah Hill was selected to represent England for two European Cadet Cups in Kiev, Ukraine and Teplice, Czech Republic after winning this year's Cadet National Championships. She gained valuable experience fighting abroad, placing 9th in Zagreb and winning the Coimbra competition. Following these successes she has been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Cadet Championships in Tallinn, Estonia and has a provisional selection for the European Youth Olympic Festival.
Modern Pentathlon
Bradley Sutton competed in his first full Modern Pentathlon at the British National Youth Modern Pentathlon Championships in Birmingham placing a very credible 5th. In a very long day Bradley completed the following: fenced 38 bouts, came second in the 200 metres swim, show jumping - 12 sets of jumps including one double and a treble - 15 jumps in all, final combined event (5 shots/800 metre run - 5 shots/800 metre run and the final 5 shots/800 run).
Bradley won the Biathle GB Series event in the North West in Blackpool. Next he competes in the Biathle World Tour and GB Series event in Weymouth followed by the World Tour Event in Setabul, Portugal in July which also doubles as the European Biathle Championships.
Both Bradley & Jessica Sutton representing Team GB defended their Biathle 2012 World Tour Gold Titles in Tirrenia Italy. Bradley won Gold running 1,000 metres/swimming 200 metres/running the final 1,000 metres. Jessica won Gold running 500 metres/swimming 100 metres/running the final 500 metres. These two results helped the GB Team win the overall team trophy for this World Tour event.
Yasmin Parsons is part of Team Bath who won the 2013 Superleague. She was selected for Australia tour in April and for the Open European Championships. She has just been selected for World Youth Championships in Glasgow in August.
Xanthe Weatherhead and her crew qualified for Henley Royal Regatta at the Henley Qualifiers for the Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls. 4 boats pre-qualified so we were left amongst 17 crews, including crews from USA and Ireland, competing for the remaining 4 places
Devon Holt has been selected for the England U20's Women's Rugby squad for 2013/14. Devon is part of the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme at Hartpury College, led by England International Danielle Waterman. Devon has also been called into the Nations Cup squad to play South Africa, USA and Canada this month.
Charlie Stonehill recently participated in the BMW Wellington International Rugby Festival, starting and winning three international games for England U16 against France, Belgium and Holland. He was also awarded the Robbie Keast Bowl from the Hampshire RFU awarded for success in rugby and sportsmanship on the field.
Nick Blumlein has been training with the London Irish Silver group. He moved clubs to Havant and was selected for the County A Team.
Chloe Barr and Rhiannon Flack were chosen to represent England by the RYA in Largs, Scotland in individual sailing dinghies.
Harry Fitzsimmons and his helm won the Frensham Sailing Club Cadet Open. Following that they won The Alf Simmons Trophy at Parkstone Yacht Club. They also won the Tamesis Open on the Thames. Harry has been selected to represent GB in the Cadet World Championships in Belgium this month.
Chloe Martin took part in her first regatta this year at the ISAF World Cup event in Palma. She finished in the top and sailed the medal race, finishing 9th. In early May she sailed in the European Cup event in Garda. The scoring system was updated and only 6 boats able to sail in the medal race, unfortunately she finished 7th so missed the medal race by one place. In late May Chloe sailed her Radial at a European Cup Event at Medemblik, where she finished 9th overall. In early June she travelled to Carnac and won the RS200 European Championship. At the British European Cup event at Weymouth Chloe was in the top three for most of the week, but dropped to 6th in the medal race after some capsizing practice! With these results she was 4th overall and top GBR Radial sailor on the International Sailing Federation rankings published in June 2013.
Oliver Vass entered the Fareham Open and won a trophy for the best Junior Rifle score and came 4th in the men's competition. He earned a bronze trophy in the men's Three-Position Rifle (3 X 40) Championship. In this event he also won silver in the team event.
Caroline Brownlie won the British Pistol Club Championships with another PB and a new Scottish record. She has been selected to shoot for GBR in the last World Cup of this season in Granada, Spain.
Katherine Maskell came 2nd in the Women's Air Rifle at the Oldenburg Junior Shooting International Match in Germany.
Lydia Hume came 5th in the U19 girls British Junior Squash Championships and 6th in the Nottingham Junior Squash Tournament.
Jared Carter has been ranked #1 since March in the English Squash U13s rankings. He won the English Junior Closed Boys U13 tournament and the Welsh Junior Open Boys U13 tournament. He played #1 string for the England U13 team which won the Five Nations tournament in France and played #4 string for the Hampshire boys U15 team which won the county finals.
Table Tennis
Jonathan McMullan played in the National Championships and reached the U13's quarter finals. In the U12's he reached the semi-finals and got a bronze medal.
Letitia McMullan has just been selected to play for the England girls cadet team in the European Youth Championships in Ostrava Czech Republic 12 - 21 July. She has also been selected to play in the UK School Games in September for the South West team. She competed for England U14 Girls in a senior schools international in the Isle of Man winning a team gold for the U14 Girls and winning a gold medal in the U14 Girls individual event.
Amy Blagbrough came second in the English Schools U13 National Finals. She has been selected for the English Schools Team to play in the Home Countries International on the isle of Man at the end of July. Amy came second in the English Leagues Cup National Finals and won the Basingstoke Ladies singles title and in so doing became the youngest ever winner of the title. This season she has also won the Hampshire U13, U15 and U18 titles.
Tae Kwon Do
Jeamy Navarro-Schrank has received confirmation of her selection to represent Great Britain at the upcoming European Championships in Romania this August.
Brendon Tasker won two gold medals at the South Midland Championships in Kettering and has been selected to represent England at the World Championships in Coventry.
Emma Pallant started off her first full race season of triathlon at the Brit Superseries in Blenheim and came 2nd, sandwiched between two Olympians (Vicky Holland and Gillian Sanders)! She then won the Windsor event which was also the National Championships. She competed in her first international race which was an ITU in Holland and came 4th.
Laura Fenwick competed at the Blenheim Palace Triathlon, where she secured 8th place in the Junior Female Elite race, part of the British Triathlon Junior Super Series. She was 1st female and 3rd overall at the Eastleigh Aquathlon Series on 30 May and 1st female and 1st overall at the Eastleigh Aquathlon Series on June 27th.
Gina Lay has been selected to play for Wales U18 in the upcoming ASA interregional competition in Walsall. The competition is being used as preparation for their international Tri-Nations tournament against Scotland and Ireland in August at the Tollcross pool in Glasgow.
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The Emergence of Thought and Language
_______ was responsible for these terms: schemes, assimilation, accommodation, equilibration, equilibrium & disequilibrium
experience of conflict between new information and existing concepts creates a state of _________
_________ is a process by which children reorganize their schemes to return to a state of equilibrium when disequilibrium occurs
equilibration, 4
____________ occurs three times during development, resulting in ____ qualitatively different stages of cognitive development.
concrete operational
The ages for the _____ ______ period is middle and late elementary school years
The following are all characteristics of _____ thinking:
•Deliberate, means-ends behavior
•Object permanence
•Using symbols
The following are all characteristics of _______ thinking
•Appearance is reality
__________ is knowing that volume, mass, number, length, area, or liquid quantity are the same despite superficial appearance changes
the idea that ______ is reality, is assuming that an object is really what it appears to be! (e.g., thinking that Shrek is a real ogre)
The following are all criticisms of _______'s Theory:
•Underestimates infant's and young children's cognitive ability
-Overestimates adolescents' cognitive ability
•Vague about mechanisms and processes of change
one to one
The _____-__-____ principle is a counting principle that states that there must be one and only one number name for each object counted
stable order
The _____-_____ principle is a counting principle that states that number names must always be counted in the same order
The ______ principle is a counting principle that the last number name denotes the number of objects being counted
*One way to improve preschool children's attention is to make irrelevant stimuli less ______
*Preschoolers may be particularly suggestible because they are less skilled at monitoring the sources of their ______
*When a child who is counting a set ob objects repeats the last number, usually with emphasis, this indicates the child's understanding of the _______ principle of counting
The terms below are all included in _____'s Theory:
•Guided participation
•Zone of Proximal Development
_________ refers to all participants having a mutual, shared understanding of an activity (e.g., game rules)
guided participation
with the idea of ________ __________, cognition develops via structured activities with more skilled others
__________ is the process during which a more skilled master teaches a skill or task to a less skilled child
zone of proximal development
The difference between what children can do with assistance and what they can do alone defines their _____ __ _________ _______
_____________ is a style in which teachers gauge the amount of assistance they offer to match the learner's needs
private speech
______ ______ is a child's comments that are not intended for others but are designed instead to help regulate the child's own behavior
private speech
Vigotsky viewed _____ ______ as an intermediate step toward self-regulation of cognitive skills
private speech
According to Vygotsky, ________ _____ is an intermediate step between speech from others and inner speech.
zone of proximal development
The ____ ___ ______ _____ is the difference between the level of performance that youngsters can achieve with assistance and the level they can achieve alone.
joint attention
______ _______ is defined as parents labeling objects, plus children relying on adults' behavior to interpret the label's meaning
fast mapping
_____ ______ is children's ability to connect new words to referents so rapidly that they cannot be considering all possible meanings for the new word
fast mapping
The importance of ______ ______ is that children actually know to which object a new word refers instead of thinking about all possible referents
rapid learning
Many factors contribute to ______ _______ such as: joint attention, constraints on word names, sentence cues, cognitive factors, developmental change in word learning and naming errors.
constraints, parts, subcategory
children use various rules to learn new words by placing ______ on word names. Here are a few rules used:
-An unfamiliar word refers to the object not already having a name
-Names refer to the whole object instead of its _____
-A new name (T-rex) for an already named object (dinosaur) denotes the object's _____ name
sentence cues
children interpret unfamiliar words in a sentence using different ______ ______.
-Rely on words they already know and the sentence's structure to infer a new word's meaning or its function in a sentence
-Rely on the sentence's context
social, attentional
Developmental Change in Word Learning:
-Before 18 months: learn words relatively slowly (one word/day)
-By 24 months: learn many new words daily
•Greater use of language and _____ cues
•Reduced use of ______ cues
Using car to refer only to the family car and ball to a favorite toy ball are examples of ________.
Children may use car to also refer to buses and trucks or use doggie to refer to all four-legged animals. These are examples of _________
overextension, related
The ______ error occurs more frequently when children are producing words than when they are comprehending words because children follow a rule: "If you can't remember the name for an object, say the name of a _____ object". For example, when shown a picture of a goat, the child may say doggie, but when asked where the goat is, they may able to correctly point to the goat.
Dr. Knox gave example of his grandson referring to all blue cars as grandpas car and all black SUV's as grandmas car. This is an example of _____
smaller, total, arbitrary symbolic, inappropriate
•Bilingual compared to monolingual children
-Have somewhat _____ vocabularies for each language
-Have a greater ____ vocabulary
-Better understand words' ______ _______ nature (understanding the slang and symbols behind everything in that particular language)
-Are more skilled at switching across tasks
-Are better able to inhibit _____ responses
telegraphic speech
children reflect _____ _______ - using words directly relevant to meaning and no more
grammatical morphemes
At 18 months:
- Children exclude _______ ________, which are words or endings that make a sentence grammatical
•By preschool, they show growing knowledge of grammatical rules instead of simple memory
children reflect ___________ errors: applying rules to words that are exceptions to the rule
*older infants' babbling often includes _______, a pattern of rising and falling pitch that distinguished state-metns from questions
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The Ostase® BAP EIA Enzymeimmunoassay
Immunodiagnostic Systems
BAP is also known as skeletal alkaline phosphatase or bone ALP. The Ostase® BAP EIA is intended to be used as an aid in the management of postmenopausal osteoporosisand Pagets disease. It has also been shown to be useful in patients undergoing therapy for metabolic bone disease.
Bone turnover is an ongoing dynamic process of bone resorption and bone formation. Bone resorption results from actions of bone cells called osteoclasts dissolving bone and digesting type I collagen, while bone formation results from actions of bone cells called osteoblasts to form new bone.
Normally, these processes are balanced, or "coupled". However, as we age or as one is affected by various metabolic conditions or diseases, bone turnover may become "uncoupled", i.e. bone resorption and bone formation may proceed at different rates. Uncoupling of bone turnover may result in excessive bone loss or in excessive bone formation. Regardless of the circumstances, Ostase® BAP is indicated for assessing bone turnover dynamics.


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WEST SPRINGFIELD – Mayor Gregory C. Neffinger earlier this week reiterated his intention of not reappointing David J. Partridge to the Planning and Construction Committee.
"I appreciate the work Mr. Partridge has done for West Springfield; I simply have a vision that is not shared by Mr. Partridge. Several members of the community have expressed an interest in getting more involved. This new interest gives us the chance to diversify participation among these residents," Neffinger stated in a prepared statement issued by his office.
Partridge has criticized the mayor for not picking the architectural firm for the library building project that the committee had recommended. Asked if that is the reason for his action, Neffinger recently said that that is not "directly" his reason.
The mayor said he plans to appoint Michael E. LaRiviere to take Partridge's place on the committee, which has overseen the construction of major building projects in the city. Partridge's term on the committee expired at the end of 2012 and he has been its most recent chair. Neffinger has said he will send LaRiviere's name on to the Town Council, which has final say over the appointment.
Partridge, a civil engineer, wrote to Neffinger asking that he be reappointed to the committee. In turn, Neffinger responded by letter that he was amenable to appointing Partridge to another board or commission.
The mayor has said that LaRiviere, who is employed with Baystate Elevator Co. in Agawam, has experience in construction and is well qualified to serve on the Planning and Construction Committee.
In the wake of Partridge's criticism of the mayor bypassing the committee's recommendation as to which architectural firm should design the library building project, the Planning and Construction Committee sought a legal opinion on what its role, if any, will be in the project.
Neffinger, who is an architect, has decided to take charge of the library project himself.
"The various committees outlined in the charter serve as advisory groups to the mayor and my staff," Neffinger wrote in his press release. " I value the diversity of our community, and appreciate the new people who are coming forward to volunteer. I fully plan to embrace new ideas as more people become involved. In the end, I am responsible to make decisions that I believe are in the best interests of West Springfield."
Neffinger has said that in the coming weeks he will redirect the focus of the Planning and Construction Committee into reviewing city property and making recommendations to protect it.
Neither Partridge nor Neffinger could be reached for comment Thursday.
West Springfield Mayor Gregory Neffinger declines to reappoint David Partridge to Planning and Construction Committee
on January 10, 2013 at 10:30 PM, updated January 11, 2013 at 6:06 PM
WEST SPRINGFIELD – Mayor Gregory C. Neffinger earlier this week reiterated his intention of not reappointing David J. Partridge to the Planning and Construction Committee.


text: Ithaca, NY -- The Syracuse University men's lacrosse team blew a four-goal halftime lead, fell behind Notre Dame by a goal several times in the second half then scored the final three goals of the game to earn a hardfought 11-9 victory here at Schoellkopf Field. Pat Perritt tied the score at 9 with a quick, low turnaround shot with 6:23 left, and Dan Hardy's third goal of the game with 5:05 left put SU ahead for keeps. Steven Brooks added an insurance goal with 3:14 to play, and John Galloway came up with several big saves down the stretch. The Orange will play Virginia on Saturday in the semifinals, a rematch of a regular-season game the Cavs won 14-13 in overtime on March 1 in Baltimore as part of the Faceoff Classic. The Orange (14-2), coming off a 5-8 season, is back in the Final Four, which will be played in Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., home of the New England Patriots. SU will be joined by Le Moyne in Division II and Cortland in D-III, making it another great championship weekend for CNY lax fans. And the SU women are in the Final Four, too.


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When Sandy roared ashore a year ago, the devastation it wreaked upon the state was unprecedented and unspeakable.
While Sandy left an unquestionable mark upon the state's natural landscape, its affect on the political landscape of New Jersey was equally dramatic.
With that in mind, here are five ways that Sandy irrevocably changed New Jersey politics.
1. Christie's path to reelection was paved
On October 28th, 2012, Gov. Chris Christie was already thinking about his reelection bid. He hadn't yet made his intent to seek reelection public but there was no doubt in anyone's mind he would run for another term. On the other side of the aisle, the field was wide open. Names like Cory Booker, Dick Codey and Steve Sweeney were swirling in the wind and the political class was gearing up for what appeared to be an epic battle on the horizon. While his approval ratings were in the low 50s, Christie appeared vulnerable on the economy and Democrats thought he was beatable.
Everything changed when Sandy roared ashore and Christie donned his famous fleece to begin the challenge of cleaning up. The governor's natural charisma took center stage and his take-charge, can-do attitude dominated the airwaves. His beloved shore was in tatters and Christie was going to make it right.
And people took notice. A governor whose signature issue to that point was taking on the powerful public sector unions now was the face of recovery. His popularity and national notoriety skyrocketed in the weeks after the storm and by December, his approval rating had shot into the stratosphere, hitting 69 percent in a Monmouth University poll, including 57 percent of Democrats, and 77 percent in a Fairleigh Dickinson survey.
Those polls more than anything else paved the way for Christie's reelection. It was about that time that Booker, Codey, Sweeney and others were gauging their own viability and looking at a governor who three out of four voters thought was doing a heck of a job.
In the end, every major name candidate bailed on the race with the exception of Democrat Barbara Buono, who jumped in unapologetically, but without even the backing of her own party.
Christie has ridden the goodwill built in those months after the storm to the precipice of a second term and rather than having spent the past year battling a top contender for the title, has all but coasted.
2. Cory Booker became a Senator
Cory Booker has long been the subject of speculation over what path he would take out of Newark. After serving nearly two full terms in the Brick City, it was obvious Booker was headed to bigger and better things.
When Sandy hit, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg had yet to make his own intentions known and many thought Booker could be a natural successor. But the smart money in early fall of last year had Booker challenging Christie in a battle for the ages. It would be an all-or-nothing contest between two national stars, darlings of their respective parties and Rolodex's full of Hollywood, business and Silicon Valley A-listers.
But Sandy's arrival in New Jersey sent Booker spinning off on another course. Faced with a Republican governor who looked all but unbeatable, Booker made the decision that Lautenberg's time had come. In December, he announced he would not challenge Christie but instead explore a bid for Lautenberg's U.S. Senate seat.
Two months later, Lautenberg announced his retirement and Democrats began to line up for a shot at the seat. But the orderly succession was thrown into turmoil in May when Lautenberg died at the age of 89.
Suddenly, the race to fill the seat was on and Booker was front and center. After cruising through a contested primary, Booker defeated Republican Steve Lonegan to win the seat. Instead of facing what promised to be an uphill battle against Christie, one that could have set his political career back had he lost, Booker is now headed to the U.S. Senate.
3. Frank Pallone will remain a Congressman until he retires
One name that continually surfaced as a potential stumbling block to Booker's ascension was that of U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone. Pallone has served in the House since 1988 and has built a reputation as a solid vote-getter with the all-important skill of raising money. When Lautenberg died, Pallone saw his opening. The protracted primary would give Pallone an opportunity to take on Booker before the Newark mayor had the time to amass and insurmountable war chest. With so short a runway, Pallone might just have a chance, the thinking went.
But another congressman had his own sights set on the upper chamber. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt felt it was his turn to move up and refused to step aside for Pallone. What happened next will be a cautionary tale for years to come as the two men, unable to distinguish themselves, canceled each other out in the primary, giving Booker an easy win.
It's unlikely Booker will face a primary challenge when he runs for a full term one year from now, and should he win he'll likely be ensconced in the seat until another office beckons.
Booker's move to the Senate could one day pave the way for the race we never saw - Booker v. Christie. Should Christie run and win the presidency in 2016, Booker, who said publicly he has no intention of running for anything in 2016, could be a front-runner to challenge in 2020.
4. Christie and Obama became "bros"
The now iconic picture of the handshake the two men shared upon President Obama's arrival in New Jersey launched a million narratives. While bi-partisanship was already front and center in Christie's lexicon, the Obama hug (Christie has since said it was not a hug but simply a handshake. "It was a perfectly natural, casual, normal type of greeting between two people. And you know, it's become legend," he told the Philadelphia Inquirer.) served to hammer one point home: Christie will work with anyone who will work with him to get the job done. In this case, Obama was the man with the deep pockets and the juice to get things done, so Christie embraced him.
From Obama's standpoint, he was six days shy of Election Day and in a heated battle for his political future. While it's tough to say for sure that Sandy played a role in his eventual victory, one thing is sure – it didn't hurt. Obama appeared "presidential" at a time when his leadership was a front-and-center campaign issue and the popular Christie's vicarious imprimatur (he told a national television audience the president was doing a great job for the state's Sandy victims) was enough to dispel any notion that Sandy would be a repeat of Katrina, when the federal government's slow response time became an enduring narrative of the storm.
The net is a year later Christie and Obama continue to have a relationship to the point where Obama as well as his cabinet officials have appeared with Christie in the heat of Christie's own reelection bid against Democrat Barbara Buono. During a visit to the shore in May, Obama played boardwalk games with the governor, calling him "Chris," while Christie won the president a stuffed animal. Obama's visit further burnished Christie reputation as a bi-partisan leader who can cross the aisle when need be. (During that trip, Obama declined to campaign with Buono, though she was one of about 30 Democratic dignitaries who got a moment with the president.)
5. National conservatives decided maybe Christie wasn't the next big thing.
During the early days of the 2012 presidential cycle, one storyline seemed to trump all others: Republicans were unhappy with their choices. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was the early front-runner but conservatives viewed him as too moderate. What began as a whisper campaign to draft Christie into the race, eventually became a roar as Republican luminaries sought to convince the freshman governor that his time had come.
Christie demurred – repeatedly – saying time and again he didn't feel he was ready to be the most powerful man in the world. Eventually, Christie pulled the plug on the speculation. But the message was clear: Christie was now a national player.
Flash forward a year to the moment Obama got off the plane to greet the governor in advance of their tour of the storm ravaged shore. Christie's effusive praise of the president and willingness to engage in what detractors dubbed the "bromance" sent conservatives into a frenzy. Who else but a traitor would praise Obama even as he campaigned for Romney?
Though that storyline has tempered and has been replaced by other perceived slights to the conservative wing of the party, it's clear that the luster for some in the GOP has worn off the Republican from New Jersey.


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Arlington honors Yolanda Larsen for lifetime of service
SMOKEY POINT — She goes by many names, but regardless of whether she answers to "Mom," "Grandma" or "Auntie Yo," Yolanda Larsen is known for her years of community service, which earned her the Stillaguamish Senior Center's Lifetime Achievement Award Sept. 8.
Stillaguamish Senior Center Board Co-Chair Dale Duskin opened the morning's ceremonies in Larsen's honor by praising her skills as a communicator.
"If you needed to get the word out to people, you used to use the telegraph, then you used the telephone, but now, you just tell Yolanda," Duskin said, drawing laughter from the crowd. "I guess with a family her size, you get good at networking. She's saved my bacon more than once, whether she knows it or not. She's kept me on track."
Like Yolanda and her husband, Richard "Dick" Larsen, all eight of their children graduated from Arlington High School, and of those eight, seven now have master's degrees and one has a doctorate.
Yolanda not only supported Dick in his community service, which included terms on the Arlington City Council and Airport and Planning commissions, but also contributed her own time, talents and resources on behalf of local education, even after all of her children had graduated out of the Arlington School District.
Yolanda volunteered for years in classrooms, remained active in parent-teacher groups, worked on several school district bond and levy committees, helped raise more than $2.5 million to build the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center at Arlington High School and then served on the PAC's advisory board. Duskin noted that her more than 50 years of community involvement began at an early age, since she also took part in the first Silvana Fair.
"She's essentially everywhere," said Duskin, who presented Larsen with a clock to ensure that she'd continue to meet all her many appointments on time.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen served as the keynote speaker for the breakfast ceremony honoring his mother, and supplied amusing anecdotes about how much not only he and his siblings, but also many other Arlington children have come to depend on Yolanda.
"If our family isn't able to get a hold of her, it's like an Internet server going down," Rick Larsen said, following on Duskin's initial remarks. "When we were in school, our friends all knew her as 'Auntie Yo,' and even after we weren't in school anymore, the name stuck. Now you've got all sorts of local kids and their families, who are no relation to our own, who know her as 'Grandma Yo.'"
Rick joked that one of his mother's names for him and his siblings was simply "you damn kids," before he teased Yolanda about the idiosyncratic ways in which she named her children — all the boys with first names starting with "R" and all the girls with first names starting with "S." On a more serious note, Rick cited Yolanda's other contributions to the community, from her efforts in the development of Centennial Park to her service on the Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation Board.
"She's been a bridge between Arlington's past and its future," Rick Larsen said. "She raised us to make independent decisions within reason. She's always been about what's best for kids. She remained dedicated to these schools, even after her children were gone. Her legacy is her commitment to education. She and Dad made sure we all attended college, even though they weren't able to do so themselves."
Rick Larsen paused for a moment as he recalled his father, who married his mother in 1958 and passed away 50 years later in 2008.
"He would have insisted that she receive this award," Rick Larsen said. "Mom, I know you'd say there are many people who deserve this award, but you deserve it too."
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie restructured his contract Tuesday to remain with the team.
At one point during negotiations, McKinnie walked away from the table and posted on Twitter that his time with the Ravens was over. His tweet shortly before noon read: "Decision is made! I'm gone!"
But the sides reconvened later, and the 6-foot-8, 360-pound left tackle begrudgingly reworked his contract rather than start to look for another job. He was supposed to receive a $3.2 million base salary in 2012, his second year with the Ravens.
"He's been a part of us. He never left us," coach John Harbaugh said late Tuesday afternoon. "I'm excited about Bryant, always have been, just like I told him. I have a lot of respect for him as a football player. I love his style of play. We're going to be a strong offensive line and he's a big part of it."
Asked if the salary adjustment could be a distraction, Harbaugh said, "Really no concern about that. I don't think it will be an issue at all. Guys are pros and guys understand the business aspect of all this stuff. He's a great guy, he's a hard worker and he's a pro. He's a Raven and I'm really happy about that. He seems happy about it, too."
McKinnie signed with Baltimore during the offseason last year and started all 16 games. After reporting late to camp this summer because of a back injury, he played with the second-team offense for a few weeks before regaining the starting job on the left side of the line.
"Bryant's a hardworking guy. That's our expectation," Harbaugh said. "Our expectation is that guys come out, practice hard and practice fast and give us their best. He's always doing that. I think he continues to work his way back toward that Pro Bowl form. Both he and I agree that's our goal for him. We talked about that as far as last winter."


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"A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey is a book unlike any other I have ever read. It almost seems an understatement to call it electrifying, engrossing, horrifying, heartbreaking, haunting, and unforgettable, but it is all those things. And then some.
A debut memoir that has had the literary world buzzing for the past six months or so and has been hailed as the "War and Peace" of its genre, it is a tale about an alcohol and drug addiction that has never been told in such a way before. Its uncompromising fury and forthrightness and visceral, repetitive, kinetic style reveal not just a story about the darkest abyss to which a human can sink, but the incredible light that can be found in redemption. And throughout, right up until the very last page, you are not sure which tale you are reading.
In a word, the book is remarkable.
It begins with the then-23-year-old waking up on a plane, not knowing where he came from, where he is going, or what happened to him. Immediately, the reader is plunged headfirst into his trainwreck of a life, and Freys prose dares you to look away:
"I wake to the drone of an airplane engine and the feeling of something warm dripping down my chin. I lift my hand to feel my face. My front four teeth are gone, I have a hole in my cheek, my nose is broken and my eyes are swollen nearly shut. I open them and I look around and I'm in the back of a plane and there's no one near me. I look at my clothes and my clothes are covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood.
I reach for the call button and I find it and I push it and I wait and thirty seconds later an Attendant arrives.
How can I help you?
Where am I going?
You don't know?
You're going to Chicago, Sir.
How did I get here?
A Doctor and two men brought you on.
They say anything?
They talked to the Captain, Sir.
We were told to let you sleep. How long till we land?
About twenty minutes.
Thank you.
Although I never look up, I know she smiles and feels sorry for me. She shouldn't.
A short while later we touch down. I look around for anything I might have with me, but there's nothing. No ticket, no bags, no clothes, no wallet. I sit and I wait and I try to figure out what happened. Nothing comes.
Once the rest of the Passengers are gone I stand and start to make my way to the door. After about five steps I sit back down. Walking is out of the question.
I see my Attendant friend and I raise a hand.
Are you okay?
What's wrong?
I can't really walk.
If you make it to the door I can get you a chair.
How far is the door?
Not far.
I stand. I wobble. I sit back down. I stare at the floor and take a deep breath.
You'll be all right. I look up and she's smiling.
Here. She holds out her hand and I take it. I stand and I lean against her and she helps me down the Aisle. We get to the door. I'll be right back. I let go of her hand and I sit down on the steel bridge of the Jetway that connects the Plane to the Gate. I'm not going anywhere. She laughs and I watch her walk away and I close my eyes. My head hurts, my mouth hurts, my eyes hurt, my hands hurt. Things without names hurt. I rub my stomach. I can feel it coming. Fast and strong and burning. No way to stop it, just close your eyes and let it ride. It comes and I recoil from the stench and the pain. There's nothing I can do. Oh my God. I open my eyes. I'm all right. Let me find a Doctor. I'll be fine. Just get me out of here.
Can you stand?
Yeah, I can stand.
I stand and I brush myself off and I wipe my hands on the floor and I sit down in the wheelchair she has brought me. She goes around to the back of the chair and she starts pushing.
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Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his body and face mangled and tortured, Frey has just hit the ultimate rock bottom of a 13-year alcohol and crack cocaine habit that began when he was only 10. He has no illusions about who he is, and his oft-repeated mantra is "I am an Alcoholic and I am a drug Addict and I am a Criminal." As he gets off the plane, his stunned family is there to take him to the famed Hazelden Clinic in Minneapolis, MN, but Frey is hardly a likely candidate for rehab, and steadfastly refuses to have anything to do with AA, Twelve Steps, higher powers, or any of the recognized methods that have been used to conquer addiction.
At Hazelden, he does, however, find steadily brighter glimmers of light that come from unlikely places, namely in an ill-fated romance he has with a doomed crack addict named Lilly, a friendship he builds with a mysterious crime figure and a federal judge who challenge him to confront his demons of rage and pain, and staff members who cant support his resistence to the addiction treatment principles they will not deviate from, but gradually warm to his belief that he can say yes or no to abuse, and he intends to choose "no."
Throughout the nearly 400 pages of the book, there are sections that will force the reader to stand back, if not recoil from the horror that is being played out. One of the most harrowing sections comes early when Frey undergoes major dental surgery without any anesthesia of any sort or painkillers. His detailed, pitiless accounting of his years of abuse and crime are another, as is the section where he lists every wrong he has ever committed in his life, especially those done while under the influence or in search of more drugs and alcohol.
There are others, believe me, there are many others, and a testament to the power of what can be an almost surreal reading experience comes in the form of sometimes having to re-read a section, let alone picking the book up again once youve finished to start over again. Frey has declared that he wants to be "the greatest literary voice" of his generation, and whether that will turn out to be the case remains to be seen, but one thing for now is certain - he has written a stunning book that couldnt be more dark and terrible, and yet manages to be inspiring. For whatever reasons, I cannot stop thinking about it, and I know Im not alone.


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SELMA, Alabama -- The Selma mother and her boyfriend charged with severely burning twin 21-month-old girls with a clothes iron are being held in the Dallas County Jail on $1 million bond.
Shanetta Tyus, 23, and Gabriel Fikes, 22, were in court for a bond hearing on Thursday, according to court records.
Initially, the pair were being held without bond. Both are charged with aggravated child abuse, first-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
WSFA reported the twin toddlers could have lifelong injuries from the burns police said came from a clothes iron.
Selma Police Detective Blanks said in court Thursday that preliminary evidence in the case shows Fikes is likely the person responsible for burning the children.
In a press release, police said the couple tried to blame the toddlers' 4-year-old sibling.
"They actually tried to put it off on the other children saying that they had burned the children which is a sad chapter in this case," Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson told WAKA.
The toddlers were severely burned over 40 percent of their body and had to be transported by medical helicopter to Children's Hospital.
Selma police began a child abuse investigation after responding to Vaughan Regional Medical Center on March 19 where the two toddlers had been brought in with severe burns from head-to-toe.
The Department of Human Resources has removed the children from the couple's care. The agency had also removed the children eight months ago, but had since been allowed to go back to the home.
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These ones I made to take to dance class to be shared.
There is a girl in M's class who "doesn't eat flour" and M requested I make some so she could join in with the treats too. (M is a thoughtful and caring girl most of the time!) I checked with the girl's (E) Mum and "doesn't eat flour" does mean she is Gluten Free (had to check!) but has no other allergies.
In the spirit of sharing I made these delicate and delectable Nut and Seed GF Cookies. I did add in some chocolate chips but if I wasn't making for the kids I'd have used chopped up nuts instead.
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Outfielder Mike Cameron is a few days away from playing for the Boston Red Sox again.
Out since April 19 with an abdominal strain, the 37-year-old Cameron nearly accompanied the team on its trip to Yankee Stadium, where Boston plays two games.
It was decided that Cameron stay in Boston. He will play for Double A Portland Wednesday, and the team will then evaluate his status.
Cameron played for Triple A Pawtucket last week. He is hitting .233 in 11 games this season, his first with Boston.
Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, who has not played since injuring his ribs April 11, is also in Boston. the Red Sox will evaluate his status Wednesday, but Ellsbury is also believed to be near a return.


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MOBILE, Ala. -- A group of cleanup workers for a company contracted by BP PLC are waiting for pay they said was due to them on Friday but had not come as of late today.
"If I don't get my check, I can't pay my car note, and somebody is going to pick up my car," said Barbara Howard, who said she worked for Bell Tech Consultants and Skimmers, contracted to wash oil off boats used in the Gulf oil spill operation.
Dawn Patience, a BP spokeswoman, said that BP plans to meet with Bell Tech owner Randy Bell to get the workers paid. Calls to Bell Monday afternoon went unanswered due to what a recorded message said was a "full mailbox."
Howard said workers normally were paid every two weeks, but she was told by Bell Tech officials the company was awaiting payment from BP.
Peter Norman of Gulf Shores supervised a decontamination crew at the Bell Tech-run Boggy Point station in Orange Beach. He hired on with Bell Tech after earlier installing boom. "They were talking like two years of work," Norman said.
"They were supposed to pay us Friday, but we haven't seen a dime," Norman said. He added Bell Tech first said there was a problem with direct deposits, and then they told the workers BP had not paid Bell Tech.
On Monday, Norman said, about 80 workers were brought to Theodore and were told they were being decommissioned.
Patience, however, said BP has only decommissioned Bell Tech, and the workers would not be decommissioned until the back pay issue is resolved.
She said she was unsure when the matter would be resolved. "Honestly, we have just been made aware of this today," she said.


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Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter didn't know that Los Angeles Galaxy star Landon Donovan would be announcing his retirement the day after the MLS All-Star Game.
But even before the surprising announcement, Porter knew he wanted to pay tribute to arguably the greatest player in MLS history during the MLS All-Star Game.
Porter inserted Donovan into the game in the 47th minute for Thierry Henry, who walked off the field to a standing ovation from the crowd.
That moment was for Henry, but Donovan got a standing ovation of his own when he left the pitch 23 minutes later after scoring the game-winning goal to lead the MLS All-Stars to a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich.
"I always had kind of thought to myself that was also a tribute to him," Porter said. "I told him that after the game. As much as it was a tribute to Henry it was also a tribute to him."
Donovan scored his goal in the 70th minute of the match after he got on the end of a pass from Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri and muscled his way past a Bayern Munich defense before tapping the ball into the net.
"How fitting for him to get that goal before he came out against Bayern, a team that he went to, and then the fact that he obviously announced his retirement the next day," Porter said. "That's a pretty special moment... I'll remember that forever."
Donovan will retire as both the all-time leading scorer in MLS history and the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. national team.
"I didn't expect obviously for him to retire at the end of this year, but you also never know in the next year what's going to happen," Porter said. "If you have the opportunity to pay tribute to a guy like Landon in a small way, you do it."


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There must be something profoundly weird about me. I realized this last summer when Rick and I took a little day cruise to the Bahamas.
I have always wondered about cruises. They look rather appealing. I thought this would be a chance to try a cruise on for size. The ride over, 78 miles on the open sea, was close to four hours.
The ship had a plethora of activities padded into every cranny to fill the time: karaoke, limbo and hula hoop contests. Dance, ping pong and sexiest man competitions. I didn't avoid these. Some were very entertaining, as a matter of fact.
But my favorite spot turned out to be atop a locker, at the muster station on Deck 7 at the front of the ship. I think they call that "fore."
No lounge chairs or loud salsa music there. No toothy cruise staff members to coax willing passengers, tipsy on overpriced beers, to get crazy. Just the steady hum of the engines and the gentle rocking of the ocean. A breeze to ruffle your hair and the limitless expanse of blue water stretching out to meet the cloud-filled sky at the horizon.
As we perched atop the life-vest chests, resting our backs against an odd emergency exit that seemed to go nowhere, I could imagine the courage ... no, the sheer gall ... of early ocean travelers. Those adventurers set out to explore the most mysterious realm, having nothing as navigational aids except the stars. No trolling motors. No diesel engines.
Imagine Columbus or Magellan. They set out for parts unknown, their imaginations fueled by visions of treasure, spices or whales. Some may have still believed that the earth was flat and that they risked "falling off the edge." I could totally understand that fear as I scanned the silvery, shimmering surface and watched waves being born in front of our ship as we journeyed eastward.
Eventually, I returned to magic shows and cabaret singers. I watched a bingo game or two and overindulged at the way-too-generous buffet.
But for me, the true allure of the cruise was not in the aquamarine waters of El Taino Beach (our eventual destination) and not in the hilarity in the Tropical Lounge. And not in the onboard casino.
It was on the deck with the sound of the ocean in our ears, the scent of the ocean in our faces, the great ship beneath us and the limitless expanse of water straight ahead.