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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Baltimore Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis is scheduled to have an MRI Monday afternoon and hopes the neck spasms that he has been coping with since March 3 aren't anything serious.
Markakis was taken out of the lineup on March 3 and hasn't played since. He had three surgeries in 2012 and missed the Orioles' first postseason appearance in 15 years with a broken thumb.
He said Sunday he thinks the MRI is "probably more of a precaution to see what's going on in there and identify exactly what it is that's bothering me."
For the previous five seasons, Markakis averaged 160 games. Baltimore is coming off its first winning season since Markakis arrived in 2006 and many Orioles say with him back, the team will be much better.
"It's a compliment. They were pretty good without me last year," Markakis said. "To be part of it and a contributor is going to be fun and exciting. It's hard to say if one person can impact the whole lineup. They can, but we've had great guys filling in last year and we've got great guys this year. We've got depth."
Markakis had abdominal surgery in Jan. 2012 which slowed him in spring training last year, a broken bone in his right hand that required another procedure in June, and a broken left thumb when New York's CC Sabathia drilled him with a pitch in September.
That was the most painful injury. His season over, Markakis and Brian Roberts both traveled with the team during the postseason, though he claimed he could have played had the team reached the World Series.
"I've been waiting a long time. Every person in this clubhouse is competitive, and they want to win. When you get there and get it taken away from you, it's tough," Markakis said.
"There's always another chance. That's the good thing about baseball. We go out there and play every day. It's a long season. To get to where you want to go, it's tough. It's tough when you're there and you can't participate. That's our goal this year. If you ask anybody in this clubhouse, they'd say the same thing."
After Markakis missed six weeks with the hand surgery, manager Buck Showalter inserted him in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career. His rationale was that Baltimore's offense was lagging, Markakis had a high on-base percentage - and that it would help him make him some lost at-bats.
The team did well with Markakis batting first. After his broken thumb, Nate McLouth moved there, and the Orioles continued to thrive. He didn't change his approach to hitting - whether it's third, second - or first.
"To me, there's been slight adjustments in approaching in different parts of the lineup. Overall, I think I want to be more aggressive and stick with the approach I had last year in the leadoff spot. It worked out good for me. Just going to continue with that approach and see where it takes me. If I need to make adjustments, I make adjustments," Markakis said.
One of the biggest complaints of the team's fans over the winter was that the team didn't add enough to its 93-win team of 2012. Markakis disagrees.
"Every team has holes. Why fix it if it ain't broke? We've got a young team, a lot of good young players, guys coming up. I can understand where (Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette) and Buck were coming from," Markakis said. "We've have a good lineup, and what our pitching staff did last year, they added depth to it. They just continue to make the pitching staff deep.
"That's what it takes, pitching and defense, Our offense is just as good as anybody's offense," he said. "You can understand what they're coming from, and what they're seeing, and what they're looking at. As players, we've got to go out there and do our thing and make them look good."


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March 7, 2012 (NASHVILLE) - Renowned recording artist and performer Ingrid Michaelson is back with her fifth album Human Again, and Yamaha Entertainment Group will choose one lucky winner to see her perform the new songs live. Yamaha is giving away a meet and greet with the charming singer/songwriter, along with an autographed Yamaha A-series Acoustic/Electric guitar and more.
The sweepstakes begins March 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. CST and ends April 6, at 10:00 a.m. CST. One grand prize and six second-place winners will be chosen at random from all entries received. The grand prize consists of a meet and greet with Ingrid, an autographed Yamaha guitar, an autographed copy of her new album and two tickets to a U.S. concert date of choice between April 11 and May 17. Six second-place winners will win a Yamaha Guitalele, Yamaha's unique hybrid instrument that is half guitar and half ukulele, along with an autographed copy of Human Again.
It's easy to enter and no purchase is necessary. For additional details, visit us on Facebook. One entry per person. Please see official rules for details.
The A-Series line of Yamaha acoustic-electric guitars features a stunning fresh look, amazing playability and the leading edge S.R.T. (Studio Response Technology) piezo/pickup system. The six guitars in the line are designed for players who require a reliable workhorse that looks, feels and sounds amazing in all applications. The A Series consists of performance level, bang-for-the-buck guitars that offer quality build and materials, including Solid Sitka Spruce Top, Mahogany Neck/Back/Sides, Ebony Bridge and a neck profile that is a thrill to play for hours on end.
Now available for the first time in the United States, the Guitalele is a miniature nylon guitar that looks and sounds like a ukulele, but features six strings and is tuned like a standard guitar up to an A (A/D/G/C/E/A). Chord fingering is the same for any standard-tuned guitar, but now guitarists can easily join the ukulele craze with a portable, playable and thoroughly unique instrument.

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"Chromium" removed from maemo.org repositories
This is a joint statement from Nokia and the Maemo Community Council.
A few weeks ago we received a letter requesting that maemo.org cease distribution of Chromium, due to ongoing litigation involving the software.
The Community Council, the package maintainer of Chromium on maemo.org and Nokia legal were contacted.
As you are aware, it is Nokia's policy to respect the intellectual property rights of third parties. Thus, we suggested that Chromium be removed from maemo.org while the situation was clarified.
Nokia legal will be taking a look on the roles and responsibilities of maemo.org. This work should clarify the roles on maemo.org so the process would be clear if we were to receive any future requirements as the one from Red Bend.
The trial was planned on 2011-05-14 and there are no updates. What was the result?
Andy: IANAL, but it would be ridiculous to me for someone to start a patent infringement lawsuit against an individual in such circumstances. Chromium in maemo would have no need to even use the binary update mechanism that is at issue, so this seems to me to be lawyers running amok, and if I had Chromium on my device, I'd keep using it.
What about users who already installed Chromium? Is it "legally questionable" for said users to continue to use/have Chromium on their device?
To expand on the above.
The issue is not open source. It is that Red Bend software have a patent on the rapid-update technology used to update the binary over slow connections for updates.
(or they believe they do, which has much the same effect up till you win in court).
To be perfectly fine legally would be to take the chrome repository, and fork it.
This fork would need to have none of the source-code of courgette - that would need totally ripped out of any revision history that was kept.
Then build a binary from that.
You will certainly win any court case that ensues, if competently represented.
However, that does not mean that you, or if it's a Nokia repository, Nokia, won't face time in court - for which you may not get your costs back.
And competent representation may not be free - especially if the other side bring a big bag of lawyers.
Fedora/RedHat had a similar situation earlier this year (http://spot.livejournal.com/313759.html) with the chromium packages (even though they don't have them in their official repos), but after some surgery to the codebase they went back to shipping the packages.
You might want to contact them to see what parts of the code they had to remove to keep their legal department happy.
Oh !!!! Congratulations !!!
I ask also for some of my packages to be removed ! But it wasn't a success.
Chromium is not owned by anyone, Chrome is. Just like WebKit is not owned, Safari is, or Fedora is not owned, RedHat EL is.
maemo.org extras is a community repository... it's not owned by Nokia, and as such, Nokia interests do not matter. We are not talking about Apple Store.
Or is Nokia going to remove MPlayer, console emulators, and other kinds of software that might infringe patents?
I want to install Chromium on my device, Nokia should not prevent that.
Zachary, thoughts specifically about your points can be found here: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=708941&postcount=20
"As you are aware, it is Nokia's policy to respect the intellectual property rights of third parties. Thus, we suggested that Chromium be removed from maemo.org while the situation was clarified."
If it was a fact that chromium violated somebody's IP I would have no problem with the execution of this policy here. However the IP invovled is still in question and not yet decided, so I would think that Nokia/Maemo would have no obligation to remove the software until it was. Any thoughts?
Open source doesn't mean that a company can't sue you for (allegedly) violating its patents.
Hopefully this situation can be resolved relatively quickly (lawyers are never quick), and Chromium can go back into the repos.
could you, please, write more about the problem / litigation?
i don't know the situation and others probably too.
btw: the link [1] is not working for me
Huh. Isn't Chromium open source? Isn't that the point? Isn't Chromium the open source bits from Chrome?
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A king and his queen now have a little princess.
Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill and wife Lily Aldridge welcomed their first child, daughter Dixie Pearl Followill, on Thursday, June 21 in Nashville.
The baby girl arrived at 1 a.m., weighing in at 7 lbs., 11 oz. and measuring 22 inches long.
"Mom, Dad and baby are happy, healthy and enjoying their new addition," a rep for the band tells PEOPLE.
The couple tied the knot in Santa Barbara in May 2011. Even then, the rocker was excited to start a brood with his Victoria's Secret Angel bride, 26.
"I can't wait to raise a family with her because she's a great woman," Followill, 30, told PEOPLE in August.
Caleb isn't the first King to have a kid. His cousin Matthew Followill welcomed son Knox, 13 months, last April.
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Football and Chili: A CIU Tradition
The annual CIU President's Bowl football games (formerly the North-South Games) is beginning to be upstaged by a new annual pregame activity - the Chili Cook-Off.
This was the fourth annual Chili Cook-Off at CIU. Each year there has been a wide variety of chili's entered in the contest. But this was the first year for two new categories: Classic and Creative. Classic is defined as chili that includes pork or red meat, beans and a tomato-based sauce. To be entered in the "Creative" category, participants must alter or eliminate one or more of the "Classic" ingredients. This year, over 200 people sampled the 12 chili's entered in the contest. CIU's great connoisseur of fine chili's, John Heflick of Alumni Ministries describes the winners:
Dr. Pat Blewett won the "Best Classic Chili" category with his entry, "4 Bean Chili." Dr. Blewett is the associate dean of the Undergraduate School. Visually, this is what a classic chili should look like, thick and chocked full of meat and beans. "4 Bean" was a robust chili, full of flavor and texture, yet without overwhelming heat. Sticking with the classic theme, Dr. Blewett won a basket of cooking utensils, steel coffee mugs and classic chili spices.
Elizabeth Gross, a student, won the "Most Creative Chili" category with her entry, "Chili Toscana." When looking at "Toscana" it was obvious that this came from the same culinary ideology as the famous soup that shares its surname. The first taste that came across the palette was cream and rosemary mixed with the textures of finely chopped steak and beans. But it was the unexpected second wave of heat that surprised the mouth and qualified this as real chili. Elizabeth won a basket of exotic spices and sauces.
Tina Tindale of the Admissions Department won the "Best Overall Chili" category with her entry, "Kentucky White Chili." This was thicker than most white chili's, with a mouthful of flavor in every bite. The spices were balanced and felt in waves, ending with only a hint of heat. The real satisfaction in "Kentucky White" was the well-seasoned, shredded chicken that blended into every bite. The prize for The Best Overall Chili was an I Pod Shuffle.
Oh, and by the way, here are the football scores. The teams now take on the names of former presidents. In the Women's game McQuilkin beat Murray 16-0. And in the men's game, Miller beat Fleece 32-6.
For photos from The President's Bowl visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciuimpact/sets/72157625348876946/
For more fall fun at CIU: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciuimpact/sets/72157625224534931/


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by the University of Rochester Medical Center
Tim Synor considers himself a lucky man. He is recovering from a heart transplant received at the University of Rochester Medical Center and recently returned to his wife, toddler son and infant daughter in Wheatfield.
"I am so grateful to the donor and their family and the doctors and nurses who cared for me. I am also incredibly thankful for all of the support that my family and I received during my illness. I have a new lease on life now. I feel better than I've felt in a long time and am excited to resume my life with my family," said Synor, 46. His wife, Cathie, 2 1/2 -year-old Nathan and 6-month-old Caitlyn welcomed him home July 24, after five months at Strong Memorial Hospital
He received the heart July 7 after life-saving surgery performed by H. Todd Massey, M.D., surgical director of URMC's Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation. URMC is the only center in upstate New York to perform heart transplants and offer specialized pumps, such as ventricular assist devices.
Synor was diagnosed with non-ischemic viral cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure, in 2004 and cardiologist Patrick Chan Lam, M.D., of Western New York Cardiology Group, managed his care with medications, cardiac rehabilitation, a pacemaker and defibrillator.
"I was feeling pretty good and continued to work after my diagnosis. My wife and I had our son and we were expecting our second child when my heart function got worse," said Synor, who operated Synor Marketing for 20 years. He was hospitalized several times in November and December and "being stubborn and worried, I told the doctors that I am waiting for our daughter's birth. I just had to see my baby girl born."
Caitlyn was born Jan. 25 and two weeks later, Synor traveled to URMC to see heart failure cardiologist Jeffrey Alexis, M.D. Tests showed his heart function was extremely poor and a heart transplant was needed. He was hospitalized Feb. 20 to wait under the watchful eyes of the doctors and nurses who specialize in heart failure care.
"When I first saw him, he was a very, very sick man dealing with severe heart failure," Alexis said. He was concerned about how much weight Synor had lost, quite quickly, indicating the gravity of his condition.
"It was really tough not being home to help with my son and the newborn daughter," said Synor. "I missed my wife and kids so much and cherished the time I got to spend with them when they came to visit me on weekends."
Just days before Synor's surgery, his weakening heart began to beat so rapidly that it became dangerous. His defibrillator deployed on four separate occasions, sending a life-saving shock of electricity to bring the heart back into a normal rhythm. Shortly after the defibrillator deployed for the fourth time, doctors were able to tell him that a heart had become available.
"He was quite sick and the timing of his heart was perfect," Alexis said.
Synor was elated by the news and "it brought overwhelming tears of joy. I waited five months to hear those words."
There are more than 3,100 people in our country who need new hearts. URMC has more than 40 people on its heart transplant waiting list. Sadly, the number of people in need of new hearts surpasses the number donated every year. Last year, there were just 2,300 heart transplants performed in the U.S. To join the organ donor registry, go to www.donorrecovery.org.


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Pets On Furniture
We've been obsessed with the weekly pets on furniture feature at Desire To Inspire for a long time, and we just have to show you some of the snuggly minis on interesting furniture posted this week.
Often, folks try to keep furry friends off of beloved furniture pieces, but sometimes they just end up there anyway. Could you ever say no to that sadface tag team, or to the little one on her very own display stand? Awww.
Visit Desire to Inspire's Pets on Furniture archive for lots more adorableness.
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Luke Schafer and Nate Meier were both unanimous first team offensive and defensive selections on the 2010 Eight-Man District 8 Football Team released last week.
Schafer, a junior, was tabbed as the first team quarterback after leading the district with just over 2,400 yards and 37 touchdowns passing. Schafer added 611 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground. On defense, Schafer had 98 tackles and picked off four passes.
Meier, also a junior, bulled his way to a district-leading 1,674 yards and 30 touchdowns rushing for the 12-1 Knights. On defense, the 6-foot-2, 220 pound noseguard racked up 126 tackles including 29 for loss.
Also earning unanimous first-team honors from Mills County were East Mills' Daniel Duysen at wide receiver and Dominick Aistrope, Dallas Franks, Austin Hansen and Nick Williams from Fremont-Mills.
In all, the Knights had a district-best nine first team selections.
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Offense: QB: Luke Schafer, East Mills. RB: Nate Meier and Nick Williams, Fremont-Mills; Greg Focht, Stanton. WR: Daniel Duysen, East Mills; Joel DeLong, Nishnabotna; Derrian Bredberg, Fremont-Mills. OL: Dominick Aistrope and Dallas Franks, Fremont-Mills; Andrew Cerven, Stanton; Ethan Burge, Sidney. UTILITY: Tyler Havrum, Stanton. K: Travis Tupper, East Mills; Antonio Rodriguez, Sidney. KR: Austin Hansen, Fremont-Mills.
Defense: DL: Nate Meier and Joey Carlson, Fremont-Mills; Austin Bechtold, Stanton; Ethan Burge, Sidney. LB: Nick Williams, Fremont-Mills; Daniel Duysen, East Mills; Shayne Larson, Stanton; Jakob Gordon, Sidney. DB: Luke Schafer, East Mills; Tyler Havrum, Stanton; Josh Larsen, Fremont-Mills. UTILITY: Greg Focht, Stanton. P: Tyler Havrum, Stanton. KO: Timmy Myers, Villisca.
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Offense: QB: A.J. Scarborough, Fremont-Mills; Doug Raymond, Nishnabotna. RB: Brendon Hardy, Sidney; Austin Greig, Villisca; Trevor Schaaf, Sidney. WR: Collin Nahkunst, Nishnabotna; Brent Hansen, Stanton; Levi Allen, Essex. OL: Greg Marshall, Stanton; Pierre Bassich, East Mills; Alec Hendrickson, Nishnabotna; David Howell, East Mills. UTILITY: Andrew Thompson, Nishnabotna. K: Logan Wood, Fremont-Mills, Timmy Myers, Villisca. KR: Levi Allen, Essex.
Defense: DL: Seth Phillips, Fremont-Mills; David Howell, East Mills; Jason Clemens, Stanton; Dakota Dovel, Nishnabotna. LB: Logan Wood, Fremont-Mills; Zach Adcock, Villisca; Kaleb Kahue, Nishanbotna; Tyler Walter, Stanton. DB: Austin Hansen, Fremont-Mills; Andrew Thompson, Nishnabotna; Levi Allen, Essex; Brent Hansen, Stanton. UTILITY: Derrian Bredberg, Fremont-Mills. P: Derrian Bredberg, Fremont-Mills. KO: Antonio Rodriguez, Sidney.
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Flexible Bedroom Staple: Daybeds
Oh, to have a guest room! Instead, many of us have an office, a studio, a nursery or another dedicated space in our homes (if we're lucky enough to have the extra square footage, that is). Unless you're blessed with huge rooms, chances are a full-size bed or even a standard sleeper sofa wouldn't fit in an already defined space like an office. That's where the daybed comes in!
Compact, easy to make up as a bed, and doing double duty as a sofa/ snooze zone, a daybed could be the perfect solution for creating an instant bedroom. True, daybeds are usually reserved for one person (but checkout CB2's fold out version below!), which may not make them ideal if you do a lot of couples hosting. But if you really don't have the space for a guest room and just need a place for a friend (our your snoring husband) to crash, a daybed is a great option. Here are five daybeds worth a second look:
1. West Elm's Window Daybed, $381
2. Pottery Barn's Savannah Daybed, $599-$699
3. Design Within Reach's Case Study Daybed, $1,443.30-$1,524.05
4. Jonathan Adler's Lampert Lounger, starting at $2,400
5. CB2's Lubi Daybed, $799
Do you own a daybed? If not, would you consider it or are you more apt to go with a sleeper sofa?
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Kim Victoria Cattrall was born on August 21, 1956 in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England to Gladys Shane (Baugh), a secretary, and Dennis Cattrall, a construction engineer. At the age of three months, her family immigrated to Canada, where a large number of her films have been made. At age 11, she returned to her native country and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She returned to Vancouver and, at age 16, graduated from high school and won a scholarship to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. During her final year at the Academy, she won a role in Otto Preminger's action thriller Rosebud (1975). Following her film debut, Kim returned to the theatre, first in Vancouver and then in repertory in Toronto prior to winning a contract at Universal Pictures in Los Angeles, California. Her best known film role is the Vulcan Lieutenant Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). She is also best known for her role as public relations executive Samantha Jones on the situation comedy Sex and the City (1998).
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On our gray sand shores, those shaved logs became home to insects, birds and small rodents and made great hiding places or impromptu tents. A favorite childhood game was to see who could traverse the most beached logs without ever touching the sand.
As teenagers, we'd drive out to the beaches with our sleeping bags in tow, stack up smaller moveable logs and build bonfires before bedding down to sleep protected by those fallen trees.


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Frary Peak on Antelope Island rises 2,400 feet (approximately 730 meters) above the level of the Great Salt Lake to a peak of 6,597 feet (or 2 km). Surrounded by the Great Salt Lake with its marshes and salt flats, Frary Peak offers an excellent vantage point for views of the densely populated Wasatch Front to the east and sparsely populated Great Salt Lake desert to the west and north.
Antelope Island State Park is most famous for its free ranging herd of bison, but is also home to pronghorn sheep (locally referred to as "antelope"), and bighorn sheep. Birdlife is abundant both along the shores and interior trails. Geologically, Antelope Island has some of the oldest and youngest rocks in Utah, coming in a variety of colors and forming many interesting outcrops, ridges and cliffs.
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TBT Is An Open, Single Elimination, Winner Take All Tournament For $500,000
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Three former Yale men's basketball players are teaming up for a good cause. Matt Minoff '04, Edwin Draughan '05 and Greg Mangano '12 are part of a team that will compete in The Basketball Tournament, an open, single-elimination, winner-take-all tournament for $500,000.
The team will be playing on behalf of PeacePlayers International, a non-profit organization that brings children from communities in conflict together to play basketball. It is an organization Minoff has played a big part of. In 2005, he launched the organization in Israel and the West Bank which continues to flourish nine years later.
The Basketball Tournament takes place June 6-8 at Philadelphia University where the 32-team field is cut down to two. The championship game is June 28 and the location will be voted on by the fans of each team.
Fan support is an important part of the tournament. The four teams with the largest followings get to select their first round opponent. To support the PeacePlayers team, visit https://www.thetournament.com/teams/peaceplayers-international before May 20.
Minoff, Draughan and Mangano all enjoyed outstanding careers for the Bulldogs. Minoff was the captain of the 2003-04 Yale team. As a senior he started all 27 games and averaged 7.4 points. He later played professionally in Israel for Rishon LeZion.
Since graduating, Draughan has enjoyed a long and successful career playing overseas. Last winter he was with Fribourg in Switzerland. At Yale, Draughan finished his outstanding career seventh all-time in scoring with 1,413 career points. He started all 113 games of his career and is second in school history with 141 steals and fifth in assists with 339. In addition, he was only the third player at Yale to lead the team in scoring for four years. Tony Lavelli (1946-49) and Butch Graves (1981-84) are the others.
Mangano also has been playing professionally, most recently with CSM Steaua Bucharest in Romania's first division. At Yale, Mangano was a two-time first team All-Ivy selection. He is Yale's all-time leader with 213 career blocked shots, which is third in Ivy League history. He finished his career with 735 career rebounds, the sixth most in school history, and 1,213 career points, which is 13th.
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Middlebury's exciting Festival on-the-Green continues on Tuesday. Here are the highlights. At noon, Mister Chris will present a Brown Bag Special performance for the whole family. At 7 p.m., Addison County's own Anaïs Mitchell, described as the "most original artist currently working in the field of new American 'folk' music," hits the stage. Then, at 8:30 p.m., talented blues and roots artists Peter Karp and Sue Foley take to the stage. "These two are some real professionals, worthy of the highest accolades," says one enthusiastic reviewer.
On Wednesday, at noon, No Strings Marionettes, the husband-wife team of puppeteers Dan Baginski and Barbara Paulson, presents entertainment for the whole family. At 7 p.m., Brother Sun, "an explosion of musical diversity and harmony, in the finest of male singing traditions," will perform. Then, at 8:30 p.m., festival audience members will be treated to Matuto,a rockin' combination of funky Brazilian forro and American bluegrass music, who are quickly becoming an international sensation.
On Thursday, at noon, PaDulabaum (Gary Dulabaum and Rebecca Padula) will perform for young and old alike. Then, at 7 p.m., Harpeth Rising, a high-energy trio, will offer Americana, blues, bluegrass and all things acoustic. Then, at 8:30 p.m., Le Vent du Nord, Quebec's top traditional band, hits the stage. "Le Vent du Nord is one of the best bands touring today, no matter your musical taste," according to one reviewer.
On Friday, at noon, magician Tom Verner will present magic for the kids in all of us. Then, at 7 p.m., Vorcza, described as "rising stars of a new jazz generation," will perform. That will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by Josh Panda & the Hot Damned, soulful roots-rockers running the gamut from country and Cajun to gospel and rock.
As always, the festival comes to a spirited conclusion on Saturday evening at 7 p.m. with the Vermont Jazz Ensemble Street Dance. Come early for dance lessons with Jim Condon. Although all festival events are free, donations are always gratefully accepted. For more information call 462-3555 or visit festivalonthegreen.org.
On Friday, at 7:30 p.m., the six-piece Jubilee Jazz Band of seasoned Vermont and New York musicians under the direction of Gene Childers returns to Salisbury.
Tapping their cumulative decades of music-making, they capture the fun and infectiousness of the Dixieland jazz tradition that was born around 1900 in New Orleans as the music for dance halls, street parades, steamboats and outdoor concerts. The Jubilee Band's swinging ensembles and hot solos, classic tunes and stories so embody the sound, spirit and sensibilities of early jazz that they have been called a living treasure and Vermont's answer to New Orleans' Preservation Hall.
This will be the second event in Salisbury's 35th annual Summer Performance Series that will run on Fridays through the first week of August at the historic, but handicap-accessible, 1838 church in Salisbury Village.
Although there is no admission charge, a donation in support of the series will be appreciated. Any receipts in excess of the expenses for the series will be applied to the restoration of Salisbury's landmark steeple.
There will be three live musical performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury. On Wednesday, the Open Mike Night begins at 9 p.m. Hosted by Kai Stanley, the Open Mike Night follows Trivia one Wednesday per month. The stage is open to musicians and performers of all kinds on a first-come, first-served basis, and it's free to enter. There is no cover charge.
On Friday, The Michele Fay Bandwill perform at 5 p.m. The Michele Fay Band is a Vermont-based acoustic quartet that features original and roots music. Fay's heartfelt lyrics are central to the ensemble, which performs a comfortable groove of folk, swing and bluegrass-influenced songs. They'll be playing downstairs in the Lounge for a special Arts Walk live music happy hour show. There is no cover charge.
Finally, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Rehab Roadhouse take to the stage for an encore performance. Rehab Roadhouse combines the influences of Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Phish and the Grateful Dead together into a sonic stew that is sure to satisfy your aural palate. There is a $3 cover. For more information, call 388-0002.
The Grift will be playing at Lincoln Peak Vineyard on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. The Grift, Middlebury's favorite rock and roll quartet, plays an eclectic set of originals and often humorous covers. Catchy melodies, clever lyrics, and tight vocal harmonies will get you dancing and singing along. The band includes Clint Bierman (guitar, vocals), Jeff Vallone (drums, vocals), Peter Day (bass, trumpet, vocals) and Leon Campos (keyboard).
As with all Wine Down Friday shows, the "doors" open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking. Gourmet pizza and salad are for sale by Nino's (a k a Ramunto's of Middlebury). Pre-order whole pies by calling Nino's at 388-7755. Wine is available by the glass.
Admission is free. Bring lawn chairs or a picnic blanket. The Wine Down Friday series happens rain or shine — there's room on the winery porch in the case of rain. No alcohol may be brought onto the grounds, and please leave your pets at home. More information is at lincolnpeakvineyard.com.
The exciting 2014 Middlebury College International Film Festival continues on Saturday with the 2005 French film "Joyeux Noel," directed by Christian Carion.
In 1914, World War I was well under way. However, on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the conflict peacefully met each other in No Man's Land to share a precious pause in the carnage with a fleeting brotherhood.
The film, in French with English subtitles, will be shown at 7 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street. It's free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children. A discussion of the film will follow the screening; space may be limited.
There will be two live musical events this week at Middlebury's 51 Main. At 5 p.m. on Friday stop in for part of the town-wide public Arts Walk, featuring art by local artist Anneke Jewett and live music by New Handsome Young New Singers, with Erik Benepe, Taylor Bickford and Weyland Joyner performing acoustic folk and blues.
Then, at 8 p.m. on Friday, Back Porch Society takes to the stage for an evening of roots and blues that guarantee one foot stompin' and a smile
All ages, no cover. For additional information visit www.go51main.com or phone 388-8209.
"Being There," an exhibit of selected photographs by James Blair, opens in the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater on Friday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Blair worked as a staff photographer for National Geographic for 30 years. Forty-five articles carried his byline and more than 2,000 of his photos have appeared within its covers.
The free exhibit runs until Aug. 16 during gallery hours, noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and for an hour before each THT performance. Contact the Jackson Gallery at 382-9222 or email [email protected].
The Middlebury College Summer Carillon Series continues its 29th year of concerts with a 5 p.m. performance on Friday in Mead Chapel by Amy Heebner, city carillonneur in Albany, N.Y. Enjoy the sounds of the carillon bells from the steps of the chapel or, weather permitting, on the surrounding lawns. The free series continues every Friday through Aug. 15 with a different performer.
Free parking is available on College Street and on Old Chapel Road.
In celebration of its 20th summer season, the Rochester Chamber Music Society presents its annual Bach Bash concert on Saturday in the Granville Town Hall. Professional and amateur musicians celebrate the music of Bach and others in this 7 p.m. public performance.
Although the concert is free, donations in support of the series are always appreciated. For more concert information call 767-9234 or visit rcmsvt.org.


text: To beat Canada, you have to beat her - Vancouver Sun July 22, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next Miro Cernetig 'When I was five, I said I wanted to go to the Olympics and play on the national team' As a girl, Erin McLeod had two sport passions: soccer, which she started playing at the age of five, and basketball. Her parents finally gave her an order. One had to go. "They said choose one, it was just taking too much time to play both," McLeod remembers. "I chose soccer. I was a bit better at soccer, so I stuck to soccer." It was no surprise, really. Even at a young age McLeod seemed to sense her athletic career was on the soccer pitch. Before she even hit her teenage years she expressed a dream, not unlike other women on Canada's Olympic soccer team, that some day she would play for the gold -- even though women's soccer wasn't then in the Games. "Every year, when I was growing up, my mother used to ask me to write down my goals," says McLeod, taking off her thick padded gloves as she flashes back to her childhood in Calgary. "When I was five, I said I wanted to go to the Olympics and play on the national team. ... I just wanted to play with the best and be one of the best." But it wasn't minding the net she had in mind. Back then, McLeod's goal was, well, scoring goals. The idea of being stuck on one end of the soccer field, spending much of the time watching and anticipating the play, wasn't what she saw herself doing. "I wanted to be a midfielder or a goal scorer," she says. "Like every soccer player, no one ever wants to play defence or goalie." But one day, a team was short someone in net. She was spotted by the coach. "That was the day I got totally stuck in goal ... . "I wasn't too happy about it," she laughs. "But I was good at it. Then I noticed all the cheering, from the parents and spectators, and I thought, 'Hey, this goalie thing isn't really too bad'." Since then, McLeod's soccer career has taken off. She made her international debut on March 3, 2002, against Wales at the Algarve Cup. She chalked up a shutout. Aside from playing on Canada's national team, McLeod also signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2003. And while in the United States, where she attended Penn State, she was named an All-American in both the 2004 and 2005 seasons. But for now McLeod -- who's been known to sing O Canada for an entire stadium of fans before games -- has her attention focused firmly on Canada. "This is a dream for me, going to Beijing to represent my country in the Olympics," she says. "I think our team is going to do fine." After Beijing? McLeod hopes to join the professional women's soccer league expected to start up in the United States next year. "I love the game. And I still love playing goal." ERIN McLEOD Hometown: Calgary Age: 25 Position: Goalkeeper Notable: Recorded three straight shutouts at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament to secure Canada's place in Beijing; in the final, held the United States -- the No. 1-ranked team in the world -- to a single goal through regulation time, forcing the game to overtime and then penalty kicks. KARINA LeBLANC Hometown: Maple Ridge Age: 28 Position: Goalkeeper Notable: Was part of the Canadian team that finished fourth at the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2003; won a bronze medal with Canada at the Pan American Games in Rio in 2007. EMILY ZURRER Hometown: Crofton Age: 21 Position: Defence Notable: Played for Canada at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand in 2004; represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia in 2006. CLARE RUSTAD Hometown: Saltspring Island Age: 25 Position: Defence Notable: Helped the Vancouver Whitecaps win the W-League title in 2004; won a silver medal with Canada at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada in 2002. RANDEE HERMUS Hometown: Langley Age: 28 Position: Defence Notable: Was an original player with the Vancouver Breakers; won W-League championships with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2004 and 2006. WHEN TO WATCH The Olympic women's soccer schedule: Aug. 6: Canada vs. Argentina Aug. 9: Canada vs. China Aug. 12: Canada vs. Sweden Aug. 15: Quarter-finals Aug. 18: Semifinals Aug. 21: Medal games ABOUT CANADIAN WOMEN'S SOCCER Attention is now on the Olympics, but our women's team came into its own at the FIFA Women's World Cup. Canada qualified for its first World Cup in 1995 but never won a game. Canada missed the second round again in 1999. Then, in 2003, a breakthrough. A new generation of players, such as Christine Sinclair, Kara Lang and Brittany Timko, took the sport to a new level. The women beat China in the quarter-finals 1-0. They lost 2-1 to Sweden in the semi-finals to finish fourth overall. ONLINE To watch a video about Erin McLeod, and to view a photo gallery on the women's soccer team, visit: VancouverSun.com/BeijingBound © The Vancouver Sun 2008 Previous Next


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HIMSS and SHS Recognize Dean Athanassiades for Accomplishments in Process Improvement & IT
CHICAGO (January 16, 2013) –Dean Athanassiades, PMP, CPHIMS, CHS, FHIMSS, DSHS, senior director, software customer services, with Phillips Healthcare in Atlanta, Ga., is the recipient of the 2012 SHS/HIMSS Excellence in Healthcare Management/Process Improvement Award, The joint award honors individuals who have best demonstrated leadership in implementing significant synergies between the process improvement and information technology professions.
Recipients of this award are selected jointly by the Boards of Directors of the Society for Health Systems and HIMSS. This award recognizes individuals who have made contributions of a professional or technical nature, which may include research or development of improved processes (with or without technology), or exemplary contribution to the professional society.
"As a long time member and leader within the Society for Health Systems (SHS), Dean Athanassiades' has worked tirelessly to improve processes and implement technology that will benefit patients, providers and healthcare stakeholders across the industry," says Jean Ann Larson, FHIMSS, FACHE, DSHS, President of the Society for Health Systems Board of Directors. "Through his expertise and commitment to his profession, he leaves a legacy of lifelong learning and service. His support and efforts for both SHS and HIMSS make him an excellent winner of this joint award. All of us at the Society for Health Systems congratulate Dean for receiving this prestigious award."
Athanassiades, an active member of both HIMSS and SHS, has 30 years of increasing responsibility in information technology consulting, operations, and sales, with a focus on improving processes through the application of technology.
As a member of HIMSS, Athanassiades received a Distinguished Fellow Award in 2008 and a HIMSS Leadership Award in 2005. He served as Chair of the HIMSS Fellows Council, Membership Services Committee and, Nominating Committee and was a member of the HIMSS Georgia chapter board of directors. Currently, he is a HIMSS Management Engineering Process Community (MEPI) committee member and chair of the Electronic Medical Record Change Management Task Force.
His activity with SHS includes SHS Diplomate, chair of the SHS Annual Conferences in 2009 and 2010, and Chair Emeritus SHS 2011 – 2013 Annual Conferences. He is also a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).
Athanassiades will be honored at the 2013 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition Awards Recognition Banquet on March 5, 2013, from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans during the 2013 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. Tickets for the dinner can be purchased on the HIMSS13 website.
"A HIMSS Fellow who has served in leadership positions with the Fellows Council and Society committees, Dean Athanassiades is an active member and volunteer who sees and acts upon the connection between process improvement and IT to improve the delivery of patient care. In addition, he is one of the more than 700 professionals who used this expertise to become certified in health information and management systems, earning the CPHIMS credential offered by HIMSS," says H. Stephen Lieber, CAE, HIMSS President & CEO. "All of us at HIMSS congratulate Dean for his ongoing contributions to the Society and healthcare."
About SHS
The Society for Health Systems (SHS) is a society of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), a professional association that serves the professional needs of industrial engineers throughout the world. The society's mission is to contribute to the improvement of healthcare processes through systems engineering, analysis, and process improvement methods. Among the society's goals are to enhance the career development and continuing education of professionals who use industrial and management engineering expertise for productivity and quality improvement in the health care industry. SHS encourages the exchange of ideas and innovative techniques among healthcare professionals through a variety of mediums. Among the more than 700 members of SHS are management engineers, nurses, CEOs, directors of continuous improvement, administrators, clinicians, physicians, department managers, and students. To learn more about SHS, please visit our website at www.societyforhealthsystems.
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Summit League Women: South Dakota State Starts Hot, Routs South Dakota
All through the first half of the Summit League basketball season, there have been two certainties: South Dakota State has been unbeatable and South Dakota has been unable to stop teams from torching them from behind the three point arc.
Both trends stuck Sunday in Brookings, as the Jackrabbits hit seven early triples and never looked back, beating the Coyotes 88-69.
The win caps a perfect seven game run through the Summit League for the Jackrabbits, who have a one game lead on IUPUI heading into the second half of the season.
Coming into Sunday's game, SDSU was one of the worst 3-point shooting teams in the conference, hitting just 28 percent from behind the arc, but USD has been making just about every team look good from long range this season, giving up a Summit League high 39 percent on three point attempts.
The Jackrabbits were obviously well read on the scouting report, as they came out firing early and often from long range, with 11 of their first 19 field goal attempts from behind the arc. Seven of those found the mark in the first 11:30, giving SDSU an early 12-2 run and a 12-point lead.
The lead grew to 18 at the half, as the Jacks finished with nine 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes and led 53-35 at intermission.
SDSU shot 53 percent from the floor in the first half, 50 percent from three. Megan Waytashek with 11 first half points, including a pair of threes. Gabby Boever and Chynna Stevens also hit a pair of triples each in the first half.
The Coyotes did a much better job of defending the three point line in the second half, as the Jacks were 0-of-5 from three and hit just 1-of-6 from the floor to start the second half, as USD cut the lead to 13. But SDSU responded with an 11-2 run to push the lead back to 22.
Waytashek led all scorers with 20 points. Boever added 15, Steph Paluch 13. Nicole Seekamp led USD with 13 points, Bridget Arens had 12.
South Dakota State (16-7/7-0) opens the second half of the Summit League schedule at Fort Wayne Thursday at 6:00pm.
South Dakota's (11-11/2-5) next game is at home Friday with Denver at 7:00pm.


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Eduardo1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 10 diseños de 2 diseñadores freelance.
MigrationBox - http://migrationbox.com
We need a big image that would be the centerpiece of our landing page.
See a mockup here:
And read the requirements too.
MigrationBox liberates your online data, by moving it between services like email, calendars, docs, pictures, CRM, etc.
Check our site:
We only migrate email right now, but very soon we will moving a lot more online services.
Techies, but it has to be something that everybody understands.
Tens of thousands of people are going to see this piece of artwork and they have to understand that we move data between cloud services like email, calendars, docs, pictures, CRM, etc.
We want one big image to include in our homepage. Use the box in our logo (attached) to communicate that we unlock your data that's in Gmail, Yahoo, Salesforce, etc, etc, etc. Some cool ideas you might want to use:
- Many logos (Gmail, Yahoo, Salesforce, Flickr, Picassa, etc...) coming in and out of the box
- The box moving many logos from one place to another
- Many logos around the box
UPDATE: here's a mockup of I want:
So we already have header, footer and the MigrationBox logo (attached in PSD). If you could take that and use it as described in the mockup, that would be awesome.


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We hope it's nothing serious obviously, but according to Twitter something happened just past 8am EST today at London's Heathrow terminal five. Tweets are claiming armed police (picture here) are evacuating the whole terminal. [Twitter]
UPDATE: Twitter user @MartinBrunt says "Armed police in stand-off with man threatening to blow himself up at Terminal 5 Heathrow. Terminal evacuated."
UPDATE 2: Heathrow terminal five has been reopened.


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Boopsie builds mobile apps for libraries with the library's logo, images and artwork. We put your icon on the smartphones and tablets your patrons and students use everyday. Deliver eBooks, eAudioBooks and increase circulation by enabling in-app mobile catalog searches and mobile access to library services. Boopsie is the world leader in mobile apps for libraries and enables librarians to remind their users and community that their library is just one click away.
Mobile apps for libraries serve as an ideal channel to reach users 24/7 and are a great way to increase your library's relevance in the community and increase use of the services you have already purchased. Does a growing percentage of your community speak Spanish, Chinese or Russian? Use Boopsie's new Multilingual Service to deliver Your Library's App in ANY language.
Boopsie keeps up with rapidly changing mobile technology, so you don't have to! 4000+ libraries use Boopsie because we make it EASY for non-technical library staff to deploy and maintain Their Library's App. Boopsie easily integrates with all major ILS solutions, and keeps up with new platforms like Windows Phone 8 and Kindle Fire.
Boopsie enables your patrons and students to quickly find the content they want via a native mobile app for your library. Our proprietary Smart Prefix™ search delivers the fastest catalog search available, with only a few keystrokes. Smartphone and tablet users love typing in "ma gl" instead of "Malcolm Gladwell" when they are searching for titles from their favorite author. Boopsie also reduces the time required by library staff to help patrons by enabling self-checkout using a mobile device and catalog search using an in-app barcode scanner. Giving patrons 24/7 access to your services, your library catalog and their account information increases library circulation and user satisfaction while reducing the resources required by your staff to meet demands.
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Win Long USA (WLU) is a global provider of computer peripheral equipment, including PC printer cables, audio and video cables, HDMI cables, keyboards and mice, networking and communication data products, USB products, a host of accessory products for cell phones, PCs, tablets, and gaming systems, and its well-established proprietary branded GoldX® products.
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Wing Long USA sells its well-established proprietary branded GoldX® products through a variety of channels which include direct retail, online retail, as well as domestic and international distributors.


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Plane crash-lands on Alton Bay in New Hampshire
No one injured
Plane crash-lands on Alton Bay in New Hampshire
No one injured
A single-engine experimental plane crashed while coming in for a landing on an ice runway in Alton Bay on Saturday morning.
Click here to see photos from the scene
The pilot said his wing hit a snow bank, spun out of control and crashed. No one was injured. The pilot was the only person in the plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been called to the scene. The exact cause of the crash is under investigation. The plane is registered to a pilot from Hampton Falls.
The Alton Bay Ice Runway on Lake Winnipesaukee is one of the most unique airports in the country. It is only open in the winter and hundreds of pilots brave the cold for the chance to land on the ice.
The ice runway is still operational and safe for planes to land.


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Italian Trade Commission
The Italian Trade Commission (ITC) is the government agency entrusted with promoting trade, business opportunities, invward investments and industrial cooperation between Italian and foreign companies. ITC also acquires and distributes economic and market information internationally for the benefit of Italian companies. Following an annual Promotional Program, ITC organizes the official participation of Italian companies at major trade shows and conventions, advertising campaigns, and foreign business delegations to Italy. ITC is the link between Italian supply and foreign demand, providing companies with information on markets, custom regulation, technical standards, tax and currency, and more. It operates through 100 branch offices in 80 countries. ITC is present in the US with offices in NY, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and Miami.
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Video calls and video-enhanced meetings are powerful capabilities in Lync 2013. Watch this short video to help make sure your equipment is ready so you can use these great features.
Then, if you want more details, see the Help article Set up and troubleshoot Lync video.
Other videos in this course
This video is part of a training course called Set up Lync for Office 365.


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Imagine a perfect day sailing the open sea, sipping champagne with the one you love. Ocean air, salty hair, and a whole lot of love. It's the exact scene Esther and Allen chose for their Santa Barbara engagement session and Christine Doneé beautifully captured the entire must-see gallery.
With so many amazing locations to choose from, Esther and Allen decided the best way to capture their love for Santa Barbara - and their engagement - was by the sea. They spent the afternoon on the water soaking up the beautiful California sun and toasted to their future with glasses of champagne and fresh oysters from a local restaurant. It was a perfect day to celebrate these two!


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In 2001 Cardinal Walter Kasper and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger conducted a friendly theological debate in this magazine on the nature of the church (4/23/01, 11/19/01). Cardinal Ratzinger argued for the priority of the universal church over the local church, even from its beginning. Cardinal Kasper challenged this as akin to a Platonic ideal, as if the church existed in some spiritual sphere only to be instantiated in the physical world by concrete communities. Cardinal Kasper argued that local churches provide the very basis for the universal church's existence. This debate was not merely about the early church but involved the question of where ecclesiastical power comes from and how it should be exercised.
The weight of scriptural evidence leans heavily toward Cardinal Kasper's position, at least in terms of word usage. Luke, who wrote the Acts of the Apostles, employs the term church 19 times, and in 18 instances he means the local community. The one exception is in today's first reading from Acts: "The church throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria was at peace."
When I look at the state of the universal church today, I do not see this enviable peace. Nor do I see it in the local church. In fact, my university church is a bit of a magnet for the disgruntled intelligentsia of the diocese. How can we return to the early church's deep sense of peace? In truth, we cannot, because in many respects it never existed. One needs only to read St. Paul to see that not all was well with either local churches or the universal church. Paul publicly denounced Peter as a hypocrite in Antioch (Gal 2:11-14); he cursed any Christian who disagreed with him on the essence of the Gospel (Gal 1:8); he dressed down the Corinthians, who were in disarray (1 Cor 11:17-12:31); he recognized that some fellow preachers had really bad motives (Phil 1:15); he literally begged the Philippians to be of one mind and heart (Phil 2:1-5); and finally, he reminded his detractors that he was "not at all inferior to these super-apostles" (2 Cor 12:11). This is starting to sound like the church I know.
Luke is giving us an ideal church rather than the messy one that existed, but that does not mean he is falsifying things. Rather, Luke is pointing toward an ideal. He tells us that it is possible to know deep peace even while enduring persecution from the outside and challenges from within. It is interesting that this very passage in Acts describes Paul's meeting with the pillars of Jerusalem, who represented leadership in both the local and universal church (Acts 15). Having experienced his persecution of the church, they were wary. Barnabas assured them that Paul was one of them now. He vouched for Paul, and we learn that soon Paul "moved about freely with them." More literally, Acts says that "he went in and out with them," which suggests companionship.
Such intimacy among us ultimately has to be rooted in Christ. In today's Gospel reading Jesus tells us that he is the vine and his true disciples are the branches. He reminds us that without him we wither and die, but with him and through him we flourish and produce great fruit.
If we want the church to be at peace, we should gracefully (and even gratefully) accept that it includes leaders in their legitimate role and firebrands who are allowed to be firebrands. We need solicitous faithful as well as superiors willing to be stretched and challenged. And we need Barnabas-types, faithful guarantors who know how to bring them together skillfully. Above all, we need to recognize that we all live through Christ our life.
The Second Vatican Council taught us that we are a church of churches. Our uniqueness and plurality contribute to a complete expression of life in the Spirit. In both its immediacy and universality, the church should strive to be at peace.


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Long-Term Review
2013 Honda Accord EX: CVT
Many new cars have a Continuously Variable Transmission or CVT, the Honda Accord EX is one of them. In most driving situations, our Accord EX feels remarkably powerful without being excessively noisy; that's essentially the real-world benefit of a CVT. Now, if you really jam your foot on the gas pedal and hold it there, there's definitely some engine noise, but it's not terrible. Around town, the Accord is smooth and quiet. Typically, when there's a car with two engine choices, we suggest opting for the more expensive and more powerful V6. That's because V6 engines are usually smoother and quieter. You might not care about different transmission types, but the benefit of the Accord's CVT is that you can opt for the less expensive, less thirsty, smaller engine in the Accord without having to live with a car that's underpowered and noisy. Basically, this makes the Accord EX a better value than other cars because you can get a car that acts and feels more expensive than it really is. Our Accord is priced at about $30,000 but is equipped and feels more like a typical $35,000 car.
In case you're unfamiliar with the CVT, it's a type of transmission that doesn't use gears so you don't feel the typical shifting of a normal automatic transmission. A CVT is a different, less common type of automatic transmission. The benefit is that CVTs help small engines work more efficiently. The result might be slightly better fuel economy along with slightly better acceleration. Popular cars like the Nissan Altima and Murano have used a CVT for years. The Subaru Impreza has an available CVT, the Toyota Prius has one and so does the Honda Accord EX so long as you get the Accord with the smaller 4-cylinder engine.
But not all CVTs are the same. Just like engines, seats and in-car audio systems, the way they work varies. For example, the CVT in the Nissan Altima works well, so good most people don't notice it. However, in cars like the Toyota Prius, it can result in excess engine noise as the transmission continuously keeps the engine in the best range for power and fuel economy. The problem is, that sweet spot might not sound so pleasant to the driver. Thankfully, the feel of the Accord with a CVT is more like the Nissan's than the Toyota's.
Finally, we really like that you can opt for a more traditional manual transmission in the new 2013 Honda Accord just in case you're the kind of person who really wants to shift gears yourself.
What do you think, have you taken a test drive in a car with a CVT? How did you like it?


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Ovechkin leads first-place Caps against Hurricanes
Alex Ovechkin's recent goal-scoring binge has pushed Washington to the top of the Southeast Division and the Capitals hope he can help the club earn a sixth straight when they host the free-falling Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
Washington is two points ahead of Winnipeg for first in the division and the Caps will get to use a game in hand over the idle Jets on Thursday.
Ovechkin scored for the third straight game in Tuesday's win at Montreal, but Jack Hillen's first goal of the season proved to be the game-winner in the 3-2 regulation decision over the Canadiens. Hillen scored with 14:27 left in the third period to stake Washington to a 3-1 edge and the Caps were able to hold on for the win.
Eric Fehr also scored for the Capitals, while Michal Neuvirth posted 27 saves for the win.
"It's the biggest points for us right now," said Ovechkin. "We beat the team in front of us so we know we can play against good teams. But we have to keep going and play our system, which gives us results."
Ovechkin has notched six goals over his last three games and has scored 16 times in his past 13 outings. The Russian sniper is now tied with Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos for the league lead with 26 tallies this season.
The Caps played their last game without forwards Martin Erat, Brooks Laich and Joel Ward and all three players are expected to sit out on Thursday as well.
Washington is 10-8-0 as the host this season and is kicking off a three-game homestand on Thursday. The Caps also will welcome Tampa Bay and Toronto during the residency.
The Hurricanes have seen their season come apart at the seams over the last month, losing 13 of 14 games to fall into 14th place in the East. Carolina, which has lost six in a row, is now 10 points out of a playoff spot with just nine games left on its slate.
Carolina has lost all six games during its slide in regulation and is coming off Tuesday's 5-3 setback against visiting Pittsburgh. Evgeni Malkin and Beau Bennett's goals 13 seconds apart midway through the third period to lift the Penguins to the win.
Carolina had taken a 3-2 lead on Riley Nash's tally two minutes into the third period, before surrendering three unanswered scores en route to a franchise- record eighth consecutive defeat on home ice.
Joe Corvo and Bobby Sanguinetti potted goals as well for the spiraling Hurricanes. Justin Peters stopped 28-of-32 shots in the setback.
"I think every night for the last four or five games, we've come ready to compete," said Nash. "Really, we're just coming out on the wrong end. It's tough to watch because all these guys compete so hard."
Carolina, which will play three of its next four on the road, is 9-8-2 as the visiting team this season.
Washington has claimed three of four meetings against the Hurricanes this season and has six victories in the last 10 encounters overall.
Carolina has won two if its last three in D.C., including a 4-0 win at the Verizon Center on March 12. However, that also was the Hurricanes' last win of any kind.


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Small Cool 2009: James V's Little Big City Home
Who Lives There: James V and his black pug named Floyd
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Size: 790 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love the tremendous natural light that comes into my condo from the 10-foot tall floor to ceiling windows. These windows and the unobstructed 180-degree views of Chicago neighborhoods (from the Medical District, Little Italy, West and South Loop, Wicker Park, and the Loop) make the space feel so much larger than it really is. Coupled with the terrace, I am allowed to take advantage of a seamless indoor/outdoor living space during the warmer months. The cityscape as a backdrop provides an integral component of my design scheme—it gives me a sense of being integrated into the core of one of world's greatest cities. While being physically removed from the city center, this feeling inspires openness; standing on my terrace and enjoying my morning breakfast makes me feel as if I am already contributing to the hustle and bustle of the city.
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What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in furnishing your small home? As a first time homeowner I did not understand my personal living needs and behaviors and how my home was conducive to them, nor did I really understand my own style. I bought pieces of furniture simply because I liked them and failed to critically think about size, scale, proportion and color. As a result, I had many pieces of furniture and far too little space, (ex. owning a small dining table with four chairs but rarely eating dinner at home).
A close friend who is a designer and artist helped me think about my personal needs, and then drew up floor plans that reflected those needs. Even though I had a decent budget to work with, I ended up picking up many of pieces from second hand or thrift stores and not spending a whole lot (my side tables, coffee table, Room and Board sofa, lamps, Herman Miller chairs, art, kitchen appliances etc.)
I found inspiration from my designer friend, blogs, real estate staging photos, design magazines, architecture books, HGTV, and everyday items and materials. The stripes on the wall were inspired by the packaging of Every Man Jack Tea Tree body wash found at Target. I also used the Pilsen neighborhood and its public art as motivation. When working with small space, creativity is paramount as evidenced by my office space which is an IKEA Liden coffee table, Inreda drawer and Bravad cabinet hack.
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For Sale on AutoTrader: 5 Cars for Fathers
Fathers tend to help shape our opinions about cars, good or bad. Those sentiments tend to stay with us the rest of our lives. Yet when Father's Day rolls around what do we usually end up getting them? Probably something dull like a tie or aftershave or, if he's lucky, maybe some golf balls.
How about getting dad a gift he'll really remember this year? In honor of the approaching paternal holiday here are five cars for sale on AutoTrader.com with solid connections to fathers. Some are for sale by dads, some are for dads and some used to belong to dad. Regardless of the circumstances, we think your old man will likely appreciate any one of them more than another bottle of Old Spice.
1991 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
Rick Howe's Stepfather was a real car buff. For proof look no further than this stellar 1991 Rolls Royce as an indication of his love of fine motorcars.
"He was a true car guy," Howe said.
As a Jaguar dealer who also worked in real estate, this Rolls is just one of the many different cars Howe's stepfather owned. At one time his collection even included a rare 1939 Bugatti. But he didn't use the Rolls as a daily driver, instead preferring to save it for special occasions.
"He never rode in it everyday to work. It was a Saturday afternoon kind of thing," Howe said.
Howe said the family lived in Gainesville, Fla., located in the center of the state, and occasionally the car would be used for something like a trip to the coast for dinner. But other than that it stayed close to home, which actually is a real selling point for a Florida car.
"It was always in dry storage in the middle of the state. There is no corrosion. It's always been kept in a no salt environment," he said.
Currently the Rolls is stored along with some of Howe's other cars, and an antique Stearman Biplane, in a hangar at a local airport.
Howe says he has mixed emotions about selling the car after it has been in the family for such a long time, but he no longer has room for the car in his collection. But he still adheres to his Stepfather's rigorous maintenance schedule.
"I still take it in for regular service and I drive it every month. It is maintained continuously and is a great running car," Howe said.
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1995 Acura NSX-T
Most of us at some time or another have tried to convince our dad to buy something, usually with less than successful results. Whether it's a candy bar or a new baseball glove, most Dads can usually be counted on to keep their wallet in their pocket. But Matt Bernhardt, who should be a hero to sons everywhere, managed to convince his dad to buy a mid-engined super car.
"I talked him into it," Bernhardt says referring to the purchase of this highly collectible Acura NSX.
Father and son both enjoy working on cars as a hobby having restored more than a few muscle cars together, including three classic Pontiac GTOs.
But to be totally honest Bernhardt says his father also might have been swayed by the NSX's performance reputation, as well as its dependable Honda pedigree.
"It's the most reliable sports car you can buy," he said.
His father eventually sold the NSX to a friend, but a few years later Bernhardt bought it back. He has owned it for the last 6 years. Under his care the car has had many performance upgrades and tasteful customizations.
The engine has a Comptech Supercharger and headers as well as a lightweight exhaust. New Bilstein shocks, Tein S-Tech springs and thicker anti-sway bars have improved the handling of what was already a high-performance machine. Brand new Dunlop Z-rated tires are mounted on custom bronze Volk Monoblock wheels. Bernhardt says the modifications have all been subtle though, and the car is as "honest" as they come.
"If you are looking for an NSX this is the one. There are no secrets with this car," he said.
The Acura has just slightly over 70,000 miles, which is considered low for a car of this type, and Bernhardt says he has seen several other examples used as daily drivers that are still going strong with more than 300,000 miles.
With a little luck maybe you can convince your dad to buy it for you.
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2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS
The heavy mantle of fatherhood brings about a lot of changes in life, not the least of which concerns your choice of vehicle. Take this customized 2010 Camaro SS. Gorgeous though it may be, it's not exactly designed to easily address the needs of a growing family.
"It's not made for toddlers," says the car's current owner, who prefers to go by just "Kain."
Kain recently became a father for the first time. He quickly found that the demands and requirements of being a dad made owning a Camaro, and specifically loading a child into a child safety seat in the back, not exactly practical.
"You really just can't do it," Kain said.
This Camaro is the latest project in a long line of modified vehicles he has worked on customizing, and the new owner of this car will benefit both from Kain's experience and understated approach to customization.
"I've modified everything I've ever owned, be it a tricycle or a bicycle. It's what I do," he said.
But he always maintains a high level of taste and decorum when working on a project, and this car is no exception.
"It's tastefully done. Some guys will go over the top with the stripes and things but this car appeals to younger and older people," he said.
Kain says that he looked for a while before he found the exact orange exterior and black interior color combination. He usually tends to avoid more muted hues.
"Sports cars to me should have some color," Kain said.
He claims the car is a "head turner" and that wherever he parks the Camaro "teenagers to old guys" start taking pictures of the car with their cell phone cameras.
The car was professionally lowered with Eibach springs and has 22-inch matte black Donnington rims. All of the chrome has been refinished in matte back as well, which combined with the window tinting gives what Kain refers to as look of "mystery."
The car has an upgraded intake and exhaust system as well.
For those of you not blessed/burdened by the responsibilities of being a father this Camaro could be a bargain.
"Why spend all your money on a new car when you can buy this one, where the work is already done," Kain said.
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2006 Dodge Magnum SRT8
What car says "dad" more than a station wagon? Arguably the minivan perhaps, but to be honest soccer moms have long since taken over that marketing demographic in the minds of the public. For many, big, powerful and usually Detroit-built station wagons have an unmistakable fatherly vibe, and few, if any, were more powerful than Dodge's mighty Magnum SRT8.
Wendy Rosasco's father once owned a 1957 Chevrolet Nomad at what was most likely the height of station wagon cool. And when he saw this Magnum he thought it looked familiar.
"When they came out it brought back memories. It reminded him of a car he had once before," Rosasco said.
The car is "loaded" as my dad used to say. Rosasco's Father bought the car new in 2006 and it has nearly every option available at the time save two. It lacks only the rear backup sensors and the backseat DVD players. This makes perfect sense when you realize that the SRT8 package was more about performance than watching movies while the family truckster droned on to some picturesque vacation destination like the Mitchell Corn Palace.
Dodge did not design the Magnum SRT8 as a standard grocery getter. It was built with a 370 cubic inch V8 producing 420 horsepower and 420 foot-pounds of torque, and is capable of going from zero to 60 miles per hour in right around 5 seconds. The right kind of car for a man Rosasco said was a long time aficionado of performance autos.
Besides his 1957 Nomad Rosasco says her Dad owned several sports cars in his lifetime including a 1966 Porsche 356 and a 1973 BMW 2002.
"He really was a car guy," she said.
Rosasco says she has been driving the Dodge very little since her father passed away and the car, with less than 28,000 miles, it is still in very nice condition and a "blast" to drive.
"The car is very powerful. If you like to go fast it's the car for you," Rosasco said.
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2005 Dodge Dakota 4x4 Extended Cab Laramie
Pretty much everyone knows the legend of the "little old lady" who only drove her car to church on Sunday. This loaded 2005 Dodge Dakota has a similar tale, but in this case it was a dad behind the wheel.
This seller in Shorewood, Ill., a small village west of Joliet, is offering his father's truck for sale and it's a one-owner car purchased new as a 2005 model. The "only driven on Sunday's" story seems to hold true as the truck has only has 9800 miles on the odometer. That's exactly 1400 miles per year, which takes the "like new" claim to a whole other level.
The outside of the vehicle appears to be in excellent shape as well and, unlike most pickups, the bed was apparently never used to haul anything rougher than a few sacks of groceries.
The Laramie was the highest trim level offered by Dodge for the Dakota in 2005. The 4.7-liter V8 provides more than enough power for towing, yet the truck is also fairly frugal, returning 19 miles per gallon on the highway.
This truck is loaded with options including heated leather seats, an Infinity stereo system, and anti-lock brakes.
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New Car Review
2012 BMW X6: New Car Review
Pros: Great engines; impressive handling; rich feature set
Cons: Limited cargo and passenger capacity relative to X5
The 2012 BMW X6 is what BMW calls a Sports Activity Coupe. We say it's a crossover SUV. After all, the basis for the X6 is BMW's mid-size crossover, the X5. And in this country, at least, coupes don't have four doors; they have two. So what we've got here, really, is a crossover SUV with a rakish roofline that compromises its cargo capacity. Under that definition, the X6 doesn't have a whole lot of appeal.
But let's think about the X6 on its own merits, not as a more limited X5. The body is effectively a four-door hatchback, which we generally love for practicality and style. Speaking of style, the X6 is definitely less conservative-looking than its X5 sibling; we don't exactly see beauty when we behold it, but we can see how folks might be drawn to its distinctiveness. The X6's back seat is more accommodating than the X5's, thanks to its higher bottom cushions, and you can choose from separate rear buckets (unavailable on the X5) or three-across seating for 2012. And the X6 handles better than the X5-which is one of the best-handling crossovers on the planet.
Most pundits love to hate on the X6, but we think this BMW deserves respect. If you need a third row or the ability to stack boxes up to a normal SUV's ceiling height, you should stick with the X5. But instead of deriding the 2012 BMW X6 for what it's not, we strongly suggest appreciating it for the excellent vehicle that it is. Sports Activity Coupe, crossover SUV, overgrown hatchback-you can call the X6 whatever you like, but you can't deny its lengthy list of virtues.
Comfort & Utility
The 2012 BMW X6 is available in two trim levels: six-cylinder xDrive35i and eight-cylinder xDrive50i. The high-performance X6 M is reviewed separately.
The xDrive35i comes standard with 19-inch alloy wheels, adaptive xenon headlamps, foglamps, a sunroof, a power liftgate, keyless entry with push-button ignition, leather upholstery, 10-way power heated front seats with lumbar support and driver memory, two rear bucket seats with a center armrest, dual-zone automatic climate control, iPod/USB and Bluetooth connectivity, a 10-speaker audio system with dual subwoofers and the iDrive information and entertainment system with a small, square display.
The xDrive50i adds different 19-inch alloy wheels, chrome exterior trim, 20-way multi-contour front seats and a wide-screen iDrive display with a navigation system and hard-drive-based operation (including digital music storage).
Most of the xDrive50i's standard niceties are available on the xDrive35i. Notable options include quad-zone climate control, three-person rear seating, sport seats, adaptive dampers, 20-inch wheels and a 16-speaker, 600-watt audio system.
Compared with the X5, the X6's driving position is definitely more low-slung, so BMW got that part of the coupe equation right. It's a pleasantly strange sensation to be sitting higher than in a regular car yet within the intimate confines of a coupelike cabin. The standard 10-way power front seats are no slouches, and the sport seats are admittedly solid, but the xDrive50i's phenomenal 20-way multi-contour seats-optional on the xDrive35i-are without question the way to go. They're that good.
The gauges are standard BMW spec, employing the classic white-on-black numerals that change to orange on black at night. The interior materials are of high quality, although the X6's dashboard is largely shared with that of the X5, which means it's older than most current BMW dashboards and perhaps not assembled to quite the same exacting standards. We were disappointed to discover that the high-priced X6 doesn't come standard with the crisp wide-screen iDrive display; you have to pay extra for the navigation system to get the wide screen, or else you're stuck with a very plain square display.
We find the X6's standard rear bucket seats more comfortable for two passengers than the X5's rear bench. BMW raised the hip point of the back row for X6 duty, which means you sit up higher than in the X5, with better thigh support. There's an available middle seat that you can specify in place of the standard center armrest, but we wouldn't recommend it; the X6 is comfier and frankly cooler with the Porsche Panamera-style rear buckets.
As for cargo space, the X6 may pale in comparison to the boxier X5, but it's actually not bad at all relative to smaller crossovers like the X3. In fact, the X6 technically has more maximum cargo space than the X3-59.7 versus 56.5 cubic feet-and nearly as much regular trunk space at 25.6 cubic feet. That's on paper, though; in the real world, the X6's sloping rear roofline makes its cargo bay more like that of a big hatchback than a true SUV.
The standard X6 xDrive35i comes with a basic version of iDrive that utilizes the sort of small, square screen we expect to find at a much lower price point. But if you check the box for the navigation system-standard on the xDrive50i-you get a beautifully crisp wide-screen display backed by a hard drive with digital music storage. Either way, the iDrive interface has improved dramatically from its controversial early years, now featuring a vastly better menu structure and numerous physical buttons next to the controller knob for direct access to common pathways. It's one of the best information and entertainment systems on the market, and we appreciate that it's controlled by that console-mounted control knob instead of a touchscreen, so there's no need to lean forward and smudge the screen with your fingertips.
Performance & Fuel Economy
The xDrive35i is powered a turbocharged inline-6 rated at 300 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque. Acceleration is satisfactory with this engine, and refinement is off the charts; however, the X6 is a roughly 2.5-ton beast, so 300 hp really isn't all that much. We'd be sorely tempted to go whole hog and get the xDrive50i, which features a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 that's good for 400 hp and 450 lb-ft of torque. So equipped, the X6 transforms into a veritable muscle car, surging forward effortlessly at any speed when you give it the spurs. The V8 is otherworldly; few engines can match its combined performance/civility index.
A slick eight-speed automatic transmission is standard on every X6, as is all-wheel drive. Fuel economy is not an X6 strong suit. It checks in at 16 mpg city/23 mpg highway with the inline-6 and 14/20 mpg with the V8.
The 2012 BMW X6 comes with standard stability control, four-wheel ABS and six airbags (front, front side and full-length side curtain).
Neither the government nor the independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has crash-tested the X6.
Driving Impressions
The X6 has great genes: the X5, based on the nimble previous-generation 5 Series, is one of the most athletic crossover SUVs we've ever driven. Due to its lower center of gravity and some suspension tweaks, the X6 is even sharper in corners, exhibiting a degree of poise that's scarcely believable given the car's roughly 5,000-pound curb weight. Ride quality somehow remains thoroughly civilized. We'd only ask for less steering effort at parking-lot speeds; the X5 passed along its heavy steering, too, and the X6 could do without that.
Other Cars to Consider
Acura ZDX: The ZDX is frankly uncompetitive with the X6 in performance, but it has a similar design concept (albeit with a more cramped back seat), so it's worth checking out.
BMW X5: If you want more cargo space and passenger capacity than the X6 provides, know that the X5 delivers a very similar driving experience in a more practical package, and it offers an excellent turbo-diesel, too.
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8: Jeep hasn't quite cracked into the X6's refinement bracket with the new Grand Cherokee, but it's getting there. Plus, who's going to argue with 6.4 liters of pure American V8 muscle for thousands less than even the six-cylinder xDrive35i?
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Comments: 2012-09-26 19:01:55 - gibbyrfc: you won on turn 1. hate trench on this map, didnt see it. wouldn't have joined.
Since posting this this player missed his turn. Although he was able to play several speed games. It looks like he will be missing his next turn as well, even though he has been on playing.
I could only find one other example of this in his games.
I realise that a FAMO is in order which has now happened.


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