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Texas A&M Knocks Off Arizona, 3-1
Dec. 4, 2009
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Texas A&M will advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating 19th-ranked Arizona, 18-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23, in first-round action tonight at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU Campus.
A&M (19-10) takes on No. 15 seed LSU, a 3-0 winner against Tulane, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Maravich Center. The second-round winner advances to the Omaha Regional to be played Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb.
"We've been on a win streak lately, and we feel like we had a lot of momentum coming into the tournament," A&M coach Laurie Corbelli said. "It was a lot about our super positive team attitude tonight that I was impressed with most. Once we kind of got the jitters out at the beginning of it all and got a good feel and a good chemistry with this group, then I think we really started to play our volleyball. That was one of the most fun matches I have coached in a long time."
The Aggies, who were making their first NCAA appearance since 2005, had several career performances en route to their fifth consecutive victory, as well as the Aggies' third win against a ranked opponent this season. Senior right-side hitter Jennifer Banse led all players with a career-high 23 kills while hitting at a .340 clip. She also posted the first 20-20 performance of her career as she tallied a team-high 20 digs.
Sophomore outside hitter Kelsey Black, who played in place of the team's season kill leader Sarah Ammerman, who was held out of the match, added a personal-best 17 kills and pitched in 14 digs, and freshman middle blocker Lindsey Miller hit .414 while posting a career high 14 kills.
Senior outside hitter Mary Batis joined Banse and Black with double-doubles, posting 11 kills and 15 digs. Senior setter Kristen Schevikhoven also accomplished the feat with a season-high 59 assists and 19 digs.
The first set was all Arizona, which also was returning to the tournament after a three-year absence. The Wildcats, who outhit A&M .310 to .222 in the set, used runs of five and six points to jump out to an 11-2 lead, and A&M was playing catch-up for the reminder of the frame. A&M went on a 7-2 run, with Miller accounting for three kills during the stretch, to cut the lead to 13-9, but the Aggies could get no closer as Arizona responded with a 5-1 run to go up, 18-10.
A&M got within six points at 19-13 following back-to-back-kills by Batis, but Arizona got consecutive kills by Whitney Dosty and Tiffany Owens to go up, 21-13. The teams traded points and Arizona was serving for the set at 24-16 when Black posted two kills to keep A&M alive before Stephanie Snow and Courtney Karst capped the set for the Wildcats with a block.
"I thought our passing was really off in the first set," Corbelli said. "We were a little hesitant, and I knew that is not how we play typically. We just needed to settle down. We knew we weren't in our game yet. I thought the hitters and setters, they've played together for a long time and they just got into a rhythm and we started to feel like it was us, and that was all that we needed to feel like we were back to our game."
A&M never trailed in the second set and held off a late charge by the Wildcats to even the match at a set apiece. The Aggies jumped out to a 5-1 lead and went on to build what would equal their biggest lead at 14-6. Arizona cut the margin to 16-11 before Banse ripped off three of her seven kills of the set, mixing it up with a straight-down kill, a tip kill and then hitting off the block to put A&M ahead 19-11.
Arizona went on a 4-1 stretch to put the Wildcats within 20-15. The teams began to trade kills before, with A&M up 23-17, Arizona reeled off five unanswered points to cut the lead to 23-22. Freshman middle blocker Caitlin Adams, in her first play after off the bench, then teamed with Black to block a Wildcat attack and put A&M serving for the set. Owens got a kill before Banse ended the set with a kill.
A&M fought back from a six-point deficit to take the third set. Trailing 11-5, the Aggies went on a 5-1 run to get within 12-10. The Aggies continued to chip away, and trailing 15-12, used a four-point run to take their first lead since scoring the first point of the stanza. Arizona got a kill and then blocked an A&M attack to regain the lead, but Black countered with a kill to tie the score. Arizona's next attack sailed long to put the Aggies back in the lead, 18-17. Batis followed with an ace, and Black and freshman middle blocker Alisia Kastmo blocked Owens to build a 20-17 lead.
The teams began to exchange kills, and with A&M up 22-20, Banse and Batis posted back-to-back kills to put A&M at set point. Whitney Dosty got a kill for Arizona before Banse notched her eighth kill of the set, tooling the block to clinch the set and give the Aggies a 2-1 lead in the match.
"I think the Big 12 really prepared us as well, because we have a lot of really huge hitters in the Big 12," Corbelli said. "We kind of compared some of their hitters to who we have seen and to who we have been able to contain at times, so that helped a little bit. And once our blocking got to be more of a factor, our defense got to take a breath and a sigh of relief that our block was taking over a lot at the net as well."
Arizona scored five unanswered points to build an early 7-3 lead in the fourth set, but A&M came back with a 5-1 run to knot the score at 8-8. A&M tied the score again at 9-9 before Arizona went on a 3-1 run to build a 12-10 advantage. Black then got the Aggies on a roll, knocking down an Arizona player with a thundering kill. Batis followed with a kill and then Arizona's attack went long to give A&M the lead, 13-12.
Arizona got a kill on the ensuing play to tie the score, but it was the last time the Wildcats would even the set. Banse countered with a kill and then teamed with Miller to block an attack by Owens. Owens came back with a kill, but Banse and Miller answered with consecutive kills to put A&M up, 17-14.
A&M, which outhit the Wildcats, .300 to .190 in the set, built a 21-17 lead, but Arizona continued to fight back, getting a kill and a block to pull within 21-19. The teams traded points with Miller putting the Aggies at match point with a kill. Owens got a kill and A&M had an attack error to cut the lead to 24-23 before Miller's slide attack went untouched for the match-winning kill.
"Amazing," Corbelli said when asked about how her players stepped up with Ammerman out of the match. "We've got a lot of talent and we are pretty deep in every position. We've got people who are waiting to get on the court.
"I was really proud of Kelsey for stepping up. She's been chomping at the bit to get on the court to say the least. So I really don't think the team ever thought we would skip a beat, maybe a tiny bit of just the chemistry on the court, but other than that, I thought she did a super job and the team responded beautifully to it."
A&M finished with 68 kills and hit .212 in the match. Arizona (19-11), which got 18 kills apiece from Owens and Dosty had 54 kills while hitting .193. The Wildcats led in blocks, 12-7.
"I was so relaxed and confident in the team, because we have so much experience, great senior leadership," Corbelli said. "We have tons and tons of matches under our belt with this group together. We are really happy to get this win. We didn't win the first round in 2005, and before that we were undefeated in first-round matches, so we are going to start a new streak I hope."
Tournament notes:
Texas A&M is making its 18th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
The Aggies are 21-17 in NCAA matches, including 19-13 under 17th-year head coach Laurie Corbelli.
Aggies are 13-1 in NCAA openers, including 12-1 in first-round matches (A&M had a first round bye in 1995) under Corbelli.
None of A&M's current players had participated in an NCAA match prior to tonight's match.
A&M's best finish in an NCAA tournament was the regional finals in 1999 and 2001.


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Wow! Yesterday we started our service project and I am exhausted. When we woke up that morning and were told that we'd be building sidewalks and we might get a little muddy I thought it would be just that – a little muddy. About three hours later I was covered in mud from head to toe and everywhere in between! I feel dirty and gross and I can't wait to do it all again tomorrow!
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Now I'm (temporarily) clean and dry and about to eat another delicious Nicaraguan meal. I feel accomplished and am already anxious to start again tomorrow!
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Josie Toubin: Today was our second day on the trip. We arrived in Nicaragua last night and quickly had to adjust to the new, strange culture. I was expecting Managua to be a somewhat modern city but was surprised by the cinderblock buildings that seemed to be everywhere. As we drove through the country today I continued to be shocked by the poverty. We saw countless thin cattle walking along the highway as well as many other sad looking animals. As we traveled on our 3 hour boat ride, my appreciation for everything we have in America grew and grew. I cannot wait to begin our service work tomorrow as I know I will truly be making a difference on this developing country.
Spencer Miller: Today was a long, tiring day. I fell asleep 4 times, and made friends with Rico, our bus driver's son. We were listening to music on my iPod when we both fell asleep. He ended up leaning on my shoulder! Tired. #laxislife
Rebecca Kruger: I had an amazing first day! Even though the traveling was tough, it was worth it. I've already become close with my tripmates. I hope to become immersed in the culture and learn about and aid the local community.

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Shimla, Nov 14 (ANI): Polling in three tribal constituencies of Kinnaur, Lahaul Spiti and Bharmour in Himachal Pradesh began this morning in the first phase of the two-phased assembly elections.
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Which Hogwarts house are you in? What does your fashion sense say about you? What is your learning style?
From the Internet to magazines to even work set by teachers/lecturers, personality quizzes are everywhere. Poisoning the world with their (not so) hidden agenda of wanting to sort everyone into some sort of label, category, or box. When did this need to follow an overdressed flowchart only to be told exactly who you are by a random stranger become a thing? It doesn't even make sense, surely if you wanted to know if you were an optimistic person (and you seriously couldn't figure it out yourself) you'd ask a friend or someone who actually knows you?
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Some are so simple to work out that it's a waste of time. Nine times out of ten your more likely to pick the answer that corresponds with the result that you want rather than the true answer, so you might as well do something slightly more productive with your time than finding out what your spirit animal is.
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I suppose these things wouldn't bother me so much if the quizzes I had taken had actually come out with a single definite answer. Instead I got "multimodal learning preference" or "due to marginal or no preference of thinking over feeling and sensing over intuition you have more than one personality type."
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Back in May, we reported that the ACLU had sent a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requesting that the agency look into the systemic discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. As you know, the stats are brutal: Women directed only 4.7% of studio films from 2009-2013 and 10% of independent films in the same time period. This latest wave of legal activism began in 2013, when Maria Giese went to the ACLU and pushed them to start looking at employment discrimination against women directors in Hollywood. But women have been fighting for gender equality in the courts since the early '80s, when the newly formed Women's Steering Committee at the DGA discovered that women held .05% of directing positions across all media.
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A 56-year-old man from South Carolina was seriously injured Tuesday when a tree fell across the road he was driving on and landed on the roof of his car, authorities said.
The man, who has not been identified, was driving a 2014 Kia in the 2300 block of Old Wauhatchie Pike when the accident occurred around 1:30 p.m.
After the tree hit the car, the car continued south for about 200 feet before striking a guard rail and landing in a ditch, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office public information officer Janice Atkinson said.
Chattanooga firefighters removed the man from the car. More information will be released after notification of next of kin, Atkinson said.


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1 pound waxy potatoes, scrubbed
Coarse salt
Generous 1/2 cup-thin radish slices
1/2 cup crème fraîche
4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
about 4 cups trimmed watercress
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Freshly ground black pepper
Put the potatoes in a saucepan, cover with cold water by at least an inch, add a good pinch of salt, and bring to a boil. Cover partway, reduce the heat to medium, and cook until the potatoes are very tender. Drain on a rack set in the sink and allow to cool in a single layer.
Peel the potatoes and cut them in to 1/3-inch dice. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the radishes. Whisk the crème fraîche and mustard together and scrape into the potatoes. Toss well.
Toss the watercress with the oil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper. Pile the greens on a platter, mound the potatoes on top, and serve
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Football Federation Australia issued a stern warning to uncontracted referees when rookies handled two A-League friendly matches over the weekend.
The A-League's top flight match officials shock match day omissions comes after FFA reportedly locked out 22 A-League uncontracted officials from last weekend's AIS-based referees preseason assessment in Canberra.
FFA made a strong stand when Jarred Gillett - the A-League's 2012 grand final referee - was scrubbed off officiating at the Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Heart clash on Monday.
Less than 24 hours earlier Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix was officiated by a Football NSW referee and not a FFA website listed A-League official.
The friendly games snub comes after all uncontracted A-League officials including Australia's 14 FIFA-badged officials were willing to participate in the assessment which was conducted by Asian Football Confederation officials from Uzbekistan and Malaysia.
It's understood FFA did not want the 'rebels' to attend the seminar.
But FFA seemingly upped the contract dispute stakes when Gillett was first assigned the Roar and Heart clash in Lismore, north-eastern New South Wales before Football Queensland referees co-ordinator David Wiebe was appointed for the clash.
Football NSW premier league referee Andrew Best was charged with Phoenix's 1-0 win over Jets at Rockwell Automation Park in Weston, NSW.
It's understood A-League referees and assistants are unhappy with the terms of the new contracts after FFA had less than a fortnight ago issued a 20 per cent increase - match officials' first pay rise in five years.
A-League referees are also reportedly very concerned with two key contract clauses.
FFA has the power to terminate contracts at any time and if match officials suffer losses while officiating FFA can also distance itself from those issues.
A-League referees also have to pay their own medical expenses and do not get fiscally rewarded for training four times a week.
Some referees are not up to date with superannuation payments from FFA.
Sources have also claimed out-of-contract referees have been pressured into signing the agreements by state federation officials after recommendations had been tabled to FFA officials long before the 2013/14 A-League season budgets had been set.
FFA did not respond to calls or emails from The Advertiser.
Asian Football Confederations also did not respond.


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(originally published in The Outreach Connection in September 2002)
This is the first of Jack Hughes' reports from the 2002 Toronto Film Festival.
Ararat (Atom Egoyan)Egoyan's opening gala presentation certainly doesn't seem like the work of a great filmmaker; it evokes instead a disgruntled academic translating his theories onto celluloid. Set in present-day Toronto, it examines the continuing spiritual and emotional impact of Turkey's massacre of Armenians in 1915. Characters include a director (Charles Aznavour) who's making a film on the subject, an art history professor (Arsinee Khanjian) who's a consultant on the picture, and her troubled son. Ararat doesn't purport to present the objective truth of what happened in 1915, and acknowledges that there are problems in the historical record; it dwells on the difficulties of sustaining memory and remembrance. That aspect of Egoyan's film is fairly interesting, but it's filtered through some very cumbersome emotional set-ups and bizarre artistic decisions (for example, much of the film consists of a labored dialogue between the son and an overbearing customs officer played by Christopher Plummer). The messiness isn't without consolations, but it makes for a distinctly dutiful, visually undistinguished viewing experience. The use of the film within the film, including a gala premiere at the Elgin, seems like mere navel-gazing, but then Egoyan doesn't exhibit much sense of the real world – you'd think from Ararat that 1915 was the number one conversation topic in our city.
Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)Almodovar has mastered the art of making outlandish narratives seem as natural and graceful as a dance. His new film, in which dance is actually woven prominently into the design, revolves around two men, both in love with (wait for it) women in comas. One (who, in typical Almodovar fashion, thinks of himself as being more gay than straight) sees this state as an enhancement rather than an impediment; the other is understandably more ambivalent. Events build to a shocking violation that Almodovar somehow manages to render smooth and understandable. He has the old-fashioned virtue of liking his characters – his benevolence is almost boundless, sometimes to the point of foolhardiness. But this is as beguiling a movie as he's made (even after the clear artistic advances of Live Flesh and All About my Mother). It shifts gears and perspectives with imperceptible ease, sliding forwards and backwards in time in a way that makes most narratives of that type seem highly self-conscious. It's poised and consistently beautiful, even if the broader insights (the title sets out the main message – the importance of communication) don't amount to much.
10 (Abbas Kiarostami)It's always in question whether Western viewers appreciate the work of an Iranian director like Kiarostami too much through our own prism (reflecting our own morals, ethics, aesthetic tradition, sexual politics, received notions about Iran). This may be especially tempting with his new film 10 (not a remake, obviously, of the Blake Edwards semi-classic), which consists solely of ten one-take scenes of a divorced woman, driving in her car with various passengers. In the first scene, her young son lambasts her as a bad, stupid mother; shortly afterwards she picks up a whore who scoffs at her moralistic questions. Later on in the film, the son again criticizes her for various things, but by then she takes it much more in stride. In the later scenes she counsels a distraught woman not to depend so much on just one person, and advises another to loosen her veil (which in such a physically controlled film generates considerable visual excitement). As the film progresses, the increasing use of cross-cutting between characters seems to reflect a growing sense of security and engagement on her part. The film thus appears to be primarily an illustration of a woman's growing sense of self-determination as she adjusts to life on her own, but I suspect it may be subtler than a single viewing can appreciate. Intriguing as 10 is, I think many Kiarostami fans may miss the broader canvases of his earlier work.
Lost in La Mancha (Keith Fulton and Luis Pepe)In 2000, director Terry Gilliam finally rolled film on his long-cherished adaptation of Don Quixote. The project came with an unrealistic budget, inadequate rehearsal and preparation time, looming chaos, and memories of his 1989 over-budget fiasco The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen (which earned him a reputation as an undisciplined enfant terrible, not overcome by subsequent relatively saner projects such as The Fisher King and Twelve Monkeys). The first day saw a freak storm that instantly threw the schedule into disarray. By the end of the first week, lead actor Jean Rochefort was in the hands of his doctors with a herniated disk. The film struggled on through a sixth day before collapsing completely, sending millions of dollars and Gilliam's dreams down the tubes. Miraculously, Fulton and Pepe had cameras rolling on the whole thing, resulting in one of the most vivid portrayals of filmmaking ever made. Gilliam starts off somewhat enamoured of his own legend ("Without a battle, maybe I don't know exactly how to approach it"); when on the first day he asks how they're doing for time and the response is "Bad," Gilliam reflexively snaps back "Good." His childish giggle when something goes well is infectious. But as disaster engulfs the project he seems overwhelmed, almost paralyzed. His Don Quixote film, from what we see of it, would probably have ended up much like Munchhausen – a treat for Gilliam fans, mainly a curio for anyone else; the fact that we've been denied that film, but given Lost in La Mancha instead, probably isn't a bad trade-off.
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When LL Cool J took the stage to host the 54th Grammy Awards last night, he immediately cleared the air and set the tone for a show that was mostly full of reflective moments, with a few bursts of celebrating the healing powers of music.
"There is no way around this," said the host, who appeared to have tear-stained cheeks. "We've had a death in our family."
He then led the crowd in a prayer to remember Whitney Houston, who died on Saturday. Later in the show, Jennifer Hudson belted out a crushing version of "I Will Always Love You" for which Houston won the Record of the Year award in 1994. Hudson's rendition was full of sadness and beauty, much like Houston's all too short life. The tribute was especially touching, given that Houston — who had six Grammy Awards to her name — had presented Hudson with her first Grammy award just three years earlier.
Speaking of goosebump-inducing performances and Record of the Year awards, when Adele sang "Rolling in the Deep," her first performance since having vocal surgery in November, she brought the whole crowd to its feet.
The British singer won every single award she was nominated for this year, including the big three, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.
"Thank you so much, this is ridiculous," Adele said upon winning the Record of the Year award. In accepting other awards, she was humble and quick to deflect attention to her co-writers. And when she won the final award, she burst into tears, and had a hilarious moment where she acknowledged "a little bit of snot."
Elsewhere in the show, some of the evening's performances seemed inappropriately over-the-top, such as Chris Brown's two appearances, and Nicki Minaj's elaborate rap opera of "The Exorcism of Roman." Foo Fighters turned in passionate, yet purposefully understated performances of "Walk" and "Rope," the former of which won the Grammy for Best Rock Song. Dave Grohl and company quietly won five awards, including Best Rock Album.
Record of the Year: Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Album of the Year: Adele, "21"
Song of the Year: Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Best New Artist: Bon Iver
Best Rock Album: Foo Fighters "Wasting Light"
Best Rap Album: Kanye West "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
Best Country Album: Lady Antebellum, "Own the Night"
Best Alternative Album: Bon Iver "Bon Iver"
Celebrities react to Whitney Houston's death


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With data-mining firms harvesting personal information from online activity, privacy advocates, if not yet consumers, are alarmed, reports James Hale.
Every contemporary consumer knows it: There's a fine balance between the convenience that comes with seamless online access and the privacy one can expect to retain in a networked world.
Perhaps nowhere is that balance more graphically expressed than in the world of Dell computers. Post a comment on a blog about a negative experience with a Dell product, and you can expect that the company will contact you personally in an attempt to resolve your problem and turn you from "ranter" to "raver." Each day, from a facility in Round Rock, Texas, Dell tracks 25,000 online conversations that mention the company.
Dell's strategy, implemented after an infamous "Dell Hell" incident – involving well-known blogger Jeff Jarvis, who in 2005 posted how the company refused to replace or fix his broken computer – has succeeded in converting one in three negative posters. But, for some, who anticipated their comments wouldn't go beyond their regular followers, Dell's outreach might seem as welcome as a call from a stalker.
Dell's 24/7 focus on what customers are saying is a visible example of how organizations collect data. Many more companies – and many without the business ethics of Dell – are scooping up personal information every time someone clicks through an online ad or uses a mobile application.
Compiled and cross-referenced by a data marketing firm – like Alliance Data, BlueKai or eXelate – those bits and pieces of personal data are digital gold.
"For many companies, their customers' personal information is just another lucrative area of business," says Vicente Diaz (left), senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab, who quotes a digital business truism: "If you are not paying for a service, you are the service."
While consumer watchdog organizations have repeatedly raised alerts about the privacy issues related to sharing information online, there is a growing feeling that the average citizen remains largely in the dark about how their information is being used.
"We are at a point where nobody, no company, has ever had so much information on individuals," says Diaz.
Indeed, but a number of experts are concerned about who might eventually gain access to the information. "The world is very different now," says Lee Tien, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). "The default position most companies take is to track consumer data. Most people still don't understand that it's going on, who is doing it, and the implications of it."


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What is included with this book?
|Theory and Practice
|Theories of language
|History of the study of L2 acquisition
|Theoretical approaches
|Scope and research methodologies
|Internal Ingredients
|Native language influence
|Learning mechanisms and automatization
|Generative approaches and the poverty of the stimulus
|Learner internal psychological factors
|Alphabetic literacy and adult L2 acquisition
|External Ingredients
|Negotiated input and output interaction María del
|Identity construction
|Electronic resources and interaction
|Biological Factors
|Age related effects
|Childhood L2 acquisition
|Incomplete L1 acquisition and attrition
|Third language acquisition
|Language processing
|Affect and the brain
|Properties of Interlanguage Systems
|The lexicon
|Discourse and pragmatics
|Phonology and speech
|Models of Development
|Explaining change in transition grammars
|Stage-like development and organic grammar
|Emergentism, connectionism and complexity models
|Input, input processing and focus on form
|Sociocultural theory and the zone of proximal development
|Nativelike and non-nativelike attainment
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Daily Devotionals
Victorious Words From a Victorious Soldier
In every army there are good soldiers and sloppy soldiers. There are soldiers who win battles and conquer enemy territory, and there are soldiers who fail and lose ground. I want to be a good soldier for the Lord, dont you? I want to drive the devil back and advance the kingdom of God. The Apostle Paul was that kind of soldier. He was a man of victory. He triumphed in every circumstance. The devil tried to stop him again and again with persecutions, beatings and trouble of every kind. But Paul kept right on marching in victory, preaching the gospel, healing the sick, working miracles and building the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Eventually, Paul was put in prison and in chains. Imagine how terrible the conditions in prison must have been in those days! No doubt, the devil expected that to stop Paulbut it didnt. Instead of lying down and feeling sorry for himself, Paul used his time in prison to pray and write letters to minister to people. He didnt know he was writing letters that would become a major part of the New Testament. He was in prison, but he was also in the Spirit. Prison didnt even slow him down. It was during this time that he wrote 2 Timothy 4:6-8, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course…. Arent those wonderful words? I want to be able to say words like that when I come to the end of my earthly life. I want to know that I have fought the good fightand won! Someone might say, Well, Gloria, that was the Apostle Paul! He was special. We cant all be like him. Why not? We have the same Savior Paul had. Were filled with the same Holy Spirit. We even have the words he wrote to Timothy, his precious son in the faith, just before he departed this lifeinstructions that Paul knew would enable Timothy to be a victorious soldier of the Cross just as he had been. So, yes, you can be a victorious soldier. You can conquer enemy territory, push the devil back, and advance the kingdom of God. Ezekiel 12-13; Psalm 98 I fight a good fight. I finish my course. Therefore, there is a crown of righteousness laid up for me. 2 Timothy 4:7-8
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Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued today to block disgraced former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge from collecting a pension because of his felony conviction.
Just days after Burge was sentenced last month for lying about the torture and abuse of criminal suspects, the city's police pension board, in a controversial decision, allowed Burge to continue to receive his pension of more than $3,000 a month.
The eight board members of the police pension board split down the middle, with four current or former Chicago police officers elected by their fellow officers voting in Burge's favor and four civilian trustees appointed by Mayor Richard Daley voting against him. The tie meant that Burge kept his pension.


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It has been my observation over the past several decades that North Texas gardeners get caught by surprise every year, right about now. It still feels like winter (as evidenced by the past several cold fronts), yet there are critical gardening tasks that must be performed almost immediately. Where they're appropriate, I'll give the "do-by dates" for the Forth Worth area and its surrounding cities. I won't give a lot of details, so that I can spend my space getting all the things listed.
Plant onion sets and English snap peas (seeds) immediately. Late January would normally have been even better.
Find and buy recommended varieties of fruit and pecan trees, grapes and blackberries as soon as possible. Supplies will diminish quickly, and bare-rooted specimens of these plants must be planted soon.
Plant cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts transplants, also Irish potatoes between now and Feb. 20. These crops must be mature before really hot weather rolls in in late May.
If your pansies and other winter color annuals didn't fare well with the cold, there are excellent frost-hardy options to set out now. Consider sweet alyssum, larkspurs, calendulas, stocks, pinks, ornamental Swiss chard, wallflowers, foxglove, English daisies and, in a couple of weeks, petunias.
Transplant established trees and shrubs that you want to move before spring growth begins. Again, the sooner the better. Hold as much soil as possible in place around their root balls to help them survive the move.
Finish pruning fruit trees and grapes immediately. It will take only a few days of warmth for peaches and plums, for example, to start budding out. You need to have the pruning finished beforehand. Main plants you'll be pruning: peaches, plums (both to encourage horizontal growth and to remove strongly vertical shoots), grapes (to remove up to 80 to 85 percent of canes). Little or no pruning will be needed for figs, pomegranates, apples, pears and pecans. Wait to prune blackberries until after harvest has been completed.
Finish pruning bush roses before Feb. 20, sooner if possible. Again, only a few warm, sunny days will cause them to start growing. Knockout roses start growing especially early. (By the way: if you have Knockouts or other roses that have produced canes that were clubby and deformed, a "witch's broom," to quote a term, they probably have rose rosette virus. If so, you must remove those plants entirely as quickly as possible, roots and all.)
Trim evergreen shrubs to reshape them before they start growing. Don't let them invest effort and nutrients in producing growth you'll just prune away anyway. Depending on the type of plant and when it starts growing, this work should be completed by Feb. 20 or 25.
Trim Asian jasmine groundcover beds to remove browned stubble that was hurt by the ice and cold. Adjust the mower to its highest setting. Push it into a fairly inconspicuous part of the bed, and mow a square foot or two, to see if you're going to like the results. It will even the bed's height and get rid of the stubble. As the new green growth comes out in a couple of weeks, it will be instantly beautiful.
Liriope and mondograss may also have been scorched by the cold. If so, trim the dried leaves away. Set your mower on the ultra-high setting for mondograss. You'll have to hand-trim the taller liriope, because you don't want to cut it as low as even the tallest setting on the mower. Do this trimming before the liriope starts sending out its new "candles" of growth. (That means immediately!) If you do see some new shoots developing, trim above them. If you cut through the new leaves, you'll be looking at the browned cut edges all summer.
If your trees and shrubs suffered ice damage, it's time to start dealing with that. Tackle tree pruning first. Trim off any stubs left over from broken branches. Call for the help of a certified arborist for things that are too high or too large. Get that underway immediately, before they start growing for spring if at all possible. You may want to wait another few weeks to remove browned tissues from shrubs. However, if their stems are shriveled and dried, prune to remove the dead growth.
We'll finish with a trio of late-winter lawn tasks. Apply a broadleafed weedkiller (containing 2,4-D) to eliminate dandelions and other broadleafed weeds. It's too early for fertilizing, so apply only the herbicide, and use it in spray form. The weedkiller can be applied anytime temperatures climb up toward 70, as long as rain is not expected for a day or two.
Second, scalp your lawn by dropping the mower down a notch or perhaps two. That will allow you to remove all of the browned blades, as well as many of the winter weeds. That should be done in one to three weeks.
And third and finally, apply your pre-emergent weedkiller (Halts or Dimension) between March 5 and 15. Repeat the treatment June 5 to 15. Many people are already asking, and it's simply too early to do so now.


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So this is the build I commonly use
As you can see, my runes + ruby crystal gives me uneblvbl survivability beggining game, like health overflow.
so be sure to take mid, I like playing peafully so until im lvl 5ish, n I tend to last hit mobs rather than harrass the other guy. at lvl five look over ur hp and try harassing ur enemy as much as possible then kill him at lvl six, with combo of ghost>Q>R>Ignite>E>Q or W depends if ur under tower by now. this usually kills or sends em home, which is good time to go and get ur shoes, i take swiftness shoes cuz it gives me mad survavability against most of cc chars, well that does mean that u gonna have to all evadable skills, so u need to stay cautious.
Mid game try helpin other lanes if ur able to push yours far enough. Dont wait in the bush if ur trying to gank other lane, but it doesnt seem to be goin anywhere, just go back, it's usually not worth it.
Try gettin some kills, and ur rylais.
then its usual ganking and rapin everybody out there.
and then gettin spirit cuz ur cheap, and then going sweet zonyas
So my "tactics" with vlad + zonyas are usually like that - charge in first, befoar tank or whatever, (most of the team should be backin u up if its teambtl, well at least the dps) so charge in , use all the skills, and wait for lower health, then kaboom! there goes sanguine pool, and as ur low hp, everyone is still tryin to focus u, after its over, quick E and maybe Q, and everyones again on u, and kaboon! there's zonyas
Usual outcome of such battles - im with 100 hp, my team nearly full and they're dead.
Although if ur teams dmg is low, or ur in 5v1 situation if ur team backed off cuz they're scared ****less, then just focus the weak guy, Im usually able to kill one or two of them if they dont have high hp
my ration on ranked is 3,2 in somewhat 40 games with 3/1 ratio
so just put on ur game face and go suicide!
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I spent most evenings over the past week digging through the stacks of seed catalogs that have been arriving at my house since Thanksgiving. While I probably get more catalogs than most gardeners, it struck me how daunting deciding what to grow might be for beginning vegetable gardeners.
And, there will be lots of beginning vegetable gardeners in 2009, if you believe the latest trend reports. That's great, but the problem is the catalogs are so enticing, and the truth is, not everything shown in the catalogs will grow well in our climate — or look as good as it does in the catalog, if it does grow. Or, grow well without a certain amount of expertise. So — as a gardener who has watched lots of plants die or just sit there — here are some suggestions of sure-fire, almost-no-fail vegetables to plant.
Tomatoes. Nothing, but nothing in the store is as nice as a fresh tomato from your own garden. The best bets for the north are the cherry types (can't beat Sweet 100s for reliability) or any of the pear tomatoes. I had great luck with Beam's pear last year and am trying a mix of red and yellow pear tomatoes this year. A totally reliable slicing tomato is Celebrity. It's an All-American Selection winner from 1984, is widely available as a seedling, resists most diseases, and performs well even in somewhat poor conditions. If you want to make tomato sauce or salsa, try 'Roma.' I'm going to grow 'San Marzano' this year, which I've heard is very reliable as well. Newbie gardeners should buy starts (little tomato plants) rather than trying to start tomatoes, peppers and other warm-season crops from seed. Tomatoes need warm soil — something we don't have in Minnesota until about June — and it's a hassle to start seeds inside (it's fun, but a hassle), so go to a local nursery or the farmers' market and buy plant starts there. The farmer or nursery employee will be able to offer advice, too, on when and where to plant the seedlings.
- Green beans. Another easy plant to grow. Get a bush variety so you don't have to hassle with setting up a trellis or pole tepee. Some of the most reliable are Provider or French Filet. If you want to grow pole beans because they require less space, try Blue Lake or Kentucky Wonder. Like tomatoes, beans do not like cold soil. Wait until it's getting warm before you plant them, and keep an eye out for bunnies. My beans were nibbled to the nubs last year by rabbits. This year, I'm putting a wire fence around the bean bed.
- Lettuce. Seed providers have really gone crazy with lettuce mixes, so try one. I'm planting 'Farmer's Market Blend' from Renee's Garden, but there are dozens of options. Lettuce can be planted early, just keep it moist and don't plant it all at once. You want to plant every couple of weeks in the spring, then take a break, and plant again in August for a fall crop.
Zucchini. Zucchini is so sure fire, I almost hate to mention it. Plant this summer squash (any variety will do) and you'll soon be leaving grocery bags of it on unsuspecting neighbor's porches.
- Raspberries. If you have room, and you want big gratification for little effort, plant raspberries. A trellis will keep them neat, but raspberries are a bramble — which is a close cousin to a weed — so plant a few bare-roots and watch them produce. I grow 'Anne' and 'Caroline' and love them, but there are many good varieties for the north.
Those would be my picks for a first garden. What would other gardeners plant if they were planting their first vegetable garden?


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Ocqueoc Falls is the largest waterfall in Michigan's Lower Peninsula and the only universally-accessible waterfall in the United States. Ocquoec provides approximately six miles of hiking, biking and cross-country skiing opportunities with three marked loops. The groomed ski trails are track set. Snowshoers and fat tire bikers - please take care to keep out of set ski tracks. Fat tire bikes are allowed but there are no groomed fat tire bike trails.
After hiking the trails, take a swim in the falls! At this site, you can see where the Ocqueoc River has cut a channel through the limestone bedrock that underlays the entire region. During spawning season, you can see the salmon actually swim through these underground channels. The remnants of an old mill race can be seen just above the falls. A State Forest Campground is located at the falls as well.
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There comes a point, during the trip to the secluded Playa Rincón, where you wonder if it's going to be worth it. After all, you drove 4 hrs from Puerto Plata or 7 hrs from Punta Cana to the remote Samana Peninsula to make sure you didn't miss this beach. You battled terrible roads, pot holes, blew out a tire, ran out of battery, just to get to Las Galeras, and then another 40 minutes pick-up truck ride that locals called Safari style. You turn off the main road onto a rocky dirt trail, passed through poor villages, some sketchy areas, and you get more nervous. Your butt hurts from the bumpy ride. Where are we going? What if this truck dies or blow out tires? What if these 2 locals you paid to give you a ride decided to rob you?
Then you arrive at an open beach that is 3-4 miles long, with white sands and palm trees stretching as far as you can see, and lush green mountains in the background. You have it all to yourself as there is absolutely no one on it. No development, no lifeguard, restroom, nothing. Untouched beach with waves gently lap the shores, and soft powdery sand and warm water that invites you to jump in. You have found paradise, off the beaten path paradise.
About Playa Rincon
It has been written by many travelers that Playa Rincon has been voted by Conde Nast as one of the top 10 beaches in the world (which we have yet to find the actual article). In our mind, it is in our top 10 off the beaten path beaches in the world. Playa Rincon is located about 25 km from the town of Samana, and 9 km from the town of Las Galeras. The Rincon beach is surrounded by the 600-meter cliffs of Cape Cabron, and a row of palm trees that run along the white sand and turquoise water.
At the west end of the beach is a cove with protected waters that are ideal for swimming. There is also a restaurant here. This west end is where most boats from Las Galeras will drop you at. At the east end of the beach is the Cano Frio, a small, freshwater stream that forms a natural border between the beach and the steep edge of the mountainous Cabo Cabron National Park. Next to this small stream is also a restaurant. It is where most jeep/truck excursion will drop you at. You can rent beach chairs at both ends of the beach, but why bother when all you need is a towel to lie on the soft sand.
On a busy day, you may find no more than 15 other people. Due to a hurricane that came through the night before, we were the only visitors. Currently there are no hotels or developments on the beach, likely because not many tourists made it to Samana. Go before the hotels and tourists get there.
Warning that you should not expect the beach to be clean of seaweed /trash. Like many virgin beaches, trash/seaweed do wash up and there are no one to clean it. It is as natural as you can have it. Trash and seaweed often accumulate near the Cano Frio stream on the east end. Best to spend your time in the middle of the beach where it is pristine.
Playa Rincon is simply pure paradise, not-to-be-missed if you are in the Samana Peninsula.
Getting there
1. By Car – You can drive there, but the road is rough. You do risk blowing out tires, car breaking down, and being stuck with no one to help. You can get there with a standard car, but it is a big risk, and you have to go so slow that it will take you 1.5hrs. You really need a 4 wheels drive, which will take 30-40 mins. The road to Playa Rincon is 7km south of Las Galeras and clearly marked with a big sign.
2. By Excursions – You can also do an ATV excursion from Las Galeras for about USD$50/ATV. But it is a very long ride.
3. By a Local Guide – This is the option we took. There are many locals hanging along the beach trying to find customers where they can help arrange something. We met Ambriore, a very friendly local who agreed to take us on a pick-up truck for DR2000 (USD $50). He was a great host. He climbed up a coconut tree and cracked us 2 coconuts each for free. We had such a great time, and paid him and his friend a bit extra at the end. Ask for Ambriore when you are in town and he will get you anything you need. Everyone in town….really everyone knows him.
4. By Boat – You can rent services of a small boat on the beach of Las Galeras for about USD $15/person or USD $55 (DR2500) if you charter the whole boat. Prices varies depending on how many people are going to be on the boat. Standard option is a pick up at 9am from Las Galeras and a return pick up at 4pm (negotiable).
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Mr. Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): If you are not entirely satisfied, which terrorist offences are you concerned about?
The Chairman: Order. It is of no consequence whether I am satisfied.
Mr. Stinchcombe: I apologise, Mr. Gale. Let me rephrase my question: if the hon. Gentleman is not entirely satisfied, which are the terrorist offences that he thinks might not fall within clause 75(2)?
Mr. Hawkins: One of the points that I was going to raise, in responding to the Under-Secretary's reply to the debate, was that he said that, if people have been members of proscribed organisations for six months, they will be caught, but as the Bill is currently drafted, that is not the case with regard to people who have been members of proscribed organisations for less than six months. However, if the amendments—or provisions akin to them—were introduced, that gap would not exist. I also intervened on the Under-Secretary during the discussion about kneecapping. He said that that would be covered if there were financial consequences.
My hon. Friends the Members for Spelthorne, for Bosworth, for Henley and for Cities of London and Westminster (Mr. Field) have expressed the remaining concerns of Conservative Members. The Bill would be better understood by everyone who takes an interest in the very serious difficulties that continue to exist in Northern Ireland if it included phrases that specifically referred to terrorist and paramilitary activity.
The whole of part 4 deals with Northern Ireland Although, happily, there are far fewer murders there now, because of the peace process, we all know—and anyone who has ever received any kind of military briefing in recent months, from people serving in Northern Ireland, or from the security services, will know very well—that racketeering continues, and that the proceeds of criminal activity controlled by terrorist and paramilitary organisations continue to grow. I am disappointed that the Minister has not responded by saying, ''Well, we understand that the Opposition amendments contain several drafting mistakes, but we are prepared to consider the issue again.''
Mr. Ainsworth: Has the hon. Gentleman forgotten that, when I wrote to Committee members on 27 November—I think that that was the date—I suggested that terrorist funding should be added to the list of offences that will indicate a criminal lifestyle?
Mr. Hawkins: That is correct. I am not condemning everything that the Minister has done in this regard. I accept that that is a perfectly valid point. However, it will be difficult for those who examine our proceedings to understand why the Bill does not contain specific additional words that refer to terrorist and paramilitary organisations, as we have suggested.
I was surprised and disappointed that the Minister did not deal in detail with our points about removing issues of amnesties or rehabilitation of offenders legislation. I appreciate that we will not have much of a clause stand part debate because of the pressures of the guillotine, but he may refer to the matter briefly before we move on.
Mr. Ainsworth: There is no amnesty in the Bill. As I recall, the only people who have proposed the inclusion of amnesties are the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues.
Mr. Hawkins: The Minister may slightly misunderstand my point—not deliberately, I am sure. One amendment would mean that when the court examines the past criminal activities of a person who is before them, they should not take into account any application of rehabilitation of offenders legislation or amnesties granted by a Government of any party—I am not making a party political point.
I do not propose to press the amendments. Although the Minister has not said this, I hope that, in the light of what he has written to all members of the Committee about including terrorist matters in the list of offences, he will further consider the issues with his officials. I hope that more carefully drafted amendments will be tabled on Report or in another place to take account of the spirit of our amendments. With that earnest hope, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
The Chairman: Before we move on, during the previous debate the hon. Member for Henley referred by name to Mr. Martin McGuinness. I did not intervene because I was uncertain of whether a Member of the House of Commons who has not taken the Oath should be referred to by name or constituency. I have scoured ''Erskine May'' and I cannot find a current ruling. I am minded to suggest that, during this Committee, if a Member is an elected representative of the people, he or she should be referred to by constituency rather than by name. I may ask the Chairman of Ways and Means for a further ruling on the matter, and I shall advise the Committee if he has an alternative view.
Mr. Wilshire: On a point of order, Mr. Gale. I may be able to assist to you and the Committee. I almost ran foul of this point on the Floor of the House some years ago when I referred to the hon. Member for Belfast, West (Mr. Adams) as the dishonourable Member for West Belfast. The now Lord Walker was about to call me to order for using the phrase ''dishonourable Member'', when the Clerk advised him that a person who has not taken the Oath is not caught by the protection that the rest of us enjoy from unparliamentary language. That ruling may assist you when you do further research.
The Chairman: With respect to the hon. Gentleman, that is not the point that is at issue, which is whether a person should be referred to by name or by constituency. It is my view—this is why I make the ruling—that if it is necessary to refer to either of the two hon. Gentlemen who are the elected representatives of the people of their constituencies but have not taken the Oath, they should be referred to by constituency. If the Chairman of Ways and Means advises me differently, I shall inform the Committee.
Mr. Hawkins: I beg to move amendment No. 371, in page 94, line 7, leave out subsection (6).
In relation to the ruling that you just made, Mr. Gale, I did not refer to the hon. Member for Mid-Ulster (Mr. McGuinness) when I intervened on my hon. Friend the Member for Henley after he had referred to the hon. Gentleman, because of my uncertainty about that point. I am grateful for your ruling, because in my intervention I simply referred to ''people''. That was why I used that term.
The amendment raises a slightly different issue from the previous group of amendments, but a related one. We tabled it because of our concerns about the way in which terrorists and paramilitary organisations operate in Northern Ireland. Sadly, the intimidation of ordinary, law-abiding people is a feature of life in places where terrorists and paramilitary organisations hold sway. Under subsection (6), the court is instructed to
Opposition Members think that subsection (5) should remain a duty, not a power, because we are concerned that a victim of such conduct may want to
but may be intimidated into not doing so. It would be unwise to constrain the court's opportunities to consider the issue. We know from practice that, sadly, such intimidation regularly occurs. The court's duties should not be circumscribed in any way. Subsection (5) should remain unchanged, so that whenever
We are talking about people who have benefited substantially from the proceeds of crime. We want to toughen up the Bill. The court must always have the unavoidable duty to make an order requiring a defendant to pay the recoverable amount.
In Northern Ireland, specific conditions prevail that, happily, do not prevail in any other part of the UK. Because of those special circumstances, the powers of the courts should not be circumscribed. There are many precedents for special provisions for courts in Northern Ireland: for example, there are arrangements for judges to sit without juries. One reason for that is that jurors may be subject to intimidation. We want to ensure that confiscation orders are made against money launderers, drug traffickers, or anyone who could be dealt with under the Bill. We do not want victims of their conduct to be subject to intimidation.
A victim may start proceedings but be intimidated and prevented from pursuing them. That should not allow the Mr. Big to get away with a lower recoverable amount. I can well envisage a money launderer or a drug trafficker who has profited from his crime being able to impose improper pressure through associates on a victim not to pursue proceedings that have already started. It could then be argued that, because the proceedings had already started, the recoverable amount should be reduced.
Given the special circumstances that prevail in Northern Ireland, it would be safer if subsection (6) were removed. We are probing the Government. I am not suggesting that our aim will necessarily be achieved by deletion of subsection (6)—the Under-Secretary may say that there may be a better way of doing that—but I hope that he will understand our sincerity and the thinking behind the amendment. I am sure that Labour Members accept that we are conscious of the realities of life in the Province. If he can say either now or at a later stage that the Government accept that there is a problem and that there is another way in which to solve it, we will listen carefully to him. If he cannot assist us today, I hope that he can do so on Report or in another place.
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