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MIDDLETOWN - The Middletown Mustangs came out "loaded for bear" on Tuesday in a 7-1 victory over the St. Vincent Mustangs. St. Vincent came out loaded for bat, or, more specifically, with a loaded bat, as umpires determined and had two runs taken off the scoreboard because of it.
The disallowed bat was swung by St. Vincent third baseman Alex Neves to tag a two-run homer over the center field fence at the Middletown diamond in the top of the sixth inning, which was preceded by a solo home run in the inning by St. Vincent lead-off hitter and center fielder Arman Yektaparas.
Although the incident had no effect on the outcome, it did delay the game, and, as Middletown coach Mitch Tucker observed, "put kind of a damper on the mood" of the contest, which was already affected by un-baseball-like weather.
Middletown shortstop Brad Bologna was the first to notice the illegal bat, because, he said, "I had that bat two years ago. I could see it because I've owned that bat."
Who, if anyone else, knew the bat was illegal remains uncertain. But Tucker said he was sure that St. Vincent coach Gary Galloway had no knowledge of it.
"He says he's never seen that bat before," said Tucker. "I believe him. Gary Galloway is a well-respected coach. I don't think Gary knew about it because I don't think that it would be anything Gary would want to be associated with. It's just an unfortunate occurrence. There's a difference between the newer bats. The new bats (BBCOR) have a lot less pop in them."
Regardless, the legal bats swung by the Mustangs of Middletown had enough pop to dismantle St. Vincent with a 12-hit attack and improve their non-league record to 4-2 while also pinning a second loss on the visitors from Petaluma, who came into Tuesday's game at 4-1.
Middletown established the upper hand with a five-run second inning. The key stroke of the inning was center fielder Graham Brown's two-strike, two-out and two-run bases-loaded single. The clutch hit was the only time that Middletown pulled the trigger in three bases-loaded situations, but it was quite enough. Brown also smacked a long double and scored in the bottom of the sixth.
"We had a lot of runners on," Tucker said. "We left some on base (12), but we knocked in quite a few, too, so I was pleased with my guys."
Tucker was pleased by the lower end of his batting order's ability to get on base.
"I think my lineup has the ability to have big innings because the bottom of our lineup is patient. They'll take a walk and then we can flip it over to the top of the order."
Starter Josiah Amos performed superbly, shutting out St. Vincent for the first five innings before giving way to freshman Albert Ruske during the controversial sixth.
Coming on the heels of a 13-3 victory over Lick-Wilmerding last Friday, the win went a ways in proving Middletown is a force to be taken seriously in the forthcoming North Central League I title race.
"We've always believed that we're a good team," said Tucker "It's just a matter of playing well."


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Three months into his freshman year at Princeton, Charles Allen '45 was in his dorm room, enjoying a radio broadcast of a football game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Suddenly it was interrupted by a news report: The Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. Stunned, he realized his life was about to change.


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ONC Privacy Advisors Send Recommendations
The Privacy and Security Tiger Team of the HIT Policy Committee, which comprises industry stakeholders tackling certain privacy issues related to the exchange of protected health information, has sent its letter of recommendations to David Blumenthal, M.D., the national coordinator for health information technology.
The recommendations apply only to electronic exchange of information to meet Stage 1 meaningful use criteria. More study is needed, Tiger Team members say, in such areas as exchanging data with patients and researchers.
The team's core recommendation is that fair information practices set in law should govern all decisions of good data stewardship. The group also developed a set of four "core values" to guide ONC's work to promote health information technology:
* "The relationship between the patient and his or her health care provider is the foundation for trust in health information exchange, particularly with respect to protecting the confidentiality of personal health information."
* "As key agents of trust for patients, providers are responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of their patients' records."
* "We must consider patient needs and expectations. Patients should not be surprised about or harmed by collections, uses, or disclosures of their information."
* "Ultimately, to be successful in the use of health information exchange to improve health and health care, we need to earn the trust of both consumers and physicians."
The recommendations cover use of intermediaries or third parties in information exchange, a trust framework to enable exchange among providers for treatment purposes, the ability of technology to support more granular patient consents that exclude certain information from being exchanged, the ability of patients to consent to participation in identifiable health information exchange, and specific exchanges required under Stage 1 criteria.
For instance, a set of recommendations cover the need to make "patient consent" more meaningful. Patients should have more time, and more information on the choices and consequences, before making consent decisions. Consent should be revocable and should not be required to receive necessary treatment.
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Organic Labels Coming Off Cosmetics & Lotions
If you want a lotion, soap or lip balm free of chemicals and synthetics, you'd have to read the fine print. The Agriculture Department is taking its round, green "USDA Organic" label off personal care products and cosmetics. When it created the seal in 2002, the primary intent was to certify the organic claims made by food producers, such as that meat came from animals raised without antibiotics and not confined indoors, or that vegetables were grown without pesticides. But the department also opened the door to making a wide range of other products eligible for the label: cosmetics and personal care items, pet food, dietary supplements, textiles like cotton T-shirts and fish. Three years later, the department decided it had gone too far. In April, it began telling companies their cosmetics and other personal care products can't be government-certified as organic, after all. Many producers of organic cosmetic products are upset with the USDA's policy flip-flop. :: Washington Post


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This story is about a unicorn called Glitter , she is white with a pink horn,gold glitter all over her . She roams the forest day and night . Somebody is out to hunt her down . One day she is eating a patch of grass when she hears the sound of shouting.
'' Kill the beast '' shouted the voice . Glitter looked all around , the shouting grew nearer and stronger by the seconds . Glitter galloped and galloped , as she was galloping she falls to the ground . What she triped over was a trap . Everything went black . She opened her eyes to find herself in a cozy warm stable . She heard a humming noise.
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Peter Stafford Wilson has served the Columbus Symphony since 1990 when he joined the conducting staff as Assistant Conductor. In 1993 he was promoted to Associate Conductor, and since that time has appeared on all of the CSO's subscription, education and outreach series. For several years he served as artistic director of the Festival Weeks at the Southern Theater, recently played a prominent role in the CSOvations Series, and led the popular Gospel Meets Symphony performances. He has also led the CSO in performances throughout the State of Ohio, and in collaborative performances with BalletMet.
Wilson also leads the nationally renowned Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestras program, conducting the senior orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Columbus All-City Orchestra, comprised of students from the Columbus City Schools. Under Wilson's leadership, the CSYO has appeared at national conventions of the Music Educators National Conference and the League of American Orchestras. The group has also toured internationally, with highly acclaimed performances in Canada, Europe, China, and Hong Kong. In 2010, the CSO honored Wilson with its Honorary Music Educator of the Year Award for his 20 years of service to the CSO's education activities.
Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Peter Stafford Wilson graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he was a protégée of the late Thomas Schippers. He also attended L'Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Aspen Music School, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors. He also has held conducting posts with the Canton Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Music Festival, the Ohio Light Opera, and the Cincinnati Symphony. Wilson enjoyed a lengthy association with the Cleveland Orchestra, acting as cover conductor for performances at Severance Hall and the Blossom Music Center.
In addition to his duties with the CSO, Wilson has served the Springfield Symphony Orchestra as Music Director since 2001, and in 2010 won a League of American Orchestras/ASCAP Award for Adventuresome Programming for his commitment to contemporary American music in collaboration with the SSO. He has also led the Westerville Symphony at Otterbein University as Music Director for over 16 years. IN 2012, Wilson began an association with the Tulsa Ballet, where he serves as Principal Conductor, leading three to four major productions per season.
Peter Stafford Wilson's American guest conducting invitations have come from the orchestras of Charlotte, Chautauqua, Dallas, Detroit, Erie, Indianapolis, Louisville, North Carolina, Phoenix, Seattle, and Syracuse among many others. Internationally, he has appeared in China, Europe, and South America.
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Every day, corps members, alumni, and students are radically redefining what's possible in communities across the country. We've found that Teach For America has a positive impact in several different ways.
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Channeling extraordinary talent into education
TFA alumni and corps members are remarkable and passionate education advocates. Our leaders join the TFA network from all backgrounds, experiences, and identities. 1
Driving academic and personal growth with students
Corps members produce an additional 1.3 months of progress in reading in pre-K through second grade classrooms, when compared to other teachers. 2
Corps members' students achieve 2.6 months or more additional progress in math in a given year than those taught by other teachers at the same school.
86 percent of principals TFA partners with are satisfied with the corps members working in their schools. 3
TFA is consistently ranked one of the most effective teacher education programs in North Carolina and Tennessee, in terms of impact on student achievement. 4
Hundreds of corps members and alumni have been honored as teachers of the year by their school, district, or state.
Developing leaders through teaching
Our corps members find that classroom leadership is foundational for their long-term leadership. They gain context, clarity, and conviction to lead a life of impact in every career sector. Studies show the TFA experience intensifies the belief that the so-called achievement gap is actually an opportunity gap that is solvable—meaning that children from low-income backgrounds can compete academically with children from more affluent backgrounds.
While a small percentage enter the corps already planning to pursue a career in education long term, after the experience nearly 65 percent of our alumni work in education and 84 percent work in roles impacting education or low-income communities. 5
Fueling enduring change with communities
Armed with a firsthand understanding of what it takes to help students fulfill their true potential, our alumni are leading and working across sectors to expand educational opportunity.
In addition to the numbers noted below, more founders and top leaders of entrepreneurial education organizations started their careers with TFA than anywhere else. 6
Alumni serve in school or system leadership roles
Alumni work as advocacy, policy, or organizing leaders nationwide
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We recruit from specific communities individuals who are uniquely poised to make a profound impact in the classroom. Together with students and families, we're striving to create justice and opportunity for all people.
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- Principal surveys were conducted by the RAND Corporation. See more on our Research page.
- Information gathered from statewide studies of the relative effectiveness of teacher education programs. See more on our Research page.
- Information about alumni who go beyond their two-year commitment was conducted by TFA and written about in Unsung Teaching.
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Sleep Related Determinants of Gestational Diabetes
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Abstract: Over a quarter of pregnant women develop sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Many pregnant women experience poor sleep quality and continuity. Nonpregnant studies showed associations between sleep disturbances and medical conditions (e.g., type 2 diabetes). Preliminary studies in pregnancy have also found a relationship between sleep problems (SDB and short sleep duration) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We have found that SDB symptoms (e.g. snoring and breathing pauses) and daytime napping are associated with hyperglycemia during pregnancy. Thus, sleep disturbances may constitute a class of novel MODIFIABLE risk factors for GDM. GDM is associated with adverse maternal-fetal outcomes and is also a predictor of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity in both mother and child. The proposed study in the K99 phase aimed to evaluate changes in delta power and their association with SDB using archival polysomnography (PSG) gathered from pregnant women in their first and third trimesters. This study is nearing completion and found that delta power does not differ significantly between two trimesters (b=-0.13, p=0.051). However, PSG-confirmed SDB (AHI=5) was significantly associated with delta power changes, after adjusting for age, race, parity, body mass index (BMI) gain and changes in sleep duration between trimesters (b=-0.019, p=0.019). Additionally the awardee successfully completed the planned training program during K99 phase as was detailed in the progress report. In the R00 phase, a case-control study will be conducted (1) to determine if sleep-disordered breathing is independently associated with an increased risk of GDM, (2) to evaluate if there is an independent association between short sleep duration (<6 hours) and GDM, and (3) to examine if a low percentage of slow wave sleep (delta power) is a modifier of the risk for GDM. This study will recruit 36 cases and 36 controls (1:1 match for age, race, parity and BMI) from the University of Illinois Medical Center. Data will be collected from laboratory polysomnography, sleep diary, wrist actigraphy and questionnaires. For the exploratory aim, serum samples before and after sleep will be collected. A sleep technologist blinded to case status and BMI will perform all sleep scoring.


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Lady Serena's List of Forbidden Pleasures
Attend an exclusively male club.
Smoke a cigar.
Have a fortune told by gypsies.
Dance the scandalous waltz.
Sir Jonah Sharp thinks Lady Serena Osbourne will be just like any other debutante, and seducing her will be one of the easiest services he's ever done for the Crown. Then he catches her wearing trousers and a mustache in his gentleman's club and she demands he teach her to smoke a cigar. But what will truly be Jonah's undoing is finding out he's an item on her list too, which makes him determined to bring her all the forbidden pleasures she can handle.
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Every English heart mourns the loss of Princess Charlotte and her stillborn son last November. But the royal succession is in question, so it's tal...
London, March 1818
Every English heart mourns the loss of Princess Charlotte and her stillborn son last November. But the royal succession is in question, so it's tallyho and off to the "Hymen Race Terrific" for King George's three unmarried sons. No stakes could be higher for Their Highnesses, the Dukes of Clarence, Cambridge, and Kent. Which royal duke will be the first to wed, bed, and breed? Whose offspring will one day wear the crown?
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Lady Serena Osbourne uncrossed her legs and barely resisted the urge to rub her burning inner thighs.
Drat these trousers!
She'd planned this exploit for weeks. She committed the map of London in her father's study to memory so she could walk to Boodles, exclusive haunt of the country squire and horse set, without asking for directions. She commissioned the beautifully tailored masculine ensemble she was wearing, though bribing her modiste to do it secretly had cost the earth. She determined the right time for slipping away from the watchful eyes of her footman.
But she hadn't counted on chafing.
Men must have cast-iron undergarments.
Unfortunately, Serena couldn't wear her usual pantalets beneath the blasted gray wool without spoiling the line of the trousers.
But other than the chafing, she found wearing men's clothing as exciting an adventure as she'd hoped. When she walked down the male dominated section of St. James Street to the gentlemen's club, she reveled in a newborn sense of freedom. Ordinarily, a woman walking without an escort on that block would be castigated as a wanton, but she strolled it freely, albeit itchily, in her trousers, waistcoat, tailcoat, and greatcoat. Plenty of layers to conceal her true form.
There'd been a moment of panic at the ornate door of Boodles when she wasn't sure her disguise as her cousin Rowland would hold. They favored one another strongly, being blessed with fashionable coloring as blue-eyed blondes, and had the same delicately chiseled features, down to the small dimple on their chins. She and Rowland were both Osbournes to the bone.
Rowland was not gifted with unusual stature or broad shoulders, so that made the disguise easier to pull off. But if the doorkeeper at the club had looked too closely when Serena removed her topper, he'd have seen that her blond hair was bound by a pale ribbon and secreted down her back beneath the stiff collar and cravat. Evidently, Rowland hadn't put in an appearance at the club recently enough for the differences between them to be noted, and she was admitted readily.
Now Serena was ensconced before a cozy fire with a cup of fine Arabica bean coffee on the small table beside her wing chair, a freshly ironed copy of the Times on her lap, and the low hum of masculine conversation all around her. She relished being surrounded by the rich mahogany paneling, brass fittings, and undeniably masculine scent that was a combination of damp tweed—for it had rained early on—spicy bergamot, and old leather.
She'd done it. She was the first woman to invade Boodles since its establishment in 1762. All Serena wanted was a taste of Boodles' brew and the chance to flout the rules while she could. Once she became the royal duke's bride, her life would no longer be her own. She'd be hard-pressed to have any sorts of adventures then.
Now all she had to do was drink her coffee and make good her escape without engaging anyone in conversation and she'd be—
"Osbourne, isn't it?"
Serena gulped and looked up into a pair of speculatively narrowed green eyes. They belonged to Sir Jonah Sharp.
Her friend Lysandra always had plenty of gossip to share about this particular gentleman, and none of it the least complimentary. The raw-boned, wickedly handsome fellow was said to be a rake of the first water. With the face of a vengeful archangel and the broad shoulders of a dock worker, Sir Jonah was destined by nature to turn feminine heads everywhere he went.
There were more than a few evil rumors floating around about his less than exemplary military service, though he was reputedly lethal with a sword. He didn't wear one now, but Serena wondered if his thick cherry walking stick might conceal a blade.
Something about the man made her insides quiver like a plate of aspic. She realized with a start that he'd asked her a question. "Yes," she said, pitching her voice as low as she possibly could. "I'm Osbourne."
It was no lie. As Lady Serena, the only child of the Marquis of Wyndleton, she was an Osbourne. Just not the one Sir Jonah thought.
"Sir Jonah Sharp, your servant, sir," he said, removing his beaver hat and offering his hand. His hair was seal dark and his equally dark brows made his green eyes all the more striking. They weren't the deep mossy hue of a shaded glen. They were the icy green of the Irish Sea, but they warmed her strangely. "You may not recall me. I was a few forms ahead of you."
Drat! Not only did he know her cousin Rowland, he'd gone to school with him. She took the man's hand, gave what she hoped was a hearty shake, and tried not to wince at his grip. Thank goodness she'd thought to have elegantly masculine gloves made to match her outfit.
Heaven help her if Sir Jonah started reminiscing about schoolboy pranks. She took a big gulp of her coffee while her mind churned furiously. She couldn't help grimacing at the hot, dark liquid. Normally, Serena laced her coffee with cream and at least three sugar lumps, but she figured a man would take it black.
It was horrid.
Sir Jonah settled into the wing chair opposite her and motioned to the servant for coffee to be brought. Even though he was obviously a member of the club, he seemed out of place. Too big, too raw, too…blatantly male to blend in with the other dandified patrons. "I wasn't certain it was you at first. You've changed a good bit since Eton."
Serena hoped her cousin had a reputation for being a man of few words. She didn't dare speak too much for fear of giving herself away. "You've changed too."
"Don't believe everything you hear," Sharp said. "Do you see much of Easterly these days?"
Who the devil was Easterly? Probably one of Rowland's friends. "Not as much as I'd like."
"Truly? You must have called Pax with him then, since the two of you didn't get on when we were in school. I always figured if ever you and Easterly buried the hatchet it would be in each other's skulls."
The brutal imagery made Serena more than a little queasy. Was this really how men talked when women weren't around?
"So, I understand the Duke of Kent is considering making your cousin his royal duchess." Sir Jonah tugged off his gloves and laid them aside as he accepted his coffee from the hovering servant. His hands were far too large for fashion, which required a man have small, neat hands to match his small, narrow feet. Nothing the least diminutive about Sir Jonah's polished Hessians either. Serena's palms began to feel clammy inside her kid gloves, but she wasn't about to remove them. "How do you rate Lady Serena's chances in the race for a royal heir?"
Crude as well as violent. Male conversation was definitely not what it was cracked up to be.
Irritation fizzed in Serena's belly. It was bad enough to be an object of speculation over her possible match with the duke. The tabloids first coined the vulgar phrase "Hymen Race Terrific" to describe the sons of King George's dash to the altar in order to provide their mad father with a legitimate grandchild. Seeing it in print was infuriating enough. Hearing it spoken of in public made her quietly livid.
"I think Lady Serena stands a better chance of becoming English royalty than some German-speaking upstart of a princess," she said staunchly.
Rumors that Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, was sending envoys to the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld infuriated her father to no end. "We're English, demmit!" he'd say over the dinner table when the subject of a possible alliance with the sister of Prince Leopold arose. "The future monarch of England should not be raised speaking Deutsch!"
Perhaps if her mother were still alive, she'd have tempered the marquis's propensity for swearing, but Serena doubted it. One of her earliest memories was of sitting on her father's lap, listening in horrified fascination while he spouted words her governess had assured her would lead to eternal damnation. Eventually, she assumed coarse language was merely a masculine trait. Based on her experience with her father, she'd expected to hear a good deal more profanity at Boodles than she had. Perhaps it was time to cement her male identity with a bit of the vulgar tongue.
"If the Duke of Kent would move his royal arse and offer for Lady Serena straight out instead of dancing about the issue, the match could be made by this time tomorrow," she said.
"It's seems you know your cousin's mind on this matter." Sir Jonah's lips twitched in a half-smile. "The lady's willing, is she?"
"Not that it's any of your business, Sharp, but yes, she is. What woman wouldn't accept the suit of a royal duke?"
"One who values herself for more than her ability to conceive an heir."
That stung. She was much more than her gender. Hadn't she chafed at the limits placed upon her by virtue of her sex so much she was willing to endure a little real chafing in order to pierce the male sanctuary of Boodles?
"A royal heir. That makes all the difference in the world," she corrected, clutching her coffee cup so tightly she was sure her knuckles went white beneath her gloves. "Becoming the wife of a royal duke is not the same thing as becoming the wife of, say…a mere baronet."
Sir Jonah splayed his hand over his chest. "You wound me, Osbourne."
Serena doubted it. He wasn't taking her seriously at all. It was suddenly very important to make him understand why she'd accept the Duke of Kent's proposal without a second thought. "Any woman can bring a child into the world. Only a very few can give birth to a future king. Just imagine the opportunity to mold and shape the child who will one day reign."
"Careful. It almost sounds as if you'd be willing to bear the duke's child, Osbourne."
Would her cousin think that an insult to his manhood and demand satisfaction? Masquerading as Rowland was much more complicated than she'd expected. She decided to take Sir Jonah's words as a joke and laughed, careful to keep the pitch of her voice low.
"Very droll, Sir Jonah. I don't remember you being so clever when we were in school." She hoped he hadn't been the school's resident wag, but she couldn't resist delivering a verbal slap.
"Another blow. You must give me a way to get even." He set down his coffee and skewered her with a penetrating gaze. "Will you make a wager?"
A bet could be a dicey proposition. Suppose she lost. Would Sir Jonah search out her cousin and demand he pay? "It depends on what you have in mind."
"A question about which you have definite ideas. You say Lady Serena will wed the Duke of Kent. I say she will not."
She tamped down a sigh of relief. It couldn't even be considered gambling since she had some control in the outcome. She'd make sure the duke chose her. The day an English maiden couldn't best some German lady hadn't dawned. "Very well."
"Good." Sir Jonah leaned forward, balancing his elbows on his knees. "And now for the stakes. Since you're Lady Serena's cousin and have inside information, it seems only fair that the odds reflect that. Say, ten to one?"
Even at those odds, it was actually unfair for her to make this wager with the man, but something about Sir Jonah's smug smile made her want to smack it off his face. He deserved a drubbing.
"Done. Ten to one."
He signaled to a man dressed in light blue livery. "Mr. Filbee, bring the book if you will."
Serena had heard tales of Boodles' infamous wager book. Countless gentlemen had lost homes, lands, and fortunes simply by signing their names in that ledger. No matter the cost, a lost wager was a debt of honor that would be repaid, even if it meant turning one's family out on the street.
Mr. Filbee disappeared into a back room and returned bearing a leather-bound volume, quill, and ink. Once he was prepared to take dictation, he gave Sir Jonah a quizzical look. "The nature of the wager, if you please."
"Let's keep this discreet since a lady is involved," Sir Jonah said to Serena. He gave her a pointed look and for a moment, her belly squirmed, fearing he'd realized she wasn't her cousin after all. Then he turned back to the liveried servant. "Take this down, Filbee. 'On the question of whether or not a certain young lady, known to us both, will wed a certain gentleman who shall remain nameless, Mr. Rowland Osbourne is of the opinion the match will be made. Sir Jonah Sharp disagrees. The stakes shall be one hundred guineas to ten.' There. That should do it."
Serena sputtered. "One hundred guineas?"
"You agreed to ten to one odds," he reminded her. "I thought we'd make it interesting."
She'd have to sell some of her jewelry, while being careful not to sell the larger pieces her father might notice missing, to make good on a wager of that size.
"Thinking of a higher amount?" Sir Jonah rubbed his chin, considering his options. "As your uncle's heir apparent, money is probably no object for you. Having the expectation of becoming the Marquis of Wyndleton someday probably means there are plenty who would advance you any sum you'd care to name. It would be a stretch for me, but I could go a thousand to one hundred if you like."
"No, no, one hundred to ten is fine." Her voice had crept up half an octave in excitement. She bridled herself to pitch it lower. "Perfectly fine."
Mr. Filbee finished recording the wager in his book, then handed it to Sir Jonah for his signature. He signed with a flourish and handed the quill to Serena.
She couldn't sign her cousin's name. Forgery was considered a crime on par with murder, and was dealt with just as harshly. And even if it wasn't a crime, she didn't want to commit a lie to pen and paper. So she simply signed "Osbourne."
It's true, she reassured herself. She wasn't the one who named her as Rowland for Mr. Filbee. If there was a discrepancy with the facts in the Boodles Book of Wagers, she hadn't been the one to introduce it.
She was slicing her conscience with a mighty thin blade, but she had managed to sign her name in the exclusively male ledger. A warm glow of accomplishment surged through her. This was much more satisfying than drinking the bitter black coffee.
"Thank you, Mr. Filbee; that'll be all," Sir Jonah said. Then he settled back into his chair and grinned at her. When she didn't return his smile, his gaze wandered over her head toward the open door. Bracing cold rushed over them as someone entered. "I say, Osbourne, have you a brother I don't know about?"
"No." The Osbournes were notorious for small but hearty families. Few children were born to them, but those who were tended to live to maturity and a ripe old age. At eighty-two, Serena's Grand-mère Osbourne could still cut a respectable reel, but even she had been an only child. "I have no brother," Serena said.
"Then you have a doppelganger, my friend. That fellow yonder has a wispy attempt at a mustache, but otherwise, your twin just walked in the door."
Serena twisted to peek around the tall wing of her chair. Drat! It was Rowland. He wasn't supposed to be in Town until the Season started. She shrank back into the chair, wishing she could seep into the tufted cushions.
"Looks like the doorkeeper is reluctant about admitting him," Sir Jonah said calmly. "As he should be. One Osbourne at a time is enough for any establishment. Well, my lady, how would you like to play this?"
"My lady? I'm not—"
"Spare me your denials. You haven't time. If you wish to quit this place without being found out, follow me." He rose and began walking toward the door to the kitchen where servants were coming and going, bearing trays heaped with steaming caffeinated bliss and small glass bowls of the club's famous Orange Fool.
If she were apprehended in Boodles and exposed as herself, she could kiss any chance of a royal betrothal good-bye.
Serena scrambled to her feet and broke into a trot after Sir Jonah Sharp.
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Top 10 Major Coffee Producing Countries in The World
Coffee is one among the leading commodities in the world, as you can see countless cafes on every nook and corner of the world. Next to water and tea, coffee is considered the third most consumed drink in the world, and the demand for coffee beans is high everywhere. It is also the second most traded commodity in the world next to oil. In spite of the diverse flavors, there are two major commercially cultivated coffee beans, such as the Arabica and the Robusta. While the Arabica bean accounts for 70% of coffee, Robusta is considered the cheaper and easier to cultivate coffee bean.
Here are the countries that are named as the leading producers of coffee beans in the world by the International Coffee Organization. Some of the stats were also put together by lawn care experts yardcaregurus.com.
Brazil is considered the leading producer of coffee beans in the world with the massive production of 2,859,502 US tons per year. It is also the leading exporter of coffee in the world for the past 150 years. This is because about 27,000 square kilometers of the agricultural area of Brazil have been occupied by the coffee plantation, among which most of the areas are situated in the three southeastern states of the country, such as Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Parana. This is because these three states have the ideal temperature and climate for the coffee production. Brazil is also the unique producer of coffee because, here, the coffee seeds are dehydrated in the sun, instead of washed in a soaked process.
Vietnam is considered the second largest producer of coffee in the world with the production of 1,818,811 US tons of coffee per year. Although the country occupies the second place, Vietnamese coffee is considered the yummiest drink in the world when compared to that of Brazil. This is because, here, the coffee is blended with the sweetened strong milk, and it remains a massive part of the Vietnamese economy.
Although Colombia is considered the leading producer of coffee next to Brazil and Vietnam, the Colombian coffee is the most sought after beverage in the world. This is because the commodity has been the most popular advertised product by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia that featured a character, known as Juan Valdez. The country remains one of the major players in the global coffee game with the production of 892,871 US tons of coffee per year.
Although Indonesian coffee has not occupied a major position in the global coffee production, the country is celebrated for its quality coffee with the production of 814,629 US tons of coffee beans per year. The country is famous for the high-quality coffee, as its geological location makes the country to produce quality coffee beans in the world. The country is located close to the equator and features abundant mountainous areas that allow the country to produce high-quality coffee. Indonesia is the fourth major producer of coffee beans in the world.
Even though Ethiopia is the fifth major producer of coffee in the world with the production rate of 423,287 US tons per year, it is the geographic abode of the most admired coffee bean in the world, known as Arabica coffee, which has a unique name and taste when compared to the coffee beans produced by other leading countries. Some of the trademark names of the Arabica coffee produced by the country include the Harar, Sidamo, Limu, and Yirgacheffe.
Some of the other leading producers of coffee in the world include India with 385,786 US tons, Honduras with 380,296 US tons, Uganda with 314,489 US tons, Mexico with 257,940 US tons, and Guatemala with 224,871 US tons of coffee per year.


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Flip Saunders lays down his marker on Timberwolves' first-rounder Zach LaVine
When Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Flip Saunders came down to address the media after the first round of the 2013 NBA draft last year, he admitted he had been buffeted, if not overwhelmed, by circumstance.
The three scenarios Saunders had envisioned for drafting a player with the ninth overall pick had been exhausted, he explained, prompting him to trade that slot in exchange for the 14th and 21st overall choices. He seemed almost apologetic about Shabazz Muhammad, taken at 14, acknowledging that he didn't address the team's primary needs at the time, and correctly surmising that it wouldn't be a popular choice with the Wolves' die-hard fan base.
By sharp contrast, after the first round of the 2014 NBA draft Thursday night, the media was treated to an upbeat Saunders taking ownership for the direction and tenor of this woebegone franchise.
The player he had just chosen, Zach LaVine, was, like Muhammad, a raw, offensive-oriented gym rat who left UCLA after a checkered freshman season that produced more warning signs than signal achievements. But Saunders wasn't apologizing for LaVine, and didn't seem to care whether the choice was popular or not.
The superlatives rolled without hesitation throughout the course of the nine-minute press conference. Saunders referred to LaVine as "the best athlete in the draft," and said he "has the ability to be an elite two-way player."
Asked to contrast this draft progression with last season, he replied, "It was a good scenario. A couple of things had to go our way."
By the time ten teams had chosen, LaVine was the top player on their wish list, having been ranked seventh overall by Saunders and his staff in terms of what the team needed.
But the most significant thing Saunders said about choosing LaVine spoke to matters of context and ambition. "Sometimes you have to try and hit a home run. Some players that are ready-made, they are only going to be doubles hitters. This guy has an opportunity to be a home-run type player."
Having appointed himself head coach to go with his duties as POBO — and even part-owner — Saunders is both the mechanic and the guy behind the steering wheel of a franchise that is about to lose its superstar, Kevin Love, at some point within the next year. After a decade out of the playoffs with an increasingly dwindling and skeptical fan base and a septuagenarian owner who has intensified his commitment to the franchise in the past couple of years, it is as good a time as any to take a calculated risk on a stud athlete with apparently enormous potential.
The red flags in the gamble
To further Saunders' baseball analogy, when you swing mightily for a home run instead of trying to make contact and smack a double, you are much more likely to strike out and head back to the dugout looking like a fool. Under Saunders' predecessor, David Kahn, the Wolves struck out on draft night much more often than not — only one of his four lottery picks is even still with the team, a horrendous botch of the only cost-effective method to dramatically improve your ballclub.
The danger is that LaVine joins the long and infamous list of Timberwolves draft busts, which under Kahn included Jonny Flynn, Wes Johnson and Derrick Williams, but extends back to Ndudi Ebi and William Avery under Kevin McHale. The red flags are there — otherwise it wouldn't be a gamble.
(For the record, I don't regard LaVine's profane reaction to being drafted by the Wolves—he muttered "f--- me" and put his head down on the table in front of him—as a big deal. He's 19 years old and the Timberwolves have earned their reputation as an NBA gulag due to cold winters, terrible luck in the draft lottery and notoriously bad personnel decisions. He has a sufficient supply of good sense and shrewd advisors to now wax ecstatic over his status. Besides, draft night reactions are overrated. A few years ago, Ricky Rubio was clearly flummoxed at being drafted by the Wolves. Recently, he called out Love for lack of leadership. That same draft night, Flynn gave the best accounting of himself in an initial media phone call that I have ever heard, and is now toiling in parts unknown outside the NBA.)
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This is as good a time as any to repeat my annual draft-recap caveat that I don't follow the college game and won't profess to offer any "expert" analysis beyond received wisdom and situational logic. But it doesn't require a genius to notice that LaVine couldn't crack the starting lineup of his college team, and scored just 8 total points in three NCAA "March Madness" tournament games, part of a season-long regression as the competition stiffened on UCLA's schedule.
Then there are the most basic of player statistics — height and weight. LaVine drapes just 181 pounds on a frame that stands between 6-5 and 6-6, one Saunders expects to grow out to 6-8, given that LaVine only turned 19 in March.
When I asked LaVine about his weight during his draft night phone call with the media, he likened himself to Allen Iverson and emphasized his quickness. This wasn't reassuring on a number of levels. Iverson played at 165 pounds but was also only six feet tall and was rugged enough to absorb a phenomenal amount of punishment. Among the litany of praise Saunders offered in support of LaVine was his "physicality" and "aggression." But if he grows to 6-8 without bulking up, he is the second coming of Corey Brewer, who is as physically aggressive as his body limitations allow, which translates into a lot of gambling on defense and early leak-outs in transition on offense.
The most concentrated nesting ground for Wolves fans who do their homework by knowing and applying advanced analytics to the collegians and overseas amateurs available on draft night is at the website Canis Hoopus. And, as is normally the case, the consensus there is that the Wolves fared poorly, to the point of near-idiocy, in the draft. (The biggest detractor may be the founder of Canis Hoopus, a longtime user of analytics who rarely writes at the site anymore but tweets under the name Wrath of Zod.) The main Canis Hoopus story on LaVine called him the third-best player on his college team and said he "showed little in the way of actual basketball skills" during his year at UCLA.
Pottery Barn rules
Without belaboring the issue with spilt-milk specifics, it is useful to point out that Canis Hoopus and other analytics-oriented pundits have consistently outperformed the Timberwolves front office in their assessment of potential performance, so no one should pull out the old "bloggers in mom's basement" canard. For those who care about advanced numbers and follow the Timberwolves but not the college game (like me, for instance), they are a valuable resource.
That said, however, Saunders had a pretty good draft last year by most any standard. Muhammad, whose choice made the analytics folks apoplectic, did indeed lack court vision or defensive quickness, but was a tireless worker who proved he could score in the low post at the NBA level and was a voracious rebounder. And Gorgui Dieng, taken with the 21st overall pick (a choice met with approval over at Canis Hoopus), was chosen for NBA All-Rookie Second Team, signifying him as one of the top ten first-year players.
More to the point, draft choices are the place where NBA executives are most accountable for their decisions. The process is utterly transparent in that everyone knows who is available and where in the queue a team lines up to make the selection. The pottery barn rule — if you break it, you own it — applies to every botched choice.
This literally applies double to Saunders this draft season. Last year, he concentrated on building the team around the wishes and virtues of coach Rick Adelman, signing Adelman favorites Kevin Martin and Chase Budinger to large contracts while knowing that whoever he drafted was unlikely to get much playing time, given Adelman's win-now philosophy.
This season, if Saunders the POBO blew it by drafting LaVine, Saunders the coach will share in the consequences one way (playing him) or the other (sitting him).
Momentous uncertainty
Meanwhile, the status of Kevin Love remains a spectre that darkens the horizon on the 2014-15 season. Saunders steadfastly ignored the chance to trade Love — who has unofficially declared he will utilize his option to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the upcoming season — as a means of moving up the ladder for a better draft position before Thursday night. And while there is still a good chance that Love will be dealt over the summer, especially as the intrigue surrounding free agent superstars Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony is resolved, the possibility of an awkward continuation of Love's tenure with the Wolves likewise wouldn't be that surprising.
Saunders has said he won't trade Love unless it improves the team, a noble sentiment that doesn't square with current reality. There is no reason to believe Love is bluffing in his desire to test his value on the open market, a point at which the Wolves will receive nothing in return. It is fair for Saunders to think such an outcome will hasten the inevitable rebuilding process — a "lance the boil" approach. But don't pretend any change involving Love's status is going to be a net plus for this franchise, because it beggars common sense.
Once again, the second choice made by Saunders on draft night — on Thursday it was Glenn Robinson III with the 40th overall pick in the second round — was less controversial and more consonant with the analytics crew. As the discussion swung from Robinson to the general status of the team during this second draft night press conference, Saunders let it be known that Ricky Rubio would spend time with a shooting coach in California this off-season, and that Alexey Shved would be given more of a chance to play point guard this coming season, with obvious ramifications for last year's combo guard, J.J. Barea.
Just listening to the names of Shved and Barea, millstones that are the primary property of Kahn and Adelman, respectively, plus the reality of Love's eventual departure, makes one hope that Zach LaVine is indeed a home run choice. Otherwise Wolves fans will be echoing the rookie's unfortunate slip of the tongue throughout the 2014-15 campaign.
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The Wolves are pathetic. Who
The Wolves are pathetic. Who cares who they pick?
Self negating "apathy"
Comments like the one from Richard Bonde, above, have always perplexed me. If he truly didn't care who the Wolves picked, he wouldn't bother to chime in, right?
Does he somehow get a buzz out of associating his name with Wolves-related negativity? Does he want to punish the architects of the franchise for wasting his time or dashing his hopes?
Either way, I'm addicted to pro hoops. I care who they pick. And I love engaging like-minded readers even more than I do tweaking the faux-apathetic ones.
Use the D-league
LaVine clearly isn't NBA ready, which shouldn't be a surprise at 19 years old. Why even think about keeping him on the roster? Let him be a starter a year or two in D-League so he can be a help when he comes up. I couldn't believe it last year when Muhammad spent a couple weeks in D-league, played well, and then got sat on the Wolves bench the rest of the season. What was the point of that? I'd rather give those roster spots to 30-something journeymen while the young players get to actually be on the D-league court.
agree to an extent
I am definitely on board with a more direct and prolonged relationship with the D-League. I wish they had their own team, as some NBA franchises have experimented with. And I agree that more burn for Muhammad in the D-League was preferable to having him languish on the bench with Adelman. I suspect that if Flip were coach last season, Muhammad would have played more in both the pros and the D-League.
Still, if LaVine shows great potential and a willingness to develop, and the team does manage to trade Love before February, I wouldn't mind keeping him in Minnesota and giving him rotation minutes at both guard positions, to hasten his development. At his age, a semi-humiliating comeuppance every now and then may be as helpful as kind of thriving at a lesser level.
Another Dismal Season
The Wolves will trade Kevin Love and get nothing for him. I cannot recall a trade where any of the Minnesota teams received the better of the deal.
At least the organization tried to make the team a contender by bringing in some decent players to complement Garnett. They have not done that with Kevin Love yet he is blamed for all of their woes. If he were to stay in the Twin Cities I think he would prove to be as good if not better than Kevin Garnett. My guess is that no one wants that.
The Vikings did Percy Harvin a favor as did the Wolves for Garnett by trading them. They both earned championships the year they left here. I hope the same fortune falls upon Kevin Love.
Not every MN athlete is worthy of sympathy
Percy had some pretty good seasons and had the offense catered to his talents even moreso than Adrian Peterson, yet they went on a playoff run after Harvin went down for the season. By many accounts, he was a child.
Love's status with fans has nothing to do with KG. This organization has been bad to Love, and while I'm not mad at him for wanting to go, his approach this summer makes me compare his attitude more to another former Wolf: Christian Laettner. Fans have a justifiably stronger tie to KG because he was here for 12 seasons and is currently the lynchpin of the only winning teams in franchise history.
No teams win a trade when they're giving up the superstar. Denver came closest because James Dolan is the worst owner in the NBA when it comes to meddling in personnel decisions, and even they struggled without George Karl. It's going to be awful to see him on another team, but taking a step back is an inevitability for every NBA team trading a superstar.
I wasn't a fan of the pick
This team needs productive athletes, but there are ways to quantify that in stats, and LaVine didn't show that in games the same way that other options did.
With that said, Flip certainly didn't do what was comfortable. I think the Wolves have made their share of "low risk" picks in recent years: Williams was considered the best or 2nd-best player in '11 when guys like Jonas Valanciunas and Kawhi Leonard were available (before Canis Hoopus puffs out its chest too much, it should be noted that they wanted Bismack Biyombo in that draft), Johnson was considered safer than DeMarcus Cousins, Randy Foye and Corey Brewer were considered more "sure" things than guys like Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, and Joakim Noah, and Muhammad was considered a safer pick than Giannis Antetokounmpo. Ndudi Ebi, Rashad McCants, and Jonny Flynn deservedly stick out negatively.
Britt, what do you think of Flip as a developer of talent? He took over and basically got to coach 2 lottery picks before the team got good enough to finish in the middle of the 1st round (then adding another lottery pick by trading one of the 2 aforementioned picks). He jerked around Rasho enough to make him want to leave, but Rasho wasn't significantly better after he left. Wally developed into a competent player that was partially hampered by his lack of athleticism. William Avery didn't do anything here or elsewhere. I don't know how much credit to give him for KG.
Flip as POBO and as coach
I agree that it was nice to see Flip be bold on draft night--although he doesn't say it publicly, he knows he is going to take a step backward with the Love deal and that the natives are restless in terms of fan loyalty. A safe conventional pick might move the franchise forward a little, but they need a bigger bump for myriad reasons.
But beyond that, I don't really know what I'm talking about aside from reading the opinions of smart people who do.
Flip as a developer of talent is a fascinating question that I'm not sure I can answer, given that the game has changed so much even in the year or two he's been gone from Washington. The three-pointer is king, much more than ever, and as a coach Flip prioritized open shots that were too-often two-pointers. I find it interesting that both Wall and Beal made huge strides under Wittman and not Flip, but that may be more a function of timing in their careers--it took them a year and three years to figure it out. Also having both Nene and Gortat to board and space the floor by drawing defenders to the paint made a difference.
Flip and McHale didn't recognize what they had in Chauncey Billups, preferring Terrell Brandon at the time. (True confession: I applauded this wrong-headed choice at the time it was made.) That to me may have been the biggest lost opportunity, development-wise. I do think Flip did a wonderful job of slotting roles in that magical 2003-04 season, recognizing how and where Hassell and Ervin Johnson were glue guys and working some offensive magic that enabled KG, Spree and Cassell to thrive simultaneously.
But taking a draft pick and making him much better? Not a lot of evidence for that, beyond the obvious example of KG, which couldn't be duplicated. Rasho was a solid NBA center, perhaps the best in franchise history before Pek, but think of how many lost opportunities for development that that last statement encompasses--Stoyko Vrankovic, anyone?
Stojko was 33 when he joined the Wolves
And they were able to trade him for Stanley Roberts, who played in 74 games the following year. As for Billups, Brandon was a better player at the time (higher PER, better passer and defender, though less-efficient scorer) and was still on a long-term deal; the problem was that they didn't realize the severity of his injury and keep Billups, which he was open to. I think they realized he deserved to start somewhere in the NBA, and they made the mistake of thinking the job wasn't open here (they thought Brandon would play at some point in 02-03 and signed Rod Strickland 3 days before the season because they realized he might not be). Beal was drafted the year after Flip was fired, and Wall took more long 2s under Wittman than he did under Flip.
Here's the philosophical question I have about development: it's clear that some players get better while others don't; why is it that, usually, that success is given to the team/system if the player wasn't a top prospect, yet given to the player if they were a top prospect? I just don't want to underrate the possibility that Flip mattered in turning KG into the player he became. Even more than KG (who never made the playoffs here without him coaching a full season), he's associated with the only success this franchise has ever had.
Tangential to these points: in various places, people have wondered why Flip, someone who supposedly doesn't want to start over after a Love trade and (somewhat) proving it by not taking Boston's offer of draft picks (which aren't that good besides #6 considering Brooklyn will spend as much as necessary to keep winning), which were the only good assets they had since their non-Rondo players are a combination of overpaid and low upside. This pick, to me, seems to indicate he doesn't want to ride the mediocrity treadmill, either. I don't know that he can keep the team competitive (at least 35 wins) for a few seasons and then increase their upside by turning LaVine (along with longshot Dieng and possibly future picks) into an All-Star, but it seems pretty clear that that's his intent (there are obviously plenty of reasons to question and doubt that plan). There is some merit to the idea that iron sharpens iron and competition brings out better results than giving young players free reign.
I don't comment on CH
But I do consider myself an "analytics" guy - which, when it comes to drafting from the college level, is much less cut-and-dry than comparing metrics at the NBA level. The obvious case of this was that of Derrick Williams, who was a very efficient scorer in college, but that efficiency metric rarely translates to the pros. I intentionally shielded myself from lots of draft data this year knowing that the Wolves organization would never act on in (I mostly watched the top-rate Draftexpress videos for insight).
Anyway, with LaVine, there's just not enough data there anyway. By the numbers, he's arguably the worst performer in the lottery, but both he and Robinson bring something to this team I've been complaining about: an outlet for Rubio's vision. Both guys can can alley-oops and play well in transition, and will hopefully get some easy looks assuming Flip can and nurture that kind of offensive flexibility/creativity. Of course, it's frustrating drafting such a young player because it signals we're going back into rebuilding mode. (Personally, I was hoping for Gary Harris.)
I'm more frustrated by our inability to move Love and move on with this team. Is POBO Saunders hellbent on giving Coach Saunders a year with a superstar? That's probably not the smartest thing in the world, but I'll roll with it - I'd rather watch a year of Love than 3 years of David Lee. But not moving on an offer (Boston's?) to get picks in last night's draft was a mistake: deep drafts don't happen often, so that would've been a good chance to maximize value. I'm not sold on the willingness of Taylor to invest in this team without Love, so I'm guessing the best trade outcome at this point is dumping Martin's contract in the deal.
I don't comment on CH
But I do consider myself an "analytics" guy - which, when it comes to drafting from the college level, is much less cut-and-dry than comparing metrics at the NBA level. The obvious case of this was that of Derrick Williams, who was a very efficient scorer in college, but that efficiency metric rarely translates to the pros. I intentionally shielded myself from lots of draft data this year knowing that the Wolves organization would never act on in (I mostly watched the top-rate Draftexpress videos for insight).
Anyway, with LaVine, there's just not enough data there anyway. By the numbers, he's arguably the worst performer in the lottery, but both he and Robinson bring something to this team I've been complaining about: an outlet for Rubio's vision. Both guys can can alley-oops and play well in transition, and will hopefully get some easy looks assuming Flip can and nurture that kind of offensive flexibility/creativity. Of course, it's frustrating drafting such a young player because it signals we're going back into rebuilding mode. (Personally, I was hoping for Gary Harris.)
I'm more frustrated by our inability to move Love and move on with this team. Is POBO Saunders hellbent on giving Coach Saunders a year with a superstar? That's probably not the smartest thing in the world, but I'll roll with it - I'd rather watch a year of Love than 3 years of David Lee. But not moving on an offer (Boston's?) to get picks in last night's draft was a mistake: deep drafts don't happen often, so that would've been a good chance to maximize value. I'm not sold on the willingness of Taylor to invest in this team without Love, so I'm guessing the best trade outcome at this point is dumping Martin's contract in the deal.
hopefully Lob City and then some
Yes, the notion of Rubio having some high flyers to lob in transition is atttractive--perhaps the lone reason to miss Derrick Williams thus far. Flip think LaVine can take some ball pressure away from Rubio as well. Hopefully LaVine has a good handle, because the other backcourt options--Shved, Barea, K-Mart, Brewer--are found wanting in various ways. Even Budinger isn't great off the bounce.
The problem is that Rubio needs a significant upgrade in his shot if he plays off the ball, and shouldn't play off the ball too often in any case.
As I read and listened to some of the analytics, the real concern is that Flip is conflating blinding speed and athleticism with an ability to get to the rim. Obviously that will happen in transition, but the numbers show that LaVine was horrible at getting to the rim in the half-court. Yes, small sample size, but at the very least it should have been a larger sample size given LaVine's athleticism. He didn't play enough as a freshman and when he did, attacking the rim was not a priority.
Finally, I am long on record as disliking Kevin Martin's game. After the first few weeks in November, I was willing to shelve my skepticism and embrace his offense--he was fitting in perfectly. Then he started shying away from drives, turning down open threes and continuing to loaf on defense. He mailed in the second half of the season. He and Barea both need a major dose of tough love this preseason, with an emphasis on tough. But my preference is neither are on the roster come October.
The Wolves will (or have) become what the Clippers were, perpetual bottom dwellers. Short of recruiting a coach like Greg Popovich who can make mediocre players better, I don't see much hope for them
Anyone who can read lips could tell that Zach Lavine was not happy to be drafted by a team who treats their best player (and one of the top 5 players in the league) poorly.
not exactly
In your desire to dislike the franchise, you overlook some obvious differences between the Wolves and the formerly terrible Clips. Minnesota has an owner who has frequently invested heavily in the franchise, something Donald Sterling was loathe to do for decades.
Yes, the Wolves treated Love poorly. Yes, the Wolves and any other franchise would benefit from a Popovich-like upgrade on the sidelines in terms of development. Yes, the situation is less hopeful today than it has been for about three years.
Do you have anything more profound than these things to tell us?
Hey Brit,You think they'll
Hey Brit,
You think they'll make the playoffs next year?
You missed a t on my name
Mr. Bonde--
Yesterday you said you didn't care about what the team does. Today you want to know my opinion of their chances in the coming year.
I will tell you when you let me know on which day you were being a hypocrite--Friday or Saturday?
Hi Britt,My apathy is
Hi Britt,
My apathy is genuine. It's hard to take seriously an outfit that has been spinning its wheels since they traded Kevin Garnett.
No playoffs
I don't think the Wolves will make the playoffs next season--with or without Love on the roster. The West is only getting better and Love isn't going to magically transform into a motivated player after this offseason.
If I see your name in the comments section again, I sincerely hope you have something of value to contribute for a change.
One thing that is often lost when we are talking about player development is continuity. Granted we seem to get knuckle heads all of the time, but the idea that you take a player and work with him with all of the resources (D-league, summer league, ect...) for two or three seasons and allow him to develop, instead of shipping him out.
I feel like this years draft will be a great chance to see how Flip and his staff can develop players. Both picks have talent but they need to be developed properly. I am dubious on their ability to do so. I believe the team needs to find a way to keep Robinson on the roster, even if it is at the expense of Hummel (I've seen a lot of people speak positively about Hummel, but I can't think of what he actually brings).
Also, in regards to the second round picks, what is the harm of drafting a guy and seeing what he can do. You are getting a free flyer on a player.
Development takes both cash and know-how. I'd feel better about the punting of second round picks, which do net a fair bit of cash, if we were ensured it was plowed back into development instead of leveraging more arena improvements or marketing.
It may be, too, I don't know. I know that things got a little heated between Flip and Strib beat writer Jerry Zgoda over the selling of second rounders, with Flip thinking questions about it were ridiculous.
In any case, Flip contends that if there were players worthy of being "stashed" in Europe or the D-League, they would have done so--ditto if they could have gotten a second rounder in a future year.
Agree about development being crucial for both LaVine and Robinson. Right now, cautiously agree that a lack of confidence in team's ability to develop--notwithstanding Dieng's growth last season--is probably justified.
Some unsolicited thoughts
I'm not a fan of the Lavine pick and feel the Wolves passed on better bets. That said, it sounds like Michigan State's Adrien Payne was perhaps in play for them as well. Payne May be an awesome guy, the preference of a few local writers, and a stretch 4 "replacement" for Love. But he's also 23 already, wasn't particularly good until late in his college career, and he has a medical issue where he can't breathe as well as most people. So it could have been worse.
The sixers are almost drafting like a baseball team. I think they picked up a couple interesting prospects and admire their approach under Sam Hinke. But I do wonder if sixers fans might be a little put off not having anybody to watch this year from this draft despite having two top-10 picks. Guess they have Nerlens Noel to look forward to, which would be fun.
Speaking of Noel, knowing what we know now, might the best offer the wolves ever receive for Love have been from Cleveland pre-2013 draft (#1 pick, Tristan Thompson, and Dion Waitors)? We'll find out, I guess.
Doug McDermott playing for Tom Thibedeau might be a sign of the apocalypse. I know Chicago wanted scoring and they're doing some roster/salary cap yoga (trading two picks for one) but I don't like that decision.
I love Kyle Anderson to the Spurs. A versatile 6'8" playmaker, rich get richer. I heard the spurs simply have a list of 15 guys or so whom they like, and then just wait to see which name falls.
One guy the analytics loved was Clint Capela, an uber athletic big man picked up by the Rockets. I don't think Houston is ever out of the mix on things, and if the Wolves hit an impasse with Love trades, I certainly wouldn't mind if a guy like Capela came here.
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BREAKING NEWS! Jesse James Releases A Statement Apologizing To Sandra & His Kids: 'I Am Truly Very Sorry'
For the first time since news of his infidelity broke March 17, Jesse James admits certain parts of his infidelity allegations are true. Should Sandra forgive him?
Jesse James has broken his silence about the reports he cheated on wife Sandra Bullock. The 40-year-old father of three issued a statement provided to HollywoodLife.com apologizing to the Oscar-winner and his children, begging for their forgiveness March 18.
"There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me," Jesse says, calling the majority of the allegations about his alleged five-week affair with self-professed model Michelle "Bombshell" McGee "untrue and unfounded."
"It's because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way," he continues in the statement. "This has caused my wife and kids pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension and I am extremely saddened to have brought this on them. I am truly very sorry for the grief I have caused them. I hope one day they can find it in their hearts to forgive me."
Sandra, 45, and Jesse have been married since June 16, 2005. After the news of the affair broke March 17, the Oscar-winner cancelled her Blind Side premiere in London and allegedly moved out of the couple's Los Angeles home.
Do you think Sandra should forgive and stay with Jesse?
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FARMINGTON — The owner of a spa in Layton has been accused of laundering money and exploiting prostitutes.
Zehong Wang, 56, was formally charged in November with money laundering, a second-degree felony; exploiting a prostitute, a third-degree felony; and sexual solicitation, a Class B misdemeanor.
The investigation began when the Davis County Attorney's Office received an anonymous letter stating "illegal activity" was happening at Layton's Golden Day Spa, charging documents say.
On three separate occasions, a Layton Police officer conducted undercover operations and was "solicited for sexual acts in exchange for money," documents say. Documents also say that on two of the occasions, the owner of the business, who is identified as Wang, attempted to solicit the undercover officer for sex in return for money.
When police began to watch the business, they discovered the workers — as well as Wang — were living out of the business.
Police also discovered a "large number" of men were visiting the business late at night, past 10 p.m., documents say.
On Oct. 17, police searched the business and found client lists and money, documents say. Police also found money wiring receipts which documents say supports the allegation that the money was being illegally made through the sex business.
On Nov. 13, Wang's attorney, W. Andrew McCullough, asked for her $20,000 bail — which she had already paid — to be reduced, according to online documents. However, later Judge John Morris rejected the motion.
Ben Willoughby, a deputy Davis County attorney, told the Standard-Examiner that Wang is a Chinese citizen, which makes her a flight risk to flee the country.
However, Wang was present at her initial appearance in Farmington's 2nd District Court on Wednesday, Dec. 27.
As of Thursday, Wang had paid bail and is not in custody of the Davis County Jail.
Her next court appearance is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 2, 2018, in Farmington.
Contact reporter Jacob Scholl at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter @Jacob_Scholl.


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Cream Biscuits
From start to finish, these cream biscuits take less than 20 minutes! They're so light and fluffy and just perfect topped with your favorite preserves, whipped butter or served with a hearty stew. Since there's no butter to hassle with, it's just mix, cut and bake! So simple even a beginning baker can do it! 🙂
These biscuits are the best right out of the oven, steaming hot, topped with butter and jam. Sure, they're great the next day, but there's nothing better than a freshly baked biscuit. Therefore, unless you plan on eating all of the biscuits in one sitting, I suggest freezing the ones that you won't be eating right away. That way you have freshly baked biscuits whenever the craving strikes!
Just cut the biscuits into 2 1/2-inch rounds and freeze on the baking sheet. Once frozen, wrap each biscuit individually in plastic wrap and store in an airtight freezer bag. When you are ready to bake, just pop them in the oven (no need to defrost) and add a couple more minutes to the baking time!
Cream Biscuits
Yield: 8 to 10 biscuits
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the surface
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 450 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place melted butter in a shallow dish and set aside.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl. Stir in the cream with a wooden spoon until dough forms, about 30 seconds. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gather into a ball. Knead the dough briefly until smooth, about 30 seconds.
Shape the dough into a 3/4-inch-thick circle. Using a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, cut out as many biscuits as you can. (Cut straight down with a sharp biscuit cutter. Don't twist the cutter or you'll seal the edges of the biscuit and reduce the rise.) Try to cut the biscuits close to one another so you get the most out of the first round. Gather together the scraps, working them as little as possible, pat out to a 3/4 inch thickness and cut as many additional biscuits as you can. Dip the top of each round into melted butter and arrange on the baking sheet. (The baking sheet can be wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 2 hours.) Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes, rotating baking sheet halfway through baking.
Make Ahead:
These biscuits freeze very well. Just cut the biscuits into 2 1/2-inch rounds and freeze on the baking sheet. Once frozen, wrap in an airtight container. Biscuits can be frozen for up to two months. Bake without defrosting, just add a couple more minutes to the baking time.
Source: adapted from Smitten Kitchen, originally adapted from James Beard's American Cookery
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Wow, these look so fluffy! I could really go for one right now!
Wow, check out how high and fluffy those are! I love that you can freeze them pre-baked. I might have to mix up a batch to stick in my freezer 🙂
Wow, these look amazingly delicious. Biscuits are such a comfort food.
Perfection! I am really in love with these!
These look so good and so easy!! If I am freezing ahead of time do I dip in butter, then freeze and wrap or unwrap frozen biscuit, then dip in melted butter and bake. Thanks so much.
These look perfect – so fluffy and delicious! I've been searching for a reliable biscuit recipe and think this may just be the perfect one 🙂
Can't wait to try it!
You had me with "… even a beginning baker …". I am biscuit-challenged but these may change all that. Thanks, Christina.
I bet these would go great with sausage gravy! Yum!
These are the tallest biscuits I've ever seen! I love it! Definitely adding this to my "must make soon" list! Yum!
I am always on the look out for a good biscuit recipe. These look amazing!
So glad to have come across your blog, your photos are beautiful and the recipes I've read look great! I am looking forward to reading more. The biscuits look delicious. Danielle at Welcome Company
These look amazing! They're so straight and puffy at the same time, they look perfect! And i'm sure they taste heavenly as well 🙂
These turned out perfectly! We made them on Sunday night, and then froze the rest as you suggested to have throughout the week. There was no difference between the fresh ones and the frozen–this is certainly going to be our new go-to biscuit recipe!


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A security guard suspected of owning a large stash of child pornography has been arrested in Arizona after he allegedly attempted to throw the incriminating images away, reports say.
According to KSAZ-TV, 48-year-old Roger James Forney was arrested this week after several trash bags full of pornographic images that featured underage boys were found in a dumpster about a mile from his house in Glendale, Ariz.
The stash of images containing graphic sexual images of mostly young boys was found by a resident who reported the discovery to police. The printed images were found along with a broken laptop and flash drives from which authorities extracted thousands of similar images. The inappropriate material was tossed along with personal documents belonging to Forney, including resumes and military records, which identified him as their suspect.
"There were images of kids tied to chairs, tied to each other, kids tying each other up to things and performing sexual acts; acts that I'm not going to get into," Sgt. Brandon Jones of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, said. "Just disgusting, disgusting images."
AZFamily.com reports that many of the images were "sketch drawings of young boys" engaged in graphic sexual activity.
Police say that Forney "admitted that he had tried to destroy the [images] after an FBI warning locked his computer." He also admitted to being attracted to young boys but insisted that he hasn't "actually touched any children," AZFamily.com writes.
For the past three years, Forney -- a retired Army National Guard member -- has worked as a security guard at the Arizona State Mental Hospital.
He is facing 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, KSAZ-TV reports.


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Samie Iqbal Kayani
Winter Artist in Residence
Samie employs a multidisciplinary approach to his creative skills. His work combines his architectural design alongside a study of historical engineering systems and a comparative study of art in the Muslim world.
His enthusiasm to seek inspiration in his work has led him to work in a number of major cities such as Seville, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, Peshawar and London- where he also currently resides.
Amongst his broad portfolio of design experience, are a commercial shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur, master planning of a new city in UAE and residential developments in London in an architectural consultancy he established with his father. His pursuit as an artist has led him to more conceptual appraisals such as a design mechanism in the Persian Gulf- collecting raw material and drifting debri which is deposited into cyclic tidal mudflats. At low tide in the estuary these mudflats emerge as hidden Persian gardens- a system that replenishes itself to form new spontaneous forms feeding from the natural processes.
Samie's work employs visual narratives that he deploys as themes in his mixed multimedia work. He uses ink drawings, painting, photography and computer software.
"I grew up on traditions of the Shahnameh, poets such as Hafez and great thinkers such as Muhammad Iqbal - I illustrate into visual work what such literary works have meant to me. An Andalusian pomegranate or the sounds of the famous Afghan Rabbab - these symbols and objects become blurred in a meta narrative. I look forward to the opportunity of working at UPenn." - Samie


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PINELLAS PARK — The Florida National Guard will build a new, $5.7 million facility in Pinellas Park to house its 22-person Civil Support Team, which is now in temporary leased quarters at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
The 16,200-square-foot facility will be on a site at the C.W. Bill Young Armed Forces Reserve Center on Grand Avenue.
The Guard was told the money has been set aside for construction in the Department of Defense budget. But a start date on construction is not yet known, according to the Guard.
The 48th Civil Support Team is one of two in the state that provides rapid assistance to state and local authorities when they need help identifying chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear "agents or substances" and assists in plotting out an appropriate emergency response, the Guard says. The team also is involved in disaster response.
Lt. Col. Joe Defee, commander of the team, said the building was a "crucial piece" of the unit's response plan. "It will be built and configured to provide the (team) the means to systematically load personnel and equipment, and rapidly deploy within 30 minutes," Defee said.
The building will include an operations center, a medical section, secure communications, a decontamination area, storage rooms and a chemical/biological testing room.
William R. Levesque can be reached at [email protected] or (813) 226-3432


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It's not a great revelation that the more complicated our lives become, the more lost we get in it.
My garage is complicated, although it doesn't really need to be. I have many different household items sorted into various sized boxes… somewhat organized, which is great. The problem is my miscellaneous stuff hasn't found the right box to live in yet. All those little oddities that I keep moving from place to place really should move out of the garage into "outer darkness."
Our lives can also take off in multiple directions. The more stuff you've got going, the less time you have for the real important things in life. For our own well being and those we care about it's in our best interest to simplify.
So, what can I simplify today?
Love God and love others. Sounds simple enough, and it has the Jesus seal of approval. Let's get a clue what to do from the maker of… stuff.


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Palestinian News Item
Abbas: If US embassy is moved to Jerusalem "it will destroy the peace process"
Official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida - Jan. 19, 2017
"The [PA] president: We adhere to peace, and transferring the American embassy to Jerusalem will destroy the peace process"
"During a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart, [Polish President Andrzej Duda, PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas] warned against transferring the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He said that this would destroy the peace process, and added: 'We have heard things from American President-elect (Donald) Trump, but as of now we have not officially heard about the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem.'
He added: 'We want to hear what he says when he enters the White House - but if this step is taken, it will destroy the peace process.' He added: 'We are not getting ahead of ourselves… it is better that we wait until he enters the White House and we hear from him directly as president of the US. Then there will be a response to every action, and if he decides to transfer the embassy to Jerusalem we will have a political and diplomatic response. We hope that it will not happen.'
The president emphasized his adherence to peace as an option from which there is no return. He noted that this year is likely to be the last opportunity to speak and act for the implementation of the two-state solution."
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