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Stand-alone web app
Whether your organisation needs to comply with the 'safe harbour' provisions of the Amended Identity Verification Code of Practice 2013 forming part of New Zealand's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation, or needs to verify the identity of your customers for another business purpose, Cloudcheck is the most flexible and accurate solution available to assist with this.
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Your customer completes your existing application process
You sign into Direct and enter your customer's details to verify their identity
After verification, you are presented with their status for your records
Your customer completes your existing application process. A member of your team signs into the Cloudcheck Direct site from any browser or smart device and enters the customer's details that you collected. Cloudcheck performs the necessary checks against your pre-selected data sources and PEP & Sanction lists. Your operator is presented with a summary of the verification result, and PEP & Sanction check results, the information verified, against which sources and when. This information can be downloaded or printed for your records.
Cloudcheck Direct can also be used for performing PEP & Sanction checks.
You securely upload your verification list and customise the email content
Your customer clicks the secure link in the email and self-verifies
After verification, you are presented with their status for your records
You upload your customers' details and either generate a unique secure link or set the branded email parameters and test it. You then either send the customer the unique secure link from your email system or by using the branded emails. The customer clicks the secure link in the email and is directed to a Cloudcheck page featuring your branding, and populated with their personal details from your uploaded data file. The customer provides additional identifying data as required, then Cloudcheck performs the necessary checks against your pre-selected data sources and PEP & Sanction lists. If desired, the customer can then be directed to Cloudcheck Live to capture images of their face and identity documents. The results can be downloaded or printed for your records from Cloudcheck Direct.
Customer begins the financial application process on your site
Your application sends the customer's data via API to Cloudcheck for identity verification
After verification, the Cloudcheck API returns the result in its response
During the application process, your application sends the required customer details to the RESTful Cloudcheck API. Cloudcheck performs the necessary checks in real-time against your pre-selected data sources and any PEP & Sanction check results. The verification result and transaction details are returned as part of the API response and can also be downloaded in a PDF for ease of record keeping.
APIs are also available for Cloudcheck Live and PEP & Sanction checks. Request access.
Customer begins the financial application process on your site
You securely upload a spreadsheet of customer data via Cloudcheck Direct
After verification, the Cloudcheck API returns the result in its response
Your customers complete your existing application process. A member of your team copies their details into an excel spreadsheet, signs into the Cloudcheck Direct site from any browser or smart device and securely uploads the customer's details. Cloudcheck performs the necessary checks against your pre-selected data sources, emails your operator the verification results and a link to download details of the information verified, against which sources, and any PEP & Sanction check results in a PDF or excel format.
You can also perform Bulk PEP & Sanction checks using this upload method.
You direct your customer to Cloudcheck Live via a secure link
Your customer is prompted to take pictures of their ID document and face via their device's camera
The images are attached to the customer's verification record
At a point during your customer's application or identity verification process, they are directed via a secure link to Cloudcheck Live, a web-based service hosted by us. If the customer does not have a camera on their device they can send the link via SMS to their camera-enabled device to continue the process. The customer is asked to allow Cloudcheck Live access to their device's camera. Following acceptance of the request, they are prompted to capture images of their photo identity document and of their face. If the customer declines the camera request (or a camera is unavailable) the customer is given the option of uploading existing images from their device. Once the images have been captured, they are returned to you via the API or Direct and, if applicable, attached to the customer's verification file for you to review.
Cloudcheck Live can be used as part of the identity check or as a stand-alone process.
Implement EV with ease and save on costs by not having to conduct upgrades when new data sources become available.
As new data sources become available, Cloudcheck makes these available without the need for further integration.
No personal data is retained by us during the processing of verification transactions. We store the outcome of each transaction only.
We connect to a wide range of New Zealand government and private databases. You control which sources are checked, and in which order.
Include your logo and colour palette to ensure a consistent brand experience for your customers.
Your customer can be verified using the information in their wallet and/or passport. Additional documentation or pre-registration is not required.
Standards-compliant approach ensures verifications can be conducted no matter what device is used.
Fully compliant with the Privacy Act 1993 and all current and incoming New Zealand AML/CFT legislation.
Our transparent pricing model means your organisation only pays for the data sources you opt to check against.
PEP and Sanction checks can be automatically run at the same time as the customer verification.
Our proprietary matching algorithms mean high customer verification pass rates. Ask us the pass rate for your industry.
Reduce administration costs and increase conversion rates leading to greater profitability with a streamlined process that is simple for you and your customer.
The obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT) to identify your customers apply to a range of financial businesses operating in New Zealand, such as:
There are three supervisors of the AML/CFT regime, please contact your appropriate supervisor to confirm whether you are required to comply.
Supervises banks, life insurers and non-bank deposit takers
Supervises issuers of securities, trustee companies, futures dealers, collective investment schemes, brokers and financial advisers.
Supervises casinos, non-deposit taking lenders, money changers and other reporting entities that are not covered by the Reserve Bank or Financial Markets Authority.
Cloudcheck can be used by any organisation that needs to verify the identity (name, date of birth and address) or verify the age of its customers for another business purpose. Examples of non-financial services businesses that can use Cloudcheck are:
We have a large range of New Zealand data sources available to verify your customer against and we regularly add new sources to improve pass rates. We allow you to choose which of these sources to use, and in which order to check them. If there is a data source not listed here that you would like to use, please get in touch and we'll see what we can do.
Data checked
Driver's Licence (NZTA)
Name and date of birth
NZ Passport (DIA)
Name and date of birth
NZ Birth Certificate (DIA)
Name and date of birth
NZ Citizenship Certificate (DIA)
Name and date of birth
Car Registration (NZTA)
Name and address
Companies Office
Name and address
Land Registry
Name and address
White Pages
Name and address
Credit Bureau
Name and address
Cloudcheck can perform real-time PEP and Sanction checks via Dow Jones & Company, Inc., a provider of business news and information services.
Dow Jones PEP & Sanctions checks provide global coverage of:
Using the Dow Jones service through Cloudcheck gives you access to a global database of local and international sanction lists, supplemented by news sources from over 200 countries and more than 500,000 news stories reviewed daily for relevant content. Sanctions data is refreshed every eight hours to ensure you're always up to date with the latest developments.
With Cloudcheck you can set your own parameters to meet your risk appetite and reduce false positives. The potential results can be investigated, downloaded into your CRM and/or saved in PDF format for ease of record keeping. Each result is assigned a unique code, allowing you to whitelist false positives when re-screening your customers.
PEP and Sanction checks are available via all Cloudcheck products and can be used as part of an identity check or as a stand-alone service.
Please contact us for more information, a demo or a free trial.
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I had a brief conversation this morning that may well leave me depressed and slightly aggravated for the rest of the day. The subject was Afghanistan and the individual I spoke with is regarded as a defense expert… a genuine smart guy with a long military career, more degrees than any one person should have and a keen ability to use lots of big words.
Here's how the conversation went:
Me: "One thing that has me worried is the similarities to the Soviet experience in Afghanistan… they were there for almost ten years and for the last four were trying to figure out how to leave." I shifted in my seat and paused for dramatic effect. "One of their key problems was an inability to create any semblance of a stable or strong central government that could hold the country together after their departure."
Smart guy (let's call him Spenkman): "Well, any comparison to the Soviets is stupid. The Afghans didn't want the Soviets there…"
Me: Rudely interrupting I leaned forward "… as opposed to the Americans, who the Afghans are happy to have."
Spenkman (now acting irritated): "Excuse me, don't interrupt… as opposed to the Americans bringing democracy and goodness and light. Why, if I don't miss my guess, we're viewed as the good guys… and there's just no comparison to the Soviet experience because there's just not. So there."
OK, I paraphrased Spenkman's last sentence, in part because his toolish outburst caught me by surprise and I stopped paying attention, but the meaning stays the same. In his experience, looking to the Soviet's almost ten year occupation and withdrawal allows us no insight into our current situation.
After that little encounter, I stopped by Buzzy's for a cup of joe and a bearclaw. Two things occurred to me while sitting in the back booth watching Buzzy do a liquor inventory. First, putting a big slab of butter on top of a great hulking bearclaw might be overkill. It's like icing on a Pop Tart. Second, when it comes to Afghanistan, we're screwed. It's just that no one's being honest yet about the screw job.
Here's the thing. Can you tell me, in a concise manner, what our current goals are in Afghanistan? No? Neither can I. In a general sense we're hoping to prevent the resurgence of Al Qaeda, keep the Taliban from resuming control of the country, develop conditions so that some form of stable, perhaps democratic-like government can take hold and survive, keep a clamp on extremism so it doesn't topple Pakistan and, in general, enhance our national security posture. Lofty objectives to be sure.
Now for the past eight years we've been attempting to accomplish these tasks with minimal troops and resources. The conflict, for the most part, has played out off the radar screen due to the giant spotlight focused on Iraq during the same time period. Except for those deployed, their families and members of the military and intel communities, it was out of sight, out of mind.
How times change. Now Afghanistan is front and center and we've already been there 8 years. It seems like just yesterday when we were busy trying to move the Soviet army out of the country.
The Soviets arrived in late 1979 and by 1985 they were talking amongst themselves about how to get the hell out. They had almost 120,000 troops in country and we're working with a corrupt government and an Afghan military that was poorly motivated, under trained and divided in their loyalties. They were unable to hold the countryside and eventually decided to focus on the urban centers. There were heated discussions inside the Soviet Central Committee over if, how and when to either add more troops or withdraw entirely. The Soviet leadership worried about the international humiliation of a withdrawal as well as the inability of the Afghan government to remain in power once they left. In February 1989, four years after there was an internal decision by the Soviet leadership to withdraw the troops, the last of the Soviet army pulled out.
I don't know, I suppose Spenkman is right. I don't see any comparisons between their experience and ours. What the hell was I thinking? Clearly I didn't do enough book learnin' as a young sprog.
And don't forget, as the argument goes, the Soviets were evil and we ain't. Our intentions are admirable while the Soviets were just bastards. Our desire for the Afghans to be free, democratic and literate shelters us from the Afghan population's long standing animosity towards invaders. What a load of crap.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe our intentions are admirable and we genuinely want the best for the Afghan people. But who cares what I, you or anybody else who isn't an Afghan citizen thinks? They may not be the most literate population but they're smart enough to know an occupying force when they see one. You think the average villager is debating the difference between us and the Soviets?
"Honestly Hahmed, I am so impressed with these Americans… I mean, they genuinely seem to care."
"It's true Mehsud, just the other day I was saying to my old lady, there's just something about these guys." He gestures as a US military convoy rolls past… "The Soviets were complete tools, no interest in our culture… you ever remember a Russian offering to build us a school?"
"A school?" Mehsud laughs as he waves a small American flag and smiles at the convoy…"Please, all I ever got from the Soviets was a good kicking."
"Seriously, good riddance," Hahmed snorts as he bends down to pick up a chocolate bar and some nylons tossed by one of the GIs. "You know, I've never thought I'd be saying this, but I am sooo happy the Americans are here."
"Me too Hahmed… me too." He watches the convoy disappear down the road. "Come on," he says, slapping his old pal on the back, "… let's go take up arms against the Taliban… I got me a serious hankerin' for some of that democracy."
Does anyone else find it, oh, maybe ironic, that only a couple decades ago we we're smacking our lips over the prospect of the Soviets being bogged down interminably in Afghanistan. And now… well, you get my point. Hands up, everyone who thinks the Russians might be enjoying the irony of the moment.
Regardless, let's set aside the obvious futility of trying to learn anything from recent history and examine where we are and where the Obama administration appears to be going. Soon we'll be treated to a decision from the White House as to which course of action they will follow, possibly choosing one of the scenarios for troop deployment as outlined in General McChrystal's assessment.
Folks in the know are betting that Obama will opt for what is cleverly being coined "McChrystal Light"… a strategy that would authorize an additional 20,000 troops, or half of what McChrystal requested. Add that to the existing almost 70,000 troops currently deployed, so the theory goes, and we can start to make headway against a stubborn and somewhat resurgent Taliban while also increasing our efforts to train the Afghan military, which to date has proven to be poorly motivated, under trained and somewhat divided in their loyalties. The White House and military advisers have also started posturing that what we need to do is quit trying to hold the countryside and focus on the urban centers. Huh.
A McChrystal Light strategy, despite all good intentions and the dedication of our wonderful troops, will fall short. Frankly, the 40,000 troops that he specifically asked for should be considered the "light" option. You want to achieve those lofty goals we talked about? Let's start being realistic and acknowledge that we'd need hundreds of thousands of troops and at least a couple more decades to be successful in the long run. Good intentions, 90,000 troops and a timeline of a couple years won't get the job done.
Much has been made over the time that Obama is taking to make a decision. Some folks have been flapping their arms and yelping about his inability to act.
My problem isn't necessarily the time it's taking. A decision of this magnitude should be given significant consideration. If he rushed the decision the same flapping throng would be yelping that he didn't take enough time.
My concern is that they are taking too much time considering the political implications of what is a tactical matter. If the time is being used to evaluate all the tactical concerns and scenarios… including the scenario of not being there at all, then that is time well spent. If the time is being consumed by examining what impact any of McChrystal's scenarios would have on poll numbers, then we're screwed.
Til' next week Comrades, stay safe.
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When it arrives at the end of this summer, Comcast's internet TV service Stream will let subscribers stream live, on-demand and recorded shows from broadcast networks and HBO to their phones, computers and tablets for $15 a month, according to the company's announcement. They won't be able to access the service through their TVs, however, or watch any other cable channels aside from HBO, according to The New York Times. That means no ESPN or CNN and none of Comcast-owned NBC Universal cable networks such as Bravo, MSNBC or USA.
Stream's initial incarnation isn't likely to create a new wave of people tossing their cable boxes, given the alternatives already available.
Dish Network's Sling TV, for example, offers roughly 20 cable TV networks, including ESPN, CNN, TNT and AMC for $20 a month. It includes none of the broadcast networks, but customers could buy a $30 antenna from Best Buy to pull in live broadcast signals without an monthly fee. Verizon is also preparing to roll out an internet TV service later this summer, though it's unclear which TV networks it will carry.
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WWW; world wide web; only two syllables versus nine in "double-u-double-u-double-u"
by Gary LaPook October 14, 2004
an alternate way of phrasing the beginning of a Universal Resource Locator aka URL, web address beginning with "www." Instead of "doubleyou, doubleyou, doubleyou", tri-dub abbreviates the same thing.
The name of this website is h t t p, colon, forward slash forward slash, tri-dub, urban dictionary dot com.
by Indigo April 27, 2004
Used in place of "double-u double-u double-u" before the "dot com" of a website address in spoken conversation. Who has time to spell out that tongue twister anyway?
"Oh, go check out the latest slang at tri-dub urban dictionary dot com."
by Tyler Geel February 08, 2008
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An abbreviation for "www" in web addresses for lazy people.
Did you see that new word on tridub (dot) urbandictionary (dot) com?
by LL0wliet January 01, 2009
I'm tired of saying "www." and while most people don't say that anymore, some websites require that you either include "www" or leave it off in order to be directed to the proper site. Hence the term tri dubs, or triple W's
man that site tri dubs dot urban dictionary dot com is awesome.
by Wee_Dizzle November 11, 2009
Instead of saying WWW. (which is nine syables, ten with the dot) a person says tri-dub dot whatever.
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Fall Planting?
That's right! It's already time to get your planting beds ready for fall. The summer has been a hot one and the weather forecasters say that summer won't be ready to give way to fall. Though next month is typically our driest month, it is time to start your fall plants.
In September, we should remove any weeds from our garden beds and mulch using a layer of newspaper or grass clippings (weed blocker) followed by a layer of pine bark or pine straw (so your weed blocker won't disturb your neighbors).
After preparing your beds you will be ready to plant your flowers or vegetable plants and top dress them with a little 10-10-10.
Usually I will have some late tomato plants that are about 3-weeks old to plant. This will give me tomatoes up until the December holidays if I protect them from frosts. Also, I have about ten bell pepper plants that are blooming and ready to place in their containers. They won't make large peppers this time of year, but they will save me a few bucks at the market until November
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I use this when I know I will be inside more than out. SPF 20 is good but I use a 50 when outdoors. I do like the TNS in it. Nice to have treatment in a sunscreen.
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Great moisturizer for day use. It is light and works well under foundation. Love the fact that I don't have to worry about sun screen, as most moisturizers don't contain any or have low SPF. I use in conjunction with TNS serum!
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I have been searching for a good daily moisturizer with sunscreen. It is not too heavy, it leaves my face feeling soft and well hydrated. Will order again.
Tue Feb 09 23:47:11 GMT 2016 by
This is a great treatment moisturizer with a built in SPF. I like that it hydrates, protects and treats my skin all at the same time since I don't like the feel of a lot of different layers of products. I have combination skin, and this product provides enough moisture to wear under foundation.
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I have used this product for years. I have tried a couple of others but I always go back to this fabulous product. Now I use nothing else.
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Having Lupus, I have a difficult time with some lotions/creams, but this is amazing and helps protect me against the sun so that I do not suffer a rash.
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Product is not rich , and easy to use, it's good for daytime use.
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Such a wonderful moisturizer. Not greasy, restorative of natural moisture for my dry skin. SPF is just right for day time. My skin feels refreshed and clean all day.
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This product is not greasy. I use it daily as my moisturizer and it has the added benefit of an SPF of 20!
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Great moisturizer. Agree with other reviewers that the tube does have a very wide opening that results in more product coming out than I need. To adjust for this, I am very careful and only squeeze the tube very gently. The moisturizer has a light consistency that is easy to spread. Any white cast quickly disappears. I have sensitive skin and have not experienced any irritation.
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This is seriously the best daytime lotion with sunscreen that I have ever used - it doesn't make my face white or greasy and feels ultra smooth when applying. Awesome stuff! My skin is super sensitive - this is the best find for my daytime regimen.:) It does dispense rather fast and lots of it - be careful:)
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This is the perfect moisturizing lightweight sunblock for daily use. I use something stronger if I'm going to be in the sun for any period of time, but I love this because once I put it on I'm set for the day and don't have to worry about UV rays while walking and driving. I also feel it guards me against the UV rays from the fluorescent lights at the gym.
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Very nice as a daytime moisturizer. Keeps my skin dewy & I like the added sunscreen in a hydrating moisturizer!
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I use this on the weekends when I need moisture and sun protection but don't want to wear any foundation. I like the creamy rich consistency of the product. Does not cause any irritations or break-outs on my combination skin.
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This product is suited for more mature skin types I believe. This product caused me to break out and furthermore clogged my pores. I switched to using the Skinmedica ultra light moisturizer.
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Lightweight, non greasy every day moisturizer.
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Yes, the Flickr user Drhaggis has such an awesome flickr stream that he warrants a title! What am I talking about? Well, it appears way back in 1982, Mad Magazine managed to predict quite a number of prequel plot points. Go here and view it!
Beyond that, I have still been busy, and lack even those nice little list of Geekery which amuse me so.
That said, there is a thread on TheForce.Net's Literature forum which seems instinctively a good fit for this blog: Anakin Solo will return... prepare for the Inevitable (theory based on LOTF Inferno regarding FOTJ).
Now, I've waxed eloquent a number of times in this blog on the ways, whys, and hows that the youngest Solo child should return. While I've not spoken at length at the reason for my belief that he should, it is not necessary a need to have a favored character return from fictional death, so much as it is the fact that by killing him Del Rey broke the monomyth.
The Monomyth is the literary structure upon which all of Star Wars was built. It has been used as a framework for the expansion of the universe through novels since the beginning. Yet Del Rey broke it with Anakin's death in the middle of the NJO.
Basically, they removed the HERO from the fantasy franchise that is Star Wars, and when they attempted to replace him with a lesser character, the only reasonable action to result from that replacement was a rather quick descent to the Dark Side and an ignoble death.
The Monomyth is broken, and in the process they have tainted every other character to the point where the HERO mantle does not fall naturally and fluidly upon their shoulders. Everyone else lacks both a Solo's humanity and a Skywalker's power--the two traits which Anakin Solo held.
But even that is not the most startling bit out of said thread. No, what got me the most was the fact that Vergere's death was probably faked.
First, let's look at a bit of novel excerpts:
"Vergere!" the subaltern cried, his voice ringing high above the sound of the grutchyna bringing down stone.
Tsavong Lah swung at the subaltern. "What of her?" Impatiently. "Isn't she coming?"
"She comes! But she isn't slowing down!"
The A-wing that Vergere stole from Ralroosts fighter bays impacted Ebaq 9's main shaft head traveling at thirty-five thousand kilometers per hour. The starfighter's weapons had been scavenged for use elsewhere, but weapons were scarcely necessary. The impact vaporized the heavy girders and machinery at the shaft head, and the starfighter's power plant and the two huge Novaldex engines turned into a fast-moving ball of plasma that swept the length of Ebaq 9's central shaft and blew out the other side, a brilliant volcanic eruption that blinded any holocams that happened to be turned in that direction.
and Finally,
He turned to her. "You did this, didn't you?"
Vergere's whiskers twitched with distaste. "It was necessary that you be liberated from your choices."
Jacen sighed. "My choices weren't very good, were they?"
"You chose with your heart. And you achieved your object, did you not? Your sister lives." She looked at him solemnly. "And I achieved my object as well. You are free to pursue your destiny."
Truth struck Jacen. He looked at Vergere in shock.
"I just realized," he said. "You're dead, aren't you?"
Look closely, at no point in the narrative are we shown that she is actually IN said A-Wing fighter. Additionally, if she is dead, then she is showing Force-ghost abilities which a prequel-era "Jedi" should not have. And finally, in light of LotF's revelation that she was a Sith, we also have to give her the Force Phantom ability which allows a Sith to create phantoms which can act/react with the environment--meaning that she could have created something to pilot the A-Wing for her.
Jaina's excited presence interrupted. Jacen? He's here?
Yes. Jacen's presence in the meld was calm. With Vergere. She's saved us.
Vergere, thought Luke. His reaction was strong enough to send his complex feelings into the Force-meld, and he felt the others react. Luke quickly dampened his contact with the meld. There were secrets he didn't want all Jedi to
Was Vergere with the Yuuzhan Vong? The complex idea took some time for Luke to formulate. If the answer to his
question was yes, the Yuuzhan Vong knew of the Alpha Red weapon and this whole victory might be pointless.
No. Vergere's astringent personality flowed into the meld from wherever she had been concealing herself, and spoke with extraordinary clarity. I have been hiding among the New Republic forces. I stole a fighter and dived it into the moon to destroy the enemy.
Luke absorbed the implications of this. You gave your life to save the others.
Vergere's response was the answer she had given all along. It was necessary.
In Summary:
- We only know that Vergere STOLE the A-Wing. Not that she actually flew it.
- She was doing that Force-projection thing Lumiya liked to do AFTER her death in a fiery ball of flames and hard radiation.
- She said that she stole it, and drove it into the moon--but that does not necessarily MEAN that she was still IN it to do so
- She projected herself into the MELD post-dive-bombing.
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"I am skeptical that Putin is sending tanks into the Ukraine to provide the Ukrainian military with target practice. My own $0.05 is that units of the Ukrainian military engaged other units of the Ukrainian military."
Quite possible, or the unready to be ethnically cleansed have captured even more EUkrainian vehicles. The Nazis found their Ukrainian clients to be a waste of kit in any real fighting. Not much has changed for their EUrocrat successors it would appear.
They could just as easily have been put on a barge and floated there. Remember, this is already a smuggler's haven area. I prefer to not jump to conclusions, especially given the veracity of so many Kiev claims.
Unless you really do think the airstrike in central Donetsk was just an Air Conditioner that blew up.
Serbs will move on Kosovo? Basque separatists? China takes a bunch of little islands and Taiwan? Russia takes the Aleutians? Why not?
Forgot to include the video link
Another video of the same convoy moving through Torez, earlier today.
Oh yeah, he drew a line alright.
A yellow line .. Down his back.
It's a "smuggler's haven area" because the Russians are sending the smugglers. As for this "barge" nonsense, how does one sail a barge with tanks on it from Crimea, which has a Red Naval base, and land it anywhere else but Russian territory and then drive it into Ukraine? Maybe it was a rocket ship that landed in the UK and then was shipped via airline?
What a sense of timing the commander there has.
"The media is reporting that they are T-72s, by the way."
The "media" is largely proven to know very little about arms.
Wouldn't a T-72 have a large flash suppressor?
For just a split second, I thought the headline read: "U.S. sending tanks into Mexico."
Map of Ukraine:
The big blue thingy in the center is called "The Sea of Azov".
Obama will have to go Congress to get funding for replenishing the supply of hashtags.
That would mean that 3 tanks landed in Ukrainian controlled territory on a "barge", past Ukrainian military positions, civilians with hand held cell phones, even past Donetsk, and into Slovyansk, traveling half the length of Ukraine, without anybody noticing, with the Ukrainians and everybody lying about them crossing the Russian border and traveling 40KM instead.
The Pro-Muscovites are a pack of idiots.
Why not?
It's that kinda day.
0bama's lips are stuck to Reggie's ***, and American ain't gonna do nothin'.
Tanks on a barge has a ring to it. Kinda' like snakes on a plane.
It's astounding how quickly everything is deteriorating.
Mullah Baraq is feeling pressure to speed up the collapse before 2016. Otherwise he'll be forced to dream up a reason to declare martial law, which could get messy. As in bloody.
Burn those tanks up from the air.
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There are so many ways in which you can take advantage of the camera on your Android, from recording stop motion video clips to creating a selection of impressive photos and editing them with a handy app.
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You might argue that this type of app is becoming increasingly common on Android, and you would probably be right. This is why apps such as this need to pull out all the stops to stand out from the crowd, and thanks to the wealth of choices available Pho.to Lab Pro certainly makes a good attempt at being the automatic photo editing app of choice for Android.
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Costing just $2.99, this app is just 2.6 MB in size and shouldn't take too long to download and install. Note, however, that installation on older devices with less storage space and a slower processor will result in reduced performance. The vast amount of options in this app will slow older handsets, so be aware of this if you are intending to try it out -- if you're not sure, try the free Pho.to Lab alternative.
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When you first launch Pho.to Lab Pro you will be presented with a wealth of options, offering you the ability to create collages, apply frames, select from a variety of photo effects and generally have fun with photos that you have saved to your phone. If you don't have anything suitable, don't worry -- this can easily be resolved by selecting the From Camera option to launch your device camera where you can snap a new photo there and then!
The process is simple -- once the app loads, you choose the effect category that you want and the specific type of effect before browsing for an image (or capturing a new one with your camera) and clicking the Process button. If you feel that the image could be cropped beforehand (a smaller-sized image will take less work) then use your finger to drag the perimeter of the selection around the photo; you can also drag the area around the image to select a specific portion. You can also rotate an image if necessary.
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Whether you're interested in creating cartoons of yourself, friends or family or adding them into collages or even turning them into vampires, werewolves and other monsters, Pho.to Lab Pro offers a wealth of sharing options.
Once you have chosen an effect and applied it, the app gives you the choice to save and share -- saving offers the ability to keep a copy of the image in your phone's gallery, set it as a contact icon or device wallpaper, copy the URL of the image to your clipboard for viewing in a web browser or even share via Bluetooth, Facebook, Twitter, standard email, Gmail, SMS messaging or any other service that you have installed.
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With an easy to use set of menus and handy buttons and simple to use select and crop tools, there is little that you can say about Pho.to Lab Pro that is anything but positive. If the sheer wealth of options doesn't speak for itself, the user interface should, and even if you don't want to spend the ridiculously low price for the app you can try out the free version, Pho.to Lab -- the only difference here is that there are a few less options.
Ultimately, there are plenty of photo editing apps for Android, but with Pho.to Lab Pro you will find almost any effect imaginable, and if it isn't there then the developers will happily add it in for you!
- Pho.to Lab Pro at Android Market, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vicman.photolabpro
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How Taxonomies Influence Higher Education
Can someone help with explaining how taxonomies influence instruction and learning in higher education. Also, what are the strengths and limitations of taxonomies regarding diverse learner populations© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com August 20, 2018, 2:44 am ad1c9bdddf
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The Ferguson Mansion was built in 1907. T.B. Ferguson was appointed to serve as Oklahoma's sixth territorial governor by President Theodore Roosevelt and governed from November 1901 until January 1906, longer than any other territorial governor. In 1927, the famous novelist Edna Ferber stayed in the Ferguson home where she found much of the material for her novel, Cimarron.
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Feb. 9, 1965-March 13, 2010
A celebration of life for Sandra Faye Jones-Boseman, 45, 914 A Audubon Ave., who died Saturday at her home, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church. She will be laid to rest in Old Mill Cemetery.
She was born Feb. 9, 1965, in Wayne County to Joe Earl Jones and Judy Carol Wooten. She was married to Ennis Boseman.
She is survived by her husband and three children.
A viewing will be held Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Rhodes Funeral Home chapel.
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With the economy is going down the tubes, casino properties are being badly squeezed; publicly traded casino operators MGM Mirage and Las Vegas Sands are down 90% and 96% from their highs just 1 year ago! These things also look like they are already pricing in a severe recession - or even a depression - suggesting that investors are worried they will even be able to survive.
LVS is expanding by developing its Cotai Strip project in Macao,[1], building the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore,[1] and opening the Sands Bethlehem in May 2009.[2] As a result, the company is swimming in more than $10 billion in debt,[3] dealing with rapidly slowing economy, and facing an unforgiving credit market. LVS's expansion came too hard at the wrong time and will result in the crippling of this company.


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This dish was prepared on special occasion or family get together by my Mom. She used local ducks which have very less fat content. So she used to braise it in pressure cooker to get the softness of meat.
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Up to this point, all of Android's patent related woes have come from what Google calls a "hostile, organized campaign" against the company. Major manufacturers and software developers have been ganging up left and right. Public statements are being used against previous partners. And things are about to get a lot worse.
You see, if Android's patent struggle is against competing companies, then there are ways to fight back. Buying patent portfolios, partnering with another major company or even taking the it's-not-fair argument to court are all viable options. But if the war is taken onto home turf, if things erupt from the inside out, then there will be blood.
Motorola owns quite possibly the healthiest patent portfolio in the mobile industry. To put it into perspective, Nortel owns just 6,000. InterDigital, who's portfolio is rumored to catch some $5 billion dollars at auction, owns around 9,000. Nokia, who's been around for about as long as Motorola, has 10,000. Apple also owns nearly 10,000. And Motorola owns a whopping 17,000, just some 3,000 short of patent master Microsoft. As you can see, Motorola is certainly in a position of power when it comes to a mobile patent war.
Until now, some have suggested Motorola could be Android's saving grace. If Google were to do something crazy like, oh say, buy Motorola Mobility, then Google would have enough ammo to win this war. But it looks like a very different scenario could be coming to light. During his recent appearance at the Oppenhimer Technology & Communication conference, Sanjay Jha made a comment that should have Google on edge:
I would bring up IP as very important for differentiation (among Android vendors). We have a very large IP portfolio, and I think in the long term, as things settle down, you will see a meaningful difference in positions of many different Android players. Both in terms of avoidance of royalties, as well as potentially being able to collect royalties. And that will make a big difference to people who have very strong IP positions.Sanjay JhaMotorola Mobility
Essentially, Motorola will be looking to differentiate themselves from rapidly expanding companies like Samsung and HTC by collecting royalties from them. If this were to ever happen (especially if accompanied by the other major players in the industry who also want their share of the royalties), Motorola would be killing Android from the inside out. When one of Android's biggest supporters would rather collect royalties from rival manufacturers than help the platform survive, it's certainly not a good sign.
There's no telling when or if Motorola will start the necessary paperwork to do something like this. It's their legal right to demand royalties from other companies infringing on their patents, but it would do nothing other than further harm Android and Google's position in the patent war. And right now, it doesn't look good to begin with.


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If Davey wants to keep this ship afloat, he's going to have to be a better manager. Think outside the box a little. You're going to have to get something from that lf position offensively. That's why I go with my good pitcher-bad pitcher platoon. Moore can mash bad pitchers because a bad major league pitcher is just a bus ticket away from being a minor league pitcher (see Perry, Ryan). Look at the back end of almost every team's rotation and there's a dog or two there, almost guaranteed (a starting Ryan Perry). Just reusing the lineup from yesterday because they scored some runs was lazy thinking.Use Nady for the good pitchers, if he must use him for some reason. Frankly, I'd rather have Bernadina as the cannon fodder than Nady.And while we're talking managing style and Ryan Perry, did any reporter ask Davey...WHY? DEAR GOD, WHY???
This is a nice way of saying that the game has passed Davey by.
I'm not a Davey hater yet, but it is kind of funny/sad to watch when he runs out to argue a call, he has a quick first move towards the field to let them know he's coming, then he slows down a bit, then about runs out of gas as he approaches the ump.
If he doesn't use Perry down by two in a third game once we've already won the series, I don't know when you use him. I guess you could argue that it was the Phillies and national television so you roll your best out there. I'm not really sure who he had available, though.
What do you want him to say? He's probably addressed it privately and that's all that counts. There is no need to tip your hand.
I want him to defend his player for what Hamels SAID. It would have been more appropriate for Johnson to say what was said than Rizzo.
I just don't know what Davey is thinking anymore. Is he thinking? I don't know.He refuses to see how Tyler Moore is, refuses to bench players who aren't cutting it, he refuses to pull HRod whenever it's clear he's wild. Why does he think this team will work itself out? There are deep problems with this club that he has to address if they actually want to make the playoffs, and those problems aren't just going to randomly go away one day. He needs to make moves.
When does the manager lose the clubhouse?
When does the manager lose the clubhouse?Do the players just like Espinosa better than Lombardozzi and would somehow react badly to sending Espinosa down and starting Lombardozzi? If that's not the case, they are watching Espinosa's at bats. They see how much trouble he's having.Would trying someone else at closer cause mutiny in the clubhouse?Are Davey and Rizzo making clear, rational decisions that they could explain if they were forced to (which they, sadly, won't be)?
PC is the best fake troll account ever. There's no way this guy is human. I think it's Chiefs alter-ego just to freak with all of us.
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MAMA 2015 announces performances from BIGBANG, iKON, CL, Psy, Park Jin Young, and f(x)
Fans who worried that they might not see YG artists at this year's MAMAs (Mnet Asian Music Awards) can breathe a sigh of relief because the latest confirmed performers include BIGBANG, iKON, CL, and Psy! JYP Entertainment CEO Park Jin Young also joined show's lineup, and girl group f(x) will team up with British electric pop duo Pet Shop Boys for a special performance.
These newly confirmed artists will join GOT7, BTS, and Zion.T, who previously announced their participation.
Sadly, the news wasn't all good, as previously confirmed CNBLUE reportedly dropped out, citing a scheduling conflict. Their agency, FNC Entertainment, also announced that none of their artists (which also includes F.T.Island and AOA) will be performing at the awards show this year.
The 2015 MAMAs will be held in Hong Kong on December 2. If you want to make your voice heard, you can vote once per day until December 1 HERE. Check out the full list of nominees HERE!
Who else would you like to see added to the lineup? Who has your votes this year? Share your thoughts in the comments!


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Covington Catholic senior guard Nick Ruthsatz was at one end of the Rupp Arena floor, reveling in the glory of the Colonels' 59-51 overtime victory against Scott County on Sunday afternoon in the finals of the 97th Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet Sixteen.
Ruthsatz was hugging his dad, CovCath Coach Scott Ruthsatz, and squeezing each of his teammates after they claimed the school's first state basketball title.
"This means everything to me. I'll remember this forever," said Ruthsatz, who had 25 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals in the title game. "It's awesome."
Scott County senior guard Trent Gilbert was at the other end of the Rupp Arena floor, crushed by defeat. His head was down, and he was sobbing, inconsolable.
Less than 24 hours after he was the shooting star of the Cardinals' 62-56 victory over Trinity in the semifinals, Gilbert couldn't find his touch against CovCath.
He misfired on 21 of 25 field goal attempts, including 12 of 14 three-pointers. More surprising, Gilbert twice missed the front end of the bonus in the last 90 seconds of regulation. This after he hit a Sweet Sixteen record 28 consecutive free throws in the previous three games.
Gilbert credited CovCath for his jump shot woes: "They did a good job defending me. I never could get in the flow of things."
Every shooter has nights when nothing will fall. "I've had plenty of them, but none that I'll remember like this," Gilbert said, choking back tears.
Ruthsatz empathized with Gilbert: "He's a great player who had an off night. It happens. He could've hit those shots and we could've just as easily lost.
Scott County Coach Billy Hicks tried to comfort Gilbert, whom he considers one of the best players he's ever had. "I hurt so bad for Trent, just like I hurt for all my kids," Hicks said. "I'm sure Trent puts a lot of this on himself, but he shouldn't. He got us here. If not for Trent Gilbert, we'd gotten nowhere near this championship game."
Gilbert, who scored more than 1,000 points this season, carried Scott County to three wins in Rupp, and for the week totaled 105 points and 15 threes and he hit 30 of 34 free throws. But he'd trade all the statistics for the smile on Nick Ruthsatz's face.
Ruthsatz, who had 91 points and 23 assists in four games, was the Sweet Sixteen MVP, and he earned it with clutch play down the stretch in the finals.
With CovCath down 44-37, Ruthsatz scored the Colonels' last 10 points in regulation, including two free throws that tied it 47-47 with :50 left. Scott County had a chance to win, but after two timeouts, Gilbert's leaning 15-footer missed as the 14,165 fans in Rupp Arena held their breath.
After CovCath fell behind 51-49 in overtime, it closed with a 10-0 run that included six points by Ruthsatz, and a key steal by Ruthsatz that led to the go-ahead basket.
CovCath senior Mark Schult wasn't surprised that Ruthsatz, who will play college ball at Findlay (Ohio), took over at crunch time. "That's the spot for him. He lives for that and shines in that."
In 1986, Pulaski County won the state title when Shannon Fraley, son of Maroons Coach Dave Fraley, hit the game-winning shot against Pleasure Ridge Park.
Scott Ruthsatz can appreciate what Fraley felt, sharing a championship with a son.
"I'm so proud of Nick and how he's elevated his game to another level though old-fashioned hard work over the last three years," Scott Ruthsatz said.
"This is all so special, if I keep talking about it I will drop tears here."
That's the ecstasy and agony of the Sweet Sixteen. Tears of joy and tears of heartbreak.


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Now that our ACME stack has been installed, let's setup some isolated development areas. To do this, we need to create one or more Virtual Hosts in Apache and setup some local domains.
Apache Virtual Hosts
In part 1, we talked about how Apache sets up the localhost domain pointed to files in /var/www/. This is why http://127.0.0.1/ displays It works! (index.html) when you first visited it and why it should display the current date and time (index.cfm) when you go there now.
Rather than run all of your projects under the same root folder and under the localhost domain, it's often a good idea to create a local domain and separate root folder for each project.
Rather than place project files under /var/www/, I often place them under my home directory or in a folder on another disk or partition.
1. Create a new root web directory.
I'm going to create a new directory at the system's root level. This will contain files for all of my projects. You'll have to use sudo to create the folder as the root user.
2[sudo] password for amoreno:
4amoreno@amoreno-desktop:/$ ls -l
5drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-24 23:22 webroot
Now we need to change the owner of the folder to that of your user account.
2amoreno@amoreno-desktop:/$ ls -l
3drwxr-xr-x 4 amoreno amoreno 4096 2008-06-24 23:22 webroot
Now we can enter this folder under your normal user account and create files and folders without having to use sudo. Let's create a folder for an ACME website:
Create a default page:
2. Create a new Virtual Host entry.
Now we need to let Apache know how to find the files for the ACME website. For that, we need to go to the Apache folder.
Let's go into the sites-available folder and open the default website configuration file.
Actually, let's create a copy so that we don't lose the default settings.
2total 4
3-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 2008-05-14 02:58 default
4amoreno@amoreno-desktop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ sudo cp default acme
5amoreno@amoreno-desktop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ ls -l
6total 8
7-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 2008-06-25 00:04 acme
8-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 2008-05-14 02:58 default
To make things easy, open the acme file in gedit. Notice that the file is owned by the root user.
In the normal distribution of Apache, these settings would be broken up across a few files. The version that is maintained in the Synaptic Package Manager keeps them all in one file, so copying and making changes will be very easy.
3. Create a new link in sites-enabled.
We just edited the acme file in the sites-available folder. Apache only loads Virtual Host configurations in the sites-enabled folder.
2total 8
3-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 2008-06-25 00:04 acme
4-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 2008-05-14 02:58 default
5amoreno@amoreno-desktop:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ cd ../sites-enabled/
6amoreno@amoreno-desktop:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$ ls -l
7total 0
8lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2008-06-03 00:03 000-default -> /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
In the sites-enabled folder, you can see that there is a link to the default Virtual Host file. Let's create one for acme.
2[sudo] password for amoreno:
3amoreno@amoreno-desktop:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$ ls -l
4total 0
5lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2008-06-03 00:03 000-default -> /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
6lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2008-06-25 00:18 acme -> ../sites-available/acme
4. Restart Apache
Apache has to be restarted to load the new Virtual Host configurations.
5. Create a new hosts entry.
Every OS has a file that acts like a local Domain Name Server. Open it and add the ServerName you created in the acme file, pointing to 127.0.0.1.
6. Open the URL in a browser.
You should now be able to enter http://dev.acme.localhost into your browser and see the output from /webroot/iknowkungfoo/acme/index.cfm.
That's it for now
Your 64-bit Ubuntu ColdFusion development environment is now up and running at full steam. If you have any questions or if you'd like to see something else added to this version of The ACME Guide, let me know in the Comments or through my Contact form.
Now that I've got my own ACME setup running, I can get back to the CF + OOP Primer and get some work done on that book I'm supposed to be writing. :)


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Ireland: EU Presidency & 2013 FACE Members' Meeting
Ireland is set to assume the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union from January to (end of) June 2013. This will be the seventh occasion on which Ireland has held the Presidency and it occurs on the 40th anniversary of Ireland's accession to the Union. The rotating presidency is for the most part a ceremonial role whose duties mainly involve framing the EU's agenda and chairing the various meetings of the EU Council of Ministers. However, the Presidency also plays a key role in the negotiations to reach inter-institutional agreements for the adoption of EU laws. The official Presidency website will launch this month: www.eu2013.ie.
The Irish Presidency's priorities will need to focus on resolving the ongoing economic crisis gripping the EU – and notably the conclusion of the EU's 2014-2020 Budget negotiations which will impact environmental and agricultural funds and future policy development.
In mid-November, EU Environment Commissioner Potočnik visited Ireland and alluded to environmental priorities including the greening of the Common Agricultural Policy, recognising more clearly the value of ecosystem services and public goods as well as the European Environment Action Programme (EAP) proposal which embodies "that it makes good economic sense to tackle environmental problems, improve resource efficiency, invest in natural capital and reduce environment-related health impacts".
The 2013 FACE Members Meeting will take place in Ireland during the country's EU Presidency, from 20-24 March, with an action-packed agenda and high-level Irish Ministerial attendance expected.
Participants should arrive on Wednesday 20 March. The Meetings will take place on Thursday 21 and Friday 22, with a spectacular excursion being planned for Saturday 23 and departures advised on Sunday 24 March. A preliminary programme and booking form will be circulated soon. FACE Delegates are encouraged to engage their professional staff in this Members Meeting in the interests of enhancing implementation.


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Greyhound sells bus tickets for travel to locations throughout Canada from the United States. Travelers visit Greyhound.com and enter their proposed route information in the boxes under Tickets on the homepage. If the destination in Canada is on the route, a traveler can view schedules and purchase a ticket online.Continue Reading
A traveler can view the location of Greyhound bus stations in Canada on Greyhound.ca by scrolling down to the Station Locator tab at the foot of the homepage, entering the destination's postal code or province and city in the search box and clicking on Search. This opens up a window showing the address of the nearest bus station, its opening hours and a map showing the location of the station and its surrounding area.Learn more about Geography


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Valdosta State captures national title
Hadley, Albritton lead top-ranked Blazers past UC San Diego
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Valdosta State is the 2012 NCAA Division II National Champions after an impressive 4-1 victory against defending champion UC San Diego. The championship is Valdosta State's sixth overall title and first in softball. The win also marks the first softball national championship for the Gulf South Conference.
The championship game started with a bang for Valdosta State as freshman Courtney Albritton lifted a leadoff solo home run over the left-field fence in her first at bat of the game. With the early 1-0 lead the Blazers played strong defense, only allowing one run to UC San Diego. That run came in the fifth inning and was unearned on an illegal pitch.
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The tournament's Most Outstanding Player Alanna Hadley struck five out in the game and fought through three illegal pitch calls. She gave up three walks, just three hits and a run.
Valdosta State, meanwhile, added three more runs in the game, the first of which came in the fourth. Marti Littlefield singled and was replaced by Fran Johnson to pinch run. She moved to second on a Natalia Morozova sacrifice bunt and third on a single. Sarah Vaughn allowed Johnson to score when she hit a ball the UC San Diego right fielder couldn't handle.
In the sixth inning, VSU notched two more insurance runs. Morozova led the inning with a walk followed by a crafty single bunt from Ashley Steinhilber. Both runners scored on a single from Clare Wamsley.
With the 4-1 lead, the Blazers looked for just three outs in the seventh. The final out was an unassisted play at third base by Samantha Posey.
Five Blazers were named to the National Championship All-Tournament team: Hadley, Posey, Morozova, Albritton and Morgan Johnson with Hadley taking home Most Outstanding Player honors.


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