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Adjusted Burda Mag Dress
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by curdis
Perth, Australia
I used a pattern from Burda Magazine #1/ 2011 for this dress. The pattern was a bit weird, especially the skirt bit. When I first tried the half-ready dress on, I looked like a snowman. The reason for that was that the skirt bit, was very wide on top and narrow on the bottom. As the top bit had some gathering on the waistline as well as the skirt, the overall image was really buffy. To avoid this "snowman" look (you can see that on the last picture), I turned the skirt upside down – connected the narrower bottom bit to the top of the dress. That worked out pretty good in the end.
Material Notes
I used some silky material that I found from an op shop close to my work.
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Sep 11, 2016, 05.02 PMby lucielaurier
Mar 21, 2014, 05.11 PMby AnninaNicole
Thanks for posting, I have that Burda magazine and thought of making this dress. It's sometimes difficult to get a good idea of a pattern from their photos, in this case a sitting model :) maybe her skirt looked bulky too.
Sep 19, 2011, 03.41 AMby pink-cornelia
your dress si so pretty, thanks for the skirt tip, I want to try this pattern, so I will definitely do the same adjustment.
May 21, 2011, 04.27 PMby shirosh
Beautiful! Good work(:
May 21, 2011, 04.09 PMby secondbedroom
Your adjustment is well done! The dress is super cute.
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Preview Versace's Upcoming H&M Collection
>> H&M has announced its next collaborator: Versace. Donatella Versace looked back at the house archives to reinterpret classic Versace designs from 1978 to today — "iconic Versace pieces [from] iconic Versace moments" as she put it — for the collection, which will encompass around 40 pieces for women, as well as a 20-piece collection for men and a selection of homeware (think bedspreads and pillows).
Since the collection is debuting on November 17 (in 300 stores worldwide and online) — right in the thick of party season, as Margareta van den Bosch, creative advisor at H&M, points out — it will be dominated by gold studded leather dresses (one of which Donatella was "so excited" about that she wore yesterday to take her bow at the Versace men's show), colorful silk and print dresses, high heels, and costume jewelry.
Versace also designed a Pre-Spring collection for H&M that will be exclusively available in countries with H&M online sales (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom) starting on January 19, 2012. See Versace talk about the collaboration in the video below, and preview the collection in the slideshow.

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The Charles W. Morgan, the last of the wooden whaleships, will be refloated Sunday, July 21, at Mystic Seaport after an extensive and expensive restoration. A large crowd is expected at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, which is on the grounds of the Mystic Seaport.
On Saturday afternoon a crowd gathered at the Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway. They had come to witness the launching of a 28-foot replica whaleboat which had been built at the shipyard as part of the restoration of the Charles W. Morgan, the only remaining wooden whaling ship in the U.S. The crowd was not filled with mere bystanders, though. Muscle was needed.
"It takes a village to put one of these together," said Nat Benjamin, one of the shipyard's founders. "It looks like it's going to take a whole city to launch it."
Wooden Whaleship Restored
Shipwrights have installed the last plank in the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship of the 19th century housed in Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The wooden ship that began its 80-year career hunting whales with an Edgartown whaling captain, Thomas A. Norton, and many Vineyard crewmembers, is undergoing a $5 million restoration.
Last Friday afternoon shipwrights installed the shutter plank on the 106-foot vessel, which is expected to sail again in 2014.
The last remaining New England whale ship with Vineyard connections — the Charles W. Morgan — may sail again. The president of Mystic Seaport spoke at a private fund-raising function recently in Edgartown, at the home of S. Bailey Norton, to report on the Morgan, now undergoing a $6 million restoration effort. It may take another $2 million to do the necessary work to get her to sail.
She is the only one left.
The Charles W. Morgan is the last surviving wooden whale ship, and while she has rested at a shipyard in Mystic, Conn. since 1941, her Vineyard ties are long and as intricate as a clove hitch knot.
Built at a New Bedford shipyard that was owned by a Chilmark family, her first captain and many of the crew were from the Vineyard.
And now a Vineyarder is leading the fund-raising effort to restore the Charles W. Morgan.


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Queen Anne Dressing Table
This period reproduction shouts 'high-style' on the outside, but the inside structure is all 'I Can Do That.'
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At first glance, a novice woodworker might turn the page on this Philadelphia-style dressing table thinking that the craftsmanship is too difficult. But before you give up, scan these pages. The carcase is joined with mortise-and-tenon joinery and the interior is nailed together – exactly as it was done on the original.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Zack Greinke's pitch sailed up and into Carlos Quentin's upper left arm, and it was on.
A little personal history was at play, as were rules that aren't in any rule book.
Now the Dodgers will be without their $147 million pitcher for at least eight weeks and Quentin was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball, pending an appeal, because of baseball culture and its fuzzy, unspoken guidelines on just when and how it's OK to bean someone.
After Quentin got hit, the San Diego Padres' slugger took a few steps onto the grass. When Greinke, Los Angeles' prize offseason signing, appeared to say something, Quentin tossed his bat aside and rushed the mound.
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Greinke dropped his glove and the two players lowered their shoulders. The 6-2, 240-pound Quentin — who starred as an outside linebacker in high school — slammed into the pitcher.
Quentin and Greinke ended up at the bottom of a huge scrum as players from both sides ran onto the field and jumped in Thursday night.
Greinke took the brunt of the blow, breaking his left collarbone and inciting a fight that didn't even end when the game was over. The Dodgers said Greinke will undergo surgery on Saturday to have a rod inserted into the collarbone.
"It's a man's game on the field," Quentin said. "Thoughts aren't present when things like this happen."
Quentin didn't back down on Friday, saying that getting plunked by pitches by Greinke during the 2008 and 2009 seasons was justification enough to charge the mound when it happened again.
"It's an unfortunate situation that someone got hurt and I do have a lot of remorse that someone did get hurt," Quentin said before the Padres opened a series against Colorado. "But I will say that I felt I had to protect myself and that what happened on that field as a result could have been avoided."
Quentin reiterated that it was the first time he'd ever rushed the mound.
"If things were different, I may have never gone to the mound. And it's just a shame that the Dodger organization has lost one of their key members."
Quentin spoke to the media before his suspension was announced. He also was fined an undisclosed amount.
"Unless it's two months it's not enough," Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw said after he took the loss in Arizona's 3-0 victory Friday night. "... I know it can't happen, but I don't understand why he (Quentin) should get to play and Zack doesn't, for him acting the way he did. But I'm glad the league did eight. That's probably more than some people were expecting, so it's a step."
Dodgers infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount.
Quentin and Hairston are playing, pending appeals by the players' association.
No discipline was announced for Greinke and Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp.
Hairston, Quentin, Kemp and Greinke were ejected after the brawl.
While pitching for Kansas City against the Chicago White Sox on July 18, 2008, Greinke hit Quentin with a pitch near the left wrist, loading the bases. Then on April 8, 2009, Greinke hit Quentin between the shoulders in the fourth inning after throwing one high and tight during Quentin's previous at-bat. Quentin took about a step toward the mound then, before plate umpire Bill Hohn jumped in front of him.
Quentin said Greinke threw a pitch over his head and the next pitch "directly at my face. If I don't put my shoulder in the way it hits my face. ... Last night I didn't go out there until I was provoked to go out there.
"I saw an expletive followed by whatever you guys want to translate," he said.
At its core, Thursday's brawl was about baseball's quirky decorum.
The game naturally has a tension between pitchers and batters over balls thrown over the inside of the plate, and sometimes that flares into disagreement over who "owns" the inside half. While the Dodgers were adamant that Greinke wouldn't hit Quentin on a full-count pitch in a one-run game, some in the Padres clubhouse mentioned that Greinke usually has pinpoint accuracy.
Quentin's rushing the mound was taking baseball protocol to the extreme, whereas in many other instances, the batter might gesture and yap while being escorted toward first base by the umpire and the catcher.
Quentin was hit by a pitch above the right wrist by Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario in Tuesday's series opener and had to leave the game. He sat out Wednesday night.
The Dodgers weren't buying Quentin's explanation. So much so that Kemp confronted Quentin as they left Petco Park following LA's 3-2 win. Big Padres lefty Clayton Richard stepped between the two, and police and security moved in to break it up.
"He wanted to approach me aggressively and I tried to explain to him but he didn't want to listen," Quentin said.
Several Dodgers said Quentin should have known by the situation that Greinke's pitch didn't come with a purpose.
"I got emotional because first off, we shouldn't even have been in that situation," Kemp said in the clubhouse before his confrontation with Quentin. "People with good baseball IQs know that when you have a one-run lead in the sixth inning and it's a 3-2 count, Greinke's not going to hit you on purpose.
"I think Carlos Quentin went to Stanford? Something like that. Yeah. I heard there's smart people at Stanford. That wasn't too smart," Kemp said.
Several Dodgers mentioned how Quentin crowds the plate. Manager Don Mattingly called Quentin "a guy that basically dives into the plate."
Mattingly was livid and Kemp wasn't far behind.
"People were saying in the pile, they've got history," Kemp said. "Come on guys, history? I mean, Greinke's trying to win games. He's not trying to hit anybody on purpose. If you look at the video, if you look at where Quentin actually stands on the plate, he gives the pitcher no space to even come inside. Good pitchers have to come inside. Sometimes they miss their spots. Greinke missed his spot right there. That's when he hit Carlos Quentin. No big deal. Take it like a man and walk down to first base. But he had to charge the mound. Now one of our best pitchers is hurt for no reason."
Mattingly added that Quentin showed "zero understanding of the game."
On Friday, Mattingly was much calmer than the night before. He had called for Quentin to get a suspension matching how long Greinke is out, but didn't get his wish.
"I wasn't like crazy mad. It just made sense, kind of an eye for an eye thing, but that's not my job," said Mattingly, who added that he spoke with MLB executive vice president Joe Torre.
Mattingly said he would not instruct his team to retaliate when they meet the Padres in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium starting Monday night.
"We're trying to win games. We're not MMA fighters or things like that. We're trying to win baseball games."
Quentin is in his second season with San Diego while Greinke is new to the Dodgers.
"I think this is more about their personal relationship as competitors," San Diego manager Bud Black said Friday. "This is something that I don't think any of us can really understand Carlos' emotions, how a player feels in the batter's box in a situation like this. "
Greinke, the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, had his left arm in a sling and a dazed look on his face as he told his side of the story.
"I never hit him on purpose," said Greinke, who still appeared shaken after the game. "I never thought about hitting him on purpose. He always seems to think that I'm hitting him on purpose, but that's not the case. That's all I can really say about it."
The teams play another three-game series at Dodger Stadium beginning Monday night.
After the teams started going back to the dugouts and bullpens following the brawl, Hairston came running across the field yelling and pointing at someone in the San Diego dugout and had to be restrained. Hairston claimed a Padres player — whom he wouldn't name — was making fun of the fact Greinke had been injured.
Padres backup catcher John Baker said he heard the Dodgers accused him of inciting the second melee. Baker said he helped pull Greinke out of the fight. Baker and Black said they didn't know until the ninth inning that Greinke had broken his collarbone.
"When emotions run so high, logic and reason don't necessarily win out right afterward," Baker said.
Quentin has been hit by pitches 116 times in his career, including an AL-high 23 times in 2011 with the White Sox. Greinke has hit 46 batters since his big league debut in 2004.
Quentin has been plunked more often than any other major league hitter since the start of 2008.
When it comes to the unwritten rules of baseball, Baker said he has one.
"People charging the mound has been part of the game for 100 years. People have to stand up for themselves in certain situations. The unwritten rule that I follow is that if your teammate feels the need to stand up for himself, it's your responsibility as a teammate to support him."
In Oakland, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said: "My only reaction is I'm tired of seeing it. It's been on 1,000 times a day. That stuff has been going on for 1,000 years in baseball, plain and simple. End of the conversation."
AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley in Oakland and AP Sports Writer Bob Baum in Phoenix contributed to this report.


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Beaumont Independent School District administrator Kirvis Fontenot was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on Wednesday, Jan. 27, for allegedly misappropriating funds entrusted to him as the assistant principal at BISD's Pathways alternative school campus.
The Orange County Grand Jury has indicted John Phillip Fuller Jr., 28, on one count of Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student and two counts of Sexual Assault, according to a press release from the District Attorney.
Fuller was a teacher/coach at St. Mary Catholic School in Orange. He is charged with having an ongoing sexual relationship with a student who was enrolled at the school.
According to a press release from the Orange County Sheriff's Office, allegations were made about an improper relationship between an educator and a high school student at Community Christian School in Orange on Monday, Oct. 1. The administration office of the school called in the complaint. Sergeant Chad Hogan of Orange County said in the release that no arrests have been made at this time. No other information has been released regarding the ongoing investigation.
Pastor Daniel Rose of Community Church released the following statement:
A Little Cypress Junior High assistant coach is no longer employed at the school after an investigation was launched regarding the educator and an improper relationship with a high school student.
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Hosting career fairs and critiquing resumes is not all we do! The FAU Career Center provides career planning assistance and has the resources and knowledge to help currently enrolled degree-seeking Florida Atlantic University students achieve their career goals. The Career Center can be utilized throughout a student's entire academic career at FAU. The career planning process is continuous and at times can be confusing and overwhelming. We strongly recommend that students become familiarized with our staff of professionally trained counselors and become actively engaged in their career planning from their freshmen year and continue on through their senior year. The Career Center offers numerous programs and services that can assist students with their career planning:
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What you need to know about Florida today
Employers work to ease cost of health overhaul
Six months from fully taking effect, President Barack Obama's main legislative achievement in attempting to expand access to health care is generating concerns locally and nationally about its potential fallout. Those worries include higher unemployment, reduced employee benefits, lowered incomes and higher business costs. [Source: Ocala Star-Banner]
» Prepare for Launch of 'Get Covered' Campaign
Florida Bankers Association chairman assumes helm at critical time
Jorge I. Triay, a longtime South Florida banker, will assume the role as the new chairman of the Florida Bankers Association on Wednesday, an appointment he will hold for the next year, after having served as chairman-elect for the past 12 months. [Source: Miami Herald]
Florida Democrats see Gov. Rick Scott as easy target in 2014
Florida Democrats' best candidate for governor right now isn't a candidate and wasn't always one of them. And party leaders caused a stir by snubbing a longtime candidate and party stalwart. But when the elites of the Florida Democratic Party met Saturday in Hollywood for their annual fundraising gala, they suggested none of that was really a big problem for one big reason: Rick Scott. More from the Times/Herald and the AP.
» High hopes for Democratic Chairwoman Allison Tant
Column: Teens savor jobs -- and they should
Working in a restaurant or bagging groceries once were the staples of part-time work. But somewhere, somehow, things went a little wacky. New regulations were foisted on businesses restricting the hours some teens could work, and limiting the types of work they could do. [Source: Florida Today]
Premiums rising for national flood program, though Florida pales in payouts
Florida didn't trigger the financial crisis within the National Flood Insurance Program. In fact, over the past 35 years, the state's property owners have helped prop up the program, paying four times more than what they have gotten back in claims. The payback for all that financial help: About 270,000 Florida properties could face huge flood insurance rate hikes. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
› Developers compete for $1 billion Miami Beach project
As Miami Beach embarks on an ambitious push to overhaul the convention center and develop the surrounding sea of parking lots, it's become one of the biggest opportunities for urban renewal in the country -- a 52-acre blank slate bordering some of the hottest real estate and tourism anywhere.
› Few jobs out there don't require at least some computer literacy
Vivian Godwin is the online-learning coordinator at Workforce Central Florida, the region's publicly funded jobs agency. She oversees the agency's programs that provide computer-literacy training — free of charge — to laid-off workers.
› Florida couple among first to pay for private flight into space
Watching video of the recent test flight from thousands of miles away in Central Florida, Marc Hagle imagined the G-forces pressing against his chest as the rocket motor ignited and the spaceship accelerated, just as he'd experienced in a simulator. His wife, Sharon, felt a surge of excitement, thinking, "Wow, this is really going to happen."
› Investment firms gobbling up homes in Southwest Florida
Two of the largest real estate investors in the country are manipulating home values across Southwest Florida through rapid price inflations that could form another bubble here, an analysis shows.
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Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem welcomed their second child on the same day William and Catherine had the royal baby.
The notoriously private Spanish actress couldn't have planned her baby girl's low-key debut any better since most eyes were glued to London for days.
Cruz, is already mom to 2-year-old son Leonardo Encinas Bardem, who arrived in January 2011. Leo is now big brother to his new hermanita, who was born on Monday in Spain, according to Vogue and Us Weekly.
PHOTOS: The Hollywood baby boom
A rep said that the baby girl was born at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid. No other information was released.
Cruz, 39, and "Skyfall" villain Bardem, 44, who married in 2010, announced they were expecting in February.
"From the first second, you feel so much love," the actress told Vogue in June after having her first child. "It is a revolutionary experience. That's the best way I can describe it. It transforms you completely, in a second. Nature is very wise and gives you nine months to prepare, but in that moment, when you see that face, you are transformed forever."
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — University of Connecticut alumnus Rick Mastracchio would have liked to deliver this year's graduation address to the school of engineering in person.
But he'll be out of town on May 10 — still orbiting the globe on the International Space Station.
So UConn has arranged for the 54-year-old astronaut to tape the speech in space.
His recorded address will be shown to more than 400 graduating seniors and their families on video.
Mastracchio earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer engineering from UConn in 1982. He'll receive an honorary doctorate.
The Waterbury native returns to earth from his eight-month mission and fourth trip into space on May 13.


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HOUSTON -- NBA All-Star Weekend is shaping up as the hottest sporting event of the year, even bigger than the Super Bowl for people who come to town for the fabulous parties!
NBA All-Star Weekend is where the stars come out -- and we're not talking about just the basketball players. All over town, celebrities such as Beyonce, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Lil Wayne, and Nicki Minaj will be hanging out or throwing their own parties that are often open to the public.
Front-row seats to watch the game in person at the Toyota Center on Feb. 17, 2013? Forget about it. According to TicketCity.com, the best seats are going for a staggering $5,300!
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BRUSSELS (CNN) -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed the political elements of a trade pact with the European Union on Friday, even as Russian lawmakers finalized annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.
The signing in Brussels signals Europe's solidarity with Ukraine -- and carries additional symbolic force because it was the decision by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in November to ditch the trade pact in favor of closer ties with Russia that triggered the protests that led to his ouster in February and spiraled into the current crisis.
It also comes a day after the European Union and the United States slapped sanctions on Russian lawmakers and businessmen; Russia responded with its own list of sanctions against a number of U.S. lawmakers and officials.
In another sign of defiance, Russian President Vladimir Putin, flanked by the speakers of both houses of Parliament, signed a treaty Friday finalizing the accession to Russia of the Crimea region and its port city of Sevastopol.
The upper house unanimously approved ratification of the treaty a day after Russia's lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, passed it by an overwhelming margin.
Russia's moves to annex Crimea, following a contested referendum last weekend in the Black Sea peninsula, have turned a confrontation with Europe and the United States into the biggest crisis in East-West relations since the Cold War.
In a sign that Western sanctions are already weighing on Russian authorities, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Friday in Moscow that the government will have to pay more to borrow money, state news agency ITAR-Tass said.
Russia "will look at our oil and gas revenues. If the situation is like it is now, we will probably have to give up external borrowings and cut domestic ones," Siluanov said.
Yatsenyuk: EU speaking in one voice
Moscow has doggedly pursued its own course even as Western leaders have denounced its actions as violations of Ukraine's sovereignty and a breach of international law.
Though Russia insists that its actions are legitimate, Ukraine's interim government has said Kiev will never stop fighting for Crimea.
While in Brussels, Yatsenyuk held talks with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso.
He said Russia's ratification of the treaty annexing Crimea is less important than the EU trade pact he has signed with EU leaders.
"Frankly speaking, I don't care about Russia signing this deal; I care about Ukraine, Ukrainians and our European future," he said. "This deal covers more existential and most important issues, mainly security and defense cooperation."
Yatsenyuk said the European Union would "speak in one single and strong voice" to protect its values and defend Ukraine's territorial integrity.
Van Rompuy said the deal "shows our steadfast support for the course the people of Ukraine have courageously pursued."
EU travel bans, asset freezes
The European Union confirmed details of the sanctions against 12 Russian officials agreed to late Thursday at the EU Heads of State or Government summit.
Those targeted with travel bans and asset freezes include Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, as well as the chairwoman of the Russian upper house, Valentina Matvienko, and two Putin advisers.
"Sanctions are not a question of retaliation; they are a foreign policy tool," Van Rompuy said. "Our goal is to stop Russian action against Ukraine, to restore Ukraine's sovereignty, and to achieve this, we need a negotiated solution."
He said the European Union expected soon to finalize approval of the remaining parts of the deal, particularly its economic provisions.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the European Commission will draw up further sanctions -- in finance, military and energy -- for use if the situation escalates.
"Europe is, I think, 25% or so reliant on Russian gas," he said. "But if you look at Gazprom's revenues, something like 50% of them come from Europe. So, you know, Russia needs Europe more than Europe needs Russia."
Cameron said the measures agreed to in Brussels will carry a cost for Crimea, whose goods would face heavy penalties and tariffs in Europe if they are shipped through Russia, not Ukraine.
EU leaders want to see an international observer mission in Crimea, preferably under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe but, if not, sent by the European Union, Cameron said.
Ban: 'Deeply concerned'
A day after speaking with Putin in Moscow, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Friday in Kiev with acting President Oleksandr Turchynov, then told reporters he was "very deeply concerned" by the tensions in parts of Ukraine and between Kiev and Moscow. "These are some of the most traumatic and difficult times in the history of Ukraine," he said.
Ban urged a peaceful, diplomatic resolution to the crisis and said all parties should refrain from inflammatory actions and rhetoric.
U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic arrived Friday in Crimea for a two-day visit aimed at laying the groundwork for a U.N. human rights monitoring mission, the United Nations said.
He and a team were to meet with Crimean leaders, the head of the Crimean Tatar minority and others, including the families of Ukrainian servicemen, the United Nations said.
The United Nations and other organizations stand ready to assist with the country's elections, slated to be held May 25, Ban said. While in Kiev, he was also planning to meet with Yatsenyuk and other ministers and lawmakers.
In another sign of solidarity with Ukraine, France is offering to strengthen a NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic area by sending four jets, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Friday.
The offer, accepted by the Baltic states, was extended Friday as French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian traveled to Lithuania, Estonia and Poland, said Sacha Mandel, the minister's communication adviser.
His trip followed a visit to the Baltics this week by Vice President Joe Biden.
Putin's inner circle
The U.S. sanctions announced Thursday target 20 people seen as close to Putin, as well as a bank, Rossiya, believed to serve the President and senior Russian officials.
Putin rejected the putative link. "I personally didn't have an account there, but I'll definitely open it on Monday," he said Friday, according to the Kremlin.
The individuals named by the U.S. Treasury include Putin allies in the Kremlin and in business. Among the 16 government officials are Putin's chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov; the speaker of the State Duma, Sergey Naryshkin; and Viktor Ozerov, chairman of the Security and Defense Committee of the Russian Parliament's upper house.
Four others were named as members of the government's inner circle. They are financier Yuri Kovalchuk, labeled Putin's personal banker by a senior U.S. administration official; magnate Gennady Timchenko, whose activities in the energy sector have been directly linked to Putin, according to the Treasury; and businessmen Arkady and Boris Rotenberg.
President Barack Obama is to meet next week with other leaders of the so-called G7 group of industrialized nations, on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in the Netherlands. Russia has been excluded from the talks.
Obama signed an executive order that authorizes further sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy if Moscow does not act to deescalate the situation.
Sanctions affect Russian markets
Washington had already announced sanctions Monday on 11 individuals; the European Union had imposed travel bans and asset freezes on 21 people.
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that the new round of U.S. sanctions would be "significantly more powerful than the first one."
The latest round "hits significant economic interests that are fairly close to the ruling circles in Moscow," he said. "It will be noticed."
Markets were down Friday in Moscow, amid uncertainty in the business community.
The Moscow Interbank Curency Exchange, or MICEX index, fell more than 2% -- bringing its 2014 losses to 14%. The ruble rebounded after falling early in the day; it has lost about 10% since the start of the year.
In contrast, the markets and ruble had risen Monday, when the first round of sanctions was announced and did not appear to target those in Putin's inner circle.
The business community now appears to fear that Putin is on a collision course with the West, and that that could undermine its interests.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday that it had asked Putin to draft countermeasures in response to the expanded Western sanctions.
On Thursday, Moscow imposed measures against nine U.S. officials and lawmakers, including House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sens. John McCain, Robert Menendez, Daniel Coats and Mary Landrieu, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.


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A certificate of deposit, or CD, is an interest-bearing deposit account. However, unlike a savings deposit account in which the interest rate may fluctuate, a CD investment is guaranteed a specific rate of return.[1]
The interest rate on a CD is higher than on a savings account because the investor, in exchange for receiving a guaranteed rate of return, commits to a specified period of time (the "term") during which he will not withdraw his investment. Common terms for CDs range from 30 days to 5 years. With most CDs, withdrawing any of the investment before the end of the term (the "maturity date") will incur an often substantial early withdrawal penalty.[2]
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29 September
Events which occurred on 29 September.
On Earth
- 1940 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 39.
- 1968 - An Unexpected Party, the first episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
- 1973 - W.H. Auden, long time friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
In Arda
- Frodo and his companions reach Bree at night. They stay at the Prancing Pony.
- Strider was behind the hedge on the Road west of Bree and hears "Mr. Underhill". In the inn Frodo wears the One Ring while dancing and meets with Aragorn.
- Barliman finally gives him Gandalf's letter.
- Gandalf visits the Gaffer.
- Gandalf, Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, Galadriel and Elrond leave Middle-earth and pass over the Sea.


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Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the backward flow of urine. The urine flows from the bladder back into the kidneys.
Urine normally flows out from the kidneys. It passes through tubes called ureters. It then flows into the bladder. Each ureter connects to the bladder in a way that prevents urine from flowing back up the ureter. This connection is similar to a one-way valve. When this does not work properly, or if the ureters do not extend far enough into the bladder, urine may flow back up to the kidney. If the urine contains bacteria, the kidney may become infected. The back-up can also put extra pressure on the kidney. This can cause kidney damage.
This is a potentially serious condition. It requires care from a doctor. Early treatment and prevention of infections can lead to better outcomes.
Common causes of VUR include:
- A problem in the way the ureter inserts into the bladder
- A ureter that does not extend far enough into the bladder
- Neurogenic bladder—loss of normal bladder function due to damaged nerves reaching the bladder
Risk Factors
VUR is more common in Caucasians. Other factors that may increase your child's chance of developing VUR include:
- Family history (especially if a sibling or parent has VUR)
- Birth defects that affect the urinary tract
- Birth defects that affect the spinal cord, such as spina bifida
- Tumors in the spinal cord or pelvis
Your child may not have any symptoms. In some cases, VUR is found after a urinary tract or kidney infection is diagnosed. Symptoms of urinary tract infections include:
- Frequent and urgent need to urinate
- Passing small amounts of urine
- Pain in the abdomen or pelvic area
- Burning sensation during urination
- Cloudy, bad-smelling urine
- Increased need to get up at night to urinate
- Blood in the urine
- Leaking urine
- Low back pain or pain along the side of the ribs
- Fever and chills
The doctor will ask about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Tests may include:
- Blood tests—to assess how well the kidneys are functioning
- Urine tests—to look for evidence of an infection or damage to the kidneys
Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG)—a liquid that can be seen on
is placed in the bladder through a catheter; x-rays are taken when the bladder is filled and when urinating
- Note: This test is not done routinely in children aged 2-24 months.
- Radionuclide cystogram (RNC)—a test like VCUG, but uses a different kind of liquid to obtain images
- Intravenous pyelogram—also uses a liquid that can be seen on x-rays; images are taken as the substance travels from the blood (after being injected into a vein) into the kidneys and bladder
- Nuclear scans—a variety of tests using radioactive materials injected into a vein to show how well the urinary system is working
The doctor will grade your child's condition. The grading scale ranges from 1 (mild) to 5 (severe).
The goal for treatment of VUR is to prevent any permanent kidney damage. Treatment options include:
Treatment may not be needed for grades 1-3. Higher grades may require treatment.
VUR may go away on its own as the ureters develop. The doctor will monitor your child's condition. This may include:
- Antibiotics
- Preventive antibiotics may be given under certain conditions, depending on your childs age, history of urine infections, and grade of reflux.
- Antibiotics will be used if a urine infection is present.
- Tests to check how the kidneys are functioning
Children are advised to stay well-hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids. They should also empty their bladders frequently.
In most cases, surgery is not needed. If your child does need surgery, the options include:
- Ureteral reimplantation surgery—This can be done in two ways. One requires making an incision above the pubic bone and repositioning the ureters in the bladder. It can also be done laparoscopically, with cameras being inserted through small incisions in the abdomen and/or bladder to do the surgery.
- Endoscopic injection into the ureter—This is a minimally invasive surgery that is done to correct the reflux. A gel is injected where the ureter inserts into the bladder. This can block urine from flowing back up the ureter.
VUR cannot be prevented in most cases. Avoid complications by getting prompt treatment. If you suspect a urinary tract or kidney infection, call your child's doctor.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
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Once Upon a Playground
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Panola College
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Once Upon a Playground offers a visual tribute to these vanishing playgrounds of our past, celebrating their place in American culture and the collective memories of generations. Co-curated by Brenda Biondo, author of Once Upon a Playground: A Celebration of Classic American Playgrounds, 1920–1975 (University Press of New England, 2014), and Carol Johnson, recently retired curator of photography at the Library of Congress, the exhibition combines contemporary photographs of classic equipment, vintage images of playground scenes from the Library of Congress' collections, and images from period playground catalogs and other ephemera. By bringing together these diverse sources, the exhibition highlights a playground vernacular that developed over decades, while providing historical context and cultural insight.
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Hugh Jackman was X-Men dad
- Bang Showbiz
- 5 May 2014
Hugh Jackman admits he felt like an old man on the set of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' because many his castmates like Nicholas Hoult and Jennifer Lawrence are in their 20s
Hugh Jackman felt old on the set of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
The 45-year-old actor stars alongside 'Skins' star Nicholas Hoult, 24, in the latest instalment of the Marvel comic book franchise and he's admitted that he felt really old when he told him he'd watched the first film as a child.
He told ELLE magazine: "The first day we shot in the X-Mansion, Nic said, 'I'm sorry, but this is just so cool because I saw you walking down these halls when I was 10 years old.' And I said, 'I know that's meant as a compliment, but it still stings a little, mate.' "
Hoult's girlfriend Jennifer Lawrence, 23, and Ellen Page, 27, also star in the film and Hugh admits he felt like their dad when they were messing about on set.
He explained: "That bunch were close on set, all partying together, shooting each other with BB guns in the trailer park.
"I thought, 'I'm not going to shush them, because if I tell them to stop they'll just shoot at my trailer window. So I stayed inside - that's when you realise you're the old man now."


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Well, it looks like the war of words between Bruins forwad Shawn Thornton and the Chicago Blackhawks is going to last a little longer than first expected.
Thornton was upset that after he was sliced above the right eye by forward Fernando Pisani's skate blade Tuesday night, someone on the Blackhawks bench chirped at him as he made his way toward the Bruins' bench. Today Thornton reiterated that he still doesn't know who it was.
Blackhawks enforcer John Scott, who wasn't in the lineup Tuesday, was asked by the media in Chicago about comments Thornton made on 98.5 The Sports Hub today about having a long memory when it comes to the incident.
Scott, via the Chicago Tribune, said:
"He said that? That's fine. He can say what he wants. He's going after some of our littlest guys on our team to start a fight. He's trying to challenge (Fernando) Pisani to a fight. What's that say about him?
"He's Mr. Tough Guy and he's trying to challenge Pisani. If I'm in the lineup, he's more than welcome to come chirp at me. I'll kick the (bleep) out of him."
The Hawks had been upset earlier in that game that Thornton collided with defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson and then Thornton and Pisani did have a brief exchange in a scrum.
The Bruins and Hawks are not scheduled to meet again this season, unless it's in the Stanley Cup final. Scott would likely be a scratch with the stakes that high, as he has played in just 40 games on Chicago's back end this season. Scott is signed through the end of next year by the Hawks.
Thornton received around 40 stitches for the gash and as of today is not medically cleared to play. After the game Tuesday, he said he would take care of whoever chirped when he finds out the player's identity and crosses paths with him again.


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New Hampshire Religion News in Brief
June 19. 2013 9:23PM
Vacation program at Bedford Church
BEDFORD — Bedford Presbyterian Church has been holding vacation church school programs for more than 30 years and this summer is no different.
Area children entering kindergarten through 6th grade are welcome to the program, held at the church, 4 Church Road, from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, June 24-28.
Journey to Babylon and learn about Daniel's courage in captivity. Daniel lived long ago, but his life carries lessons for us today.
There will be dancing, singing, crafting, playing games and building together in ways that help those attending
Children will become part of a Tribe of Israel and be able to explore a bazaar, make crafts and enjoy snacks. They will play games that help them learn the message of the day and even become part of a mission team helping with a woodworking project to build planter boxes for local senior citizens.
More information and registration forms can be found on the church website, www.bedfordpresbyterian.org in the upcoming events section.
The cost is $15 per child with a $40 maximum per family. Contact the church office at 472-5841.
Outdoor Eucharist at Port City picnic
PORTSMOUTH — On Sunday, June 23, Christ Episcopal Church, 1035 Lafayette Road, will host an outdoor Eucharist and cookout.
The service will be at 11 a.m. in the shaded rear courtyard of the church.
The cookout will follow on the side lawn. Attendees are asked to bring a lawn chair and a side dish or dessert to share.
Hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages will be provided.
For those who don't come to the outdoor service, there will be a quiet celebration of the Holy Eucharist at Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 High St., Hampton, at 8:45 a.m.
Bible school set for Chester church
CHESTER — Chester Congregational & Baptist Church invites children to attend a summer Vacation Bible School program called Kingdom Rock: Where Kids Stand Strong for God.
It will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, July 8 to 12, at the church.
The program is open to children ages preschool through entering 6th grade. Children will be involved in a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities including games, snack, crafts, music and singing, and Bible stories.
There is no charge but registration is required. There will be a closing celebration on Friday, July 12 at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will be provided.
The church is located in the center town at 4 Chester St.
For more information, visit www.chesternhchurch.org.
Independence Sunday at Ellsworth chapel
ELLSWORTH — The Chapel of St. John of the Mountains will celebrate Independence Sunday at 3 p.m. on June 30, under the direction of Pastor Ray Hahn.
The guest preacher will be the Rev. Kevin McCullough, pastor of the Canaan Assembly of God.
All members of the Armed Forces — active, retired, veterans — will be recognized. The "Afterglow Fellowship" with refreshments will follow.
The chapel is located 4 1/2 miles up Ellsworth Hill Road from the intersection of Rts. 3 and 49, Campton Exit 28 off Interstate 93.
Call Pastor Ray Hahn at 536-4308 for information.


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Real Madrid's signing of Asier Illarramendi has shocked a few people in the footballing world.
Despite having an excellent Under-21 European Championship, where he played every game, Illarramendi is still a big risk at such a young age.
Real Madrid met Real Sociedad's buyout clause, believed to be around £32.8million, a big risk for a player who is yet to prove themselves at the highest level.
Madrid themselves see him as a long-term replacement for Xabi Alonso, 31, who has been linked with a move back to the Premier League.
Illarramendi told SkySports: "It hasn't been an easy decision; it has been very difficult for me because Real Sociedad have given me so much."
Sociedad achieved a fourth place finish in Primera Liga last season thanks to Asier Illaramendi and their president told SkySports: "We have a very important year ahead of us with a young coach (Jagoba Arrasate) and we wanted all our players to stay."
Illarramendi is one of the most exciting players in La Liga right now, but many have seen the £32.8million fee as desperation from Real Madrid who seem to be willing to spend anything to win back the league title.
They also announced the signing of Isco during this summer's transfer window, who is another young player they bought for a hefty transfer fee of £23million.
There is a chance that Illarramendi and Isco could become the best in the world but it is hard to tell whether they will be wonderkids or flops at this early stage in their careers.
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Report says women are not equal
Warns of dangers of discounting gender in military strategy
A new report on a U.S. Marines plan to put women in "tip of the spear" combat positions argues females are not "equal" when it comes to hand-to-hand combat.
The report by the Center for Military Readiness, or CMR, warns America's social experiment with the members of its military may become costly.
"Mandatory 'diversity' taken to extremes is all about elitist attitudes, ideological groupthink, and Amazon Warrior myths that disregard inconvenient facts," the report says. "Ancient Greeks and Romans believed in mythical Amazon women, but today's theorists seem to believe in popular culture depicting super-female warriors on television and in feature films."
The report warns that as "1984" author George Orwell "recognized decades ago, false beliefs are likely to 'bump up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.'"
CMR founder Elaine Donnelly points out in a Washington Times commentary about her group's new report that female officers were invited last September to participate in the grueling 13-week Marine Infantry Officer Course at Quantico, Va.
"Of the two women who volunteered, one left on the first day, and the second dropped out (along with 27 of 109 men) several days later," she writes.
"Professional football entertains fans with non-lethal combat on the gridiron, but the National Football League does not 'diversify' its teams with female players," she argues. "Military teams that engage in lethal combat, however, are supposed to deploy significant numbers of women, willing or not, to achieve gender-based 'diversity metrics' on the battlefield."
The report cites 30 years of studies in the U.S. and allied countries showing that "in a direct ground combat environment, women do not have an equal opportunity to survive or to help fellow soldiers survive," Donnelly says.
The CMR report presents previously unpublished information on factors that may determine the outcome of the Marines' research project on diversity, Donnelly writes.
It also analyzes the February 2012 Pentagon news conference in which Obama administration officials endorsed recommendations of the 2011 Military Leadership Diversity Commission, the MLDC.
"The largely civilian MLDC called for repeal of all military women's exemptions from direct ground combat, in order to achieve gender-based 'diversity metrics' for a few female officers aspiring to three- or four-star rank," she writes. "None of this is necessary, since Pentagon reports repeatedly have confirmed that military women are promoted at rates equal to or faster than men."
She says such decisions should be left to Congress, which is supposed to represent the nation.
As is stands now, Donnelly writes, an "incremental Defense Department campaign" that is trying to "impose unsupported feminist theories on 'tip of the spear' infantry battalions effectively precludes congressional oversight of far-reaching decisions with a direct impact on the readiness and culture of our military, on which our national security depends."
The executive summary of the report explains Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos is running a multi-phased research effort to test the "consequences of assigning women to ground combat element units."
But the results "could be disregarded or misinterpreted," Donnelly warns.
"We are watching Pentagon-based ideologues using 'perception management' techniques to achieve predetermined results; i.e., implementation of the MLDC agenda and affirmation of beliefs that should be called Amazon Warrior Myths," she writes.
The report notes Obama last year started accelerating an effort to force gender-based "diversity" on the military, a move that would force women into infantry battalions.
But the entire process ignores that diversity in hand-to-hand combat with terrorists isn't quite the same as diversity of a congressional committee.
"Non-remedial gender-consciousness threatens to become a corrosive, demoralizing force in all branches of the service, but especially in direct ground combat communities such as the infantry and Special Operations Forces," the report says.
"There is no question that female Marines, soldiers, airmen and sailors have served our country with courage and dedication in the wars since the 9/11 attacks on American and before. Some are still deployed," says the report.
"The current debate is not about women serving 'in harm's way' in war zones. It is whether women should be assigned to direct ground combat – 'tip of the spear' battalions that attack the enemy with deliberate offensive action under fire."
CMR says that if women "were ordered into infantry battalions, expenses related to 'facilities 'would be among the least significant."
"Far more costly would be potential manpower losses due to personnel issues and conflicts that are common in the military: personal misconduct, pregnancy and nondeployability, injuries, attrition related to family choices, etc."
The military's assessment also is based on a faulty survey, the report asserts.
"Some questions are almost exclusively focused on self-interest and personal feelings, not combat realities or missions. For example, one set of questions … asks about 'career opportunities,' then 'promotion opportunities,' then being 'treated equally,' and 'being closer to the action.' The careerist focus and civilian vocabulary are inconsistent with the combat mission of the Marine Corps."
The report explains the military has reduced or dropped requirements for women in skills tests, but the physical demands still are severe. The report cites injuries to women from trying to hoist a 70-plus pound weapon while carrying a 70-pound load.
Likewise, digging a foxhole for a machine gun, tripod and crew members is "laborious."
"Lives and the success of land combat missions depend on individual movements in battle zones, marches under heavy loads, the digging of fighting positions, lifting and mountain machine guns, lugging cans of ammunition rounds, and throwing grenades," the report says.
"The only way to achieve 'equality' for women in tough training is to use gender-normed (adjusted) scoring systems that measure 'equal effort,' not equal results."
The report says Pentagon appointees, politicians, academics "and ideologues have created this dilemma, ordering military leaders to disregard serious conflicts between sound military values and a controversial social experiment."
"The solution won't be easy, but it might be found in adherence to core values: Honor, Courage, and Commitment," the report says.
"There is no need to apologize for basing personnel policies on sound principles that advance combat effectiveness, not ideological beliefs, while protecting the unique culture of the corps."


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Small-Scale Seismic Attenuation Structure Beneath Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Systems
Pablo Canales, Geology and Geophysics
Seismic velocity models of the uppermost oceanic crust are a powerful tool to constrain volcanic and hydrothermal processes at mid-ocean ridges. Application of advanced imaging and modeling techniques to mid-ocean ridge settings are producing images of seismic velocity structure beneath MORs with unprecedented detail (tens to hundreds of meters). To date, however, no study has attempted to image seismic attenuation to the same level of resolution. Intrinsic seismic attenuation is a property that is very sensitive to the presence of sub-surface fluids, as is expected to occur beneath deep-sea hydrothermal fields. Imaging the small-scale seismic attenuation structure in settings with vigorous hydrothermal activity has the potential to illuminate fluid-rich hydrothermal plumbing systems and their relationships to the geological context (e.g., faults, volcanic features).
In this project I propose to obtain high-resolution models of the sub-seafloor attenuation structure beneath a high-temperature hydrothermal field in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. These models will be used to assess the extent to which subseafloor variations in attenuation and seismic velocity correlate with seafloor volcanic and hydrothermal features. In addition, I will perform a" series of synthetic tests to determine the best modeling strategy as well as to aid in the final geological interpretation of the models.


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Jordan Pacheco hit a two-run homer and Paul Janish capped a five-run sixth inning with a two-run double, leading a Colorado Rockies' split-squad to a 16-4 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Saturday.
Pacheco hit his first home run with a man on in the fifth inning as Indians starter Corey Kluber gave up seven runs over his last two innings.
Nolan Arenado was hit on the left hand by a pitch from Kluber. He was examined and removed from the game.
Michael Brantley doubled and tripled off Rockies starter Jordan Lyles to drive in three runs for Cleveland.
Mike Aviles hit his second home run of the spring, off Adam Ottavino.
Rockies designated hitter, Tim Wheeler, hit a three-run home run off Josh Outman in a five-run eighth.


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It isn't enough that Amanda Barkmeier and Jordyn Haake have to fill the shoes of four-year starting pitcher Bre Messersmith this season, but they're going to have to do it three feet further away from home plate.
The Nebraska State Activities Association has added three feet to the distance between home plate and the pitcher.
"That means there is a bigger commodity for good defense because more balls are going to be put into play," Swede coach Roger Neujahr said. "The purpose of going to 43 feet was to get more action. Instead of getting one pitcher that just dominates, hopefully, this will put more action in the game."
That's okay with Neujahr because he thinks he has the pitchers that can be successful at the longer distance.
"In my opinion, I think that the pitcher that throws hard and fast will have a disadvantage compared to that pitcher who can have movement on her specialty pitches," he said. "If you can throw a drop, a curve, the screwball, the rise, I honestly think that will make that pitcher better at 43 feet."
And he thinks he's got the hitters to take advantage of the longer look at the pitch.
Barkmeier posted good statistics on the mound last year as a freshman. She was 8-1 while fanning 61 batters and walking just 10 with an earned run average of 1.23 over 57 innings.
Haake saw limited action after recovering from ACL surgery prior to the start of the season.
"She's had a good summer of pitching and a good fall so far," Neujahr said. "We expect some good things from Jordyn."
Joining Messersmith in the group of hard-to-replace players are four-year starters Vanessa Linegar at catcher and utility infielder Ali Abramson.
The Swedes will look to senior Shelby Eggleston for leadership at the plate. She has a .390 career batting average and was second on the team in hitting that last two years.
Neujahr said that while it will be difficult to replace the long-time starters, the team has good depth with players who are battling hard for starting positions.
"I think our kids understand this now," he said. "Every year, there isn't a secure position for anybody. We base it on
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Jumping out of birthday party whirlwind
Teaching kids to give back
By Aileen Torres
Children for Children began with a very simple idea. It was sparked by an ordinary ritual childrens birthday parties. Silda Wall found herself busy organizing birthday parties for her three young daughters, the eldest of whom was then six-years-old. But after throwing several of them, she began to become uneasy. Not that she didnt believe it was important to celebrate her childrens birthdays, she did, of course. But she couldnt ignore the nagging feeling that they were too extravagant and encouraged too much self-centeredness.
And thats what led to Children for Children, founded in 1996.
The birthday parties were kind of a flash point. I wanted to get young children involved in the larger community in the city, said Wall, who happens to be married to state attorney general Eliot Spitzer.
Wall knew from her own experience that it was not easy to find ways for children to give back. Likewise, how to teach them about other parts of the city, different from the privileged world they knew.
So Wall came up with the revolutionary idea of revamping birthday parties to foster community service.
Many children in the city spend a lot of time going to birthday parties because the [unspoken] policy is to invite everyone from [the childs] class, so no one is left out, said Wall. But that translates into children going to one elaborate celebration after the other where the focus is on me.
So the first CFC event she organized was the Celebrations Program. It encouraged families to consciously reduce the cost of a birthday party through various techniques: baking a cake at home with their kids instead of buying one and then donating the money to CFC.
That money goes to New York City schools. It takes the form of resource grants given to schools in need.
Another idea is to have children donate any birthday money they might receive from relatives and/or ask guests to make donations in the amount of the birthday childs age. Likewise, guests could bring books to donate. Another tact is having kids make birthday cards for less fortunate kids. Whatever the option chosen, the goal is to involve kids in the process and to value and enjoy being socially responsible.
But the birthday parties were just the beginning. CFC now sends children out into the community through the auspices of various philanthropic programs. One group, the Childrens Action Board, sends 6-to 13-year-olds out to neighborhoods to plant flowers and paint attractive murals. CFC also administers book programs to collect and donate new and used books to schools and preschools in need. CFC has placed around 500,000 books thus far.
The organization also runs special events, such as the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, honoring Kings life-long commitment to community. On April 16, CFC will co-sponsor National Youth Service Day by organizing a large group of young volunteers to perform service work. Children are also encouraged to take the initiative and Do Your Own Thing, a program that invites kids, families and schools to raise money for CFC grants through bake sales.
Beyond quantifiable measurements, CFCs impact on the community can best be seen in the reaction of children who become involved. CFC has them write evaluations at the end of each event, and Wall is pleasantly struck by what some of the kids write. Sometimes, the kids will say, I didnt really want to come. I wanted to sleep in this Saturday morning. But I came, and I didnt want to leave. They really connect with how meaningful it is.
Probably the most striking indication the organization is well on its way to fulfilling its mission came from Walls own children.
A few years ago, her eldest came to her with a concern about a friend who had a relative in need of brain surgery. Not having the operation would have been fatal. I was expecting to hear, So, can you give her some money? But my younger two said, Can we go bake some cookies and have a bake sale? My oldest said, I have $100 in the bank. Maybe it can help her? It didnt occur to them to ask me [for money]. They only made $51 at the bake sale. But they felt empowered in their actions and in the way they think.
And instilling this sense of social responsibility and ability has always been, and continues to be, the goal.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Crude oil for October delivery eased to less than $108 per barrel Friday afternoon amid speculation about the situation in Syria.
Traders are concerned escalating tensions and the debate about chemical weapons in Syria could ripple through the region and slow down or even derail oil supplies from making it to markets around the globe.
After peaking above $110 per barrel in the middle of the week, West Texas Intermediate crude oil shed $1.08 Friday afternoon to $107.72 per barrel. Reformulated blendstock gasoline lost 0.0478 cents to $3.0186 per gallon. Home heating oil gave up 0.0399 cents to reach $3.1450 per gallon.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento County superior court judge ruled Friday that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't break any laws when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son of a political ally just hours before leaving office last year.
Judge Lloyd Connelly called Schwarzenegger's decision to reduce Esteban Nunez's sentence from 16 years to seven years distasteful and "repugnant to the bulk of the citizenry of this state," but within his executive powers as governor. Nunez is the son of the governor's onetime political ally, former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.
Esteban Nunez pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a 2008 attack on an unarmed group of young men after he and some friends were turned away from a fraternity party in San Diego. Three others pleaded guilty to various charges in the attack that killed 22-year-old college student Luis Santos.
Santos' family and the San Diego district attorney sued, claiming that Schwarzenegger violated the voter-approved Marsy's Law, which requires families be notified about cases involving their loved ones.
"The attorney general's office fought for corruption, and they won," said Kathy Santos, Luis' mother, outside court. "They defended a backroom deal, you know? They got away with it for today, but we're very disappointed. Where's the justice for our son? He was murdered. Two conniving politicians got away with it."
The family said the judge's words were not enough. They want the reduced sentence for Nunez thrown out.
Connelly sided with the attorney general's office in ruling that Marsy's Law does not specifically address the governor's power of pardons and commutations, which may have been an oversight when it was drafted.
He said that other laws cited by the plaintiffs' attorneys also did not place a specific obligation on the governor to notify the family or the district attorney, even if that had been the practice in Schwarzenegger's office for other pardon and commutation applications.
"Based on the evidentiary records before this court involving this case, there was an abuse of discretion," Connelly said. "This was a distasteful commutation. It was repugnant to the bulk of the citizenry of this state. ... It is outside the normal realm, the normal circle of fundamental justice."
But, he said, it was not illegal.
San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said her office will appeal the judge's decision. The Santos family said they were considering their options.
Schwarzenegger said in his commutation notice that he believed the sentence was excessive given Nunez's "limited role in the killing." He said evidence showed that Nunez's friend delivered the fatal blow, yet both men received the same 16-year-sentence.
The former governor told Newsweek in April 2011 that his office made a mistake in not notifying Santos' parents, but he defended the decision, saying: "I mean, of course you help a friend."
Dumanis and attorneys for the Santos family said Schwarzenegger blatantly violated the state constitution with his last-minute decision, ignored the victims' due process rights and acted "in an arbitrary and capricious manner."
There was evidence that Schwarzenegger generally required that his office follow the provisions of Marsy's Law, which voters approved while he was in office in 2008, when he considered other clemency cases, Deputy District Attorney Laura Tanney wrote in a brief filed this week.
"Schwarzenegger knew the law, he knew exactly what was required of him, and yet he defied the oath of his office," Tanney wrote.
Esteban Nunez, now 23, is incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, about 50 miles southeast of Sacramento, and is scheduled for release in 2017. His father is a political consultant in Sacramento.
Gov. Jerry Brown in October signed a bill that was written in response to the controversy over Nunez's commutation. It requires the governor to give at least 10 days' notice to the district attorney in the jurisdiction where the crime occurred before acting on an application for clemency. That would give the district attorney time to notify crime victims and allow them to petition against a sentence reduction.


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Recent college graduates who are looking for a place to live and work might want to consider Minneapolis. A new ranking from Rent.com says Minneapolis is one of the best cities for new college graduates. The list was based on unemployment rates, mean annual income, cost of living and rental inventory for the metropolitan areas.
Minneapolis was recognized for its unemployment being well below the national average and having a median annual income of nearly $50,000 while also being a great place for people who like the outdoors given the wealth of lakes and parks in the city.
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When I am not thinking about the game of baseball, it can pop up insistently, reasserting its central position in my life. Let me tell you what happened to me just a few months ago.
I spent a June weekend in Wisconsin at my Beloit College Reunion. I had been invited to give a talk in the building where I had taken all of the courses that would run through my later life.
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I had drafted most of the speech at home but left the finishing touches for my arrival on campus late Thursday afternoon. I checked into the Beloit Inn, tired from my flight to O'Hare and the drive to Beloit. I unpacked, and within an hour or so had added a few bits, mostly biographical. I figured my fellow Beloiters might wish to know how the mouthy kid they may have remembered came to devote four decades to documenting a children's game. I wrote this:
And after my Beloit years—as an English Lit major influenced by such titans of yore as Bink Noll, Bernie Morrissey, and Bob Ray—and a doctoral stint at Washington University in St. Louis, I came back to baseball. Or maybe I had never left it. As the chronically awful New York Mets marched toward an improbable championship in 1969, I found myself increasingly distracted from my dissertation on 17th century poet George Herbert, from which I turned away with more delight than guilt.
The path was a twisty one, from flipping baseball cards against the stoop in the Bronx in 1953 to serving as Major League Baseball's official historian 60 years later … and yet with the benefit of hindsight I can make it out as practically linear. It is good to be an old boy, continuing to care about so many of the same things that animated one's youth.
Completing the speech, I thought to have an early dinner. The hotel shared space with a steak joint (Merrill and Houston's, named for the city's iron works founded in 1858) so I walked in—only to have my jaw drop. Perhaps four feet from my face was a gorgeous, seven-foot long, wood-type broadside printed in colors, promoting an upcoming event: the First Wisconsin Base Ball Tournament, commencing at Beloit on Sept. 3, 1867. I knew nothing about this tournament (although I do now, from some rapid newspaper research in neighboring Janesville's Gazette) and I certainly had not seen this ghostly vestige. The entry to the restaurant was dim and I could not back away enough to get a clear image with my cell phone camera, but I managed a shot for reference value, at least. I figured I would follow up.
The waitress told me she thought the poster was an original, on loan from the Beloit Historical Society, which had provided the nostalgically decorated steakhouse with a few three-dimensional objects as well as scores of photographic facsimiles. I raced through a very good dinner so that I could get back to my room and check the Web; I needed to know if the BHS had a physical location and contact information. I located a BHS newsletter—"Confluence," from fall 2004—that noted the broadside's acquisition but provided no particulars.
At noon the following day, as the BHS opened its doors, I called. Dwight Alton—the facilities manager and a professional photographer to boot—told me that he was certain the restaurant's version was a copy and that the Society possessed the only original. It was on display at one of the Society's buildings—the Lincoln Center, an archive and exhibition space so named because it formerly housed the Lincoln Junior High School. If I wished, I could see the original broadside that afternoon.
Beloit College alumni activities had just begun to percolate, but this choice was easy. The archives were in west Beloit, only a mile and a half from the hotel.
At the door I was greeted not only by Dwight but also Paul Kerr, the executive director. He told me that the broadside had resided undisturbed for a century in the attic of an elderly woman from South Beloit and that it had been there since long before her time. It arrived at the BHS in crumpled and bent form, folded over several times—yet it remained intact. Conservation efforts had restored it to a nearly pristine state, and because the broadside had slumbered in the dark all those years, the colors had seemed to lose none of their vibrancy.
Paul asked me if I believed the broadside was important or had monetary value. I assured him of both, and that the artistic value alone would incite appeal. We both recognized, however, that such thoughts were academic, because as a nonprofit organization dating to 1910, the BHS would never test the auction waters with an item of such strong Beloit relevance.
In a way, that's too bad; I think I have an idea of what price this might fetch and I'll never have that notion validated. The Society's acquisition, casually displayed in facsimile for restaurant patrons who rush by it on their way to dinner, is the oldest surviving baseball broadside in existence.
This story was adapted and reprinted with permission from "Our Game," John Thorn's blog.


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The Arab Spring has exposed the direction of American foreign policy in the Age of Obama with great clarity. It undermines friends and takes a hands-off approach to enemies. It's time for you to go, Hosni Mubarak. I'd like to get to know you, Dr. Assad, you old reformer, you.
The mixed-up confusion is vividly on display in our approach to Libya. We haven't heard much about it lately. Should an American action intended to remove a tinpot dictator be stuck in neutral this late in the day? One wonders where the prince of Denmark is when you really need him. Hamlet, call your office.
Israel was the first victim of the Obamaian treatment of America's friends. Will we end up frankly supporting the genocidal enemies of Israel and the United States in the Middle East? I doubt it, but in Obama all things are possible.
Now that Hamas is patching things up with Fatah in the West Bank and Gaza, what is a smart diplomat to do? That is the question to which Jennifer Rubin tried to get an answer from the State Department yesteray. Long story short: "State Department won't rule out aid to a Fatah-Hamas government." This despite the fact that legal considerations alone seem to rule it out.
James Burnham wrote the book on the Suicide of the West in the heart of the Cold War. The book's subtitle is An Essay on the Meaning and Destiny of Liberalism. Barack Obama is contributing material for another chapter or two to someone with the sagacity to update Burnham's classic.
UPDATE: Peter Schweizer draws on Ryan Lizza's New Yorker article to take us "inside the strategic mind of Barack Obama."
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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Law enforcement officers stormed an underground bunker Monday in southeastern Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy and shooting his captor to death after they became convinced the child was in imminent danger, officials said.
Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, of Midland City had taken the child off a school bus after fatally shooting the driver on Jan 29. He had remained holed up in the bunker with the child ever since, communicating with authorities through a ventilation pipe into the shelter.
Dykes had been seen with a gun, and officers concluded the boy was in imminent danger after nearly a week of negotiations, said Steve Richardson of the FBI's office in Mobile.
Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said late Monday that Dykes was armed when officers entered the bunker to rescue the child. He said the boy was threatened but declined to elaborate.
"That's why we went inside — to save the child," he said.
Olson and others declined to say how Dykes died. But an official in Midland City, citing information from law enforcement, said police had shot Dykes.
The official requested anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the investigation.
Dykes was known by neighbors for his anti-government rants and for patrolling his property with a gun, ready to shoot trespassers. He had stayed for several days in the tiny bunker on his property before.
"He always said he'd never be taken alive. I knew he'd never come out of there," said an acquaintance, Roger Arnold.
Monday evening, officers were sweeping the property to make sure Dykes had not set up any bombs that could detonate. Full details of the bunker raid had not yet emerged. However, neighbors described hearing what sounded like gunshots around the time officials said they entered the shelter.
At a late Monday news conference, authorities declined to comment on how they had observed Dykes or on how he died, citing the pending investigation.
Asked about the official's statement that Dykes had been killed by law enforcement officers, FBI spokesman Jason Pack said in an email early Tuesday: "The facts surrounding the incident will be established by a shooting review team from Washington, DC in the coming days."
The boy has been reunited with his mother and appears to be OK, authorities said.
Richardson said he had been to the hospital to see the boy and he was laughing, joking, eating and "doing the things you'd expect a normal 5- or 6-year-old to do."
Michael Senn, pastor of a church near where reporters had been camped out since the standoff began, said he was relieved the child had been taken to safety. However, he also recalled the bus driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., who has been hailed as a hero for protecting nearly two dozen other children on the bus before being shot by Dykes.
"As we rejoice tonight for (the boy) and his family, we still have a great emptiness in our community because a great man was lost in this whole ordeal," Senn said.
The rescue capped a long drama that drew national attention to this town of 2,400 people nestled amid peanut farms and cotton fields that has long relied on a strong Christian faith, a policy of "love thy neighbor" and the power of group prayer. The child's plight prompted nightly candlelight vigils. Midland City is located about 100 miles southeast of the state capital, Montgomery.
Throughout the ordeal, authorities had been speaking with Dykes though a plastic pipe that went into the shelter. They also sent food, medicine and other items into the bunker, which apparently had running water, heat and cable television but no toilet. It was about 4 feet underground, with about 50 square feet of floor space.
It was not immediately clear how authorities determined the man had a gun.
At the request of law enforcement authorities, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta had approved the provision of certain forms of equipment that could be employed to assist in the hostage situation, according to a U.S. official who requested anonymity in order to discuss a pending law enforcement matter. It is not clear whether the equipment was actually used.
Authorities said the kindergartner appeared unharmed. He was taken to a hospital in nearby Dothan. Officials have said he has Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Melissa Knighton, city clerk in Midland City, said a woman had been praying in the town center Monday afternoon. Not long after, the mayor called with news that Dykes was dead and that the boy was safe.
"She must have had a direct line to God because shortly after she left, they heard the news," Knighton said.
Neighbors described Dykes as a menacing, unpredictable man who once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe. Government records indicate he served in the Navy from 1964 to 1969, earning several awards, including the Vietnam Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
He had some scrapes with the law in Florida, including a 1995 arrest for improper exhibition of a weapon. The misdemeanor was dismissed. He also was arrested for marijuana possession in 2000.
He returned to Alabama about two years ago, moving onto the rural tract about 100 yards from his nearest neighbors.
Arnold recalled that, for a time, Dykes lived in his pickup truck in the parking lot of the apartment complex where Dykes' sister lived. He would stay warm by building a fire in a can on the floorboard and kept boxes of letters he wrote to the president and the unspecified head of the Mafia, Arnold said.
Dykes believed the government had control of many things, including a dog track he frequented in the Florida Panhandle. Arnold said that Dykes believed if a dog was getting too far ahead and wasn't supposed to win, the government would shock it.
Ronda Wilbur, a neighbor of Dykes who said the man beat her dog to death last year with a pipe, said she was relieved to be done with the stress of knowing Dykes was patrolling his yard and willing to shoot at anyone or anything that trespassed.
"The nightmare is over," she said. "It's been a long couple of years of having constant stress."
Associated Press writers Jay Reeves in Midland City and Lolita Baldor in Washington contributed to this report.