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In the News: September 2009
"Leaving prison -- and staying out," Independent Weekly, Sep. 30, http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A402655
(Justice Center cited)
"Former Cigna executive backs health care reform public option," NBC 17, Sep. 29, http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news|Sports|Lifestyles/story/42505/former-cigna-executive-backs-health-care-reform-public-option
(NC Policy Watch cited)
"Health Care reform segment," ABC 11, Sep. 29, no link available.
(Jeff Shaw interviewed)
"Perdue fills position," News & Observer, Sep. 29, http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/national/story/117580.html
(Angella Dunston cited)
"Census survey finds sharp rise in poverty," Wilkes Journal-Patriot, Sep. 28, http://www.journalpatriot.com/fullstory.asp?id=1699
(Justice Center cited, Adam Searing quoted)
"Perdue names director of constituent groups," Winston-Salem Journal, Sep. 28, http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/28/regional-briefs/
(Angella Dunston cited)
"Dunston named as outreach director for NC governor," WLOS, Sep. 28, http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/38c1e94d-www.w...
(Angella Dunston cited)
"An odd definition of 'niceties,'" The Pilot, Sep. 26, http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20090927/opinion/columns/20090927Odd.html
(Chris Fitzsimon column)
"Residents prefer health care tuneup," WFAE 90.7, Sep. 26, http://www.wfae.org/wfae/1_87_316.cfm?action=display&id=5467
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Ground rules for NC budget process have to be clear," Citizen-Times, Sep. 25, http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090925/OPINION...
(Policy Watch cited)
"Jobless may get benefits longer," News & Observer, Sep. 22, http://www.newsobserver.com/business/local_state/story/64305.html
(Louisa Warren quoted)
"Number of uninsured growing in North Carolina," WHQR Public Radio, Sep. 22, http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/whqr/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1557362...
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Survey reveals who's insured locally," Wilmington Star-News, Sep. 21, http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090922/ARTICLES/909219932/-1/ENT...
(Adam Searing quoted)
"NC creates own health insurance plan for high-risk patients," News & Observer, Sep. 21.
(Adam Searing interviewed, ran nationally on Scripps news service, in Sun News and other places, http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/nc-creates-own-health-insurance-plan-..., http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1079645.html , http://www.kypost.com/content/middleblue3/story/Insuring-Those-At-High-R...)
"Easleys may have inflated prices," Sun News, Sep. 20, http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1077945.html
(Chris Fitzsimon quoted)
"NC unemployment rate dips slightly in August," Fayetteville Observer, Sep. 19, http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2009/09/18/934908
(Elaine Mejia interviewed)
"Study: NC spending per person lowest in 13 years," Mountain XPress, Sep. 19, http://www.mountainx.com/blogwire/2009/study_nc_spending_per_person_lowe...
(BTC research cited)
"Study: NC spending per person lowest in 13 years," Southern Highland Reader, Sep. 18, http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/study-nc-spending-per-person-lo...
(BTC research cited)
Health Care segment, News 14's Political Connections, Sep. 19, http://news14.com/content/politics//613485/political-connections--adam-l...
(Adam Linker interviewed)
"Many factors fuel skyrocketing health care costs," Triangle Business Journal, Sep. 18, http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/09/21/story1.html?...^2125301
(Adam Searing quoted)
"Those who can't pay for care costing millions for those who can," Triangle Business Journal, Sep. 18, http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/09/21/story3.html?...^2125431
(Adam Searing quoted)
"Government spending per person drops," The Daily Views (Charlotte Observer editorial blog), Sep. 16, http://obsdailyviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/government-spending-per-person...
(BTC research cited)
"The real 'Norma Rae' dies, but her fight lives on," Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sep. 15, http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-0/12...
(Policy Watch cited)
"Crowded classes' sales tax lessons," News & Observer, Sep. 15, http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/columns/story/1689315.html
(Stephen Jackson op-ed)
"Left and Right angles on taxes," Gaston Gazette, Sep. 14, http://www.gastongazette.com/articles/angles-37894-left-right.html
(BTC cited)
"The art of data gathering," Creative Loafing blog, Sep. 14, http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/theclog/2009/09/14/the-art-of-data-gath...
(Adam Searing cited)
"Watchdog agencies keep an eye on Easley," Winston-Salem Journal, Sep. 12, http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/13/watchdog-agencies-keep-ey...
(Chris Fitzsimon quoted)
"Watchdogs rip Easleys' deal," Charlotte Observer, Sep. 12, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/942443.html
(Chris Fitzsimon quoted)
"Watchdogs again disappointed with ex-NC governor," WLOS TV, Sep. 12, http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/28c0fe4f-www.w...
(Chris Fitzsimon interviewed)
"Census finds drop in poverty," News & Observer, Sep. 11, http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1684113.html
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Number of NC uninsured grows," Enquirer Journal, Sep. 11, http://www.enquirerjournal.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Number+of+N...
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Open letter on Duke rate increase," Carrboro Citizen, Sep. 10, http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2009/09/10/open-letter-on-duke-rate-...
(Justice Center cited)
"Census reports nearly 17 percent in NC uninsured," WRAL, Sep. 10, http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/5973107/
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Survey: 15 percent of NC residents lack health insurance," Charlotte Observer, Sep. 10, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/938771.html
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Census bureau: fewer North Carolinians lack health insurance," Triangle Business Journal, Sep. 10, http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/09/07/daily43.html
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Census data shows 1 in 6 in North Carolina without health coverage," Creative Loafing blog, Sep. 10, http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/theclog/2009/09/10/census-data-shows-1-...
(Adam Searing quoted, Justice Center cited)
"Real commitment or empty rhetoric?," Carrboro Citizen, Sept. 10, http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2009/09/10/real-commitment-or-empty-...
(Chris Fitzsimon column)
"Hands-Off rally-goers unmoved," News & Observer, Sep. 9, http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1682653.html
(Adam Searing interviewed)
"Could you start paying a tax at the barber shop?," Gaston Gazette, Sep. 9, http://www.gastongazette.com/news/barber-37732-paying-raleigh.html
(Steve Jackson and Jeff Shaw interviewed)
"Shared values on health reform," News & Observer, Sep. 9, http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/columns/story/1680422.html
(Adam Searing op-ed)
"State to take look at taxes," Eastern North Carolina Today, Sep. 8, http://www.enctoday.com/news/look-67411-jdn-raleigh-state.html
(Jeff Shaw interviewed)
"Legislators look at tax reform," Times-News, Sep. 6, http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/reform-27924-bodycopy-tax.html
(Elaine Mejia interviewed)
"Was 2000-2007 the US's new gilded age?," Carrboro Citizen, Sep. 3, http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2009/09/03/was-2000-2007-the-u-s-%E2...
(Elaine Mejia column)
"Legislator says tax increases prevent worse cuts to services," New Bern Sun-Journal, Sep. 1, 2009, http://www.enctoday.com/news/pay-47638-nbsj-ease-bodycopyrag.html
(Justice Center, Policy Watch cited)
Also see clips from August 2009, July 2009, June 2009, May 2009, April 2009, March 2009, February 2009 and January 2009.


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Johto Festa! Chikorita and Totodile Appear!!
In the next town, Ash & Co. discover a Johto Festival is going on. This festival demonstrates the areas and Pokémon of Johto. There, they meet Kotone, a trainer from Johto whom is helping lead the festival. A battle ensues as part of the festival and Dawn wins a Pokémon Egg. However, Team Rocket appear and steal the egg. Can Ash & Co. with their new friends Kotone & Kazunari find Team Rocket and retrieve Dawn's Egg?
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Google and Apple seem to write their own rules in business. But Silicon Valley's twin monuments to innovation and hubris got a comedown Monday.
A board member shared by the two companies announced he was resigning effective immediately.
Art Levinson, chairman of Bay Area biotech giant Genentech, had served on Apple's board since August 2000 and Google's board since April 2004.
Five years ago, Apple and Google didn't have much to do with each other's business. But now, as Apple's iPhone wars with rivals running Google's Android operating system, the two are direct competitors -- a situation that didn't escape the attention of regulators at the Federal Trade Commission, who announced an inquiry into Google and Apple's board overlap.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Associated Press that Levinson has been "a key part of Google's success these past five years" but didn't say why Levinson was leaving now.
It's a major embarassment for Schmidt, who just two weeks ago maintained that the companies were not direct competitors and that he hoped Levinson would stay on Google's board.
Schmidt himself left Apple's board earlier this year, after maintaining there was no need for him to quit his position. Google's announcement of a planned operating system for personal computers, Chrome OS, posed a more direct threat to Apple's core business of making hardware and software for personal computers.
The companies have also feuded publicly over Google Voice, a Web-based telephony app that Apple has not allowed onto iPhones.
While Levinson and Schmidt's departures would seem to remove the appearance of a conflict, in reality, Apple and Google still retain strong boardroom ties. Two Apple board members, former vice president Al Gore and Intuit chairman Bill Campbell, also serve as senior advisors to Google.
Google and Apple were recently caught maintaining a tacit, and possibly illegal, agreement not to recruit each other's employees. The real question should be how one tells them apart.


text: Back of 'Wich of the Week: Tandoori Chicken Naanwich When I saw naan, a traditional Indian flatbread, for sale at my local Trader Joe's, I immediately thought "naanwich!" and figured it was high time I experimented with one of my favorite Indian takeout orders, tandoori chicken. Creating this full-flavored spice rack of a dish is as easy as making a yogurt-based marinade and popping some chicken thighs into the oven. Just slather some storebought chutney on the warm naan, and you've got a new sandwich invention I'm calling the Tandoori Chicken Naanwich. For extra flavor and texture, I added red onions, which bake with the chicken, as well as spinach, another crucial ingredient in my favorite Indian dishes. To get my recipe and more photos, . Tandoori Chicken Naanwich Chicken recipe modified from Everyday Food Ingredients1 cup plain nonfat yogurt Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger 1 tablespoon minced garlic (3 to 4 cloves) 1/4 cup grated onion (1 small onion) 1 tablespoon paprika 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 2 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken thighs, excess fat removed 2 red onions, cut into 1/4-inch rounds 8 pieces of naan 1/2 cup storebought mango chutney 1 cup spinach leaves, tightly packed Directions Place yogurt, lemon juice, ginger, garlic, onion, paprika, cinnamon, cumin, salt, pepper, cardamom, coriander, and cloves in a large bowl; combine. Add chicken, and coat with marinade. Cover with plastic wrap; chill 6 hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 500°F. Place onions on a large pan; top with marinated chicken. Roast about 40 minutes, until chicken is dark red, slightly charred, and juices run clear when meat is pierced. Set aside. Lower the oven temperature to 250°F and wrap the naan bread in aluminum foil. Place the foil packet in the oven until naan is warm but not toasted, 5 to 10 minutes. To make each sandwich, spoon 2 tablespoons of chutney on one slice of naan, then top with 1/4 cup of spinach. Add onion slices to taste, followed by 1/4 of the chicken. Top it off with another naan slice, cut sandwich in half, and serve. Makes 4 sandwiches. Information Category Main Dishes, Sandwiches Cuisine Indian View 8 Photos › Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8 Comments


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There's been much joking recently about how part of the wake of the presidential election would be a wave of 'why the US election means we must support my politics' columns and blog posts. Lo and behold, you can probably find one on most comment sites in the country, but I wasn't expecting David Cameron to jump on the bandwagon.
He made clear that the Tory right, which is putting pressure on him to campaign on more traditional Conservative themes, should take note of Obama's success. "I believe that elections are won in the common ground – the centre ground," Cameron said. "That is where you need to be, arguing about the things that matter to most people – that is making sure they can find a good job, they can build a good life for themselves, that if people work hard and try to get on you are behind them and helping them. That is the message loud and clear from this election as it is from all elections. You win elections in the mainstream."
The hard right in the US and the UK share a common theme. Namely, that all electoral failure by right-wing candidates has one common cause – not being right-wing enough – and therefore, one common solution – being more right-wing. (The basic principle seems to have been taken from the hard left sometime in the 1980s) Although it manifests itself differently because of the differing media cultures in the two countries – there's no Fox News or conservative talk radio in the UK, no Telegraph, Mail or Conservative Home in the US – the principle is the same: a right-wing echo chamber proclaiming that success comes only through ideological purity.
The problem is that the promise is false. In the US, right wing talk radio (as exemplified by Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and the like) began its rise from around 1989-90 after the Fairness Doctrine was revoked by the FCC. Since then, the Republicans have won the national popular vote in just one presidential election – 2004. In comparison, the advent of the British right began after the fall of Margaret Thatcher in 1990. Since then, Tory leaders have been regularly informed that the path to success lies in going further and farther to the right than Thatcher ever did, and they've had a similar sort of electoral success – one majority election victory in 1992, and one plurality of seats and votes in 2010. After William 'save the Pound' Hague and Michael 'are you thinking what we're thinking?' Howard, the Tories only got some measure of success when Cameron started shifting them towards the centre.
One interesting dilemma that this does pose is that the call of the hard right can deliver some electoral success, though not in major elections. In the US, they have often delivered electoral successes in the midterms (1994 and 2010 are probably the best elections) and over here, UKIP have been successful in European elections. However, the link there is that these are low-turnout elections, and while the right may be good at getting their people out to vote for these, any effect they have is swamped when moderate voters come out to vote in the major elections.
That's why, just this once, I agree with David Cameron. Salvation for the Tories doesn't lie in them flying headlong to the siren call of the Tea Party. Their influence comes from the fact that they're more organised and better funded than the moderates, not from their electoral sway.


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== Resources ==
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Courthouse fires in 1890 and 1913 caused extensive record loss. The remaining James County records are housed in Hamilton County.[2]
Boundary Changes
"Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website. They rely on AniMap 3.0 software.
Getting Started
Use the free Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published James County biography and marriage records. To determine which books are being searched, or to search each publication's index individually, click here. You are now equipped with a checklist of books to pull off the shelves at a genealogy library, or a wish list for your personal book collection.
The following book includes history, vital records, biographies and other miscellaneous records of James County:
- Donnelly, Polly W. et al. James County: A Lost County of Tennessee. Ooltewah, Tenn.: Old James County Chapter, East Tennessee Historical Society, 1983. FHL US/CAN Book 976.882 H2j.
The following book includes newspaper clippings, cemeteries and other miscellaneous information.
- Wooten, John Morgan. James County Scrapbook. 1930s. FHL US/CAN Film 966946 Item 2.
- 1880 Census Listing (partial) - via the James County TN Historical Society
- Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census, James County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, 1991. FHL US/CAN Book 976.882 X2s 1880.
War of 1812
- Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1960):90-93. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 7 (1960); digital version at journal website. [Includes James County pensioners (p. 90).]
Vital Records
- Douthat, James L. James County, Tennessee, Marriages 1913-1919. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1986. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A1 no. 102.
In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of James County divorce papers in diverse Hamilton County Courthouse records, see:
- W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A3gp.
- James County, TN Genealogy (USGenWeb)
- ↑ Robert M. McBride, "Lost Counties of Tennessee," East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications 38 (1966): 11-14.
- ↑ "James County, Tennessee" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_County,_Tennessee (accessed 25 May 2010).


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The CBA winds are a swirlin'. With the NHL publicly releasing its latest proposal (awesome!) Wednesday, there's an intense mix of new information and analysis swirling in the twister of negotiation rhetoric. Getting too specific into an analysis of the main points would, frankly, be sort of a waste.
The NHL's proposal is the first they've made that isn't totally crazy, but that doesn't mean it will get a deal done. Breaking down the specifics seems kinda pointless, considering many of those specifics will undoubtedly change. I'll hold off getting to detailed for now.
Sufficed to say, if anything approaching some of the NHL's latest offer is implemented as a new CBA. With a multitude of contracts coming off the books (only $39 million committed in salaries for 2013-2014), a self-imposed limit of five years on contracts, no major back-sliding examples that could accidentally be a colossal problem (happy we missed on Richards and haven't acquired Luongo now, eh?), the Leafs' management may have spent the last few frustrating seasons affording themselves the greatest assets they could possibly have going forward under a new CBA.
Youth, and flexibility.
-Matt Mistele (http://www.twitter.com/TOTruculent)
Thursday morning links!
-Read the NHL's full proposal on their official website. Remember when Fehr claimed he'd hold the negotiations live on television if it were possible? This isn't quite calling that bluff, but it's as close as we'll get.
-Fehr apparently wasn't enthused by the offer, and said as much in a letter to the players McKenzie has highlights from. Of course he's not enthused. He's not paid to be enthused. He's paid because he's the best, smartest, and one of the harshest negotiators available to guide the union through this. Hardline Fehr is about to come out, if the negotiations are really beginning. And he's reeling under the first punch from not-disastrous NHL PR.
-For the Globe, Mirtle breaks down just how far apart the two sides are. Wow. Thorough, and with huge numbers. Kinda makes that whole "me and Starbucks are about $2.50 apart on the true value of a pumpkin spice latte" thing seem kinda insignificant.
-Mirtle followed that up with a piece on why the offer won't work.
-Here's an interview with Brooks Orpik about the NHL offer. A lot of players reacted today, but I found his comments particularly candid.
-Kevin Allen via USA Today: players facing a decision between principle and pay. Cold reality.
-Here's a KHL update from Steve Dangle via TLN. It has Mikhail Grabovski!
-Also via TLN, Cam Charron updates us on just how much we're probably overrating Tyler Biggs.
-FYI, via PPP: Backloaded deals should be avoided, ASAP. Vancouver, LOL


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Garden Talk: July 15, 2010
From NGA Editors
Nutrient Value of Organic Eggplant
Many proponents of organic gardening have long maintained that not only are organic methods better for the soil, the environment and the safety of gardeners, but they produce nutritionally superior crops as well. But there hasn't been a lot of hard evidence to back up their claims.
Now research done in Spain suggests that, at least in the case of eggplants, organic methods may result in a crop with higher nutritional value. In a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (58(11), June 9, 2010, 6833-6840), there were significant differences in the concentrations of certain nutrients in eggplants that were grown using organic methods as opposed to conventional ones. For example, levels of potassium, calcium and magnesium were higher in the organically produced eggplants. According to the researchers, there was an increased benefit when plants were grown in soil that had been managed organically long term and that simply adding more fertilizer to conventionally grown eggplants did not increase their nutrient value relative to organic produce.
While this is only one trial with one crop, it reinforces the importance to all gardeners of building up the soil to produce healthy and nutritious crops.
For an abstract of this research, go to: Effects of Organic and Conventional Cultivation Methods on Composition of Eggplant Fruits .
Fresh Plants for Southern Gardeners
Gardeners in northern parts of the country may be harvesting tomatoes and peppers, but if they are thinking about planting, they are considering quick growing, cool season crops like spinach, lettuce and cole crops. Not so southern gardeners. Folks in these warm areas of the Gulf Coast and Southwest have a different planting schedule than the rest of the nation, with a lot of good growing weather still ahead of them. But they often have a hard time finding transplants available for sale for their late season gardens.
To accommodate these gardeners in the southernmost areas of the country, the Natural Gardening Company, a mail-order source for organic seeds and transplants, is expanding its offerings for the 2010 summer planting season. In addition to a complete range of tomato seedlings, including main crop, cherry, plum and specialty varieties, they offer transplants for basil, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers and zucchini. The varieties include Genovese basil, Ace pepper, Fairytale eggplant, Diva cucumber and Cocozelle zucchini, some of the company's best known and most well-liked vegetable varieties.
The plants will be available from July through September. Plants in 3-inch pots are available in groups of six, twelve, eighteen or additional multiples of six. Gardeners may order the vegetable seedlings through the company's website or by calling 707-766-9303. All Natural Gardening Company seedlings are certified organic by CCOF.
For more information on Natural Gardening Company's offerings, go to: Natural Gardening Company.
Pest Resistance in Elms
Just about everyone is familiar with the devastating effect Dutch elm disease (DED) has had on populations of American elm. Much research has gone into developing trees resistant to this disease. A number of resistant elms have been identified, some of them natives, more from East Asia. Unfortunately, Dutch elm disease isn't the only problem to afflict elms. A number of other pests can cause problems on these trees, including Japanese beetles, gall aphids and leafminers. One of the latter, the European elm flea weevil, is a leaf miner that was first found in this country in 2003 and is expected to spread across the US.
The National Elm Trial (NET) is a program in which elms are being evaluated in 15 states for resistance to DED as well as other pests. As reported in the July-August 2010 issue of Hortideas, evaluations at the NET site in Lexington, Kentucky by researchers at the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology have shown that all of the DED-resistant elms in the trial were susceptible to at least some of these other pests. American elm cultivars such as 'Valley Forge', 'Princeton' and 'New Harmony' were more susceptible to the leafminer Agromyza aristata than hybrid elms. But some of the hybrids, such as 'New Horizon' were more susceptible to sawfly and gall aphid damage. Most of the hybrid elms were susceptible to European flea weevil infestation; 'Morton Accolade' was the least susceptible hybrid tested. 'Jefferson' American elm was quite resistant to this flea weevil; it was, however, a favorite of Japanese beetles.
Research continues under the NET program, its goal being to find elms that not only resist DED, but that resist other troublesome pests as well, in the hopes that one day these stately trees can again grace our landscapes.
For more information on the National Elm Trial, go to: National Elm Trial.
Ask the Expert at the USDA
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new, on-line, on-demand knowledge database, called 'Ask the Expert'. This new service connects with existing UDSA knowledge systems, so consumers can visit one site and get access to expanded information and resources on subjects such as food, nutrition, food safety, energy, the environment and conservation. Frequently asked questions are stored in an on-line database that pulls data and information from all the USDA's agency resources.
Over the next six months, the system will expand, with additional questions and answers added based on public inquiries, new information and search patterns.
To visit the 'Ask the Expert' database, go to: Ask the Expert.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 5:12 PM
Town Square
Political parties have post-convention fervor
Original post made on Sep 17, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 5:12 PM
a resident of another community
on Sep 17, 2008 at 9:43 am
Dear Dolores,
Our current financial disaster allows the global economy to evaluate our current administration and our candidates. The world is voting NO on trust in our choices. We have the wrong candidates, and very unprepared candidates, for the next administration and our role in global economy, community and humanity is reflecting that reality.
The Clintons, Mitt Romney, John Edwards and others have the fiscal knowledge and global perspective for the immediate job of balancing our economy to its world value. Barack Obama is exclusionary and John McCain is delusional. Joe Biden is too politically focused and Sarah Palin is violently antagonistic to a world that sets our global economic value.
We, the people, once again have made the wrong choices and likely will elect the last President of the United States of America.
a resident of another community
on Sep 23, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Dear Editor,
It has become quite clear that Sarah Palin is not ready, is now under appropriate media scrutiny, and John McCain has no message except his days in Hanoi. The result of this election will be a poor choice of skills by the candidates to represent us in a global economy. We could have made a far better choice.
It is time to step forward positively and really state a candidate's resume for the job of managing us out of an obvious disaster that was the Bush administration. Voters can hide behind a willful stupidity but the world will measure all of us for our choice.
And thanks to HAL for letting us consider more than lipstick,


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A crowd of people gathered in front of the Ancient Dunes Trail at Anastasia State Park on New Year's Day. Some came for a hike. Others came looking for treasure.
The event was part of a nationwide program called America's State Parks First Day Hikes. It was the second time Anastasia State Park has taken part in the program.
The event encourages people to start the New Year off in a healthy way, said Cristy Leonard, park services specialist.
Leonard added a twist to the event this year: geocaching, a worldwide game of outdoor treasure hunting using coordinates. Containers called geocaches range from small boxes with trinkets to big boxes full of loot, and they are often plentiful in parks. Some geocaches just hold notepads for treasure hunters to sign.
Geocaching.com lists the coordinates along with clues about where to find geocaches.
"It's kind of like that group initiative," she said. "You feel like you're part of something, and you get to experience, I believe, nature at its best."
Coordinates ready
Leonard prepped the crowd for their adventure around 2 p.m. at the head of the trail. She had hidden three clue geocaches with coordinates to lead people to the main geocache. She also mixed a few prizes in for those who wanted to keep hunting after the first round.
The first coordinate: 29.867262 North. The second: 81.276421 West. People pulled out their smartphones, asked questions and prepared for the hunt.
"Look under things. Look up. Look down. Look all over," she said before they entered the trail.
Then the crowd began to trickle along the 1.7-mile trail. People played with their phones to try and get to the clues.
The first clue, a poem about a seashell, and coordinates to the second location were found on the back of a tree.
The next clue was a message taped to the back of a seashell with coordinates and the question: "What do Conifers produce?"
Stacey Scanlan, who came with her son and her friend, stood at the top of a flight of dirt stairs looking at her phone. She said she thought the event would be fun.
"Unfortunately, I have no idea what I'm doing," she said.
The seashell cache led to a pine cone with a message that directed people to their final destination. Nestled by a tree was a small clear box with a notepad inside.
No cash in the
Not everyone was satisfied with the geocache.
"No cash in the geocache," said Karen Fernandez, of St. Augustine. "We were looking for lottery money. It's New Years Day."
Fernandez' mother, Agnes Jurgens, was just happy to be outside on New Year's Day.
"It seemed like a nice thing for a Monday afternoon," she said. "I'm not a football watcher."
Some people did find prizes. Those were the ones who kept on pursing other clues and coordinates given out by Leonard.
Shannon King, 11, found a prize along the trail after following a few clues.
"It was an envelope covered by the palm tree," Shannon said. Inside the envelope were two passes to any state park.
After most of the crowd had made their way through the trail and departed for the day, Aaron and Tracie Duez, of Jacksonville, stood outside of the trail with their children and decided whether to track down the last geocache.
"If we could get our phones to work we'd be great," Tracie Duez said.
"We're rookies," Aaron Duez said.


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BRADEN RIVER — The past is nothing more than a distant memory.
Nine weeks of ups and downs, injuries and disappointment were all but forgotten, as reality finally began to set in.
As the final seconds ticked off the clock Friday, Nov. 9, smiles and exuberant emotion that had been absent for most of the season finally re-emerged.
The Braden River High football team had finally done what it had set out to do all season long — land itself in the win column.
The Pirates notched their first win of the season with a 28-7 victory over Naples Palmetto Ridge on Senior Night.
"As a part of this team, this win did it all for us," senior running back Austin Rain says. "It erased all the bad and all the talk about us and everything that's gone wrong this season. We conquered it, and we came out on top. Every guy out here deserves it. We've been giving it our all all season, and these kids deserve it.
"It's been great," Rain says. "The whole season I've been battling injuries. This win meant everything for us and it meant everything for me. It's a great feeling."
Braden River always believed it was capable of winning a football game this season. It was just a matter of time. So, when Palmetto Ridge, who also saw its fair share of disappointment this season, having lost its last seven games, traveled to Pirates Stadium for the season finale for both teams, the Pirates believed it would finally be their night.
"Words can't even describe it," senior Zac D'Urso says. "It's my senior year, and we wanted (a win) so bad. We worked so hard and just couldn't get it. We finally got the opportunity. Both teams were struggling and we saw the opportunity and we took it.
"There's no words (to describe it)," D'Urso says. "It felt great to score, but it felt even better to win. There's no feeling to describe on Senior Night how I can contribute."
The Pirates took control midway through the first quarter, when quarterback Dusty Peebles connected with Justin Ross for a 23-yard touchdown.
Braden River extended its lead on a 32-yard touchdown from Peebles to D'Urso with 7:18 remaining in the first half.
Palmetto Ridge responded with a touchdown on its ensuing drive to cut the Pirates lead to 14-7.
Braden River added another touchdown with 33.9 seconds remaining in the first half when Peebles connected with Ross for a 41-yard strike.
Rain scored from 4 yards out with 2:09 remaining in the fourth quarter to seal the victory for the Pirates.
"I'd be lying if I didn't say it felt pretty good," first-year coach Curt Bradley says. "It feels good to see kids showing their emotion and getting to see smiles that you haven't seen in awhile. They deserve it. You kind of forget about the first nine when you go out like that. It's a good feeling and the kids deserve it. It's a good feeling for everybody.
"(We've had) more downs than ups in the win/loss column, but, at the same time, I couldn't ask more for me than guys who didn't quit," Bradley says. "It would've been so easy for them just to quit and call it a season and just ride it out. But they fought the good fight and they persevered and they endured. They were resilient, and that's all you can ask from a group of kids."
With the win, Braden River finished the season 1-9 and has something to build upon as it heads into the offseason. Nineteen seniors played their final game in a Pirates uniform, including Rain, who rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown and D'Urso hauled in two catches for 60 yards and a touchdown.
"We're very young, and it's good for them to get a taste of it, too," Bradley says. "And, now, we have something to kind of springboard us into our off-season program. They can look at scoreboards like this for motivation, and it lets them know there is light at the end of this tunnel if you keep working hard and doing things the right way."
Click here to view more photos from Braden River's final game of the season.
BRADEN RIVER — The past is nothing more than a distant memory.


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After two weeks of "soft opening" service, last night Monica's Nueva Cocina and ME Lounge on Cedar Springs in the ilume had its "official" opening with open bar and passed hors d'oeuvres. Monica told me there's always a honeymoon phase where people love ya … it's six months on when you know if you're a hit. I've eaten there a few times already. A review will come next month, but you might wanna start making your reservations…
Over at the Winspear, Chicago (pictured) is back, and it's surprisingly not stale, even after countless productions ever since the 1996 revival. And John O'Hurley can actually sing! And if you go on Tuesday — or even if you just have some free time — I'll be doing my usually GLBT Broadway lecture at 7 p.m. in Hamon Hall before the show, pointing out ways you might enjoy the gay text and subtext better. Then on Thursday, Casa Manana puts on a local professional production of Greater Tuna — something of a coup, as authors-stars Jaston Williams and Joe Sears often guard licensing carefully in their home turf. But with David Coffee in many of the roles, it's sure to be funny. And Sweeney Todd continues over at KD Studio Theatre.
The fourth annual Pink Party features tons of musicians and other acts (burlesque? Uh-huh) on both floors of the ladies' club, all raising money for breast cancer research. It's at Sue Ellen's tonight. There will be fundraising as well with the men, ginning up bucks for Resource Center Dallas. Honey Pot II: Summer Chill is a Sunday afternoon beer bash at Dallas Eagle, with members of the Dallas Diablos in attendance.
There are also several drag opportunities this week. In addition to the shows at the Rose Room and other clubs, Cassie Nova hosts the "turnabout" show of Caven employees at JR.'s on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, Celeste Martinez is M.C. of Miss Gay Highland Park at the Round-Up Saloon.
And at the movies, the last performance by Whitney Houston is preserved in the new release Sparkle, with American Idol winner Jordin Sparks sharing screen time.


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One look at today's steal, the October Afternoon Sidewalk Collection definitely took me on a trip down memory lane with growing up in the 70s. It was another reminder that my 30-something status is about to expire. This collection is filled with such a happy color palate, unlike the avocado green and gold appliances from my childhood. In fact the Sidewalk Collection is such a perfect accompaniment to those projects screaming for a little bit of vintage flair with a modern twist of perfection. And the buttons? Beyond. Cute.
This collection was so much fun to work with. It was really a tough call to decide which papers to use that would show off just how amazing this collection is because all of the papers are darling! And I even let out a gasp of adoration when I discovered at the bottom of my pile of October Afternoon goodness, the package of Little Flyers. What a brilliant idea, to allow the crafter to dress up the pennants exactly how they want! I obviously knew I wanted to use them so my cards this week ended up being heavily pennant/banner based.
I love how cheerful these cards turned out and I can't wait to send them along to someone to brighten their day.
Now I can't wait to put the rest of the collection to use on some layouts! LOVE!
For those of you participating in our monthly Monday Card Madness random drawing giveaway, be sure to have any of this month's Monday Card Madness creations posted somewhere online and linked to one of the Monday Card Madness postings by May 4th at 11:59 PM in order to be eligible for your chance to win. Also feel free to stop by our Facebook Fan Page for lots of fun and tons of ideas.
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NLDS Game 1 postgame interview: Cox
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BOBBY COX: I haven't seen it. Some of the guys came down after that inning and said he was out by six, eight inches. From the dugout, you can't see anything and I didn't see a reaction from our infielders.
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BOBBY COX: What's wrong with that?
Q. I'm just curious. I'm not questioning it.
BOBBY COX: We made an error. That's all I can say.
Q. Just to follow up on what he was asking about, the walk to Pablo Sandoval, he had struck out against Lowe in the first inning, not looking very good. Ross was 3-for-10 off of Lowe --
BOBBY COX: Sandoval was 4-for-10.
Q. I thought he was 1-for-5?
BOBBY COX: I thought he was 4-for-10. Anyway, we made the right move. We made an error.
Q. Was it a lefty righty matchup you were looking for? Righty righty matchup you were looking for?
BOBBY COX: He made the pitch and got a ground ball. We kicked it.
Q. You've seen a lot of catchers over the years. Your impressions of Posey, a rookie.
BOBBY COX: I like him a lot. He's got all of our respect as a catcher and a hitter.
Q. Obviously, Tim Lincecum pitched a beautiful game. Do you have any comments about that?
BOBBY COX: He was lights out. We had two runners at second base the whole night and that was it. I don't know how many he struck out, but it was more than fingers on my hand.
Q. Can we get a status update on Hanson and what's going on for tomorrow?
BOBBY COX: He's pitching tomorrow.
Q. But there is nothing wrong --
BOBBY COX: I think he's fine.
Q. One of the things that Lincecum was able to do was to get your guys chasing pitches up and in the dirt. Is he that good?
BOBBY COX: His breaking stuff is always out of the strike zone. Easier said than done, "Don't swing at it." It's almost impossible.
Q. Bobby, the ball that you were talking about, I guess it scored a base hit, the one that went below Omar Infante's glove --
BOBBY COX: I thought it was an --
Q. I think it was called a base hit. I'm not sure, but the point is you've got guys plugging positions all over the place because of your injuries.
There is not much you can do about it, is there?
BOBBY COX: We've got one spare infielder, actually, Hernandez.
Q. Going back to the play at second base, are you in favor of instant replay?
BOBBY COX: I just leave it as it is, you know? That's fine the way it is. We would be arguing and throwing red flags 10 times a night.
Q. You got overshadowed. What do you think of Lowe's performance?
BOBBY COX: He pitched tremendous, you know, we kicked the ball, at second. We kicked the ball at third. Every time we do that, count five, there's 10 extra pitches. I thought he was dynamite.
He pitched his rear end off tonight. Really well. Our entire staff that went in there tonight pitched really well.
Q. Is your defense a concern because of this, one access infielder and the fact that you're playing
BOBBY COX: A little bit. Troy Glaus can play third and Hinske can play third and first. And we have to watch what we do with Hernandez during the course of a game.
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CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy locked down two vital pieces for the upcoming 2014 MLS regular season by announcing the re-signing of defender Todd Dunivant and the signing of midfielder Baggio Hušidić, but what impact will the pair have next year?
Dunivant has been the Galaxy's "Mr. Consistency" for the past five years, by appearing in at least 25 matches each season. In 2013, Dunivant was again his reliable self as the left back made 25 appearances in league play while tallying two assists. During the team's final media availability, the 32-year-old revealed that the deal will be keep him with the Galaxy for the next two seasons, where he should be able to continue serving as one of the team's leaders on defense. That leadership could become pivotal as he mentors his deputy 23-year-old Greg Cochrane, who showcases the same type of workman-like play that has become a Dunivant staple. In his second year, Cochrane may make his own case for the left back position after a solid rookie season that saw him make 12 appearances, mostly filling in for Dunivant.
Hušidić is a more intriguing addition as he joins a potentially congested central midfield group for the Galaxy. The 26-year-old is coming off limited playing time with Hammarby as he made 41 appearances over two seasons with the Swedish Superettan club after a successful stint with the Chicago Fire. A tenacious midfielder displayed shades of developing into a two-way threat during his time with Chicago, but is likely to be used as a defensive option that will be expected to assist in the building of attacks. Where Hušidić fits in remains to be seen, however, as Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena would be required to drop either Marcelo Sarvas or Juninho to fit the former Hammarby player into his position in central midfield. Whichever player does start, however, will likely be the recipient of an uptick offensively as the Hušidić will be entrusted with the defensive responsibilities.
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The Medium DK88 Satchel
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- Named after the house code for our signature honey-coloured gabardine, The DK88 is a tribute to the fabric at the heart of Burberry's history and is crafted in our exclusive new Trench Leather. Designed in England, the timeless satchel features a foldover front with a distinctive oversize lock and characteristic buckles. Carry it in the hand or over the shoulder using the crossbody strap.
- 40 x 9 x 30.5cm/15.7 x 3.5 x 12in
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Study: Green Offices are More Productive
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new study released by Michigan State University draws an evidence-based connection between environmentally friendly offices buildings and the productivity of office staff.
Titled "Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity," the study examined two cases in the Lansing area where workers moved from a conventional office building to an environmentally friendly green facility. Workers claimed they called in sick less often and were more productive in the new sustainable environment. Researchers concluded that moving to LEED-certified buildings contributed to noticeable reductions in self-reported absenteeism and stress.
"The literature on the health effects of green buildings claim that improved [indoor environmental quality] has a positive effect on health and well-being," the researchers reported. "Our findings in these preliminary studies lend support to expectations of improved IEQ and occupational health and public health outcomes from expanded use of green office buildings."
Employees involved in the study conducted pre-move and post-move surveys via the web to determine number of hours absent per month as a result of asthma and respiratory allergies, as well as the number of self-reported work hours per month affected by depression and stress.
View the complete report online at http://news.msu.edu.


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Child Care Market Rate Survey Project: Mail Survey of Oregon Facilities, 2006 (ICPSR 23260)
Principal Investigator(s): Grobe, Deana, Oregon State University
Starting with the Family Support Act of 1988, requirements for federal funding stipulate that child care subsidy rates be informed by market rates. In 1990 the federal government began a major investment in child care with the passage of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. Support of parental choice was a key component of this new block grant program that sent new money to states to support child care. Parental choice and state control of policy remained central when the program was expanded in 1996 as a part of welfare reform legislation. At that time, child care funding became known as the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
States are required by the CCDF Final Rule to ensure that families receiving child care assistance have equal access to comparable care purchased by private-paying parents. A market rate survey (MRS) is a tool States use to achieve this program objective. Some States conduct surveys to collect the child care market rate and others use administrative data, such as data collected by child care resource and referral (CCR&R) and State licensing agencies, to analyze the market rate for child care.
This survey was one strategy used to collect child care market price data. Comparing findings garnered from different methods allows one to evaluate whether different data collection methods produce different price findings (convergent validity) and how well these data collection methods represent the child care market (criterion-related validity). These data can also be used to explore several validity issues of concern with market price studies.
The major areas of investigation in this survey include child care prices by type of care, geographic location, and price mode (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly). Other areas of investigation include capacity by age group, additional fees facilities charge, whether they care for subsidized children, and what affects the prices that they charge parents.
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Grobe, Deana. Child Care Market Rate Survey Project: Mail Survey of Oregon Facilities, 2006. ICPSR23260-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-02-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23260.v2
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Subject Terms: child care, Child Care and Development Fund, costs, infants, market rate surveys, preschool children, toddlers
Geographic Coverage: Oregon, United States
- 2006 (April - June)
- 2006 (April - June)
Unit of Observation: facility, child care slots (number of children by age group)
Universe: Facilities that were providing care for any children other than their own, on a regular paying basis.
Study Design: Mail survey with separate surveys for family and center facilities.
Sample: Stratified random sample by geographic region (regions A, B, and C) and by facility type (family child care and center, including large family child care).
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ORLANDO, Fla. - This week marks the one year anniversary of an unsolved murder, and Orlando police and the victim's family are asking for help.
J.R. Rodriguez, 43, was found lying face down in a pool of blood inside his home, right across the street from Boone High School in Nov. 2012.
"I would just like to know why, why?" said Shirley Van Glahn, Rodriguez's sister who found his body. "It's been horrible, my parents have really suffered a lot."
Van Glahn said her brother had been beaten and suffered cuts to his neck.
The last people to see Rodriguez alive were his parents, two local ministers who ate dinner with their son at their Ocoee home on Nov. 14. Rodriguez left their home around 5:30 that night to go to the gym and back to his house.
"We're grateful that at least we have that one day of him eating his last meal," said Van Glahn.
Days later when Van Glahn discovered his body, his leftovers were still sitting on the counter. She said there were no signs of forced entry and nothing appeared to be missing.
Van Glahn said her fun-loving brother grew up in Orlando, worked part-time at the Florida Mall, had no enemies, no bad relationships and just wanted to help people whenever he could. Now, his family is hoping someone will help them find his killer.
"We're always wanting and hoping and praying that there's something, I mean this happened in his house," said Van Glahn. "For him to be murdered in his house, it's scary."
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text: The hotel is located in the very romantic and famous area of Montmartre, with its typical bars and beautiful spots, such as the "Sacre Coeur". This is a tourist-class hotel, best-suited to the student market. (0908ADB) This is a typical Parisian house, built in the same style as the surrounding area. The hotel is composed of 3 inter-connecting buildings. The hotel is located in the heart of the Montmartre district, in a charming pedestrian street, leading to the Sacre Coeur. This is an attractive area, with many charming shops and restaurants. It is close to the metro "Chateau Rouge".


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From June 2009 until December 2010, there were about 1,000 houses and townhouses sold in Menlo Park and Palo Alto. I suspect that most of those buyers are very pleased with their purchases right now. They should be.
Based on average prices in those cities, that time period reflected the lowest prices in about the last seven years. Not only were the house prices the lowest but interest rates were about 5.5 percent, historically very low. Add to those factors, the regular compelling reasons to buy in this area (lack of land on which to build, a vibrant business community, a world-class university and almost unlimited intellectual stimulation) and what's not to like?
So why were many buyers unable to make a commitment to buy during that period? During those approximately 18 months, all I heard from my agents was: "My buyers won't make a decision." "They look and look and just won't make an offer." "My buyers will not get off the fence."
It's not liquidity that moves houses, or IPOs, or growing companies that are hiring. These things are tributaries. What really moves our marketplace is the river of consumer confidence, and consumer confidence was at a very low ebb during that time. If you don't have confidence in the future (or the future of the asset you are buying) then most of you will not buy.
Long-term timing
The successful investor notices the crowd mentality and starts to analyze and study the underlying structure of the marketplace. What fundamentals have actually changed? Has the amount of land on which to build changed, the business environment changed or the educational opportunities changed? How secure is the Silicon Valley machine? Will our area be better or worse in five years? If the answer to your analysis convinces you that following the crowd is the wrong thing to do, then you are a contrarian. The time to buy is when everyone else is not buying. Welcome to the Warren Buffet side of the equation.
Real estate is just another asset class in the financial spectrum. It offers a wider window of time in which to analyze and decide about buying and selling. Of course, most residential sales are based on personal client need. However, considering the percentage of net worth most of our homes represent, it is certainly prudent to examine the timing of that large investment.
Short-term timing
Learning to look for seasonal timing signs is another key to making a smart investment. My friend, Sarah, will be celebrating the first anniversary of her house purchase in Palo Alto on Dec. 23. She bought the house on Nov. 23 last year (the day before Thanksgiving) and closed two days before Christmas. The people she bought it from had had their house on the market for more than three months and while many other sellers had taken their houses off the market for the holidays, her sellers had not. Given a choice, most people do not want strangers traipsing through their house on the day before Thanksgiving. The timing was right for Sarah and her family and it was clear by the sellers' timing that the sellers were looking for an offer — Thanksgiving week or not.
From a seller's perspective, giving thoughtful consideration to the timing of presenting their home on the market for the first time can be critical. The obvious bad times are Christmas and Thanksgiving weeks. Other bad times, especially in this area, are graduation time, most of the month of August, and the week of July 4. There may be still other times that your real estate professional can fill you in on. Competition specific to the product (your home) is critical to this analysis also — what else is out there on the market? The timing of the placement of a home on the market is an art. If it is done properly, it can be worth a lot to your bottom line.
Given our local economy's close adherence to the vagaries of the stock market, and especially, NASDAQ, it is also important to be sensitive to the stock market's ups and downs. We have an extremely efficient real estate marketplace: For every buyer there is a seller, for every seller, a buyer. If you take the time to study and consult professionals, that marketplace will reward you.
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Urban Social Context, Health and Health Disparities (ICPSR 34452)
Principal Investigator(s): House, James S., University of Michigan. Population Studies Center
The goal of this project was to capitalize on, extend, and enhance the Chicago Community Adult Health Study (CCAHS), which was designed to become a major prospective multi-level study of the impact of individual and social environmental factors on health, their role in understanding socioeconomic and racial-ethnic disparities in health, and the biological and behavioral pathways that are involved.
Access Notes
These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners directly for details on obtaining these resources.
Study Description
This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: community health, health behavior, health status, racial discrimination, social environment
Geographic Coverage: Chicago, Illinois, United States
These data are not available from DSDR or ICPSR. Researchers should consult the principal investigator directly for details on obtaining access to the data and documentation:
Dr. James S. House
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan
426 Thompson St., PO Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
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Foals have a better chance of surviving dystocia if the mare is taken to an equine hospital as soon as the prolonged delivery is recognized, said Katherine Cole MacGillivray, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, of Haygard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., at the ACVIM Forum 2010 veterinary meeting held in Anaheim, Calif.
Dystocia is usually defined as stage-2 labor (delivery of the foal) that lasts more than 30 minutes. "It is considered an equine emergency. The outcome will have a profound effect on the foal's and mare's survival and the mare's reproductive and overall general health," said MacGillivray.
The causes of dystocia include angular limb deformities of the fetus, fetal size, malpositioning, inadequate uterine contractions, congenital deformities or anomalies, and placental abnormalities.
Veterinarians will employ several methods to resolve dystocia:
- Assisted vaginal delivery (AVD)--the mare is conscious and the veterinarian provides manual assistance in the vaginal delivery of the foal;
- Controlled vaginal delivery (CVD)--the mare is under general anesthesia and the veterinarian is in control of the delivery;
- Caesarean section--the foal is surgically removed from the uterus; and
- Fetotomy--removal of a dead fetus
In the past only 10-29% of foals survived a dystocia. "The bottom line is that there were not a lot of foals born alive from a dystocia," she said.
"But it seemed to us that our foal survival was a little higher (now) than what had been reported (in the past)," MacGillivray said, so she set out to determine whether that was true and why.
She found that over the course of two years, Haygard has handled 172 dystocia cases; 121 live foals were born and of those 88 were discharged from the hospital. "Our overall survival rate is about 50%," MacGillivray said.
Many of the foals were sick with problems such as neonatal encephalopathy (dummy foals), sepsis and rib fractures, and about 50% of the foals required resuscitation after delivery and received assisted ventilation and/or injectable medications.
But because veterinary staff and equipment were readily available, half the foals survived. According to MacGillivray, foals born alive now have a 70% chance of survival.
For more information on foaling and foaling problems search TheHorse.com.
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Bret Baier '92 Prepares New Book, Special Heart, for June Release
November 30, 2013
"Like every good Washington reporter, Fox News Channel's Bret Baier wrote a book," notes U.S. News & World Report's Nikki Schwab. "But the Special Report anchor eschewed the political thing, instead focusing his first book on his son Paul's journey. Paul, now six, was born with five major heart problems and has had to go through three surgeries, the most recent this September. He's doing great now."
"You know, this had to be my first book," says Baier, a 1992 graduate of DePauw University. "Because it's been my life -- for all of the covering politics and the lights and cameras of the studios that I go through day to day -- my life has been a lot of beeps and buzzes in Children's National Medical Center."
The book, Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage & Love, will be published in June. All proceeds will be donated to pediatric heart research.
"There's a lot of humor in the book," Baier notes. "There's a lot of me getting to Washington, meeting my wife and then this journey that we went on...having our first child and finding out, basically, a day, 12 hours, after he was born, that he had this rare heart disease."
An English (composition) and political science double major at DePauw, Baier captained the Tiger golf team. He adds, "I consider it a book you could read at the beach and heading into Father's Day I think it will be the perfect summer book."
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Bret Baier returned to DePauw for Old Gold on October 12 and spoke as part of the Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series. The talk is summarized here; a video montage is embedded below.Back


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Carter, Astros back Norris with power surge
Left fielder delivers with two homers, five RBIs; Castro, Laird add solo shots
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Chris Carter walloped a pair of two-run home runs in consecutive at-bats, and the left fielder drove in five runs to back a strong outing by starter Bud Norris and send the Astros to an 11-2 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon at Osceola County Stadium.
Carter, acquired from Oakland in last month's Jed Lowrie trade, drove in a run on a fielder's choice in the first inning before hitting a long homer to left-center in the third off Brandon Morrow. Carter hit another long homer to left field in the fifth to put the Astros ahead, 7-2.
"I don't really think about hitting home runs that much," Carter said. "I try to make solid contact and whatever happens, happens. If I have four or five, that's good, but if I hit one or two that's fine, too."
Jason Castro homered to center field to lead off the sixth inning for his fourth homer of the spring, and Brandon Laird added his fourth Grapefruit League homer to extend the lead to 9-2.
Jake Elmore doubled to drive in Tyler Greene -- who had just reached on an error that allowed Trevor Crowe to score -- in the eighth inning for the Astros' 11th run of the game.
Norris, making his fourth start, became the first Astros pitcher to throw six innings this spring when he held the Blue Jays to three hits, two runs and two walks to keep Houston's strong run of starting pitching going. Lucas Harrell threw four hitless innings Saturday.
"The pitch count is going to get up there, but it's the up and downs for me," Norris said. "But they felt good, and it's good to get back out there and throw eight warmup pitches and attack every inning. The strength is coming and we've got time to build on it."
Morrow allowed seven hits and seven runs (six earned) in 4 2/3 innings in his fourth start of the spring.
Up next for Astros: The Astros are off Monday, but Jordan Lyles (0-3), who's had a rough spring so far, tries to right the ship when the starts for the Astros against the Blue Jays at 12:05 p.m. CT on Tuesday in Dunedin, Fla. Lyles has pitched eight innings this spring in four outings, allowing 26 hits and 17 earned runs.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: I finished reading Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood last night. This novel is a sequel to Oryx & Crake, which came out in 2003. Oryx & Crake establishes and develops a near-future North American dystopia that is frighteningly plausible because it is so firmly rooted in the present. In a lecture at MIT shortly after the novel was published, Atwood describes the big scrapbooks of cuttings she compioled in order to ground the novel's scientific and technological details in present knowledge and practice. She mostly concerns herself with genetics and economics in the first book, the technology of gene splicing and cloning leading to an economy based on the production of new organisms, which are given names like "rakunk," a pet-like hybrid of raccoons and skunks, in Wikipedia's phrase, and "pigoon," a huge, balloon-like pig used to grow extra copies of human organs for transplantation. The names sound as if they come direct from the marketing departments of the industrial-scientific complex — cute and sinister simultaneously. Scientists and their families live in corporate "compounds," gated and heavily guarded communities with their own stores, medical services, and social activities; the rest of humanity lives in the "pleeblands," definitely ungated communities of varying degrees of squalor. Continue reading "The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood"


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Black Sabbath has just posted a "behind-the-scenes" video of the making of their new album, 13. The video features the first footage with the band playing with former Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk (currently performing as part of Dave Grohl's Sound City Players).
Also, the video shows guitarist Tony Iommi looking different than we've seen him before, by necessity. Having undergone chemotherapy for lymphoma, he is no longer sporting his thick black mane: his short hair is hidden under a baseball cap in the video.
Here are some of the other highlights:
1. "Black Sabbath don't write songs you hear on the radio, we write musical pieces. " That was a quote from Ozzy Osbourne (despite the fact that "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" are radio classics). He continues, "I make albums that I like, and if someone else likes it, great!"
2. Geezer Butler notes that when recording as Black Sabbath, "It's a legacy to live up to. If you try to live up to the expectations of the last album, you just fail dismally." The last Sabbath album to feature Osbourne, Iommi and Butler was 1978's Never Say Die.
3. Iommi was rather dark (even for him), said that if they put off doing an album any longer, "It'll be too late. We'll probably be dead soon."
4. Finally, Osbourne discusses how seriously he's taking 13: "This Black Sabbath album is quite possibly the most important album of my career." An interesting quote: he doesn't elaborate and explain why, for instance, it would be more important than Black Sabbath's debut, or his first post-Sabbath solo album.
The video shows the band members jamming in the studio, but the only music heard is '70s Sabbath. Clearly, they don't want even a snippet of their new material to slip out before they're ready to officially release it. Watch the video below.
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Correia limits damage, but Twins shut out
MINNEAPOLIS -- It wasn't that long ago the Twins routinely celebrated winning the American League Central.
They won the division title six times in nine years, including the inaugural season at Target Field in 2010. But that feels like forever ago, as the Twins are mired in their third straight season with more than 90 losses.Full Game Coverage
MINNEAPOLIS -- It wasn't that long ago the Twins routinely celebrated winning the American League Central.
They won the division title six times in nine years, including the inaugural season at Target Field in 2010. But that feels like forever ago, as the Twins are mired in their third straight season with more than 90 losses.Full Game Coverage
Those days felt even more distant on Wednesday night, as the Twins were forced to watch the Tigers celebrate their third straight division crown with a 1-0 win at Target Field.
"It's not what we're here for to watch other people celebrate," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "That's a very good team with a very good pitching staff over there. They have some really good players over there and leaders. So whether you want to watch or not, they got it done and did something special. We've been on other side plenty of times, some of us, and it's a lot of fun, but unfortunately, we're not having fun right now and are other people are."
Kevin Correia shined in his final start of the season, but he was outdueled by Max Scherzer, who added to his Major League-leading win total, as he ends the season with 21 victories.
Correia concluded his first season with the Twins on a high note, giving up just one run on seven hits over seven strong innings, but he was stuck with the hard-luck loss. The right-hander ends the year with a 4.18 ERA, which was his lowest since 2009, in 31 starts, including a 3.48 ERA in five September outings.
"Kevin had a heck of a year for us," Gardenhire said. "He gave us a chance really all year. He went toe-to-toe with those guys today, so I tip my hat the guy. He's pitched well and was a great pickup. But unfortunately, Scherzer was good, and I don't think any of our three hits left the infield tonight."
The Tigers struck early with a run in the first inning keyed by a leadoff triple from Austin Jackson, who scored on an RBI single from Torii Hunter. Correia settled down from there and showed impressive command, as he didn't walk a batter.
"The guy I was going with was probably the frontrunner for the Cy Young, so it's tough," said Correia, who fell to 9-13. "He obviously has incredible stuff and has had a great year. You don't want to get too far behind. I thought I did good job after that first hit to limit it, but we couldn't get anything going off him."
Scherzer walked a season-high six batters, but he limited the Twins to just two hits over seven scoreless frames. He also struck out 10 batters to mark the eighth time this season he's reached double digits in punchouts.
"To have 21 wins means my team played so well this year, I pitched well, the defense played well," Scherzer said. "It's just a culmination of our team playing together. They did that every single time I pitched, and I'm glad I was always able to pitch consistently and give them a chance to win, because those guys always picked me up."
The Twins failed to capitalize again with runners in scoring position, as they went 0-for-5 in those situations against Scherzer.
Minnesota had runners at first and second with one out and Brian Dozier at the plate in the fifth, but the Twins ran their way out of the inning, as Dozier struck out and Pedro Florimon was thrown out trying to steal third on the pitch.
Scherzer came out for the seventh despite already having thrown 108 pitches, and he walked Chris Herrmann on five pitches to open the inning. Tigers manager Jim Leyland stuck with Scherzer, and he was able to get out of the jam unscathed.
Darin Mastroianni bunted over Herrmann to second base, but he was stranded there, as Florimon and Alex Presley both flied out to left field. It was the end of the night for Scherzer, who threw a season-high 123 pitches.
"Tonight he showed why he's the Cy Young winner," Leyland said. "I don't vote, but if that don't get him over the hump, I don't know what does."
Relievers Jose Veras, Drew Smyly and Joaquin Benoit combined to hold Minnesota scoreless over the final two innings to mark the 15th time the Twins have been shut out this year.
After Benoit struck out pinch-hitter Josh Willingham to end the game, the Tigers celebrated their division title in a joyous huddle near the mound, which was tough for the home to watch.
"They earned it," Correia said. "They did a great job. It's not like we had a chance and lost it, so it's not painful. It kind of just drives you to want to experience that. It's something the Twins organization has experienced a lot, so hopefully next year we can improve on what we did this year and move in the right direction."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger.


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6-1-09 PNC Park
The Mets are in town.
I had one objective for today's game: snag a Citi Field commemorative ball.
I got to the gates a little after 4 PM and was first in line. When I entered the stadium, there were no Easter eggs to be found.
I got ball #1 off the bat of Robinzon Diaz. He hit a home run to the section to my right. I battled the sun and snagged the ball without incident on the fly.
Ball #2 came off the bat of Craig Monroe. It was a deep home run to my right. I could tell that it was going well over my head, so I raced up the stairs. The ball bounced and disappeared under the rotunda/bleacher area.
Game: 5 Balls (2 hit, 1 thrown, 2 device)
Season: 143 Balls (63 hit, 60 thrown, 20 device)
Games: 29 Games (25 with BP, 4 without)
Average: 4.93 Balls per Game
Career: 309 Balls
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GBR gets another gold 5,000 meters and the stadium erupts for Mo FarahI i wanna be there! Wow.
I thought I said some thing about Oscar but maybe not. Anyone who thinks he has an advantage over god given limbs is I think, dead wrong. I just hope he does not damage his knees. He really is a super hero, i think, and it i so rare that a double amputee is running against the best runners with perfect limbs. Will it happen again? Was he the first? I am inspired by him a great deal. Bless him.


text: I'm just curious, really. They made a big deal about her in the original story treatment for the pilot episode and also in the series bible, as if she was going to be a recurring presence in the series. But then they went and killed her off in her very next appearance ('Battle Lines'), and used her death as the basis for the Winn vs Bariel election subplot that rounded off season one. So what was it? Was the actress just unwilling (or unable) to commit to further episodes? Or was Opaka's death always planned from the beginning? Did they intend to bring in Winn as an antagonist from the very start, but felt that it would have more impact on the audience if we got some feel for who the previous Kai actually was? Do we know the story behind this?


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December 1, 2009
New KStew Welcome to the Riley's & The Yellow Handkerchief pics
Ooooh - can't wait to see this flick - thanks Ali :)
Via IMDB
- Lorabell
Update: Whilst we're at it, check out stills from The Yellow Handkerchief at Celebuzz
And a the trailer :)
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Both "Remember Me" and "Welcome to the Riley's" look like really interesting films.ReplyDelete
I will diffintly go see these regardless of the fact they both have two amazing actors I adore.
The plots seem very intriguing, great choice's guys!
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2009 at 5:49 PM
FINALLY!!!! But I want a trailer!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM
This story line looks so awesome. I really hope that they make it well. Judging by the actors, it should be phenomenal!!ReplyDelete
looks pretty f*cked up. can't wait to see it. Kristen always plays these really interesting characters. she's definitely one of my favorite actresses. she's just so good.ReplyDelete
When did she film this??ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 4, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Kstews a bad actress, a tree has more emotion than her. don't get me wrong, I still like her and everything--she's cool! it's just that I don't think she was good as bella, or in any of her films. sorry. *how much you wanna bet in a few minutes I'll have hate comments towards me. ;)*ReplyDelete


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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - This week, all eyes will be on the nation's oldest city as it celebrates Florida's Quincentennial.
Today marks 500 years since Ponce De Leon stepped foot on the state's sandy shores. To celebrate, a variety of events have been scheduled. This includes colorful reenactments, cannon firings, a musket drill, and a visit from the Governor.
Governor Scott arrived at the Castillo De San Marco to help fire a cannon at 6:45 Tuesday morning. This signaled the start of a 2-day celebration of the anniversary.
He was joined by the state's top elected officials who were also in town for a Cabinet meeting at Flagler College. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says they're lucky to be here and it's a special opportunity.
Tuesday's events wrap up at 11 a.m. with a public ceremony where a bronze statue of Ponce De Leon will be dedicated.
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I'm a petroleum engineer who's always been interested in electronics. I'm determined to build not one, but many robots to form a distributed system for mapping. Began Sept 4th, 2004 by purchasing an OopicII+ board. Since then I've picked up other kits and components. Now its just a matter of hooking it all together .. right!
My robot blog is located at http://firstname.lastname@example.com I'm a newb here and to blogs and am unsure whether this link bring over my entries to this site .. probably not.
I was hoping the experts here could look over my shoulder and give me helpful hints.
Thanks, Gary Mize


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The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.
• Video: Tomas Berdych, Lukas Rosol, Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli played the longest doubles match in history over the weekend, battling for 7 hours, 1 minute before Switzlerand's Chiudinelli double-faulted on match point No. 13 to hand the Czechs the 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 24-22 win. I think it's officially time to have a serious discussion about the necessity of a fifth-set tiebreaker.
• The New York Times reports that Wawrinka broke down in tears during his news conference after losing that seven-hour doubles match.
• From The Grandstand, John Isner had some strong words after losing his Davis Cup match to Thomaz Bellucci, both for the Brazilian fans and himself.
While Bellucci praised the fans and his teammates for pulling him through, Isner had a different opinion on the matter.
"I don't appreciate their fans at all," Isner said, putting it bluntly. "I think they are very rude."
But the world No. 16 made sure to put the blame squarely on himself. "I thought (Bellucci) played pretty well, but it's on me. I couldn't quite win the big points. My five-set record is atrocious–simple as that–and it falls 100 percent on me. We're in a dogfight now and a lot of that rests on my shoulders."
• Bloomberg reports on Rafael Nadal's decision to leave IMG. Much like Roger Federer, given his international stature and popularity, he simply doesn't need it anymore to get sponsorship deals.
• From The Changeover, Marcelo Melo hit a front-side tweener -- when did tennis shots start sounding like X-Games tricks? -- on the way to upsetting Bob and Mike Bryan with partner Bruno Soares.
• Mardy Fish was in Jacksonville, Fla., practicing with the U.S. Davis Cup team, but his future is still in doubt.
• From Tennis Grandstand, things got heated between the Bryans and the Brazilians on Saturday, with Bob Bryan yelling across the net at Melo.
"Davis Cup is an emotional atmosphere. They got passionate after they thought they won the set. I got passionate to them. There were some words said. You know, no hard feelings, no grudges." The sentiment was similar from the Brazilians. Marcelo Melo seemed a bit confused about what happened, saying, "Bob never did this before. We have really good relationship. I have him as a friend. In that moment I got in shock. How Bob did this, is not normal."
• From The Slice, here's what Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Nadal will be wearing this spring. Hint: It's green.Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show


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SARASOTA — Zack Summerall refuses to be like anyone else.
Even if that means opting for a bright-orange pair of running shoes, so as not to be associated with the competition.
But, when your older brother is a former Sarasota school record holder and you're running neck and neck with the No. 2 ranked runner in the state of Florida week in and week out, odds are you're going to be categorized one way or another.
It's something the Sarasota High junior has learned to take in stride.
After all, it's something Summerall has been dealing with since well before he even set foot on the campus of Sarasota High.
Summerall began running in seventh grade at the urging of his older brother, Andrew Mendoza, who was Sarasota's No. 1 runner at the time.
At first, Summerall didn't think he would like the sport because of the long distance, but, before long, he realized he was pretty good at it.
By his freshman year, Summerall was immersed in the sport and started paving his own path at Sarasota. Although the process wasn't nearly as easy as Summerall would've liked.
"Coming in was harder because they expected me to be as fast as my brother," Summerall says. "All the pressure was on me, so coming into it I was nervous at first."
Summerall spent his freshman season adjusting to racing a competitive level and slowly began shaving seconds off his time.
The following year, Summerall, who also runs track for the Sailors, broke his brother's school record in the mile by one second and was one second away from breaking the school record in the 800.
On Sept. 21, Summerall dropped another 20 seconds off his 5K personal best time, crossing the finish line in 15 minutes, 32.9 seconds, to finish second at the North Port XC Invitational.
Summerall finished eight seconds behind Fort Myers' Tyler Bennett, the No. 2 ranked runner in the state, and four seconds off the school record.
"It's always really good competition when I race Tyler Bennett," Summerall says. "It was a little closer this time."
Summerall has dropped nearly 90 seconds off his time at this point a season ago and is on pace to break the school record of 15:28, which was set in 2008.
"It would mean a lot," Summerall says. "It'd be nice to get the school record and set something new."
Summerall won a regional cross-country title last season and finished 14th at the Class 3A Cross Country Finals, helping lead Sarasota to a fourth-place finish. This season, Summerall is poised to defend his regional title and finish in the top two in the state.
Summerall has won two races so far this season and finished second in two more, helping lead the Sailors to first-place finishes at the Lemon Bay Invitational (Aug. 31), Fort Myers Optimist Invitational (Sept. 7) and Bradenton Runners Club Invitational (Sept. 14).
The Sailors are currently ranked No. 1 in their district and No. 2 in their region.
"I enjoy the team bond of cross-country," Summerall says. "It's more of a family sport. You win as a team and you can celebrate as a team. It's like a second family."
Following this season, Summerall hopes to place in the Top 10 at the South Regional Qualifier Nov. 30, in North Carolina, and qualify for the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships Dec. 14 in San Diego.
Summerall, who has aspirations of joining the Navy, hopes to run in college and beyond.
Summerall already has completed two half-marathons and was one minute away from qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
"I love running," Summerall says. "I couldn't just do it as a hobby. I have to be running toward a goal."
128 — The number of ounces Summerall drinks every day before practice to stay hydrated.
45 — The number of miles Summerall runs every week during cross-country season.
2 — The number of races Summerall has won so far this season.
14 — The place Summerall finished at last year's Class 3A Cross Country Finals.
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Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria has been named the American League Player of the Week presented by Bank of America for the period ending May 3, marking his second weekly honor of the season. Bank of America is the Official Bank of Major League Baseball and the only place where you can get your favorite Club logo on checks, check cards or credit cards. For more information on MLB® banking, visit bankofamerica.com/MLB.
In seven games last week, Longoria hit .379 (11-29) with an American League-best 14 RBI, compiling 21 total bases, four doubles, two home runs and nine runs scored. The 23-year-old posted a .724 slugging percentage along with a .438 on-base percentage. On May 1, in a rematch of the 2008 American League Championship Series, Evan hit a sixth inning grand slam to lead Tampa Bay to victory over the A.L. East rival Boston Red Sox. Teammate Carlos Peña followed his All-Star teammate's grand slam with a solo shot, marking the second time this year that they have hit back-to-back homers. The previous night, Longoria also posted four RBI and a solo shot en route to victory. On April 27, Evan reached the 100 career RBI milestone in his 135th career game, making him the third quickest active player behind Ryan Braun (118th game) and Albert Pujols (131st game). Entering play today, Longoria leads the Majors with 30 RBI and 12 doubles. This marks Evan's third career weekly award; he won for the opening week of the 2009 season (4/13) and he earned the nod once during his 2008 A.L. Rookie of the Year Award-winning season.
Other noteworthy performances for the week included Longoria's teammates Peña, whose three home runs extended his Major League-lead to 11, and Carl Crawford, who posted 11 stolen bases, lifting his Major League-lead to 17. Also considered was Kansas City Royals outfielder Jose Guillen, who posted three home runs and 10 RBI. Other nominees were Toronto Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas, who posted an A.L.-best .500 batting average, and Royals shortstop Alberto Callaspo, who notched seven doubles.
Tourneau, the world's largest watch store, will supply Evan Longoria with a luxury Swiss Tourneau timepiece, suitably engraved, in recognition of his achievement as the A.L. Player of the Week presented by Bank of America.