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House candidates strive to please farmers
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. -- It is no surprise that U.S. House candidates speaking to farmers will say they support agriculture, but on Tuesday, six of them delivered subtle signs of differences.
In southern Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, for example, U.S. Representative Tim Walz strongly supported a farm bill awaiting House action, Allen Quist opposed it for being too heavy on food stamps and not paying enough attention to farmers and Mike Parry fell in the middle.
In western Minnesota's 7th Congressional District, U.S. Representative Collin Peterson said finding money to make needed transportation improvements "will be difficult in this climate," while challenger Lee Byberg said the money will come if farmers and businesses are allowed to grow.
The comments came Tuesday as candidates spent more time wiping off sweat and fanning themselves than they did arguing during a Farmfest forum. U.S. Senate candidates will be on the hot seat Wednesday.
Farmfest opened near Redwood Falls on Tuesday for a three-day run and, like in all election years, politics filled the air in the midst of an event where farmers see the latest machinery, crops and other agriculture information.
In addition to the 1st and 7th District races, the 2nd district, to the south of the Twin Cities, was represented. Democrat Mike Obermueller answered questions, but U.S. Representative John Kline turned down Farmfest's offer to appear.
Republican Byberg and Peterson are in a repeat of their 2010 race. Peterson has been in the House since 1991, and is the top-ranking Agriculture Committee Democrat.
Byberg's philosophy is of allowing farmers and businesses freedom to earn more money. He said in an interview that he is building a coalition of those groups to support his race.
Jobs are produced locally, Byberg said, not by Washington politicians. He said congressional leaders have just "stood by" over the years and not taken action to help businesses.
"Bring free enterprise back, empower the people to ... innovate," Byberg told the farmers.
Also, he said, too many young Americans would rather "take checks than jobs." Leaders need to change that by example, he added.
In a separate interview, Peterson said that farmers are in the best position they have seen since he entered the House, some of it due to federal decisions.
Crop insurance, a federal-private partnership, is a prime example of how farmers have benefited, he said. Peterson said he no longer is farming because he had to leave the profession due to lack of crop insurance at the time.
While some want to move away from crop insurance, Peterson disagreed. "This is not the time to be changing things," he said.
When he was talking to the tent full of farmers, Peterson repeatedly talked about things he has done to help them.
For one thing, he said that he talked to the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency when it appeared the agency would force farmers to enact dust-control procedures. Peterson reported that she said an underling in the agency suggested that, but it was not in the works.
Byberg called for cutting some agencies, such as the EPA, in half and making regulations among agencies more consistent.
"The largeness of the federal government cannot be sustained," he said.


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When you're picking up produce, pick up value before price—you'll get your money's worth and better taste. Don't buy junk when it comes to fresh food—buy quality for flavor and value. A discount can leave you disappointed if the price is reduced to compensate for spoilage.
Fresh is best—look for ripeness to fit your timeframe of use. Fruits and vegetables aren't stamped with an expiration date, but you'll know when they go! Pay attention while you're shopping. Don't just pick up a bag because it looks cheap—pick it up because it looks good to eat.
Look for more Florida crops coming into our area like tomatoes, avocados, grapefruit, squash, and local honey.

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Visitors can view and buy from a range of Early, Modern and Contemporary art dealers and see Museum quality art presented in four interconnected galleries on one floor, this time on Level One. Prices start at a manageable level: £200 - £500 for mounted drawings, the majority of works are priced between £500 to £10,000, and then the exceptional items at £10,000 plus.
The defining elements of this Fair:
• All the art for sale is a work on paper, whether it is a print, drawing, watercolour, poster or photograph
• The art has been created by artists from the early 17th Century right up to the present day
• The work is original, of high quality, and vetted by experts
• References and themes in art can be identified and tracked through the centuries
The Fair is supported by an extensive programme of events.
Visitors can:
• Sign up for free talks by the experts at 3 pm each day and find out more about the pictures for sale. They can gain an insight into the vetting process where all the works are examined by experts who assess them for quality, value and authenticity.
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• The Fair is supporting The National Open Art Competition, who will present 10 of their prize winning contemporary artists' works on paper. "We are working together to highlight the best of contemporary art" Neil Lawson Baker, Chairman of NOAC.
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Increase the GST, urges OECD
THE Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has urged the federal government to consider raising the GST and widening the mining tax, in a bid to shore up the budget's long-term health.
In its latest review of the nation's economy, published on Friday, the Paris-based think tank also gave the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, the green light to delay the return to budget surplus this financial year if the economy deteriorates more than expected.
With growth in the $50 million-a-year GST slowing due to weaker household spending, the OECD said the tax's rate of 10 per cent was low compared with other countries.
As part of a suggested tax overhaul, it urged the government to look at raising the tax's rate, and removing exemptions for spending on fresh food, medical services and school supplies.
It also said the mining tax, which is levied on to coal and iron ore miners, should be broadened to apply to other natural resources, and corporate taxes cut.
The suggested policies are just a few of the reforms the OECD said Australia needed to consider in order to ensure the economy continues to benefit from Asia's industrialisation.
''Tax reforms, including a lower corporate tax rate, a broader resource rent tax and more efficient state taxes would facilitate ongoing structural adjustments,'' it said.
The federal government has ruled out raising the GST, but is under growing pressure to consider changing the tax from business and cash-strapped state governments, which receive all GST revenue.
Over the shorter term, the OECD said Australia was weathering the aftermath of the global financial crisis well, and its public finances were in ''much better shape'' than most developed countries. However, it said the government should abandon its pledge to promise to deliver a surplus of $1.1 billion in 2012-13 if the economy weakened more than expected.
The comments come amid reports Treasury has advised the government to abandon its return to surplus this year, after figures showed weakening growth and a decline in national income.
Market economists also say the government should be prepared to ditch its surplus pledge, which will require a budget tightening equal to 3 per cent of the economy in one year.
Beyond this year's budget, there are growing concerns over the budget's ability to fund services over the long term.
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, on Friday dismissed calls for the surplus pledge to be abandoned and said the budget would provide details of how it would meet its spending.
Clancy Yeates writes on business specialising in financial services. Clancy is based in our Sydney newsroom.
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Jacksonville senior libero Dani Hayden has been waiting for this night for nearly a month.
Jacksonville senior libero Dani Hayden has been waiting for this night for nearly a month.
Not only was it senior night, but a victory would avenge a five-set loss to Swansboro on Sept. 12 � and pull the Cardinals into a first-place tie in the Coastal 3-A Conference with one regular-season league match remaining.
And that�s what Hayden and JHS got Tuesday night at The Bird Cage, which was rocking from start to finish as the aggressive Cardinals rallied from five down in the second set and six behind in the third to sweep the Pirates 25-21, 25-16, 26-24.
�I�m so excited,� said Hayden, who had 18 digs. �We had the momentum. It was senior night, and we had a vengeance to win. And we were just stoked and we had planned for this game ever since they beat us and we were just ready to win. We wanted a clean sweep and that�s exactly what we got.�
Senior Kayla Malu, who had three of JHS� seven blocks, agreed.
�We just had more momentum and we believed we could win. We pushed hard, we fought and we really wanted this,� she said. �It was our game. We played good.�
In handing the Pirates (15-2) their first league loss, the Cardinals (15-4) are now tied atop the league at 10-1 with Swansboro. Both teams have one match left: JHS is at rival White Oak (7-11, 4-7) on Thursday while on the same day Swansboro travels to Richlands (3-12, 1-10).
If both win (or lose), they would share the league title, although JHS won a coin flip after the match to claim the No. 1 seed in next week�s four-team league tournament if the teams are tied for first. And if that is case, the team that advances the deepest would earn the conference�s No. 1 playoff seed.
�We played hard, both teams played extremely hard,� Swansboro coach Kim Miller said. �It came down to us making a lot of mental mistakes due to Jacksonville playing aggressive. We did not stop making the little mistakes.
�We did not go about being aggressive, especially when we had the lead, and that�s what allowed Jacksonville to climb back in. Everything that we asked them to do we didn�t do, and that�s my fault as a coach.�
While the Cardinals swept the Pirates, all three sets were competitive, with each team flying across the court trying to keep balls from hitting the floor while battling at the net looking for crowd-pleasing kills or blocks to foil the same.
�We played our game,� JHS coach Melinda Rakes said. �Our girls played like they know how to play. Our defense was on point. The girls, they were focused. Senior night kind of does that to you.�
Jacksonville took the lead for good in the first set at 9-8 on a block by Malu and then went on a 7-3 run that included two aces by Emily Thompson and a tip at the net by Cassie Padilla to make it 16-11. Swansboro pulled within three five times but a long serve sealed the first set for JHS.
The Pirates led 11-6 after an ace by Kasey Sines after some miscommunication by JHS, but after a timeout the Cardinals outscored the Pirates 19-5, taking the lead for good at 15-14 on a double hit by the Pirates. A net ball gave JHS a 2-0 lead in the match.
�That�s due to us not doing what we need to do,� Miller said of giving up the lead.
Swansboro scored the first three points of the third set and led 17-11 after a block by Miranda Glover, but the Cardinals battled back, although they didn�t take their first lead of the set until a kill by Brittany Ochs made it 25-24. A wide shot by the Pirates gave JHS the sweep.
Miller pointed to service problems as a key stat for the Pirates, noting Swansboro missed 10 services and had nine reception errors.
�That right there is 19 points,� she said. �You can�t give them (points).�
Rakes was all smiles as she talked about how her team rallied in both the second and third sets to pull off the sweep.
�That shows how mentally tough our girls have become from the start of the season to now,� she said. �A big help was our outsides were on point tonight. The serves were there. We played a very well-rounded game. I really think they are just inches away from being right where we need to be.�
Swansboro 21 16 24
Jacksonville 25 25 26
LEADING PLAYERS�S: Malone 5 kills, 6 digs; Cleve 7 kills, 5 digs; Rabidou 18 assists, 10 digs. J: Malu 3 bocks�; Padilla 6 kills, 1 block, 1 ace, 9 digs; Ochs 5 kills, 2 blocks, 4 aces; Byes 3 kills, 1 ace; Marks 2 kills, 18 assists, 2 aces; Hayden 18 digs; Negron 13 digs. RECORDS�S: 15-2, 10-1, at Richlands on Thursday. J: 15-4, 10-1, at White Oak on Thursday.


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CUNA Mutual Grant Boosts Women in Credit Union Leadership
Thanks to a $20,000 grant from CUNA Mutual Group, the World Council of Credit Unions will continue its efforts to support women in credit union leadership roles worldwide.
The World Council Global Women's Leadership Network Scholarship aims to further the careers of emerging credit union leaders by supporting projects that solve a problem or meet a credit union and/or a community need, according to CUNA Mutual.
The network is seeking scholarship candidates, who can apply and submit their project description at www.CUwomen.org. Successful projects will address a credit union and/or a community need and further the mission of the applicant's credit union. The application deadline is March 28.
Scholarship candidates will be selected to attend the 2014 Global Women's Leadership Forum and World Credit Union Conference in Australia July 25-30.
While at the forum, the selected candidates will present their projects to the network membership. Network members will then vote on which candidates will receive support for the implementation of their project.
Those chosen will carry out their project from August 2014 through June 2015 and will return to the 2015 Global Women's Leadership Forum in Denver to present their project results.
Beyond the scholarship, CUNA Mutual said it has expanded its support of World Council initiatives and recently became the only Diamond Level supporter of the organization's foundation.
"Our expanded support to a long-time partner like World Council is a natural extension of CUNA Mutual Group's commitment to credit unions worldwide," said Faye Patzner, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at CUNA Mutual.


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The statue represents a young woman who, wounded to death by an arrow, falls to her knees striving to extract it. In her we can recognize one of the daughters of Niobe, the mythical queen who, mother to seven sons and seven daughters, dared boast of being more prolific than Leto and for this reason was punished by Apollo and Artemis with the murder of her children.
According to a recent and evocative hypothesis (by E. La Rocca), the statue, a Greek original dateable between 440 and 430 BCE, was part of the pedimental group of the Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros at Eretria.
It was transferred to Rome in the Augustan Age by the Roman general Gaius Sosius, who had it placed as a decoration in one of the sides of the pediment of the Temple of Apollo built at his own expense in the Circus Flaminius.
The myth of the Niobids was, in fact, extremely suitable for emphasizing the affinity between Apollo, the avenger God, and the emperor Augustus, avenger of his adoptive father, Julius Caesar, as well as protector of Gaius Sosius. The statue would be successively moved to the Horti Sallustiani (Gardens of Sallust), perhaps as a component of an open air ornamental complex.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 6:23 AM
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Vendor submits proposals for waterslides
Original post made on Jan 9, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 6:23 AM
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jan 9, 2013 at 9:45 am
I encourage everyone who wants the water slides to stay to "read between the facts" here and then email your city council person:
Pleasanton and East Bay Parks bureaucracy is the only thing standing in the way of the water slides.
1. The Parks District and Pleasanton are so unfriendly to do business with - only one company was brave enough to turn in a proposal.
2. The company needs approximately $900,000 to do the work and $500,000 to deal with permits, inspections, etc. What's wrong with this picture when more than half the cost of the actual work is required for permits, bureaucracy and no-value BS.
3. Why should it take over a year to get permits in place? This is for a facility that already existed - they are just going to augment it. Will the whole thing need to be "inspected" again - in order to make our local bureaucracy more money?
Please understand this could be streamlined and completed by summer - but too many bureaucrats need to stifle this to justify their jobs. Be thankful that you've voted liberal, union backed local politicians because this is the result.
a resident of Rosepointe
on Jan 9, 2013 at 10:45 am
As a mother of two (now grown) boys I hope that the water slides will be open again soon! Pleasanton offers many opportunities for younger children, but not much at all for our teenagers. The water slides were one of the few places for teenagers to have fun and enjoy healthy entertainment. It's also a great place for them to work.
Please, please - go fix them and open up the water slides!
a resident of Del Prado
on Jan 10, 2013 at 1:39 am
I sure hope that they can get this situation under control and start working on the slides soon. They are a great place to have fun with my grandkids. My children loved them also. I am just so happy that they are considering doing the work and getting the slides opened hopefully by 2014. I do wish that it could be 2013 but it looks like that is not going to happen. My grandkids were very disapointed that the slides are now closed but hope that they open soon. They really enjoy them.
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Note: Ruby swears, but I've bleeped them all out for the boards. She's also not normally quite this talkative, although that may be because Stefani, who is even more talkative, is usually there.
Hi. I'm Ruby Ramos. I'm a freshman at LV. I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to say here. Or why I have to type it instead of writing. I guess it helps with spelling cause I don't spell that well, and the computer underlines it in red when I spell **** wrong.
Anyway…um, I'm fifteen and I'm a freshman. Wait. I already said that. Okay, I probably sound mad stupid right now, but I swear I'm not stupid, even though I suck at math. I am definitely crazy, though. Stefani calls me Señorita Loca sometimes, but that's just Stefani, she's like that.
Oh yeah, you don't know who Stefani is! Her name is Stefani Gonzalez, and she's my amiga major since, like, I don't know…third grade? Yeah, I think it was third grade. I remember she'd make up nicknames for everybody in our class, like, Silvia Justo was la Muertita cause of her skull bookbag and also how she broke Gianni Garcia's nose one time, even though Silvia was really small back then. Oh, yeah, that was funny as ****. Especially cause now Silvia's like, so quiet, and calm, and takes honors classes! I forget what Gianni's nickname was but I know it had, like, pigs, or bacon, or something like that in it.
Wow, elementary school seems mad long ago now. Like, where the **** did all that time go? I was so little and cute. I wish I had a little brother or sister. I don't want one like Stefani's sister, Kristal, though. She's seven, and she is an evil little kid. Like, Kristal will hit Stefani, or pull her hair, or steal her makeup and ruin the mascara brush, but if Stefani does anything to Kristal she gets in trouble. Okay, so actually I'm not sure I want a little sister. I kind of like it just with my mama, in our townhouse. She and my dad broke up before I was born, and she was going to have an abortion after that cause she didn't have no job or anything, but she couldn't even afford it cause it cost money and she didn't have any health insurance. Now she has a part time job at a, like, a warehouse, and also she works the late shift at the Red Robin on …****, I don't know how to spell the name of the road, but it's the one near the mall--you know.
I don't know what else to talk about…I guess I could tell you about—okay, so, for Christmas this year, Mama bought me these beautiful ruby earrings. They were real gold and the rubies, like, sparkled. I loved them so much I wore them all the time, even though she told me not to. And then last weekend, I was at Stefani's, and we were having a pillow fight with Kristal and one of the earrings came out! We spent like an hour searching, and we thought it went down the vent in the floor, down into the ceiling of the people who live below the Gonzalezes. We tried to look in the vent with a screwdriver and a flashlight, but we didn't see it. Stefani told Kristal to stick her hand down there cause our hands wouldn't fit, but then Kristal scraped her wrist on something metal and started crying. So Stefani got yelled at by her mom, and when I got home, Mama yelled at me for losing the earring. That all really sucked, cause it cost mad money, and I loved it so much, and Mama was all like, "¡¿No pensaste tú sobre todo el dinero que yo pague para esos aretes!? ¡¿No recordaste que te diga, muchas veces, no llévalos todo del tiempo?!" Okay, I don't really want to think about that. I'll talk about something else.
Oh, yeah—there's a kid in my math class called Dennis, and he isn't from America. (Or Puerto Rico or Mexico or anything like that—he's white. And anyway, Latino countries don't count—half the school is Latino!) He's from Britain, and he's really fun to talk to, cause I like listening to his accent, and cause he's really nice. Like, most guys, if they're friendly it's probably just cause they're flirting with you, but Dennis isn't like that at all. We actually talk about stuff. Like, he saw one of my drawings (did I tell you I like drawing? I mean, I'm not good at it—I just like it) and he told me about his brother, who's a junior and is really into photography. Their family just moved here six months ago, in August. I asked him why, but he didn't answer, so I think he's not that happy about it. He told me misses his friends there. I know I'd miss Stefani like **** if I moved away. I felt sort of bad for Dennis when he said that. Mama was so excited to come to America, cause Puerto Rico was never really a home to her, but leaving somewhere that really is your home…that's like, losing something huge. I mean, so much worse than my earrings.
Anyway...So what else do you want to know?


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Parents are a judgmental lot. Parent bloggers have turned judgment and ridicule into an Olympic sport. And never has that obnoxious trait been on display in all its wretchedness more than the past 36 hours.
I just read a post (I won't link to it because it doesn't deserve the pageviews), in which a fellow dad blogger said his first reaction to the Colorado theater shootings was: "Why the hell are kids at this movie?" And he's not alone. There are thousands of anonymous Internet cowards saying the same thing — ridiculing parenting decisions of others less than 24 hours after a horrific event.
And it makes me sick.
Let me bottom line this thing for you. If your gut reaction to the Colorado movie theater shootings was anything other than "Holy shit, that's so horrible. I feel awful for everyone who had to endure such a tragedy," then that's a real problem. Because while I'm all for using current events as blog fodder and even jumping on the occasional soapbox to talk about parenting issues, criticizing these parents for taking their kids to a movie after they had a gun pointed at them and bullets flying by their heads, is one of the more despicable things I've seen from the online parenting community in quite some time.
Would I take Will to any showing of this Batman movie? No, I wouldn't. Because he's only 4 and I've heard this is a pretty dark movie. But there are some mitigating circumstances to the Aurora incident. Some of the kids were just newborns, including a 3-month-old. And I'm absolutely fine with that. Newborns are great because you can pretty much still take them anywhere, and it's impossible to warp them for life by enduring Bain and Christian Bale's harsh Batman whisperings. And when kids are older — in the 9 to 10 range — I'm all for taking them to a midnight showing as a special treat. Kind of like when your parents allow you to skip school for one day and take you to a baseball game or amusement park. I think that's where some special memories can be made, even though it's not in the parenting handbook to have your kids skip class.
But all that is secondary.
The main problem I have is that some parents couldn't wait for the crime tape to go up before they started in on criticizing parenting decisions that go against their own. And that sucks. It starts with pregnancy and whether moms are going to go natural childbirth or use an epidural. Home-birth or hospital? Once the baby is born the breastfeeding vs. formula snark begins, followed immediately by cloth-diapering vs. disposables. Vaccines, daycare, when to introduce solids, when to start watching TV — there is FIERCE debate each and every step of the way. Which is just downright stupid because no one forces us into our parenting decisions and we're free to do as we please. Yet we're inundated with the need to convince other parents that they're wrong and you're right at every turn.
Newsflash: I took Will to pub trivia when he was just a few months old. I was never drunk, there was no smoking and it was a neighborhood bar. We had fun, I got to socialize and if he got really fussy I'd leave. I also took Will to the movies in his infant carrier when he was just a few months old. He slept the entire time. And lo and behold, my now 4-year-old is neither a raging alcoholic nor a TV zombie.
I don't know why so many parents feel they have to martyr themselves when their kids are born. Sure life changes big time when you have kids. No you can't do everything you used to do. But you can still do some things. And you should when possible. Because even though you become a parent, you don't stop being the person you were before kids came along. And if you don't take SOME time for yourself once in awhile, you'll go insane. I'm lucky enough to have family around who can watch Will occasionally, but not everyone does. So because of that, sometimes you end up with parents bringing their kids to movies.
And I don't know about you, but a crazed gunman entering the theater and killing us all is not something about which I usually worry.
These parents are victims. Everyone in the theater is. They were tortured by an armed lunatic and put into one of the most terrifying situations I can imagine. And none of it — NONE OF IT! — was their fault. Anyone feeling anything other than pity and compassion for what these people had to endure should take a long look in the mirror, because if you judged these parents or called them names, I've got a few names I'd like to call you that will be much more deserved.
I just heard Usher's 11-year-old step-son died. He died from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident earlier this month. And I swear, the same people who are knocking the movie theater parents are going to go on tirades about how young kids shouldn't be on jet skis. Forget the condolences and jump right to the accusations and condescension. It kills me.
Parent however you want, but don't be a dick about it.


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Rodney blows save as Rays lose ground to Boston
ST. PETERSBURG -- A 5-1 Rays lead after six innings evaporated into an ugly 6-5 loss to the Angels on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.
"We've lost that game way too many times this year," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "We still have a fine record, whatever, but that's the kind of game we have to stop giving away."Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- A 5-1 Rays lead after six innings evaporated into an ugly 6-5 loss to the Angels on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.
"We've lost that game way too many times this year," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "We still have a fine record, whatever, but that's the kind of game we have to stop giving away."Full Game Coverage
Tampa Bay (74-56) has now lost three in a row after winning eight of its previous 10, dropping to 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Red Sox in the American League East after Boston drubbed the Orioles, 13-2, Tuesday night.
Everything looked in place for a stereotypical Rays win. Hard-luck starter Roberto Hernandez gave the Rays a quality start and the bullpen appeared ready to take the team the rest of the way.
But closer Fernando Rodney did not get the job done, and the Rays' stellar defense had a lapse in the ninth that contributed to Rodney's demise.
Rodney walked Grant Green to start the frame. Speedy Peter Bourjos then grounded into a force out before stealing second. He appeared to earn a free pass to third on a Rodney balk, but catcher Jose Molina had called timeout, so the call was reversed, sending Bourjos back to second. The pendulum then swung the other way when J.B. Shuck hit a ball to shallow center field. Desmond Jennings charged in but somehow dropped the ball, allowing Bourjos to reach third and Shuck to pull into second. Jennings entered the game with two errors on the season and a .996 fielding percentage that ranked first among AL center fielders.
"I just missed the ball," Jennings said. "It hit the tip of my glove ... just didn't catch it. ... Any time you make an error, it [stinks] -- especially a situation like that."
Erick Aybar made the Rays pay with a two-run double to right that put the Angels up, 6-5.
"Maybe [Jennings' error is] the play of the game tonight, but that's baseball," said Rodney, who suffered his eighth blown save of the season. "You can't guarantee that he'll catch the ball. If he catches it, maybe something different happens. ... I feel great. I try to do my job every night, and tonight I didn't do what I was supposed to. I'll be ready for tomorrow."
Former Rays right-hander Dane De La Rosa pitched the ninth for the Angels and issued a leadoff walk to Yunel Escobar. But after James Loney popped out to Kole Calhoun in right, pinch-hitter Matt Joyce grounded into a game-ending 3-6 double play to earn De La Rosa his second save of the season.
"When they cracked the door open, we got the big hit from Erick to help us out," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "I think [Aybar] is great when we set the table for him. He's going to put the ball in play. He's not trying to do too much. He's been good in those situations."
Hard luck has followed Hernandez all season.
On most nights when the veteran right-hander has started, the Rays' bats have gone silent. And seemingly, he has been just good enough to lose.
Hernandez carried 13 losses into Tuesday night's start. In those losses, the Rays scored just 17 runs with him in the game.
But his batterymate, Molina, singlehandedly topped Hernandez's 2.43 runs per start average with an RBI double in the second and a two-run double in the fifth that gave Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead. Loney added a two-run, two-out single in the sixth that put the Rays up, 5-1.
Through six innings, Hernandez had allowed only a 458-foot homer to Mike Trout -- the longest at Tropicana Field this season. Then the game got interesting and the question of whether Hernandez truly is a jinxed pitcher came to the forefront.
Chris Nelson led off the Angels' seventh with a single to center. Green then placed a bunt that rode the third-base line until it stopped in fair territory for a single.
"If he bunted it a little bit harder, it would have gone foul," Maddon said. "But he bunted it the right speed and it stayed fair."
Jake McGee took over and walked the first batter he faced before Shuck grounded out to second to score Nelson. Aybar added a two-run single that cut the lead to 5-4.
McGee recovered to strike out Trout and Josh Hamilton to end the threat. Joel Peralta pitched a scoreless eighth in advance of Rodney's blow save.
"You guys saw what happened," Rodney said. "That's baseball. It happens sometimes."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Michael Welch: "Well first of all it's going to look different. It's going to feel different and frankly I think it's going to be better. With Twilight we didn't really know, I mean you could never really know, with New Moon we knew so we all came in with a level of focus and commitment to just pleasing the fans …cause if you can keep the fans happy you're going to be good. "Read the rest here.
Christian Serratos:"I think everyone's going to be very pleased, the film and the books and everything they just evolved it keeps getting better and better. I read the New Moon script already having read the book and I was still like 'what's going to happen next'. It's the same as the book but imagine the book on acid."
Ashley Green: "It's a little bit more darker. It's just better all around we kind of had this Twilight platform and just stepped up from it so it's great."
Peter Facinelli:[You can expect] "more of the unexpected."
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Twilight Cast on New Moon: "Imagine the book on Acid"
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This is my first and only experience at being a member of a forum in English.
I have been in Arabic forums since 2001, and I didn't really take a look at foreign forums till my registration day here.
I took a look at those forums in the poll, and boy oh boy.. KO is much better!


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Fred urges Neymar to remain in Brazil
Former Lyon striker Fred has urged compatriot Neymar to refuse the lure of playing in Europe, insisting Brazil's 2014 World Cup hopes hinge on the 21-year-old remaining in his home country.
Fred has spent the last four years playing for Brazilian side Fluminense after a successful period in the French Ligue 1.
Having moved to Europe as a 22-year-old, Fred has advised Neymar not to force an overseas move, claiming the Santos striker will have more success at the next World Cup if he remains in the Brazilian league.
"We Brazilians have to thank god to have a player like him in Brazil. We have to strengthen the chorus of support to get him to stay here, but in the end he will decide," Fred told reporters at a press conference in Geneva.
"Brazilian football is at a very high level and it will help the country with the 2014 World Cup if our stars stayed close to home."
Neymar has been heavily linked with a move to Spain, recently stating he would only join Real Madrid, Barcelona or Chelsea if he were to leave Santos.
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Washington Nationals 9, San Francisco Giants 3: What to do about Tim Lincecum?
Just when we thought Tim Lincecum had turned the corner on his ugly 2012 season, the Freak went and made a U-turn in our nation's capital.
Lincecum was tagged for a career-high eight runs (seven earned) on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings in a hot, humid night in Washington. Lincecum threw 87 pitches, 48 for strikes.
By comparison, the four pitchers who relieved Lincecum gave up one run on four hits in 4 2/3 innings. George Kontos, Clay Hensley, Brad Penny and Javier Lopez threw a combined 71 pitches, 51 for strikes.
Now, Lincecum is 3-9 with a 6.08 ERA.
Lincecum and Bruce Bochy tried to blame Washington's hot humid weather in the mid-90s for sapping Lincecum of his strength combined with a rapidly climbing pitch count and advantageous Nationals hitters.
It left many Giants fans wondering if Lincecum has returned to square run after encouraging outings against the A's and Dodgers in his last two starts.
They are also wondering what are the Giants to do with their former two-time Cy Young winner.
The answer is simple: Nothing.
Bochy said Lincecum will make his next scheduled start Sunday in Pittsburgh before the All-Star break. It's the right move because there aren't a lot of better options right now than to hope Lincecum finds his groove again.
The good news for the Giants and Lincecum is the Pirates are 15th in the National League in hitting. The forecast for this weekend in Pittsburgh calls for a high of 100 on Friday, but then cooling to 87 by Sunday.
Then comes the All-Star break, which will allow the Giants to reset their rotation. If they do it right, they could help out Lincecum.
The best spot to start him is in the No. 3 spot in the rotation, which will give him a home start against the Astros on July 15, a game at the Phillies on July 21, then home games on July 27 vs. the Dodgers and Aug. 1 vs. the Mets.
Another option is the No. 5 spot. That would result in a start at the Braves (July 18) then home vs. the Padres (July 23) and Dodgers (July 29). But that would also align him for a start at Colorado on Aug. 3.
The No. 4 spot is the worst, starting with back-to-back hot-weather starts in Atlanta and Philadelphia.
But if by the end of July, there is not marked improvement, the Giants could consider Brad Penny as a rotation replacement. He's looked solid so far in two relief outings.
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I think this may be a fossil from oolitic limestone. does anyone know what type?
It is very small, granted, making one ponder foraminifera, but it is a pentamerous crinoid ossicle.
Here's another example
- http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/paleobiology/figure.asp?chap=15&fig=Fig15-3&img=c15f003
...And another one much like yours, from the Hunterian Museum Geology Collection, described just as 'crinoid ossicle'
- http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/geoimages/131261b.jpg
(I give a link directly to the image because the page where it occurs does not want to load.)
Great answer as usual Mike, just thought is it a Pentacrinites ossical?
I can't say for sure. To me, Plantain's specimen shows sectors that are quite well rounded, whereas in Pentacrinites the sectors are often a somewhat oval in shape. But I know that aspect varies within individuals (see this example of Isocrinus dumortieri - http://www.springerimages.com/Images/Geosciences/1-10.1007_s13358-012-0044-9-4) so I can't attach much weight to that. Basically, it is just ambiguous.


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text: EVERY TIME I watch Generations, I got so annoyed at the recycled footage of the BOP exploding taken from TUC. I always get taken out of the movie for a split second. Who else found it super annoying? We got new space battle footage of BOPs in Redemption. Are you telling me GEN couldn't even afford something that a season finale was able to get? Were they just rushing it at this point like the rest of the movie?


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But when ATU President Dr. Robert C. Brown speaks about facility upgrades, his focus is on the work that remains rather than the work that has been accomplished.
"The truth is, we are never really finished," Brown said. "The physical presence of Arkansas Tech must constantly evolve. We are proud of the appearance of our campus because it represents a great deal of effort on the part of many people. The improvements in our facilities over the past two decades are easy to see. Less obvious, but more important, are the increases in the quality and the quantity of academic work at Arkansas Tech that are made possible in part by the improved facilities."
It is a process that began with the ATU strategic plan of 1995, which laid out a vision for what the university could become. One of the goals outlined in that strategic plan was to "improve physical facilities and appearances of the campus."
Since that goal was defined, Arkansas Tech has constructed such facilities as the Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center, the Doc Bryan Student Services Building, Norman Hall, Rothwell Hall, Baswell Residence Hall, Nutt Residence Hall, the University Commons Apartments, Baswell Techionery, the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex and Thone Stadium to serve a population that now includes 10,972 students.
Meeting the ever-increasing demand for student housing has been a theme throughout the growth that was sparked by the strategic plan of 1995. When the plan was developed, 851 students lived in ATU housing. Today, that number has more than tripled to 2,668 students.
"Providing campus housing is important because research and experience have taught us that the students living in our residence halls and in our on-campus apartments perform better academically than those who live elsewhere," Susie Nicholson, vice president for student services and university relations, said. "There is a sense of community and a peer support network that exists in campus housing that cannot be replicated in any other setting."
Arkansas Tech has reaffirmed its commitment to on-campus housing with its largest ongoing construction project. The new five-story, 290-bed residence hall on the west side of campus is scheduled to open in fall 2013.
During summer 2012, ATU remodeled a portion of the Energy Center to accommodate its student broadcasting programs and the university performed renovations at Brown Residence Hall, Tucker Residence Hall, Caraway Residence Hall and Wilson Residence Hall.
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Address by Terry Davis, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Extraordinary meeting of the Liaison Committee of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) enjoying participatory status with the Council of Europe
Warsaw University, 14 May 2005
President of the Conference of International NGOs,
Members of the Liaison Committee,
Representatives of national NGOs
I am delighted to begin my stay in Warsaw which will be quite eventful, as you can imagine – by addressing representatives of civil society. Throughout my service as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for 28 years, I found exchanges with citizens and members of NGOs particularly invigorating, and I always appreciated NGO activists for their frankness, sense of reality and genuine commitment to the values and causes they embrace.
I understand that this particular meeting of the Liaison Committee of International NGOs enjoying participatory status with the Council of Europe is exceptional both in terms of its agenda and in its composition. I believe that the time and location you have chosen make it special too. Meeting in Warsaw – a modern city erected from the ashes of war - and meeting on the eve of the Summit of Heads and State and Government of the Council of Europe member states demonstrates your commitment to building a peaceful, united, democratic Europe and underlines your support for the Council of Europe in general and for this important event in particular.
You have already expressed this support in your written contribution to the Summit. You will have another opportunity to have your voice heard when your Chairperson, Annelise Oeschger, brings your message to the attention of the Heads of State and Government during the Summit. The fact that NGOs will be given the floor at the Summit, a first in the history of Council of Europe summits, is not only extraordinary in itself but also proves that the participatory status has changed the way in which NGOs are perceived and treated in the Council of Europe context.
The theme of this particular meeting of the Liaison Committee is a clear statement of your priorities and motivation "A Europe without Dividing Lines, A Europe of Solidarity". I fully share these principles which are themselves the basis of the Action Plan which will be adopted by the Heads of State and Government. We all expect this Action Plan to propose concrete measures to promote our core values, to build a more humane and inclusive Europe and to reinforce the Council of Europe's position as a keystone of European architecture in the 21st century.
I expect NGOs to be specifically mentioned as partners in the Action Plan. Indeed, NGOs will be indispensable for translating into reality much of what this Action Plan sets out, in particular as concerns action in the field, the implementation of standards and performance assessment or monitoring.
Your support will be crucial for the success of the Council of Europe in fulfilling its mission as a guardian of human rights, democracy, the rule of law and cultural diversity.
We will expect much from you, and I realise that the institutions of the Council of Europe could do more to facilitate your task. Today, I am told, your main concern is how to strengthen recognition of the political role of the Conference of international NGOs within the Council of Europe and how to enhance your outreach to European citizens.
I should therefore like to share with you some thoughts on how I would like to develop our partnership, and I shall take three examples from the many areas where closer co-operation between the Council of Europe and NGOs could help us to achieve our common goals:
1. Shaping European democracy,
2. Promoting social justice,
3. Building a united Europe without dividing lines.
1. Shaping European democracy
The draft Action Plan prepared for adoption by the Summit foresees the establishment of a Council of Europe Forum for the Future of Democracy which should help strengthen democracy, political freedoms and citizens' participation. The Forum will enable the exchange of ideas and examples of ways to enhance the responsiveness, transparency and accountability of democratic institutions. Most certainly, the Forum will deal with participatory democracy as a way of involving citizens more deeply in public decision-making.
Many of the NGOs you represent have a rich experience in fostering participatory democracy: as campaigners on behalf of those whose voice is all too often not heard by politicians. I am referring to the children, the old, the minorities, the poor and the marginalised. And you also have experience as the advocates of a balanced participation of both women and men in political and public life.
I encourage you to contribute your experience to the Forum on the Future of Democracy in order to enrich the reflection and provide insights on how NGOs already do and could further facilitate the participation of ordinary citizens in democratic processes.
2. Promoting social justice
NGOs have a long-standing tradition of co-operating with the Council of Europe in the field of social policy. Two of your thematic groupings deal with these matters, focusing, on the one hand, on the European Social Charter, and on the other hand, on one of the major challenges to European societies, the eradication of poverty. It is quite significant, that only INGOs enjoying participatory status with the Council of Europe can lodge collective complaints under the revised European Social Charter: this is a great opportunity, but also a great responsibility.
In your written contribution to the Summit you advocate the incorporation of Article 30 of the revised European Social Charter, concerning the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion, into the core provisions from which States must choose the six articles by which they are bound. The Committee of Ministers confirmed, in reply to a Recommendation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, that it does support this endeavour.
Here I see a major role for NGOs.
The representatives of the Social Charter and Poverty Groupings in the European Committee on Social Cohesion can follow up this point because the Committee has been asked by our Committee of Ministers to take the recommendation into account in its activities linked to access to social rights.
Individually, you can become even more active in the capital cities of Europe. Only 19 member States have ratified the revised Social Charter, and only 10 out of these 19 have accepted Article 30. Therefore, I appeal to you to lobby in the capitals of our member States for the ratification of the revised European Social Charter and to encourage them to agree to be bound by Article 30. This also requires awareness-raising activities geared to the general public.
3. Building a united Europe without dividing lines
The Summit will emphasise the Council of Europe's essential role in the European process and its specific contribution to a united Europe without dividing lines.
I attach great importance to your contribution to this goal. For some years now, you have organised working visits of NGO representatives from Central and Eastern Europe to the Council of Europe. Today's meeting is an enlarged meeting, also involving representatives of national NGOs from a large cross-section of member States.
Frankly, comparing the countries of origin of the NGO representatives attending today's meeting in Warsaw with the list of members of the Liaison Committee of international NGOs, it is evident that today's group is much more representative of European civil society than the Liaison Committee. I should therefore like to encourage you to make the Liaison Committee a pan-European body by asking the headquarters of international NGOs to send members from their Central and Eastern European branches to the sessions in Strasbourg and by inviting those international NGOs which do have their headquarters in that part of Europe to put forward candidates for the next elections of the Liaison Committee in January 2006.
Building a Europe without dividing lines also means that the same Human Rights standards, notably the European Convention on Human Rights, are applied in all Council of Europe member States, regardless whether or not they are also members of the European Union.
I therefore invite you to join forces with the Council of Europe to speed up the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights after the Constitutional Treaty has entered into force. I should also be grateful for your co-operation to make sure that the future Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union will contribute to greater coherence in Human Rights standards and their application.
I know that many international NGOs have offices in Brussels. Therefore, I appeal to you to support the Council of Europe's efforts in the Human Rights field by working with your counterparts in Brussels.
Finally, I hope that your meeting here in Warsaw will identify the main elements of your multi-annual work programme so that your working methods will enable you to achieve your goals, and I look forward to continuing our discussions back in Strasbourg. Indeed, if it is possible, I should like to meet you during the June Session to exchange views on your individual and collective contribution to the implementation of Action Plan which will be approved at the Summit.
There is much to be done. Together we can do it.


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Days until Niko's book is out: 19
I'm really excited about his book. I wanted to know more about him, especially when in Rio's book Adrian hinted that they had a long past. I wonder what that was all about. I also wonder what is up with this special gifted child. Who is she and why was she kidnapped? Has the ancestor vamp guy (sorry, can't remember his name) created more bad vamps? *Sigh* Too many questions!


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By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Hiroki Kuroda's final turn in the rotation could have come in Sunday's season finale, but the veteran struggled mightily down the stretch, prompting Yankees manager Joe Girardi to give the ball to David Huff instead.
Kuroda was one of the Yankees' most reliable pitchers through the first four months of the season, but his performance fell off in mid-August. Kuroda was 0-5 with a 6.80 ERA in his final seven starts of the year.
"He's thrown a lot of innings [201 1/3], and I've said that his sinker was not quite the same and his slider wasn't quite the same," Girardi said. "The first year we had him, it happened a little bit in April, the inconsistency, and then he really locked it in the rest of the year.
"And then this year, he came out great and it happened at the end of the year. It could be a combination of a lot of things: all the innings the last two years, fatigue, it could be a combination of a lot of things, but no one ever really knows."
Kuroda completed his second season with New York holding an 11-13 record and a 3.31 ERA in 32 starts. A free agent, Kuroda has said that he is unsure about his plans for 2014.
A-Rod done for season, turns attention to appeal
HOUSTON -- Saying that he will be "fighting for my life and my whole legacy," Alex Rodriguez said that he is "excited" to begin his appeal of a 211-game drug suspension.
The appeal process of Rodriguez's suspension is scheduled to begin on Monday at Major League Baseball's offices in New York. Rodriguez said that he will be present for each day of the proceedings, and expects the appeal to last for five days.
"This has been a burden, a big burden. Let's get it on," Rodriguez said. "It starts on Monday. Better to face it head on."
Rodriguez can turn his attention to his legal situation because he said on Saturday that he will not play this weekend against the Astros due to lingering soreness in his legs. He thus completes a campaign in which he played in 44 games after returning from the disabled list in August.
"It's been one of the most challenging years of my career, without a doubt," Rodriguez said. "But I am proud of the way the team played and fought. I don't think anybody would have thought that we would have been playing meaningful games here on Sept. 24, 25. We gave it a good shot."
Rodriguez returned from hip surgery to complete the year batting .244 with seven home runs and 19 RBIs. He said that he had struggled to adjust to duty as a designated hitter after sustaining hamstring and calf injuries in September.
"I think I was pleasantly surprised while I was healthy the first month," Rodriguez said. "I was able to move around well at third, drive the ball, improve my hitting against right-handed [pitchers], hit balls that are 95-plus [mph] -- all things I wasn't able to do the year before. Those things, you build on those. I look forward to immediately getting into the hardcore workouts to help this team win again."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that Rodriguez should prepare this winter as a third baseman, and if his legs are healthy, Girardi believes Rodriguez can still be a force in the middle of the order. But it is uncertain when Rodriguez would actually be able to return to big league action; if the 211-game ban is completely upheld by independent arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, Rodriguez's 2014 season would be wiped out.
Horowitz also has the ability to reduce Rodriguez's suspension or nix it altogether. Rodriguez said that he would not discuss details of the case or his expectations for the appeal.
"Obviously, this is going to be a grueling process all the way through until it's completely over," Rodriguez said. "You'll hear the full story when the time is right for me. That time is not just now."
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• Girardi said that he has not had any contract talks with the club, but he expects to talk to managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner "fairly quickly" about a new pact.
"I don't like things to drag out, I can tell you that," said Girardi, whose three-year, $9 million deal expires in November.
• On this date in 1923, the Yankees collected 30 hits in a 24-4 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park, setting a single-game franchise record that still stands.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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dandyvampgirl_13 wrote:The thing is, I'm nto sure its possible to compare the two series. They're meant (in the eyes of publishers, critics, ect.) for two entirely different age groups! Sure, they can be read by all kinds of people, but in essence they're completely different things. There's no basis for comparison unless you go to writing style and plot depth and other such infintesimal stuff. (And in that case, Harry Potter has a heck of a lot better writing and plot than Twilight. I love them both, but... Harry's better. Vampires have never cut it for me.) Really, its more of a difference of opinion than something that can be judged upon pure fact.
Yepp exactly what I found out while working on my speech. But.....cant change my topic....and still have to do the speech tomorrow.....so gotta explain for at least 5 minutes how Twilight is better than HP lol


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April 7, 2013
The Syrian troops recaptured several rebellious areas near the capital Damascus on Saturday and repulsed an overnight infiltration attempt into the capital, killing tens of rebels, pro-government media reports said.
The Syrian troops have reportedly encircled the sprawling eastern al-Ghouta suburb and recaptured many other rebellious suburbs surrounded Damascus, namely Kafreen, Haran al-Awamid, al- Ataibeh, and the industrial city in the Adra suburb.
Meanwhile, the pro-government Sham FM radio said that tens of armed men were killed while attempting to infiltrate the capital from the hotspot suburb of Jobar on the eastern rim of Damascus.
The Syrian army has recently shown no leniency in dealing with the rebels, unleashing strong firepower to dislodge them from the capital's vicinity.
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ST. PETER, Minn. – The Carleton College men's track and field team took part in a pair of competitions on Saturday. The Knights sent their distance medley relay to compete at the 103rd running of the Drake Relays, while the rest of the squad took part in the Drake Alternative meet held under less than ideal weather conditions at Gustavus Adolphus. Robert Wakeley (Sr./Kenmore, Wash./Northwest) turned in the top performance of that competition, placing second in the javelin.
On the blue oval inside Drake Stadium, Noah Laack-Veeder (Fy./Madison, Wis./LaFollette), Colby Seyferth (Fy./Banks, Ore./Banks), Arnaud Kpachavi (Fy./San Gregorio, Calif./Woodside Priory School), and Marcus Huderle (So./Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) combined on a finishing time of 10:14.52 and placed 11th out of 21 entries. This quartet was one of three entries in the event comprised at least three-fourths by collegiate rookies. The others were Central College (fifth place) and D-II Minnesota State-Mankato (20th).
Meanwhile at Gustavus, Wakeley took over the lead on his last throw (45.97 meters), only to be beaten by a Gustavus thrower on the Gusties' final throw.
Racing in cold, damp conditions, Garo Anguiano-Sainz (Fy./Chico, Calif./Chico) ran into the wind and won his heat of the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.34, good for fifth. Jordan Butler (Jr./El Mirage, Ariz./Dysart) was the lone Knight to run a season-best in the event, reaching the line at 23.95.
Arafat Akinlabi (Fy./Chicago, Ill./Hubbard) and Phil Juda (Sr./Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) were third and fourth in the 400-meter dash. Akinlabi posted a season-best time of 52.44
Josh Campbell (Jr./Sauk City, Wis./Sauk Prairie) and Brian Spisiak (Jr./Elmhurst, Ill./York) posted personal records in the 800-meter run. Campbell crossed the line at 2:00.95, while Spisiak sliced nearly two seconds off his mark to finish at 2:01.37.
Connor Jackson (Fy./Milford, N.H./Milford) had an outstanding 1,500-meter race and was the second D-III finisher at 4:15.36.
The Knights next compete on Tuesday, May 1 when rival St. Olaf College visits for the Rolex Classic at 4:30 p.m. The busy week continues with the MIAC Decathlon on Thursday and Friday, followed by the Carleton Interscholastic high-school meet on Saturday, May 5.


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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
Last time the #RockyMtnCup had Rapids ribbons on it, @al_saborio unraveled those plans in final 5 min for #RSL: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MubwSf9ZUVw …
Excited & proud to represent #RSL in the #MLSALLStar game but also extremely excited to be back w/ @RealSaltLake and sleep in my own bed.
#RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen will officially present SLC with a $7.5M check tomorrow for the planned sports complex along the Jordan River.
Kyle Beckerman @KyleBeckerman
Thanks @SportingKC for being top class hosts! Always an honor to be an #MLSAllStar
We did something new last night at #MLSAllStar. Kyle Beckerman participates in a Google+ Hangout during the match: http://soc.cr/nwndn
RealSaltLake.com: Alvaro Saborio's RSL hat tricks
ESPN 700: Garth Lagerwey on The Bill & Hans Show
MLSsoccer.com: Highlights: MLS All-Star Game: MLS All-Stars v. AS Roma
MLSsoccer.com: The Daily: MLS All-Stars, Zusi injured, expansion excitement
The Salt Lake Tribune: MLS All-Stars make parody video, ode to Super Bowl Shuffle
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Morales named to All-Star inactive roster
RealSaltLake.com: Beckerman, Rimando, Beltran get action in All-Star game
RealSaltLake.com: RSL's history in All-Star game
RealSaltLake.com: Signature moments: RSL in the All-Star game
The Salt Lake Tribune: MLS All-Stars take loss to AS Roma in stride
The Salt Lake Tribune: AS Roma shows its class in convincing win over MLS All-Stars
The Salt Lake Tribune: RSL's Morales added to All-Star inactive roster
Deseret News: AS Roma routs best of MLS in All-Star Game
Deseret News: Kyle Beckerman among MLS All-Stars in corny '90s style rap
Deseret News: RSL midfield Javier Morales named to All-Star inactive roster
Yahoo Sports: Goal of the Week update: RSL's Saborio takes commanding lead
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RSL Soapbox: Set pieces: Problems crop up with inexperienced back line
Real Soccer Nation: Podcast: Ned Grabavoy
SB Nation: MLS All-Stars make rap video
MLS, Other News & Notes
MLSsoccer.com: All-Star Game Recap: All-Stars 1, AS Roma 3
MLSsoccer.com: Kick-off: Expansion Announcement steals the show as AS Roma downs All-Stars
MLSsoccer.com: MLS to expand to 24 teams by 2020
MLSsoccer.com: Do recent lopsided results signal need to ASG format? Players weign in
MLSsoccer.com: Dominant Roma midfield proves difference in lopsided All-Star game
MLSsoccer.com: All-Star: Graham Zusi's early substitution a precautionary measure ahead of RBNY
Pro Soccer Talk: Which cities will be home to four new MLS franchises?
Pro Soccer Talk: MLS All-Stars fall to Italy's AS Roma 3-1
Pro Soccer Talk: The Next XI? Best from MLS's non-Stars would still be pretty good
Pro Soccer Talk: Juan Agudelo attracting Stoke City's interest, time to move on?
Pro Soccer Talk: MLS rounds out All-Star roster, names 10 non-active players
SI.com: Expansion talks soften All-Star loss
SI.com: No rest for weary: U.S. stars answering call once again
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Sponsored by the department of modern languages and literatures, Beloit College will host a Spanish language film festival starting Friday (Jan. 24) and running through Friday, Feb. 28. The films will take place from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. in MI's Richardson Auditorium; the festival is co-sponsored by the history, political science, critical identity studies, education and youth studies and international relations departments.
The films are as follows:
Friday, Jan. 24: Un Cuento Chino (Chinese Take-Away)
Argentina, Spain / 98 min / 2012 / Spanish with English subtitles
Argentina's national treasure, Ricardo Darín, plays Roberto, a gruff, anti-social loner who lords over his tiny hardware shop in Buenos Aires with a meticulous sense of control and routine, barely allowing for the slightest of customer foibles. After a chance encounter with Jun, a Chinese man who has arrived in Argentina looking for his only living relative, Roberto takes him in. Their unusual cohabitation helps Roberto bring an end to his loneliness, but not without revealing to the impassive Jun that destiny's intersections are many and they can even divulge the film's surreal opening sequence: a brindled cow falling from the sky.
Friday, Jan. 31: Con Mi Corazon En Yambo (With My Heart in Yambo)
Ecuador / 137 min / 2012 / Spanish with English subtitles
In 1988, when director Fernanda Restrepo was only 10 years old, her life changed in the cruelest of ways: her two brothers—then 14 and 17—vanished without a trace. Only later did the family learn that the boys had been illegally detained, tortured and murdered by the Ecuadorean police. Now, decades later, with her brothers' remains still missing, Restrepo embarks on the painful journey of recounting her family's story. In the process, she comes face to face with the suspects, and documents yet one more search in Lake Yambo, where the boys' bodies were dumped. "Giving up is the only way to lose a battle," says Restrepo's father, still asking for clues and protesting in Quito's Presidential Palace Square every Wednesday against the lack of answers.
Friday, Feb. 7: La Yuma
Nicaragua / 91 min / 2011
Nicaragua's first full-length feature in 20 years, La Yuma tells the story of a young woman who dreams of transcending her bleak life in the slums of Managua by becoming a boxer. Looking beyond the meager possibilities that seem available to her (and ignoring the advice of her gang-member friends), she finds solace and hope in her training and falls in love with a middle-class journalism student.
Friday, Feb. 21: Aquí y Allá (Here and There)
USA, Spain, Mexico / 110 min / 2012 / Spanish with English subtitles
Antonio Méndez Esparza's directorial debut radiantly captures the complex homecoming of a loving father. In an unexpected take on the traditional immigrant story, Pedro returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico, after years of working in New York. He finds his daughters older and more distant than he imagined, but his wife still has the same smile. The villagers think this year's crop will be bountiful, and there is work in a growing city nearby. But the locals are wise to a life of insecurity, and their thoughts are often of family members or opportunities far away, north of the border.
Friday, Feb. 28: Pa Negre (Black Bread)
Spain/ 108 min/ 2011/ Catalan with English subtitles
Andreu comes across the bodies of a father and son in the forest; leaning over the dying boy, Andreu hears him whisper "Pitorliu"—the name of a monster supposedly haunting local caves. But the real monsters in this brilliant adaptation of Emil Teixidor's novel are the local Fascists, who keep close watch on the family of Andreu and other Republican sympathizers—and who think Andreu's father might know more about these murders than he admits. Reminiscent of Pan's Labyrinth and adored by audiences and critics alike, Black Bread won a number of prizes, including nine Goya Awards and the Spanish selection for the 2011 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.
The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, and the Embassy of Spain in Washington D.C., Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.


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For apparently taking redesigning the Packer uniform into his own hands and adding a yellow stripe down the back.
For making it appear to the world that his favorite grape jelly is Welches.
And for putting us in a more uncomfortable position than missionary under Rosie O'Donnell.
We are SAD to name bet welcher Aaron Rodgers as this week's Rick and Len Show…WEENIES OF THE WEEK!
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BC was on "The Bullpen" this morning to discuss this last week with respect to the Raptors.
He mentions that he thinks Andrea has to definitely pick up the defensive presence and he has to rebound the ball better. Not really anything new, but its good to hear a sense of urgency at this point. The ball's in Bargnani's court now.
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Eat Well With Janel
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Alumni, Blogs, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy on November 3, 2010
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy graduate and dietitian Janel Ovrut (N'07) manages a website and blog that focuses on her love of good-tasting food that is healthy and can lead to better eating habits. Eat Well With Janel features everything from recipes to reviews and recommendations for products to try. Below is a quick recipe for an avocado bean spread that looks delicious.
- 3 avocados, mashed
- 1 can pinto beans, rinsed, drained and mashed
- 1/2 white onion, diced
- 2 Tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp buffalo wing seasoning
- salt to taste
Mash all ingredients together, spread on crusty bread, and enjoy! Watching baseball while you eat is optional.
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text: That book was released when S&S did not give a crap. They went from decent MS Reader to ePub and when they did, my guess is they farmed the eBook making to the lowest bidder based in India. That common these days. But S&S have since decided to care and put out fairly good Trek ePub.


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The Sheridan-Johnson County chapter of the Wyoming Archaeological Society will meet Thursday.
Commencing at 6 p.m. in the Le Gourmet Room at the Sheridan Holiday Inn, the meeting is free and open to everyone.
Dinner can be order from the menu but is not required to attend.
At approximately 7:15 p.m. Forest Service Archaeologist Pat Bower will give a presentation regarding his archaeological work on Easter Island.
Reservations are not required to attend.
For more information call Scott Burgan at 673-5997.
The Holiday Inn is located at 1809 Sugarland Dr.
The Friendship Club of Sheridan (formerly the Sheridan Newcomers Club) will host a Get Acquainted Tea on Feb. 7.
From 10 a.m. to noon at the Inner Circle in Sheridan Fulmer Public Library women of all ages are welcome to enjoy punch or tea and cookies.
The tea is a chance to get to know the group, which meets for lunch the fourth Thursday of every month and offers subgroups including a book club, a Bunco group, a Pinochle group and the potential for future additions like a walking group.
For more information call Elaine Burke at 673-7321.


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Bolles offensive tackle John Theus said Sunday he originally hadn't planned on committing to Georgia Friday night.
But after getting into Athens on Thursday, spending time at the Butts-Mehre Building, watching workouts and talking to coaches prior to Friday's Dawg Night activities - the five-star performer changed his mind.
He was ready to become a Bulldog.
"I was just looking to compete. I wasn't expecting to commit at all," Theus said. "I was actually telling my parents that I wasn't going to commit, but as the whole process started, sitting in the meeting rooms, talking with the coaches, I just started thinking about Georgia and how it felt good, how it felt like the right fit. That's when I knew that Georgia was the right place.
"I didn't expect to commit, but once we started getting ready to Dawg Night I decided to do it."
Theus cited the family atmosphere inside the Butts-Mehre Building as the program's biggest drawing card.
"The big thing I've always talked about is the family atmosphere that they have there," he said. "I get along with all the players, hanging out and talking with them; it's just one big family, especially with the coaches. They're just fun to be around."
Apparently, Theus kept his intentions under wrap pretty well.
In fact, it was Camden County quarterback Brice Ramsey who was the first to learn of Theus' commitment and not older brother Nathan (a current Georgia freshman). His mom and dad also initially had no idea.
"The first kid I told was Brice Ramsey the quarterback. Then I let my brother know, and my parents know," John Theus said. "He was pretty happy. With him being the quarterback and me being the tackle he was pretty ecstatic. He then told me was going to commit too so we congratulated each other. We were both pretty happy."
It wasn't long after that when Theus learned that friend Derrick Henry and Tramel Terry were also going to commit. That's just what they did; telling head coach Mark Richt that they were going to become Bulldogs.
"I know Derrick pretty well; I don't know Tramel that well, but Derrick definitely committed to Georgia for the right reasons," Theus said. "I think he really loves it here and he told me it's the best fit for him. He's good friends with me and Brice, so that was definitely a bonus."
Telling Richt as a group was something Theus said he will never forget.
"We walked up to Coach Richt and told him we wanted to be the future of the program. He was ecstatic. He was shocked that we all did it together," Theus said. "He had a big ole grin on his face and let out a couple of hollers. We took a couple of pictures and then went and told our position coaches. Everybody was extremely happy and ecstatic about it."
Theus said he chose the Bulldogs over Florida with Texas a distant third.
He said Gators coach Will Muschamp sent him a message on Facebook on Sunday.
"Coach Muschamp sent me a message on Facebook and said they're still going to be recruiting me," Theus said. "That's one of the hardest things because I did build a good relationship with the Florida staff. I like that staff. I've got a lot of respect for them, but in the end I felt that Georgia was the better place for me."
Getting to watch a couple of his future teammates' workouts with strength coach Joe Tereshinski also helped seal the deal for Theus.
He left very impressed.
"One of the things that also helped was Coach T. Getting the chance to sit down and talk with him. They're busting their butts out there and I think it's going to pay off for them," Theus said. "When I went up there and saw how he pushed the guys I realized that it's going to make me better. He's going to make those guys better. He's definitely an old school guy but he also cares about those players a lot. He's a loving guy so I knew when I get up there his weight program, his strength and conditioning program is going to help me get ready to play in the SEC."
It was that "old school" style that appealed to Theus the most.
"The difference to me that I see in my mind is the mental aspect. Coach T is going to push and push. That's the difference I see between the new school and the old school," he said. "There's no bending; it's pushing guys until they can't go no more and that's one of the things I like the most. That's one of the things I get out of my high school coaches and that's what I want from my college coaches as well."
Ironically, it was a disagreement between Tereshinski and Benedict that helped lead to Theus' former high school teammate getting released from his Bulldog scholarship.
Benedict has since resurfaced at Virginia Tech and Theus said on Saturday the two spoke for the first time since he left Georgia.
"I talked to him for the first time on the phone yesterday and I'm extremely happy for Brent. We've got a great relationship and I think he's going to do great there," he said. "We'll still stay in touch and stay very good friends."
Still, Theus said he's glad his buddy is Hokie and not a Gator.
"It is better, especially since its (Jacksonville) is our hometown," Theus said. "I definitely don't mind the competition but I'm glad for our friendship that it didn't happen."
Theus main focus now is getting Georgia's 2012 class as much help as he can.
"That's one of the biggest things I'm going to try to do now. I went and talked with Jordan Jenkins after Dawg Night was over. I'm going to try and keep up with him and some other guys," he said. "I'm going to help Georgia just as much as I can and get the best guys that I can."
North Carolina running back Keith Marshall - who most assume is Georgia's top target at running back for 2012 - can certainly expect a few calls.
"Oh yes, for sure. He's one of if not the best running back in the nation," Theus said. "The coaches expressed to me how bad they want him and how bad we need him so I'm definitely going to keep in touch with him and get him to commit as well."
As for his impending career with the Bulldogs, Theus promised to do the Bulldog Nation proud.
"It's great to be a Georgia Bulldog and I think they've got one of the best fan bases in the nation. I thank them for the support," Theus said. "Everybody has been congratulating me on Facebook and it means a lot to me. I'm going to be honored to wear the G on Saturday. I'm going to do my best to live up to that and give it all I have."


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I love two things: Harry Potter and writing. I am also an aspiring author, and I am honored to do fan ficion for J.K. Rowling's wonderful series.
Regarding relationships: I do them, but only canon ones (e.g. Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, etc.). The only non-canon ship I like is Neville/Luna (and even that got a bit in the movie, or so I heard...).
Hope you like my stories!!!


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Re-Creations: Visualising our Past
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Re-Creations: Visualising our Past
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Many techniques have been used to provide a window into the past; this attractive book looks at the ways we illustrate our past through the eyes of artists, craftspeople, historians and scientists. With engaging text and images, Re-Creations presents the development of archaeological reconstructions, from medieval pictures of King Arthur right up to computer generated models.
'The archaeologist and historian are both scientists and artists. Their first aim is to seek objective truth and to debunk anything false, but they seek, as does the artist, to illumine the truth with imagination.'
Rt Hon. Lord Harlech, 1949 (President of the National Museum of Wales 1937-42)
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Posts Tagged 'how to capture a libra man's heart'
Considering How to Get a Libra Man in Love With You has long been is a feature of love compatibility charts prepared according to zodiac signs. It is a practice that has been followed for many centuries and has a large and loyal following. Here are some useful suggestions if you wish to develop this sort of relationship.
How to Get a Libra Man in Love With You
By Gillian Reynolds
Many women find themselves naturally attracted to Libra men. Men born between September 24 and October 23 have some appealing qualities that are often irresistible to a woman. Libra men are known for placing the happiness of their partner above their own fulfillment.
A Libra man in love is fiercely loyal and can often stay committed to one woman their entire lives. If you long for a devoted man who takes love seriously, a man born under this astrological sign is right for you.
Any woman who has ever been involved with one of these special men will tell you that a Libra man in love needs to be supported. He needs to be certain that the woman he adores loves him just as much. He may ask you for reassurance of your feelings from time-to-time. It's important that you are patient and willing to talk to him about how deeply connected to him you feel.
You should be outgoing if you want to capture the heart of a man born under this astrological sign. Women who are slightly aggressive and those comfortable taking the first step in a relationship will generally appeal to a Libra man.
You should be adventurous and spontaneous. A Libra man in love is full of passion in every area of his life. Understanding that he has a drive to succeed in everything from personal happiness to his career will help you stay number one in his life.
A Libra man in love wants to be connected on every level to the woman he's with. He's interested in being intimate often and loves a woman who is just as enthusiastic in this area as he is. Being with a man like this means you should be flirtatious and fun. You must know how to laugh and enjoy life. Boring women just don't fit well in the lives of Libra men.
Specific things you say and do can make a Libra man feel helplessly drawn to you. If you are convinced he is the one there are things you can do to ensure he only has eyes for you.
For more insightful tips about understanding men including a way to get him to fall deeply in love with you, visit this informative site! You don't have to leave love to fate or chance. If you are tired of waiting for him to fall hopelessly in love, there are things you can do to make it happen now. Find out right now what you need to do to capture his heart forever.