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Padres receive boost from dazzling defense
By Corey Brock and Jamal Collier / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- Sometimes a big defensive play can be just as exciting for a team as a big hit.
The Padres were the beneficiaries of three such defensive gems during Thursday's 6-3 victory over the Dodgers.
Second baseman Logan Forsythe started it off by making a twisting catch before falling to the outfield grass on a popup, then left fielder Chris Denorfia dove over the fence in foul territory to make a catch. Those catches occurred on consecutive plays in the seventh inning. Finally, center fielder Alexi Amarista ran down and needed full extension to grab a fly ball in right-center field in the eighth inning.
But which was the best?
"If I were to rank them, I don't know if I could," manager Bud Black said. "They're great plays."
"I have no idea," said reliever Nick Vincent as he shook his head.
Amarista's catch almost certainly saved a run, and Black said it's impossible to predict how things would've turned out had those balls fallen. The Padres' strong defense and knack for highlight-reel plays have been instrumental to their recent hot streak -- their 12-7 record in June is the best in the National League.
"It can really galvanize a group for that moment," Black said. "It does show that our guys come to make those type of plays."
"And they, to a man, aren't afraid to dive and lay out and do all the things you have to do to make a great play. I don't think there's not one guy this year that's not dove for a ball."
Headley adjusts to seeing more offspeed pitches
SAN DIEGO -- After striking out in his first three at-bats Thursday, Chase Headley came up with a run-scoring single in the seventh inning of the Padres' 6-3 victory over the Dodgers.
"It always feels good to get a big hit, especially when things haven't been going great," Headley said.
Headley went into Friday night's game against the Dodgers hitting .222, including a .167 mark in June. He has yet to find the success he had a year ago when he led the National League with 115 RBIs.
Headley said he's been fed a steady diet of offspeed pitches that have given him trouble, although those are coming at different times and in different counts.
"There has been a lot of offspeed stuff, but there are not a lot of teams that are following the same pattern of pitching to me," he said.
Take Thursday's game. Headley struck out in the first inning and again in the fourth inning. When he came to bat in the fifth inning, he figured the Dodgers would keep throwing him offspeed pitches, because that had worked against him earlier in the game.
"But then they threw me all fastballs," Headley said.
Still, despite his struggles Thursday and, on a larger scale, this season, Headley found some solace in getting a hit in the seventh inning that gave the Padres a little extra breathing room.
He just wishes there would be more of them.
"It felt good, but you don't want them to feel that good because it means you haven't done it enough," he said.
Ciriaco fitting in quickly while filling in for Cabrera
SAN DIEGO -- It didn't take Pedro Ciriaco long to feel at home with his new club.
On Thursday, he went 2-for-4 with a triple and a two-run homer, helping the Padres to a seventh consecutive home victory as they defeated the Dodgers, 6-3.
"Crazy. I've been here for a week and I feel like it's been a year," Ciriaco said after the game. "They make it easy for me and everyone on the team, manager and coaches have been incredible."
It's been exactly one week since the Padres acquired Ciriaco from the Red Sox, a move that didn't make many headlines and one that Ciriaco admitted surprised him a bit.
But the acquisition has paid off greatly for both sides.
Two days after the acquisition, the Padres lost their starting shortstop, Everth Cabrera, to the disabled list with a hamstring injury. The club inserted Ciriaco, who made his fourth start at shortstop for the Padres on Friday.
Ciriaco wasn't acquired for his offense -- he was hitting .216 in 28 games with the Red Sox -- so his hot bat has been an added bonus. Ciriaco is hitting .412 with two runs, a triple, a home run and three RBIs in 17 at-bats.
Padres manager Bud Black said Ciriaco's biggest impact will be on defense, some of which was also on display Thursday when he and second baseman Logan Forsythe turned a key ninth-inning double play to help seal the victory.
Forsythe and Ciriaco have been taking pregame grounders together and working to develop a connection as they fill in for injured second baseman Jedd Gyorko and Cabrera.
"Pretty good especially for being a couple games in with each other," Forsythe said. "We've made some good turns.
"You want to make a new guy, especially if he's going to play, feel as comfortable as possible. We got a lot of great guys in this clubhouse. … Our older guys make sure that's a priority."
Short hops
• Infielder/outfielder James Darnell was granted his unconditional release on Friday. The Padres sought release waivers on him Wednesday. Darnell, who hit .226 in 62 at-bats with the Padres from 2011-12, was seeking a medical opinion on the left shoulder that he injured in a Minor League game with Triple-A Tucson earlier this season. The team could still re-sign him to a Minor League contract.
• Left fielder Carlos Quentin missed his seventh consecutive start Friday with a sore left shoulder. Quentin did hit on the field during batting practice before the game, the first time he's done so since he suffered the injury exactly a week ago. There's no timetable as to when he could return to the starting lineup.
• Second baseman Jedd Gyorko's right groin strain is close to fully healed. He's taken part in on-field drills before games, including running. He's hit during batting practice in the cage and could go on a Minor League rehab assignment as soon as Saturday. He's eligible to be reinstated from the disabled list on Tuesday.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. Jamal Collier is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"This is clearly something they're interested in," Skelly reported to the Board of Education Tuesday, Dec. 18. "It's a conversation that's happening in earnest in this country."
Skelly and the principals sent messages to their respective school communities.
"I know it's on the minds of teachers, and safety is always something we're thinking about and will continue to work on," Skelly told the board.
At the start of Tuesday's meeting, board members observed a moment of silence in memory of the Connecticut victims.
CEO of Jewish Community Center to leave Palo Alto
Alan Sataloff, the CEO of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center since 2004, is quitting to take a position in Chicago, according to an announcement by the Jewish Community Center Chicago.
Sataloff, who will become the CEO and general director, will be the 11th director of the 109-year-old JCC Chicago and is expected to take his post in March 2013. He will replace retiring executive director Marty Levine, who led the organization in Chicago for 38 years, according to a December statement by the Chicago nonprofit organization.
Sataloff led a $140 million campaign to build the new Oshman Center in Palo Alto to serve the growing Silicon Valley Jewish and Israeli communities. The center is one of the 10 largest JCCs in the nation, according to the Chicago JCC.
Sataloff previously led JCCs around the country for 22 years prior to his Palo Alto tenure, including in Richmond, Va.; Seattle, Wash.; West Orange, N.J.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Houston, Texas. He was ranked as the 18th highest paid executive of a nonprofit organization in the country by the San Francisco Business Times in 2010, earning $463,551.
"We are grateful for Alan's leadership and passion during these pivotal years of building the Oshman Family JCC from a vision into a thriving center for Jewish and community life," Oshman's board President Daryl Messinger said in a statement. The board is in the process of searching for a new CEO to lead the organization's more than 9,000 members, she added.
Zuckerberg donates $500 million to local foundation
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday, Dec. 18, that he is giving nearly $500 million in Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation — its largest donation ever.
The multi-billionaire made the announcement on his Facebook page Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 18, saying that he and his wife Priscilla have "made a contribution of 18 million Facebook shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation" as part of a pledge to donate most of their wealth to charity.
The Mountain View-based foundation funds a wide range of nonprofits and charities and declined to say how the money might be spent.
With Facebook's stock price at $27.71 on Dec. 18, the contribution is valued at $499 million. That is slightly more than the $470 million in total donations the SCVF received in all of 2011.
"This is the Silicon Valley Community Foundation's largest single gift," said Rebecca Salner, vice president of marketing and communications for the foundation.
It is reportedly also Zuckerberg's largest donation yet.
In his announcement on Facebook, Zuckerberg says that he and his wife signed "the Giving Pledge" two years ago, an effort started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett that now has 81 billionaires pledging to donate most of their wealth to charities.
"Our first major project has been around education reform with Startup: Education in Newark, NJ," Zuckerberg wrote in his announcement. "I'm really proud of the work we've done there, helping leaders like Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Cory Booker sign the most progressive teachers contract in our country, opening four new district high schools, 11 new charter schools and more."
"Today, in order to lay the foundation for new projects, we've made a contribution of 18 million Facebook shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation," Zuckerberg wrote. "Together, we will look for areas in education and health to focus on next. I'm hopeful we'll be able to have as positive an impact in our next set of projects."
Zuckerbeg, who draws a $1 a year salary from Facebook, had an estimated net worth of $9.5 billion earlier this year, according to Forbes magazine.
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The topic of Internet neutrality continues to boil in Congress this week as congressional members debate over a new bill called the Internet Freedom Preservation Act. The
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that did not gain majority house support due to Verizon and AT&T lobbying the stance that net neutrality is a non-issue. Content providers like Google feel differently, saying that a law must be passed to prevent network access providers from charging for prioritized network speeds and access. In fact,
Google has taken its stance very strongly
, previously announcing that it would take any network provider to court for anti-net-neutrality practices.
The new Internet Freedom Preservation Act proposes the same laws that many members of Congress feel American consumers want: no prioritized access to specific content providers and that all content providers should be treated equally. The new bill takes a step further and requires that network access providers allow purchasing of network services without requiring the purchase of other services.
Despite its incarnation as a new bill, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act faces the same challenges as its predecessors. Network service providers have begun lobbying against the act, claiming that Congress is wasting time fighting a problem that does not exist. Verizon for example, determined through
a corporate funded survey that most Americans do not even know what net-neutrality is
, nor are they concerned with it. Most people indicated on Verizon's survey that they were more interested in getting better programming for TV.
In an interview, Senator Bryon L. Dorgan said that he supports net-neutrality to the fullest and believes that without such a law, consumers would be hurt. "The success of the Internet has been its openness and the ability of anyone anywhere in this country to go on the Internet and reach the world. If the big interests who control the pipes become gatekeepers who erect tolls, it will have a significant impact on the Internet as we know it," said Dorgan.
Most service providers disagreed with Dorgan's statement, indicating that without corporate ability to charge for different tiers of network access or speed,
it would impede and discourage network upgrading
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Despite the ongoing battle, a
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Cruz's six homers net ALCS MVP honors
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- Nelson Cruz came into the American League Championship Series riding a late-season slump and representing a major question mark in the Rangers' postseason hopes. He departs carrying the ALCS Most Valuable Player trophy and a new record for the most home runs in a postseason series with six after slugging another round-tripper in Saturday's clinching 15-5 blowout win for Texas in Game 6. The previous record for home runs in a postseason series was five. Reggie Jackson (1977) and Chase Utley (2009) hit five in the World Series, while Ken Griffey Jr. (1995) and Juan Gonzalez (1996) pulled the feat in Division Series play. Cruz's 13 RBIs were also the most in Major League history for a single playoff series. He finished the six games batting .364 (8-for-22). "He had an unbelievable series," said Rangers veteran Michael Young. "When Nelly gets hot, he's as dangerous as any hitter in the game, and hopefully he can keep it rolling in the World Series." Cruz capped off his remarkable eight-day span with a double and home run in Saturday's win, his final hit a soaring blast over the left-field fence at Rangers Ballpark off reliever Brad Penny.
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Cruz's six home runs and two doubles in the series left him one shy of the LCS record of nine extra-base hits by the Yankees' Hideki Matsui in 2004 against the Red Sox."I feel like the last few games I felt better every day," Cruz said amid the celebration in the Rangers' clubhouse. "Even today my timing was better. I was able to drive the ball the other way. This is amazing. It's a great group of guys. [Manager Ron] Washington did his job when he brought in relievers. Everything worked." And nothing worked better than the Rangers' right fielder, who had hit just .190 with one home run and three RBIs in his final 11 games of the season after returning from a strained left hamstring in mid-September. He then went 1-for-15 with no home runs or RBIs in the four-game ALDS win against the Rays. But Cruz answered any questions in a hurry in the ALCS, ripping a home run in Game 1, two more in Game 2 and then adding shots in Games 4, 5 and 6. He won the second game with a walk-off grand slam, the first in Major League playoff history. He hit a three-run home run in the 11th inning of Game 4, after throwing out Miguel Cabrera at the plate to keep the game tied in the bottom of the eighth inning. In other words, there wasn't much Cruz didn't do to elevate the Rangers back to the World Series for a second straight year. "Right now, I'm just enjoying it," he said. "After the season, after we win the World Series hopefully, I'll sit down and relax and put it all in perspective." Cruz stayed in Saturday's runaway victory despite appearing to tweak a muscle in his side on a swing in the fourth inning, with trainers coming to the plate before allowing him to stay in the game. "I felt it when I swung and missed," Cruz said. "I guess I just swung too hard. Michael [Young] told me to just be smart and if I had to come out, I had to come out. "But I wanted to stay in the game. It's got to be something really, really bad to come out of this game." By the end of the night, he was standing on the podium at the center of Rangers Ballpark hoisting the MVP trophy as fans cheered "Cruuuuuzzzzz" and chanted "M-V-P, M-V-P." Not bad for a guy who hit seventh in the lineup the entire series after coming in carrying one of the coldest bats on the team. But when Cruz hit a blast off Tigers ace Justin Verlander in the fourth inning of the series opener, he had an idea things were looking up. "I didn't go to the Minors to rehab, so it took me a little time," he said. "But just one swing. It's been like that all year. One swing can change things. That home run against Verlander turned me around." Cruz now has 12 home runs in the past two postseasons, a Major League record for back-to-back years, and tying him for 14th with Yogi Berra and David Ortiz on the career postseason home run list. He also became the first player in postseason history to hit two extra-inning home runs in the same series.
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text: If you check game 4 box score from 2010 Finals, rebounding column for Celtics looks very interesting: the rebounds are distributed uniformly, there is no big individual performers but there is a single winner on rebounding: the team. This is how Raptors defense should look like: everybody must go after rebounds, no matter what position play. Play aggressive and feel the bouncing pattern. A couple of year ago, I thought that Rondo had such great numbers because he plays behind the "Big Three". But now, he is the MVP player of that team, not only for scoring and distributing the ball, but for willingness to go for rebounds and fight with big bodies for balls in traffic. I wish we could have a PG like Rondo to play for Raptors.


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In U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges" issue on newsstands now, Beloit College tied for No. 59 in the category of the top 240 liberal arts colleges nationwide.
Beloit was also included in the category of A-Plus Schools for B Students, a non-ranked listing of 76 national liberal arts colleges where good students – B students – have a "decent shot of being accepted and thriving."
In addition, Beloit was one of four Wisconsin colleges and universities to be profiled in the "Take a Road Trip" feature, which also included select higher education institutes from California and Virginia.
"Students are given ownership of their academic path (with guidance), and taking the scenic route is encouraged," reporter Kelsey Sheehy wrote of Beloit.
Other online-only categories Beloit was included in were: Best Undergrad Teaching (#10 on a list of 18 national liberal arts colleges), Recommended by High School Counselors (#73 on a list of 240 national liberal arts colleges), Up-and-Comers (tied at No. 6 on a short list of national liberal arts colleges) and Strong Focus on Student Success – Study Abroad (a non-ranked listing of 31 national colleges and universities).


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Josh Groban was honored for his work in arts education, but CBS Local thinks he deserves an award for his tweeting.
The Americans for the Arts foundation just announced Groban was one of the winners of its 2012 National Arts Awards, which are given out to artists who "exhibit exemplary national leadership and whose work demonstrates extraordinary artistic achievement."
The singer expressed his excitement over the honor, tweeting:
No award could mean more to me than this. I'm deeply honored and look forward to continuing the fight for #artsed on.wsj.com/NtIuMl—
josh groban (@joshgroban) July 16, 2012
The singer, who recently wrapped the movie, Coffee Town, an R-rated workplace comedy, and is featured on Plácido Domingo's upcoming album due in October, definitely deserves to be honored for his work in arts education. But CBS Local thinks he also deserves an award for his tweeting abilities.
Whether he's letting us know what kind of girl he's looking for:
People sometimes ask what I want in a woman. For starters, someone who can laugh. Alone. With a salad. bit.ly/fwlQ3a—
josh groban (@joshgroban) July 17, 2012
Or revealing the lineup for Live With Kelly for the day he co-hosts:
Tomorrow on the show, Gary Oldman AND Snooki. My wildest dreams have come true!!! Literally, the wildest one I ever had. #notappropriate—
josh groban (@joshgroban) July 16, 2012
Or trying his hand at other jobs:
40% chance! RT @4cast4you would you ever consider becoming a TV meteorologist if the singing career fell through?—
josh groban (@joshgroban) July 15, 2012
Or showing his creative side:
As an art project, during fireworks tonight, I'm launching myself 1,000 feet into the air, landing in the ocean. It will be called, "Dud".—
josh groban (@joshgroban) July 04, 2012
Or just chit-chatting about current events:
Wait, I'm sorry I only get my news by creeping up behind water coolers with an iPod in my ears. Anderson Cooper is Gaelic?—
josh groban (@joshgroban) July 02, 2012
He's able to show off his humor and an enviable skill of writing entertaining 140-character messages,
We salute you, Josh Groban. For all that you tweet.
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I made it.
I was looking up Geno Smith's Wiki page to see what he meant when he said "all that I've been through". Seems like he has lived a pretty charmed and privileged life actually.
But more interestingly the last sentence says that the Jets drafting Smith has put Mark Sanchez on the trading block 'according to ownership' (then 'citation needed LOL). Hmmm. Newly drafted players aren't told these things normally, that seems like a pretty presumptuous, if not bold, thing to put on your Wiki page.
I made it.
Are you not aware that literally ANYONE can edit a wikipedia page?
lol "his" wikipedia page
During last season after the Tennessee meltdown, Sanchez's wikipedia page simply read "Sanchez likes tacos".
I'm not creating a wiki account to prove something that should be blatantly obvious.
Anyone can edit a wiki page.
If you think it's a conspiracy, then it's your problem that you're that gullible.
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There are two reasons that local knitters were asked to yarn bomb part of Klyde Warren Park, says Celia Barshop, business affairs vice president for the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation.
The action showcases the park's programs and "it makes me laugh every time I see a yarn bombing."
She helped plan the opening and ongoing programs for the park.
A yarn bomb involves decorating everyday objects such as lampposts or tree trunks with knitting or crocheting.
Since late summer, more than three dozen knitters and crocheters from around the area have been working on pieces that were attached to trees and lampposts this week.
Yarn bombers answered calls on Facebook and Ravelry, an online knit and crochet community, this summer, says coordinator Ronda Van Dyk, owner of yarn shop the Shabby Sheep in the State-Thomas area.
She and Sally Ackerman, one of Dallas' first yarn bombers, decided on the garden theme and the volunteers agreed to make the pieces. Knitters use yarn from their own stash or pick up donated yarn at the Shabby Sheep.
There are tree frogs, butterflies and snails. Vines curl around trees dotted with flowers and insects, but "not in colors from this world," Ackerman says.
Some of the work has been done in companionable knitting groups. "I have someone sitting next to me working on a tree frog right now," Van Dyk said from her store this week.
The pieces were collected and then attached to the trees and posts in the park.
Ackerman says she made big floppy flowers attached to bamboo sticks to put in the ground.
During this weekend's opening, knitters are invited to bring their needles and yarn from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday to The Dallas Morning News Reading and Games Room. Lessons will be available for beginners.
After the opening, knitting will be a park feature. Space in the reading and games area has been reserved from 1 to 3 p.m. each Tuesday for knitting or other fiber crafts such as crocheting and spinning. Personnel from the Shabby Sheep will be there to help.
Barshop says similar knitting groups have gained popularity along the East and West coasts and were recommended for Dallas.
The yarn bomb installation will stay up at the park until weather frays it, Van Dyk says.
"It's like art. It's just there to enjoy. It's unexpected. It puts such a smile on your face to see it."
Karel Holloway is a Terrell freelance writer.
When you go
The deck park is at 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway on the north side of downtown Dallas.
Opening weekend: Activities are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-
10 p.m. Sunday. Most events are free. During the opening, parking will be available on lots around the Arts District with rates beginning at $5.
Concert: Free tickets for the Concert for Dallas at 7 p.m. Saturday are gone, according to the website. VIP tickets at $200 each are still available.
Knit: Knitting circles are scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at The Dallas Morning News Reading and Games Room.
For more information, go to klydewarrenpark.org.


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As indicators of progress go, SportsCenter would certainly qualify. On May 14, the anchors of ESPN's flagship show were counting down the night's Top 10 plays. The No. 2 play on the world's grandest sports highlight show was Wayland resident Jeff Graham, sprawling to grab a Frisbee before it could touch the grass in a Boston Whitecaps win.
As indicators of progress go, SportsCenter would certainly qualify.
On May 14, the anchors of ESPN's flagship show were counting down the night's Top 10 plays. The No. 2 play on the world's grandest sports highlight show was Wayland resident Jeff Graham, sprawling to grab a Frisbee before it could touch the grass in a Boston Whitecaps win over the Washington DC Current.
"Where does Boston play their home games, do you think?" SportsCenter anchor John Buccigross asked co-anchor Linda Cohn. "Is that Hyde Park? Is it Southie?"
Neither. It's Framingham, at refurbished Bowditch Field. Graham, 32, is a captain and a "cutter" on offense for the Boston Whitecaps, the local entry in Major League Ultimate.
"The SportsCenter thing was cool," Graham said. "That's a show I've been watching for over 25 years. I didn't even know I was on it, but then I got texts from friends, some people I haven't heard from in 10 years. A great experience, for sure."
Graham works in marketing for Reebok by day, but on Jan. 29 he added another profession to his resume when he signed with the Boston Whitecaps. Like many on the team, Graham has long been a fixture in the Boston ultimate community, one rich in club and intramural levels of the sport.
Now, it's a profession.
"I was actually the first player to sign with the team," Graham said. "Once I did that, it was about letting guys I've played with in the past know about it, and just trying to get the best roster we could for Boston."
The Whitecaps are one of eight teams in MLU, and represent one of the premiere spots of the ultimate world. Including Seattle and San Francisco, which also have teams, Boston is often considered near the top of ultimate hubs.
"I had a conversation with Jeff Snader, the league's commissioner, and he was telling me about the league and the structure of the league," Graham said. "He just gave me the background in what the player experience might be."
"Frisbee" is actually a trademarked term, by Wham-O. It's more than a backyard hobby for those at the highest levels. This isn't the leisurely game on the college quad.
"Every player needs the endurance of a soccer player, and some of the skills of a quarterback and a wide receiver," said Graham.
Graham started playing in 1999, when he was a freshman at UMass-Amherst.
"I intended to walk on to the tennis team," said Graham, 32, who was a three-sport varsity athlete (basketball, cross-country, tennis) in high school in New Jersey. "So I was in the office with the coach, and she was on the phone with a recruit the whole time. It must have been an hour. On my walk back to my dorm, I saw some people playing ultimate.
"I never went back to the tennis coach."
And in his time playing, it's come a long way.
"A high number of people didn't even know it as a sport," Graham admitted. "It was kind of a counterculture thing. Only a couple of teams had coaches. Now there are low-level scholarships. The college championships get carried on ESPN3 or ESPNU."
After Graham signed with the Whitecaps, he played a key role in recruitment. One of the first players who sprang to mind was Will Neff, a big name in the ultimate world. In 2009, in his senior year at the University of Michigan, after two years at Northeastern, Neff won the Callahan Award, which is given to the country's most valuable player.
In 2005 and 2006, Graham and Neff played together for an elite club team in Cambridge called Twisted Metal, and now with the elite club, Boston Ironside.
"I first heard about (MLU) through the grapevine, really," said Neff. "The ultimate community is kind of tight, so you can hear quickly about things."
Team owner/general manager David Kucherlapati and head coach Jason Adams were also "on board early," as Graham put it.
At the first indoor tryout, there were "85 or 90 people there," according to Graham. There are only 25 players on the team.
"This sport has taken so many strides," said Graham.
Graham, Neff and the rest of the Whitecaps can say they have never lost a professional ultimate match. At 8-0, the Whitecaps currently sit atop the Eastern Conference standings. The regular-season schedule consists solely of matchups with the New York Rumble, the Philadelphia Spinners and the Washington DC Current.
Both Graham and Neff mentioned that a big difference is travel costs being covered for the first time in their ultimate careers.
"One of the things that's nice is that we are not footing the bill like I have over the last 13 years or so," said Graham. "We would have a tournament in Seattle and pay for the transportation, the hotel, the food. Not anymore. The staff of folks both in Boston and across the league has been great in organizing the league."
The players do get paid per game, but nobody is quitting their day jobs anytime soon. By day, Neff is an eighth-grade teacher at Irving Middle School in Roslindale.
"We get a small amount per game, but it's nothing to really take into consideration," Neff said. "But the compensation didn't really play into my decision making at all."
The team has two home games left – Saturday, June 15, against Philadelphia (7 p.m.), and next Saturday, June 22, against New York (also 7 p.m.).
The Eastern Conference title game is scheduled for sometime over the weekend of June 29-30, with the MLU title game slated for the weekend of July 13-14.
The Whitecaps still have work to do. More Top 10 lists await.
Tim Whelan Jr. can be reached at 508-626-4402 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @thattimwhelan.


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This year marks the 50th year that David Patrick will be exhibiting at the All-American Dairy Show as the show celebrates its Golden Anniversary. David owns and operates Maple Dell Farm in Woodbine, Md., along with two of his sons, Denny and Mike. David's wife, Ann is also a vital part of the operation as well as Denny's wife, Nancy and Mike's wife, Kathy. Denny and Nancy's children, Derek and Caitlin, also help with the day to day operations of Maple Dell Farm. Maple Dell Farm milks approximately 180 cows, with one third of the herd being comprised of Ayrshires and the rest being Holsteins. The rolling herd average for the Ayrshires is 20,381 pounds of milk. David began farming full-time as soon as he graduated from high school in 1947. David's grandfather began farming at Maple Dell Farm in 1919. David bought his first two Ayrshire heifers in 1941 and began breeding them in 1943.
David Patrick is no stranger to success in the show ring. His prize winning cattle have been nominated several times for Junior All American and All American awards. Some of David's most precious memories have come from the show ring. Maple Dell Farm has had two Grand Champions, a Reserve Grand Champion, and two Junior Champions at World Dairy Expo. David has also been extremely active in the Maryland Ayrshire Association and the U.S. Ayrshire Association. He has served as President, Vice President and a Director for both. David also has been involved with the Farm Service Agency, the Land Preservation Board, PDCA and he has acted as a director of the Wills 4-H Fair in Maryland.
David served on the All-American Dairy Show Board of Directors for 12 years as the Ayrshire Representative. His most memorable times from the All-American Dairy Show are when his cows, Dafourth and Song, were both named Grand Champion in their respective show years. This year, David has generously donated a calf to one lucky junior exhibitor. The donated calf will be 2013 June baby, Maple Dell Dorothy.
The winning Ayrshire junior is certainly getting the opportunity of a lifetime to be a part of such a distinguished legacy of the Maple Dell Ayrshires and the Patrick Family.
Sponsoring the lunches on the PNJS show day for Ayrshire youth will be the Patrick Family for the 10th consecutive year. Obviously the generosity of this family and of David knows no end when it comes to the youth of the industry's tomorrow.
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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by zapvor, Apr 24, 2007.
REI sale this Saturday... anyone going? I need a tent, and a sleeping bag.
Hi all!
I am new to the area and just wanted to pop in and say hi and see if any of you have advice for how to get involved with USTA and find a team in the area (DC, NoVa, MoCo). I know some teams in HoCo, but that's too far of a drive for me to do regularly. Are there any clubs in the area where lots of the USTA players practice or hit around where you'd recommend I go and try to meet people to play with?
I cant help you there, I'm out of the loop for the DC NoVa area. Somebody will now something though Im sure.
I just know there are tons of clubs in the area. You shouldnt have a problem.
Also for some reason I got a taste to eat some Zippy's chili spaghetti.
JRK can attest I'm sure.
Sorry man. No way I can get out today.
Shoot me a text next time and I'll see what I can do.
If you're looking for USTA teams in NoVA, check with Ingrid Clark at Homecourt Tennis - http://www.homecourttennis.com/
She's the NoVA coordinator and put you in touch with captains looking for players.
There are a few clubs that run teams. I know RJ Tennis (http://rjtennis.com/) at 4 seasons runs a few teams. Try doing a few drop in clinics and you could also contact Rob at RJ Tennis and see if he's looking for players.
I don't play in DC or MoCo - so can't help you there.
Thank you JRStriker, I will look into that!!
Glad to help.
In elementary school I would sell those coupons for Zippy's chili for the school fundraisers. I never had a person tell me no, haha.
what a zippy's chili spaghetti might look like:
i miss anna miller's in aiea. awesome pies. (that's what she said)
That place was awesome. I would get the chocolate pudding pie that had whip cream on top.
I would also eat at the Yum Yum Tree... oh snap didn't realize they closed the last one <sniff>.
JRK -- that is sad that there are no more yum yum tree. wonder if we were on the island at the same time. i was there from '93 to '97.
what's for lunch?
I was there from '78-'88 and then again from '99-'05.
Looks like we just missed each other. Too bad, we could've went on a date at Anna Miller's.
exactly. had many a date at anna miller's. a lot of wahines that i wanted to likelike their highway and spoke pidgin. good times.
What was a yum yum tree and do I really want to know?
if you don't know it then you prob can't afford it
So I am going to be near DC (actually Silver Springs, MD) for a month (all Feb) and am looking for a people/place to play since I know noone. Have you guys heard about Georgetown Prep Tennis club? Is this a good place to play?
Any suggestions?
I'm a 5.0 player played a little college tennis.
Also if anyone wants to play hit me up
hey welcome!shoot me an email! mitidor@ gmail com
dont go to georgetown prep
I was there 03-06 maybe played tennis 3 times the entire time I was there.
Also that Bravo place under Anna Millers was mediocre at best.
I think his girl goes there and he doeasnt want anyone else tapping that until he mans up and asks her out.
The longer you wait Zap the more time someone else has to sneak in there and hit that.
i dunno. how do we know zap is not the one swooping in doing the quick sneak, stalk, snatch, grab, hit it, and leave it routine?
sappy...just got back from a week in montana (big sky)...soo much powder this week! kind of nice...not many people there either...
I'm reminded of a famous quote from "Smokey and the Bandit":
Anything is possible I guess. But he has had her racket for like 6 months and wont even call to return it.
Somone may have already pulled an M.C Ren and found her Fckd her and fleed.
Or maybe Zap M.C Renned her @$$. Its hard to tell.
For the record I have never M.C Renned anyone but may have to if Zap doesnt pick his game up with this tennis chic.
come on..........
yep.. exactly.... the powder here east coast was nice as well.... i've been getting a lot of grief from my group that ended up in COL last week.... O FML
Tried out the Steam 105S yesterday, a buddy of mine had the stick as a demo. Nice spin stick. Feels solid and heavier than it's 10.5oz weight. You get decent spin from it but IMHO, it's not a game changer in my hands. Also way to tempted to rafa-moonball everything.
For lunch today, Basil Tyme Two stopped by with the beef brisket ravioli - yum!
how much snow did you get... 2 ft?... i essentially got a pic from everyone, my ski group whom i've ditched this yr, a picture of him/her self standing in waist deep powder..,, and i had to
it seriously snowed every single day we were there...best conditions of any trip...i think they got 50+ inches this past week! haha...it was ridiculous...but i do love me some powder...no lift lines either...which was nice...
the skip "town" wasn't all that...so if you're looking for nice places to eat, there weren't a ton of options...
sonnama BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH
not towards you.. just needed to vent. best i ever got was 16 inches of pow in utah..
this was 50+ over the course of the whole week...still, there was powder EVERY DAY....kinda of amazing...
Ok man no hard feelings. If it bother you that much Ill stop for a couple days. And the when you are least expecting it.
Right in the Kisser.
Thats like a ton of powder. I dont even think rick ross could sell that much powder. You guys are like good to push weight like that. Most people would measure in grams or ounces, maybe kilos for the true baller elite status. but to measure powder in inches. You must be like every rapper who ever lived combined. then youi sell iot all to Flavor Flav and DMX.
For the record Ive never been to COL or Utah skiiking. I went boarding once with some chic I worked with in hopes of MC Renning her. But then she got tired and i wanted to board still.
But I hear the chances out west of MC Renning broads exponetially increases relaint on the anmount of aforementioned baller elite status powder.
*must resist*
*must resist*
*must resist!!!!*
enlighten all of here.. what are you referring to? and whom we've talking about.
striker, what are you trying to say? My Rafa-moonball forehands aren't any good??? :shock: Should I stop hitting them like that?
lol its cool man its funny. i am just like freaking out about this whole thing so yea
lol yea...........
just filled in my string jobs today. did 19 rackets....at this point it doesnt even register anymore. i thought i only did like 15
No, moonballs in your hands are all good. Moonballs in my hand just lead to more running, I'd prefer to end the point early rather than run like Rafa and moonball for days.
Decent stick though, still not switching from the Prestiges, I think I get a more penetrating ball with about just as much spin with a full bed of tour bite. Maybe I need more of a western grip to get a bigger effect.
JRK, act fast
ALPS Mountaineering Extreme 3 Tent: 3-Person 3-Season:126.95
That link was for bibs... I need a tent and a good bag that can go down into the 20s.
No, it was a tent when he posted it. Steep & Cheap (as well as Whiskey Militia) change products ~ every 20 minutes, depending on the sale.
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Hi All!
I am in exact same boat. After 1-3hrs am unable to continue to connect to sites using either IE7 or FF. Except for https (GoogleMail, PayPal etc.) Have to reboot EVERY time to get it working again after that time period.
It's a new PC:
New PC ...Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1ZA Free
TrueVector Security Engine v8.0.298.000
Driver v8.0.298.000AVG 8.5 AntiVirusVerizon DSL
Westell Router
I've tried this:
Here's advice Guru Oldsod offered time and time again:
"Try this:
1. Go to Run type in command, hit OK, and type ipconfig /all then press enter. In the returned data list will be a line DNS and DHCP Servers with the IP address(s) listed out to the side
2. In ZA on your machine on the Firewall>Zones tab click Add and then select IP Address. Make sure the Zone is set to Trusted
3. Click OK and then Apply for each one.
4. The localhost or loopback must be listed as Trusted. It has the address of 127.0.0.1
5 The Generic Host Process or the svchost.exe listed in the Program list must have both Trusted and Internet access and it must have server rights for the Trusted Zone, but not the Internet Zone.
But if you have already done all of this, then post some more details so someone might help. Include your system version and ZA version and whether you use dialup or broadband and whether you have a router.
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I've also tried this:
reset the ZA settings to the factory defaults. You will lose all your custom configuration.
1.) Hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys together
2.) Right click on the ZA icon near your clock
3.) Choose 'Reset' from the box that comes up
4.) Choose Yes on the Reset Settings dialog box
5.) When prompted, choose OK to restart your system
6.) Follow the on screen configuration prompts after reboot
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I'm STILL getting the same issue.
Uninstall ZA and everything is fine. Driving me CRAZY having to reboot 5-6 times a day. I've been using ZA (NOT security suite)
since my Win98SE days & never had ANY issues like this. I'm certainly not gonna buy the "paid" version if there continues to have this issue. BUT I really like ZA and hope to get this resolved.
Anyone else have any other suggestions for resolving this?
Rick aka CorpRebel
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within 6.........
we fell behind early but we showed resilience and fought back to within 8 after trailing by 23 qrich finally backing up his trash talk and Nate gave us a shot in the arm when we needed it Duhon gave us momentum at the half with that buzzer beater..we improve on D we could steal this game
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
If we played some defense we would be much closer. It would help if Al Harrington could buy a bucket. He just made a 3, maybe that will get him going.
al harrington played like a straight bitch tonight, not even crawford gunned so many jumpshots
That putback was sick Nate is the man(no homo) we gotta resign this dude we cant afford to lose em......and so much for our comeback, we should take this game and learn to play D, and we got almost a week off so we better win on fri vs Minny......
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
Yea Harrington didn't show up tonight and caught 3 fouls type early.
At least we got a Nasty Nate highlight outta that game! There's optimism for you!
That Nate putback was the ONLY highlight for us today, whoever does the next game thread should just post that putback video under "highlights from last game"
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
Our defense was absolute garbage, Rondo was getting easy layup after easy layup. Harrington played like crap, I hope he gets out of this funk. Nate's dunk was sick, that's gonna make sportscenter's top 10. Donnie better resign this dude!
Originally Posted by Kiyaman
How could you add a Tim Thomas to a rotation before Eddy Curry.
How could you add a Anthony Roberson to a rotation before Marbury.
How could you be coaching to WIN when your Roster of players are witnessing these two major Mistakes each game.
Do the Knicks have a SG? NO! (Marbury)
Do the Knicks have a Center? NO! (Curry or James)
However the Knicks rotation have a PG, 2 SF, and a PF
Are these Knick Players keepers?
PF/SF-Lee, PF/SF-Harrington, SF-Chandler, Combo-Guard Nate, and PG-Duhon.
If these players are keepers than they need to play at their natural positions in this new system. They also need to have every position covered....their talent in this system would improve having Curry as the center and Marbury as the SG.
Marbury & Curry are not Keepers.... but can be used to cover positions that are open.... this would better the Keeper-players performance in this system.
If you dont think Nate & Duhon can use some advice and help from Marbury in the backcourt this season to tighten-up their future performance than your an ......
Garnett could'nt go no where in Minesoto playing the Center and PF position.
In Boston KG dont have to play the Center spot....just helpout in the paint area.
Pierce dont have to play SF and SG anymore since Ray Allan arrived.
Your genious Walsh & Dantoni is TANKING this Knick season and Nate & Lee would be idiots to resign with this organization for under $8M per.
6 and 7 man-rotation without any ......
Nate Dunky-Dunk to bring the Boston lead to 16 was NASTY....Nasty-Nate!!!
^ lmao we you got your HIGHLIGHT from last game for your thread lmao......and yea we better come out firing on all cylinders after a break like this one 4 days is a long time....and the fact that its Minny would make me even more pissed off if we lose next game loll
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia


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DIY Motorized Solar Tracking Using an MBED
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Mike Davis built a motorized solar tracking array using an antique antenna rotator and an MBED development platform.
Mike Davis has some land in Arizona that is off the grid. He has generally used a small homemade solar array to keep a small battery bank charged, but he had to move the panels manually every few hours for optimal exposure to the sun. He decided it was time to automate this process, and he did so with an antique television antenna rotator that he got for $15 at a garage sale.
The first thing he had to do was build the frame. Building a wooden frame is pretty easy, but he had to design this one so that it would hold the array at the optimal angle for final deployment on his property (at 34.6 degrees North latitude). The frame itself isn't anything special. It is composed mainly of 2x4 lumber and can be broken down for easy transportation. This was necessary because he was building it in his workshop in Florida and would drive it to his land in Arizona. Davis tells us on his website that he will be using it only during a specific time of the year, so there was no need to make the vertical angle adjustable.
After the physical construction was done, it was time to move on to the electronics. His initial thoughts were that he could salvage the original motor controller and just add an external system for tracking. However, once he dug in, he found that the system probably couldn't handle the abuse he intended to throw at it. The system had been designed for rare rotations for correction, but he planned on rotating for all the daylight hours every day.
He then set out to design a new control system. Having worked with MBED at work, he felt comfortable using that as the brain. He says on his site that the MBED platform is extreme overkill for this, but his familiarity allowed him to build the system quicker. Having that extreme overkill also means that he has plenty of room to expand the system or add features in the future, such as statistics logging.
The MBED reads voltage from two small photovoltaic cells placed at right angles to each other. It rotates until the voltages on the two panels match. However, Davis found that this did not work in the Arizona sun as well as it did on his Florida workbench. The sun was too bright, and the difference between the panels was too minimal at any angle. He remedied this by adding a small piece of metal to shade the center of the two sensors. This occulting bar would cast a shadow that would make the difference in output voltage more extreme based on the angle.
Davis has many more pictures of the project, a full schematic, and the code for the MBED on his website. You can see a video of the final result below.


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Defiant Arsene Wenger insists there's no crisis at Arsenal
DEFIANT manager Arsene Wenger tonight insisted there was no crisis at Arsenal.
The Gunners headed out to Athens for tomorrow's final Champions League Group B clash with Olympiacos on the back of a 2-0 home defeat by Swansea which was preceded by angry fans demonstrations and followed by reports of dressing room bust-ups as well as questions over Wenger's long-term position.
Wenger, however, used this evening's UEFA press conference ahead of what is effectively a dead rubber with qualification already secure for the last 16 to focus away from negative headlines and banners with club's crest as a broken cannon.
"You should look a little bit at the statistics and not only read the newspapers. I only have one pressure and that is to win the next football game and to play the football I love. All the rest, I don't think that affects me at all. You would be surprised," said Wenger, who has left several first team players, including England duo Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere, back in London and will pack the bench with youngsters.
"Nothing really happened (after Swansea). That the players are not happy after the game, do you want them to do a dance after we lost? This group of players is very strong, very highly motivated, has a very good spirit and they want to win. If they don't win, of course they are upset.
"I am more worried if I see players who laugh in the shower after a game that we lost.
"We are in a job where the next game is the only important thing, that is how you can show how good you are."
Wenger continued: "The situation is at the moment we are behind in the Championship, we want to make ground back, we are qualified for 13 consecutive years in the Champions League, we are qualified in the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup and we have our chances in the FA Cup like everyone else.
"We have many challenges and that is what we want to focus on."
Despite Arsenal enduring the worst Premier League campaign under the Frenchman's tenure, with the Gunners down in 10th place and facing an uphill battle to get back into the top four, Wenger maintains all is not yet lost.
Asked if he would swap places with Manchester City, who failed to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League once again, the Arsenal manager said: "No, for one simple reason, we have played 15 games, so we have 23 games to come back on them, but once you are out of a cup competition, you cannot come back in again.
"We can make up the distance in the league, but in the Champions League, you are either in or out."
There have been calls for Wenger to spend big in the January transfer window.
The Arsenal manager, though, insisted his attention must first be on getting consistent results now rather than what might happen in the new year.
"What is important now is to do well until the 1 January. What happens in January, we will see if we need to something and we will do it," he said.
When pressed on whether Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard was on his shopping list for 2013, Wenger replied: "We are in the country of Socrates. He said: 'I know that I know nothing', and that is a bit like football."
Wenger is under contract until 2014. The 63-year-old maintains he is not looking past the here and now with Arsenal.
"Football is a short time. I said that I always respected my contracts and that I never renegotiated any contract in my life," he said.
"When I sign for something, I stand for it and that will continue as long as I will work. These are two principles that I always respected."
Wenger maintains many of his players are "on the edge", and even if qualification were on the line tomorrow night, when a victory may not be enough to overtake leaders Schalke, who play at bottom club Montpellier, he would have only brought "one or two more" of his senior men.
Wenger feels the likes of 18-year-old forward Zak Ansah, 19-year-old Swiss defenders Sead Hajrovic and Elton Monteiro as well as young English striker Chuba Akpom, 17, will all learn from the experience at the white-hot Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium tomorrow.
"It gives us an opportunity to see some players who have played less," said Wenger.
"The pressure is a bit less big, but we will still want to win the game because we want to finish the job well and finish first in the group - we still have a chance to do that."
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Measuring the worth of a defender is never an easy thing. Unless that defender is part of a unit that allows very few goals, or if that particular player gets forward often and contributes with goals and assists, it's difficult to tangibly identify how valuable that player is to their team.
So with today's news that the Dynamo extended the contract of Jamaican center back Jermaine Taylor, we took to Opta to determine just how valuable Taylor has been to the Dynamo over the past two years.
When one looks at Jermaine Taylor, their first impression is normally NFL running back instead of MLS center back. At 5-foot 10 and 195 pounds, Taylor is built solidy and not afraid to go in for a challenge. Opta backs up that point, as despite playing in only 27 games in 2012, Taylor led all Dynamo players in tackles with 69. Furthermore, Taylor was not only confident going into tackles, but he was efficient. His 81.16% tackle success rate was 10th best among MLS defenders last season and second best on the Dynamo (Boswell lead Houston with an 84.38% tackle success rate).
Not only was Taylor adept at making the necessary challenge, but his positioning was also some of the best in the league. The Jamaican national team veteran had seven blocks and 115 interceptions last season, good for sixth and seventh, respectively, among MLS defenders.
Despite his strong stature, Taylor might be on the shorter end of the MLS center back scale. Even on the Dynamo, Boswell is listed as 6-foot-2 and Eric Brunner is listed as 6-foot-4, while Taylor comes in at a shade under 6-foot. So it may come as a surprise to some that Taylor attempted 112 aerial challenges in 2012 (eighth highest in MLS) and won 82 of those challenges (fifth most in the league).
When talking about Taylor's best attributes, we cannot forget his passing ability. In 2012, Taylor completed 83.79% of his passes, which is good for 12th most among MLS defenders who attempted at least 1,000 passes. The league average for passing percentage among MLS defenders is 80.85%, putting Taylor well above the league average in that category.
So while it's difficult to determine a defender's value based on sight alone, with the help of our friends at Opta, the numbers show that with today's announcement, the Dynamo have locked up one of the premier defenders in MLS for years to come.


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She may have gained a #1 song, but Florence Welch, singer of Florence + the Machine, has lost her voice. The chanteuse announced today, via her website, that she has canceled a performance at the Benicassim and Optimus Alive Festival this week in Spain.
In a blog post, Welch says, "I've sustained a vocal injury and been told I cannot sing for a week.. seriously I felt something snap, it was very frightening." The singer offered her apologies for fans, but it seems this won't be a problem that keeps her down for long, as the band have also added a date in Denver on July 26th as part of her short U.S. summer tour and has not yet canceled her July 14 performance in Lisbon.
In happier news, Florence + the Machine have claimed the top spot on the iTunes chart with the Calvin Harris remix of their latest single, "Spectrum (Say My Name)." Welch and DJ/producer Harris both Tweeted their excitement for the track's journey to the top throughout the day.
Thankyou so much!!! NO 1 on ITUNES! You did it! #spectrum #flowsareshining #flowsareshining! — florence welch (@flo_tweet) July 9, 2012
My @flo_tweet Spectrum remix is number 1 on itunes now! 😀 Go + get it !! itunes.apple.com/gb/album/spect… — Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) July 9, 2012
The band first premiered the track in May on Britain's BBC Radio 1, combining their indie rock with Harris' hit-making flair. Harris is best known for his production on tracks like "Feel So Close" and Rihanna's "We Found Love."
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Vaginal discharge refers to secretions from the vagina. Such discharge can vary in:
Having some amount of vaginal discharge is normal, especially if you are of childbearing age. Glands in the cervix produce a clear mucus. These secretions may turn white or yellow when exposed to the air. These are normal variations.
The amount of mucus produced by the cervical glands varies throughout the menstrual cycle. This is normal and depends on the amount of estrogen circulating in your body. It is also normal for the walls of the vagina to release some secretions. The amount depends on hormone levels in the body.
Vaginal discharge that suddenly differs in color, odor, or consistency, or significantly increases or decreases in amount, may indicate an underlying problem like an infection.
The following situations can increase the amount of normal vaginal discharge:
Abnormal vaginal discharge may be due to:
To help prevent and treat vaginal discharge:
If the discharge is caused by a sexually transmitted disease, your sexual partner (or partners) must be treated as well, even if they have no symptoms. Failure of partners to accept treatment can cause the infection to keep coming back and may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease or infertility.
Call your health care provider right away if you have vaginal discharge and:
Also call if:
Your doctor will take a medical history and perform a physical examination including a pelvic exam.
Medical history questions may include:
Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:
Treatment depends on the underlying condition. Suppositories or creams may be ordered and antibiotics may be prescribed. Medications taken by mouth may be needed to treat certain fungus or trichomoniasis infections. Your sexual partner may also need treatment.
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OCEAN CITY – With a crowd of a million or more expected to pile into the nation's capital on Tuesday for the Presidential Inauguration, law enforcement agencies from all over the country have been called upon to lend support, including a substantial contingent from Ocean City and Worcester County.
The Ocean City Police Department was recently invited to assist during the historic 56th inauguration and is sending a contingent of 10 officers, along with two members of the Ocean City Fire Marshal's Office. In addition, 12 members of the Worcester County Sheriff's Office will be traveling to the nation's capital early next week, joining their Ocean City brethren in helping with security and other details.
The Ocean City police group will be deputized by U.S. Marshals on Monday and will be assigned to support specifically designated National Security special events on Tuesday, including the inauguration itself, the parade and the official inaugural balls. According to the plan, the OCPD group will be assigned to a specific area along Pennsylvania Ave. for the inaugural parade.
In addition, as president of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, OCPD Chief Bernadette DiPino has been asked to represent the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics by walking in the parade. Joining the chief will be her daughter Tabitha, a Stephen Decatur graduate and police officer for the Baltimore County Police Department.
"It's a huge professional honor for our department to be chosen to participate in the presidential inaugural parade," said DiPino this week. "Not to mention the enormous personal honor it is for me to represent the Maryland Chiefs of Police and the Special Olympics."
Meanwhile, the 12 members of the Worcester County Sheriff's Office will be providing security along the parade route on Tuesday.


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Thieves steal lawn equipment, power tools from garages, shed
A thief or thieves took tools and lawn equipment from a storage shed and two garages in Ypsilanti recently, police said.
The thefts were all reported Thursday. The garages were open when the thefts occurred, but the storage shed was locked, police said.
The break-in at the storage shed was reported at 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Police said someone got into the locked shed in the 600 block of East Forest Street and took lawn equipment.
Callers reported the thefts from the garages at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday. In the first incident, someone entered an open garage in the 500 block of Thomas Street and took power tools. In the other case, someone took lawn equipment from an open garage in the 700 block of Charles Street, police said in a media summary.
It was not clear whether the thefts were related.
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Maggots can certainly be a nuisance, but I have never heard of them slithering off with tools and lawn equipment. Especially as chilly as it has been lately.
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Wheres the Guy from Pittsfield township when you need him.
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Maggots. Victims - hit the local pawns and find your stuff.


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Orioles cut seven from spring roster
Pitchers Erbe, Patton reassigned to Triple-A Norfolk
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
Right-hander Brandon Erbe and lefty Troy Patton were reassigned to Triple-A Norfolk and right-handers Luis Lebron and Chroyre Spoone were sent to Double-A Bowie, with all four going to Minor League camp.
Erbe and Patton each threw two scoreless innings in Sunday's "B" game at Pirate City -- a 10-inning contest that ended in a 1-1 tie, and manager Dave Trembley gave the pair of young arms rave reviews.
"Erbe said he had a blast and enjoyed [big league camp]," Trembley said. "I was impressed, not so much with his stuff but with his demeanor. His demeanor on the mound was businesslike, very good body language, very good mound presence, and life on his pitches."
Erbe tossed one scoreless inning and allowed three runs on three hits against Detroit on March 6.
"I don't know if he's going to pitch [at Triple-A] or not, but he's going to pitch in the big leagues," Trembley said.
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Patton yielded a run on two hits in his lone inning of work on March 5, but told Trembley that Saturday's game was the best he's felt since undergoing surgery on his left shoulder in 2008.
"With him, his arm slot's got to be the same all the time," Trembley said. "If you saw him earlier, his arm slot was dropping and the ball would leak out of the zone."
Lebron, who turned 25 on Monday, is also headed out on impressive terms. Trembley hadn't seen the hard-throwing lefty before this spring, and raved about Lebron's "Major League fastball."
The Orioles' Double-A and Triple-A squads will play their home games at Ed Smith Stadium, with Spring Training action beginning on Wednesday.
"He's going to pitch in the big leagues, too," Trembley said. "Both [Lebron and Erbe] are special -- special arms."
Armando Gabino, Chris George and Michael Hinckley were also assigned to Minor League camp, which is located at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota.
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Scrapin' The Coast 2005 - Custom Truck Show - Party In The Gulf
Scrapin' The Coast Creates A Shower Of Sparks In Biloxi, Mississippi
The scrapin' the Coast show continues its upward spiral, breaking attendance records with each new show. Now in its third year, the event bases its headquarters at the Mississippi Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Just a short walk from the sparkling blue waters and white-sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, the location alone would make this a cool summertime event, even without the fabulous collection of more than 800 custom vehicles. With drivers rolling in from a dozen neighboring states, spectators got an eyeful throughout the weekend, enjoying some of the South's hottest rides. While the new custom vehicles were exactly what the crowd was looking for, they created headaches for the judging staff trying to narrow down winners from such a choice group.
Saturday had plenty of action like the stereo competition, the Ramp Travel Index ramp for the 4x4 guys, the mobile dyno for the gearheads, and a huge smoky burnout competition for the spectators. But, Scrapin' the Coast becomes two shows in one when the sun goes down. The Coliseum action moves to the Gulfport Dragway on Saturday night, where everyone with a wrist band got in free and all show vehicles enjoyed free runs down the strip. The staging area became the site for the scrapin' contest, and dozens of frame-layers went home considerably lighter after brightening the nighttime sky. Parental discretion was advised for the late-evening bikini contest with the Drop Jaw portable stripper pole getting a thorough workout.
For many, the party continued till dawn, and the show promoters wisely delayed the Sunday activities until noon, allowing the cobwebs to clear. Bashing the Make-A-Wish van with a sledge hammer at a dollar a pop might not do too much for your hangover, but it certainly helped a good cause. Live music throughout the day and the Sunday afternoon Hydraulic exhibition added to the fun.
More than 200 trophies plus specialty awards were given out at this year's event, acting as a "Y'all Come See Us" invitation for the 2006 season. One guy who won't need much of a reminder to return is Mark Harris from Long Beach, Mississippi. Mark found it hard to stop smiling at the awards ceremony, when his name was called as the winner of the '95 S-10 raffle truck. The truck alone would have been enough, but it was also equipped with an awesome Advance Audio stereo and rolling on 22-inch Sport Trux rims. Long-time truck enthusiast Bill Gaines was also smiling. His beautifully detailed fullsize Chevy took Best of Show for a second year in a row.
Even though this year's event was bigger and better than ever, the staff is already working hard on ways to crank even more fun into this annual Gulf Coast good time. Dates for next year are June 24-25, 2006, and you can get more information by contacting Myles, (228) 832-2688, or checking out www.scrapinthecoast.com. Special thanks go to Phat City Audio, Triple XXX Wheels, and JBL. We'll see you there.


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New research incorporates a single pixel into contact lenses, paving the way for array displays
and other sci-fi flicks, robots are often equipped with high tech displays, which pipe text and graphics over human-like views of the world around them. The question some creative researchers have asked is -- why can't humans do that with digitally active contact lenses?
I. The Rise of Digital Contact Lenses: From the Lab to the Marketplace
Want to pipe a digital image into the eyes? You have two possibilities. One is to replace the eyeball with a digital image sensor, which can have its own built in image generating/processing capabilities and pipes finished signals directly into the optical nerve. A
lot of work has been done in this field
in hopes of giving those blinded by ocular damage vision, but barring "eyeball replacement" surgery, it doesn't do the majority of mankind much good.
A more ubiquitous solution is to develop a contact lens capable of similar feats (e.g. text/images display, biomonitoring, vision magnification, etc.). Think of the active contact lens as a contact on steroids.
It's hard to trace the active contact lens' birth date, but the year might be 1973.
That year James Kinn and Richard Tell, resarchers at the National Environmental Research Center -- a
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
lab --
[abstract] a contact lens with a thermocouple built in. The sensor-cum-contact was arguably the first digitally active design to be realized.
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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
As the electronics revolution commenced in the 1970s and 1980s, though, little work was done to expand on this precocious design. Interest revived in the late 1990s [
], but it was not until 2001 that the device would begin to step from concept into commercial reality.
In 2001 Matteo Leonardi (first author; Université de Genève Medical School, Switzerland), Daniel Bertrand (senior author;
Université de Genève Medical School
, Switzerland), reported that they had used micro-electro-mechanic sensors (MEMS) to create a contact lens that monitored ocular pressure -- an important indicator of Glaucoma. The research was presented at the
New Directions in Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics
conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
By 2003, Mr. Leonardi has co-founded a
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(EPFL) spinoff,
Sensimed AG
to commercialized the design. In 2009, the company launched the world's first commercial digitally active contact lens.
The finished design, dubbed "Triggerfish", uses an embedded a MEMS strain gauge sensor and microprocessor inside a soft silicone contact lens. All of these circuit elements are excentric, out of the line of sight. The device receives power from and ferries signals via a circular antenna around the eye socket.
[Image Source: Sensimed]
II. Next up: Text
In the last decade others have also jumped into this hot field, devising even more ambitious designs. Among the most noteworthy is
Professor Babak Parviz
of Seattle's
Washington University
, who added pixel displays to the mix.
Professor Parviz first revealed his current work in 2008 when he
[abstract] at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' international conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems a research report.
At the time his system consisted of a single crude light-emitting diode (LED). Since then, he has refined the design, with better LEDs, including the addition of
wireless power
concepts of Triggerfish (the original '08 design had physical wires powering it) and lower power/smaller LEDs (a
2010 publication
[abstract] lists the current consumption at 12 µW).
He's also played with the idea -- perhaps inspired by Triggerfish -- of adding medical sensors, such as a glucose sensor (monitoring tear glucose, an indicator of blood sugar in diabetics), into the design. The work was
[abstract] in Feb. 2011.
The single pixel improved designs is seen in the top three images, while the glucose sensing design is seen at the bottom. [Source: University of Washington]
But creating a contact lens display has been his chief objective. A major obstacle has been focusing the image. In short, you need miniature lenses to focus the image on the eye.
In his latest work Professor Parviz recruited the help of researchers at Finland's Aalto University to create an optimized contact lens which incorporates micro-Fresnel lenses to focus light from the micro LEDs on the retina. The design was tested and proven safe on rabbits, producing no short-term corneal damage
Take a look at the results:
The latest contact (left) is shown in a rabbit's eye, with the LED. Next to it (right) is a microscopic view of the driver circuit (seen in the top-left figure, packaged).
[Image Source: University of Washington]
III. A Work in Progress
Based on that you might notice some problems.
You might think the size of the IC was a problem, but remember you have approximately the area of the iris, minus the incident appr. 100 degree field of view angle from the edge of the pupil -- quite a lot of space, particularly if you're using stacked circuits.
The actual major problem is the wires themselves. While it might be possible to use transpare conductors, the big issue is the wire thickness. A related issue is the short range of the current wireless power transmission.
The paper describes:
Signicant improvements are necessary to produce fully functional, remotely powered, high-resolution displays. Although we could power our system in free space from more than a meter, operating distances on the rabbit eye were reduced to the cm range. Matching, interface and absorption losses are likely causes of the limited operational distance. We are working to improve matching losses, to ensure that power received by the contact lens is maximized at the frequency of best antenna-to-chip matching, and to optimize LED ef?ciency and duty cycling to reduce power consumption of individual pixels. Although only microwatts of power is available on the contact lens, most light generated by the optical components directly enters the eye. Thus, the display could ef?ciently generate an image while consuming little power.
IV. The Future of Digital Contacts
A 32x32 display using OLEDs was recently
[white paper] by a startup named Semprius. The display drew approximately 33 mW of power on average, with a 2 µW per-pixel cost (roughly in line with the U of W results, given that many pixels are off).
Semprius makes what may be a solution to the power issue --
thin film micro-solar cells
[white paper], which could provide a localized alternative to wireless power distribution.
Microsolar (left) could power mid-resolution arrays of microleds (right).
[Image Source: Semprius]
The cornea is approximate 1.5 cm
in the average human [
]. A contact lens has an average surface area of around 2-2.5 cm
. Assuming 1,000 W/m
in full sunlight, this implies an average 0.2-0.25 watts striking the eye. When taking into account, the non-direct incident angle, this likely drops to under 100 mW [
]. Thus such a solution would likely have to include a gel coat that hugs the conjuctiva (white part of the eye) with additional capacity.
Assuming your total exposure for this combined module was 300 mW on a sunny day, your cells would have to be 10 percent efficient to power the Semprius display. Semprius and other startups make micro-solar cells in this efficiency range. Of course these are just crude calculations so they may be a bit off (disclaimer).
The point is that stand-alone low-resolution displays may be able to be powered by the light that the conjuctiva and corneal regions are exposed to, particularly if
paired with thermocouples
(drawing energy from the body heat) and
(drawing energy from body movement). Alternatively advances in wireless power could lead to safe, longer range power sources.
Ultimately the digitally active contact lens of the future aims to be a high resolution display, which can assert an augmented reality, including text and images over human vision. Such a design would work for business (work displayed right in your eyes), communications (text messages, emails), and pleasure (imagine watching movies or "tripping" without drugs via in-eye vision).
The lens will also likely optionally incorporate glucose, occular pressure, and possibly other sensors to monitor eye health and overall body health.
In terms of text display, Professor Parviz is fast approaching that goal. In an interview with
BBC News
, "Our next goal is to incorporate some predetermined text in the contact lens."
In other words, it may be a few decades before the perfected "iEye" is released commercially, but in just 10 years we may have crude commercial contact lens text displays, if you're willing to wearing a bulky wireless power device around your eye socket.
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text: Well considering he wouldn't have any reason to go after Chakotay's not baby he probably would have avoided the whole thing. Depends on is she ordering them to give up vital organs to save said person without their consent. I also find dictating someone's right to live based on their value monstrous. Not really seeing as the were both dying so really its more of euthanasia that happens to also get Kirk back. You know its stuff like this that makes the importance of the radiation in Insurrection seem idiotic as they already have a fountain of youth machine just have some engineer tinker with it on his off hours.


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The Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X are probably the flagship Android phones at the moment.
The best value was the unlocked Galaxy Nexus for $349 (with Jelly Bean) from the Google store. That is, if you can find a carrier that charges less if you bring your own handset (vs buying a phone from them on subsidy). This also gets you out of contracts which is nice.


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The number of women dying from pregnancy and childbirth has dropped 47 percent since 1990. In a report by the United nations, maternal deaths had fallen to 287,000 in 2010, while in 1990, the UN estimated about 543,000 deaths. According to The New York Times, the decline was caused by an increase in contraceptive use, antiretroviral drugs for moms with AIDS and more birth supervised by medical professionals (nurses, doctors and midwives).
But these findings don't really reflect maternal deaths in the U.S. In the U.S., there were 21 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births. In fact, maternal deaths rose an average of 2.5 percent a year between 1990 and 2008. the U.S. also did not rank in the top tier when it came to maternal health, behind Western Europe, Canada and Australia.
What do you think of these findings? What are you doing to stay healthy during pregnancy?


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I *finally* saw Wall-E last night.I really really enjoyed it - definitely admin approved. (if that means anything to you, coming from someone who has a tendency to name his robots 'pikachu' . . .)
Im guessing you made that with a kit?
probably the coolest wall-e bot I've seen so farhttp://www.iirobotics.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=402&task=videodirectlink&id=389


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The LTE iPad Mini costs a pretty penny more than the Wi-Fi model. The Wi-Fi model costs $329, $429 and $529 for the 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB variants, respectively. Adding LTE boosts the price by $130, making the final price $459, $559 and $659 for the 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB models, respectively.
Since the iPad Mini is being sold at full retail price, consumers are not required to sign contracts with any of the wireless network operators selling it. Each has its own data offerings for the iPad Mini.
In addition to the wireless broadband feature, the LTE iPad Mini also adds GPS. This makes the iPad Mini with LTE a better navigation device. The Wi-Fi model relies only on hotspots for positioning data. The LTE model can use Wi-Fi, cellular and GPS networks to pinpoint its location.
If you're worried these features add bulk, don't be. The dimensions of the LTE iPad Mini are identical to the Wi-Fi model. The difference in weight is negligible: the Wi-Fi model weighs 0.68 pounds and the LTE+Wi-Fi model weighs 0.69 pounds.
[ Two thieves made off with 3,600 iPad Minis this week. See iPad Heist At JFK Highlights Mobile Tech Risks. ]
LTE availability should play a big role in your purchasing decision.
AT&T's LTE network covers about 150 million Americans in 103 markets. That will expand to 250 million by the end of 2013 and 300 million by the end of 2014. For now, AT&T's LTE covers the most essential markets around the country, but many smaller markets are not covered.
Sprint's LTE network is barely there. It has about three dozen markets up and running, and many of them are rural. Sprint's LTE market is expected to increase its coverage significantly beginning in 2013, but it will remain far behind its larger rivals for some time.
Verizon's LTE network is by far the largest. It covers 300 million Americans in more than 400 markets. In fact, Verizon will be done building its LTE 4G network by the middle of 2013 (about the same time T-Mobile USA begins to build its LTE network).
Keep in mind, all three offer approximate 3G networks, and the LTE iPad Mini will run on those 3G networks when LTE isn't available.
In addition to the LTE iPad Mini, the LTE-equipped version of the full-sized iPad also goes on sale Friday. It costs $629, $729 and $829 for the 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB models, respectively.


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KEXP Reviews
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2-CD set of B-sides, compilation tracks, outtakes and other rarities. Even in the Yo La Tengo junkpile, there's lots of gems to be found. 10/15/1996 - Don Yates
Other Yo La Tengo album reviews:
Stuff Like That There - 8/28/2015
Fade - 1/11/2013
Popular Songs - 8/25/2009
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Medical Shock
John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
Shock facts
- Shock is a life-threatening medical condition and is a medical emergency. If shock is suspected call 911 or get to an emergency department immediately.
- The main symptom of shock is low blood pressure. Other symptoms include rapid, shallow breathing; cold, clammy skin; rapid, weak pulse; dizziness, fainting, or weakness.
- There are several types of shock: septic shock caused by bacteria, anaphylactic shock caused by hypersensitivity or allergic reaction, cardiogenic shock from heart damage, hypovolemic shock from blood or fluid loss, and neurogenic shock from spinal cord trauma.
- Treatment for shock depends on the cause. Tests will determine the
cause and severity. Usually IV fluids are administered in addition to
medications that raise blood pressure.
- Septic shock is treated with antibiotics and fluids.
- Anaphylactic shock is treated with diphenhydramine (Benadryl), epinephrine (an "Epi-pen"), and steroid medications (solu-medrol).
- Cardiogenic shock is treated by identifying and treating the underlying cause.
- Hypovolemic shock is treated with fluids (saline) in minor cases, and blood transfusions in severe cases.
- Neurogenic shock is the most difficult to treat as spinal cord damage is often irreversible. Immobilization, anti-inflammatories such as steroids and surgery are the main treatments.
- Shock prevention includes learning ways to prevent heart disease, injuries, dehydration and other causes of shock.
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Cream-Filled Cupcakes Recipe
- 1 package devil's food cake mix (regular size)
- 2 teaspoons hot water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- Prepare and bake cake batter according to package directions, using paper-lined muffin cups. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For filling, in a small bowl, combine water and salt until salt is dissolved. Cool. In a small bowl, beat the marshmallow creme, shortening, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy; beat in the salt mixture.
- Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert round pastry tip. Fill the bag with cream filling. Push the tip through the bottom of paper liner to fill each cupcake.
- Place chocolate chips in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool, stirring occasionally, to room temperature or until ganache reaches a dipping consistency.
- Dip cupcake tops in ganache; chill for 20 minutes or until set. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 2 dozen.
Reviews forCream-Filled Cupcakes
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"Works great just like it is. Didn't adjust a thing, but only made 20. Just went a little overboard with the batter."
"I used butter instead of shortening it was amazing I had a lot left over so I used it for the frosting as well. I probably could have put more inside the cupcake but it was my first time so I was a little unsure. I also made a chocolate ganache for the top as well for some again amazing. Will definitely keep this recipe"
"Not all that impressed. I was hoping for a more marshmallow flavor in the filling. Ganache was runny"
"They are so good and so easy. My husband loves them. I used butter instead of shortening for the filling and they turned out great."
"I have made these many times."
"the best cupcakes in the world. i have never made the frosting on receipe. i use 1 stick butter 2 cups choc chips,warm it on stove till melted then let cool. holy yum. its the kids fav"
"Filling recipe is horrible. It tastes like pure shortening. I even added extra powdered sugar."
"The recipe states to fill through the bottom, but you just stab through the top. Someone asked for a tip with the ganache, here's what I did. I followed the recipe up until it said to "allow" it to cool. Well, I had no time to wait, so I filled a large bowl with ice-water, put the ganache in a Pyrex measuring cup, and then put the glass cup inside the ice filled bowl, and whisked away. It took about 5 minutes of whisking, but it got a wonderful spreading consistency, almost like a thick sour cream texture. I just took a spoon and plotched it on the cupcakes and spread it around! I think the extra whipping I did also made it more fluffy, which was great! Hubby and kids chowed on them and said "don't wait so long to make those again!""
"Sorry, I was looking at another filling when I asked this question."