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The following results are courtesy of Eric J. Calcara and PWInsider.com:
First, there was a dark match between Goldust and Dos Caras Jr. Goldust won.
Next up, was NXT. You know what happened there.
There was one match taped for Superstars. The Hart Dynasty faced the Dudebusters.
Smackdown began with Kofi Kingston defeating Chris Jericho.
Next, Chavo Guerrero ran his mouth off for awhile before getting chokeslammed by Kane.
Next, John Morrison came out. Cody Rhodes came out, and he actually beat John Morrison.
Next, Edge came out and thanked the fans, told them that he loved them, and said that he would miss them on Smackdown. Christian came out and told Edge that he was saying a bunch of crap and called him a liar. Christian was getting booed until Edge admitted that Christian was right – that he hated the fans, that he used them, and that he couldn't wait to get off the show. And so the Edge heel turn was complete. He clocked Christian, but then missed a spear, allowing Christian to get the upper hand. A brawl ensued, which forced Edge out of the ring. Christian led the crowd in singing the "Goodbye" song to Edge as he exited up the ramp.
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Red Sox Foundation RBI teams playing in tournament
By Jacob Thorpe / MLB.com
SEATTLE -- Forty Boston teens and coaches from the Red Sox Foundation's Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) will fly to New York on Wednesday, courtesy of JetBlue, the official airline of the Boston Red Sox.
There they will compete in Major League Baseball's Northeast Regional RBI qualifying tournament, a four-day event where the teens will compete for the chance to participate in the World Series championship tournaments in Minnesota along with the winners from eight other regions.
The Boston contingent includes a girls softball team with players aged 13-18, and a boys junior baseball team with players aged 13-15.
The foundation provides children and teens in the inner city a chance to play organized baseball, with an emphasis on promoting healthy choices and life skills. Uniforms for the organization's 29 teams are provided by Wise Snacks and Poland Spring.
Farrell: Aceves wasn't removed because of injury
SEATTLE -- Before Tuesday night's 11-8 win over the Mariners, manager John Farrell mentioned that the Red Sox would count on Alfredo Aceves to get them through long-relief situations, saying that with him and callup Brandon Workman, the organization was "one pitcher short from a traditional 12, but we feel like we've got plenty to get through."
But when starter Allen Webster got shelled for seven runs in the first 2 1/3 innings, Aceves lasted only two-thirds of an inning, finishing out the third but wincing noticeably as he left the mound.
Farrell denied that Aceves' discomfort was a sign of injury.
"Where we were in the lineup, it felt like we needed to show a left-hander to slow them down," said Farrell. "There was a feeling of tightness on his left side, but … he wanted to continue. But I was just trying to slow the left-handers down."
If Aceves is able to finish the road trip, it would be a big boon for the Red Sox. Boston's bullpen depth has been tested in consecutive games against Seattle, as starters Jon Lester and Webster have lasted five and 2 1/3 innings, respectively.
Bradley promoted to provide outfield depth
SEATTLE -- With injuries piling up in the outfield, the Red Sox have called for reinforcements. Jackie Bradley Jr., the team's No. 2 prospect according to MLB.com, was recalled to play center field while Jacoby Ellsbury recovers from a left wrist injury, joining the team in time to start Tuesday night against Seattle.
On Monday, Daniel Nava manned center and appeared to struggle with some fly balls hit over his head. With Bradley's arrival, Nava was able to move back to his more natural left field position.
Shane Victorino started in right field on Tuesday, still recovering from a sore left hamstring that sidelined him for two games.
"If either one of the two were operating at 100 percent, we probably wouldn't have made the move," manager John Farrell said. "But the fact is they're not, and we need that guy."
To make room for Bradley, reliever Jose De La Torre was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.
Bradley struggled during his first Major League stint. In 19 games over April, May and June, the 23-year old hit .154 with one home run. He has been stellar, however, in the International League with a slash line of .297/.393/.530 in 45 games.
"I'm feeling really well," Bradley said. "[I'm] seeing pitches that I can handle and putting good swings on them and just being consistent with my swing. The timing is there and everything has been going pretty good."
With four-hit night, Papi ties all-time DH record
SEATTLE -- On a night where David Ortiz hit two doubles and a home run, a lone single in the eighth inning seemed fairly innocuous. But with his son D'Angelo watching from the stands, that single gave Ortiz 1,688 career hits, tying Harold Baines for the most by a designated hitter.
"Just an outstanding career. He continues to get better with age," manager John Farrell said. "Despite the 15 games missed, you look at the total numbers amassed so far, it's a lot of power, a lot of key spots for us. He might be setting the bar for the position itself."
Ortiz entered the series with Seattle needing six hits to tie the record. He wasted no time, achieving the feat in only eight plate appearances.
"I'm getting old, man," said the 37-year old Ortiz. "You've got to play for awhile to put numbers together. I don't really think about it right now, just trying to go through the motions and produce for this ballclub and win some ballgames."
Workman called up to help taxed bullpen
SEATTLE -- Brandon Workman got called up to the big leagues on Tuesday, albeit in a different role than he's accustomed to. The righty will bolster Boston's bullpen, despite not having been used as a reliever since his undergraduate days at the University of Texas.
The Red Sox received a couple of hits to their bullpen depth recently. Jose De La Torre, who threw 50 pitches over 1 2/3 frames in the club's 11-4 loss Monday, was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday to make room for callup Jackie Bradley Jr., while Alex Wilson was put on the 15-day disabled list as a result of an injury sustained in Monday's loss to Seattle.
"Last night in the second inning of work for Wilson, he felt a little bit of a grabbing or popping sensation in the right thumb and we've got to get him back to Boston to get re-examined," manager John Farrell said. "And this might require some down time for him and that's why he's going to go on the disabled list."
Workman, Boston's second-round pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, has excelled in Pawtucket as a starter and is the organization's No. 12 prospect according to MLB.com. The 24-year-old went 3-1 with a 2.80 ERA in six appearances, while striking out 34 batters in 35 1/3 innings.
The ability to pitch multiple innings was a key factor in the decision to call up Workman, said Farrell. The rookie will be counted upon to eat up innings to ease the pressure on Boston's depleted bullpen.
"We have multiple inning guys in both [Workman and Alfredo Aceves]," Farrell said. "Obviously Alfredo may be a little more durable just because he's been in the [starting] role back and forth a couple of times, but unfortunately, the tentative nature of the position player side of it has us one pitcher short from a traditional 12, but we feel like we've got plenty to get through."
Farrell added that it is not uncommon to give future starters some experience in the bullpen as a way of easing the transition to life in the Major Leagues.
Worth noting
• David Ortiz needs only four hits to tie Harold Baines for the most ever by a designated hitter. Baines' record is 1,688.
• Dustin Pedroia is second in the American League with a .320 batting average.
Jacob Thorpe 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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Small, like a table top radio
Midband a bit constrained
More like a table top radio sound wise, which can be found cheaper
Never stressed
Not quite 2 separate speakers
A little bit big
Actually ordered one A7!
Small, like a table top radio
Midband a bit constrained
More like a table top radio sound wise, which can be found cheaper
Never stressed
Not quite 2 separate speakers
A little bit big
Actually ordered one A7!
Do you reckon this to be Hi-Fi ?
Will actually stream my 30 classic CD's.
Will probably get an iMac as the streaming hub. With iTunes 11 all pieces will fall into place.
Do you reckon this to be Hi-Fi ?
I'll tell you later this week. I am going to be trying out a couple of 'next system' ideas including the A7.
WHF seems to rate A7 as the current Airplay leader.
Have also auditioned the B&O (even more expensive) Airplay. Not quite as impressive as the A7, B&O did sound very class D.
IMO the A7 has a very natural sound. Does not sound digital at all.
Have also auditioned Focal Bird 2.1, the sound was uneven. Some passages of the music did fit great while others not. Also, at low volume level, the very tiny left/right speakers did not impress.
Design wise, I believe the A7 hints to old Klipsch speakers (although not equal in size).
Online review:
Online review:
Their reviewer didn't find the mini Toslink connection. (It doubles up with the analogue 3.5mm input.)
Interested in what you're thinking of for your next system ideas Chebby?
As you'll know from chats on other threads about the MCR603, I'm looking at this area myself. I love B&W sound, and still like my ancient DM601 speakers, but I can't help thinking £700 is a lot of money for what is, essentially, an airplay speaker with a couple of aux input.
I need something with a network streaming option because I can't fit much of my lossless collection on my iPhone for beaming across, and buying a nettop or something to stream my main collection from a NAS would only add to the A7's cost.
I like the look of the Denon Ceol from that point of view, and wonder how something like Ceol+Q Acoustics 2020i would compare to the A7 in terms of sound.
All very interesting anyway. May trial the A7 just to see.
Carried the box home yesterday. Felt reassuringly heavy. Our home is being rebuilt, will unpack it in a weeks time. Have installed iTunes 11 and are ripping classic CD's in the meantime.
Just got it working!
Not for the inexperienced computer user!
Had to
* reset the A7 like 7 times, really
* try both with a computer and iPad to register the A7 on the home network
* re configure the firewall, otherwise error message -15000, really
I had this for about a week:
Sold it for 2 reasons:
1) Sound kept dropping even when connected via Ethernet to the router.
2) Didn't want to get stuck with AirPlay which is Apple proprietary. This has allowed me to not get restricted with iDevices only in the future.
Chopin in CD quality, perfect for a Friday evening!
Airplay wasn't as easy as I'd thought.
Do you like the sound NHL ?
Some people don't hear it but IMO there's a big difference between the A5 and the A7. The A7 should be better (more expensive) and it is.
@cypher: the sound is very dynamic, not the most forward speakers, more balanced. Makes a good complement to the Rega combination in the living room. The A7 is the one to go for, skip the A5.
One more setup thing: if using a guest network, then communication between devices has to be enabled, otherwise the device pairing will get stuck (no error message, of course).


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D-Day is 90 mins away. How amazing is it that it is on Canada Day!?!?! It is 10:30 pm here on the East coast and things are looking more muddy by the minute. 3 deals are "Offically Breaking"... and they all involve Chris Bosh. WHA?!?! Way to go guys, great journalism. Chicago (The band sucks) is now offering Deng, and a sources says it is offical! One problem, another source is saying Bosh will be wearing shorts and sun block on the South Beach strip come this fall. Now get on this, only one rumour is up on NBA.com; "BOSH TO LAKERS???!?!?!?!?!?!?!" What is going on?!?!?! Will Bosh be in Hollyweird or not?!?! If he is, he can finally live out his dream of being a self-centered show monkey! And we get Odom or Bynum or both. Tell you what, throw in Kim Kardashin and you have a deal LA. Better yet, throw in Phil Jackson and a side of fries!
Peace and Love To All, see you on the other side of July 1!


text: 100 Years Ago – April 19, 1912 NOXAPATER: Mrs. W. W. Hickman and Mrs. C. C. McNeel were called to Meridian last week by the illness of their sister, Mrs. McDonald. – Quite a lot of rain has fallen this week which hinders the farm work considerably. – Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boswell of Plattsburg are visiting the latter's father, Mr. R. J. Boswell. LOUISVILLE: We extend sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Authur Childs upon the death of their sweet baby girl who died on last Monday at their home just north of town, from pneumonia. – Little Dorthy Fair had the misfortune to fall and break her arm yesterday. – About the most discussed subject now, not barring the sinking of the Titantic, is the road question. Someone better get busy and fill up some of the bad holes during every spell of good weather, even though the spell is short. 75 Years Ago – April 16, 1937 LOUISVILLE: Mr. and Mrs. Everett King have moved to Tupelo, where Mr. King has a good position. – D. L. Fant returned Wednesday from the hospital in Laurel, where he had his tonsils removed. – Mrs. Carrie N. Herring, home demonstration agent, is attending an Electric Cooking School in Meridian this week. – Friends of Hubert Moody will join the Journal on congratulating him upon his promotion with the big Day and Woolworth Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Ky. He has been promoted several times, and he was voted unanimously by the Company to office supervisor. Mrs. Houston Dempsey this week moved her Millinery and ready-to-wear business from the Masonic building on Main Street to the north room of the Theater building, formerly used as the picture show office, where she invite the ladies to call on her. NOXAPATER: Mrs. Birdie Hickman has been appointed Librarian here at the Noxapater unit of the county library. – We welcome Mr. and Mr. Julian Burrage who recently moved here from Shuqualak and have apartments with Mrs. A. S. Thomas. – Dr. H. B. Watkins left Monday morning for Hot Springs, Ark., where he goes for treatment. – Mrs. Sula McNeel of Louisville was a Sunday guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Holman. DEATHS: Mrs. Laura Holmes, 92, died at her home in Corpus Christ, Texas this week. She was a native of Winston county but had been in Texas for many years. – Mr. James A. Tubb, 60, dropped dead from heart failure on Monday afternoon, April 12th at the home of his sister, Mrs. Annie Sanders, one mile west of the city. – We sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Cockrell, in the death of their little 6 years old son Charlie, who died in Meridian hospital Wednesday following burns received at his home at Poplar Flat Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Nowell of Rocky Hill enjoyed the happy privilege of having many of their relatives and friends celebrate Mr. Nowell's 53rd birthday Sunday, April 11.


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The other side of Iraq
Bassam al Antari-Albawaba.com
Six months of the American occupation in Iraq passed, and Iraqis described their capital city of Baghdad as a relatively safe Island surrounded by a chaotic Iraqi sea.
Activities start in Baghdad at sunrise and its streets become overcrowded with people and traffic. Around sunset and when the heat, which reaches climax at noon subsides, souks (markets) become overcrowded with people who go there for shopping.
But when night comes, people start to desert Baghdad's streets, which become gradually an arena for chasing thieves and criminal rings by the Iraqi police. Very often explosions and shootings are heard at night in Baghdad and people know that these are not caused by chasing thieves and criminals but rather due to attacks launched by the Iraqi resistance against the US forces.
The Arab and international media published horrible scenes from Baghdad in the first days following the fall of the former regime.
Looters were everywhere and robbing became a profession for those who have never stolen anything before. While killing and rape became a normal thing out of revenge, other people committed such crimes in order to become rich very quickly.
Amid such horrible circumstances, going out has become a dangerous adventure that no Iraqi would dare to do, except for emergency purposes. The US soldiers patrolled the streets while inside their tanks and armored vehicles without giving any attention to what was going on around them as the orders for them during that period were to occupy the country rather than to provide security.
But now, the situation has dramatically changed, according to an Iraqi National Accord (INA) senior official who reiterated that the security chaos has subsided and life in the eight million people city is coming back to normal.
"The crime rate has drastically declined as compared to the past months. All crimes including car thefts, home property thefts, attacks and kidnapping have decreased as clearly felt by the Iraqi citizens," said Ibrahim al Janabi, secretary general of the INA headed by the present head of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) Eyad Allawi.
Speaking to Albawaba from his office in Baghdad, Janabi, however, admitted that the incidents that are not declining are those related to the attacks launched by what is called "resistance" against the American forces and the American backed interim administration Iraqi officials.
Janabi does give such incidents, which he describes as "being masterminded by terror groups and Saddam advocates much consideration," reiterating that the American forces can deal with them effectively. Instead, Janabi elaborates on what he termed as the ongoing positive developments in Baghdad, particularly in the education and health sectors.
"The educational process has come back to normal with students going back to schools, colleges and universities. These educational institutions have been rehabilitated as far as the buildings and furniture are concerned," said Janabi.
Pictures of the toppled president Saddam Hussein have disappeared from books and walls of lecture halls. His slogans and instructions which the students throughout Iraq used to memorize have also been eliminated in addition to a large number of teachers who were Baath party members were laid off. This, however, has led to a shortage in the educational staff in the country as expected.
Moreover, many Iraqi schools have been revamped in order to get rid of the devastated conditions of such schools due to long years of wars and negligence.
As far as hospitals are concerned, Janabi said, "these have also been significantly rehabilitated. According to him, the Ministry of Health has made all possible efforts to restore the main and specialty hospitals to normal conditions. "Very soon everything in these hospitals will come back to normal," he said.
As for the daily life in Baghdad, Janabi said it is normal, inviting all those watching the satellite channels to go there and see by themselves how exaggerated and distorted the news reports. "Come to Baghdad to see the number of cars on the overcrowded streets and you will not believe that this is the same city you see and hear about on the television," said the INA secretary general. He added, "it is true that there are attacks here and there but these won't affect current public life."
Janabi went on to say that "people rush in the morning for their jobs, schools and overcrowded souks which have become overcrowded with the holy month of Ramadan nearing. Life has become normal but you people outside Iraq see and hear about some exaggerated incidents that do not depict the status quo in the capital.
Janabi cited an example of the current normal life in Baghdad. He said when he was passing at 2130 hours last night in al Karadeh neighborhood he saw parents and their children sitting in cafes and restaurants. He added the situation was normal without anything suggesting the impression made about what is going on in our capital.
On another note, Janabi reported that the number of the American tanks which used to fill Baghdad's streets is now on the decrease. "The coalition forces are not on the streets as before as they have withdrawn to their camps outside the city. The Iraqi police are now looking after the public security and should the need arise for help the American forces intervene but these are exceptional case," said Janabi.
Safe haven amid sea of chaos
A citizen from al Bayya' neighborhood in Baghdad provided some details about the daily life in the Iraqi capital, to where he returned about one month after the collapse of Saddam's regime. "Everything was devastated and now everything is returning to normal except security," said Asa'd al Husseini.
He told Albawaba, while on a visit to the Jordanian capital Amman to conclude a commercial deal on behalf of an Iraqi company, "Baghdad was in chaos and the people there were terrorized but now we have started to feel some convenience which does not exist at night."
He added, "few people go to their jobs while others put their goods on the pavements to sell. However people are still scared of sudden robbery or an attack that might turn everything into big chaos with the American forces firing on anything moving."
On another note, Husseini said Iraqis try these days to avoid friction with each other as almost everybody carries a pistol. He added any anger or squabble might turn into a shooting battle.
Continuous escort for women and children
Iraqi women have recently appeared on the streets but mostly accompanied by either their brothers or fathers as the danger of being kidnapped and raped is still there. "I was delighted to see women on the streets even if their numbers are not so large for security reasons. It is very difficult for an Iraqi woman to go out alone and she has to be escorted by either her brother or father to ensure her safety," said Husseini.
A relatively safe Island
There is shortage of potable water and electricity and there are problems in telecommunications and some sort of a voluntary curfew at night in Baghdad. Despite this, Husseini, who traveled more than one thousand kilometers until he reached the borders with Jordan, said Baghdad is like an Island surrounded by a sea of violent waves.
"Last time when I returned to Iraq I found Iraqi customs and other officials on the Iraqi side of the borders with Jordan which made me feel comfortable. Previously when the Americans were in that place we did not feel comfortable because we do not know their language," said Husseini.
He added, "the Iraqi border officials, although their appearance has changed, their conduct is still like before as many of them receive bribes and no papers can be finalized without putting some dollars in their pockets."
He went on to say that throughout the desert highway to Baghdad, "we never dared to stop for anybody on the road as we used to be afraid of thugs who do not only rob but also enjoy killing travelers. However not stopping at the US or Iraqi police checkposts also poses a deadly adventure. Arrival in Baghdad resembles arriving to a safe haven for travelers from Amman to the Iraqi capital. The highways are either controlled by the US forces or criminal rings."
Last week four Jordanians were killed at an American check post near Baghdad. A probe is currently being set in the incident in order to know who was responsible for the tragedy and whether the US soldiers shot at the victims' car before it collided with one of the tanks at the check point. However, those who died are considered by Iraqis as strangers who are always exposed to death any moment inside Baghdad. Many people in Baghdad hate strangers as a Jordanian driver described the situation.
The driver who spoke on condition of anonymity said "Jordanians, Palestinians and Syrians are on the top of the list followed by Europeans and rest of foreigners." He added that Baghdad inhabitants call these people as strangers and do not want to deal with them and particularly the Arabs. According to the driver, there are many reasons behind this phenomenon including the accusation by the Iraqis that Arabs supported the toppled regime. The Arab volunteers who fought with the Iraqi forces against the American invasion of Iraq are now labeled by the Iraqis as "terrorists." The driver said he had to use the telephone at an Iraqi shop and when he finished his call, the shopkeeper asked him whether he was a Jordanian. When the driver answered yes, the shopkeeper asked him to leave immediately, otherwise he would be killed.
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In Fallujah, which is the heart of the "Sunni triangle" north of Baghdad, the situation is different. The city embraces in addition to the former Baath party members the Arab fighters labeled as Mujahideen.
The Americans are the best ones who recognize the resistance traits of the people of Fallujah and so they avoid entering the city as much as possible. The US tanks and vehicles are usually seen patrolling only the highways surrounding the city.
Mohsen Abu Ammar who has recently left Fallujah to live in Baghdad described his hometown saying, "it becomes a ghost town at night but during the daytime it is a calm and peaceful city. This is something unbelievable." He added that on the days that have preceded his departure from Falluijah, the US forces suffered big losses as a result of the attacks launched by the resistance fighters who are highly appreciated by the people in the city. Following these attacks, Abu Ammar says, his life became intolerable particularly in view of the fact that his family lives in the city suburb.
"There is constant shelling and non stop shooting, the fact that has led to the destruction of our house. Some fighters took refuge in our house after being chased by the Iraqi police and American forces. We requested the fighters to leave us alone and look for another refuge but they did not respond and even threatened to kill us if we did not keep silent," added Abu Ammar.
He concluded that "during the daytime you see people smiling on the streets, children playing and women walking freely without feeling any danger. Nobody feels the country is in a state of war but after sunset everything changes and the city becomes a ghost town." "People can hardly sleep at night due to the noise of explosions and shooting. The Americans take advantage of this situation and storm neighborhoods to arrest persons they claim they have attacked the soldiers. The situation at night is intolerable and when the people wake up in the morning, signs of exhaustion and lack of sleep appears on their eyes," said the Iraqi citizen.
© 2003 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
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Grimshaw gets degree result on air
Nick Grimshaw was apparently left red-faced when he found out he had failed his degree live on air.
The radio star studied communications and business at Liverpool University 11 years ago but never attended his graduation ceremony and had no idea how he had done, reported the Daily Star.
But this week he was joined on his breakfast show by Educating Yorkshire star Matthew Burton for a mock graduation ceremony, where it was revealed that he had been given an "unclassified" result.
It seems Nick, 29 - who dressed up in a gown and mortarboard for his unofficial graduation - didn't get enough credits to get his full degree.
The stunned star said: "I went to all the lectures! I bought all the books! They're b****y expensive."
However, Mr Burton did present the star with an Undergraduate Diploma in Higher Education.
Nick said: "I think I'd rather fail it, the only person that's going to be mad about this is my dad, he's going to be like genuinely furious, he's going to be so annoyed."
But despite his result, Nick later seemed to see the bright side of the situation, tweeting: "YAY i finaly graduated! and with Mr Burton!!"


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Martin walks off Pirates in 14, extends streak to nine
PITTSBURGH -- A long day's journey into "nine" ended Sunday with pinch-hitter Russell Martin's 14th-inning single giving the Pirates a 2-1 win over Milwaukee to extend their winning streak to nine games.
The Pirates' ninth consecutive win, celebrated in front of a sizable portion of the crowd of 35,351 that waited out a 2-hour and 20-minute storm at PNC Park, improved their record to 51-30 at the midway point of the season.Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- A long day's journey into "nine" ended Sunday with pinch-hitter Russell Martin's 14th-inning single giving the Pirates a 2-1 win over Milwaukee to extend their winning streak to nine games.
The Pirates' ninth consecutive win, celebrated in front of a sizable portion of the crowd of 35,351 that waited out a 2-hour and 20-minute storm at PNC Park, improved their record to 51-30 at the midway point of the season.Full Game Coverage
It also doubled the Bucs' National League Central lead over the St. Louis Cardinals to two games.
Martin's heroics off the bench were an encore to the way he had come to the rescue the last time he'd sat out a start, the previous Sunday in Anaheim. On that occasion, Martin's pinch-single keyed the Pirates' three-run tying rally in the ninth, and his single in the 10th drove in the winning run of an eventual 10-9 decision over the Angels.
"I don't know if I'm getting used to it, but I'm enjoying it for sure," Martin said in a locker room of exhausted, but elated Pirates.
An improbably glorious season reached the midway point with the most improbable win yet in game No. 81, as six Pittsburgh relievers blanked the Brewers on two hits across the last 12 innings after the second-inning thunderstorm had ended starter Charlie Morton's day prematurely.
"A truly incredible job from everyone out there," manager Clint Hurdle said, repeatedly shaking his head for emphasis.
"Their pitching is outstanding," Milwaukee skipper Ron Roenicke said, joining the chorus." I see why their ERAs are where they are, because every guy out of the bullpen has good stuff. It's located well. They have off-speed stuff, fastballs, their pitching staff is really good."
Vin Mazzaro was first through the gate with five perfect innings, and winner Tony Watson brought up the rear with three more perfect frames. Justin Wilson, Bryan Morris, Mark Melancon and Jason Grilli each went an inning in-between.
The next man out of the bullpen, had there been a 15th inning, would have been Jeff Locke -- Tuesday's scheduled starter against Philadelphia who, as it is, was scratched from that assignment because he did warm up Sunday.
"I knew I was the last guy down there," said Watson, who went three innings for only the second time in his 145-game career, the first time since July 23, 2011. "I was just trying to keep Jeff Locke out of the game. Just wanted to give our team a chance, and Russ came through for us."
Martin's dribbled single up the middle off Francisco Rodriguez scored Gaby Sanchez, who had led off with a single deep into the second-base hole then got into scoring position with his first stolen base since May 6, 2012.
Sanchez does his normal damage with the bat, but that course was denied him in the seventh by Brewers left fielder Logan Schafer, who soared far above the fence to keep his drive out of the seats.
"Did that finish make up for that? No," Sanchez said, grinning. "Well, except for the fact we won anyway. That did make it all right."
This was the Bucs' third win in games from which its starter was forced out, by injury or by weather, before the completion of the third inning.
Silenced to that point on two fifth-inning hits, the Pirates had rallied to a 1-1 tie in the eighth against the third man out of Milwaukee's bullpen.
But this was not their classic rope-a-dope production. For a long time after Brewers starter Kyle Lohse had joined Morton on the outs, the Bucs were kept on the ropes by Tyler Thornburg, a righty fresh off Milwaukee's Minor League shuttle.
After they were blanked by Thornburg for five innings, the Pirates sprang to life in the eighth against Jim Henderson.
With one out, Starling Marte was credited with an infield single on his grounder off shortstop Jean Segura. When Marte took second on Neil Walker's groundout, Roenicke had a decision: pitch to Andrew McCutchen, or put him on the empty first base and have the right-handed Henderson take his chances with Garrett Jones, a dangerous left-handed hitter.
The Brewers decided to go after McCutchen, and he made them pay with a laser single to left to tie the game.
Thornburg went five innings, blanked the Pirates on two hits while fanning four and walking one, and had to convince eyewitnesses that he was the same guy who had arrived Sunday morning from Triple-A Nashville with a record of 0-9 and 5.79 ERA.
Mazzaro's efficiency -- he got 10 of his 15 outs on three pitches or fewer -- persuaded Hurdle into a most unusual non-move: after Clint Barmes broke up the Brewers' combined no-hitter with a two-out double in the fifth, Mazzaro was allowed to bat, even with the potential tying run standing on second.
The pitcher responded with a hard-hit single to right -- although it did not result in scoring, with Barmes held at third before Marte lined out to end the inning. And Mazzaro further endorsed the decision by going ahead to retire six more consecutive batters.
In a cruel twist, Barmes made his first start at shortstop in two weeks and not only muffed the first grounder hit to him, but had to watch it instantly turn into an unearned run.
With one out in the second, Barmes erred on a grounder by Yuniesky Betancourt, who subsequently took third on a single by Martin Maldonado and scored as Schafer laid down a safety-squeeze bunt.
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I have this theory - supported by the results of some friends - that perhaps training plans do not make much of a difference. The runner you are and will be is possibly already set. I am curious to hear from anyone who has a specific improvement they attirubute to a specific training plan.
Full disclosure - I have never really followed a training plan. I sort of followed Hanson for marathon #3 but then an injury took speedwork out so I didn't really follow the plan. My "plan" if you will, has been to run a lot.
But my orthopedist is a Higdon believer. From his debut to his latest, his times have been 3:40 - 3:10. He followed a modified Hanson for his PR of 3:05.
My training partner only entered a marathon at my urging and only sort of following Higdon. Despite her inability to beat me in a 5k, she ran twenty minutes faster than my marathon PR.
So I am left to wonder - how much does a training plan matter? Would Stacey or Bill have run faster with Pfitz or Hudson or did they have a special something that no plan can quanitfy?
And what does that leave the rest of us when attempting to determine which plan is best?
IMO, some people just like structure applied to their running. There are some people who, without a training plan, may otherwise run too much or too little in preparation for a particular race. As far as a training plan being necessary to succeed in a race, I don't buy that. They make a difference to the person because it appeals to them. The plan, in and of itself, is not crucial.
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Hmmmmm. I don't use a plan, but I don't do really long races anymore. The two HM's I did last year, I did off of my plan-less 5K training.
I do think that running success (defining it as in, improvement in time, or a PR, even though success can be defined many different ways) happens when you do plenty of miles to support the race you're racing, you have in there some strength type work, like hills, and you have in there speedwork that helps prepare you for a specific distance. I don't necessarily think it's "the plan" that makes the improvement happen, I think it's simply that set of factors being present.
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Training plans definitely make a different. The issue is finding the right one for you. That isn't always the one you're most comfortable with nor does improvement using a plan always mean that plan is the best for you. While I firmly believe that and can point to some interesting results from my HS coaching days to support that, hard proof is difficult to obtain because you're aren't working in a laboratory situation where you can recreate the exact same beginning conditions and try using a different method.
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How you train does matter. Everyone has a ceiling, but not everyone is able to approach it.
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I don't think I could ever reach my running goals without a plan. I need quality workouts, not just volume, to be able to run at the paces I'm striving for. Because I'm not a coach, I'd have no clue how to build a plan that increases intensity and takes advantage of the physiological changes that prior runs have created.
As for choosing the right plan, that has just been trial and error for me. I started with Higdon, moved to Daniels, and now am on Hudson. So far, the Hudson plan has kept me feeling the strongest of the three, but my race results will obviously be more telling.
As for the runner I could be being predetermined, I agree with Scrape. that I do have a ceiling. I'd never come close to that without the aid of a plan and dedicated training, in my opinion.
Pretty much what I think as well. I also do think that most serious plans will have very similar results in the end, despite the small differences they may have among themselves. I think it comes down to finding something that fits our personality, schedule, prefered type of running, etc...
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Pretty much what I think as well. I also do think that most serious plans will have very similar results in the end, despite the small differences they may have among themselves. I think it comes down to finding something that fits our personality, schedule, prefered type of running, etc...
So far I am very happy without a plan, just lots of running, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. But I know that I will reach a point where I will need a plan or a coach to keep improving. Until then I'm just going to enjoy the miles and the noob gains
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I think that the issue is that how well you do in a marathon is going to be about 80% determined by your level of aerobic fitness going into training and your genetic factors, not the training plan you pick. Although the plan you pick will certainly influence how prepared you are, and how much you are able to build your fitness over the course of the 12-24 weeks before the marathon, you can only do so much during that time. Someone with a very high level of aerobic fitness can do a beginner Higdon plan and still do better than someone who has a much lower level of aerobic fitness starting a more well-respected plan like Pfitzinger 18/55.
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Success is more likely to come based on the aerobic fitness you build over the 12-24 months before the marathon. The plan can still make a big difference. The plan probably makes a greater difference the shorter the race for which you are training.
George basically circles it back to my inherent internal crisis - after a point does it really matter? I've run high mileage, although my speedwork is admittedly flightly, for a very very long time. OTOH, the girl who has run with me for years but barely runs beyond our long runs that she frequently bails on, ran a 3:52 in her first marathon on very little training this weekend. If you went based purely on the miles - and even on the speedwork since she had never heard of such things before we started training together - one would have given me the advantage. Yet, she ran a spectacular race far beyond anything I could aspire to. When someone succeeds or fails to succeed, is it training or is it something else?
And this is not to dis my friend so much to wallow in my own mediocrity...
The term "training plan" is ambiguous and means different things to different people. Some people's plans boil down to "run lots, mostly easy, sometimes fast". Others have, shall we say, significantly more detail.
So it is a strangely hard to answer question. Really comes down to the person.
(and honestly, "did it make a difference" is also kind of a loaded question.)
In 1999 a friend wrote us a marathon plan on his own, and I still dust it off from time to time and try to hit the weeky mileage at a minimum plus the long runs. In August I may re-vise it. It worked for me as far as being able to predict my times. Now that I am older I understand that I need to ensure it does what I need.
Yes, sorry, this is the point I meant to make-- that the training plan will have an effect, but the most important factor to marathon success is your aerobic fitness before you even start training. Reading over what I wrote it's not that clear.


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Friday, December 09, 2011 - Jakub and Honza - Screen Test - FULL CONTACT
Jakub and Honza - Screen Test - FULL CONTACT
Jakub Nakuda is a very cute newcomer. We wanted to do a screentest with him, and paired him with another very hot guy Honza Forst. Things start with Honza, briefly, interviewing Jakub before starting to kiss him. As they kiss Honza's hand dips into Jakub's briefs. Jakub's undies are removed to reveal that his cock is already very hard. Honza takes hold of it and wanks it while he kisses Jakub's nipples. Then he starts to suck on the hard cock, his mouth working up and down. Jakub reciprocate, removing Honza's underwear and taking his large cock in his mouth. Jakub suck, very well, on Honza's cock while his own dick is standing to attention. He licks the balls and up and down the cock, then starts sucking it again. It feels so good to Honza and he starts to fuck Jakub's face. Jakub seems to love Honza's cock, sucking it deep into his mouth, really working it well. The guys then kiss before Honza presents his ass to Jakub for some rimming. Honza looks great as he lays there, with his hairy legs in full view as Jakub rims. Then the guys move and Honza gets a taste of Jakub's ass too. He licks at the hole before sucking Jakub's cock again. Then he starts to finger Jakub's hole and we hear moaning as the finger slides in an out. Honza finger fucks the hole and sucks on Jakub's cock as he does so. He really stretches that tight hole, by sliding two fingers deep inside, before he gets up on his knees and fucks his cock deep in Jakub's ass. He fucks real well, his dick going all the way in before pulling out some and back in again. Then as he fucks Honza leans over and kisses Jakub, fucking even faster as his lips me Jakub's. Next they move to a spoon position as Honza continues to fuck and Jakub turns his head so that they can kiss while the cock is deep in his ass. Another change of position sees Honza on his knees again and Jakub on his side, legs tucked up so that Honza has easy access to his ass. His cock really pounds into Jakub's ass, and he is taking it really well. Jakub then sits on Honza's cock and rides it while wanking himself. Then Honza starts fucking upwards into that ass and is soon ready to blow. He quickly moves up to Jakub's face and shoots a nice big load all over his face, then pushes his sticky cock into Jakub's mouth for some cleaning before leaning over and kissing him. What a great scene, and Jakub certainly passed his screentest with ease. Both guys were wonderful.
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Jakub Nakuda is a really sweet guy who we moved very quickly to get into some action. In this Helping Hand Jakub starts by rubbing his body through his clothes and then he removes his shoes. Kneeling on the bed, with his back to the camera, Jakub then removes his tee-shirt and rubs his ass, suggestively. The helping hand arrives and starts to feel Jakub's ass and caress his back. The hand squeezes Jakub's ass and dips his hand into the jeans, to get a better feel. The jeans are quickly removed and we see that Jakub is already hard. He turns over to lay on his front and the hands start to oil his body, paying particular attention to a very sexy ass. Then Jakub is given a shoulder massage before the hands move back down to the ass. Jakub feels a hand slip under him and it pulls his hard cock back so that we an see it. Jakub lifts his ass a little as the hands wans his cock and feel the ass. The ass is very nicely spread and we see Jakub's tight little hole. We have such a great view of those silky-haired legs as his ass is squeezed and spread with the hole invitingly beginning to open a little. The hands lube that ass and as Jakub is wanked a thumb slips into the hole. Then a finger is pushed in, nice and deep. Jakub moans, with pleasure as one, and then two, digits work his hole. That hole is nice a open now and ready for more. A big black dildo pushes against it, and pops right through the tight ring and slide up Jakub's bumper chute. As it fucks in and out of his ass the other hand works Jakub's cock. The dildo goes in real deep, filling that hole and stretching the lips. For added pleasure the hands turn on the vibration and continue to fuck Jakub nice and deep. Jakub is then turned over and the hands start to work on his cock again, getting rock hard. Then his legs are lifted in the air and the dildo is slipped back into his ass as Jakub is invited to wank his hard cock. Then the hand takes over the wanking and very soon Jakub pops a very nice, creamy load as the dildo fucks his ass. The hands scoop up the cumm and push the sticky fingers into Jakubs move, so that he can taste his own cum. Jakub then moves to the shower to clean up, after a very enjoyable scene. He really is a sweet guy, with a lovely disposition who really looks great in this video.
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I'm trying to link a simple C *.obj file
I developed using C with a LaHey fortran program I wrote. However, I get some link errors stating that the linker can't find the Windows API functions called from the C module.
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If the future of civilian aviation rests with young fliers, then 10-year-old Grace Heffernan might prove a prize recruit.
If the future of civilian aviation rests with young fliers, then 10-year-old Grace Heffernan might prove a prize recruit.
"We have a future pilot here," Clinton's Deb Cahill told Heffernan's mother, Teresa, after taking the Lexington youngster up in her four-seat Cessna 172 Saturday at Marlboro Airport. "Most definitely. She took that yoke like it was nobody's business."
Cahill and the Heffernans were both attending a monthly Marlboro Airport event held by Chapter 673 of the national Experimental Aircraft Association, a group that started with customized or home-built planes but has since expanded into all facets of aviation.
With the population of licensed civilian pilots graying and declining, the association successfully accomplished its goal of providing free promotional flights to one million children by 2003 - the 100-year anniversary of the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk takeoff.
The organization and its local clubs have since continued the "Young Eagles" initiative for ages 8 to 17, with 80,000 young fliers expected nationally this year. Locally, 673 is joined by chapters in Stow and Fitchburg in participating.
The goal, 673 President Christine Pullian said, is to attract the next generation of pilots by exposing them to flying.
"Not to mention it's so darn fun we like sharing it with other people," said Pullian, who got her license after a family friend took her up as a child. The association is now planning to add a free program called "Eagle Flights" for adults.
While humidity-induced haze limited visibility to no more than 10 miles and planes lumbered to take off thanks to less lift from the hot weather, enthusiasm wasn't dampened for the Young Eagles event Saturday morning.
Two Cessnas and two Piper Cubs sat on the grass by Chapter 673's airport clubhouse, with their owners explaining equipment and basic physics to eight young visitors and their parents before taking the children up for rides.
While Anita Kinney's father, the late Robert Stetson, owned the airport before it was passed to her mother, the Marlborough resident had never been to a Young Eagles event before.
Asked about her flight, daughter Piper - as in Piper Cub - compared it to previous air trips with her family.
"I wasn't steering the jet," the 8-year-old said. "I was steering this."
The Heffernans came across the event after recently moving and looking for things to do in the area. Cahill reported that Grace peppered her with questions and appeared eager to go up again.
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"I didn't know if we were going to land correctly," she said. "But I trust the pilot."
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The Spring California Truck Jam Goes Off!
The Southern California truck show scene went through a dark period a few years back. Long-running shows disappeared right around the time it was once again cool to lift a two-wheel-drive truck. These things happen in cycles. For a few years, lowered trucks are where it's at and then lifted trucks are the bomb again. Right now, things are evening out a bit, and the latest installment of Truck Jam proves it.
The show had a ton of hammered pickups and a bunch of sky'd ones, as well. It also provided a nice selection of alternative entertainment, if you aren't into staring at body mods and suspensions all day long.
OK, there are plenty of body mods in the bikini contest, but that's not the same now, is it?
Truck Jam had it all. Monster trucks crushing Chrysler K cars fresh from the junkyard and a truck hopping contest that really put to rest the myth that airbags won't boost a truck in the air like a hydraulic cylinder can. The Slam Specialties hopper stood on its bumper to let everyone know what's up with 'bags. Perhaps one of the best aspects of this show, though, is that since it's held in south Orange County, you are guaranteed plenty of blonde-haired eye candy if you show up. We got the pictures to prove that. Check it out.


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Tone Three
Eleventh Orthros Gospel
With the help of God, we have almost reached the middle of the course of the Fast, where our strength has been worn down through abstinence, and the full difficulty of the labour set before us becomes apparent. Therefore our holy Mother, the Church of Christ, now brings to our help the all-holy Cross, the joy of the world, the strength of the faithful, the staff of the just, and the hope of sinners, so that by venerating it reverently, we might receive strength and grace to complete the divine struggle of the Fast.
Resurrectional Apolytikion
Third Tone
Let the Heavens rejoice; let earthly things be glad; for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm, He hath trampled upon death by death. The first-born of the dead hath He become. From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us, and hath granted great mercy to the world.
Apolytikion of Sun. of the Holy Cross
First Tone
Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting our rulers to prevail over adversaries, and protecting Your commonwealth by Your Cross.
Seasonal Kontakion
Plagal of the Fourth Tone
To you, Theotokos, invincible Defender, having been delivered from peril, I, your city, dedicate the victory festival as a thank offering. In your irresistible might, keep me safe from all trials, that I may call out to you: "Hail, unwedded bride!"
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BERLIN – The perpetrator of one of the most heinous crimes in Ocean City history, Jermaine Wright, released a little over a year ago after serving just seven years of an amended 15-year sentence, could be headed back to jail for a long stretch after a conviction on theft charges in Wicomico County two weeks ago.
Wright was arrested last May on theft and theft conspiracy charges after getting caught stealing scrap metal from Reynolds Excavating in Eden. The arrest came just four months after Wright was released from prison after serving seven years of a 15-year sentence for the murder of then 16-year-old Krista Ruggles in Ocean City in 1995. Wright's arrest last May led to theft charges in both Wicomico and Somerset counties, violating the terms of his parole and probation and opening the possibility the convicted killer could have his Worcester County murder case reopened.
That occurred two weeks ago when Wright was found guilty of theft and theft conspiracy in Wicomico County and sentenced to 18 months in jail. He still faces similar charges in Somerset County for the same incident last May and is expected to appear for trial in that case on March 25. With the conviction on theft charges in Wicomico County, Worcester County State's Attorney Joel Todd last week filed a petition for violation of probation for Wright, bringing the convicted killer back to Worcester County to face a possible extension of his sentence for Ruggles' murder.
Todd said this week if it is determined Wright violated the terms of his parole and probation following his release last February, he could be sent back to prison to face the rest of or any part of remaining sentence.
"That will be up to the judge to decide," Todd said this week. "If he is found to be in violation of his probation terms, he could be sentenced to all or any part of his original sentence. We are going to be trying to get every single day we can for him."
Any new jail time for Wright on the theft charges in Wicomico and Somerset could be incidental to a much longer sentence he faces in Worcester should he be found in violation of his probation. Todd said he would seek the maximum, which could send Wright back to prison to face the remainder of his 15-year sentence.
"We'll certainly be looking to add as much time to his sentence as we can," he said. "He will likely face a sentence to run concurrent with or consecutive to any sentence handed down in these other jurisdictions, but we're obviously going to push for the latter."
Wright walked out of prison a free man last February after serving roughly seven years of a 15-year sentence imposed as part of a plea bargain in 2001. The plea bargain was reached after the Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned his 1999 conviction, which resulted in a life sentence for Wright, because the jury was erroneously supplied with newspaper articles about his earlier convictions for similar crimes in North Carolina years earlier.
Instead of serving life in prison for the murder of Ruggles, Wright was once again allowed to walk the streets after serving just seven years for the crime when the appeals court overturned his earlier conviction and prosecutors were uncertain they could get the same result in a new trial. Not sure he could convince a new jury Wright committed the murder, Todd entered a plea bargain with Wright in 2001 resulting in a 15-year sentence.
On June 14, 1995, two weeks shy of her 17th birthday, Ruggles and a friend went to an under-21 nightclub in Ocean City where they first met Wright. After the girls left the club, they walked north on the Boardwalk toward their hotel when Wright approached them again and offered them a ride back to their hotel room. At the hotel, Wright asked Ruggles to stay behind so he could talk to her for 10 minutes and she complied, over the objections of her friend. It was the last time she would be seen alive.
On June 19, 1995, a woman biking on Fooks Rd. near Whaleysville noticed something pink about 25 feet off the road. Closer inspection revealed the body of a teenage girl, later identified as Ruggles.
An autopsy estimated Ruggles had been killed between three days to one week prior to her discovery with four days the most likely scenario, which corresponded to her chance meeting with Wright, who immediately became the prime suspect.
Wright was later indicted for the first-degree murder of Ruggles. In 1999, a Worcester County jury found Wright guilty of first-degree murder and he was sentenced to life in prison. In March 2000, however, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals agreed access to the newspaper articles could have prejudiced the jury against Wright, consciously or subconsciously, and upheld the appeal, sending the case back to Worcester County Circuit Court for a retrial.
In the second trial, uncertainties about a successful outcome years after the first trial led to a plea bargain that resulted in a 30-year sentence for Wright, of which 15 years was suspended. He walked out of jail last February after serving just seven years of the 15-year stint, but was arrested just four months later for theft in Wicomico and Somerset Counties and his conviction two weeks ago could send him back to serve the rest of his term.


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Disney Upgrades its 2013 Carbon Offsetting Goals
Carbon offsetting has been a major focus for the Walt Disney Company for years. In 2011, the entertainment leader made news by voluntarily setting a price for its own carbon emissions as part of an ambitious effort to reduce its own greenhouse gases. In 2012, it added to that initiative by announcing its intention to of achieve at least 50 percent of its long-term goal of zero net direct emissions of greenhouse gases.
This year, Disney is going a step further by including indirect emissions in that program and increasing the price it sets for carbon emissions to $11 to $14 per metric ton. The company also set a goal of reducing its dependence on electricity from existing assets by 10 percent compared to its 2006 baseline.
Disney is one of a small group of mega-corporations that has set its own internal price for carbon emissions. While many large nations in the world have been reticent to sign onto a pricing system, Disney, Shell and Microsoft have all adopted internal pricing strategies.
Interestingly, it was the launch of Disney's two ships, Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy in 2011, and the realization (according to the Disney Company) that their previous environmental strides had been set back "significantly" by the two ventures that led to the internal pricing system.
Read more at Triple Pundit.
Disney image via Shutterstock.


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Special Motorsports Event - Celebrities on track for the Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge at the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix
MELBOURNE – Oct 10, 2012: Australia's greatest ever Paralympian, Matthew Cowdrey OAM, and London Olympics Golden Girl, Anna Meares OAM will line up on the grid against Britain's greatest ever Olympian Sir Chris Hoy MBE in the Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge at the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.
Meares, Cowdrey and Hoy will be driving the All-New Mazda6 marking the first time that clean diesel technology has been used in the Celebrity Challenge.
Unveiled at a special sports star themed launch event at Albert Park today, the three athletes are the first of a series of celebrity announcements with another 17 to be announced in the lead up to the race on the 14-17 March, 2013.
In what is a major international coup for the Australian Grand Prix, avid Formula 1 fan Sir Chris Hoy will battle out in a pre-Ashes showdown against the ultra-competitive Meares and Cowdrey as they take part in the three-day race event at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit.
"As a massive Formula 1 fan this is an incredible opportunity and I can't wait to come down to Melbourne in March next year and race on the Albert Park circuit in the Celebrity Grand Prix," said Hoy.
"Anna and Matt are both incredible athletes so it's going to be a tough competition, but I'm sure it will be great fun. It's been a long term goal of mine to race in this event in Melbourne, and I'm looking forward to a fantastic week down under!"
Meares said that while she had been involved in fierce track rivalries with the Brits before, it's always been a dream of hers to go head-to-head against Sir Chris.
"I've always dreamt of being involved in car racing. Much like cycling, it is such a technical and mentally draining sport and I have the greatest respect for Formula 1 drivers," said Meares. "It's also not very often that I get a chance to race against Sir Chris for bragging rights."
The Australian duo announced today were both stand-out performers at the recent Games in London, with Cowdrey earning the mantle of this country's most successful ever Paralympian.
Cowdrey will again make headlines when he lines up in March, becoming the first ever Paralympian to participate in the showcase event.
"It's a great honour to take part in a race like this. I'm a very competitive swimmer, and don't like losing, so expect nothing less when I'm out there on the Circuit."
The Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge at the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix will be a core part of the launch activities for the All-New Mazda6, the Japanese manufacturer's soon-to-be-released family car.
The All-New Mazda6 features the 'KODO – Soul of Motion' design theme and SKYACTIV Technology featuring 'i-ELOOP' a unique capacitor-based brake energy regeneration system which will be standard across the entire All-New Mazda6 range.
Mazda Australia national marketing manager, Alastair Doak said "All-New Mazda6 is a car which has the potential to re-energize the family car segment here in Australia and the Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge is an important part of our launch strategy.
"New technology such as i-ELOOP is just one the many reasons that we feel we're on to a winner. All-New Mazda6 is the first car to feature i-ELOOP which is the next step in the rollout of our innovative SKYACTIV Technologies designed to improve fuel efficiency and to enhance the joy of driving."
The Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge will feature 20 vehicles and will bring together celebrities from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines to compete at Melbourne's spectacular Albert Park street circuit during the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.


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Memphis New Mothers Study, 1990-1994 (ICPSR 6782)
Principal Investigator(s): Olds, David, University of Rochester. Department of Pediatrics and School of Nursing; Kitzman, Harriet, University of Rochester. Department of Pediatrics and School of Nursing
This study was a randomized trial that tested the effectiveness of home visitation by nurses as a means of enhancing the health and well-being of socially disadvantaged women and their first-born children. Low-income, pregnant women bearing first babies were randomly assigned to four treatment groups: (1) subjects that received free transportation to prenatal care, (2) subjects that received transportation to prenatal care and developmental screening for the children, (3) subjects that received transportation to prenatal care and developmental screening, plus prenatal home visits by nurses, and (4) subjects that received transportation to prenatal care, developmental screening, prenatal home visits, and postnatal home visits by nurses. Assessments of the women covered health-related behaviors, mother's care-giving environment, child's health and development, levels of social support, mother's psychological resources, personal life-course development, and costs of health care. Variables measuring health-related behaviors included the use of cigarettes and illegal drugs and the presence of sexually-transmitted diseases. The mother's care-giving environment and the child's health and development were evaluated by the Bavolek adult-adolescent parenting interview score, the Caldwell home observation scale, the Bayley mental development index, the Achenbach child behavioral problems inventory, and other indices. Levels of social support were evaluated by the amount of support expected to be received from a boyfriend or husband and the mother's mother. Assessments of maternal psychological resources included the Pearlin mastery scale, the Shipley IQ score, and the Bandura self-efficacy score. Personal life-course development was assessed by the respondents' educational and occupational achievements, and the numbers of subsequent pregnancies and children. Variables measuring the effect of the program on the cost of health care include number of hospital emergency room visits, number of hospitalizations, total length of stay, number of well-child and ill-child doctor visits, and use of community social services. Other variables provide information on age at birth, pre-pregnancy weight, birth weight and gender, race, employment status, income, housing density, and education.
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Variable DELVDATE (child's date of birth) is restricted from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete an Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to these data through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal, which can be accessed via the study home page.
Any public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
Study Description
Olds, David, and Harriet Kitzman. Memphis New Mothers Study, 1990-1994. ICPSR06782-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06782.v2
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06782.v2
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This study was funded by:
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF: 17934)
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Insititute of Nursing Research (NCNR: 1-RO1-NRO1691-01A1)
- William T. Grant Foundation (WTGF: 88-1246-88 and 91-1246-88)
- Pew Charitable Trusts ( Pew: 88-02011-000)
- Carnegie Corporation (Carnegie: B5027 andB5492)
- Smith Richardson Foundation (Smith Richardson: 1034-9102 and 1298-92-10)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: health behavior, health care services, prenatal care, visiting nurses
Geographic Coverage: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- 1990-06-01--1994-04-30
- 1990-06-01--1994-04-30
Universe: Low-income primiparas who were residents of Memphis, Tennessee, were registered in the study prior to the 29th week of pregnancy, and had no more than one of the following characteristics: (1) high school diploma, (2) married, (3) currently employed.
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This data collection comprises an analysis dataset that represents only a subset of the variables generated by this study.
Sample: Sampling was limited to patients registered for care in the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
(1) personal interviews, (2) home observations, (3) abstracts from clinic and hospital medical records and child developmental tests, (4) Tennessee Department of Human Services tape files of charges for welfare services, food stamps, and Medicaid, and (5) telephone interviews
Original ICPSR Release: 1996-11-21
- 1998-10-05 The data have been augmented with 13 new cases and 45 new variables, on topics such as employment, education, well-child and ill-child doctor visits, pre-pregnancy weight, and baby's gender.
- 1998-01-12 Documentation for this study is now available as a PDF format.
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Update: Former 2010 Census workers speak out in FresnoFriday, August 13th, 2010
Looks like Fresno is in more and more trouble every day. Thanks to the local CBS affiliate for the following:
By Tony Botti
Former workers of our local US Census Bureau offices banded together on Wednesday at a Fresno park to tell the media their stories of alleged discrimination, not receiving pay and being wrongfully terminated.
The issue goes deeper then the people being fired for questioning the ethics of their superiors; it's believed that management's desire to cut corners, could skew the population count that comes out at the end of the year.
Former census worker Craig Baltz was not fired from his job but says he personally witnessed misconduct. "I saw many instances of mistreatment of employees and poor management decisions that lead to a questionable count of the population," Baltz said.
The accusations go against everything the census is about, to capture our region's exact population count, so we can compete for federal funds.
The former workers say upper management basically took the critical task of gathering an exact count and turned it into a contest with the goal of speed and not accuracy.
The former employees say this type of environment left them facing a dilemma. "…turn in accurate work not meeting the goal and face termination or falsify work and be praised and rewarded with more work and continued employment," said Mary Costell. Mary was fired and says she felt she was fighting a losing battle.
The former workers say they are not disgruntled because they never intended to make a career at the Census Bureau and knew the jobs were temporary.
What has them most upset is that by being terminated, they are now eliminated from ever working for the federal government again.
Several departments in Washington D.C. are now investigating these complaints. If evidence is found to back the worker's stories, they will file a lawsuit.
In response to the allegations, the U.S. Census Bureau issued the following statement: "We immediately took action upon learning about these allegations coming from the Fresno area. It appears that all procedures and protocols have been followed. As the Inspector General and Government Accountability Office are always alerted any time there are questions, concerns or allegations; we are cooperating with them and will keep doing so going forward."


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Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform offers low cost smart monitoring using a smartphone
Hong Kong-based National Electronics & Watch Co. Ltd has announced a Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform could reduce the cost of installing smart ambient temperature monitoring networks into homes and commercial buildings by using the simplicity of a smartphone.
Called the 'BlutolTemp Thermometer', the product will allow anyone that owns a smartphone with the latest version 4.0 of Bluetooth (that includes Bluetooth low energy/Bluetooth Smart as a hallmark feature) to set-up and use a wireless smart temperature monitoring network of up to 10 continuously monitored sensors within minutes that can continuously collect, store, and display temperature data on a smartphone app.
Nordic Semiconductors nRF8001 offers class-leading ULP performance and size to enable each NEWCO Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor to run for over one year from a regular CR2032 coin cell under typical usage conditions (10s updates) while featuring a slim (0.8cm-thick) and compact (3.5 x 2.4 cm) plastic sensor housing that is water resistant to 10 m (1 atm) and weighs less than 1/3-oz (9g).
"One of the most challenging parts of developing this solution was achieving the 10 m water resistance in such a small form factor," comments Alfred Ma, Chief Engineer at NEWCO who helped develop the BlutolTemp Thermometer. "We had to draw on our company's heritage in watch making since 1975 and focus on getting all the parts to fit together with high precision in order to maintain a hermetic seal - including a battery compartment that can be easily opened by the end user."
"Until now consumers and commercial organizations wishing to employ a smart temperature monitoring solution to, for example, minimize energy and heating consumption, would have had to look at some kind of costly ZigBee based platform that would have required professional installation," adds Jackson Chan, Assistant Sales General Manager at NEWCO. "In contrast, our solution is 'Plug&Play', likely to retail for as little as $20-30 per sensor, and can be installed quickly and easily by the end users themselves without specialist training or equipment beyond having a Bluetooth v4.0 compatible smartphone."
NEWCO is actively looking for partners interested in developing branded product solutions based on its BlutolTemp Thermometer platform.
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This article originally appeared on EE Times Europe.


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Six more people have died from confirmed cases of H1N1 flu. That brings the total number of deaths associated with the flu to 56 since May. The Minnesota Department of Health says five of those deaths were not confirmed H1N1 cases, but they are believed to be caused by the H1N1 virus. One death was attributed to a seasonal strain of flu.
During the past week, the number of flu-like illnesses remained stable. The Minnesota Department of Health says two schools reported outbreaks.
There was a slight uptick in flu-like illness visits at outpatient clinics in the state's Sentinel Provider Network. But hospitalizations for flu decreased.
Wednesday is also the first day that the H1N1 flu vaccine was made widely available to all Minnesotans, not just people in high-priority groups.


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FEI Working to Improve International High Performance Horse Movement
- Nov 8, 2012
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Horse passports are currently required of high-level FEI competition horses for international events, but less than 50 countries--including the United States--have FEI-recognized passports at a national level, Cooke said.
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has announced the start of an official project designed to furthering their efforts to improve the international movement of high-level horses, according to the FEI veterinary director.
The project will include the endorsement of an official "biosecurity guide," the promotion of horse passports, and a closer working relationship with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris, France, said Graeme Cooke, MBA, MA, VetMB, MRCVS. The decision was made during the FEI Bureau annual meeting Nov. 6, held this year in Istanbul, Turkey.
"Biosecurity is not something necessarily new, but this project will lend clarity to an approach we've always supported but not properly written down," Cooke told The Horse. One goal of the project is to harmonize equine biosecurity and improve the health requirements for the international movement of high-level performance horses worldwide, he said. This would also help prevent and better manage situations where there is a disease risk, such as the possibility of an influenza outbreak at an FEI event in Normandy, France, in May. These situations are not only potentially detrimental to the welfare of sports horses but also could present great expense as well, he said. "Obviously this also comes along with a financial commitment," Cooke added, underlining the project's level of priority to the FEI.
Consultants have already started drafting the project , he said.
Once completed the new FEI biosecurity guide will provide clear, easy-to-read recommendations about how to prevent and manage equine health risks, Cooke said. It will also "give governments greater confidence in the higher (health and performance) levels of the equine industry," he said. With all nations being provided the same guide, the FEI hopes to achieve an international approach to the standard for equine biosecurity.
Horse passports are currently required of high-level FEI competition horses for international events, but less than 50 countries--including the United States--have FEI-recognized passports at a national level, Cooke said. Passports can provide not only easy identification of horses but also useful breeding and health history on horses which can "help underpin good disease prevention measures."
The FEI also is seeking a unified effort with the OIE (led on behalf of the World Trade Organisation) on the requirements for animal movements worldwide, Cooke said. A closer relationship with the organization is ongoing, following a successful joint conference between the two entities in Guadalajara, Mexico, last October, and the appointment of FEI president HRH Princess Haya as the OIE's first goodwill ambassador in September.
About the Author
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
Christa Lesté-Lasserre is a freelance writer based in France. A native of Dallas, Texas, Lesté-Lasserre grew up riding Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, and Shetland Ponies. She holds a master's degree in English, specializing in creative writing, from the University of Mississippi in Oxford and earned a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing with a minor in sciences from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She currently keeps her two Trakehners at home near Paris. Follow Lesté-Lasserre on Twitter @christalestelas.
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