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VANCOUVER, BC – Towards the end of a strong season in the Metro Women's Soccer League (MWSL), Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite participated in the 2014 Player Showcase in Las Vegas held on March 21-23.
The Player Showcase in Las Vegas is an annual event which is held in conjunction with USYS National League. The event hosts two tournaments for both girls and boys. There are over 500 teams that participate with over 400 college coaches and scouts in attendance.
The tournament provides an unparalleled opportunity for players to showcase their talent and college coaches to evaluate and scout players. A great deal of care and research is made in scheduling the best matchups to ensure the highest exposure for each individual player.
The 'Caps Girls Elite squad finished the weekend with a 3W-1L-0D record outscoring their opponents 17-2 in four games finishing as the highest scoring team for the U-18 bracket.
- 6-1 win over South Valley Strikers. Hat-trick for Monika Levarsky and one goal each for Katelyn Erharden, Margaret Hadley, and Monpreet Heer.
- 1-0 Loss to Real So Cal
- 6-0 win over Crown United SC. Two goals from Monika Levarsky and Katelyn Erharden. One goal each from Hannah Carrothers and Ashley Burgess
- 5-0 win over Riverside MGFM Impact. Hat-trick fro Monpreet Heer. One goal from Kristin Fairbairn and Nicole Turney.
A majority of the squad will be remain intact as 10 of the 16 players are eligible for the U-18 team next year. Follow the teams twitter for updates at @WFCElite.
"The players performed at a very consistent and professional manner in all the matches," Girls Elite head coach Jesse Symons told whitecapsfc.com. "With only 16 players at the event and four shortened matches in three days, they showed a tremendous mind set to stay at such a high standard game after game. Full credit to the players. The group played with some great attacking flare and were able to keep the ball extremely well throughout each match."
"The objective at the event was to create dialogue with players and college coaches and the individual performances definitely will spur on some conversations in the next few weeks I'm sure."
The squad was joined by the following three guest players selected from the EA BC Soccer Premier League (BCSPL), Ashley Burgess and Olivia Sheppard from Coastal FC, and Kristin Fairbairn from Surrey United. The full Whitecaps FC girls roster can be found on whitecapsfc.com.
Two players that were not able to join the team were Girls Elite defenders Simmrin Dhaliwal and Rachel Jones who have been called up to the U-17 Canadian Women's National team to compete in the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The Canadians are currently undefeated drawing even 2-2 against Germany,1-1 against Korea DRP and 2-1 against Ghana to advance to the quarterfinals. Recaps of the games are posted on whitecapsfc.com.
"Simmrin and Rachel have been tremendous in the Girls Elite program over the past year and a half training and playing with players one and two years older," Symons told whitecapsfc.com "It's a fantastic and well deserved feat and, as a program, we are very excited to see them come back motivated to continue to progress to become even stronger individuals on and off the field."
The 'Caps Girls Elite team currently hold an impressive record of 14W-1L-1D securing the top spot for the 2013-14 MSWL regular season. The squads have 24 more goals then the next team while allowing the fewest goals, with 8 shutouts. The squad only has two more games left in the regular season, both against Surrey United, which are to be held in early April.
The squad now looks forward to the Whitecaps FC Showcase on April 18-20 to be held at Newton Athletic Park, Surrey BC.


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The William S. Hart High School Dance Team will host its annual showcase to benefit the Santa Clarita Chapter of Help the Children on Saturday.
Shows will be held at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Hart High School Auditorium, 24825 Newhall Ave., Newhall. The show highlights talent from dance and performance groups across the Santa Clarita Valley performing a wide variety of styles including jazz, ballet, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop and ballet folklorico.
Tickets are $10 general admission and are available at the door on the night of the event. Patrons are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to benefit Help the Children.
Each food donor will receive a complimentary raffle ticket. All food items and a portion of ticket sales will benefit Help the Children of Santa Clarita.


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Book notes
Nomads Five: A Family's Journey Around the World
by Honey Sharp Lippman, Alexandra and Nadia Lippman, with contributions from David H. Lippman, M.D. '71 and Daniel Lippman
Eighty Days Press (Great Barrington, Mass.) 2000
In 1995, for a 50th birthday sabbatical, David Lippman took his adventurous and tolerant wife and three children on a trip around the world. The book is the fruit of a decision to record the adventures this family experienced as it traveled over a nine-month period. While Lippman is not sure he would recommend extensive travel to a young family after the events of September 11, he hopes that our children can take their children on a once-in-a-lifetime trip which, for the Lippmans, brought them closer to each other and all their fellow travelers on our now-worried planet.
Five Hundred Years of Medicine in Art: An Illustrated Catalogue of Prints and Drawings from the Clements C. Fry Collection
edited by Susan Wheeler, curatorial consultant
Ashgate Publishing Co. (Burlington, Vt.) 2001
This meticulously researched volume makes available an important collection of prints and drawings from the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library at Yale and allows comparative study of specific medical themes as they have been portrayed over time by artists. The collection also reflects the professional interests of Fry, a Yale psychiatrist, bringing together many works related to mental illness, including representations of patients, psychiatric institutions and therapeutic practice.
Handbook of Alcoholism
edited by Gerald Zernig, M.D., Alois Saria, Ph.D., Martin Kurz, M.D., and Stephanie S. O'Malley, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry
CRC Press (Boca Raton, Fla.) 2000
While the war on drugs continues to attract worldwide attention, the fact that alcoholism remains a major worldwide health concern is often overlooked. No matter what one's expertise, the CRC Handbook of Alcoholism can help practitioners acquire the necessary skills to treat problem drinkers and alcohol-dependent patients. This comprehensive handbook addresses the underlying psychological problems of alcoholism, and helps practitioners to better diagnose and treat the nonpsychiatric medical disorders caused by the disease.
Psychiatry on Trial: Fact and Fantasy in the Courtroom
by Ben Bursten, M.D. '58, HS '62
McFarland & Company Inc. (Jefferson, N.C.) 2001
In some areas of the law, psychiatrists have become as much a part of the legal landscape as lawyers and litigants. Psychiatrists' speculations garner criticism from both the medical and legal communities. In this work, the author takes a close look at psychiatric testimony and examines the validity of what forensic psychiatrists do. Using depositions from actual cases and drawing from his own experiences, the author discusses the problem of misinformed professionals, appropriate and inappropriate testimony and the legal principles that help distinguish good testimony from bad testimony. Also covered are a wide variety of psychiatric and legal issues, including worker's compensation, murder, child abuse, repressed memory, malpractice and sexual harassment.
Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens—from Middle School to High School and Beyond
by Debra W. Haffner, M.P.H. '79
Newmarket Press (New York) 2001
As children mature into potentially sexually active young adults, parents have an increasingly difficult time talking to them about the sensitive topics of sex and sexuality. The influences of the media, the Internet and peer pressure complicate relationships between parent and child and make it harder than ever before for parents to pass their own values on to their teens. But parents who are able to stay involved in their children's lives can make a big difference in the children's actions and behaviors.
Writing in a realistic, practical and informative style, Haffner provides a wealth of techniques and ideas for helping teens deal with sexuality issues. With checklists and sample conversations, she gives specific information particular to each age group: middle school, early high school, late high school and beyond. She addresses such crucial issues as peer pressure, dating and parties, alcohol and drugs, sexual harassment and abstinence.
Meselson, Stahl, and the Replication of DNA: A History of "The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology"
by Frederic Lawrence Holmes, Ph.D., Avalon Professor and chair of the Department of the History of Medicine
Yale University Press (New Haven) 2001
This book vividly reconstructs the complex route that led to the Meselson-Stahl experiment confirming that DNA replicates as predicted by Watson and Crick's double-helix structure. It also provides an inside view of day-to-day scientific research—its unpredictability, excitement, intellectual challenge and serendipitous windfalls, as well as its frustrations, unexpected diversions and chronic uncertainty. Holmes uses research logs, experimental films, correspondence and interviews with the participants to record the history of Meselson and Stahl's research, from their first thinking about the problem through the publication of their dramatic results. Holmes also reviews the scientific community's reception of the experiment, the experiment's influence on later investigations and the reasons for its reputation as an exceptionally beautiful experiment.


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HOUSTON - A pastor and his daughter were found dead inside a burning southeast Houston home on Thursday, and investigators said their deaths were intentional.
Houston firefighters battled flames in the 8100 block of Dover about 11 a.m.
Police said the bodies of Vincent Clements Dorsey, 89, and his daughter, Barbara Ann Dorsey Alexander, 61, were discovered in the house. They both suffered blunt force trauma, detectives said.
Dorsey's elderly wife, who has dementia, was also in the home, officials said. She was asleep and did not see or hear anything, police said.
The home appeared to have been ransacked, detectives said.
"It's obvious that someone was in a rage when they conducted this crime," Sgt. J.J. Wilson said. "As we went throughout the home, we have a lot of blood and a lot of evidence throughout the home from the garage all the way to the front door."
Investigators said they are searching for Cameron Dorsey, 20, who is a person of interest in the killings. He is Vincent Dorsey's grandson. He lived inside the home, police said.
"If he did it, I want them to catch him and put him in jail, and make him pay for what he has done," said Patricia Williams, the pastor's niece.
Police said Cameron Dorsey was recently released from jail after serving time on a charge of theft from the elderly.
"He recently moved in with his grandparents," Wilson said. "They were trying to help him out, get him back on his feet. They asked him to move out on Sunday."
Dorsey was the pastor of the Holy Temple of Jesus Christ on Hoffman Street. His daughter was visiting from California.
Cameron Dorsey is believed to be traveling in a gold 2004 Toyota 4Runner. Police said it has Texas license plate No. 467WNT or possibly 8DFBW, a handicapped license plate. A relative reported seeing him leave the home shortly before the bodies were discovered.
Anyone with information regarding Cameron Dorsey's whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. Police urged anyone who sees him to not approach him.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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By Joe Frisaro and Joe Morgan / MLB.com
MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton is rarely seen without the signature orange sleeve he wears on his right arm. However, he's missing more than the sleeve in a series of photos recently released in ESPN the Magazine's latest version of The Body Issue.
Stanton is one of 21 athletes who posed nude and answered questions about his body and exercise habits for ESPN. Stanton and Mets pitcher Matt Harvey are the only MLB players featured.
Stanton has yet to see all of the photos.
"It was fun," Stanton said. "It was interesting. It was about eight hours straight. You can't eat much. Then you'd get a little bloated."
Stanton's photos included shots of the slugger being splashed with water, painted gold from head to toe, holding a bat above his head and carrying a large globe in a pose inspired by character Atlas of Greek mythology.
"We did a lot of different stuff," Stanton said. "The paint is what I liked the best, actually."
Marlins manager Mike Redmond saw select photos of Stanton released by ESPN online Tuesday morning. When it comes to posing nude, Redmond is glad the focus centers on the players rather than the manager.
"It would have been a lot tougher to [Photoshop] me," Redmond said. "It would have taken a lot longer to touch me up."
Stanton downplays being bypassed for Derby
MIAMI -- Injury prevented Giancarlo Stanton from participating in the 2012 All-Star Game, as well as the Home Run Derby.
In an injury-marred first half, Stanton hasn't posted All-Star-worthy numbers, but his power presence remains one of the best in the game. That's why the Marlins were quietly hopeful the 23-year-old slugger would be selected to the 2013 Chevrolet Home Run Derby, set for next Monday at Citi Field.
But National League Home Run Derby captain David Wright of the Mets made his selections on Monday, and Stanton was bypassed.
"Whatever," Stanton said when asked on Tuesday about not be picked. "On to the next one."
Wright selected Bryce Harper (Nationals), Carlos Gonzalez and Michael Cuddyer (both Rockies) to the NL squad.
It hasn't been a vintage first half for Stanton, who is batting .246 with eight home runs and 22 RBIs. Stanton missed all of May with a strained right hamstring. And in 2012, when he was picked to participate, he underwent right knee surgery the day before the Home Run Derby, which was in Kansas City.
"I told myself, I had to earn the All-Star Game to be in the Derby, which I did last year," Stanton said.
Stanton clearly would have liked to participate, if asked.
Not picking Stanton, according to Miami first baseman Logan Morrison, is a loss for fans and those who enjoy seeing tape-measured home runs.
"I've seen the guy hit homers every day in batting practice," Morrison said. "Obviously, I'd like to have seen him go. Again, the world gets to miss out on what he can really do. I'm not saying any of the other guys aren't worthy. But I've seen how far he hits them. If I could put money on it, and he was in it, I'd bet the farm on him."
Marlins manager Mike Redmond also is partial to his right fielder, especially after Stanton was unable to attend the All-Star festivities a year ago.
"You always feel for a guy that wasn't able to participate and he got hurt," Redmond said. "I'm sure it would have been nice for him to get back there, but at the same time, too, he'd probably say he'd enjoy the break. It's been probably a stressful and taxing time on everyone. He's been banged up.
"The first few months probably didn't go as he anticipated. I think it will be good for everybody to go out there, clear their minds, go out there and relax and get ready for a second-half push."
Fernandez impresses Hall of Famer Sutton
MIAMI -- Accolades keep piling up for Jose Fernandez.
A day after being named to the National League All-Star team, the Marlins rookie spent some time talking to Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton.
Sutton, who pitched 23 years in the big leagues, is a Braves radio analyst who passed along some advice to Fernandez.
"He told me something really important," said Fernandez, who turns 21 on July 31. "He told me, 'Worry about one pitch at a time. Don't worry about throwing nine innings. Worry about throwing one pitch at a time. That's how you're going to be successful.'
"To hear it from that guy, who has been in the big leagues 23 years, that's incredible. Amazing things keep happening."
Fernandez is the youngest Marlins player ever selected to the All-Star Game. The rookie has tremendous passion for the game, and when he learned he was going to meet a Hall of Fame pitcher ...
"I looked up all his career numbers," Fernandez said. "I looked at everything. Incredible."
Sutton echoes the praise.
"I told him, make one good pitch, because that was Greg Maddux's philosophy," Sutton said. "He said, 'I don't try to win ballgames. I keep trying to make one good pitch.'
"I really enjoyed talking to Jose. I think he is an old soul pitching-wise. I think he has an awareness. I think the way we teach kids now, and the way we coach young kids, we stifle a lot of the little voice inside kids who know how to pitch and know how to hit when they're 12, 13 and 14. We stifle them with limitations and structure."
Fernandez defected from Cuba at age 15 and is in the big leagues five years later.
"No. 1, he's paid his dues as a human being," Sutton said. "You can't ask for anything more out of him. When you listen to him talk, I hear a young man with a 15-year veteran's passion for the game, with his discipline and his desire to be good. To me, that's refreshing.
"I've been watching him. I'll keep an eye on him because, obviously, I want my team to win. But I want anybody who has a passion and a love for our game to do well. So I will want him to have a great career. I told him, 'I hope you have as much fun playing this game as I did.'"
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. Joe Morgan 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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South Street Cafe serves coffee with a side of jazz
BENNINGTON -- South Street Cafe sounds different on Sundays.
Above the usual whirring and grinding of coffee beans, the bright, cozy room fills up with the spacious, loose jazz melodies of its regular Sunday trio: Gary Miller on the vibraphone, Darryl Kniffen on keyboard and Bennington's own Dave Banulis on electric bass.
"Welcome to our laboratory," says Miller from behind his instrument, as the combo gets ready to begin playing.
This feeling of freedom and experimentation guides the players during their standing gig, which starts most Sunday mornings at 11 and lasts until about 1 p.m.
"It's really low-key, so we can try new, innovative ideas and be as creative as we want." Kniffen explained. "We can do whatever we want."
One of these interesting innovations is the absence of drums in the group, especially since Miller and Kniffen are both experienced drummers. Without having to compete with the loud booms and cracks of a drum kit, the combo is able to play at a modest, relaxed volume, creating the perfect ambient sound for cafe patrons who want to enjoy their Sunday mornings with a good book, or have a quiet conversation with friends. Most of the audience is happy sitting quietly, with their undivided attention on the music.
"My instrument is actually pretty soft, and I don't like to hit it hard, so it's nice to have a really wide range of dynamics" Miller said.
"I don't feel that it's lacking anything." Kniffen added.
He also explained that they have found other ways to incorporate rhythmic elements into their playing.
"Sometimes Gary will pick up the cowbell or play very percussive stuff on the sides of the vibraphone, or during solos I'll just play a rhythm part on the piano," he said. "Rhythm is constantly present."
Cafe owner Lauryn Starkie-Kreuder says they have had Sunday jazz for more than a year, although Miller said that the current lineup didn't come together until this past summer. Kniffen had previously performed at South Street with other groups, and he initially came up with the idea of jazz Sundays as a way to learn the musical style.
"I wanted to learn piano, so I bought a piano and set up the gig here," said Kniffen, a graduate of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He currently runs the music program at at Twin Valley Elementary School in Wilmington.
Although he was planning to play solo, Kniffen said Dave Banulis quickly contacted him about playing the gig together. Banulis, a Bennington resident who plays in local groups like the Ransom Notes, had a longtime musical relationship with Miller, who recently retired as the director of music at Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, and the trio came together.
"I play with Dave a lot, but the first time I played with Darryl, it just clicked," Miller said.
"It's a funny thing with music," he continued. "You can play with people for years, and sometimes it just doesn't click, or you have to work at it. With these guys, it was pretty instant."
The trio's repertoire includes standards from the American jazz songbook, including favorites like "All Blues" by Miles Davis, "Footprints" by Wayne Shorter, and "Song for My Father" by the Horace Silver Quintet, as well as original jazz tunes that Miller has composed over the years.
At a recent performance, Miller introduced an original song, "What Time is it Mr. Fox," which he said references a children's game that he once played with his daughter. To the audience's delight, Kniffen cracked a smile and began playing a jokey piano-jazz arrangement of Ylvis' viral hit "The Fox" (a song that explores the essential question "what does the fox say?").
Moments like this show the comfort and confidence that the musicians have in their playing. Even without drums, their rhythms seem to lock together effortlessly, helping create a wide open feel with plenty of space for new ideas and improvisation.
With their instruments set up just inside the door in front of the foggy front window, the band is perfectly positioned so baristas can watch over the espresso machine as they make drinks. As each tune ends, the loudest applause often comes from behind the counter.
"The staff always loves it!," said Starkie-Kreuder in an e-mail. Although some Sundays are quiet downtown, she said, the cafe is sometimes noticeably busier when the Miller, Banulis and Kniffen trio are playing.
"Most weeks, groups come in specifically to enjoy the jazz while meeting friends. It is fun to see little kids really enjoying it," she said. "We're really blessed to have them returning so often."
Jack McManus can be reached on Twitter at @Banner_Arts or by email at email@example.com
If you go ...
What: Sunday morning jazz
Where: South Street Cafe, 105 South St., Bennington, Vt.
When: Sundays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Admission: Free
Information: (802) 447-2423, www.southstreetcafe.com
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COURSE: LJ-380 Sociology of Careers and the Emerging Workplace (3)
This course examines which job opportunities are available, and what they offer. Students will learn which skills people need to work successfully with others, and what leads to job satisfaction. In addition, the students learn about how new technologies creating career opportunities.


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While Samsung may be bragging about its 30GB Flash-SSD which
offers better battery life and no noise compared to traditional hard drives,
Seagate is taking a more modest approach. The company has announced its first
hybrid 160GB hard drive with an additional 256MB of non-volatile cache, the
Momentus 5400 PSD.
The large cache allows for faster booting and resume, lower
power consumption, greater reliability and higher drive performance due to the
loading of system files into the 256MB cache. Seagate is also applying
perpendicular recording technology to the 5400RPM hard drive to achieve its
large capacity and greater read/write speeds.
The hybrid drives will be fully supported by the oft-delayed Windows Vista
operating system thanks to what Microsoft calls "ReadyDrive"
technology. "Microsoft is pleased
to be working with Seagate on the next generation of notebook disc drives. Seagate's
new notebook disc drives will be able to take advantage of breakthrough
features in Windows Vista that will benefit customers by delivering faster boot
times and longer battery life," said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president
of Windows Client Marketing for Microsoft.
ReadyDrive basically takes full advantage of 256MB of cache
when performing system operations – something that Windows XP won't have the
ability to do. Bottom line, if you're looking to get a hybrid hard drive in the
future, don't bother running it on Windows XP.


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The unprecedented pre-release anticipation for Lady Gaga's latest single "Born This Way" owed as much to its being touted as "the next great gay anthem" as it did to Gaga-mania. When the song, which the superstar claims to have composed in 10 minutes, finally arrived last Friday, some fans rejoiced while others were underwhelmed. But whether you love it or don't quite hate it, let's give the lady her due. "Born This Way" is one of the few mainstream anthems that unapologetically embraces queerness. Just try to name another chart topper with "transgender" in its lyrics.
For decades we've appropriated countless songs as our own, reading gay subtext into vague lyrics, empathizing with the longing in Judy's "Over the Rainbow," the exuberant joy of The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men" or relating to the painful isolation in Robyn's "Dancing on My Own," but few actually wave a flag to flaunt our individualism. Here are a few favorites that do.
13. "Don't Tell Me" by Madonna, 2000
Some might opt for the icon's "Express Yourself" or "Vogue," but with lyrics that insist "don't ever tell me I'll learn, no" we have no choice. This is Madonna at her defiant best.
12. "We R Who We R" by Ke$ha, 2010
The party girl pulled off the unimagined feat of creating a pulsating dance hit that's also a reaction to the bullying epidemic last year that led to numerous gay suicides.
11. "Don't Make Me Over" by Dionne Warwick, 1962
"Accept me for what I am," Warwick demanded on her first hit, which empowered gays seven years before the Stonewall riots.
10. "Go West" by Pet Shop Boys, 1993
This paean to San Francisco as a gay utopia was first recorded by the Village People in 1979 but was given a haunting makeover by the Pet Shop Boys. The all-male choir singing back-up adds an almost elegiac touch.
9."True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper
The spirited singer's signature ballad was so powerful it served to launch an acclaimed tour that benefits numerous LGBT organizations.
8. "Raise Your Glass" by Pink, 2010
"So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways," Pink sings in her ode to underdogs, who she toasts to never being "anything but loud."
7. "This is My Life" by Shirley Bassey, 1961
When the great Bassey belts "That's the way that I was born to be / This is me, this is me," we believe her and we relate.
6. "Defying Gravity" by Elphaba in Wicked
From the retelling of The Wizard of Oz comes a testament to finding and unleashing the real you.
5. "Firework" by Katy Perry, 2010
Perhaps making amends for the brouhaha surrounding her "I Kissed a Girl" single, Perry dedicated this confidence-booster to the "It Gets Better" campaign.
4. "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross, 1980
The title says it all, really. This Pride float staple was written by Nile Rodgers after seeing three men imitating Ross at a drag club.
3. "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, 1978
The winner of a Grammy in the short-lived Best Disco Recording category has had a long life as the quintessential finding-personal-strength anthem.
2. "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera, 2002
Stop hating on Aguilera. Her stunning ballad (composed by out songwriter Linda Perry) about maintaining self-esteem won her a Grammy award. And the gorgeous LGBT-inclusive video was honored by GLAAD.
1. "I Am What I Am" by Albin in La Cage Aux Folles, 1983
This first act finale, written by out composer Jerry Herman for his landmark drag queen musical, became a joyful dance hit for Gloria Gaynor, and remains the ultimate battle cry for acceptance.


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Whose goal was better than the rest in 2013? You vote!
There aren't many sweeter moments in soccer than a well-hit golazo!
Just like the last two years, the AT&T Goal of the Year competition will be decided from a field of 64 goals. We are in to the Semifinal Round now, where voters will narrow down the current pool of 16 goals to the final four-goal field.
Click here for the full tournament details and schedule.
- Please vote for one goal in the poll. The top vote-getter advances to the Final Round.
- Voting for Group IV is open until 11:59 pm PT, Thursday, November 21.
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Woman in toilet has narrow escape as scaffolding collapses in Redfern
A woman who was in a bathroom next to her Redfern workplace narrowly avoided being struck by scaffolding as it fell about 10 storeys from a construction site.
A NSW Ambulance spokesman said paramedics were at the scene, but no one had been injured.
Cora Du, who works at Apetite Cafe on Regent Street, said she had been in the toilet cubicle for about 30 seconds on Tuesday morning when she heard a loud noise and a beam crashed through the door.
Police are urging people to stay away from Gibbons Street in Redfern after a large section of scaffolding collapsed, near the intersection of Gibbons and Marian streets, about 8.40am.
"I'm pretty embarrassed. I just sat down and I started hearing a big noise, so I hold on to the door and then a beam came through the door," Ms Du said.
"When I came out, the door fell down. I can't remember, I just ran back.
"I'm just wondering if I need to see a doctor. I'm so shocked, I feel like I want to go home."
Construction worker Barry Black, who was working on the site at the time, said: "It sounded like a plane hit the building.
"I heard it and I looked up and expected to see a plane."
He said that, after an incident such as this, a site is normally closed for one to two weeks, depending on WorkCover.
He said it was lucky that no one was working on the scaffolding at the time because it was raining.
The scaffolding was surrounding the 19-storey apartment building.
One person at the scene said construction had been ongoing at the building since December last year.
Emergency service workers could be seen standing on balconies above the scaffolding, surveying the damage.
A NSW Police spokeswoman said police were cordoning off the area.
"We're urging people to stay away," she said.
Customers in Appetite were shaken after the scaffolding collapsed from the neighbouring building site. The scaffolding fell into the property's rear yard.
The property is being developed by a company called Deicorp, which is also behind the redevelopment of the Block.
Deicorp development and property manager Greg Colbran said the main concern from the outset was that everyone on site was safe.
"All workers on site were accounted for and all tenants in neighbouring homes were accounted for," he said.
"That scaffold has collapsed on to our hoarding, which was covering Williams Lane, and has fallen on to two of the terrace houses into their backyard.
He said there had been some damage to sheds and garages in those backyards but workers were still ascertaining the extent of the damage.
"On the eastern face of the project we have a scaffold which covers that portion of the building," he said.
Investigations into what caused the scaffolding to collapse are ongoing. Mr Colbran said he expects the affected portion of the site to be closed until Friday.
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When Harry "Mitch" Mitchell bought Mitchell's Pit Stop gas station in Orange in 1999, he purchased gasoline pumps for $6,500 each to comply with federal environmental regulations.
Mitchell said he had never received any customer complaints about the pumps. If someone needs help, Mitchell or his employees run out to pump gas at no extra price.
So he was surprised when a process server showed up at his home on an August Saturday night and served him with a lawsuit alleging his business violated state and federal laws that protect the rights of the disabled.
Mitchell's is one of 39 Orange County gas stations sued from July to November by the San Diego-based Center for Disability Access on behalf of plaintiff Luis Alberto Villegas. The lawsuit identifies him only as a California paraplegic. Most of the lawsuits say the credit card readers or fuel nozzles on automatic pumps at the stations are higher off the ground than the law allows.
Mitchell said his federally approved pumps were placed on a raised concrete platform to protect them from being accidentally hit by vehicles, which might cause gas spills or explosions. He said his card reader is 58 inches off the ground, which may be 4 inches too high.
"We help people all the time, not just the disabled. We watch for people having trouble or they honk," he said. "We have two full-service pumps where we charge the same price as self-serve."
Villegas' attorney, Mark Potter, did not return several phone calls from the Orange County Register. Attorneys for several other defendants did not return calls either. Mitchell is being assisted by a paralegal.
The lawsuit against Mitchell was filed about three weeks before Gov. Jerry Brown signed the newest state law that attempts to curb abuses of the state's disabled-access law while still protecting the rights of the disabled.
The measure, SB1186, was co-authored by state Sens. Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga.
Steinberg said, "The whole point of our state and federal disability-access laws is to remove barriers for the disabled, giving them full and equal access to businesses like everyone else. Up until now, unfortunately, it was often cheaper and quicker for business owners to settle out of court than to remove those obstacles. SB1186 will instead provide more incentives to fix the violations and enhance accessibility."
Larry Paradis, executive director of Disability Rights Advocates of Berkeley, said most advocates for the disabled are trying to resolve access problems and only file lawsuits if corrections aren't made. His group has sued the state Department of Transportation over sidewalks and pedestrian paths it says are hazardous to the disabled.
San Diego's Center for Disability Access has filed hundreds of access lawsuits in California. Los Angeles lawyer Sam Helmi said he has 65 gas station clients who have been served with the center's lawsuits in Orange, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Alameda counties.
Many of the clients want to fight, he said, "but it's a cost-benefit analysis. If there is a violation, they will have to pay, and at the end of the day they face (paying the plaintiff's) attorney fees (in addition to fines). Small businesses don't have the resources to fight these cases."
California has 12 percent of the U.S. population and 40 percent of the lawsuits pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which reform advocates attribute to California's higher awards to a winning disabled plaintiff even if there is no physical injury. California critics say other states order businesses to fix the problem and pay money damages if the plaintiff is physically hurt.
The new state law prohibits lawyers from sending letters to businesses demanding money to avoid a disability-access lawsuit, according to the labor-law firm of Jackson Lewis LLP. Also, copies of letters to potential defendants must be sent to the California State Bar and the California Commission on Disability Access. Under certain circumstances, a damage award can be reduced from $4,000 to as little as $1,000 but not eliminated completely.
The law also prohibits a plaintiff from claiming multiple violations by repeatedly visiting the same business. The law also adds $1 to business license renewals to support programs that help businesses comply with the ADA.
Mitchell's case is set to go to court in October.
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Charli XCX is not embarrassed to admit she's obsessed with the Backstreet Boys. In fact, she loves them so much she even tackled BSB's 1999 monster pop hit, "I Want It That Way," for the first time at a show in Chicago yesterday (May 21).
With help from a keyboard and a drum machine, Charli made the song all her own giving it the same synth-pop feel of her recently released full-length debut, True Romance. She slowed things down and took a darker approach to the love song, making lines like "But we are two worlds apart/Can't reach to your heart" sound much more desperate and heartbroken than BSB ever did.
But the writer of Icona Pop's "I Love It," who described herself to Radio.com as "Wednesday Addams meets Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice meets Baby Spice," kept things fun. She whispered lines of the chorus, handled the five-part harmony all on her own, and even threw in a little giggle before launching into Nick Carter's epic solo. She then ended her rendition with a very sincere shout-out, "Big up to the Backstreet Boys."
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Mirza Teletovic had the best game FIC mark from the weekend Spanish ACB games, scoring 30 points on 14 shots from the field to go with seven rebounds.
But Caja Laboral dropped an 89-87 decision to Obradoiro in overtime.
Kristaps Valters (18.8) of Unicaja Malaga, Carlos Suarez (17.0) and Sergio Llull of Real Madrid (15.2), Jon Stefansson (16.0) of Basket Zaragoza, Sergi Vidal (15.0) of Lagun Aro GBC and Herve Toure (13.0) of Blancos de Rueda Valladolid also had strong performances.


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LOL .... Grange is right. If there's one thing that Hedo's done well this season, its making guys like Bosh and Andrea look better by taking pressure off the them. But perhaps now that the entire league knows how terribly Hedo has been struggling, teams can ignore him and go back to paying attention to guys like Bosh and Bargnani. Hence why we've been playing as bad as we have. Not entirely the only reason, but a portion of it.
Coincidence? I think not. ;)
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Hedo seems like a genial guy, quick with a smile, friendly, all of that. And you can make the case that he has, in some hard-to-define way made the Raptors better: Bosh is having a career season, Bargnani too. Could it be because Turkoglu has made the game easier for them with a flurry of Gretzky assists?
But its just as hard to make the case that the $53-million man has his teammates backs and will go to war with them and for them, because he hasnt so far and its getting pretty late for him to prove that he will.
Kind makes you feel queasy.


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Within four months time, customers will be
allowed to ring up purchases using their phones at stores in both New York
and San Francisco.
field communication, or NFC technology, is short-range wireless technology
that consists of an initiator and a target. It allows mobile device users to
use their cell
phones to ring up purchases at a register, eliminating the need for
cash or credit cards. It works by tapping the mobile device at a register, and
the NFC chip, which holds the user's financial account information, interacts
with a device at the register allowing for payment.
many phones are just now adopting
this new technology, some are already using it. Google already has a head
start with Samsung's Nexus S phone, which uses NFC technology for transactions.
Also, Nokia has noted that it plans to release NFC phones in the future as
well. In addition, AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile will be using the ISIS system, which
allows for mobile payments through Discover Financial Services.
released Android 2.3.3 with new NFC capabilities, allowing user's to exchange
payments wirelessly and perform other transactions such as paying for
Google is looking to test a mobile payment service on its phones in San
Francisco and New York stores within the next four months. Google plans to pay
VeriFone Systems Inc. to install thousands of cash register systems made
specifically for the use of NFC technology. Google's new service may group a
user's financial information, coupons, gift card balances, etc. all on one NFC
Google, which is undoubtedly one of the leaders in the smartphone business with
its Android operating system, continues to experiment with NFC, other
smartphone leaders seem to be a bit behind. Apple reportedly has said that it
would not add NFC to the upcoming iPhone 5 because the company is concerned
with the fact that there are no clear industry standards associated with the
technology yet. According to some reports,
Apple could actually benefit from NFC technology because it could be grouped
into the app store, and could also save on credit card processing fees that it
pays now for music and app purchases.


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Kristen Henderson teaches kindergarten at Sequoyah Elementary School in Russellville. She is a first-year teacher who graduated from Arkansas Tech University in 2012.
Henderson is preparing for her first parent-teacher conferences, which are scheduled for Tuesday.
"It's my first chance to sit down and one-on-one discuss their child with them," she said. "It's my chance to show them where their child is academically and show them samples of their work. I'm looking forward to it."
In the past couple of months, Henderson has conquered a lot of firsts — grandparent's day, school assembly, class flu shots and field trip.
Henderson's class was part of the 104 kindergarten students who went to the Pumpkin Patch in Clarksville earlier this month.
"It was really fun," Henderson said. "They learned about pumpkins and went through the maze. Everybody got a pumpkin to take home and we had lunch at the City Park. For a lot of the kids, it was their first time on a school bus. A lot of parents came on the trip, which really helps."
Henderson said the first nine weeks of school are usually spent acclimating the kids to school and going over procedures, especially in kindergarten.
Now, she said, they're learning reading, writing and math.
"I've been a teacher all year, but this is when we really buckle down," she said. "No more easing in; we're there. Most people think kindergartners can't do multiplication and division, but they can. You'd be surprised what they can do. As long as you give them time, they can do it."
Henderson said parents are important in their child's education.
"The school day doesn't end for teachers or students when the bell rings," she said. "Kids need to practice spelling words and do homework packages. Parents and teachers are partners in their education."


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Since its IPO in early 2012, Yelp (NYSE:YELP) has spent the year caught in a game of ping-pong between $17.50 and $27.50. While trading ranges might provide profits for the nimblest of traders, they typically frustrate the majority. The absence of follow-through leaves little meat on the bone for traders used to riding multi-month trends.
Click to Enlarge Fortunately, it appears the social networking stock might be turning a corner. With the recent breach of $27.50, Yelp might finally be departing its trading range of old in search of higher prices.
Consider what YELP has going for it as it reaches new all-time highs. It means every investor owning shares is sitting with a profitable position. The absence of pain for existing shareholders results in a lack of overhead supply. In other words, no one is waiting to get back to even so they can sell.
On the other hand, consider the plight of the poor short seller. With YELP at all-time highs, every single one of them is underwater. As their pain increases, they become increasingly likely to panic out by buying shares to cover their positions, thereby adding fuel to the current bull run.
Option addicts will be happy to know YELP options have enough activity to keep the bid-ask spreads in an acceptable range.
Traders looking for bullish exposure during the next six weeks might consider purchasing a November 28-31 bull call spread. To initiate the position, you would buy the Nov 28 call while selling the Nov 31 call for a net debit of $1.25 or better.
The max risk is limited to the initial $1.25 debit paid and will be incurred if YELP sits below $28 at Nov expiration. The max reward is limited to the distance between strikes minus the net debit, or $1.75. To capture the entire $1.75, YELP would need to be trading above $31 at Nov expiration.
As of this writing, Tyler Craig did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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I like that title so much better than "Ivy League". Here's a brief and amusing history of American higher education that focuses almost entirely on those revered and over-rated East coast places (says the guy at a land grant college, a program which only gets a quick mention).
Other things that get only the most cursory but tantalizing mention: a tradition of rioting and dueling. I think, however, we can do without the tale of the student coming back to Princeton to beat up one of his teachers.


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Manager of the 'Huntington Beach Bad Boy' Buys PBS's 'Nightly Business Report'
In your global Wednesday media column: strongman manager buys biz show, rumors of trouble at OK! Magazine, management shuffles at Time Inc, and press freedom threatened in South Africa and Venezuela.
- The sober PBS "Nightly Business Report" has been purchased by a media company run by Mykalai Kontilai, who's made his living as a "manager of mixed martial artists and distributor of instructional television programs." He also is a Tae Kwon Do instructor! That's "Nightly Business Report," now brought to you by the dude who "was instrumental in negotiating the seven figure contract for the return of Tito Ortiz." Not that there's anything at all wrong with that.
- A tipster tells us that trouble is brewing again at OK! Magazine, where trouble is always brewing. We hear that publisher Richard Desmond is upset that the money-losing magazine has only made its 400k copy rate base three times this year, and that he's been feuding with current editor Mark Pasetsky, whose time could be short if things don't improve. This is all perfectly par for the course at OK!.
- Sylvia Auton, the head of Time Inc's Lifestyle group, is taking another job with the company in London, and being replaced by Evelyn Webster. Auton had reportedly (unsuccessfully) lobbied for Time Warner to spin off the entire Time Inc. division.
- The South African government is proposing a new law that would radically restrict freedom of the press, and which "could jail reporters for publishing information that officials want kept secret." Power corrupts, ANC edition.
- And in Venezuela, a court has prohibited a leading newspaper from publishing any violent images featuring "blood, guns, alarming messages or physical aggression images." Power corrupts, Chavez edition.


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At first, I was sooooo happy to see install_test, only to realise that this is TB2, not EMM, and you weren't referring to installing tests.
Are you really hankering so badly for even more tests to run?
I would love to install a module and then rerun all of my currently installed module's tests, so yes


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The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of AgWeb or Farm Journal Media. The opinions expressed below are the author's own.
Marc Schober is the editor of Farmland Forecast an educational blog devoted to investments in agriculture and farmland.
Midwestern farmland values increased 16% in 2012, the third largest gain in the last 35 years, according a survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Despite the worst drought in over 55 years, high commodity prices and record farm incomes drove demand for agricultural land. Survey respondents expect the momentum to continue the next twelve months based on the record income expectations for 2013.
In the fourth quarter of 2012, farmland values climbed 7% compared the fourth quarter of 2011. An unusually large amount of sales occurred in the end of year due to uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff and potential tax changes.
"2012 marked the third consecutive year of significant jumps in agricultural land values," David B. Oppedahl, a business economist at the Chicago Fed, said in the report. "Recovery from the drought will remain a key factor in 2013, as the movements of drought-influenced crop prices will affect both crop farmers and livestock producers."
Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan had the largest gains in the fourth quarter, increasing 20%, 18%, and 18%, respectively. Wisconsin and Indiana experienced more modest gains of 11% and 10%, respectively.
28% of respondents expect farmland values to increase in the first quarter of 2013, while the remaining 71% expect values to remain stable. "With the USDA predicting net farm income to rise 14% from 2012 to $128.2 billion in 2013, there would seem to be at least another leg to be run," said Oppedahl.
Credit conditions improved in the fourth quarter of 2012, although loan demand was lower than a year ago. Average interest rates reached new lows in the fourth quarter. As of Jan. 1, borrowing costs for farm operating loans were 5.03% and the rate for agricultural real-estate loans was 4.7%.
For daily articles on farmland and agriculture, visit www.farmlandforecast.com


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Draft offers future stars after first day
Holliday headlines long list of A's taken post pick 111
By Mychael Urban / MLB.com
1 WAS: S. Strasburg
2 SEA: D. Ackley
3 SD: D. Tate
4 PIT: J. Sanchez
5 BAL: M. Hobgood
6 SF: Z. Wheeler
7 ATL: M. Minor
8 CIN: M. Leake
9 DET: J. Turner
10 WAS: D. Storen
11 COL: T. Matzek
12 KC: A. Crow
13 OAK: G. Green
14 TEX: M. Purke
15 CLE: A. White
16 ARI: R. Borchering
17 ARI: A. Pollock
18 FLA: C. James
19 STL: S. Miller
20 TOR: S. Jenkins
21 HOU: J. Mier
22 MIN: K. Gibson
23 CWS: J. Mitchell
24 LAA: R. Grichuk
25 LAA: M Trout
26 MIL: E. Arnett
27 SEA: N. Franklin
28 BOS: R. Fuentes
29 NYY: S. Heathcott
30 TB: L. Washington
31 CHC: B. Jackson
32 COL: T. Wheeler
36 LAD: A. Miller
72 NYM: S. Matz
75 PHI: K. Dugan
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Bodley: Nats must be patient
Day 2 did not, and Day 3 won't get the same kind of attention, but that doesn't mean teams won't be picking up future All-Stars.A's outfielder Matt Holliday, for instance, was the 210th overall selection in the 1998 Draft, taken in the seventh round by the Rockies. He made his big league debut in 2004 and is a three-time All-Star and former National League batting and RBIs champion. Several standout members of the Oakland pitching staff were taken after No. 111, too.
Rookie closer Andrew Bailey was a sixth-round selection (188th overall) of the A's in 2006.
Opening Night starter Dallas Braden went 727th overall (24th round) to Oakland in 2004 and was in the bigs by 2007.
Brad Ziegler was a 20th-rounder (595th overall) for the Phillies in 2003 and gained national acclaim as a record-setting rookie reliever with the A's last season.
Left-hander Josh Outman, who went 307th overall (10th round) to the Phillies in 2005, is among the top rookie starters in the game.
MLB.com's coverage will include a live pick-by-pick audio stream, expert commentary and the exclusive Draft Tracker, a searchable database of every Draft-eligible player, featuring statistics, scouting reports and video highlights.
Fans will not only be able to follow along every minute of the way online, but they'll be able to interact directly with Draft-eligible players and MLB.com Draft experts, among others.
The Draft Tracker will also feature the addition of Twitter, and the participation of "tweeters" such as MLB.com Draft expert @JonathanMayoB3, who will also be serving as on-air talent for all three days of the Draft; and reporter @LisaWinstonMLB, who will be writing the up-to-the-minute coverage for MLB.com.
In addition, MLB.com has created a Twitter account devoted to the Draft, where you can stay updated on every piece of info as it becomes available (@MLBDraft).Sign up to follow the A's on Twitter at http://twitter.com/OaklandAs. Among the 25 players on Oakland's active roster, 11 were taken after the 111th overall pick in their respective Draft: relievers Michael Wuertz (334th by Cubs in 1997, reached Majors in 2004), Russ Springer (179th by Yankees in 1989, reached Majors in 1992) and Craig Breslow, (769th by Brewers in 2002, reached Majors in 2005); and outfielders Rajai Davis (1,134th by Pirates in 2001, reached Majors in 2006) Aaron Cunningham (185th by White Sox in 2005, reached Majors in 2008) and Chris Denorfia (555th by the Reds in 2002, reached Majors in 2005).
Mychael Urban 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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While their previous release (the intimate On a Wire) was a nice change-of-pace for this Kansas City band, they're back to rocking out on album number four. Far from sounding like a retreat, the album reflects an increasing songwriting maturation – intelligent and heartfelt, while still delivering some of the catchiest power pop around. 3/1/2004 - Don Yates
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Eudora - 12/15/2001
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Final: Red Sox 6, Rays 2
Final: Red Sox 6, Rays 2: The Sox rebounded from a poor offensive showing on Monday night to defeat the Rays in Game 2 of this four-game set. With the win, Boston builds its AL East lead back up to 1.5 games.
The big story was pitching as Jon Lester produced a solid, eight-strikeout outing and relievers pitched a shutout from there. Thanks for following along and be sure to check tomorrow's Globe for full coverage.
Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox 6, Rays 2:The Sox offense breaks out. A two-out RBI single by Drew gives the Sox an insurance run and then Iglesias breaks out of his personal slump with — what else? — an infield hit. That accounts for two RBIs as Koji Uehara will get a four run lead as he enters in the ninth.
Drew aggressively went from second to the plate on Iggy's hit.
Top of the 8th, Red Sox 3, Rays 2:Jonny Gomes replaces Carp in left field to begin the inning. On the mound, Tazawa retires the Rays in order, including back-to-back strikeouts (Zobrist and Longoria) and a groundout from Myers.
Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox 3, Rays 2: Victorino pops out, Nava flies out, Pedroia grounds out and the Sox offense remains stagnant.
Top of the 7th, Red Sox 3, Rays 2: Lester gets Loney to line out before surrendering a double to Molina. That will be Lester's final batter of the evening as Matt Thornton is called in from the bullpen. Lester gets a loud applause as he walks to the dugout. A very solid outing — his best in a while. His final line: 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 0 BB and 8 K. The eight strikeouts match a season-high.
Thonton comes in for just one batter, gets him to groundout, and Farrell brings in Junichi Tazawa. Tazawa is extremely effective — a three-pitch strikeout to Jennings to end the inning.
Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox 3, Rays 2: Hernandez's night is done. Lefty Alex Torres comes in from the bullpen, and opens up the inning by striking out Carp. Satalamacchia singles, but is stranded on first after Drew strikes out and Iglesias flies out.
Top of the 6th, Red Sox 3, Rays 2:Just as Lester looked like he was finding his groove, he let up another leadoff home run. This one to Longoria, on a 1-0 pitch. Lester escapes the rest of the inning unscathed. He's at only 90 pitches through six, so should be good for the seventh.
Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox 3, Rays 1: Just as Hernandez's pitch count reaches 80, it appears there is some activity in the Rays' bullpen. That happens sometime in Victorino's at bat, which culminates in a ground out. Up next, Nava doubles off the Green Monster, then steals third on a wild pitch. Pedroia scores Nava on a sac fly. Ortiz singles but Napoli grounds out to end the inning. Hernandez finished the inning, but not sure if he'll make it out for the sixth.
Top of the 5th, Red Sox 2, Rays 1: Another strikeout for Lester. The latest victim is Molina to open the fifth. Rodriguez singles. Jennings works a long at bat (eight pitches) before striking out swinging on a 94 mile per hour fastball. Zobrist falls behind 0-2 in the count and flies out to end the inning.
Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox 2, Rays 1: Carp strikes out. Saltalamacchia doubles but the next two batters retire to keep the Sox off the board.
Top of the 4th, Red Sox 2, Rays 1:Lester surrenders a leadoff double to Myers, offensive star of the game (so far). Joyce strikes out. Escobar flies out, allowing Myers to tag up at third. With two outs, Loney strikes out by checking his swing on a 79 mile per hour curve ball. That ups Lester's strikeout total to six and his pitch count to 59 through four.
Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox 2, Rays 1:Leadoff double for Victorino, who has now hit in 18 of his last 24 games. Nava flies out to deep center field, allowing Victorino to tag up at third. Pedroia takes a nasty pitch to his back — not pretty — prompting a team visit to the mound to talk to Hernandez. Pedroia's injury doesn't seem serious.
With Ortiz at the plate, Pedoria steals second. An errant throw by Molina allows Victorino to score. Ortiz grounds out, moving Pedroia to third. Inning ends as Napoli grounds out, too. Hernandez's pitch count has reached 65.
Top of the 3rd: Rays 1, Red Sox 1:Sean Rodriguez grounds out and Desmond Jennings singles. Then Ben Zobrist, who tallied three hits last night, strikes out swinging — the fourth strikeout for Lester tonight. Evan Longoria grounds out to end the inning.
Bottom of the 2nd, Rays 1, Red Sox 1:A leadoff single for David Ortiz. Napoli follows it up by ripping a hit to left field. The courageous Ortiz tries to take two bases — he is not very close, tagged out at third by at least two steps. Mike Carp singles to right field, which scores Napoli and ties the game. Jarrod Saltalamacchia walks, but Stephen Drew flies out and Jose Iglesias grounds out to end the inning.
Four batters on base, yet only one run. Hernandez's pitch count is up to 47.
Top of the 2nd, Rays 1, Red Sox 0: Hotshot rookie Wil Myers, who made his Major League debut here at Fenway a few weeks ago, took the first pitch he saw to lead off the second. Home run into the Monster seats. Lester has now allowed 12 homers in his last 67 innings.
The lefty retires Matt Joyce and Yunel Escobar before James Loney singles. Jose Molina strikes out to end the inning. Myers' homer is the only damage.
Bottom of the 1st, Rays 0, Red Sox 0:Shane Victorino leads off as Jacoby Ellsbury is taking the night off. Victorino works an 11 pitch at-bat, but flies out. Daniel Nava takes eight pitches before grounding out. Then comes Dustin Pedroia, whose first-inning cheers sound extra loud tonight — maybe some pregame news had something to do with that? The second baseman grounds out, too. In total, Hernandez threw 22 pitches. No hits for either team.
Top of the 1st, Rays 0, Red Sox 0: Lester is trying to get back on track and this is a pretty big start. It won't be easy against the Rays. A good stat of note: Tampa Bay is 20-10 this season against when the opposition starts a lefty. The Rays are hitting a Major League-best .288 against left-handed pitchers. The next best average? The Giants at .265.
But Lester is off to a good start. A 1-2-3 first inning, including two strikeouts. Only needed 14 pitches — nine were strikes.
Pregame: The tarp came on, the tarp came off, the tarp came on again. With ominous clouds — and occasional thunderstorms — the status of this game seemed dubious all day. But nearing first pitch (scheduled for 7:10 p.m.), looks like things have cleared up. We should be good to go for game two of this critical series between the AL East's top two teams.
Emily Kaplan here and I'll be providing updates throughout the game. The Rays won the opener, 3-0, last night to climb within 1/2 games of the Red Sox for first place. Tampa Bay has won 18 of its last 20 games, including the last six straight. The 182 run is the best 20-game stretch by an AL team since 2006.
It's up to Jon Lester (8-6, 4.58 ERA) to stop the scorching Rays. Lester, whose start was pushed back for some extra rest following the All Star break, is 2-6 with a 6.27 ERA in his last 11 starts. Remember, he began the season 6-0 with a 2.72 ERA over nine starts.
Righty Roberto Hernandez (5-10, 4.90 ERA) will start for the Rays.
Stay tuned and, as always, comment below.


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Fulfilling potential, Samardzija ready for Opening Day
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
MESA, Ariz. -- He used to catch passes in front of more than 80,000 people on Saturdays in South Bend, Ind., plus millions more watching on television. More than 100,000 have watched him play in college bowl games. Jeff Samardzija can handle the spotlight.
But Samardzija admits he'll be a little nervous when he takes the mound Monday at PNC Park at 12:35 p.m. CT, making his first Opening Day start. The right-hander will get the Cubs' season started where his ended last year on Sept. 8.
Samardzija was on an innings limit in his first full season as a starting pitcher in 2012. This year, there are no limits. Cubs manager Dale Sveum named the former All-America wide receiver his No. 1 starter in early March. It was a no-brainer.
W: Samardzija L: Burnett S: Fujikawa
"He's a guy who players rally around because of his work ethic, his bulldog mentality when he's on the mound," Sveum said.
Samardzija earned the assignment because of how he developed during last season. In his final start, he threw a complete-game victory against the Pirates, striking out nine.
"I thought that was a big start," Samardzija said. "I thought the most important start last year was the Atlanta start [July 2]. I didn't have a good June, but if you look at from that Atlanta start on, it progressively got better every time out and culminated with that Pittsburgh game.
Against the Braves, he gave up one run and struck out 11 over seven innings. From that point until year's end, he compiled a 2.58 ERA in 13 games.
"That's been the roll I've been going on, and I want to keep the momentum going," he said. "It's funny we start back in Pittsburgh, and I look forward to it."
Samardzija and Sveum bonded on the day the manager was named in November 2011. They met at Wrigley Field, and Samardzija stressed his commitment to baseball at that time.
"Me and Dale were on the same page from Day 1 with what we wanted," Samardzija said. "We didn't want any personal accolades, we just want to win ballgames. That is it. It doesn't matter when you pitch, or where you pitch or what the lineup is. I felt that from him when I met him at Wrigley the day he was hired. It's a good thing to have. There's no drama, you just go out and play ball."
Chicago Cubs
|Projected Opening Day lineup
|David DeJesus
|Starlin Castro
|Anthony Rizzo
|Alfonso Soriano
|Nate Schierholtz
|Welington Castillo
|Luis Valbuena
|Brent Lillibridge
|Jeff Samardzija
|Projected rotation
|Jeff Samardzija
|Edwin Jackson
|Travis Wood
|Scott Feldman
|Carlos Villanueva
Since he was drafted by the Cubs in 2006, Samardzija, 28, has made it clear he wants to start, but early on he was shuffled between the rotation and bullpen. At one time, he did consider playing both sports.
"I wanted to leave all my options open," he said. "Being a young kid, you don't know what you want all the time."
So, why baseball?
"I loved both," he said, "and I knew it would be a tough decision. After playing a summer with the Cubs [in 2006], and before I went back for my senior year of football, it really opened up my eyes as to what the sport was all about. I was intrigued at the amount of time I had put in football that I hadn't put in baseball. I was intrigued by what the ceiling was, and where we could get to. I had fun playing baseball and that was the most important thing."
At Notre Dame, student athletes were allotted 20 hours each week for sports. Samardzija spent 16 hours on football and four on baseball. He does watch NFL games and sometimes wonders "what if," but he's happy with his choice.
"You can't have your ice cream and eat it, too, all the time," he said.
That football mentality has both helped and hurt him. Sveum called it a "gorilla" approach to pitching. That may be the biggest change in Samardzija last year as he learned how to pitch rather than just trying to blow fastballs by hitters.
"Early in my career, I had to battle too many emotions and having that [football] mentality," he said. "To kind of suppress that for a while and learn how to pitch as a pitcher helped a lot. There are certain times when you need that -- you need that little extra energy, extra fire to get through tough situations. But everything has to be in check and under control."
It didn't take long for Sveum to see that Samardzija could be the ace of the Cubs' staff.
"It made sense as a big-body guy who should be able to handle the load and a guy who has learned how to pitch in the big leagues and had to learn how to be a starter," Sveum said. "I wasn't taken aback [at that meeting in 2011], but it was actually, 'Yeah, man, if this works out, this could be kind of special.'"
It all gets started Monday.
"I've gone through some humbling baseball experiences in '09 and '10 that put a lot of things into perspective," Samardzija said. "The best thing as an athlete is all your hard work -- you see positive gains from it. It gets you to keep working hard and keep improving. You get a little taste of success and you want that to keep going. I feel that's where I'm at now and I want to keep the ball rolling."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I always remind other people to do that. Eventually, I may even remember to do it myself.
Pudge has a point -- never rely on new stuff when it's this important. Of course, personally, I'd be more than a little angry even in a non-production situation.
Screwing up a burned CD because I was running lots of programs -- my fault, and I should have known better. Having a burned CD that won't work on another major OS -- their fault, but I still should have known better.
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Is the HiTechic Infrared Link supported in leJOS yet? Or is it it possible to use the RCXLink class (which is for MindSensors NR Link) for this sensor?
I bought this sensor to give my old RCX a second chance but I can't get it to work with lejos.nxt.RCXLink. This is what i'm doing:
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I think the IRLink should work the same as the Lego Mindstorms Remote Control and that one is seen by my RCX. Any Ideas? Thanks!
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StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm • Page 2
Ultra-rumor: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm ending leaks out a year early
We believe an "oops" is in order. Actually, not an "oops," but rather THE "oops" – the "oops" by which all other "oopses" shall henceforth be judged.
The Blizzcon 2010 round-up of death - Diablo III, WoW: Cataclysm, StarCraft II, more
Well. That was a whole lot of fun.
Blizzard still making "significant changes" to SCII story arc
Did you think Blizzard had the whole StarCraft II story arc sorted out a long, long time ago? You thought wrong, friend.
First Heart of the Swarm concept art gets shown off
It might be at least another two years out, but Blizzard's started teasing the second StarCraft II expansion Heart of the Swarm.
SCII: Heart of the Swarm won't be ready until after 2011
Next year? Next year?! Not a chance, Watson.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm at least 18 months away, says Blizzard
If you're up for StarCraft II's next expansion, Heart of the Swarm, you're in for a long wait.
Blizzard on next StarCraft II expansion: Heart of the Swarm "will be as epic as Wings of Liberty"
Still talking about Wings of Liberty? That is, like, so yesterday, girlfriend. Everyone's on the gravy train for Heart of the Swarm already.
"Hell, it's about damn time" - StarCraft II launches worldwide
Over three years after it was announced at the Worldwide Invitational in Seoul, and 12 years after the release of the original, Blizzard's finally launched StarCraft II.
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the best thing about this is that it is just SO NATURAL AND how easy they are in each others company. i've had sex with my friends wife while he watched and joined in and i was a bag of nerves to start of with. VERY WELL DONE!
I'm falling in love for her
Man this guy is hot!!
Normally I look hot girls but this is so fucking hot
god...this woman is so wonderful.
watched my wife fuck a few of my friends.one friends has a very thick nine inches.while we had many threesomes with him,it was such a turnon to just sit back and watch him stretch her pussy.the sound of her moaning,telling him how good his cock made her feel always sent me over the edge.
looks more like his mom
Her friend or your friend?
im not married but i have fucked one of the guys i work with wife while he watched and he and she both loved it
This guy can come fuck me nooow
I love watching my gf fucking my friend or strangers
I think this is Loni daSilva of covina, ca! Great video but would like to see others. I think she did several with athletes and wrestlers, etc.\
I generally perfer it when I am part of it! Me, my girlfirend and a pal!
Fuck she is so hot,love to fuck her,please lol xxx
Very realistic ! I can truly imagine how my girlfriend cheats on me, everytime she's fucking with his boss in some motel near our home....
she is so hot a great fuck
type in 'me and two horny friends playing' and that's another video of her
There's nothing quite like watching your wife enjoying herself with another man.Beautiful.
I ill fuck him any time of the day .. He is so hot
I don't get it. I would not be thrilled if my gf was fucking another guy, including any of my friends. Must be something wrong with the posters here if they get a thrill watching their wife or gf being fucked by someone else.
Very nice video...The guy is sooo hot!!
I have been fucking my friend's wife for many years, but he never has known it.
I think this is Julia Jay. She's incredibly sexy. Used to have a web site, but nowadays I only seem to stumble across her in other people's uploads. There is another vid somewhere.
When exactly does he give it to her good? He seemed rather boring to me.
tres bonne video
One of my friends is screwing my wife. Every so often we'll have a house party at our place. When everything has died down he'll slip my wife off into our bed and hump her the rest of the night. I love listen to her orgasms at the door as she's getting laid.
do you think this is the first time they fucked? Would love for him to fuck my GF while I ride the Girl. she is so hot and he gives her it good.. great couple and great vid
hey, does anyone know if there is any more videos of these guys? its such a hot fuck. they great together... are the creators ever on here checking back on the video? would love to get in touch about doing a shoot with my Girlfriend too... she loves this video.. thanks
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Terriers fall in Division 2 championship game
SOUTH BURLINGTON -- Rice Memorial fumbled the ball three times during the first half of Saturday's Division II high school football championship game.
The Green Knights, however, had a tight grip on the hardware during the post-game award ceremony after recovering from early miscues to nab a 23-14 victory over Bellows Falls at South Burlington High School and punctuate a perfect season.
Senior Billy O'Brien rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns, and Rice's vaunted defense kept another high-powered opponent in check as the top-seeded Green Knights (11-0) secured their second title in three years.
O'Brien's 46-yard touchdown rush with a little less than six minutes remaining in the contest gave the Green Knights a 23-14 lead in what had been a nip-and-tuck affair with the second-seeded Terriers (9-2).
"It's pretty much the most amazing feeling I could ever experience," said O'Brien, also the heart and soul of Rice's defense as a linebacker.
In addition to a pair of turnovers in its opening two possessions, Rice lost the offensive services of star running back Casey Tipson to a shoulder injury in the first quarter.
Bellows Falls was also dealt a big blow when running back Zachary Rawling exited the game with a knee injury shortly after his 41-yard touchdown dash provided the Terriers a 6-0 lead 4:19 into the contest.
"The ability to overcome adversity is what separates good teams from great teams," O'Brien said. "We knew going into it they were going to have some good plays; they were going to score; they were going to make us fumble. We just had to overcome it and play hard."
Rice settled down late in the first quarter, taking an 8-6 lead when O'Brien capped a 10-play drive with a 6-yard TD and ensuing two-point conversion run.
Rice took a 16-6 lead when Charlie Boardman hooked up with Matt Maynard, taking advantage of a BF turnover. Chris Jansen set up the Rice TD, forcing the turnover on a strip-sack of BF quarterback Ethan Illingworth.
Bellows Falls responded with a strong drive, Ian McKeen scoring on a 16-yard run to cut the deficit to 16-14 midway through the fourth quarter before O'Brien's clinching TD run.
O'Brien, Jansen and Maynard keyed a Rice defense that's been stifling all season. The Green Knights forced four Bellows Falls fumbles and swarmed Illingworth in the second half. O'Brien stuffed BF's fourth-down play on the 15-yard line late in the fourth quarter to hold the Terriers well below their 34-points-a-game average coming into the title game.
"Our defense did what it needed to do, then our offense stepped it up in the second half and got the job done," said Jansen, a defensive back who also had two fumble recoveries and two sacks.
Boardman completed 5 of 10 passes for 52 yards with a touchdown, but the senior was picked off by Ethan Amidon on the first play of the game.
"We tried to take a shot early on," Rice coach Neil Brodeur said. "We thought BF was going to be jacked and over-pursue, and we thought we might catch them. The kid made a great play diving for that interception. Once the nerves got out and we started holding onto the ball both teams settled into what they do best."
Carson Fullam rushed for 58 yards, McKeen ran for 50 yards for a Bellows Falls team that picked up 223 of its 259 yards on the ground. The Terriers also lost to Rice, 8-0, in the second game of the season.
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Hard to turn the pages when you hardly see the author
And momma face is either bleedin' or it's marked up
You leavin' here in cop cuffs ain't how to teach a toddler
Two, raise a nigga, say my nigga, would I ever do
Why you couldn't stay my nigga? I was only two
And now I'm goin' through puberty
Everything with boobs and a booty lookin' cute to me
So as you can see, I treat girls like they ain't nothin', just a screw to me
Wasn't taught to use a "C"
O-N-D-O-M no birds and bees from him
I'm chasin' skirts 'till the first dirty disease come in
Just need a minute. Depressed
Sixteen with a girl that want a belly finesse
With not a second to guess, I'm definitely stressed
Over her shoulder while she pissin' on a pregnancy test
But I ain't doin no dissin'
Pops I'm just wishin' that you would just listen
What happened to catch? Playin' pool or just fishin'
Havin' my back when these dudes set trippin'
Birthday candles, for you I'm wishin'
This news I mention is true non-fiction
I see what had the dude "Don" trippin
I was missin' you instead you got missin'
And my obvious attempt is not for me and you to make an argument of this
Let's talk about this shit
Acknowledge I exist
But you were never 'round for me to talk about it with
I know this shit ain't even right bruh
Had my mother workin' hard just to get some diapers
Why you say you love her and you know you didn't like her?
Shouldn't have piped her if would wasn't gonna wife her
But you would say "But I do not regret my child! Stupid bitch I just wanna see my child!"
Dad you make me sick
You need watch your mouth
You talk about my moms and I'm headed to your house
You must be crazy if you think we gotta praise you
You be the same way if granddaddy didn't raise you
You ain't never heard the term that it takes two?
You ain't concerned 'till it turns and I breaks you
And I don't care what the family say, I wish she hadn't messed with your ass anyway
And this is just my letter to you
If you was 'round the I probably woulda read it to you


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full title · The Secret Life of Bees
author · Sue Monk Kidd
type of work · Novel
genre · Bildungsroman (coming-of-age novel)
language · English
time and place written · 1997–2001, near Charleston, South Carolina
date of first publication · 2002
publisher · Viking Penguin
narrator · Fourteen-year-old Lily narrates the novel in retrospect, from the house where she now lives with the Boatwright sisters.
point of view · Lily narrates the novel in the first-person, desc... Read more→
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Someone in my class had this problem, probably from looking on this page as well. The No. 3 Quote is wrong. In the book the quote is about impossibility after talking about being in love with zach and it says "THE WORD (impossible) IS A GREAT BIG LOG THROWN ON THE FIRES OF LOVE"
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Website is very helpful, I finished my assignment a lot faster with it, but you should add page numbers
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Tear gas resolves Vernon standoff
VERNON -- Police used tear gas Monday night to force an armed man from his apartment, ending a day-long standoff that spurred evacuations and shut a busy road.
Thaddeus Cross, 42, will be cited with unlawful restraint and reckless endangerment today, Acting Vernon Police Chief Keith Clark said.
In spite of the duration of the standoff, no one was injured and no shots were fired.
"Bottom line is, after a very long day, everyone is safe -- including him," Clark said.
Some details remained sketchy late Monday; Clark said he could not speculate on why Cross allegedly barricaded himself in his apartment at 4591 Fort Bridgman Road, a stone's throw from the Massachusetts line.
Clark said Cross sent out a distressed text message in the early morning hours, threatening to harm himself. The situation took a turn for the worse when a neighbor checked on him.
"He pulled her into the apartment and initially would not let her go while waiving a gun around," Clark said, adding that a ringing phone distracted Cross, allowing the woman to escape unharmed.
Friends or family members then visited, trying to get Cross to leave the apartment. He would not, Clark said, and eventually they also departed.
"We're not calling them hostages," Clark said. "We don't feel that he ever intended to keep them from leaving."
The incident prompted a large-scale police response, with local officers in Vernon, Northfield and Bernardston joined by Vermont State Police and Massachusetts State Police. Vermont State Police sent its Tactical Support Unit, and troopers came from as far away as St. Albans and St. Johnsbury, Clark said.
Five apartments in the same building were evacuated, though no other residents had to leave nearby homes. Route 142 was shut, with Clark saying police were concerned for motorists' safety.
"We felt that, initially, we could talk him into coming out. And that failed to be the case," Clark said.
Cross stopped responding to officers around 6:30 p.m., Clark said. Then, "after almost two hours with no contact with him ... it was decided to use forcible entry," Clark said. "Tear gas was deployed into his house."
Cross left the apartment and surrendered after a second round of tear gas, Clark said.
The building's other tenants were being lodged elsewhere for the night. They should be able to return today, Clark said.
"The fire department's trying to get the tear gas out," he said.
One of those tenants was Kellie Poplawski, who said she was roused from bed around 8:30 a.m. Monday.
"The manager knocked on my door and said, 'You've got to get out of your apartment,'" Poplawski said.
She left without her purse or any other belongings, also leaving an ill cat behind. She noted the size of the police presence at the scene as residents were evacuated.
"They were all geared up," Poplawski said. "They had the big guns. They pulled out this huge rifle from one of the cars."
As for Cross, Poplawski said she knew him and got along with him.
"I've never known him to act like this," she said.
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The 9th Annual Stephen Decatur Athletic Boosters Golf Tournament held last week at Eagles Landing was a huge success with 144 golfers raising an estimated $17,000 for the cause. Pictured above, the overall champion foursome for the low gross score includes Rick McLaren, Jim McLaren, Sean McLaren and Rob Bailey.
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This happy foursome finished the 9th Annual Stephen Decatur Athletic Boosters golf tournament with the low net score and will also get their names engraved on the coveted trophy. Pictured above from left to right: Shawn Bunting, Jason Pylypczuk, Alex West and Ken Freeman.
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>Racing>Home Team Charity Run 2012 - Chicago - May 6, 2012
The Home Team Charity Run™ (HTCR), a 10K run and 5K run/walk that starts and finishes at U.S. Cellular Field, enables Chicago sports fans and runners to raise money for each team's respective charities. The event is followed by a Post-Race Festival that includes food, beverages and music from Chicago's own Michael McDermott and his Rock 'N Roll Band. All of the runners will receive a long sleeve moisture wicking jersey that is personalized with each participating team's name and team colors. The 1st place male and female runner in the 10k race will each win four tickets to a Chicago White Sox game including a free parking pass and will also receive VIP treatment by being introduced as the winner of the Home Team Charity Run and have their names and times on the Jumbotron. Winners will also receive a first place HTCR trophy. The top three male and female runners of each age bracket in the 10K run will win a pair of tickets to attend a Chicago Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox game. (A total of 6 tickets for 3 games.) The top five male and female runners in the 5K run/walk will each receive a HTCR plaque recognizing their accomplishment. 25% of all registration fees will go to benefit each of the charities our participating home teams represent. The total raised from the race will be divided equally among all three participating teams. The goal is to raise over $100,000 for local charities this year. Go to hometeamcharityrun.org for further details, registration and information regarding the "Early Bird Registration Special." For race details, prizes, registration and more information go to www.hometeamcharityrun.org Follow us: FACEBOOK.com/hometeamcharityrun TWITTER @hometeamcharity
Oh for goodness' sake.
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Demon of Bad Decisions
How much does it cost to run this 10k, you ask?
No friggin' way.
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The oregano was centered in a circle about 1.5 inches in diameter worse than any oregano toss that I've ever seen at pizza town, and they are pretty egregious offenders.
"for this area, this is pretty good pizza"
What do you mean by "for this area, this is pretty good pizza" ?Do you know this area?
Tom, when new members from New Jersey join, I normally post my location to their intro thread (you from joisey? I'm from joisey! ), but I just checked yours, and, while I did say hello, I dropped the ball on my location. I'm in Morristown.I don't have John's pizzeria tasting credentials (yet ), but I have been stepping up my sampling game and have probably hit close to 150 places in Morris County in the last six months beyond growing up here and living in Manhattan for seven years.
Nice review. While it was full of quotables this one made me LOL. I nominate it for quote of the day/week.
Out of curiosity how are you weighting the tomatoes? If you give them a pass because of being busy would better tomatoes have made it a 7?
I remeber a ways back when you said Pizza Town was Blah tooo !
I'm from Jersey, not joisey. The only people I've heard say"joisey" are from Brooklyn.FYI: This will be out tomorrow, or maybe you can get it now; http://njmonthly.com/articles/restaurants/25-perfect-pizzas.html
Pizza Town on a best of list? Nice! That's the first time I've ever seen them on a list like this.I don't say 'joisey' but I know one or two people that do, and more importantly, I know plenty of people that joke about it, which was my intention Edit: I did a little digging on the joisey joke. Apparently it goes back to an old Saturday Night Live skit starring Joe Piscopo.
tombiasi,thanks for the heads up on the article. due mari is affiliated with Nicoletta NYC, its great that the pie is recognized and appreciated in new jersey.


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WINCHESTER AMMUNITION Supreme Elite Centerfire Rifle Ammunition
Winchester 300 Winchester Magnum 180 Grain Supreme Elite XP3
The XP3 bullet starts with a 2-stage expansion design, then combines all the best known bullet technology into one bullet. It delivers precision accuracy, awesome knockdown power, and deep penetration all in one package -- and it's as effective on thin-skinned game, like deer and antelope, as it is on tough game, like elk, moose, bear, and African animals, at short and long ranges. The XP3 is the closest thing to a perfect hunting bullet you can buy!
SPECIFICATIONS:Mfg Item Num: SXP300WM Category: AMMO CENTERFIRE Caliber :300 Winchester MagBullet Type :Supreme Elite XP3Bullet Weight :180 GRMuzzle Energy :3501 ft lbsMuzzle Velocity :2960 fpsRounds/box :20 Round Per Box, 10 Boxes Per Case