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(Medical Xpress) -- The main barriers to hearing aid use are being addressed by experts in Nottingham as part of an innovative research project.
Hearing aids have the potential to transform the lives of those with permanent hearing loss, yet out of the three million people who have one, around 25 per cent 750,000 people choose not to wear their device.
Now researchers are offering easy-to-use, interactive video tutorials offering handy tips and advice in a bid to increase the chances of success for people using their hearing aids for the first time and make the most of their device.
If they are successful, the tutorials could be routinely given to patients receiving hearing aids on the NHS within the next three years.
The project and is being led by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing (NBRUH) and brings together expertise from researchers and leading clinicians from The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Significant barriers
Consultant clinical scientist Mel Ferguson, from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, who is leading the study, said: A huge amount of information is given to patients verbally when they receive their hearing aids, yet much of it is forgotten a few weeks later. Many problems that occur could be easily solved if only the patient knew what to do and often hearing aids end up in the proverbial kitchen drawer.
In addition to issues with retaining the large amount of information given to users at their clinic appointment, there are other significant barriers to hearing aid use before patients even reach the referral stage.
Many hearing aid users have had difficulties in hearing for at least 10 years before they get a hearing aid citing many reasons for not seeking advice. These include perceiving their hearing to be not that bad, acceptance of hearing loss as a normal consequence of ageing, lack of awareness of that they may have a hearing loss (everyone mumbles these days), lack of understanding of hearing loss and what to do about it, and simply avoiding to address the issue.
In addition, many people who need a hearing aid are not given the referral they need to see a specialist. Just under half (47 per cent) of those with a significant hearing loss in the 55-74 year age group who went to their GP with complaints of hearing loss failed to get an onward referral to audiology services.
Powerful messages
The project team has worked with more than 30 hearing aid users to develop eight video tutorials that can be played on a DVD player, computer or via the internet, which provide advice on how best to use hearing aids and communicate with family and friends.
The tutorials reinforce information and advice given at the clinic appointment and include information, animations, videos and powerful messages from users of hearing aids about their personal experiences.
At the end of each tutorial there is an interactive quiz so the patients can review what they have learned. The tutorials, which total an hour in duration, will also offer friends and family an important insight into how best to support the hearing aid user by developing a better awareness of how best to hold conversations with people with hearing loss.
Anne Darby, an experienced hearing aid user of 30 years, played a key role in providing a patient perspective for the project. She said: This is a fabulous resource for people receiving their hearing aids for the first time. It explains the mechanics of hearing and how hearing aids work, supports people through the difficulties of adjustment, lets the viewer know that they are not alone, points to other resources and, most of all, is reassuring to the patient and their partners, family and friends.
The team has received a £235,000 NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant and is now in the process of evaluating the potential benefits of the tutorials. Involving 200 patients, it is expected to find substantial success in terms of better hearing aid use and improved communication with family and friends.
Successful outcomes
The first hearing aid patient to complete the trial, Hazel Hampton said she was delighted with the tutorials, adding: If I did not have the DVD I might have given up wearing my hearing aids. Because of the DVD I have entered a much easier self-directing and informative environment, instead of a wild woolly and noisy world. I think the DVD is a well thought out educational resource.
Dr. Gareth Smith, President of the British Academy of Audiology, said: In the new NHS arena, where evidence-based, clinical innovation is the key to successful service delivery and outcomes for patients, NBRUH are in a fantastic position to spearhead positive change. This award-winning project, simple in design yet so effective in practice, sets the bar for other healthcare professionals to consider how they can follow this example to improve patient out-comes. The challenge has now been set for the audiology profession to incorporate this model of information delivery into everyday practice.
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I'm looking for any general information and books that will guide beginners on the subject of mobile development. For example, I primarily develop in web standards, PHP, JS and use a couple CMSs. Making the move to Objective-C is a jump although I'm familiar with basic concepts regarded classes and such.
Additionally, I'm not sure if I fully understand how or if mobile apps can be developed in HTML/CSS/JS. I'm out of the loop. My original impression was that apps for the iPhone and Android were clearly separate from the other languages I mentioned. I assumed that if you're doing something in HTML/CSS/JS then you simply call it a website and put it online.
Can someone explain this to me and recommend any beginner books on the topic of Objective-C and iPhone development? Thanks in advance.
The Programming Team is currently putting together a Sticky thread ATM.
There is a lot you should get to know I guess, no offense intended.
If I'm correct?
Server-side codeDevice supportMark-Up design
A bit shy on Paper Books IMHO - but here's from a very rough bunch of stuff. I'm guessing you're more of a "fundamentals first" person, liking books. but sometimes it's helpful to tear apart other code to see how it works
Mobile Web - W3CMobile Web Design - (by Cameron Moll) Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW - Microsoft Download CenteriBBDemo2 - Cross Platform iPad and iPhone Simulator - Blackbaud labs10 Ways to Create a Mobile Friendly WordPress Site - iphone-more-fun\ Quick Tip: HTML5 Video with a Fallback to Flash - NettutsHTML Video Example - Safari Reference LibraryMobile Web Design: Best Practices - Six RevisionsOpera Mobile emulator - Opera Developer NetworkMobile Emulators & Simulators: The Ultimate Guide - Mobile Web ProgrammingRethinking the Mobile Web by Yiibu - slideshareSitePointCSS > Media Queries - iPhone Vs iPhone 4CSS > device specific stylesheetAdapting an Interface for Touch Devices.Designing for the Mobile Web
I understand mobile web design more than developing apps. This may not be the proper forum for questions on app development. What I don't understand is the blurry area in between. I almost get the impression that some people create iPhone apps that are only HTML5/CSS and I'm confused by the nomenclature or details. Can you create in app like that and get in the app store? Developing in HTML/CSS3, etc is not necessarily an issue for me.
phonegap and appcelerator titanium will allow you to re-utilise existing web skills to produce native mobile apps that are cross platform.
I personally think that platform specific coding isn't necessary unless you need very low level access for high performance applications like 3d games. Android phones are now outselling iphones and will continue to get even more market share, so the days of people equating a mobile app as an iphone app are on the way out. To use an analogy - would you create a website that is e.g firefox only, no ie no safari? There's no need when you can write once and deploy to multiple platforms using a good framework.
I agree with you. This request is partly based on what I've been tasked to do at my job. However I think I have more clarity on developing for the iPhone. Do I have to use third party tools to leverage my existing web skills to create official apps? The goal here is to not create mobile optimized website but to create something with the appearance of an app available on the app store.
One way or another you'll have to use a third party tool whether it's a framework or the ios sdk.The frameworks mentioned will create real apps, appcelerator has over 4000 apps in the store and is used by some of the biggest brands around.
Just remember, that you must have a mac to develop for iOS. Unless you want to only make an html5/css3 mobile site and host it online.
If you are looking to develop for iOS you will need to learn Objective-C or Cocoa.
If you are looking to develop for Android, then you will need to learn Java i think.
Try http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html and get started there.
Hope that will help you.
Very good topic!
Still, that does not mean Native Apps will go away! If you're making any games or graphic intensive or hardware dependent app, then you must code in native languages. However, if you're just making a enterprise business site like Amazon/Amex/online banking/etc... You can easily do this using HTML 5. At least this is my bet!
Oh! If you truly want your App to show on the phone then I'll just code in native mobile language that simply launches a browser w/ specific URL. Voila~
Programming is not easy job. I have little experience about it. It require languages like java, html, php developing, CSS, C++ and all others.
If you want to learn all languages then go w3schools.com. Here all languages are available to learn.
Yea you right but it's a challenging job. I am doing web developing job and http://w3schools.com/ is good site too.
Have you seenhttp://w3fools.com/Before you use w3schools as reference?
I've learned a lot at w3schools - @10 years ago !
At rare times I'll still go there - but I treat it as "background" NOT "documentation". I've learned enough over the years to know that a lot of things have chenged so I would never consider w3schools as being cutting edge.
Would I expect the .NET Mobile Tutorial to be up-to-date? Not on your life. Yet I think it still has some value as an overview as long as one doesn't expect to copy/paste code and have it work.
Great info, for a cool topic. Mobile will definitely be a money maker in the future, still in it's infant stages (and I don't mean apps but actually marketing to mobile users).
I like to know that anybody have knowledge about the software that develop the mobile applications for Anorid and Java combine.
I've not read it myself, but it seems to pertain and gone unmentioned: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596807795
T. Hill:This following post have some relative information to develop Android Mobile application. Please read the article which may help you some way-
Hi,I feel you can take guidance of mobile expert programmer, then you solved this problem.
I think you should read the book "Programming the Mobile Web" by "Maximiliano Firtman "
Except, that is a post that simply reiterates a press release about the release of a SDK for the honeycomb tablet platform. Not really relevant at all if you ask me.
Truly enlightening stuff.
Isn't that what I said in my previous post?

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Ten of Red Cloud Indian School's student-athletes will play during halftime of a Denver Nuggets basketball game this Saturday, March 23. The Crusaders were first invited to Denver by Lisa Johnson, Nuggets executive director of basketball administration, in 2009 after she reached out to recognize the Lakota students for their perseverance and excellence in the classroom.
This year the Red Cloud High School Crusaders boys hoopsters, led by Christian McGhee '08, now the school's athletic director and boys' basketball coach, were invited for the third time to celebrate the players success both in the classroom and on the court.
"Red Cloud Indian School has been near and dear to my heart for many years," says Lisa Johnson, in a press release. "They have impressed our organization each year with not only their athletic abilities, but by their academics and citizenship. These students have earned the right to come here and they have the support and respect of our entire staff. It is our pleasure to welcome them."
The visiting Crusaders, which include Kobe O'Rourke, Ryan Hussman, Colby Hunter, Mato Hinton, Colton Sierra, Kein Clements, Caine Ghost Bear, Justin Mesteth, Brannon Cousin, and Randy Hughes, will work out with Nuggets coach Steve Hess and then scrimmage one another between halves when the Nuggets take on the Sacramento Kings Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.
First year Red Cloud High School principal Robin Johnson couldn't be more elated by the partnership. "This is a tremendous incentive in support of dedication in the classroom," says Johnson, in the release. In celebrating the students' efforts, she believes this opportunity will help to foster a greater sense of commitment and sportsmanship not just on the basketball court, but in life. "We humbly thank all of those involved and associated with the Denver Nuggets in making this rare opportunity a reality."
The nonprofit school, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota, has graduated 57 Gates Millennium Scholars – more per capita than any school in the country – and boasts a graduation rate on par with the nation's top schools. Red Cloud students have achieved this success, despite the area's high level of poverty and a nearly 80 percent unemployment rate.


text: Staff on February 2, 2012 0 Comments This past weekend I threw my very first baby shower for some amazing friends! In my beginning ventures to pick out the perfect theme I was caught up in cookie cutter themes that have been done a thousand times over. If you have a boy you should expect trains, baby bears or prince themes to name a few. It wasn't until I starting looking online that I found the perfect custom theme "Woodland Creatures" and all things natural and outside. So I went to town on creating little woodland creatures, and beautiful flowers that felt random and fresh picked in mason jars, and crinkled grass. But I wanted something that made…well a splash and found the Nostalgia Electrics Vintage Party Fountain. Because this was a baby shower I made lemonade for the fountain and it turned out amazing! It became the hit of the party and what everyone was talking about. It just added that extra bit of sweetness and whimsical delight needed! It was extremely easy to put together and operate and sounded so relaxing in the background with the trickling lemonade. So I hope when you plan your next shower, party or get-together this inspires you in finding those extra special touches and maybe even your very own fountain!


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The 2012 Olympic Games begin in London on Friday, but already a venerable Olympic sport is underway: The Brits are arguing about the costs and benefits of the event, which set them back at least $15 billion so far. Speaking of $15 billion, China's government-controlled oil company, CNOOC, is snapping up Nexen of Canada for just as much. Nexen is big in the oil sands of Alberta and the Gulf of Mexico. And as this summer's drought shows no signs of letting up, many farmers are worried about the future of their crops -- but in other states, farmers see nothing but green.


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Pikes Peak Region > UN 13070 "Devils Playground" > Climber's Log
UN 13070 "Devils Playground" Climber's Log
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|Devils Playground
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2016
|Very easy walk from the parking lot! You can hike from here to Pike's Peak and cut your walk in half compared to Barr Trail or coming from Crags.
|Posted Sep 14, 2016 2:54 pm
|Easy walk up from car
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2016
|Drove up to Pikes Peak, stopped by the Devils Playground for this very short side trip. We got to the toll booth around 7:45 and only had to wait a few minutes, when we exited at 10:00 there was a line of cars a half mile long waiting to get in.
|Posted Jul 17, 2016 4:48 pm
|Touched it will Heading up Pikes
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2015
|Did during trip to Summit of Pikes via Crags
|Posted Jan 19, 2016 12:51 pm
|Hike from car
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2015
|Quick hike from the car on the way down from Pikes.
|Posted Oct 10, 2015 2:31 pm
|Teller CoHP
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2014
|Walked down the Devils Playground trail a little ways from the Pikes Peak Highway, then back to the car over the highest rock.
|Posted Jul 7, 2014 12:31 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011
|Nice little trip up Pikes... always enjoyable.
|Posted Dec 28, 2012 3:21 pm
|Teller COHP
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2010
|Hooray for driveups.
|Posted Sep 10, 2012 3:36 pm
|From Crags
Date Climbed: Mar 2, 2009
|Wife, pup and I after hiking Pikes.
|Posted Nov 29, 2011 12:18 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2011
|Nabbed the Devils Playground/Teller County Highpoint after summiting Pikes Peak. I also got the higher peak across the road from Teller.
|Posted Sep 11, 2011 5:27 pm
|Pikes Peak Hillclimb
|Favorite vantage point for the Annual Pikes Peak Hillclimb.
|Posted Jun 25, 2011 11:49 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2009
|I had always had some reason for putting off this little side trip, so I finally went for it. Did Pikes and Sachett Mtn. on the same trip. Took the dogs along for a long, but satisfying day.
|Posted Jan 23, 2011 10:47 am
|Jeremy Hakes
|Pikes winter
Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2006
|With dad.
|Posted Jan 16, 2011 12:04 am
|Brian Kalet
|Climbed Twice
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009
|8/30/2009 & 9/9/2012.
|Posted Oct 22, 2010 5:58 pm
|Teller cohp
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008
|It was the county highpoint I was after so I ended up exploring the whole area and enjoying it while my wife was trying to figure out what the heck I was doing.
|Posted Oct 6, 2010 8:31 am
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008
|Made the side trip up "Devils Playground Peak" while climbing Pikes Peak via the Crags Route.
|Posted Oct 6, 2010 12:00 am
|Sarah Simon
|Western slope from Crags TH
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010
|Looking for a shorter, less-committing day to enjoy with a girlfriend who recently had her second baby, we made our way up to "Devils Playground" from the new Crags TH. The climb gave us both the exercise we needed and the views from the top of "Devils Playground" are pretty nifty. I'm not a county highpointer, but I really enjoyed this outting.
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Hi all,
some time ago i raised a question about global threadprivate variables for general objects:
as apparently i am using a feature of OpenMP 3.0 that is not supported by GCC (nor will be in the future).
An interesting comment was made in the thread:
"threadprivate with constructors/destructors is really hard to implement reliably, because the shared library in which threadprivate objects are present can be dlopened or dlclosed at any time, including a parallel region.
The ctors could be perhaps invoked when the threadprivate/__thread variable is touched for the first time in some thread, but if dlclose is called while the threadprivate object lives in many threads, dlclose would need to signal them all and request dtors to be run in each thread. I wonder what other implementations do here (if they just ignore the problem or solve it somehow)."
i am writing to ask if this issue is likely to be better specified in OpenMP 3.1 or in OpenMP 4.0.
I also would like some comments (possibly non gcc specific) to understand if it is a reasonable expectation that other compilers will allow this ... or not
thanks in advance


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Alala Chicks: Time to Move Out of Mom and Dad's House!
Last year was momentous at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center in Hawaii. For the first time in over 20 years, alala (Hawaiian crows) successfully hatched and reared their own chicks in managed care, completely unassisted! Two chicks (a male and female) were raised by their mom, Po Mahina. To learn about her parent-rearing journey, read Alala: Does Mother Know Best? Another male chick was raised by a caring alala mom named Lolii. This gave us a total of three parent-reared chicks!
Before the species went extinct in the wild in 2002, young alala chicks were known to live with their parents until the following breeding season. Today I am happy to report that these three parent-reared chicks are doing fantastic. However, they just went through an experience that many animal species (humans included!) go through: the time to stretch your wings and move out of mom and dad's house!
We wanted to move the chicks gradually and as stress-free as possible, so a few weeks ago we shifted them to the chamber next door to their parents. This way the chicks could still see, hear, and interact with their parents. Both the chicks and their parents hardly seemed bothered by this change! Then it was time for the big move. All of our alala are conditioned to come down to a hack box (a small room with sliding hatch doors) every day for their normal food pan. On the morning of the big move, the chicks were shut into their hack box, then quickly netted and placed into animal carriers. The chicks were then taken to their new home in a separate aviary, just a short car ride down the road. Once there, all three chicks were released into their new aviary at the same time.
Since Lolii's chick was an only child, this was the first time for him to meet other chicks. We worried that he might have a harder time adjusting to living with other chicks, because getting used to new roommates takes some adjustment, whether you are bird or human! We also worried that Po Mahina's chicks might gang up and bully Lolii's chick, so we closely observed their interactions following the release. Our worry was needless, because everyone quickly worked out their differences, and at the end of the day, all three chicks were sitting together on the same perch!
What's next for these three youngsters? For now, they will probably stay together for a couple of years until they become mature alala, around three years of age. During that time, their blue eyes will slowly start to transition to dark brown. Their bright pink gapes (corners of the mouth) will turn black like an adult's. Instead of their boisterous begging vocalizations, they will soon sound like adults and call out to each other with an amazing repertoire of calls and songs.
What about those super moms? Po Mahina and Lolii's breeding and nesting instincts are starting to kick back into gear. Now it's time to turn on our alala video cameras so we can watch the parent-rearing process start all over again!
Amy Kuhar is a research associate at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center in Hawaii. Read her previous post, Nene Nest Fest 2014!


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Jealous ex jailed for Linzi murder
A jealous and paranoid ex-boyfriend has been jailed for life for the "remorseless" murder of a mother-of-two.
Michael Cope, 28, strangled and beat Linzi Ashton, who suffered 108 separate injuries in an hour-long attack at her home, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He then went on the run, evading police for a month.
Miss Ashton, 25, a barmaid and mother to Destiny and Daisy, aged seven and two, had taken her boyfriend back despite suffering prolonged domestic abuse for months.
Cope had twice tried to strangle her and she had been warned by a friend just months earlier: "He's going to end up killing you."
She had also accused him of rape and eventually reported him to police.
But he talked her into retracting the statement and the pair continued the relationship in secret from her family.
She paid with her life, suffering the "ultimate form of domestic abuse", the court heard.
During a "prolonged, extremely violent and determined attack", Kate Blackwell QC, prosecuting, said Miss Ashton had been punched, kicked, stamped on, cut with a blade, beaten with a metal pole and strangled with a cable tie.
Her battered body was found the next day, the rooms spattered with her own blood, at her house in Winton, Salford, on June 29 last year.
Around 40 members of her family and friends wept as the court was told of the more than 100 injuries she suffered while being beaten and strangled to death.
Cope, from Salford, was arrested a month later. He admitted murder and three counts of assault yesterday and was today jailed for life. A single charge of rape was ordered to lie on file.
He was told he must serve a minimum of 27 years before being considered for parole.
Members of Miss Ashton's family burst into shouts of "Yes!" and cheered as the sentence was passed.
Cope smiled and turned towards the public gallery but, as he was taken down, male members of Miss Ashton's family rushed towards him, punching the reinforced glass dock and shouting: "Rot in hell, you dirty f****** rat!"
Miss Ashton's mother, sisters and other relatives stood shaking and in tears, one saying: "It's still not enough."
Passing sentence, Mr Justice Parker told Cope: "You set out in a most deliberate and calculating manner to kill your victim.
"This was a savage and sustained attack on a defenceless woman in her own home.
"The injuries that were caused, in part in all probability by use of a weapon, that I have recounted, were truly horrific and it is difficult to imagine the suffering, mental and physical, she must have endured as you brutally beat her to death.
"You violently took the life of a young mother, who had the care of two small children."
Earlier, the court heard that Cope was wanted by police over the rape allegation when Miss Ashton began seeing him again and he talked her into retracting her statement.
On June 28 they spent the evening at a friend's house, drinking and watching TV, before leaving for Miss Ashton's home at 2am.
Half an hour after they got in, a neighbour heard a row.
"It seemed as if the male had hold of the female around the neck and was strangling her," the neighbour told police.
"Her voice was in bits and breaking as though he's choking and strangling her."
Miss Blackwell continued: "It was a prolonged, extremely violent and determined attack.
"Miss Ashton's blood was splattered across the walls of both upstairs and downstairs rooms."
Cope left her battered body lying half in and half out of her bed - it was discovered by her worried family the next day after they failed to contact her.
Some of Miss Ashton's relatives covered their ears in court as her injuries were detailed, including a fractured right arm, left elbow, broken nose, broken chin bone, bruises and cuts across her head and body and ligature marks around her neck.
Miss Blackwell said the couple had been in a relationship since November 2012 but from early on Miss Ashton suffered "deliberate, extensive and sustained domestic abuse".
Last March, Cope strangled her until she passed out.
Afterwards Miss Ashton sent him a text message saying: "I'm not going to pretend nothing's wrong, you could have actually killed me on Friday... think of all the stuff you have done to me."
Cope promised not to do it again but these were "empty words", the court heard.
Within days he accused her of flirting with customers when she worked at the Duke of York pub, run by her cousin, in Eccles, Salford.
He called her a "whore", dragged her around the back of a nearby takeaway, and told her: "I'm going to kill you." He was disturbed and the attack ended.
In April, Liam Grime, the father of Daisy, gave her an ultimatum - leave Cope or lose her children through a court order.
Mr Grime told her she was a "great mum" but warned: "Linzi, he's going to end up killing you."
The next month, while walking home from the pub, Cope accused Miss Ashton of fancying his friend and headbutted her in the face, causing her nose to bleed.
As she curled up in a ball on the floor, he carried on the attack until a car passed and Miss Ashton was able to escape.
Later she broke down and confessed to relatives what was going on.
A family meeting was called and Miss Ashton, though scared Cope would kill her, agreed to go to police on May 19.
"Her testimony is chilling, given the fears she had of being murdered in a revenge attack," Miss Blackwell said.
Miss Ashton was t errified of Cope after making the rape allegation to police. Her two children were taken out of her care and she went to live with her father before being reunited with her daughters and returning home.
Locks were changed, alarms fitted and male relatives stayed with the family.
But Cope, now wanted for rape by police, was still in contact, warning her: "Don't think it's over."
By June the couple were back together, the court heard.
Cope continued to pressure Miss Ashton into retracting her statement over the rape, and she did so on June 19.
Ten days later she was dead.
Police mounted a nationwide manhunt after Miss Ashton's body was found and Cope was arrested on July 27.
He told police he tried to hang himself while on the run for murder but later refused to answer questions.
In a victim impact statement, Miss Ashton's mother Philomena McMahon said: "Our lives are empty and dark without Linzi. She was the brightest light you could ever wish to meet.
"I have never known pain like this. Heartbreak doesn't signify anywhere near the pain.
"I can't stop thinking about poor Linzi and how she must have suffered.
"He didn't just end one life that day, changed one life forever, he ended all of ours. Our whole family is devastated.
"My life seems to be playing out in slow motion."
In a statement outside court, Ms McMahon added: "We as a family are all extremely relieved that this terrible ordeal has finally come to an end. I am thankful we did not have to sit in court to hear details of how our beautiful Linzi suffered.
"We can now start to get closure on the most traumatic year in all our lives. We all miss Linzi terribly, nothing will ever replace her. "She left behind two gorgeous girls who will always be reminded what a beautiful, wonderful, caring person she was.
"A big light went out in our lives the day she died, she wasn't just my daughter she was my best friend. I miss her every moment of every day.
"I want to thank Greater Manchester Police for all they have done during the investigation, the Crown Prosecution Service, Victim Support and the Witness Care Service."
Superintendent Wayne Miller from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: "The family of Linzi Ashton remain heartbroken by what has happened. Michael Cope not only took away a life in its prime, he has deprived two young girls of their mother.
"He carried out a brutal murder and then left relatives to find her body. The level of violence was shocking, and nobody deserves such a fate.
"Our thoughts go out to all of Linzi's family and friends.
"It took Cope one month to give himself up to police, but that was only after a major manhunt where officers were searching neighbourhoods, forest and canals, and the net was closing in on him.
"Linzi suffered a history of domestic abuse with Cope, who wanted to manipulate her and wanted to control her. He was already wanted by the police when he carried out this hideous act.
"The full contact police officers had with Linzi is being examined by an Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation, and it would be inappropriate to make any comment about this while this investigation is ongoing.
"We continue to learn lessons to better protect victims of domestic abuse and give victims the confidence to report. We await the outcome of the IPCC investigation.
"We remain committed to protecting vulnerable victims. The lessons learnt from the tragic murder of Clare Wood resulted in the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (Clare's Law), which was piloted in Greater Manchester and is being rolled out nationally.
"Anyone who is suffering domestic abuse, or knows someone who is a victim can call police on 999 or 101. Alternatively Women's Aid can be contacted on 0800 2000 247."


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HOUSTON - An elderly man said he was beaten and robbed in his gated senior living home in Northeast Houston.
Before being admitted to Memorial Hermann Hospital, Percy Gipson told Local 2 four men attacked him with a hammer.
Gipson's grandson, Damil Gipson said he feels helpless and angry.
"I got a call early this morning saying my grandfather had gotten ambushed on his way home from work," said Damil.
He said his grandfather turned the hall corner at Commons of Grace around 3:30 a.m. when the men approached, hitting him with the hammer. He said the men took turns kicking Percy. Damil said the men stole Percy's wallet, keys and the pistol he carried to defend himself.
"When I got down to the emergency room where he was at, I found out how severe it was," Damil said.
Damil said his grandfather suffered a fractured skull and bleeding from the brain. Other Commons of Grace residents are terrified.
"I may be the next one," said Tommy Smith.
"Our life is in danger here," said Bertha Jackson.
"There's got to be a solution," said Katheryne Warfield. "We're being targeted because we're senior citizens."
In June, another elderly man said he was attacked and robbed at the same complex. Regional property manager Maritza Miranda said they are working to keep seniors safe.
"We are going to continue beefing up the patrol and we're going to continue working with the authorities," said Miranda.
She said in addition to the added security, they also installed surveillance cameras a few weeks earlier.
Miranda said the cameras are fully operable, but when asked if the cameras were all over the property, Miranda said she could not disclose that information. Jackson said there are not enough cameras and she said she saw no cameras in the hall where Percy Gipson was attacked.
Miranda said they do have surveillance video from somewhere on the property that they are turning over to Houston police.
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The Russellville-West ninth-grade boys wrapped up their regular season schedule Thursday with a convincing 57-37 win over Morrilton.
The West 'Winds took control from the start, outscoring Morrilton 18-7 in the first quarter and taking a 29-13 advantage into halftime.
Morrilton managed to trim the deficit to 37-28 entering the fourth quarter, but RJHS West pulled away in the final period.
A.J. Broadnax led the West 'Winds with 16 points. Brandon Woestman had 12, Terrel Carter had nine, and Kenneth Golden finished with eight.
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Florida State's Michael Snaer is an accomplished shutdown defender, and he expanded his offensive game last year. For his senior season, he says he's cleared out space for the school's first-ever ACC championship and perhaps a conference player of the year award.
"I can't be guarded," Snaer told ESPN this week. "I've been believing in myself and now, I'm at a point now, I feel like if I'm not the best, I'm one of the best two-guards in the country
"I strongly feel that way. I've been up against all the guys at (LeBron's camp), where you see all the guys at your position. I really feel that, in my mind, if I'm not the best, I'm one of the best."
Snaer averaged 14 points and hit 40.4 percent of 3-point attempts in his junior season as the Seminoles finished 25-10 and two games behind North Carolina in the ACC. He hit two game-winning buzzer-beating shots last season but was only 4-of-11 from the field as FSU was upset by Cincinnati in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32.
FSU lost six seniors from last year's club, including center Bernard James, but has six new recruits, and Snaer is better than ever and ready to lead the young Seminoles.
"(At LeBron's camp), I think we did one-on-one drills one time. I just straight destroyed people," Snaer told ESPN. "So I mean, at that moment, I just knew, in my opinion, I'm the best guard in the country, the best 2-guard in the country, in my opinion.
"Any guy would say that of course. But, like I said, you ask any of the guys that were down there [in] that drill with me and who laced up and went against me -- I can give you references if you want -- but they'll tell you, 'Yeah, I couldn't guard him and nobody down there could.' And that's the bottom line."


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The Cardinal (9-1) will put its eight-game winning streak on the line against the Lady Vols (10-0 after beating Tennessee State on Wednesday night), who average 83.4 points a game.
They are also balanced, with four players averaging double figures in scoring. Tennessee also has a plus-15.8 rebounding margin.
"I'll be focusing on boxing out," Stanford's Erica McCall said. "When you think Tennessee, you think big, tall and rebounding. I've got to work on posting up and hitting my outside shot. I'm pretty pumped up, excited. I have a couple of friends who play for Tennessee (Mercedes Russell, Jordan Reynolds)."
Stanford, which beat New Mexico (75-41) on Monday behind Ogwumike's 32 points, averages 75.2 points a game, has two players averaging double digits scoring and has a plus-7.7 rebounding margin.
"We have to take care of the ball and we have to rebound," Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. "Those two things are the keys."
Stanford and Tennessee have played every year since 1988, with the Lady Vols owning a 22-8 edge in the series. The Cardinal has won the past two meetings, though, and will be going for three straight for the second time ever. Stanford lost its last meeting, in 1997, when it had won the two previous meetings.
"There are certain things, when you play Tennessee, you have to do year in and year out," VanDerveer said. "They are aggressive, they are athletic and it is a big team that is active with their hands. They are also quick."
Stanford will be playing the Lady Vols for the fourth time on Dec. 21, losing the first three meetings by a combined 18 points, including a 10-point loss in overtime.
The Cardinal and Tennessee has played six overtime games, Stanford's most against any opponent. Cal is next, with four in the previous 78 meetings.
Ogwumike, who scored 23 of Stanford's first 25 points in the win over the Lobos, became the eighth Stanford player to record 2,000 points in her career.
The senior All-American became the fifth member of the exclusive 2,000-point, 1,000-rebound club, which includes older sister Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Jayne Appel, Nicole Powell and Val Whiting.
Ogwumike is 50 points from matching Whiting for fifth on the all-time scoring list.
"Chiney is just such an anchor for us," VanDerveer said. "She calls for the ball, she rebounds, she scores, and she plays defense. She did a great job."
With seven rebounds, Ogwumike also moved past her older sister into third place on the all-time Stanford rebounding list with 1,227. Jayne Appel is second with 1,263 and Kayla Pedersen tops the list with 1,266.
Men's basketball
Stanford heads into Saturday's game against Michigan in the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational in New York on a high note.
Chasson Randle scored 22 points, Josh Huestis and Dwight Powell combined for 23 points and 25 rebounds and the Cardinal stunned host Connecticut, 53-51, Wednesday night in a nonconference game in Storrs, Conn.
The Cardinal (8-2) handed the No. 10 Huskies their first home loss against a nonconference opponent in six years.
Stanford overcame a 13-point deficit to beat previously undefeated Connecticut for the first time in five meetings.
"It was just a matter of us being aggressive on the defensive end," Randle said. "Just being active, getting our hands moving, getting our feet moving and just hustling."
Cardinal coach Johnny Dawkins did what coaching legend Mike Montgomery could not do in his three tries against the Huskies.
"At halftime, we were reeling," Dawkins said. "We were trying to search and find out what we could do. Our guys really stepped up and just did it on the defensive end. It was one of the best efforts I've ever seen for a half."
Stanford continues its road trip with a game against Michigan on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on Fox Sports 1.
The Cardinal, 5-13 against ranked opponents under Dawkins, beat a top-10 team on the road for the first team in over five years. Stanford beat then No. 10 Oregon 11 months ago.
"This was huge for us," Huestis said. "We knew inside our locker room we could compete with anybody, but we had to prove it."
Michigan (6-4) plays for the first time since losing at home to top-ranked Arizona, 72-70, last Saturday.
Stanford trailed UConn, 43-30, with 16:48 remaining in the game before making its move. Anthony Brown and Randle hit consecutive 3-pointers to spark a 14-0 run to give the Cardinal a 44-43 edge less than six minutes later.
Randle drove into the lane and hit a jump shot with 6:15 left to put Stanford ahead for good at 50-49.
UConn's Shabazz Napier, who finished with 12 points and eight assists, missed three shots in the final 40 seconds with a chance to put the Huskies ahead.
Huestis converted on the first of two free throws for a 53-51 lead with 28 ticks remaining, and the Cardinal defense turned away Connecticut's final two attempts.
Powell and Huestis each recorded a double-double in the contest. Powell had 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Huestis added 13 points and 10 rebounds.
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Otherwise, he was a solid GM. Even his biggest mistake(s) was generally lauded at the time.
Wasn't Calderon a Grunwald guy too?
and instead, a hot chick with a shirt low enough you can see clear down to her underwear between her cleavage sits next to you.. and somehow against all odds, you've managed to win at crowded subway seat roulette
Calderon was Babcock's hot chick
Grunwald? I recently read where he said that he thought he had built a championship calibre team in the Knicks. Really?
Colangelo speaks corporate schtick and is more likely to be hired by a company owned team. He seems to keep them informed/in the loop and makes MLSE money so whats not to like from their viewpoint. I think he sticks around....the ok on the Gay transaction kind of telegraphed it. The question still remains: Who is better to replace him with? The stable at the Spurs seems to be empty.
He would be out of job for like 5 minutes. The Nets were pushing heavily for him as well.
That's from 2 years ago.
Yeah, probably. He's got his flaws, obviously, but he's competent. In my view, his crippling problem here has been an inability to hire a good coach.
In Grunwald's defence, maybe no one could have forseen what was going to happen with Vince. But when your main guy asks you to get rid of a player who was one of the toughest, most respected guys in the league, that should raise a couple of red flags.
(Now I'm thinking about Oakley. Remember those behind the back passes? Remember him beating up random players for gambling debts? Man that guy was the best.)
BC's terrible. In the history of the NBA, I wonder how many GMs have kept their job after 5 years in a row of not making the playoffs?
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Shane surprised me with an entry to the Rock'n The Knob 30k a couple weeks ago. After last weekend's disastrous trail 10k I was about terrified of running up and down a mountain for three times as long. But the race director of the RTK, Ben, had given Shane a free entry for me as a fellow race director so I couldn't be a no-show.
The Rock'n the Knob is not actually 30k. It's advertised as 19.23 miles (31k) but everyone got closer to 20+ miles by GPS which means it was probably actually longer since tree cover causes signal loss and vertical gain/loss are not calculated in by GPS. I'm glad I didn't know this in advance.
The race itself is billed as 'PA's Highest Trail Race'. The course description states: "Runners will start from the Clubhouse at the Blue Knob All Seasons Resort. Racers will then conquer the ski slopes, enjoying beautiful vistas along the route. The 30K racers will then split from the 5 mile route, linking with the Lost Turkey Trail to begin their assault on the State Park side of the mountain. The 30K runners zigzag up and down the mountain accumulating over 9,700 ft. of elevation change! This race will be the most challenging in the area, putting even the most hardened trail runner to the test."
The view
I made the decision to drive out to Bedford, PA and stay the night before the race. I found a hotel and then headed out for some food at a little Mexican place called Salsa's. If you're ever in Bedford I highly recommend it. While Denny's, Hosses, and all the other chain places were packed, Salsa's had maybe 10 patrons inside, live music, and the food was excellent. I made it back to the hotel and laid out all my gear (minus a forgotten Garmin) and got ready for bed.
After a restless night I got up at 6:30 and dressed in my INKnBURN denim shorts and sugar skull tee with Altra Superiors. I added a long sleeve pink shirt on top as a warm up. I grabbed coffee from the hotel lobby and began the half hour journey to Claysburg where the race would begin at the Blue Knob Four Seasons Resort. Once there I picked up my packet and bib. I'd been assigned number 13. On top of the forgotten Garmin, the poor night's rest, and the bib number I was pretty convinced it would be a bad day. I mostly hid in the lodge until start time because otherwise I was freezing in the 48* morning air. BRRRR!
We lined up right on time and were given some brief instructions on the course and markings before a shotgun start. Wow was that loud up there in the mountains!
Looks like I was lucky to avoid this guy's farmer blow
The start at the Clubhouse (elevation 2,376 feet) meant running uphill for about 2.25 miles until we reached the radio towers on the top of Herman Point (elevation 3,014 feet). I took this slowly and watched people disappear over the hills and around bends wondering if or when I would catch them again. My stomach felt rocky and I hoped I just needed to warm up. We then turned onto Lost Turkey Trail and headed down the mountain. I almost got smeared by a speeding car at the road crossing but was able to hustle across just in the knick of time. After that I reached the steepest descent of the race, an old logging trail that drops 831 feet in 0.87 miles. Thankfully it was followed by a flat 0.73 mile trail to the campgrounds. I was already struggling by this point and my stomach was roiling but just focused on relaxing and staying rubber-side down. There were two women in front of me running together and I dubbed them The Ponytails because that's all I would see as they disappeared around each bend in front of me. I vowed to catch and beat them before the end of the race.
The Lodge
The runners next circumvented Blue Knob State Park campgrounds via a wide single track trail before taking an access road over to the Crist Trail. It was at this point that I realized I wasn't absorbing my water. My stomach sloshed with each step and the weird gurgling sounds it was making worried me even more than the stabbing pain it was causing. As we headed towards Pavia Road we headed down the sharpest descent of the race with 859 feet of fall in 2.6 miles. Unfortunately my stomach couldn't take the pounding and I walked a lot of the descents. I crossed Pavia Road and stopped at the mile 7 aid station to eat a couple gummy bears and refill my handheld. From here I had to conquer a 4 mile loop consisting of rolling single track, an ascent of Rock'n Ridge Trail, and a loose rock gully climb. The climb is roughly 2 miles and becomes progressively steeper the farther it goes. The total climb is 887 feet. Thankfully it's followed by almost a half mile of flat double-track before dropping back to the aid station. Here I joined up with a group of runners named Luke, Rachel, and Sarah for the remainder of the run. Luke had fallen at mile 2 and broken his hand but refused medical attention and finished the race. What a rock star!
Careful descent of the stone stairs
From the aid station we followed the road and headed straight back up, 0.87 miles and 395 feet of climb from the park office to the Homestead Loop Trailhead. The loop is 1.75 miles long and follows an old road. First it descends 363 feet in 0.63 miles and then ascends 624 feet and 1.11 miles back out of the hollow. I dubbed this section the Hill of Despair for the numerous false summits and relentless climbs. We did pass a woman on this ascent which made me feel a little better about my performance. Finally, we reached Raven's Rest Pavillion and the final aid station at 2,037 feet elevation. I sat on the picnic table and tried to eat some gummy bears while the volunteers checked out Luke's hand. My stomach had relaxed some but pounding down descents was still out of the question.
From the pavillion we began to climb the southeastern flank of the mountain. We traversed a contour to 2,570 feet elevation and then dropped 500 feet in a half mile to Beaver Dam Run. According to the course description "this entire section requires runners to be able to stop on a dime to avoid seriously technical and jagged rocks along the narrow single track." Once you reach the bottom, you are greeted by a stunning view of a waterfall cascading down a gully filled with boulders covered in moss. Well, stunning until you realize you are about to climb the waterfall, 971 feet of ascent in 0.79 miles on slippery rocks and crossing the falls twice.
Finally we reached a dirt road where we continued our final ascent of the mountain for another 0.2 miles until reaching the 'Stone Pads'. This is a single-track section of extremely rocky trail. After awhile things leveled off and we followed rolling trail past the Pavia Overlook and out to Pavia Road, which we ran up to the ski lodge at the summit (3,142 feet). We turned onto an access road to the ski lifts and proceeded to run straight down the Route 66 ski slope to the East Wall Traverse ski slope and down to the bowl at Stembogen. Finally the last of the stomach-pounding descents were over and I turned into the forest until I reached the final surprise, the 'rock garden'. This is where I finally overtook The Ponytails as they walked through and decided it was a good race afterall. The maintenance building appeared and then the finish line and I was able to put out a final kick to finish in 5:42:21.
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I was surprised to learn I took second in my age group but it turned out two of the top women were in my age group. The Ponytails and the other woman I had passed were also in my age group so there is some satisfaction in that. Afterwards, there was food and beer to be had before I made the long trek home.
Finisher's Medal/Bottle Opener
Age Group Award
Overall, this is a great race for an experienced trail runner. The views and trails are amazing and well worth the trip. However, it's definitely not something to be taken lightly as evidenced by Luke's broken hand. The medals, the shirts, and the post-race food and refreshments all make it top notch. And it's not every day that you can summit the second tallest mountain in PA twice while traversing both sides. The course was well marked and obviously well planned to challenge everyone who attempted it. But it definitely was not beginner or even intermediate runner friendly.
And I'm still not sure I can ever wear the race shirt because having 'Rock'n The Knob' emblazoned across my chest just seems like it will invite sexual innuendos, especially from those who know it was Blue Knob! Oh boy! *face palm*
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Congratulations, it looks like a beautiful race and you did wonderfully. I had a good giggle over the "knob" part though, but you earned that shirt!
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Coralie.......Shame on you! Your polluted little mind could so easily influence such a delicate little flower like our baby Banshee.
Oh, and "blue knob" sounds like some sort of painful condition.
Hell no! >:-/
Seriously though, I would break into a million pieces if I tried to run that! Trail runners are a different breed, there's no doubt about it.
Second is second, regardless if two were removed because of overall wins. As such, you are gathering quite a collection of bling this year, you go girl!
Will run for scenery.
Nice race!
I wonder how the Ponytails would feel if they knew you only ran the race b/c you "had to" ....
Stupid feet!
Stupid elbow!
Wickedly Average
Awesome race!
That looks like a great area to hike and visit, but I am pretty sure that I would not be capable of running it. Even as a hike, it would likely be a VERY long day.
Beautiful area regardless.
Tom (formerly known as PhotogTom)
Barking Mad To Run
Congrats on a great trail race for you and your placing. Looks very scenic, from your photos - with you as part of that lovely scenery, of course - but also looks like a very tough course! Congrats!
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Hip Redux
Heh heh, you said knob.
That elevation profile is NUTS! Great job!
Bad Ass
Better weather, better performance, rocking it!
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
It's always fucking hot in Miami! (except for 3 days of the year)
Congratulations on grinding it out and taking 2nd in your AG! It looks like a beautiful course. Thanks for sharing the RR and pics.
Congrats on another tuff run. The trails look beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Heh heh, you said knob.
That elevation profile is NUTS! Great job!
Heh heh - you said Nuts after she said knob...
That elevation profile looks good for hiking up mountains, and you ran it. Daaaaamn.
Great report, beautiful pics, and you had lucky 13 for a bib number, sweet!
Heh heh - you said Nuts after she said knob...
Heh heh!
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Lady Gaga is now present thanks to New York performance artist Marina Abramović.
In keeping with the first syllable of Gaga's new album ARTPOP, the singer stopped by the Marina Abramović Institute to practice the Abramović Method, described as "a series of exercises and environments designed to increase awareness of their physical and mental experience in the moment."
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Her experience was partly captured on film and released in conjunction with Abramović's Kickstarter campaign for the institute. Watch Gaga center herself, don horned masks, strip naked, and hug a block of ice in the NSFW video above, via Huffington Post. You know, business as usual for Gaga.
While the video is only a short few minutes, Ms. Stephanie Germanotta was no stranger to Marina Abramović's longform aesthetic, as they both previously took part in a marathon reading of the sci-fi novel Solaris, also apparently unclothed.


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Trend-setter Humber reflects on no-hitters
By Robert Falkoff / Special to MLB.com
When Humber pitched his perfect game on April 21, it triggered a flurry of pitching gems. Since Humber achieved perfection, there have been five no-hitters, including two perfect games. Seattle's Felix Hernandez was the latest to join the perfect-game club with his 27-up-27-down outing against Tampa Bay on Wednesday.
Six no-hitters and three perfect games with six weeks to go in the regular season? Humber has his theories as to why there have been so many no-hit masterpieces.
"Hitters today have a little bit different approach than they used to have," Humber said. "There's more emphasis on power, as opposed to contact. The strikeout is not looked at as such a negative for a hitter. A lot of guys are going up there looking for a pitch to drive, even with two strikes. They're not just looking to put the ball in play. The more times the ball is in play, the more chances you have to get a hit."
Humber also thinks that advanced video technology can help a pitcher or a combined staff gain the necessary information to stymie opponents over nine innings.
"The hitters study us, too," he said. "But the pitcher has the ball and knows that if he makes all the right pitches, this is how he can get a guy out. If a pitcher has all the information, great stuff and tremendous command on a given day, that's how a no-hitter or perfect game can happen."
Jered Weaver of the Angels followed Humber's perfect game with a no-hitter on May 2. Mets left-hander Johan Santana followed with a no-hitter on June 1, and six Seattle pitchers combined to no-hit the Dodgers a week later.
Then Matt Cain of the Giants and Hernandez added perfect games against the Astros and Rays, respectively.
"I'm sure it's cyclical, but when I threw my perfect game, only 20 guys had done it in Major League history," Humber said. "And now there have been two more in less than three months. It's pretty amazing, but that's part of the beauty of baseball. You never know what's going to happen."
De Aza sits with stiff back
KANSAS CITY -- Rogers Centre in Toronto wasn't kind to Alejandro De Aza.
After playing on the turf at the home of the Blue Jays, De Aza developed a stiff back. He was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of Friday night's game against the Royals when the back began to cramp and wasn't in the lineup on Saturday. Dewayne Wise drew the start in center field.
Manager Robin Ventura will likely keep De Aza out of the lineup on Sunday as well.
"Dewayne has filled in great," Ventura said. "We'll probably give [De Aza] a couple of days."
De Aza had started 107 games in center field through Friday.
Konerko set to play first base on Sunday
KANSAS CITY -- For the first time since Aug. 7, Paul Konerko is expected to play first base for the White Sox on Sunday.
Konerko, who has worked his way back from a concussion, was in the lineup as the designated hitter on Saturday for the second consecutive game. Manager Robin Ventura plans to use Konerko defensively in the series finale against the Royals.
"I just wanted to make sure he was acclimated," Ventura said.
Robert Falkoff is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tom Fletcher's wife Giovanna has revealed how the singer fed her jelly babies while she was in labour.
The author admitted that the McFly and McBusted star was on hand during the birth of their first child, Buzz, on March 13.
"He saw it all and was incredible, feeding me jelly babies! You need each other, it's not a one-person job," she told OK! magazine.
"Hypnobirthing relaxation kept me calm. Tom was in shock because I was so calm. It was intense, with no drugs. Hypnobirthing is about listening to your body rather than fighting it."
Giovanna said she can't help worrying about their new baby, saying: "I'm settling into it well now. I still wake up all night to check he's breathing, though."
The 29-year-old also admitted the early stages of motherhood wasn't easy.
"Some people make out it's all rosy, but that can make some mums feel bad. My first three weeks were tough," she said.
"I thought I was a bad mum because everyone else was saying how amazing it is. You've got to persevere and it clicks into place. The sleep deprivation is tough. People in the public eye boast, which is unhelpful, and those who parade around with great bodies after giving birth - how is that possible?"
She added: "I couldn't even go for a walk for the first month. I ignored the pressures so I could heal and enjoy being a mum."
Tom has been shortlisted for the Marvel Celebrity Dad of the Year 2014.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Angel Cabrera usually comes up big in these situations.
He did again.
It just wasn't enough to win his second green jacket.
Cabrera forced a playoff with a brilliant 7-iron to 3 feet on the 72nd hole of the Masters, but he lost to Adam Scott on the second hole of a playoff when the Australian rolled in a 12-foot putt.
Cabrera just missed a chip-in from off the front of the green at the first extra hole — letting out an "Ohhhhh!" as it slid by the edge — and his 15-footer on the second playoff hole stopped right next to the cup. He flipped his putter in the air and caught it, then tapped in for par.
At that point, all he could do was watch as Scott made his birdie to become the first Aussie to win the Masters.
The 43-year-old Cabrera missed a chance at becoming the second-oldest Masters winner, behind only Jack Nicklaus in 1986.
Still, it was a remarkable accomplishment for a golfer who came in ranked No. 269 in the world, and never seems to play winning golf unless he's in the biggest tournaments of all.
"I like the challenges," Cabrera said through an interpreter. "These tournaments are very, very important for me. So sometimes they bring my best out of me."
Indeed, they do.
Before this Masters, his last win on the PGA or Europeans tours came at the 2009 Masters, where he defeated Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry in a playoff. And before that was The 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont, where Cabrera outdueled Jim Furyk down the stretch.
The big guy almost did it again — with his son on the bag, no less — which would have put him a pretty exclusive club as a three-time major champion.
"The only thing in my head," Cabrera said, "was winning."
Playing in the final group with Brandt Snedeker, Cabrera was by far the most solid player among the leaders as a steadily increasing rain didn't bother a player nicknamed "El Pato" — The Duck. He cruised through the front side with two birdies and seven pars, making the turn with a two-stroke lead.
But an errant drive into the pine trees at No. 10 was the first big miscue, leading to a bogey. The shot he would really like to have back came at the par-5 13th, where he drove into the pine straw on top of the hill but still decided to go for the green, 203 yards away.
Cabrera chunked it a bit and watched his ball settle in Rae's Creek. He wound up with another bogey and surrendered the lead to Jason Day.
In hindsight, Cabrera still thinks it was a good decision.
"I had a very good angle, and I had a very good lie," he said. "And I was thinking about making a birdie. I told my son that, you know, we could do an eagle, also."
Another wild shot at the par-5 15th, a hole that gave up birdies to nearly all the contenders, left Cabrera to settle for par. At that point, it looked like he was done, facing a two-shot deficit as he headed to No. 16.
But this duck wasn't going to away that easy.
Cabrera hit a brilliant tee shot over the water at the par-3 hole and sank a 15-footer for birdie to close the gap. Turns out, it was Day who faded away, making bogeys at 16 and 17. But that other Aussie took control, and Cabrera could only watch from the middle of the 18th fairway as Scott celebrated up on the green, having claimed the lead with a 20-footer for birdie.
While Scott went off to sign his scorecard, Cabrera knew what he had to do — hit an even better shot.
Boy, did he ever.
From 163 yards away, Cabrera sent his ball soaring toward the green. It rolled to a stop 3 feet from the cup. When Cabrera made the gimme of a putt, he hugged Angel Jr. and headed to the playoff.
Cabrera nearly won it on the first extra hole, a repeat of No. 18. Chipping over Scott's ball, which also had rolled off the front of the green, Cabrera flipped a shot that landed right where he wanted and looked like it was going in. He settled for par, as did Scott, and the two headed off to No. 10.
In the fading light, especially around the green shaded by towering pine trees, Cabrera putted first and just missed. Scott did not. Game over.
"That's golf," Cabrera said. "Golf gives and takes. Sometimes you make those putts, sometimes you just miss them. "
As Scott celebrated, Cabrera walked up with his right hand outstretched. Despite the language barrier, the two have become good friends, from their time as teammates in the Presidents Cup to frequent encounters out on the various world tours. They walked off the green arm in arm, both patting each other on the back. As Cabrera started to pull away, Scott yanked him close and said a few words.
No interpreter was needed.
"Angel is a great man," Scott said. "He's a gentleman."
The winner was especially touched by Cabrera's gesture in the middle of the 10th fairway, before they headed down toward the final green of a long day. After watching Scott's ball roll to a stop, Cabrera gave him a thumbs-up.
"For him to do that at that point," Scott said, "was very nice."
Cabrera didn't look at this as an opportunity missed. Chances are, you won't hear much out of him, at least in the United States, for the next few months,
But when the U.S. Open rolls around in June, he might just be one of the guys in the mix.
That's a pretty big tournament, after all.
"I have a lot of confidence in myself," Cabrera said. "I'm going to keep on going."
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I took a Motorcycle Safety Training class this weekend because a) my wife thought it would be a good idea b) I hadn't ridden a bike on streets for almost 20 years and c) if I passed I didn't need to take the DMV tests to get the endorsement.
There were 11 riders in all and we were assigned mostly Honda NightHawks with a few Kawasaki LTDs. Most of the students were very newbie, actually learning where the controls were, how to shift, etc. At first I was figuring this would be a waste of time, we'de never get out of second gear and I already knew how to ride. I had several dirt bikes begginning at age 10 through twenty and then raced bicycles for many years in my twenties.
Suprisingly, I found the course was extremely good. A lot of attention was given by the "rider/coaches" on body position, head position, hand coordination (press and roll). The rider range was very well designed and we did over 25 different exercises ranging from decreasing radius turns to quick weaves and emergency stops. Instinctively, I did know how to ride, but having the coaching and practice helped tie it all together.
This all started a few weeks ago when I bought a '95 1100 GS with 800 original miles. I had snuck around on the back roads for 200 or so miles and realized that this was a big, heavy, powerful bike. On Monday after the MST course I got back on the GS and was way more comfortable. I would recommend the course to most riders, they also offer one day training using your own bike for the veterans.


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Monument gets strong results
SOUTH HADLEY -- Monument went 1-3 at the South Hadley duals, falling to Dean Tech (56-22), Hampshire (48-33) and Northampton (43-33) before beating Frontier (52-30).
The Spartans had several wrestlers with strong days however. Mark Leon-Duque went 4-0 at 170 pounds while Craig Cooley won three matches at 160 pounds. Sebastian Zapata was 3-1 at 138 and 145 pounds. Jonah Christianson (220), Stephen Cormier (132) and Nate Bradbury (120) won two matches each.
"The kids wrestled hard," said Spartans coach Gordie Soule. "It was a long day. The kids hung in there and wrestled tough. ... I really feel like, Mark, Craig and Sebastian are really stepping up. I think those three are doing really well, leading us."
High School Hockey
St. Joe's 7, Everett 0
PITTSFIELD - Eric Leitch scored a hat trick and brother Andrew had 15 saves as St. Joseph's shut out Mount everett 7-0 on Saturday night.
The Crusaders jumped out to a 2-0 lead after a period and controlled play after that in improving to 4-3-1.
Men's College Basketball
Williams 80, Bates 69
LEWISTON, Maine -- The Williams men's basketball team beat Bates 80-69 on the strength of 30 points from Taylor Epley.
Three other Ephs hit double figures, with Michael Mayer adding 22 and Daniel Wohl and James Klemm scoring 11 each.
Women's College Basketball
Williams 71, Bates 36
LEWISTON, Maine -- The Ephs held the hosts to just 12 points in the second half to cruise to the victory.
Grace Rehnquist led the rout, scoring 32 points for Williams. Jennie Harding added 13.
Women's College Hockey
Williams 2, Trinity 0
WILLIAMSTOWN -- The Ephs won behind a pair of first-period goals.
Hadley DesMeules got Williams on the board just 2:06 into the game. Sam Weinstein made it 2-0 at 17:41.
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- Korean Grand Prix
Grosjean wary drivers might pick on him
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Romain Grosjean says he is aware other drivers might try to play on his recent first-lap mistakes at the start of the Korean Grand Prix.
Grosjean had his eighth early-race incident of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix and got his second penalty for causing a first-corner collision. He was banned in Monza after causing a first lap pile-up at Spa and was given a stop-go penalty at Suzuka for hitting Mark Webber.
"It was good to come to the press conference to speak about it," he said. "For sure we cannot ignore it and as I said I'm the first one to be conscious of the risk and everything.
"I think drivers will play with the fact that they know that I'm in a bit of a difficult situation - that's not a secret - but never mind. I'll do what I need to do, I've taken hundreds of starts in my life so I know how to take it ... I just need to get the right objective at the right time."
But he said it was just a small part of his race weekend that he needed to work on.
"I love racing and I'm looking forward to the race," he added. "It's one minute thirty seconds that I need to work on in the race and then the rest of the race is very good. We've made a step forward and I think this week was quite helpful in terms of working on myself and I hope I can show that."


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Jason Derulo is channeling the sparks that fly between him and his "American Idol" lady love, Jordin Sparks, on his forthcoming album. The pop singer said that he and Sparks have been working in the studio together, and that it's not unusual for them to butt heads.
"I'm a perfectionist, but more importantly, I'm a control freak in what I want things to sound like, and she's the same way," Derulo told MTV News. "It's just that. I mean we made it happen. In the end, it's not like crazy anger or anything like that."
Derulo dropped his new single, "The Other Side," on Tuesday, and the upbeat tune tells the story of unexpectedly falling in love, which was presumably inspired by Sparks.
He added that the near-death accident that fractured his neck in January 2012 gave him a new outlook on life, which comes across on this album. "I've been working on my album for about a year and I really wanted to make sure the material was ready and that I came back different and better than before," he said. "I came off of a near-death experience, and it really helped me to grow up and change up a little bit. I feel like I'm a different person. I'm a little more grown-up, and my music will always match that. So it's a Jason Derulo that is a little more sleek, a little more refined."
The singer revealed that the album has all kinds of material, ranging from "super-emotional love songs" to "crazy party records," which all relate back to his experiences over the past year.
The tunes that he and Sparks have been working on are still under wraps for the time being, but fans can look forward to a sexy new video for "The Other Side" scheduled to be released in late April. "You're going to see a lot of hot sexiness and some dancing," he said.


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The New York Times Magazine had a 3-person crew of writer and photographers at the state 7-on-7 tournament. The macro idea for the story seems to be the rise of 7-on-7 not only in Texas but with national tournaments as well; the new breed of high school players developing and what drives the summer leagues.
Watching 128 teams sprawled over Texas A&M's recreational fields for three days is a pretty strong visual story as well. Of course, the NY Times also interviewed the state's expert 7-on-7 guru _ TheOldCoach.com's own Matt Stepp.
The writer seemed very interested already in three-time defending state Class 4A state champ Lake Travis and the Cavs' sex-appeal, starting UT quarterback Garrett Gilbert is on the sidelines watching as his brother Griffin Gilbert stands out at receiver. Their dad, Gale Gilbert is a former NFL quarterback who was the Cal quarterback in the memorable Cal-Stanford, band-run-on-the field game.
Senior LT quarterback and Texas Tech commit Michael Brewer was hands-down the top quarterback at the 7-on-7 tournament. Robert Brewer, Michael's dad, walked on at Texas from Richardson after Robert's dad Charlie Brewer had been a Longhorns star from Lubbock. Michael Brewer got an offer to gray-shirt at UT by enrolling for the Class of 2012, but opted to commit to the Red Raiders in March.
Speaking of recruiting classes, try the Class of '17 for Lake Travis. That should include current sixth-grade quarterback Charlie Brewer and likely offensive lineman Koy Spano. Charlie, wearing his Red Raiders t-shirt, was on the Cavs' sideline this weekend as well as Koy, the son of Lake Travis offensive line coach Kyle Spano and younger brother of Nebraska starting quarterback contender Kody Spano of Stephenville.
Top 3 QBs
Enough said about how strong Brewer looked for LT. The other top two quarterbacks: West Mesquite and TCU commit Trevone Boykin and Coppell's Joe Minden. Boykins' passing GREATLY improved and he's already proven he can run. Miden helped spark Coppell's run to the quarterfinals with crisp passing. He'll also a strong runner who will be one of many reasons Coppell is about to have a great season.
Remember, Denton Guyer and Okie State commit J.W. Walsh was at the NIKE national tourney. Walsh and Brewer are the state's most advanced '11 quarterbacks.
Belton quarterback and Texas commit David Ash sure has the body and big arm. But really lacks in accuracy. He's a lot like Ryan Mallett.. huge fastball but needs to learn how to pitch. Look for early enrollment at UT next January and a redshirt year before re-emerging.
Gotta love Ryan Polite, who led DeSoto's trio of major college receivers to the championship final against Lake Travis. Polite is a great leader. Even with all the talent on DeSoto, it's Ryan's team and the players show great respect for him. Polite is stronger at 6-1, 200 than when he was splitting more time as a top baseball player.
His has a stronger arm but his accuracy still is what college coaches question and why Polite is about to start his fourth-year at a top 5A program but getting very luke-warm interest and few offers. This is one college coach's eval: "tries too hard to throw perfect pass." Meaning: Polite has to be that shooter in basketball that knows the ball is going in rather than hopes it's going in.
Best Athlete
More than 2,000 athletes at state tourney, best athlete I saw: Class of '12 DE/LB Jeremiah Tshimanga of Richland. He looks like Sergio Kindle but plays more fluid. Covered inside receivers easily. Could run left or right with hips turned. May grow into a standup-hand down hybrid which is so popular in the mold of DeMarcus Ware.


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