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ST. LOUIS -- Curiosity gave way to relief for Jason Motte on Sunday when he arrived at the ballpark feeling no unusual soreness a day after he resumed throwing for the first time in five weeks.
Motte felt good enough, in fact, that he played catch for a second straight day.
This time, he threw from a further distance -- about 60-65 feet -- and with more exertion. He'll continue progressing through a throwing program in the hopes of working his way back to the mound without surgery.
"I felt good," said Motte, who was diagnosed with a ligament tear in his right elbow earlier this month. "I woke up this morning, and we didn't take a step back. If I didn't feel good, I don't think we would have moved forward. I got to go out and play a little more catch. We'll see how it feels and do it all over again tomorrow. Everything is feeling good so far."
Boggs searching for answer to struggles
ST. LOUIS -- The ninth-inning runs meant nothing to an outcome that would have needed an offensive explosion to change. But for Mitchell Boggs, the inability to pitch a clean inning on Sunday only piled more frustration on a reliever who is desperately seeking a morsel of positive reinforcement.
Visibly irritated with his latest outing, Boggs stood at his locker after the game to field what must now seem like never-ending questions about his attempt to regain his confidence.
"It's not easy," Boggs said of a month in which he has posted a 12.66 ERA. "I'm obviously not ecstatic about how it's going. It's hard to be positive, but you have to do everything you can to fight every single day. If anybody can't see that, they're crazy.
"I certainly don't think I'm at a disadvantage. I certainly don't think when I go out there that guys are fighting to get to the bat rack because there's a guy out there that's terrible. I don't feel that way. It helps to know that [manager Mike Matheny] is behind me and that these guys are behind me. And I'm going to keep fighting. That's all I can do. I've said it time and time again, and I'll keep saying it."
Having already lost the closer's job and a hold on a setup role, Boggs entered with the Cardinals trailing by four in the ninth on Sunday. The inning started with a bloop single to right and a broken-bat hit to left. After striking out Jose Tabata and pitching around Garrett Jones, a slow grounder scored the first run.
Marc Rzepczynski relieved Boggs from there and allowed both inherited runners to score.
"He was throwing better today," Matheny said of Boggs. "It was one of those days that probably wasn't reflective of his stuff going in a better direction. You just have to keep fighting."
Finding progress amid poor results, though, is much easier said than done for Boggs, who labeled this tumultuous month as the toughest challenge he's ever faced in his athletic career.
"It's hard to, especially 30 minutes after it happens, it's hard," Boggs said when asked if he could point to any positives. "You want results. That's what this game is all about. And the results that I'm getting right now aren't what I want them to be. But I have to continue to show up every single day and do the things that I've been doing. It's going to turn. I don't care what anybody says. I can go out there and compete with anybody. It's going to happen."
After passing tests, Carpenter back in lineup
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Carpenter left Busch Stadium on Saturday unconcerned that the side tightness that prompted his exit in the ninth inning would affect his ability to play in the series finale. A day later, he passed the requisite tests to prove it.
Carpenter received treatment and then clearance on Sunday to return to the Cardinals' lineup, where he continues to fit as the team's leadoff hitter. He entered the day leading the league in runs scored with 21.
"I felt good, so I'm back in there," Carpenter said. "Obviously, I felt something [on Saturday], and it was an awkward swing. I was stretching the rest of the game, but I didn't think it was anything serious. I felt pretty good about it."
Carpenter first felt the tweak during a swing he took in his seventh-inning at-bat on Saturday. It was after manager Mike Matheny then noticed Carpenter trying to stretch his side in the field and while on the on-deck circle in the ninth that he summoned the infielder over to ask if something was wrong.
With only a few seconds to decide whether to let Carpenter hit, Matheny opted to call him back to the dugout.
"I can't risk losing a guy for two weeks if there's the chance we can pull him out for one at-bat," Matheny said. "It hurt him yesterday more than anything that he felt like he let his teammates down and couldn't answer the bell late in the game. And I know that about him. We need him to let us in on what's going on. We'll try to do the right thing, but it's a trust that has to be built up between us."
Cards' starters paving the way for success
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals entered Sunday as the only Major League team yet to have a win credited to their bullpen this season. That is obviously a reflection of an unstable bullpen, but it's also a testament to the continued strong starting pitching, which has routinely been good enough to put the Cardinals ahead early in games.
Through the first 23 games of 2013, the five-man rotation has posted a 2.08 ERA. That's the lowest in the Majors -- by nearly a run. Three of the team's starters -- Jake Westbrook (0.98), Shelby Miller (1.44), Adam Wainwright (1.93) -- entered Sunday with ERAs that ranked in the National League's top 10 among starters. Westbrook's was the lowest.
"They're using their strengths well," manager Mike Matheny said. "We have guys pitching different styles, and I think that mixes it up pretty well on what kind of look the opponent is going to get each night."
With three games remaining this month, the Cardinals still have a chance to set a franchise record for starting-pitching wins in April if they can reel off three straight, beginning on Sunday. The staff has 14 wins, two shy of the April wins by Cardinals' starters in 2000.
The starters are averaging an NL-best 6.4 innings per start, yet have still allowed an NL-low five homers.
Worth noting
• The Cardinals are slated to face starters Mat Latos (1-0, 2.16 ERA), Bronson Arroyo (2-2, 4.24 ERA) and Homer Bailey (1-2, 2.81 ERA), in that order, during their upcoming series against the Reds.
• Shane Robinson earned the start in center field over Jon Jay on Sunday because the Pirates started lefty Jeff Locke. In the first two games of the series, Jay reached base five times.
• David Freese, who turned 30 on Sunday, returned to the lineup after being given the day off on Saturday. Asked why he chose to pinch-hit recent callup Jermaine Curtis over Freese in the ninth inning of a three-run game on Saturday, Matheny explained that he was saving Freese for later in the inning in case the pitcher's spot came up in an RBI situation. Due to an earlier double-switch, the pitcher was hitting in the six-hole.
• Carlos Beltran exited Sunday's game after six innings due to illness, Matheny announced after the team's 9-0 loss. Beltran has been battling a stomach virus since Thursday, but until Sunday he had been able to play through it. Beltran was 0-for-3 against Jeff Locke before Jon Jay replaced him in the lineup.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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What once looked like a sky's-the-limit market for smartphones has been grounded.
If this week's Mobile World Congress gave us any clue, low-cost mobile handsets are back in the spotlight. The battle over smartphones loaded with bells and whistles is fading. A new skirmish is emerging in the segment that used to be called feature phones. If anyone assumed that the industry's pundits and market research companies abandoned hope for feature phones a few years ago, well, not so fast.
"The real significance" of the market for phones priced below $50 "is the validity of the addressable sub-today's-smartphone market," John Jackson, program vice president for mobility research at IDC, told us. "The precise size is debatable, but it'll be in the tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions."
The Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker that IDC released Wednesday released confirms the significant slowdown in smartphone momentum. The research firm said growth in global smartphone shipments will fall sharply this year and keep slowing through 2018, with the average prices dropping significantly.
In fact, after 39.2% growth in 2013, when a billion smartphones were sold, the smartphone market will grow only 19.3% this year and 6.2% in 2018, IDC said.
Against this backdrop, unanswered questions focus on whether chip vendors and handset OEMs -- which seem singularly intent on adding more MIPS to their hardware -- are prepared for the shifting landscape. More importantly, do they even want to play in the market for next-generation, low-cost smartphones aimed at first-time users?
A closer look at smartphone sales by price range reveals a clear trend for higher market growth among cheaper phones. IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo told Reuters this week that "smartphone sales in the sub-$100 category alone more than tripled to hit 159 million last year from 45.4 million in 2012." The growth was even faster for phones costing less than $50 -- "up from just 900,000 in 2012 to 19.5 million last year."
Many industry observers foresee a big shift in the smartphone market. Ryan Reith, program director with IDC, called 2014 "an enormous transition year for the smartphone market" in a press release on the quarterly report. "Not only will growth decline more than ever before, but the driving forces behind smartphone adoption are changing. New markets for growth bring different rules to play by and 'premium' will not be a major factor in the regions driving overall market growth."
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When it comes to new rules, nobody dropped a bigger bombshell at the Mobile World Congress than Firefox and Spreadtrum. They announced an ambitious plan for $25 smartphones.

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NL East race reflected in All-Star votes
Utley leaps Pujols for top vote-getter; Wright leading at third
By John Schlegel / MLB.com
The latest score in the battle for the NL East: Phillies 3, Mets 2. In potential National League All-Stars, that is.
While the defending World Series-champion Phillies continue to hold down three of the eight starting spots in All-Star voting, the Mets maintain a pair who are in position to start on July 14 in St. Louis.Phillies second baseman Chase Utley drove past Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols for the overall lead with 2,273,355 votes, and the Dodgers' Manny Ramirez, suspended for 50 games for performance-enhancing drug use, slipped down one slot to the No. 6 spot in the outfield race. The Phillies contingent of Utley, shortstop Jimmy Rollins and outfielder Raul Ibanez each continues to lead at his position -- Ibanez maintaining the first of the three spots in outfield voting. While Rollins would need to hold off Florida's Hanley Ramirez, the trio would give the Phillies three All-Star position players for the first time since 1995, when outfielder Lenny Dykstra started and catcher Darren Daulton and second baseman Mickey Morandini were reserves. The rival Mets have two in line -- for the time being, at least. David Wright continues to hold a firm lead at third base, and Carlos Beltran is holding off the Cubs' Alfonso Soriano for a second straight week for the third and final outfield spot. Beltran leads Soriano by fewer than 27,000 votes. The Cardinals also have multiple leaders with Pujols and catcher Yadier Molina staying atop their respective races, and Ryan Braun of the Brewers is holding strong at second in the outfield voting to round out the field. A position-by-position snapshot of the NL: At first base, Pujols continues to dominate, followed by the Phillies' Ryan Howard, the Brewers' Prince Fielder and the Padres' Adrian Gonzalez holding fast in fourth. At second base, Utley held on to the top spot and continues to pull away from the Dodgers' Orlando Hudson, who is second. Hudson is still followed by Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks. At short, the Rollins-Ramirez vote continues to be the tightest around, with Rollins holding an edge of fewer than 88,000 votes. The Brewers' J.J. Hardy remains in third. At third base, Wright continues on pace for his fourth All-Star appearance, with Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals, Chipper Jones of the Braves and Pedro Feliz of the Phillies maintaining their spots behind him. Behind the plate, Molina continues to lead Atlanta's Brian McCann for a second straight week, followed by Jason Kendall of the Brewers. In the outfield, Ibanez continues to lead the way toward making his first-ever All-Star appearance, while Braun is well on his way to a second straight. Beltran will have his hands full trying to hold off Soriano, while the Phillies' Shane Victorino made a move past Ramirez into fifth in the voting. Fans can cast their votes for starters up to 25 times with the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Online Ballot at MLB.com and all 30 club sites until July 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Starting rosters will be announced during the 2009 All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Chevrolet on TBS on July 5. Baseball fans around the world will then be able to select the final player on each team via the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote at MLB.com. And the voting doesn't end there. Fans will have the opportunity to participate in the official voting for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet at the Midsummer Classic via the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint MVP Vote at MLB.com. The All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX and around the world by Major League Baseball International. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio play-by-play, while MLB.com will offer extensive online coverage.
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HOUSTON - From street corners, to neighborhoods, to courthouses, it takes a lot of work and money to keep Houston running.
However, Local 2 Investigates obtained a recently released report that shows Houston is owed more than half-a-billion dollars in unpaid fees the city will likely never collect.
The city supplements its revenue through a large schedule of fees. These fees include the cost of city permits, water bills, parking citations, code violations and other administrative costs.
These fees are what help pay for patching potholes, fixing sidewalks, getting our trash collected and making sure police officers and ambulances answer our calls for help.
"Property tax and sales tax alone do not cover the basic services that we provide as a city," said Kelly Dowe, Director of the city's Finance and Administration Department.
The report prepared by the Finance and Administration Department lists $302,483,464 in unpaid fees as "unrecoverable" and another $232,117,112 as "highly unlikely" to be recovered. The report also states another $173,175,398 as "potentially collectable."
Dowe said the city defines "unrecoverable" as fees owed to the city that are five years or older. "Highly unlikely" refers to those unpaid fees that are two to five years old.
"The older a debt gets the harder it is to collect," said Dowe. "You have people pass away, you have people move out of the city and you end up with very small amounts that get unprofitable to collect."
The problem of unpaid fees was inherited by Mayor Annise Parker's administration and wasn't discovered until two years ago.
At that time, the downturn in the economy caused a revenue crunch for the city and prompted Parker to examine all sources of city revenue and debt.
"With that $700,000,000 number sitting out there, it stuck out," said Dowe.
Dowe said in the past, each city department was responsible for collecting its own fees and managing the contracts of third party debt collectors hired by the city to chase down unpaid fees.
There was no one overseeing the city's entire fee collection efforts, nor were policies in place to hold third-party debt collectors to expected performance levels.
In fact, Dowe said just trying to figure out how much the city was owed was a monumental task.
"It took a good six to nine months really just to get our arms around the problem," said Dowe. "There was no single place to go to get the total amount owed to the city."
Under Parker, the Finance and Administration Department was tasked with being in charge all of the city's fee collection efforts going forward, as well as overseeing efforts to try to track down some of the old debt.
"There was no effective process in place before the changes we made," Parker wrote in a statement to Local 2. "We are doing a much better job now of managing both our internal and external collections efforts. When dollars owed the city are not paid, there is a direct impact on our ability to maintain the level of services residents have come to expect. We all wind up paying the price for those who do not meet their responsibilities."
Dowe said the city has now become more aggressive in reporting unpaid debt to credit bureaus and making sure businesses have all up-to-date permits. The City Attorney's Office is also now preparing lawsuits against those individuals and businesses with the largest amount of unpaid fees.
If you owe money to the city, you can call 311 to find out the amount and how to settle the account.
Click to view the city's entire fee schedule.
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Five Dodgers greet surprised fans at gates
By AJ Cassavell / Special to MLB.com
Stationed at entrances throughout the ballpark when the gates opened at 11:15 a.m. PT were five Dodgers players, waiting to greet the fans, chat with them and sign autographs.
Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw and reliever Josh Lindblom posted up at the pavilion entrance gates, while Aaron Harang, Jerry Hairston Jr. and Javy Guerra waited for fans at entrances throughout the concourse.
"That was fun," Harang said. "A lot of surprised faces walking in. They were excited about getting to the park and then all of a sudden, here's a player."
One of the things Harang enjoyed about the event, which lasted 15 minutes, was the informal setting and the way he was able to interact casually with fans.
"You had fans come up that were surprised by the whole thing get to come up and say hi to the players and get autographs," he said. "It was really fun."
Kemp due for MRI after tweaking hamstring
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp is adamant in saying he's "definitely not going on the DL," but an MRI on his strained left hamstring Monday morning will undoubtedly have more say in that decision.
He was removed from Sunday's 11-5 Los Angeles victory over Colorado after the third inning with what the Dodgers called an irritation of his left hamstring strain. He first sustained the injury last weekend in Chicago.
At the very least, Kemp conceded it seems inevitable he'll have the day off Monday, snapping his streak of 399 consecutive games played, the longest current streak in the Majors.
He irritated the hamstring on Sunday running out a slow grounder to short, on which he appeared to slow down and wince before reaching first base. Upon learning he was being removed, Kemp was visibly frustrated, throwing his glove at the dugout floor.
"I wasn't mad at Donnie," Kemp said, referring to manager Don Mattingly. "It isn't his fault my hamstring hurts. I'm just frustrated. I kind of haven't been able to play how I want to play."
Kemp's April was the best in baseball, but he hasn't been the same since injuring his hamstring, going homerless thus far in May. Still, Kemp is second in the National League in homers (12) and is third in average (.359) and RBIs (28).
"I've felt it in there," Kemp said when asked if the hamstring has affected his performance. "I haven't been able to run the way I've wanted to run and do some of the things I wanted to do, but definitely no excuses.
"The team needs me. I don't think this is a 15-day thing. I think this is is maybe one, two, three days. It's not something that I need to go on the DL for." Kemp said he'll pay close attention to the MRI, but noted he knows his own body and its recovery time best, and given what he feels, he doesn't think he'll be sidelined long.
Mattingly said he'll listen to all parties involved.
"I wouldn't be afraid if that's what we have to do, and I think it's the right thing," Mattingly said of possibly putting Kemp on the DL. "Again, in that area, I'm going to let the medical people tell us what they think."
He added sometimes it's risky to put too much faith in a player -- especially a player like Kemp, who strives to play 162 games a year -- to be forthright with injuries.
"We have to kind of protect him from himself," Mattingly said. "Guys want to play and they'll go out there. Guys are going to say that they can play."
On Sunday, Mattingly told Kemp he couldn't stay in the game if he felt any twinge. Kemp, knowingly, didn't respond, making it clear to Mattingly that he was done for the afternoon.
Gwynn puts on show in pink for wife, mom
LOS ANGELES -- Wearing his pink armband and a pink necklace, Tony Gwynn made a diving catch certain of making highlight reels around the country Sunday. He added a hit, a walk and a couple runs in the victory -- an especially sweet day for Gwynn given its context.
"That's my first decent game on Mother's Day," Gwynn said. "I was happy to give my wife a good Mother's Day gift. And my mother. It's nice."
After the game, the tables in the middle of the Dodgers' clubhouse were piled high with game-worn pink cleats, armbands and bats, worn to raise awareness for breast cancer.
Before the first pitch, the Dodgers honored breast cancer survivors by forming a ribbon shape in the outfield made up of survivors holding pink umbrellas.
"It's a good day for Major League Baseball when we get to put the pink on and let it all hang out out there," Gwynn said. "I think it's a very, very good cause."
Before the game, seven Dodgers had their mothers on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Infielder Adam Kennedy was one of them.
"It's always fun," he said. "It's a chance for us to show our appreciation to all our moms, and at the same time, we know how big breast cancer is and the awareness and research needed. So it's a fun day."
Ethier, Mattingly tossed for arguing strike call
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and right fielder Andre Ethier were ejected from Sunday's 11-5 win over the Rockies in the bottom of the fifth inning for arguing a called strike.
With one out and a man on third, Ethier looked at a fastball that appeared inside. Home-plate umpire Mark Carlson rung up Ethier, who immediately voiced his displeasure.
But Ethier headed to the dugout, appearing to get off scot-free, until he turned around and barked once more at Carlson. That was enough to get him tossed for the second time in his career. (The first came on Aug. 26, 2010.)
Ethier's ejection brought Mattingly out of the dugout to argue with Carlson for a minute or two, and he was ejected for the first time this season and the fourth time as manager.
"In that situation there, I just thought it was a close call," Ethier said. "Me and Donnie talked afterwards, and it's probably not the best situation for me to get thrown out right there, especially with Matt [Kemp] coming out of the game [with an injury] and us being short-handed a player."
Ethier finished 0-for-3, but the strikeout didn't harm the Dodgers as A.J. Ellis hit a three-run home run later in the frame to give them an 8-4 lead.
The Dodgers, playing without Kemp, who exited after he aggravated a left hamstring strain in the third inning, put Scott Van Slyke in right field.
Lilly's early success no surprise to Mattingly
LOS ANGELES -- Many folks around Los Angeles and around baseball have been taken by surprise at Dodgers lefty Ted Lilly's red-hot start to the 2012 season.
Don't count manager Don Mattingly as one of them.
Lilly got the start in Sunday's series finale vs. the Rockies, and Mattingly noted that his early-season success is by no means unexpected -- at least to him.
"This year in spring, I think we saw a difference," Mattingly said. "We felt like he had better finish on the ball in Spring Training, he was getting the ball down early on, his breaking stuff was sharper and you could just see a difference."
Heading into Sunday's start, Lilly sported a 4-0 record and a 1.41 ERA.
The 4-0 record comes on the heels of two seasons in which he went a combined four games under .500.
One thing Mattingly noted is that Lilly is "usually kind of a slow starter." But this season, because he was injury free at the end of 2011, Lilly was able to prepare himself adequately in the offseason for 2012, Mattingly said.
"He's definitely sharper," said Mattingly, noting that that's been the case since Day One of Spring Training. In 2011, Mattingly said Lilly threw "duds" for pitches early in spring -- something he never saw in 2012.
That has carried over into the season, as Lilly, heading into Sunday, had allowed five earned runs in five starts and was striking out almost six batters per nine innings.
Gordon unlikely to be moved from leadoff spot
LOS ANGELES -- The convenient solution for Dee Gordon's struggles would seem to be moving him out of the leadoff spot and down in the lineup -- where the 24-year-old shortstop would have considerably less pressure.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly knows that but also understands it isn't that simple.
"Dropping Dee in the order sounds really easy," said Mattingly, who rested Gordon for Sunday's series finale against Colorado. "But then who do you want me to hit there?"
The speedy Gordon is hitting just .211 this season with a .250 on-base percentage. He has stolen 12 bases, too, but he's been caught a Major League-leading five times.
Mattingly went through a list of other possible options for the leadoff spot but noted each had a drawback that leaves Gordon as the obvious choice.
Newly acquired outfielder Bobby Abreu could lead off, Mattingly said, but that would take a potent bat out of the middle of the order. Second baseman Mark Ellis could bat first, but Mattingly likes him in the two-hole, hitting ahead of Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, and doesn't want Ellis' role changing on a day-to-day basis.
"He kind of needs to be that guy," Mattingly said of Gordon. "I know we can't force a square peg into a round hole, but we have been able to sustain so far without Dee kind of getting going."
Left fielder Tony Gwynn Jr. got the start on Sunday afternoon in the leadoff spot, but as a platoon player, Gwynn won't be in the lineup with Gordon very often. When Gwynn does play on the same day as Gordon, Mattingly said he'd be fully comfortable moving Gordon down because of the speed and on-base ability Gwynn brings to the table.
Another option is moving A.J. Ellis higher in the batting order. Ellis, a catcher, has been one of the Dodgers' best on-base percentage guys at a .455 clip this season, but he isn't close to a threat on the basepaths.
Mattingly dismissed that notion, saying he is content with leaving Ellis lower in the lineup, where he can drive in runs and turn the order over.
"You try to have a balanced lineup where you have a chance to score in all parts of the game," Mattingly said. "Obviously the more guys you've got that are productive, the easier that is."
AJ Cassavell 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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"She didn't want to leave her grandkids," her daughter, Griselda Fernandez, recalled Monday, weeping. "But we all told her, you have to go with my dad. My dad needs your help."
It was the last thing Belen Fernandez would do for her family. The 53-year-old mother of six died along with her husband Raudel Fernandez-Avila, 49, his two brothers and a step-niece in a crash north of Las Vegas that authorities say was caused by a drunken driver.
Authorities said the family van was rear-ended around 3 a.m. Saturday by an SUV driven by 18-year-old Jean Ervin Soriano, who was being held Monday on felony drunk driving charges with bail set at $3.5 million bail.
Soriano, who told the judge he lives in St. George, Utah, will be assigned a public defender for his arraignment April 10. He had previously lived in California, but it wasn't immediately clear where.
He was hospitalized for several hours after the crash on Interstate 15 about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas then taken to the Clark County jail, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
He told the arresting trooper he had "too many" beers before the crash, according to an arrest report made public Monday.
Trooper Loy Hixson said several beer bottles were found in the 1999 Dodge Durango that Soriano said he was driving.
Results of a blood-alcohol test on Soriano were pending, authorities said.
"He basically destroyed a lot of families," Griselda Fernandez said, bursting into tears. "We're no one to criticize or anything. I know that God will somehow punish him."
Belen Fernandez and Raudel Fernandez-Avila had been married for 33 years. Also killed were 41-year-old Genaro Fernandez of Norwalk, and Angela Sandoval, 13, and Leonardo Fernandez-Avila, 45, both of Los Angeles.
Two more people in the van, Eddie Sandoval, 15, and Maria Rosario Cardenas, 40, remained hospitalized Monday at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Sandoval was in good condition and Cardenas was in fair condition, hospital spokeswoman Danita Cohen said.
The trio of brothers and their family members had been visiting their sick father for a week and were expected home Saturday to prepare for an Easter celebration, said Pablo Fernandez, the youngest son of Raudel Fernandez-Avila and Belen Fernandez.
Pablo Fernandez, who recently moved into his own place, wondered what he would do with his parents gone.
The 19-year-old is studying to become a surgical technician and stopped by every day to check on them, he said.
"We have to be strong, we're going to stay united and take this step by step," he said.
Troopers said most of the passengers in the family's Chevrolet Astro van were thrown from the vehicle as it overturned in the desert.
A truck driver told investigators that he saw Soriano and his passenger walk away from the crash site then return before rescue crews arrived.


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Exotic animals seized from Ohio farm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge is scheduled to begin hearing testimony Monday in a lawsuit involving Ohio's new law regulating dangerous wild animals.
Four owners filed the lawsuit in Columbus federal court last month, contending the restrictions threaten their First Amendment and property rights.
The owners claim the law forces them to join private associations and possibly give up their animals without compensation. They also take issue with a requirement that the animals be implanted with a microchip before they're registered with the state, so the creatures can be identified if they get lost or escape.
The Humane Society of the United States has joined Ohio officials in defending law that it strongly supported. The organization contends it has an interest in the case's outcome because it is pushing similar laws nationwide.


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The bats continue to errupt as the Phillies regain first place from the Marlins.
The Phillies regain first place from the Marlins, as their very potent offense crushes the fish in the first game of a three games weekend series between the two rivals, 12-3. The Marlins would score first though, when, in the first inning, Phils' starter Brett Myers would give up a RBI single to Jorge Cantu, scoring Hanley Ramirez, who has earlier singled, to give the Marlins a quick 1-0 lead. Three batters later, with the bases loaded and one out, Luis Gonzalez would hit a RBI single, knocking in Jeremy Hermida, who has earlier walked, and Cantu, giving the Marlins a 3-0 lead. But that would be it for the Marlins, as Myers would finally get out of the innings, and he would then pitch a 1-2-3 second. In the Phillies half of the inning, the Phillies would pound Marlins' starter Mark Hendrickson. Ryan Howard would start the inning off with a walk. Pat Burrell would then ground out, pitcher to first, moving Howard to second base. After Pedro Feliz singles Howard over to third, Chris Coste would tie the game by hitting his fifth home run of the year, making it a 3-3 ballgame. Three batters later, with two men on base and two outs, Shane Victorino would hit a two-run double, scoring So Taguchi, who has earlier singled, and Brett Myers, who had just walked, to give the Phils a 5-3 lead. Chase Utley would then follow with his major league leading eighteenth home run of the year, a two-run shot, making it 7-3 Phillies. The Phillies would add four more runs in the fourth. Jimmy Rollins would single in Taguchi, who has earlier walked, to make it 8-3 Phillies. Two batters later, with runners on first and third, and two outs, Howard would hit a three-run home run, his fifteenth home run of the season, off of Burke Badenhop, who was pitching in relief of the knocked around Hendrickson, scoring Victorino, who was safe on a force out, and Chase Utley, who has earlier singled, giving the Phillies a 11-3 lead. Meanwhile, something seems to have clicked with Myers, as he seems to have returned to his earlier form, as he would give up only three more hits to the Marlins after the first inning, while stirking out eleven. The Phillies would score just one more run, in the seventh inning, as Howard, who has gotten on base earlier with a walk, would score with the base loaded, as Taguchi is walked by Taylor Tankersley, making it 12-3 Phils. Clay Condrey would then take over in the ninth for Myers, putting down the shocked Marlins for a 1-2-3 inning.
Brett Myers is the winning pitcher, winning his first ballgame since April 17, when he defeated the Astros. He did it by going eight innings, giving up only three earned runs, all in the first inning, on six hits, while striking one eleven Marlins. His record is now 3-6 with an ERA of 5.52. Clay Condrey would pitch one shut out inning in relief, giving up no runs on no hits, while striking out two. Mark Hendrickson would suffer the lost as he gets pounded by the Phillies' bats in three and a third innings of work, giving up ten earned runs on seven hits, while walking three. His record is now 7-3 as his ERA rises to 5.26. Burke Badenhop would pitch an inning and a third in relief, giving up an earned run on one hit. Taylor Tankersley would also pitch an inning and a third, also giving up an earned run on no hits. Justin Miller would pitch two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs on one hit. Joe Nelson would go an inning in relief, giving up no runs on no hits.
With the win, the Phillies regain first place, as they ride on their first five games winning streak of the season. The Phillies are also a season best eight games over .500. During their winning streak, the Phils have scored sixty runs, averaging twelve runs per game. During that span, they have also gotten sixty-one hits, of which 26 has been extra-base hits (15 (2B), 1 (3B) , 10 (HR)). In their last nine games, starting with the last game of their three games series with the Nationals, the Phillies have scored eighty-five runs, averaging about 9.45 runs a game, while getting 108 total hits, of which forty-five were extra-base hits (26 (2B), 1 (3B) and 18 (HR)). It is indeed hitting season. At the same time, Phillies' starting pitching, during the five game winning streak, has given up only sixteen runs, which average out to 3.2 runs a game, while the relief staff has allowed only three runs, which average out to 0.60 runs a game. In their last nine games, the starters have given up twenty-eight total runs, for an average of 3.11 runs per game, while the relief core have given up only six runs, which average out to 0.67 runs per ballgame. As the offense is racking up the runs and hits, the pitching staff is giving up to their opponents very few runs in return. During those nine games, the defense has been almost flawless, committing only three errors, all occurring during the Rockies' series, against seven for their opponents. It would appear that all aspects of the Phillies game are starting to come together at the same time, which might be a cause of alarm for the rest of the National League East.
The three games series between the now first place Phillies (32-24) and the second place Marlins (20-23) will continue tonight from Citizens Bank Park. The game will start at 7:05 pm Eastern. The Phillies' starter will be their ace, Cole Hamels (5-3, 3.18), who is coming off a no-decision, as he pitched poorly in his last start against the Astros on May 25, where he would only pitch four innings, giving up six earned runs on seven hits, in the Phils' 15-6 crushing of Houston. Hamels has won three of his last six starts, with the other three being no-decisions, all won by the Phils, as he has gone a total of forty and a thirds innings, giving up only sixteen earned runs, which includes a period when he would give up no runs for nineteen and two-thirds innings, on thirty-three hits. His career numbers against the Marlins is 2-2 with a 4.13 ERA in four starts. He will be trying to get his first win in three starts, while trying to increase the Phillies' lead in the National League East. The Marlins will be opposing him with Ricky Nolasco (4-3, 4.70), who is coming off a win, his second in a row, and third in his last four starts, against the Mets on May 26. He would go five innings in that game, giving up only three earned runs on nine hits, in the Marlins' 7-3 win. He will be trying to stop the Phillies' hitting juggernaut and put the Marlins back into first place.
The now first place Phillies lead the Marlins by half a game after their victory over the fish. They are leading the Braves by two and a half games, as the Braves lost their game with the Reds in extra-innings. The Phils are leading the Mets by four and a half games as the Mets lost their game to the Dodgers. The Phils will be trying to increase their respective leads over the other teams in their division, as they try to win their sixth game in a row and their ninth in their last eleven games.


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When Sherril B. Gelmon was designing her first course at the University of Toronto medical school in the mid-1980s, she had never heard of service learning. But the most effective way for her health-management students to understand public health, she knew, was to learn from the community around them. So for her new course, on evaluating health programs, she sent her students into the city to measure the effectiveness of local health projects.
That was only the beginning of a career that has straddled scholarship and service. The breadth of Ms. Gelmon's work impressed the judges for the 2011 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, who chose her. The award, sponsored by Campus Compact, which promotes community service in higher education, recognizes one senior faculty member each year.
Ms. Gelmon, now a professor of public health at Portland State University, has long taught courses that stitch community service into classroom work. In her research, she has developed a widely used methodology for measuring the effectiveness of service-learning programs at colleges across the country, and she has mentored dozens of junior faculty and doctoral students who want to make community engagement a part of their own scholarship.
"All of my career, my work has been characterized by doing things that are meaningful to me but also provide a service to others," Ms. Gelmon says.
Her focus on service comes partly from her unusual path into the professoriate. Before earning her doctorate in health policy at the University of Michigan, Ms. Gelmon worked as a physical therapist in Canada. She found it rewarding, she says, because it was hands-on in the most literal way, and had an obvious benefit for her patients. When she switched to a scholarly career, she continued to look beyond bylines in journals for her rewards.
Not surprisingly, she was one of the first faculty members at Portland State to be granted tenure under new guidelines in the mid-1990s that allow faculty to earn the rank through "engaged scholarship."
Among Ms. Gelmon's biggest contributions to service learning, says Maureen F. Curley, president of Campus Compact, are the models she developed for assessing the impact of community-based learning in college courses.
She went to Portland State in 1994 at a time when "service learning" was a buzzword, but there was little consensus on what made a service course or program successful. And scholarly study of the trend was sparse.
"Evaluation and assessment weren't really being done," she says. "I really wanted to create rigorous methods that would stand up to scholarly scrutiny, that test or observe what was happening through all of this community-engaged learning."
At the time, most of the little existing research on service learning focused narrowly on how it affected students, says Sarena Seifer, executive director of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, a group that has worked closely with Ms. Gelmon since the mid-1990s. One of Ms. Gelmon's biggest innovations, Ms. Seifer says, was to evaluate the stake that community organizations had in service-learning partnerships and the benefits they received.
"We discovered that our community partners really wanted to be teachers," Ms. Seifer says. "It was a big investment for them to take in students, especially at first, when those students didn't have many tangible skills. But they told us the benefit was worth the burden to develop partnerships with universities and have their expertise recognized."
Ms. Gelmon published her set of guidelines in Assessing Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Principles and Techniques, a 2001 book for Campus Compact of which she was lead author.
She has occasionally taken her assessment work abroad. In 2001 she spent three months on sabbatical in South Africa, developing strategies to evaluate post-apartheid service-learning projects at several universities. And during her most recent sabbatical, in 2008, she traveled across Australia to study administrative oversight for community-service programs at universities there.
At Portland State, Ms. Gelmon deals with the intersections of service and scholarship on a more personal scale. Each year she teaches a graduate course in the public-health school called "Program Evaluations in Health," in which students team up with community-health organizations to design assessment methods for one of the organization's programs. Those evaluations frequently help the community groups secure grants to pay for their operations, she says. And although her students often tell her the class involves much more work than their other courses, Ms. Gelmon says, they also find it far more valuable.
"Sometimes you have to push your students," she says. "They say the course is a lot of work, and I say, Well, this is the real world, and these are real and difficult issues that take a lot of work to solve."


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Shooting at stationary targets isn't enough for some gun enthusiasts. At Combat City in Orlando, people can turn their guns on each other.
The gun range allows patrons to shoot each other, similar to paint-ball guns, but with real weapons. People can even bring in and use their own guns, including semi-automatic rifles.
So how is this safe? Every gun is modified so that only rubber bullets can be used, and live ammo cannot be fired. Even though rubber bullets are used, the guns retain the same recoil. Patrons are suited up in armor to protect their head, neck and private areas. Even though armor is used, owner Dave Kaplan says it still hurts.
"There is supposed to be a degree of pain with it so that you do learn from it...Someone's trying to hurt you. You learn how to be as tactical as a civilian can be."
Employees at Combat City say their facility tests a person's nerve and helps them know if they have it in them to shoot another person if their life depended on it.
They say firing at a paper target only teaches people to shoot straight in perfect conditions.
Do you think shooting at real people is a good way to test your natural instincts?
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Quilting is supposed to be an enjoyable relaxing experience, no matter what your skill level. So sit back relax and don't worry about how much you can or can't do. My family loves my quilty gifts no matter how amateurish they are. At least they claim they do. Perhaps there is a big scurry around their houses when they see my car coming up the drive, trying to remember where they put those doggone ugly quilts so they can throw them on the bed.
gini in north idaho
That's how I feel Gini. I use my "woman cave" and quilting as my escape. No stress and a place to escape my hectic pace. The end products are just gifts of love and as long as people pretend to like them, I'm happy.
I feel the same way Gini. I have just spent the last two days hand sewing some blocks because I love sitting on the sofa and doing something with my hands. I do have to admit my family thinks anything I do is great, but I am the one who wants the block to look as perfect as possible and I will redo until I feel they are right. I find it relaxing and it keeps the brain going by challenge myself.
Hello jjjlewis i just joined today. having aliitle trouble with seeing video or anything else for that fact and since your name was the first to pop up that you amy know what i'm doing wrong. thank you so much;) Linda
Hi Ginny
We are just north of Gladwin, MI and I am familiar with Higgins Lake. It is presently - (minus) 13 degrees but house is warm so I am good. If you are in southeast Michigan then you probably got hit with snow.
Hi jjj, I know the area you are in a little, My son has property by Gladwin. He is up there frequently for hunting and fishing. Not me because his place is unfinished and pretty primitive according to my standards. LOL I also have cousins that live on Houghton Lake. So the area is familiar to me. If I remember correctly, I think there is a quilt shop or 2 around your area, isn't there? I know there are also Amish in the area, with all of their talents. Ginny
JJJ, I didn't answer you question, I see now. Yes, we got snow and it is -4 here last that I looked. Don't really want to go out today, but have to keep a Dr. appt., darn it all. Ginny


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The insurance company behind NRMA and CGU has signalled that steep premium rises are unlikely to be on the cards for its customers this year.
Insurance Australia Group, the nation's largest insurer to small and medium businesses, made the forecast as it delivered a 59 per cent rise in full year profit.
The sharp jump came despite its gross written premiums (GWP) - what customers pay for insurance policies - only limping ahead by three per cent to $9.8 billion.
IAG flagged a boost in GWP of up to 20 per cent this year on the back of its $1.85 billion acquisition of conglomerate Wesfarmers' insurance arm.
"This also reflects the expected limited need for rate increases, owing to current minimal input cost pressures," IAG said.
IAG's rise in full year profit of $1.23 billion stood in stark contrast to results from its struggling rival, QBE.
QBE announced plans to fix its balance sheet after its profit slid 18 per cent to $US392 million.
IAG's shares are up seven per cent for the past year and were three cents higher at $6.29 by 1556 AEST.
QBE's stock has sunk more than 37 per cent in a year.
This year's profit growth at IAG was partly helped by less claims than expected, thanks to fewer natural disasters like the severe flooding of 2011 and 2012.
The 2012/13 result was skewed by a $287 million loss on the UK business it sold.
IAG's insurance margin - which measures the profit it makes on premiums - of 18.3 per cent was a record high.
The insurance profit of $1.58 billion was up 10.6 per cent.
Chief executive Mike Wilkins said it was a strong result and significant year financially and strategically, with the Wesfarmers addition and expanding Asian interests pivotal to its next phase of growth.
IAG expects to reap $230 million of annualised pre-tax synergies from the Wesfarmers insurance acquisition and changes to its operating model.
Mr Wilkins said a key risk facing IAG was increased competition occurring in the commercial insurance space, creating volatility in rates and reinsurance costs.
Growth in IAG's GWP for its largest business general insurer Australia Direct was flat at $4.5 billion, but increased its margins.
Morningstar analyst David Ellis said he liked the fact that IAG appeared to be more focused on improving margins than inflating premiums through signing up customers, showing it was being well run.
"They are focusing on profitability rather than headline revenue growth in premiums," he told AAP.
"That is a very good thing for shareholders and is reflected in the profit, dividend and share price."
* Net profit of $1.2b, up 58.9 pct, from $776m in 2012/13
* Gross written premium, $9.8b, up 3.0 pct from $9.5b
* Fully franked final dividend of 26 cents a share, up from 25 cents


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Haha, that was like "where's waldo" for me for a few minutes trying to find the third bunny! How sweet they are "snuggling"


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One of the best things about national signing day is that, every year, it provides a last-minute surprise. Whether it involves a solid commit with an 11th-hour flip or an uncommitted player choosing a school to shock the masses, the day is good for full-fledged entertainment.
As we prepare for Wednesday, here are five bold predictions that we might see happen within the Big 12:


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Alps - Western Part > Pennine Alps > Pigne d Arolla > Climber's Log
Pigne d Arolla Climber's Log
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|nice taverse
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2006
|nice taverse
|Posted Sep 16, 2006 7:52 am
|Jay Power
|via Cabane Vignettes
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2006
|Perfect weather. Trailbreaking in deep snow.
|Posted Sep 11, 2006 8:22 am
|Route Climbed: ski route from Cabane de Dix Date
Date Climbed: May 2, 1997
|Descent to Vignettes hut.
|Posted Jun 29, 2006 10:23 am
|Date climbed: july 2005. In combination with a traverse on the Mont Blanc de Cheilon.
|The traverse Pigne d'Arolla-Mont Blanc de Cheilon is a long trip, but very beautifull.
|Posted Jun 25, 2006 5:10 pm
|Chamonix Man
|Normal Ski Tour Route from Dix Hut
Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2006
|Climbed the normal route from the Dix hut. A fun climb up on a great day with excellent visibility.
|Posted May 2, 2006 7:18 pm
|Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: July 2, 2004
|Very nice climb not difficult at all. It was a bit cloudy but on the summit we had a nice view over the area including the Matterhorn.
|Posted Dec 8, 2005 2:24 pm
|philippe bridgeman
|Route Climbed: East South East Flank, Facile from the Vegnettes Hut Date Climbed: July 2003
|Nice easy snow plod to the summit in good weather, first Alpine route.
|Posted Nov 29, 2005 7:20 am
|Route Climbed: Normal route from the Vignettes hut Date Climbed: 29 juli 2005
|We start at 2.00 hours at Arolla in the night. We go up and everything goes ok. 400 hm from the summet we have to get back for bad weather coming in. When we leave the hut on the way back the thunder starts. No summit...
|Posted Aug 18, 2005 9:45 am
|Route Climbed: Chanrion - Vignettes Hut Date Climbed: April 2005
|Skied up to the summit as part of the classic Haute Route 6-day itinerary. You reach this on the second to last day before arriving Zermatt.
|Posted Aug 1, 2005 4:54 pm
|Route Climbed: The route using the glacier from the Dix Hut. Date Climbed: Early August 2001.
|An enjoyable second Swiss summit for me with an interesting descent in very soft snow to the col near to the Vignettes Hut!
|Posted Sep 3, 2004 9:31 am
|Route Climbed: Starting from Cabane des Dix Date Climbed: August 12th 2004
|Great view from the summit, although we couldn't stay longer than about 5 minutes due to severe wind and a temperature already below the freezing point. We rested a bit lower on the way back to Cabane des Dix and had a great view on the Dent Blanch and Matterhorn. The climb itself was doable, but sometimes the slopes climbed were rather steep.
|Posted Aug 20, 2004 1:11 pm
|Route Climbed: from Cabane des Dix Date Climbed: 7 june 2004
|Climbed as part of the Chamonix-Zermatt haute route (cabane des Dix to cabane des Vignettes). I have no idea about the view - we reached the summit in near zero visibility (but our guide and the GPS told us we reached the summit :-)
|Posted Jul 11, 2004 4:16 pm
|Route Climbed: from Cabane des Dix Date Climbed: June 26 2004
|This was our first higher mountain, the weather was excellent, conditions on glacier good, overall quite easy and encouraging.
|Posted Jul 8, 2004 5:18 pm
|Route Climbed: N-face Date Climbed: june 2001
|Very nice tour with great variation.
Last 50 hm are tricky, mixed condition....
|Posted Apr 18, 2004 1:30 pm
|maria grazia s
|Route Climbed: normal fromVignette Date Climbed: a few times
|ski mountanering
|Posted Apr 13, 2004 10:33 am
|Mathias Zehring
|Route Climbed: ski route from Cabane de Dix Date Climbed: May 23rd 1993
|fine end of a 4-days-trip. Good conditions - easy ascent and perfect firn snow almost down to Arolla
|Posted Mar 20, 2004 4:56 pm
|Route Climbed: Hut of Dix Date Climbed: July, 1993
|No real difficulties. I love the shape of this summit. We enjoyed a good time with friends.
|Posted Nov 29, 2003 6:36 am
|Route Climbed: Normal from the Vignettes hut Date Climbed: July 2000
|Climbed this in a nice sexy blizzard whilst on an Alpine training course
|Posted Nov 11, 2003 10:34 am
|Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: 4 september 2003
|Nice altitude walk with no difficulties, ideal for beginners.
|Posted Sep 5, 2003 3:10 am
|Route Climbed: Normal route from Cabane Vignettes Date Climbed: 04 may 2003
|Ski-mountaneering ascent.
Nice weather and snow conditions.
|Posted Jul 15, 2003 2:09 pm


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FLYING FABLES Plays New Haarlem Arts Theatre, 7/14-27
Aiming to become a community anchor with the capacity to unite theater professionals, students and local residents of all ages, New Haarlem Arts Theatre, the professional theater company of City College of New York (CCNY), will present its first play for young audiences, "Flying Fables," adapted by Obie-winner Stephanie Berry, directed by John-Martin Green with choreography and staging by Bruce Hawkins, and original music by Patricia Ju from July 14 to 27 at Aaron Davis Hall, 135th Street and Convent Avenue.
The play is a modern, urban fairytale about a young ambitious couple, Marie and Charles, who are in flux in their marriage. Waking one morning to a common dream, they follow the dream's instructions to search for a trunk which they believe holds the key to their happiness in the tunnels of the subways. They are transported into the magical world of fables where they are ushered through a series of tales (from Africa, Asia and South America) by their childhood alter-egos. As the moral of each story unfolds, the main characters experience powerful revelations. Using drama, music and movement the performers bring fresh interpretations to traditional fables.
The actors are Kristen Adele, Michael Anthony, Barron Bass, Craig Dolezel, Danyel Fulton, ChaNel Jenkins, Maggie Lalley and Serge Thony. Original music is by Patricia Ju. Stage Management provided by Got Cha Back Productions.
Stephanie Berry (adapter) is a dancer, an actress, an English teacher, a community and political activist, and an OBIE Award winning playwright. Audiences know her from films including "The Invasion," TV shows including "Law and Order" and her one-woman show, "The Shaneequa Chronicles: The Making of a Black Woman," which received a Village Voice Obie Award and two AUDELCO Awards. Her other plays include "Trouble in Mind," "Distracted," "Gem of the Ocean," Intimate Apparel," "Spunk," King Lear," "Lady Macbeth," "Hamlet" and "The Tale of Madame Zora." She is a 2009/2010 recipient of the TCG/Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship as a "Distinguished Artist." She is a pioneer in arts-in-education and a founding member of Blackberry Productions Theater Company, a Harlem based organization that develops new works and brings theater to underserved populations throughout New York. She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre.
John-Martin Green (director) is Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Blackberry Productions and for over twenty-five years, has created original theatre that reflects untold stories and history of African Americans. He has used the arts in schools and community-based-organizations to nurture the cultural health of communities. He has directed "The Rootwoman" by Michael Bradford at Harlem Stage, "Three Sisters," "Willie's Cut & Shine," and "A Different Flava" at Ensemble Studio Theatre, "The Hand that Slapped Kate" at Bay Street Theatre and "Spiritual Journey" at the Apollo Theatre. He has taught Theatre at New School University, SUNY, Nassau Community and Old Westbury Colleges and at Brooklyn College. He holds a BFA in Drama from Bard College and an MFA in Theatre Directing from Brooklyn College, and is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Bruce Hawkins (choreographer) received the AUDELCO Black Theater Achievement Award for Outstanding Male Musical Theater Performance for his song and dance work in the New Federal Theater production of Melvin Van Peebles' musical play about Bessie Smith, "The Champeen," in which he played ten different characters with 27 costume changes. He has been on the professional dance faculty of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for several years. He has also taught ballet, modern and jazz in private dance studios and been an adjunct professor of dance and guest artist at SUNY Purchase, NYU, Adelphi, Lehman College for the Performing Arts and University of Washington.
New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT) (www.newhaarlemartstheatre.org) aims to become a professional theater uptown that ranks among the best in the country and to produce bold theatrical works that express the true history, culture, and diversity of America. Under Eugene Nesmith, founding Artistic Director, a management team was formed last year to build and sustain a vibrant cultural institution in partnership with CCNY to offer a home for a professional theater company in which emerging professional actors from the CCNY community work alongside veteran artists of distinction. NHAT works to unite students and local residents in a range of programming that addresses the professional and educational aspirations of the unique and culturally essential neighborhood that is Harlem. Productions encourage artistic freedom, risk taking and bold experimentation with theatrical forms. NHAT also strives to attract audiences from around the City to Harlem again.
Last summer, In its inaugural season, New Haarlem Arts Theatre produced "Blues for Mister Charlie" by James Baldwin, directed by Eugene Nesmith, and the musical, "Ain't Nothin' But The Blues," directed by Alfred Preisser. Both productions had casts that mixed New York professionals with recent graduates of the CCNY theatre department and student actors. The shows were roundly praised by critics and audiences alike and the company was recognized as an important contributor to the culture of our city and an excellent platform to launch careers for students in the CCNY theater department. Its production of "It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues" was honored with three AUDELCO Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre: Musical Production of the Year, Best Director (Alfred Preisser) and Best Choreographer (Tracy Jack). The production was extended one week in order to share it with a wider audience, but regrettably, the added performances had to be canceled due to Hurricane Irene.
This summer, the theater is entering its second season at Aaron Davis Hall, located at W. 135th Street and Convent Avenue, Manhattan (Hamilton Heights). "Flying Fables" will be its only family theater offering this season. There are three offerings for general audienes. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by August Wilson, directed by Eugene Nesmith and starring Johnnie Mae as Ma, will be presented June 14 to July 8. "Sweet Charity," with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon; originally conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse, has been re-conceived as a Latina's story by Julio Agustin, who will direct it July 26 to August 19 with choreography by Lainie Munro. A readings series, "Unheard Voices for the American Theater," curated by Rob Barron, will be held June 18, June 25 and July 2.
FLYING FABLES, based on classic fables from around the world, conceived and adapted to the stage by Stephanie Berry, and directed by John-Martin Green, will play July 14 to 27, 2012, at the Aaron Davis Hall (Theater C), 135th Street and Convent Ave. (Hamilton Heights). The show runs 60 minutes, followed by a Q&A. Recommended for children ages 6 to 106.
Two evening shows: Saturday, July 14, and Wednesday, July 18 at 7:00 PM.
Matinees: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, July 16, 17, 19, and 20, and July 23, 24, 26, and 27 at 2:00 PM; and Wednesday, July 25 at 12:00 PM.
All tickets are $5 (children and adults). Box office can be reached at SMARTTIX, (212) 868-4444, www.smarttix.com.
SUBWAYS #1 to 137th Street, C to 135th Street or A, D to 145th Street. FREE PARKING is available in the South Campus Parking Lot (enter at 133rd Street and Convent Ave.).
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All right guys, I think it's time to start the "Re-Sign" chants at the ACC whenever Bosh steps to the free throw line or whenever else you feel like getting rowdy! Let's face it, Bosh is the franchise whether your a fan of him or not. The Raps NEED him in order to get to higher levels. It's time we started showing him some love at home games by letting him know we want him to come back. I'll be going to a handful of home games between now and the post season-starting with the Cavs game on the 26th (7th row center baby!) and me and my homies definitely intend on letting CB know how much T-Dot and Raps fans appreciate him.
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West-Ward Pharmaceuticals notified the Arkansas Department of Correction on Wednesday that the company was closing its account, prisons spokeswoman Shea Wilson told The Associated Press.
Wilson said she didn't know why the drug company was closing the prison system's account, but West-Ward's London-based parent company, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, said Wednesday that it objects to its products' use in capital punishment.
Hikma also said it has halted direct sales of injectable phenobarbital to U.S. corrections departments after Arkansas' actions last month. However, Hikma spokesman Matthew Cole would not discuss specifics about Arkansas' account.
"More broadly, we're working to try to ensure that there's no unintended use of our product for capital punishment purposes," Cole said.
The AP first reported last month that Arkansas planned to use phenobarbital in executions, even though the barbiturate has never been used in U.S. lethal injections.
Arkansas and many of the more than 30 other death penalty states once used a virtually identical three-drug process: The barbiturate sodium thiopental was administered to put an inmate to sleep, and two other drugs were administered to stop breathing and the heart.
As sodium thiopental supplies dried up, however, Arkansas and several other states initially turned their attention overseas, obtaining the drug from a different British supplier. But, in 2011, they lost their supplies to federal agents amid legal questions about how they got the drug.
So, as drugmakers have continued to object to their products' use in lethal injections, states have been looking for alternatives.
Arkansas this year said it was turning to phenobarbital, the drug it bought from West-Ward Pharmaceuticals.
However, lawyers for nine death row inmates are challenging the use of the drug, contending that it could be inhumane.
Arkansas hasn't put a prisoner to death since 2005, and for now, the state doesn't have any pending executions.
That's expected to change, though, as Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel asked Gov. Mike Beebe to schedule execution dates for seven of the state's 37 death row inmates.


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Warning: fwrite() expects parameter 3 to be long, string
hi gang - I'm getting the following error when handling my form:
Warning: fwrite() expects parameter 3 to be long, string...on line 31
what I'm trying to do is submit my form values into a csv file and I was hoping that I could add column names - I create csv's with the majority of the code below all the time but I've never tried to add column names before so I don't know if maybe I'm not supposed to have 3 parameters in fwrite, or if $columns should be formed differently...or something else altogether?
as you can see, I echo out the $date and $frequency and those values display just fine, as do the $_POST values
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function protect($string) {
$string = trim($string);
return $string;
if (isset($_POST['form_submit']) && ($_POST['submitForm'] == 1)) {
$errors = array();
foreach ($_POST['frequency'] as $key=> $value) {
$freq = "$value, ";
$freq = substr($freq,0,-2);
$date = date('n/j/Y');
echo '
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echo 'Frequency: '.$freq.'
';
echo 'Date: '.$date.'
';
echo '
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$columns = 'Date, Pharmacy Store #, Agent Name, Address, Store Mgr Cooperative, Not Cooperative, Senior Traffic, Approaches, Frequency, Kiosk, Problems';
$q1 = protect($_POST['pharmacy_id']);
$q2 = protect($_POST['agent_name']);
$q3 = protect($_POST['agent_address'].', '.$_POST['agent_city'].', '.$_POST['agent_state'].', '.$_POST['agent_zip']);
$q4 = protect($_POST['store_cooperative']);
$q5 = protect($_POST['senior_traffic']);
$q6 = protect($_POST['approaches']);
$q7 = protect($freq);
$q8 = protect($_POST['kiosk']);
$q9 = protect($_POST['problems']);
$filename = 'data/data.csv';
$csvData = "\"".$date."\",\"".$q1."\",\"".$q2."\",\"".$q3."\",\"".$q4."\",\"".$q5."\",\"".$q6."\",\"".$q7."\",\"".$q8."\",\"".$q9."\"\n";
$handle = fopen($filename,"a");
if ($handle) {
//header("Location: ".WEBSITE_URL."/thank-you.php");
else {
$errors['filenotupdated'] = 'There was an error writing to the file';
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That sure won't work. Fwrite signature is
int fwrite(resource, string, int);. There is no $columns type option, that would be a single line within it.
You should be using
fwrite($handle, $csvData);, and either omitting the third parameter or giving it a maximum length to work with. So simply write the $columns to the file first, then write the data. Looks like you probably only want the columns if the file is empty so you can always check the size first.
fputcsv is an alternative. It was designed to create csv data from an array. You may want to consider that option instead.
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thanks for that Fou-Lu!
I feel so dumb - when I was trying to google the error yesterday I was reading the error incorrectly so I never even looked up fwrite on php.net - mostly because I knew that only the $columns values was the only thing that was different from what I'd used in the past
I have now learned that the 3rd parameter is indeed for an (int) value - yes I went back to php.net which I should have done from the gitgo...
I'm looking up fputcsv now
thank you for your time!


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TACOMA, Wash. – Eric Hopfenbeck '14 and Santiago Rodriguez '14 have been elected as the next president and vice president of the Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound (ASUPS). The campus student body chose Hopfenbeck and Rodriguez in a rare split ticket vote that saw student voters choose the presidential candidate from one duo of candidates and the vice president from the other. There were nearly 1,100 votes cast.
"Santiago and I are good friends and we've worked together in the past at ASUPS, so I feel confident we'll be an effective team," said Hopfenbeck. "We aim to try to push forward on goals that were in both of our platforms over the next year."
"I'm looking forward to working with Eric and appreciate the support that the student body has shown us," said Rodriguez. "Our separate experiences on campus and in the senate will be a great base to work from as we pursue our ideas."
Eric Hopfenbeck is a junior from Lakewood, Colo., majoring in economics. He served a term as an ASUPS senator prior to departing for Freiburg, Germany, on a study abroad trip last semester. Now back on campus, Hopfenbeck has resumed his activities as a member of Puget Sound's men's Ultimate Frisbee team, a coordinator for the Campus Visit Program, and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He also enjoys raspberries and playing basketball.
Santiago Rodriguez, also a junior, hails from Bogotá, Colombia. He is a double major in the Business Leadership Program and in Foreign Languages (French) and International Affairs. Rodriguez's involvement at Puget Sound has spanned a wide variety of activities. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and an active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, Rodriguez has served as a three-term ASUPS senator and as chair of the ASUPS Senate.
During the election, Hopfenbeck ran on a ticket with vice presidential candidate Krista Haapanen '14 on a platform of collaboration, community, and creativity, including proposals to strive to have frequent campus events now that there is a two-year residency requirement for new students and to try to create a more unified campus by working closely with other student groups. Rodriguez ran on a ticket with presidential candidate Scott Miller '14. The team emphasized efficiency, sustainability, security, and spirit, with goals including electing a sustainability director and installing security cameras at hot spots near bike racks.
Hopfenbeck and Rodriguez will participate in a month-long training period before beginning their 12-month term on April 16, 2013. The student body also elected Ian Latimer '16, Vivien Jones '16, Marc Fagaragan '15, Alissa Hartnig '16, and Kirstin Howley '14 to the ASUPS Senate.
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I wanted to create this thread cuz i think people are greatly mistaking what really happened in the "fight" between Minato and Raikage. No i'm not saying Minato has a greater shunshin than Raikages in V2, it's wrong. Raikage in V2 is faster, i'm only talking about reflexes here, or simply body speed, where i believe Minato is faster. So yes, Raikage has greater speed than Minato in short distance(if we don't count FTG), but Minato has a greater body speed, and i'll try to explain why:
Look carefully at this pic, and notice the distance i draw(sorry for my bad drawing :p) between Minatos hand(where he holds his kunai) and Raikages shoulder at the top of my pic. Now look where the kunai is at the bottom of my pic. What does it mean? It means that during the time, Raikage was aiming at his face, Minato had time to land a kunai on top of Raikage without he even knew, and notice that Kishimoto even draw this kunai at the end on purpose so that we should not miss it.
And notice also the distance between them when Minato uses Hiraishin to go on the tree and Raikage is still in motion roughly at the same place, and on this pic:
He come back and almost finish with Raikage while he was still in motion after the first move he made. Minato had time to do 3moves before A could do even one, while he was still in motion. People only see the fact that Raikage almost touched Minato with his punch without analysing the context. In the contrary, the fact Minato was able to dodge something almost touching his nose, something going at that high speed shows that Minatos reflexes are just insane, are just on another level, and when you know that even before that, he had time to land a kunai without Raikage notices, it's even more ridiculous.
Now people are actually saying he had no choice than using FTG, but seriously. If he had time to land a kunai above the Raikage, isn't that obvious that if he wanted, he could have dodge it? Now the question you must ask you is why did he landed the kunai on Raikage?
And the answer is simple. He was preparing his counter-attack with it. Landing a kunai above Raikage helped him to teleport on his kunai on the tree and come back on the kunai he landed earlier quickly to finish his job and Raikage was almost done for if Bee didn't intervened.
So yes Raikage in V2 is probably faster than Minato, but in terms of reflexes, Minato is above him


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>Cross Training>Elliptical, Stairstepper on Non-running Days
I know that Jeff Galloway advises against doing the Elliptical or Stair Master on cross-training days. Does anyone agree? Disagree? (Why?)
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It is fine to do cross training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday if you wish. There will be little benefit to your running/walking in doing this, but you'l increase your fatburning potential. Don't do exercises like stair machines that use the calf muscle on cross training days.
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having never read galloway...lemme get this straight...he IS in favor of Xtraining, but not those 2 specific pieces of equipment? or is he not in favor of Xtraining?
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