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Bullpen remains Tigers' focus at Trade Deadline
Dombrowski keeping tabs on relief market even after making deal for Soria
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
DETROIT -- Could last week's trade for Joakim Soria be the opener of a two-part move to upgrade the Tigers' bullpen? Possibly.
"Our bullpen has been a situation that has been our major focus, and I guess would continue to be our major focus if we are going to do something," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said on the heels of the Soria deal. "I'm not sure if we will or will not, but we're still open-minded to it."
Could Detroit shift direction and make that much-speculated move for a left-handed-hitting outfielder or a veteran shortstop? That seems less likely.
"I don't know that either one of them would be real high on our priority list at this point," Dombrowski said.
The Soria trade has done little to take the focus off of the Tigers' bullpen heading towards Thursday's 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline. All it has done is change the question.
Before the deal, the question was what Detroit was going to do to address a bullpen that ranked near the bottom of the big leagues in almost every major category. Now, the question is whether what the club has done is enough.
Given the Tigers' situation, it's a complicated question.
Under Dombrowski, they've done a very good job of becoming perennial World Series contenders, not simply because of their division but because of the young talent Detroit acquired and developed. With Max Scherzer and Victor Martinez on track for free agency this winter, however, the Tigers' best shot at another World Series run seems to be now.
Their core group does not include the bullpen, but it's the group that could determine how far this core group goes. If not for two rallies off the team's bullpen in Boston last October, Detroit might be seeking to cement its place in history with a second consecutive World Series title.
It's no less of a question now.
"Our bullpen has scuffled at times," Dombrowski said. "I think that a real key is you want to have people out there who put up zeros for you, that can put down shutdown innings and also throw strikes on a consistent basis.
"We've scuffled, not everybody, but a lot of guys collectively at that. Again, we remain open-minded if something happens that makes sense to make us better before the Trade Deadline."
At what cost, however, will it make sense?
The Tigers have quietly prepared themselves for the next phase by assembling talent in the lower and middle levels of the Minor Leagues. As evidenced in the Soria deal, they cannot upgrade without taking away from that group.
"I believe that Corey Knebel will be a closer in the big leagues," vice president and assistant general manager Al Avila said. "I believe that [Jake] Thompson has the potential to be a solid starter. That's their potential."
Whether the Tigers can win a World Series without additional help is a matter of debate.
Avila estimates that at least half the teams in baseball are looking for relief help. Few, however, have as much perceived urgency about it as Detroit.
"All 30 Major League clubs have real good general managers, and they all have personnel out there scouting," Avila said. "They know the situation we're in. And we know what's out there. We know what guys are available, what guys are not available.
"It's a game of musical chairs, so to speak. Every time you go around, you take a chair away; go around, take a chair away. Well, eventually somebody's going to be left with nothing. So you have to know when to attack. Dave's been a master at it over the years in getting the guy that we need at times. They don't all pan out, but that's what the process is."
The number of scouts watching Tigers prospects at Double-A Erie and at the Class A levels shows that other teams don't think Detroit is done dealing. In turn, it shows Dombrowski, who spent much of last week in Erie, Pa., what it's going to take to get a deal done.
In Soria, the Tigers added a versatile arm to cover outs anywhere from the seventh inning on. The lingering question is whether Detroit will try to do the same from the left side.
The Tigers have reportedly had a scout watching the Phillies, whose bullpen includes much-rumored lefty Antonio Bastardo. Meanwhile, two Marlins scouts, one a high-ranked player evaluator, were spotted in Erie, which raised thoughts about the potential return Miami could get for arbitration-eligible lefty Mike Dunn.
Other candidates include Houston's Tony Sipp, a lefty Detroit knows well from his Cleveland days but whom the Tigers missed on signing when the Padres released him at the start of May.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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How a More Visual Firewall Can Help Protect Your Network
Any business with a network needs a firewall to keep the bad guys out and the data safe. And it has done so behind a complex dashboard that was difficult to navigate and operate.
But lately a few vendors have begun to offer a more visual take on this venerable category, placing a premium on the User Experience. For smaller businesses this can be especially useful. Let's look at what is involved with these products with some samples from McAfee, Palo Alto Networks and Sonicwall.
In olden times, firewalls were anything but visual dashboards. You had to navigate long lists of rule sets that would take a lot of expertise to craft correctly. The order of how the rules were listed were also important, as the firewall would process one rule at a time. Each rule would either permit or deny a particular kind of traffic to a particular port and protocol. They had dashboards like this one from Cisco's ASA firewall that had densely-packed information.
That was great back when the Internet was young but these days playing ports and protocol games is more complex. Just about every new application uses the Web ports 80 and 443, so filtering on those doesn't help much. And for corporations that want to be more sophisticated in what they block, you want something that offers more granularity and understands the way particular applications behave. For example, let's say I want to allow people to use Gmail but not Google Earth. So my firewall has to distinguish between these
two actions. Here is how the McAfee Firewall handles it. You can see a long list of Google applications here in the screen capture above. It is very easy to click on the particular situation and quickly set it up to block other Google functions.
McAfee has a add-on option to its Enterprise Firewall called Profiler that includes a very graphical mechanism for managing its operations.
You can use its graphical interface to spot trends quickly, make adjustments to firewall rule sets, and see the results of your changes instantly, without having to plow through network traces and protocol details.
In the screen capture below, we are looking at the main Profiler screen and you see these bubbles that indicate by color whether traffic is allowed or blocked by particular user department and application category.The size of the bubble indicates the volume of traffic that is involved in a particular situation.
Some of the firewalls come with very graphical real-time monitors, such as this display from Sonicwall's unified threat appliances below where you can see traffic patterns and drill down if you spot something that doesn't look quite right.
Palo Alto Networks has this interesting global map of all your network traffic, again to help you spot some particular network flow to a country where you normally don't do any business. Many of the firewalls have geo-location features where you can block traffic originating or destined for particular countries too.
These are just some of the more innovative firewall vendors out there who have begun to harness visual information displays to help you manage your network traffic and operations. If you are still looking at long lists of log files or rule sets, you might want to investigate one or more of these products.

subset: commoncrawl


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Jingle Bells Dinosaur Skull
NOTHING says Christmas more than an animatronic 3D printed dinosaur skull singing "Jingle Bells." In the creator, rweaving's, own words:
It was my son's idea to create a dinosaur skull that would sing jingle bells. This is the result of that project. The skull is controlled via servo motor triggered by the music. The skull, stand and mechanics were printed using a Makerbot Thingomatic. You can make your own by going to http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14248
But, perhaps the best part of all was rweaving's comment afterwards:
I love being able to take my 4 year old's crazy idea and making it into reality.
Can you imagine if your parents had a Thing-O-Matic? Just look back at some of the wacky things your parents put up on their fridge or office wall, the wacky amazing things that were only possible in your 4-year-old mind… and now think about how insanely cool the world would have been if your parents had said, "Sure thing kiddo, we can print that."
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The cause of the derailment still is not known. Speculation has included a "runaway train" due to alleged crew failure to properly apply handbrakes, but some suggest local vandalism and tampering by trespassers may be responsible for the event.
"If brakes aren't properly applied on a train, it's going to run away," Rail World Inc. CEO Edward Burkhardt told The Canadian Press. "But we think the brakes were properly applied on this train."
The 72-car train had been parked Friday night in Nantes, Quebec, seven miles from Lac-Megantic, where a crew switch was scheduled before the consist entered U.S. territory.
Rosemont, Ill.-based Rail World Inc. is the parent company of Hermon, Maine-based Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway. MM&A's network, including trackage rights over right-of-way owned by Canadian Pacific, New Brunswick Southern Railway, and the State of Maine, runs west to east linking Montreal with locations in Vermont, Maine, and New Brunswick, as well as Quebec.
Lac-Megantic lies roughly 20 miles northwest of the Maine border and about 150 miles east of Montreal. A route map of the MM&A shows the town to be the last major station prior to MM&A's crossing the Quebec-Maine border.
The blast and resultant fires from the incident forced 2,000 people in Lac-Megantic to evacuate. Local media reported first responders had difficulty accessing the most heavily impacted areas. Police Sunday had confirmed the deaths of five people, with dozens more reportedly still missing. In question is whether there were tank cars with other hazardous commodities in the consist, as crude oil by itself is not known to explode. Another possibility is that natural gas pipes were severed when the tank cars derailed and piled into buildings, igniting and resulting in explosions and fire. This is what happened to at least one Queens, N.Y., beachfront community when homes were destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.
The incident already has prompted Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reiterate his call for more North American oil pipeline capacity, particularly in relationship to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline plan running mid-continent from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Harper last May asserted that crude-by-rail is "far more environmentally challenging" than construction of new pipelines. Harper, visiting the site early Sunday, described it as a "war zone."
But even some Canadian environmental observers question Harper's analysis. Edward Whittingham, executive director of the Pembina Institute, an environmental group based in Calgary, told The New York Times no conclusive research comparing the safety pipelines and crude-by-rail had been made. "The best data I've seen indicates, depending on your perspective, both are pretty much as safe as each other, or both are equally unsafe. There's safety and environmental risks inherent in either approach," Whittingham said.


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Concerning Colin Kincades letter, A cancer deep within our nations marrow, Aug. 21: I hear your pain, Colin. And no, the answer is not red or blue; and yes, it is definitely not just a gun thing; and yes, it is a cancer deep within our nations marrow. However, it is more than just our nation; it is in the marrow of this whole earth.
Sometimes hearing or reading the news can seem so overwhelming, but I can assure you, Colin, that none of this is a surprise to God.
Many in your generation are now desperately searching for the truth and recognizing that it is not in the glib politically correct whitewashed answers we are taught by leaders, the news media, schools, or the so-called enlightened quasi-scientists of today.
Our actions (behavior) support (follow) our beliefs. Therefore, if we believe there is no God, we have no accountability and can become gods unto ourselves. These sociopaths, as you called them, are only acting that out. If we believe that this world, universe, creation all developed by accident, then there is no such thing as morality, and we need not feel sorry for whatever harm we may bring. If we believe that this short earthly life is all we have and there is no heaven or hell, then it becomes a stick it to the next guy survival of the fittest kind of life. Those are the very behaviors that you are questioning and therefore the purpose of your letter.
The truth is, we are created in Gods image and responsible to this life-giving, all-loving, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-righteous, very personal God who seeks a relationship with us. God made you and loves you. When we reject God, (which we all have done) he loves us so much that he sent his son, Jesus, to take the punishment we deserve (to justify his all-righteous morality) so that we can repent and once more be in relationship with him. Search for the truth in his word, the Bible, and find a true Bible-believing church.
Cheryl Holdorf
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Let the games begin!
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a resident of Danville
on Sep 10, 2009 at 9:24 am
Dougherty Valley High School (commonly Dougherty, Dougherty Valley, Dougherty Valley High, or DVHS) is a public high school located in the Windemere development of San Ramon, California, USA. Dougherty is one of four high schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD), along with California High School, San Ramon Valley High School, and Monte Vista High School.
The construction of the school cost approximately $128 million, and the total cost, including inspections and management, was about $150 million.
In 2009, the SRVUSD was affected by a major statewide school budget crisis. 236 layoff notices were sent to teachers within the district, more than half of whom worked at Dougherty. All permanent teachers were rehired with the help of a $144 per-parcel tax measure passed in May 2009, which is expected to raise $6.7 million yearly.[18]
During the 2009 flu pandemic in the United States, one tenth-grader at Dougherty was known to have been infected with the Influenza A/H1N1 virus; however, closure of the school did not occur, as it was found to be unnecessary and inconvenient.
Dougherty's 2007 enrollment included a large population of Asian students, accounting for 41.2% of the student body. 32.5% of the school identified themselves as White, 6.5% as Filipino, 6.1% as African American, 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% as Pacific Islander, 0.2% as American Indian or Alaska Native, and 7.9% with more than one ethnicity or no response.
There are 11 major buildings on campus, including four two-story classroom buildings, a career tech facility, a library, a commons building, an administration building, and two gymnasiums. The school has 80 classrooms.[11] For athletic purposes, the school has a 2,800-seat[11] stadium with lights, a press box, and a track.[34] Also at Dougherty are two baseball fields, two softball fields and eight tennis courts.[10] The campus is also home to the area's 11,222 square feet (1,042.6 m2) Venture Independent Study School.[16]
The performing arts center includes a 600-seat proscenium theater, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) rehearsal room, a box office, lobby, dressing rooms, rooms for vocal and instrumental music, and city offices.
This is what we provide to the most low income students in the whole srvusd. It's better than what everyone else is going to. This is one story amongst millions, and it is indicative of the trend. We have given leg up after leg up to countless of the "underprivileged." Yet all we ever hear is complaints for more
a resident of San Ramon
on Sep 10, 2009 at 3:55 pm
as far as i know, nobody's complaining for more? we can say no and we've done enough. its just right, enough for the needs it meets. DVHS is not a handout, its a provision for the future because San Ramon is growing relatively faster than other tri-valley cities. homegrown and transient problems i dont see there.. i think DVHS is good for its community, and come on, just because it's newer, doesn't mean it's better than CAL. just a little bias on my part since i am alum ;). each hs is unique and has its own merits. i think we should be glad the kids at dougherty aren't all underprivledged, they're on average upper middle class socio-economically. have you been to windemere? it's more expensive than the rest of SR on the whole. i think you're fearing the tri valley is going to turn into west county or something and that's not going to happen overnight or anytime soon. and i dont see a change in cultural attitude towards crime and an increase in poverty happening here in a decade or any decade withstanding a devastating event of some sort.
and why would someone in danville rabble that it's gonna cause more harm to san ramon? our group homes aren't as different as yours, but our community is more diverse and not as extreme in contrast as someone coming from pittsburg to sr, than pittsburg to danville. you guys are intrinsically more exclusive, richer, whiter, to be blunt and thats where i sense you might think having danville might change, but fundamentally it wont. alamo is still a small town, because people have kept it that way. danville is still going to be expensive to live in, and a group home isn't going to bring different attitudes to the whole. the kids might be troubled but not all, and not all the troubled kids are going to come or stay there. the native danville kids are going to keep it the same more or less, and if we want, we can make the group homes here instead of danville, because its an easier adjustment.
a resident of Charlotte Wood Middle School
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Notes: Lincecum has strong debut
Durham starting off hot; Sharks pay visit to AT&T Park
By Becky Regan / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants were packed up, the clubhouse emptied, disappointed AT&T Park attendees back at home after another loss, but Triple-A pitching prospect Tim Lincecum was just getting warmed up Saturday night. Not that the Giants need another good pitcher, but it's nice to have one in the back pocket especially when it's a 6-footer with a 99 mph fastball. The Giants' No. 1 draft pick last year earned his first win in Fresno against the Portland Beavers on Saturday night. Lincecum pitched five innings, allowing two hits and three walks in a 6-0 win. "We have a front-line prospect there and if he stays healthy, he'll have a good career," manager Bruce Bochy said. But pitching is not what the Giants need most right now. San Francisco has struggled to find offense this season. While Lincecum was pitching a shutout, his teammate, outfielder Nate Schierholtz, went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double. Schierholtz is now on a three-game home run streak and owns a .538 batting average. No one is coming up just yet, but with a 1-4 opening record at the big-league level, the Triple-A good news is welcome. Credit due: The Giants are off to a slow season start, but Ray Durham's not. With all the grumblings of the Giants' sluggish start, the second baseman's efforts have gone somewhat unnoticed. Durham scored the only run for the Giants in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Dodgers. Entering Sunday's game, Durham's .500 on-base percentage was the third highest in the league, and he is batting .385 in the Giants' first five games. Durham is also contributing defensively with a 1.000 fielding percentage entering Sunday's game. In Friday's game against the Dodgers, Durham laid out to glove a Luis Gonzalez grounder and then beat the runner with a throw from his knees. Not bad for a 35-year-old. "What a job he's done," Bochy said of Durham's defense. "He's always played a great second base, so I can't say that's a surprise to me." Hockey players can hit: Sharks right wing Jonathan Cheechoo, the NHL's leading goal scorer last season, showed he knows how to hit off the ice as well as on when he took batting practice with the Giants before Sunday's game. Cheechoo, who said he's only played softball, not baseball, smashed several impressive-looking line drives into the green. "It's faster than you'd think, especially when it's coming from a human arm," Cheechoo said of his first Major League batting practice. "I think the pitchers hit better than me." Cheechoo's swing was not too shabby, and he even got a piece of a few curveballs. But don't expect to see any Giants down in San Jose taking slap shots any time soon. "You just can't reciprocate this because you don't want your players on the ice," Bochy said. Pitching coach and hockey fan Dave Righetti was responsible for Cheechoo's presence, along with San Jose teammates Patrick Rissmiller, Matt Carle, Scott Hannan, Mark Smith, Ryane Clowe, Mark Bell, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski. The players presented Righetti with his own Sharks jersey. Minor tweaks: There were a few minor changes to the Giants' lineup in Sunday's afternoon game. Dave Roberts was given the day off and backup outfielder Todd Linden was given his second season start. In Saturday's game, Linden came up with two big catches, singled in the fifth and was the beneficiary of one of Derek Lowe's two walks in the game. Bochy said the day off would give Roberts a chance to rest his knee, which has been bothering him. Omar Vizquel took over Roberts' spot as leadoff hitter and Rich Aurilia batted second. The Giants will most likely return to their Opening Day lineup Monday against the Padres. This day in Giants history: In his first Major League at-bat, April 8, 1986, Will Clark homered off Nolan Ryan. On deck: Right-hander Matt Cain (0-0, 4.50 ERA) will open the second Padres series in San Diego at 7:05 p.m. PT Monday, pitching opposite 6-foot-10 righty Chris Young (0-0, 4.76). Sound familiar? That's because it is. Cain and Young faced each other Wednesday in a 5-3 Padres' win at AT&T Park. Cain threw six innings against the Padres, striking out six and allowing five hits and three runs. Young yielded a solo home run to Barry Bonds and allowed six hits and three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Becky Regan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Josh Turner wrote eight of the twelve tracks on his 2012 release Punching Bag in his hand-build writer's cottage. In an interview with Radio.com he explained just why he won't be calling it his man cave.
"A lot of people call it a man cave but I don't really refer to it as that. It's not a place that I go to hang out with my buddies and all that," he said. "There's no TV in there, there's no phone in there, there's no Wi-Fi."
Turner explained that it's a place he just goes to write and that's where all his music needs are kept.
"I built it specifically for the purpose of writing and creating and just being inspired. It's definitely been that place," he said. "Those eight songs that ended up on the record, they were all written right there in the writer's cottage. It was very fulfilling for me because it was a challenge to build this place. It took me two full years to build it from start to finish."
Turner built the cottage himself and said it's his writing sanctuary.
"To be able to write not only by myself, but write with my co-writing buddies and write eight songs for my record in this place that I specifically built for that was a pretty fulfilling thing," he added. "For me to know that I was not throwing my money away."
Josh Turner isn't the only country musician who had a specific spot dedicated to writing. While Johnny Cash's Cash Cabin is no country music secret, Turner said he didn't mirror his cabin after The Man In Black.
"I was not inspired by Johnny Cash's cabin but I was fully aware of the Cash Cabin," he said. "I think his cabin was a little more rustic and a little smaller than mine. I think his is completely out in the woods. Mine's a little more lush and modern and a whole lot bigger."
-Annie Reuter, Radio.com


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NEWARK — A 28-year-old man who was shot while sitting in a parked car Monday evening is expected to survive his injuries, police said.
Several witnesses called 911 about 6:20 p.m. to report that a man sitting in a car parked in the 37000 block of Olive Street had been shot, police said. Responding officers found the man at the scene, and he was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
No information about a suspect or motive was immediately available, police said.
Anyone with information about the incident may contact Newark police at 510-578-4237, or may leave an anonymous tip on the "silent witness" hotline at 510-578-4000, ext. 500.
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Cloning and Embryo Transfer Legal Issues
The legality of cloning and embryo transfer in horses were discussed at a recent equine law convention.
Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse
A Chip Off the Old Block: Equine Cloning
In this article we'll explore how horses are cloned, why this process is becoming increasingly popular, how closely cloned offspring resemble the original animals, and potential perils and pitfalls.
Photo by Courtesy University of Idaho
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Question of the Week: Car Seats for Airplanes?
The only death in the crash of an aircraft in the Canadian territory of Nunavut last week was a baby. Should it be mandatory that young children fly in approved seats?
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Cabrera back as Indians top Reds in spring finale
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians and a split-squad Reds club closed their Cactus League schedules Saturday at Goodyear Ballpark, with the Tribe taking a 9-1 decision.
And Indians manager Terry Francona pretty much laid out the lineup that he will have on the field Tuesday night when the Indians open against the Blue Jays in Toronto.
Because of a back injury to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who was back in the lineup after missing a week, Francona has not been able to set up his regulars, not until Saturday.
"This is it unless something happens on that flight," Francona said. "What do I like about it? It has balance, speed and length to it. We have switch hitters. We have left-handed hitters. We have right-handed power. Now we have to go see how this lineup is going to do.
"A guy like Mark Reynolds sitting down there in the seven hole, if he goes through periods where he's missing, he's not hitting cleanup. He's going to have so many opportunities to drive in runs with [Michael] Brantley and [Carlos] Santana hitting in front of him. I think that puts him in a good position."
Veteran Indians right-hander and offseason free-agent signee Brett Myers set down what amounted to a Triple-A Louisville lineup for the Reds, pitching five innings, allowing a run on three hits and striking out three. He earned the win.
Santana hit a homer for the Tribe, leading off the fourth inning against Reds right-hander Armando Galarraga, who went four and was touched up for two runs on five hits with four walks and a strikeout. Galarraga was tagged with the loss.
The Indians' regulars started to leave the game in the second inning. Meanwhile, the Reds regulars' were all in the starting lineup downtown at Chase Field, where Dusty Baker managed the club against the D-backs. Opening Day is at home for the Reds on Monday.
In Goodyear, the Reds were managed by veteran Jim Riggleman, who has been elevated in the organization to the Louisville job this year.
Their only run against Myers was generated by speedster Billy Hamilton, who opened the fourth with a single, stole second and came around to score on a pair of infield grounders.
The Indians also had a homer in the game from outfielder Matt Carson, his fifth of the spring.
Up next: The Indians fly to Toronto, where they will take a day off Sunday and then work out Monday before opening the season Tuesday night at Rogers Centre against the Blue Jays. The team is healthy, and right-hander Justin Masterson is slated to go against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey for the Jays.
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow@boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Skip to comments.In Africa, an Islamist convergence seen as a threat
Posted on 10/31/2012 5:58:30 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has conducted terrorist attacks in Nigeria that bring it closer to al Qaeda in northern Mali, making linkages between the groups more likely and more dangerous, according to a paper published by the Combating Terrorism Center.
In the past year, Boko Haram has carried out several large-scale attacks across a 900-mile swath of Nigeria, roughly the distance between New York City and Atlanta, the paper states. That puts the Nigerian extremists just 300 miles from northern Mali, which is controlled by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and other affiliated groups.
Boko Haram, which aims to overthrow Nigeria's government, and al Qaeda advocate a fundamentalist interpretation of Sunni Islam.
The danger is that it is much easier for Boko Haram and AQIM to coordinate their operations, said the papers author, Jacob Zenn, a West Africa analyst at the Jamestown Foundation, a strategic research think tank in Washington. The Combating Terrorism Center is at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
Kidnapping, drug smuggling and gunrunning account for a huge portion of AQIMs funding, he said. Working with Boko Haram in West Africa would enable al Qaeda to expand its operations and increase its size and strength.
In addition, Nigerias oil-production industry lies in the predominantly Christian south, where Boko Haram has begun to expand its operations. Both militant groups could gain a significant source of funding if they are able to control the oil-producing south.
Working with al Qaeda would help Boko Haram achieve its goals of overthrowing the Nigerian government and its moderate Islamic leaders and establishing a fundamentalist Islamic government, he said...........
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The theoretical central control organization, al Qaeda, itself with Ayman al Zawahiri as its post- bin Laden leader is nonetheless viewed by most Western observers in a headquarters context for broad planning, propaganda, and sometime coordination among the several franchises. To a certain extent, central al Qaeda reportedly has informal elements circulating as mentors among various local popular groups......
Benghazi has been a key jihadist recruiting ground going back even before the American military presence in Afghanistan beginning October 2001. As the center of Cyrenican (eastern province of Libya) resistance against Gaddafi's central government, local insurgent groups eventually formed into varying-sized militias with clan ties. Before that, however, the legends of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda had encouraged the growth of a development pool of Afghanistan-bound young men. This movement later evolved into several anti-Gaddafi underground nets. One of these assumed the name Ansar al Shariah, which had surfaced originally in Yemen as part of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)........"
Give Christian churches AK-47s. End of problem.
Boko Harem? A Darker Shade of Pale.
And this distinction means what? Nothing. Just different names for intolerant, oppressive, women abusing, raping, murdering Islamists who have zero tolerance for nothing but their sick death cult. I sincerely wish they would all drop dead yesterday.
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When I think of the Antarctic at all, I just think of it as this huge inert unpopulated continent that is permanently covered with ice. What I had not realized is that in places the ice covering is as much as two miles thick and that the continent contains about 50% of the world's supply of fresh water. The ice sheet is also not static but dynamic, with complex flow patterns.
This video shows how they have used remote sensing to figure out what lies beneath the ice, which will be important in understanding how the planet reacts to climate change since the melting of the polar ice caps is going to be a major source of the rise in ocean levels. But understanding the Antarctic is fascinating for its own sake.


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looks like she is having more fun talking with her friends
Wow. Your women are outstanding but your editor sucks. You need to show more pussy in different position. make me happy with those sexy women of yours.
@aAa that first time the guy pulled out.. the girls in the background was telling the girl that was getting doggy that the guy thats fuckin her just CUMMed.. u hear them laughing because the guy cummed early. the girl getting doggy ask her friend "was it me that cummed or Him?!" and they answered "He busted, already..lol" thats pretty much the highlight. everything else they were just doin small chat if she should be doin the rest of the work or not. she was being undecisive. so all and all this video suck. no one here could fuck. too much talking going on and not enough slutty activity. lol
i dont have to speak phillipine to notice she was suprised cuz he came early hahaha
why didn' he fuck a better looking filipina? she looks like a god damn horse! that face is a turn on? shouldve placed a black bag on her head.
does anyone know when this video was done? Has she done more videos?
have u seen another video of her buddy? let me see,,tnx
Next time buddy, use a condom.
She looks like "Mommy Dionisia"
Know the girl being fucked, had to pay her extra for video, and camera gal looks like a gal I know in Cebu. The hotel is the Metro Park if not mistaken.
i like her body and boobs
Durex doesn't cut it.
is the camera girl from bacolod?
Not bad, I wish there was a cumshot and all the girls joined in. BTW, I'd love to know what those girls are saying!!
The girl kept wondering whether the guy was getting hard at all (during the blowjob phase). Then she kept commenting it's painful to be fucked. Then later on there was small talk about doing this money and how she needs to act like she enjoys it.
dako na ug lungag mao wala lamie
this was so fucking boring.....
Looks like lots of fun. I will be there in November.........gather round girls.
for a filipino guy like me, shes not pretty,,, but she's hot!! baby wanna try your kabayan? that foreigner have a small dick!
Such a beautiful creature, shame she has to submit herself to that abuse xx
The girl is sweet and beautiful. And of course she's a whore. Nothing wrong with that. Prostitution is a precious gift to mankind. It's normal for guys to fuck hookers, just as it's normal for a girl to make money with her body and her pussy.Filipina girls and men like me like to play this game over and over again,. We just have to. jIt's our destiny.
she has a beatiful smile and for a filipina she gas a very huge and nice butt.
Pinay girls are made to fuck. That makes them perfect prostitutes. They're sweet and beautiful and they really like sex. I 'm a man of 50 years, but I still need to fuck young girls. Paying for sex is the best option then. That's why I goto Angeles City. So don't judge me please, even old and single men need to fuck.
nice ha
tang-inang pinay to ohhh...kkhiya k day! bisaya k siguro! mganap k ng disenteng trabaho oy...d ung puro gnyan pakantot nlng... nkkatakot k bka hiv possitive k na...
Give it a feeling naman! Hindi yan masarap kasi usap usap lang sila ng usap!
Haha! She said she doesn't know how to give head!!! Rofl. >.
guy comes in three minutes with a condom on? lousy fucking here. what a waste of pinay pussy. dont worry girls, when I get back to AC you can cum all yu want!
Ano ba yan! hindi daw marunong...wahaha! yong isang girl pasa background na nagsasabi kondi lang sa pera...pwede namn kayong pumasok ng katulong may dignidad pa...
its more fun in the Philippines
Yeah, Baby. You gotta Love that sweet Pinay pussy.
sana ako rin san ka ba nakatira miss reply agad
agoy mao d i na imo work silingan pa iyot lang
you dont know at your doing tangina mo
her name is jen....
her real name is Arlyn Candano frm Davao. she's the kind of gir that u wouldnt dare to be a friend with!! she's a fucking social climber.
girl you're not beautiful, to the max REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hindi daw sya marunong e ang luwang luwang ng pekpek !!!
I did this girl with the big tits back on 2003 during a photo shoot. She was not into sex very much, kind of a cold fish.
Her name is Ashley. she goes by Anixi Ashley as a chat model.
ngmamalinis kayong lahat e bakit kau nanonod ng ganito kung malinis kau?
BOBO kumantot ng kano!! hindi agad tumigas ung tite nya!! bakla kasi,, chupain mu nlang tite ko titgas agad to!! ako kakantot sau!! piloto ako,,, sa cockpit pa tayo mag SEX!! ang sarap mo!! babaeng pinay!!
hoy babaeng mababaw ang lipad di ka dapat jan kc mukha kang kabayo dapat nasa kwadra ka di ka pala marunong sumipa my kabayo bang ganun hahahaha pag syuuur oy pannnnnnngggggiittttttttt ang girl mukhang kabayo................
i wanna fuck that girl too
pumasok ang arayyyyy....
ang dame kong tawa sa mga comment ehehehhe oo nga parang si mommy dionisia nga ahahhahha :)
Haha this fool couldn't handle it
anong klasing trabaho yan,
fuck off....so boring. can't they muzzle these skanks?
sa hitsura nyo hindi sa marunong ?pnta k sa bahay 2ruan kita hahahahahaha
I would like to cum inside her pussy without a condom
Anyone mind translating what they're saying or at least giving us the gist of it. Something tells me they're not admiring his cocksmanship.
hahahapota HIPON
baguhan ata
oy lalaki gusto mo magpatulong
baka kaya naka doggy kc ayaw ng kano na makita face nya. hahahah
pasakan ko ng burat yan sa bibig
the buy have 1 balls?
ewwww.... so boring to watch
no comment! ew
sarap naman ng girl sana ako na lang umiyot laki panaman titi ko hehehe
gnda ng scandal d2
i would so do her.
shut the fuck up
Whatta Fuck is this? comedy porn? hahaha
hahahahahahah... funny one!!!!
great vid
first time daw..hmmm funny vedio.
wow sarap naman kunwari hind marunong.... trabaho mo na yan eh..
masarap nga kunwari pa
tatawa naman aq sa mga comments dito,kasi naman nilalait yung girl.
pakyu ang arte nyo.. try mo pumasok k2long smin kikita kpa!!
sa lagay na yan di pa sya marunong
sarap ba yan
got nothing to do with their lives..
hala....naku kilala kita ah..magkapit bahay tayo bakit ganyan ang pinasok mo work?kaw ha di ka nag sasabi konwari kapa huh na di marunong naku gulat na gulat ako sayo...laking bomba to pag sumabog na sa lugar natin..nakakahiya te.......
hndi naman marunong yan
hoy.. ate kuyan naghanap buhay lang kami para may makain araw-araw.
haha mga amerikano walang pakialam sa ityura..haha
what a lame ass dude makes me ALMOST ashamed to be a white guy! where did he learn to fuck? no wonder the LBFMs are laughing!
tang ina mo inday pagkatapos mo kame layasan nag porno star kna pala! umuwi kna sa inyo hnahanap kna ni dodong!
Ano ba na naman kayo,turuan nyo naman sya.......lllllollllllllllll anal naman jan.
I have fucked that pussy
kya baba ng tinain satin ng ibang bansa sa gaya nila la alam na work magpa kanton,,,,,,,pati lahi ni vice ganda dumadamina...
filipina rock!
chupa ng chupa ndi naman marunong
Look at that ass go
mukhang ngang kabayo..... pero feeling niya maganda siya. kakahiya kayo!
gaga k tanda muna hindi kpa marunong mag bj ang hina mu nman
pangita pud oi.... makawala ug gana.....
very fukn lame... if i had a girl talking the whole time i was fuckn her i would b pissed!!
cge inuuto kalang taga bundok
yeah u r ryt... this is the easy way to earn money... hahaha.. but the girl in video is so ugly... so she wouldn.t find any job... ^^ haha...
this video is no good, wla ba kayong mahanap na ibang trabaho pagiging prostitute lang ba ang alam nyung gawin its a fucking shit.... mga taga cebu or visaya.
hahahha kunwari pa talaga tong mga too hindi nasarapan...
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Here�s what to know about Duke�s men�s basketball team, which held its preseason session with the media Friday:
Something new
Could it be that the Blue Devils are flying a bit below the radar here in the preseason?
That�s the way it looks to them. After all, many national projections leave Duke out of the Top 10.
�We�re confidence,� senior forward Mason Plumlee said. �We don�t look at those and say, �This isn�t our year.� �
At the point
Coach Mike Krzyzewski, who puts extreme value on point guards, said that sophomore Quinn Cook would be the starter despite playing with the starting unit in only four games last season. Krzyzewski said junior Tyler Thornton, who started 19 games last season, would be Cook�s backup.
Cook said he�s fully healthy after an injury-interrupted first season.
Hobbling at the start
Redshirt freshman Marshall Plumlee suffered a foot injury during individual workouts earlier this week, meaning he was sidelined when practices began Friday.
The other Duke player with an injury at the start of workouts is senior guard Seth Curry. He has an undisclosed ailment � though he said it�s not a foot problem. Krzyzewski said Curry will be monitored and perhaps at times limited during the next few weeks.
Two times two
Even though it�s a two-player freshman class, Krzyzewski said he views it as a four-player influx of talent because Alex Murphy and Marshall Plumlee took redshirt seasons a year ago. That was rare for Duke to use redshirts on players for non-injury reasons.
So those two players will join guard Rasheed Sulaimon and forward Amile Jefferson as players likely to make their collegiate debuts.
There�s another newcomer on board as well. But forward Rodney Hood, who played as a freshman last season for Mississippi State, must sit out as a freshman.
Road trip
Duke�s first out-of-town trek of the season takes the Blue Devils to Fort Bragg, where they�ll spend the overnight Sunday and then go through a series of conditioning workouts on the Army base Monday. That will be followed by a practice session in front of the troops. Krzyzewski will speak to the soldiers.
The annual �Countdown to Craziness,� which is the school�s form of Midnight Madness at Cameron Indoor Stadium, will be held next Friday night. It comes a week later than normal because the university began fall break Friday. That event will include the annual Blue / White scrimmage.


text: Traveled down to The World Golf Village in St Augustine, FL Sat. The Ride into History featured competition motorcycles this year. Mert Lawmill was on hand to sign T shirts and posters. Many marques were on exhibit and all could be closely examined & photographed. The proud owners of these fine antiques answered endless questions about the motorcycles being displayed providing technical and historical information to all. There was a new BMW HP2 behind some of the other BMW motorcycles that really caught my eye. On close examination the frayed plastic head guards on both sides of the HP2 showed just how far the bike was leaned over in competition. The skill and courage of professional riders never ceases to amaze me. Along with the BSA's, Aprilla's, Triumph's, Ducati's, Bultaco's, Honda's, BMW's, Sach's, WWII Zundapp, Ariel Square 4, and HRD Vincent, I even came across a 1966 305cc Honda Dream in excellant condition. The significance of this bike being it was my first motorcycle bought back in 1968 when stationed at Moffett Field, CA. Next years date for The Ride into History is 16 May and American motorcycles will be featured. Proceeds from this annual event benefit Breast Cancer Research so you not only get to view rare and historic motorcycles but contribute to a worthy cause. The road running East from the Golf Village over to Rt 1 is tree lined and well maintained providing a break from the rush of I-95 and easy access to other less traveled roads that branch off of Rt 1.


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All Sully, All The Time
This Friday will be the one year anniversary of US Airways' ditching of Flight 1549 into the Hudson and I just realized that I have contracted a fully metastasized, CDC-certified case of Sully fatigue. The only known treatment is�you guessed it, disgorge more pixels about Sully.
The occasion is TLC's documentary on the Flight 1549 ditching which is making the rounds this week. Check for a schedule on your local cable outlet via this link.
I have to wonder if this is TLC's penance for visiting upon the world the horrid Jon and Kate Gosselin. If so, I'd assign maybe one more round of Hail Marys, not because this new program isn't worthy, but because Jon & Kate Plus 8 was actually a crime against nature.
The doc is called Brace for Impact and as these sorts of things go, I thought it was well above average. Just as it was about to descend into the excruciatingly maudlin, it veered away and we learned some new tidbit. Harrison Ford narrates the piece ably�you'd expect that from a $20 million-per-pix actor�and I found myself wondering if he flew the helicopter used to retrace 1549's path out of LaGuardia. All you see is the back of a gray head in the right seat.
Brace for Impact doesn't add much of substance to the record, but there were interesting vignettes. Just as the icky warning light was about to glow as Sully and wife Lorrie were walking down a country road hand in hand and she asked why all this happened, Sully pulled the breaker. "Because I was on that flight, on that day." No God has plans for me, no divine intervention, just wrong place, wrong time. Let us thank the man for that, if nothing else. Further, I get the strong sense that Sullenberger knows that all this adulation is about us, not him.
One detail I noticed that no one seems to correct. Sullenberger has said on several occasions that the first thing he did was to say "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday." But if he did that, he didn't the key the mic, for the words appear neither in the transcript nor on ATC tapes. As far as I know, the CVR transcript isn't public yet.
There was a segment on flying sailplanes at the Air Force Academy, from whence Sullenberger graduated in 1973. When asked if that glider experience had any bearing on the outcome of Flight 1549, Sullenberger said he didn't know. I'll take that as a no. We in the aviation press have played up this angle to prop up our evergreen notion that learning to fly gliders makes you a better pilot. Personally, I've never subscribed. It makes you a glider pilot and a high-aspect glider has as much in common with a 75-ton fly-by-wire airliner as a go-cart has with an Indy car.
One of the interesting visuals was of the hulk of the A320, sitting wingless in a plastic tent on what seems to be the Jersey side of the river. Although the pans were too brief, you get a passing view of the structural damage done to the tail during touchdown. It looks considerable, suggesting that if the touchdown speed had been a few knots higher or the angle steeper, the outcome might not have been so rosy.
Although the word "incalculable odds" was used in the narration, the percentages were actually in favor of survival of some of the occupants. And not just because of Sullenberger's skill. The water was calm, it was a clear day and there was plenty of boat traffic to effect rapid rescue. What was totally improbable is that everyone would survive both the impact and the cold water. The law of averages suggests that some percentage would die because�just because.
That leads to what was the best part of the documentary for me. And that was the number of people who were not affected because no one died. At a summer gathering of some of the survivors, the participants drew a family tree of all the people who didn't have to get a call explaining that a father, a mother, a brother or an uncle died in a plane crash. The interconnections ran to the hundreds, but to the tens of thousands when all 155 survivors are considered.
We don't think much about that, chiefly because the crew of Flight 1549 did something that seems so rare today: Its job.


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June 23rd, 2012 | by Becky Striepe
Sara Lee Parker Textiles is an Athens, GA-based company that creates hand screen-printed organic textiles. She was also featured in the Georgia edition of Southern Living Magazine this June, so if you live in Georgia, check it out! Parker runs her textile company with her husband, and she was kind enough to do a little Q&A with us about what she does, why she does it, and what working so closely with your husband is like.


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Creating a Jail Linkage Program Curriculum: Online Resources
Creating a Jail Linkage Program Curriculum: Online Resources
About the EnhanceLink Initiative and a list of grantee published articles: www.hab.hrsa.gov/abouthab/special/carejail.html
Curtis: The Road from Here video: www.hab.hrsa.gov/livinghistory/voices/curtis.htm
Effective Interventions: http://effectiveinterventions.org/
EnhanceLink instruments/templates are available at www.enhancelink.org/EnhanceLink/index.html. These include:
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First Steps: Understanding the Culture of Corrections: http://img.thebody.com/nmac/prison_culture.pdf
HIV in Correctional Settings: www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/correctional/
Jail: Time for Testing Guide: www.enhancelink.org/EnhanceLink/documents/Jail%20-%20Time%20for%20Testing.pdf
Opening Doors: The HRSA-CDC Corrections Demonstration Project for People Living With HIV/AIDS: http://hab.hrsa.gov/abouthab/files/openingdoors.pdf
Other Integrating HIV Innovative Practices (IHIP) Resources: www.careacttarget.org/ihip
PA/MidAtlantic AETC Case Finding and Secondary Prevention With the Incarcerated and Recently Released: Clinical Risk Assessment and Screening Guide: www.pamaaetc.org/downloads/49217-B%20incar.pdf
Project SMART and other corrections resources: www.thebridginggroup.com
National Commission on Correctional Health Care: www.NCCHC.org
National Institute of Corrections: www.NICIC.gov
Standards for Health Services in Correctional Institutions: http://books.google.com/books/about/Standards_for_Health_Services_in_Correct.html?id=Ey4n0b0rMpEC
What is the Role of Prisons and Jails in HIV Prevention? http://caps.ucsf.edu/factsheets/prisons-and-jails/
What's Going on @ SPNS bulletins: www.hab.hrsa.gov/abouthab/files/cyberspnsjuly12.pdf and www.hab.hrsa.gov/abouthab/files/cyberspns_linkages.pdf


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HOUSTON - The sister of a woman convicted of murder in a day care fire told a jury Friday that Jessica Tata feels bad about what happened and never intended to permanently leave the country.
Tata, a now former day-care owner, was found guilty Tuesday of murdering 16-month-old Elias Castillo.
Tata, 24, left children in a home on Crest Park near Waypark alone with a pan of grease heating on a stove while she went shopping on Feb. 24, 2011. When she got home, the house was on fire. Elias, Shomari Dickerson, 3, Elizabeth Kojah, 20 months and Kendyll Stradford, 20 months all died in the fire. Three other children were hurt.
After the fire but before she was charged, she went to Nigeria. She was arrested in that country in March 2011 and returned to the United States. Tata was born in the U.S. but has Nigerian citizenship.
Tata's murder conviction carries a possible maximum sentence of life in prison.
Tata's sister, Jennifer, told jurors that her sister was distraught after the fire. Jennifer Tata said Jessica Tata was taken to a hospital after the fire and didn't remember what happened.
Jennifer Tata said her sister was defiant and rebellious with her parents "but at 16/17 gave her life to Christ and improved as a person in general." She said her parents wanted Jessica Tata to get a college degree, but Jessica wanted to open a business instead.
Jennifer Tata said her sister went to Nigeria after she was released from the hospital to talk with her father. Jennifer Tata said her sister had no intention of not returning to the United States.
Eudora Walcott, a nurse whose grandson Isaac had been enrolled at Tata's day care, testified Isaac loved going with Tata and that she taught him his numbers and how to eat off his own plate and not grab other people's food. Walcott said she would sometimes help Tata at the day care and she always found the facility to be clean and orderly.
"What type of person is Jessica Tata?" defense attorney Mike DeGeurin asked.
"The person that I know was always there for the kids," Walcott said.
Pamela Ndamadi, 19, is a Tata family friend. She described Jessica Tata as "very nurturing, naturally. She wants to make sure everybody else is OK before she thinks about herself."
Eeba Karanwi is one of Tata's childhood friends. She told jurors that she and Tata worked together in their church's nursery. She described Tata as loving and caring. Karanwi said Tata had a good relationship with children.
"They love her," Karanwi said. "No kids had any problems with her."
On Thursday, two children Jessica Tata was paid to take care of told jurors that Tata often left kids home alone.
Kiyanna Richardson, 7, had two siblings in Jessica Tata's home during the fire. Her brother, Shomari, died. Her sister, Makayla, was injured.
Kiyanna, who was at school when the fire occurred, told jurors that Jessica Tata often left the children alone in the home. Tata told the children to not open the door, Kiyanna said.
A 7-year-old girl who Jessica Tata was paid to care for told a jury Thursday that it was not unusual for Jessica Tata to leave young children at her home alone while she ran errands. Brighten Long said that when she was 4 years old, Jessica Tata would put the older children in a van and take them to a McDonald's inside a Walmart store. Jessica Tata left the infants in their cribs, unattended, at the day care, Brighten said.
Holly Long said after she removed her Brighten and her son from Jessica Tata's day care after Brighten told her about things that were happening there.
Lindsay Lay lived near the day care. She said that she considered putting her child in Jessica Tata's day care in the fall of 2010. She said she walked to the day care several times between Halloween and Christmas. Lay said she could always hear children inside the home, but the van normally was not in the driveway. She testified that she knocked on the door several times and normally never got an answer. One time, Lay said, an unidentified woman answered the door.
Elias' mother also took the stand Thursday.
Keisha Brown chuckled as she described Elias as a happy baby who seemed to always be smiling. Tears began to flow when she recounted how she learned her son had been hurt in the fire at the day care.
Brown said she rushed to the hospital where Elias was being treated. She had all the hope a mother could that he would pull through, but he died the next day.
"Can't nobody say a single word and make you feel better ... because your heart is breaking," Brown said.
As Brown testified, one of the jurors was seen crying. Jessica Tata stared down at the table in front of her.
During the punishment phase, Alfredo Galvan, a welfare fraud investigator, told jurors that Tata reported on state records that she was "self employed" and received money for "babysitting." He said Tata reported, on some applications, that she made $80 per week.
Galvan said that Jessica Tata received $4,136 worth of food stamps between December 2007 and February 2011. He said she was overpaid $3,981.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, several witnesses told jurors about Jessica Tata's history with fires.
Krystal Batts attended Taylor High School in Katy with Jessica Tata. said she had horrible memories when she heard about the fire at Jessica Tata's day care. Batts testified that her friendship with Jessica Tata ended the day in 2002 that Jessica Tata went up to her at school, showed her matches and said, "'I think I'm going to do something crazy.'"
Batts said a short time later, she heard the fire alarm and 3,000 students were evacuated from the school.
School officials testified that two fires Jessica Tata set caused about $2,000 worth of damage.
Jessica Tata has admitted to setting the fires because she was angry about being disciplined. She received probation and was required to undergo a counseling course called "Fire Stoppers," which is taught by the Houston Fire Department.
Houston Fire Department counselor Lisa Hayes testified that she warned Tata to think about her actions because she could kill people.
Jessica Tata's response was, according to Hayes, "I don't care."
Jessica Tata did not take the stand in her defense. Defense attorney Mike DeGeurin said he has not decided if Jessica Tata will testify in the punishment phase.
Jessica Tata faces three additional counts of murder, three counts of abandoning a child and two counts of reckless injury to a child. Trials on those charges have not yet been scheduled.
Prosecutors said Jessica Tata put the children in harm's way by leaving them alone and going shopping at a Target store. Jessica Tata's attorneys said she didn't intend to hurt the children. Defense attorneys said murder charges were excessive and that when the fire broke out, she tried to save the children.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Offseason At Citizens Bank Park
Have you ever wondered what goes on at Citizens Bank Park when the baseball season is over? While it is mostly quiet, there are still a few events going on. This weekend, the Phillies hosted their annual Holiday Sale with game-used items, books, DVD's and Phillies collectables on sale. Much of the sale proceeds go to Phillies Charities.
Game-used merchandise on sale included bats, balls, batting helmets, cleats, locker name plates and jerseys:
Phanta Claus made an appearance, taking photos with Phans and their families. Phillies Ballgirls were also on hand to meet fans and assist with sales. Then late on Saturday, Jimmy Rollins lit the Phillies Christmas tree outside Citizens Bank Park.
While the sale rolled on, I wandered around the ballpark to check out a few other offseason activities. In the winter months, much effort s put into cleaning up the stadium. Seats are actually removed in order to power wash both the seats and the concrete pads they sit on. Notice all of the blank, grey areas where seats used to be:
And while an empty ballpark is a little sad, it is also an amazing opportunity to really admire the scale and splendor of this unique baseball landscape.
Ballpark tours are also available during the offseason. If you have never seen the Diamond Club, the players clubhouse or the Hall of Fame Club, this is the perfect time to do so.
Keep checking Phillies.com throughout the winter for other fun offseason events, including player appearances and big sales at the Majestic Clubhouse Store.
Photos by Jenn Zambri Photography except Rollins photo from Philly.com
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Rivers throughout middle Tennessee crested at record high levels in the week of May 3. They exceeded previous highs by as much as 14 feet, according to preliminary estimates released May 13 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The highest flood levels were recorded on May 2 and 3, from Nashville west toward Jackson, extending about 40-miles north and south of Interstate 40, and affecting major tributaries to the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. Floods have always happened and can be devastating when people build in the wrong places.
A flood occurs when water exceeds the capacity of the river or lake and covers land that is normally not covered by water. A high tide is also a sort of flood.
In the late summer of 2005, the remarkable flooding brought by Hurricane Katrina, which caused more than $200 billion in losses, constituted the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. However, even in typical years, flooding causes billions of dollars in damage and threatens lives and property in every State.
Floods can occur in rivers, when flow exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are placed in the natural flood plains of rivers. While flood damage can be virtually eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, since time out of mind, people have lived and worked by the water to seek sustenance and capitalize on the gains of cheap and easy travel and commerce by being near water. That humans continue to inhabit areas threatened by flood damage is evidence that the perceived value of living near the water exceeds the cost of repeated periodic flooding.
The flood peak on the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville ranks as only the tenth highest in more than 200 years of record at that site. This peak was, however, the highest observed during the past 73 years in which much of the basin upstream of Nashville was regulated by several large flood control reservoirs that were implemented to control the area flooding.
At least four major tributaries to the lower Cumberland River met or exceeded warning levels established by the National Weather Service (NWS) for major flooding conditions last week. Flood peaks on the Harpeth River at Bellevue exceeded the expected level for major flooding by more than 5 feet, and exceeded the USGS record at that site (measured in 1948) by more than 9 feet. The Harpeth River near Kingston Springs exceeded the NWS major flood stage by almost 16 feet and was 14 feet higher than the previous recorded peak from 1946.
"Most tributaries to the lower Cumberland River had flows with only a 1 in 500 chance in any given year, causing the lower Cumberland to flood with a severity that was almost entirely unexpected,†according to Rodney Knight, surface-water specialist with the USGS Tennessee Water Science Center. "That a regulated river like the Cumberland could have such high flooding is unusual and is a testament to the severity of this event.
The world's four greatest recorded river floods are all in China with the latest in 1975 where a dam failed with help from a typhoon. Hundreds of thousands of people died in these floods. In comparison in the US the great Johnstown flood of 1889 is discussed where only 2,000 people died.
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