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Renato "Babalu" Sobral is no stranger to the tournament format.
During a lengthy and illustrious pro career that began way back in 1997, the 37-year-old Brazilian has fought in seven same-night tournaments. He's won five of them, including an "IFC: Global Domination" tourney in 2003 in which he defeated Trevor Prangley, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Jeremy Horn in a single evening.
But he said Bellator's upcoming Season 8 light-heavyweight tournament, in which he's one of eight competitors, presents unique challenges.
The tournament kicks off at Bellator 85 on Jan 17, when Sobral (37-9 MMA, 0-0 BFC) meets M-1 vet Mikhail Zayats (19-6 MMA, 0-0 BFC) in an opening-round matchup. Unlike past tournament gigs, though, Sobral gets a month or so off between fights, assuming he advances.
In some ways, that's a positive. In other ways, though, he said it can be a drawback.
"A tournament like this … is a new thing for me," he told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "I'm very excited about this because fighting in one night, you don't feel much. You go into one fight and then another fight.
"But if you fight and then you go home and cool down, the swelling goes up. Then you have to go back and train again, and then there's a fight six weeks after. That's a new thing for me."
With 46 official pro bouts on his ledger, 10 fights in the UFC, a Strikeforce title reign, tens of thousands of miles traveled, and legendary fights against some of the sport's biggest names, Sobral's body doesn't recover like it used to. But for a guy who once fought nine rounds and more than 43 minutes in a single night, the Bellator setup should be nothing too surprising.
Additionally, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt said his wrestling- and grappling-based style suits him well for the rigors of the three-month tournament.
"Jiu-jitsu is big in tournaments – not just because you have to win, but you have to win without getting hurt too much," he said. "So you're always thinking ahead. There's a very thin line between giving a show and winning a tournament. With a tournament, you have to save yourself for the next round.
"My expectations with this (tournament) is that I need to use my experience in this. I think I'm going to have an advantage with this. I think my experience is going to help me."
Sobral, who operates Babalu's Iron Gym in California, also frequents Kings MMA and Reign Training Center. All are within spitting distance of Bellator 85's host site: Bren Center in Irvine.
So in addition to his tournament friendly style and years of experience, Sobral said he's going to have a home-field advantage.
"This thing couldn't be much better for me," he said. "I'll have my gym, friends, family and teammates there. It's 15 minutes from my house."
For more on Bellator 85, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Bailey expects to make next start after break
By Manny Randhawa / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Homer Bailey's early exit in Thursday's 6-4, 12-inning loss to the Cubs gave the already injury-weary Reds a scare, but his slightly strained right knee does not appear as though it will cause him to miss his next start after the All-Star break.
Bailey said before Friday's series opener with the Pirates that his knee felt a little better, and he's optimistic about making that next start.
"It's still pretty sore, it's not like I can go and run a marathon or anything," Bailey said. "Stuff like that happens and kind of puts a big scare into you with the amount of pain that was there, but a little bit of rest, a little bit of R &R is going to go a long way."
Bailey said he felt the pain initially on the pitch before the halted delivery that prompted him to come out. When he tried to make his next delivery, he felt it again and stopped mid-motion before releasing the pitch to Starlin Castro in the sixth inning.
"My cleats kind of got hung up in the rubber and in the dirt and stuff," Bailey said of the first pitch. "When I tried to throw the next one, it was just out of the question."
As far as which spot in the rotation he anticipates being in after the All-Star break, Bailey said he's not planning that far ahead yet.
"I'm going to do whatever the medical staff and [manager Bryan Price] recommend," he said.
"I've thought about [the rotation post-All-Star break] but there are a few things that could hinder that," Price said. "Certainly the All-Star selections and so on, and so forth; certainly at some point in time maybe [Alfredo] Simon is a consideration if one of these Sunday starters is not able to pitch or they have to tweak the roster at all. And the Homer injury.
"So we'll probably have a better idea as we get into Sunday and we have a better idea on the final All-Star setup -- and to make sure that Homer is coming along, and there's nothing to suggest that he won't be ready coming out of the All-Star break."
Aroldis sets MLB record with K in 40th straight game
CINCINNATI -- With a strikeout of Jordy Mercer in the ninth inning of Friday's 6-5 win over the Pirates, Aroldis Chapman set a Major League record, dating back to 1900, for most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout, fanning a batter in his 40th consecutive game. His streak began on Aug. 21, 2013.
Chapman surpassed Bruce Sutter, who did so in 39 straight games from June 1-Oct. 2, 1977.
"I'm proud and happy that I've got the record," Chapman said through translator Thomas Vera. "[Since Thursday] when I learned that it was a record that I tied, it was on my mind, and now I feel happy that I have it, and I pray that I have the ability to extend the record."
Along his ascent to the top of the list, Chapman surpassed Jeff Montgomery (32 straight games from June 18-Sept. 5, 1989) and Eric Gagne (35 games from July 18, 2003-April 10, 2004).
Chapman struck out the side en route to his 20th save on Friday night, getting pinch-hitters Michael Martinez and Matt Hague to up his total number of punchouts during the streak to 83.
By comparison, Montgomery tallied 59 punchouts during his run, while Gagne recorded 65. Sutter struck out 87 in his 39 straight appearances, but in 23 more innings than Chapman. Sutter's streak covered 65 innings, and Chapman's currently spans 42.
Does Chapman see this as just one of several future records that he'll break?
"At this point, I don't know," Chapman said. "If another record comes around, I'd be happy. But at this point, I don't have any other records on my mind; I don't think about records. But when they come, I'll take them."
Latos exits Reds' victory with back spasms
CINCINNATI -- Reds starter Mat Latos left Friday's 6-5 win over the Pirates with low back spasms after completing five innings.
He allowed four runs (three earned) on three hits, walking two and striking out five. All four runs he surrendered came via the home run, as he gave up a solo shot to Andrew McCutchen before a three-run homer to Pedro Alvarez in the fourth inning, which gave the Pirates a 4-1 lead.
Latos appeared to be in discomfort on multiple occasions after delivering pitches before leaving the game.
Once during the third inning and again in the fifth, Reds manager Bryan Price and a trainer went out to check on Latos. Both times, after conferring with the right-hander, Price and the trainer went back to the dugout and Latos carried on.
"After I got the first batter of the third inning, I was just standing on the mound and I got in my ready position like I do to receive the sign, and it just felt like as if [Zack] Cozart or [Ramon] Santiago came up behind me and stabbed me in my lower back. It was real tight."
Latos said he didn't want to come out of the game because the bullpen had to throw so many innings earlier in the week; in Thursday's 6-4, 12-inning loss to the Cubs alone, Cincinnati used six relievers.
"We called up a couple guys to help the bullpen, but me coming out in the third inning wasn't something I was wanting to do," Latos said. "So we came [into the clubhouse] and had the chiropractor adjust me a little bit, and it calmed down for a little bit. It gave me two more innings."
Latos' status was uncertain after the game, and when he was asked how he would be handling the injury moving forward, he said, "I'll do what they tell me to do."
After Latos completed the fifth, Mike Leake pinch-hit for him in the bottom of the frame. Carlos Contreras, called up from Triple-A earlier Friday, relieved Latos in the sixth.
Latos said he didn't feel the pain after running out a sacrifice-bunt attempt that resulted in a 2-6-3 double play in the second, but that it might have been a precursor to the pain he felt later.
"That's a possibility," Latos said. "I could have jarred it trying to beat out that bunt, but I didn't feel it going into the dugout, didn't feel it coming out of the dugout [after that] or during warmups."
Hamil-time: Speedster says, 'Can't touch this'
CINCINNATI -- Billy Hamilton continues to amaze.
In his return to the starting lineup for the Reds' series opener against the Pirates on Friday -- limited to a pinch-hit at-bat Thursday due to a tight left hamstring -- Hamilton led off the first inning by pushing a bunt up the first-base line that was fielded by Gaby Sanchez.
As Sanchez went to tag Hamilton, the Reds' speedster made like an NFL running back evading a tackler, lunging to his left mid-stride and avoiding Sanchez's tag as the first baseman went past.
Hamilton then dove head-first for the base as Sanchez recovered and dove after him, but Hamilton beat Sanchez to the bag for one of the most acrobatic bunt singles you'll ever see.
"I've never done it before [on any level]," Hamilton said of the move. "It was a football move. It's just instincts, you've just got to make something happen. So the first thing that came to mind was just to juke."
Hamilton then came around to score on a double to left field by the next batter, Zack Cozart, giving the Reds an immediate 1-0 lead.
Phillips has surgery; Schumaker on concussion DL
CINCINNATI -- Second baseman Brandon Phillips underwent surgery on his left thumb Friday after tearing a ligament on a diving attempt in the Reds' 4-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list and is expected to be out approximately six weeks.
"I haven't spoken with Dr. [Timothy] Kremchek yet, but I've gotten correspondence from him, and it sounds like it went as well as it could possibly go, and it wasn't necessarily more extensive than they anticipated," manager Bryan Price said. "So we hope that the protocols will be what we expect, and not longer."
Phillips, who bent his thumb on his glove hand back as he dove for an Anthony Rizzo ground ball in the eighth inning, was batting .272 with 19 doubles, seven home runs and 40 RBIs as the regular No. 3 or 4 hitter in the lineup. He also played his usual stellar defense at second base.
One of the two players Price was planning on utilizing at second base in Phillips' absence, Skip Schumaker, was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list prior to Friday's series opener against the Pirates. Outfielder/first baseman Donald Lutz was recalled from Triple-A Louisville and was with the team for Friday's game.
Schumaker slammed hard into the right-field wall trying to make a leaping catch of Luis Valbuena's eventual two-run, go-ahead triple in the 12th inning of Thursday's 6-4 loss to the Cubs.
"When he came out of it, he said, 'I feel good,' and the thing is, [the medical staff] figured that with that type of an impact they should do a concussion test," Price said. "And there were some signs. And we followed up with a doctor, and it just seemed to make sense, because there were signs and we couldn't guarantee that it would be a two- or three-day deal."
"I hit [the wall] hard, yeah," Schumaker said a couple of hours before it was announced that he had been placed on the concussion DL. "I feel like I played maybe in an NFL game today. I hit it harder than I wanted to, but when you're going after the ball, you don't really care where the fence is, especially when it's two outs and [the 12th inning]. ... I'm OK. I'll be all right."
Schumaker had been struggling at the plate, batting .118 (2-for-17) over his previous five games.
Price's other option at second base, Ramon Santiago, had already been seeing increased playing time due to the injury of Joey Votto necessitating Todd Frazier's move to first base on occasion, and he's played well. Going into Friday's contest, he was batting .353 (6-for-17) with two doubles and three RBIs over his previous five games.
"We're going to miss Brandon, no doubt about that," Santiago said. "But nobody's going to feel sorry for us. We're going to go out there with what we've got right here. Now we've just got to come out every day and help the team win ballgames."
Reds recall Contreras, Partch; Barnhart optioned
CINCINNATI -- The Reds optioned catcher Tucker Barnhart to Triple-A Louisville and recalled right-handed pitchers Carlos Contreras and Curtis Partch from Louisville on Friday.
Contreras, ranked by MLB.com as the Reds' No. 5 prospect, had been optioned to Louisville on Thursday, but he is back with the club since Cincinnati used six relievers in the 6-4, 12-inning loss to the Cubs and is in need of relief help. That's also the impetus behind Partch being recalled.
Contreras has appeared in three games for the Reds, allowing one run on two hits, walking three and striking out two in 4 1/3 innings (2.08 ERA). He was originally called up from Double-A Pensacola, where he went 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA in nine appearances (three starts).
Partch is beginning his third stint with the Reds, having begun the season with the club and being optioned to Triple-A on April 19, when left-hander Sean Marshall came off the disabled list. He returned to Cincinnati on May 1, when left-hander Tony Cingrani was injured, and was sent back down when closer Aroldis Chapman came off the DL on May 10.
Partch has made three appearances for the Reds this season, not allowing a run while giving up one hit, walking three and striking out three in 4 1/3 innings. The 27-year-old made 28 appearances for Louisville this season, posting a 5.61 ERA in 33 2/3 innings.
Worth noting
• Shortstop Zack Cozart was wearing a pad over his wrist for Friday's series opener against the Pirates after being hit by a Kyle Hendricks pitch in Thursday's loss to the Cubs. He said it's an EvoShield padding that molds around the injured area and can be kept in place by Velcro.
"I went and swung a bat yesterday, and I felt plenty good enough," Cozart said. "I'm trying to mold [the pad] to my hand, because if I got hit there again it could be trouble. It's a protective thing."
• After using six relievers on Thursday on top of an already taxing week for the bullpen, the Reds went with only three position players on the bench Friday. Price said that could change by Saturday.
"Really, our situation was we've got a bunch of guys that have pitched three days in a row," Price said. "By tomorrow, for the [relievers] that don't get in there today, a day of rest should hopefully allow us to feel pretty good for the remaining two games of the series and potentially get us another position player [from the Minors]."
Manny Randhawa 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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FGCU and Lee Memorial Health System Host End of Life Care Conference Nov. 14
FORT MYERS, FL - Florida Gulf Coast University and Lee Memorial Health System will host an end of life care conference for the public including health care providers, hospice workers, church participants or individuals working with an aging population, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14 in the Student Union Ballroom on campus.
"Body, Mind and Spirit - Managing End of Life Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach," is a one-day health care conference featuring leading health professionals who will provide updates and insights on the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of end of life care.
Keynote speaker is Dr. Ladislav Volicer, former medical director at the E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Dementia Study Unit in Bedford, Mass. He is currently a full professor in School of Aging Studies, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. Volicer will present the keynote titled, "Enhancing Quality of Life in Advanced Dementia."
Other large group presentations include "Health Promotion for Older People: Multisector Strategies, Challenges and Globalization," presented by FGCU professor in the College of Health Professions, Halcyon St. Hill; and "Understanding and Responding to the Depression and Grief of Dying Persons and their Caregivers," presented by Ginny Chappelear of TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care in Port Charlotte.
A number of small group workshops on a variety of topics provide opportunity for increased interaction amongst disciplines.
FGCU gratefully acknowledges support from The Southwest Florida Coalition Improving End of Life Care, The Alvin A. Dubin Alzheimer's Resource Center, and TideWell Hospice and Palliative Center.
Contact hours will be available for certified health education specialists, chaplains, social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, physicians, nursing home administrators, nursing, occupational therapists and physical therapists. A reduced rate is available for students and volunteers not desiring contact hours.
Early bird registration is available by Sept. 30.
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Frederick, Md. man was arrested on first-degree assault and other serious
charges last week after first dragging his girlfriend with his car with her
hand locked in the door and later lying to police about his identity when he
attempted to pick her up from the hospital.
Shortly after 7 p.m.
last Friday, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) responded to an area near
the Islander Motel on Philadelphia Ave. to assist with a reported EMS call.
Once on the scene, the officers learned the female victim had possibly been the
victim of a domestic assault and had been transported to Atlantic General
Hospital with serious injuries including a broken right hand and abrasions
along her right leg from her hip to her feet.
The victim told police
she and her boyfriend, identified as Myron C. Hammond, 25, had left a nightclub
in their vehicle when an argument ensued.
The victim told police
when the vehicle stopped and the door was open, Hammond pushed her out and she
landed on the ground. Two times, the victim attempted to get back in the
vehicle unsuccessfully. According to police, the second time Hammond pushed the
victim out of the vehicle, he put the car in reverse and floored it, causing
the car door to slam on the victim's hand. With the victim's hand trapped in
the locked door, Hammond allegedly continued in reverse, dragging her along the
The victim told the
investigating officer a friend named "Jeremiah" was coming to the hospital to
pick her up. The OCPD officer later met with Jeremiah at the hospital and asked
him if was a friend of the victim's. When Jeremiah was asked if he knew
Hammond, he allegedly said "Yeah, I know him. We're not close, but I know him."
The officer continued to
question Jeremiah, who provided a name and date of birth, but did not have a
photo ID on his person. In the meantime, OCPD communications forwarded a
picture of Hammond to the officer, who noted a stark resemblance between the suspect
and "Jeremiah."
The officer showed
Jeremiah the picture of Hammond and asked "who is this?" according to police
reports, to which Jeremiah confirmed it was him. "That's not Myron, that's me,"
he said, according to police reports. When Hammond's Motor Vehicle
Administration (MVA) information was pulled up on the computer, the OCPD
officer knew "Jeremiah" was indeed Hammond, although Hammond and the victim
attempted to continue the charade. Hammond was placed under arrest after his
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Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families. The red blood cells that are normally shaped like a disc take on a sickle or crescent shape. Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body.
Anemia - sickle cell; Hemoglobin SS disease (Hb SS); Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell anemia is caused by an abnormal type of hemoglobin called hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is a protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen.
Sickle cell anemia is inherited from both parents. If you get the sickle cell gene from only one parent, you will have sickle cell trait. People with sickle cell trait do not have the symptoms of sickle cell anemia.
Sickle cell disease is much more common in people of African and Mediterranean descent. It is also seen in people from South and Central America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
Symptoms usually do not occur until after the age of 4 months.
Almost all people with sickle cell anemia have painful episodes called crises. These can last from hours to days. Crises can cause pain in the lower back, leg, joints, and chest.
Some people have one episode every few years. Others have many episodes each year. The crises can be severe enough to require a hospital stay.
When the anemia becomes more severe, symptoms may include:
Younger children with sickle cell anemia have attacks of abdominal pain.
The following symptoms may occur because small blood vessels become blocked by the abnormal cells:
Over time, the spleen stops working. As a result, people with sickle cell anemia may have symptoms of infections such as:
Other signs and symptoms include:
Tests commonly done diagnose and monitor patients with sickle cell anemia include:
The goal of treatment is to manage and control symptoms, and to limit the number of crises. People with sickle cell disease need ongoing treatment, even when not having a crisis.
People with this condition should take folic acid supplements. Folic acid helps make new red blood cells.
Treatment for a sickle cell crisis includes:
Other treatments for sickle cell anemia may include:
Treatments that may be needed to manage complications of sickle cell anemia include:
Bone marrow or stem cell transplants can cure sickle cell anemia, but this treatment is not an option for most people. Sickle cell anemia patients often cannot find well-matched stem cell donors.
People with sickle cell disease should have the following vaccinations to lower the risk of infection:
Joining a support group where members share common issues can relieve the stress of a chronic disease.
In the past, people with sickle cell disease often died between ages 20 and 40. Thanks to a better care, people now can live to the age of 50 and beyond.
Causes of death include organ failure and infection.
Call your health care provider if you have:
DeBaun MR, Frei-Jones M, Vichinsky E. Hemoglobinopathies. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 456.
Saunthararajah Y, Vichinsky EP. Sickle cell disease: clinical features and management. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 40.
Rees DC, Williams TN, Gladwin MT. Sickle-cell disease. Lancet. 2010;376(9757):2018-2031.


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Infielder C. Johnson sizzling at the plate
By Evan Peaslee / MLB.com
TORONTO -- After a little lull to begin the month of May, Chris Johnson has really found his stroke of late.
Entering Tuesday, Johnson had four multihit games in the last nine contests, and he went 14-for-28 (.500) over that stretch, including a home run, five RBIs and three runs scored.
"I feel good. I feel calm," Johnson said. "Just trying to get a good pitch and not do too much with it, and it seems to be working.
"The first step is making sure you're comfortable when you step up to the plate. I've been able to stay there for a little while right now, and things are going well."
Johnson split duties between the Astros and Diamondbacks in 2012, so part of that comfort comes from spending the whole season, including Spring Training, with one team. But more of it has to do with understanding who he is as a hitter and becoming familiar with the pitchers he's facing.
"I've been in the league a little while now, and I'm starting to figure myself out," said Johnson, who's in his fourth season in the Majors. "[I'm starting to] figure some pitchers out."
For the 28-year-old, it's not something that just clicked one day, but more of a gradual process of adapting to the highest level.
Johnson is in a soft-platoon situation at third base with Juan Francisco, according to manager Fredi Gonzalez, which means that when the skipper chooses to play each is based on his discretion, as opposed to a concrete rule such as whether the opposing pitcher is a righty or a lefty.
"He's a good player," Gonzalez said of Johnson. "He's able to come off the bench at times and platoon. …You feel comfortable running him in there against right-handed pitchers, and he'll do fine."
Despite the platoon, Johnson is hitting more than 100 points higher than Francisco (.245) entering Tuesday's game, and he has seen his fair share of playing time at the hot corner.
"I think that'll take care of itself, I really do," Gonzalez said of Johnson's playing time. "The guys that are hitting usually find themselves in the lineup more often."
Vet R. Johnson attributes career longevity to hard work
TORONTO -- The two-game set in Toronto on Monday and Tuesday was a homecoming for outfielder Reed Johnson.
The 11-year veteran spent his first five seasons in Toronto and was in the Blue Jays' organization for nine years total.
"It's good," said Johnson of being back at Rogers Centre. "I feel like coming back here in 2008, same year I got released with the Chicago Cubs, I got a pretty good reception then. It kind of lets you know how the fans really felt about you.
"I think any player will tell you that the organization they break in with and get an opportunity with is always going to special to them. If I don't break in here, I don't get that opportunity, and who knows what I'd be doing."
Johnson is now with his fourth team after joining the Braves in the middle of 2012 in a trade from the Cubs, and he re-signed with Atlanta for the 2013 season.
The scrappy veteran has seen more than 3,300 at-bats in the Majors, and he admits that there's a secret to his longevity.
"Just grinding every day," Johnson said. "Proving to teams that you can play on both sides of the ball, I think that's what's really helped me out. The years where you don't have great offensive years, you're going out there and helping your team out on defense."
Johnson has found himself in more than half of Atlanta's games so far this season, and he credits his workman-like attitude to finding a way to contribute on both sides of the ball.
"It's just kind of how I've always been," Johnson said. "From Little League to high school to college, it's always been the same for me. ... I really only know one speed, and that's the only way I can do it.
"Playing the game hard, but playing the game smart."
Upton gets scheduled rest Tuesday
TORONTO -- Justin Upton sat for only the third time this season Tuesday in Toronto.
His absence from the lineup was merely a way to find some rest for the young outfielder as the club endures a stretch of 20 games between off-days.
"Just give him some rest," said manager Fredi Gonzalez of the scheduled day off. "Jason [Heyward] sat yesterday, and Justin will sit out today. We're in the start of 20 games in a row, doubleheader in there some place, so got to give him a break."
It also helps that it's a day game after a night game.
After a scorching April where Upton hit 12 home runs, the younger brother of B.J. has only two home runs in May, and he is hitting only .205 in his last 10 games.
Evan Peaslee 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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Morrow Receives National Honor for Service
Morrow Receives National Honor for Service
Sloane Morrow, a sophomore elementary education major from Fort Dodge, was selected by Campus Compact as one of five Iowa college students to receive the national Newman Civic Fellows Award.
Sloane is an active student leader and performs service work in the Storm Lake community and beyond. She works closely with children of all ages by volunteering at the East Early Childhood Center, assisting students with homework and developing additional skills with The Bridge of Storm Lake, and through her involvement with the BV Buddies Mentor program.
She is a member of the Iowa College AmeriCorps Program, and Slone is engaged in leadership and civic activities on the BVU campus through her role as Campus Compact Civic Ambassador and her involvement with AWOL (Alternative Week of Offsite Learning), Student MOVE (Mobilizing Outreach Volunteer Efforts), Leadership Cohort Program and other organizations.
"To say that my service through Buena Vista University and the Storm Lake Community has influenced me is an understatement," said Sloane. "My service here has fueled my passion for helping others; taught me more about diversity, equality and the needs of others in ways that I could have never imagined; directed me onto my path as a future educator and has helped unlock the person I was meant to be."
"Sloane is very deserving of this honor, and her name will be added to a list of students around the country who are actively making a difference in their communities," said Dr. Ashley Farmer-Hanson, director of civic engagement at Buena Vista University. "She is very passionate about making a difference in the lives of others and has proven that she wants to live a life of service to others."
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents, who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education. The award is named in memory of Frank Newman, co-founder of the national Campus Compact organization, who dedicated his life to creating systemic change through education reform.
Sloane was nominated for the honor by BVU President Fred Moore, a member of Iowa Campus Compact, a statewide association of Iowa college and university presidents who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education by educating students for active citizenship and building strong communities.


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It will be interesting what the peer-reviewed academic literature, particularly in the realm of cognitive and consciousness research, says on the subject. But as far as assisting one on the Path, I am not yet convinced.retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Ben,
On one level that's true, but as a "biological input" it can have a distinct impact on body, which can have an impact on mind.Ben wrote:Its just sensory data
We know for example, that certain times and level of food intake are conducive to meditation whereas others aren't, so I'm certainly not discounting the possibility of scents being detected by the brain, and triggering some biological response, which may have either a positive or negative impact in terms of one's spiritual endeavours. In Annabel's excellent post, she gave examples of what biological responses might be evoked by certain smells.
From yet another perspective, I experience Seasonal Affective Disorder which is generally attributed to lack of light within certain frequencies. Again, regarding light, "its just sensory data" from a vipassana/satipatthana perspective but I know it has certain physiological impacts, the consequences of which can be actually be hindrances to mental cultivation.


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Spillman Named Microsoft Certified Partner
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Spillman Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of public safety software solutions nationwide, has achieved Microsoft Certified Partner status.
In order to achieve Microsoft Certified Partner status, the Spillman Public Safety System underwent product testing in the ISV/Software Solutions Competency. Client references were also sought to provide input regarding the functionality of Spillman solutions.
"We have met the strict compatibility requirements for Microsoft's operating system and that is a great benefit to our customers," said Chris Hellewell, senior vice president of development at Spillman. "They can be confident that Spillman products will run efficiently on Windows."
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LONDON While many experts have expressed doubts about the ability of flash memory to scale and indicated the need for an alternative non-volatile memory technology, Hynix has just gone ahead and produced a 15-nm NAND flash memory cell which it plans to unveil at this year's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM).
However, at the same conference Hynix is due to report on an 84-nm pitch memory process for the production of 1-Gbit phase-change memories and beyond. As memory process are usually denoted by the half-pitch that is effectively a 42-nm process.
IEDM is due to take place December 5 to 7 in Washington DC and Hynix looks set to be a star of the conference, at least in terms of memory. Although the final program has not yet been posted, the organizers have tipped as highlights both the NAND flash and PCRAM papers that Hynix researchers are due to present. In the case of PCM whether this star status simply results from the likes of Samsung and Micron scaling back research waits on the release of the full program and the fullness of time.
Last year's IEDM saw the unveiling by Intel and Micron Technologies of the world's first NAND memory built using 25-nm design rules, which introduced the unusual technology of an air-gap to reduce word-line to word-line capacitance.
This year, Hynix Semiconductor researchers have demonstrated a NAND flash memory cell with a geometry somewhere in middle between 10- and 19-nm. At this level of miniaturization it becomes hard to measure the geometry and variability is high. According to the organizers the mid-1X-nm NAND flash memory has "excellent electrical characteristics and reliability" and the memory includes a word-line air-gap. What is not yet clear and will hopefully be included in the paper is the endurance cycling performance. As geometries decrease there is a tendency for NAND flash memory to show lower endurance significantly below the 10^6 cycles that were frequently specified at geometries above 100-nm.
Hynix is also due to present on a process technology for phase-change random access memory plus a 1-Gbit PCRAM implemented in the process. The technology is said to be highly scalable and low-cost, and was used to monolithically integrate a 1-Gbit PCRAM having 4F2 84-nm pitch memory cells occupying 0.007 square microns.
Surprisingly the memory technology is said to have 10-year data retention at temperatures above 200 degrees C. Such robust thermal stability has proved difficult for phase-change memory in the past but is critical for multilayer cell-stacking architectures.
Transmission electron microscope photographs showing cross-sections of phase-change memory cell in 42-nm process and the core/periphery areas.
Paper 3.3 is Highly Productive PCRAM Technology Platform and Full-Chip Operation Based on 4F2 (84-nm pitch) Cell Scheme for 1 Gb and Beyond, S. Lee et al, Hynix Semiconductor. Paper 9.1 is A Middle-1X-nm NAND Flash Memory Cell (M1X-NAND) with Highly Manufacturable Integration Technologies, J. Hwang et al., Hynix Semiconductor.


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i like Guage
Notice how the one chick doesn't wanna suck the dick after it is in the but lol she kinda tongues it for a sec then let's go.
Gauge is incredibly beautiful ! and she looks like she's fuckin 13 ! I'm a white chick and I'm down with anal but not too fond of licking ass - although I like it done to me, and would do it if I was asked.
the guy looks like a damn homo
YES!! AND YES!! 2 of my favourite ladies right there!
her ass is so loose, you could get lost in there. It's like where's the remote control? did you drop in your ass again? It fucking echoes in there.
I agree with b1nk3 :P 4/5
nice how she eatds the shiot off his dick
wow i wish all girls were down for threesomes w/ anal! 5/5 just cause this only happenes in the porn world =/
the chick at the end giving head looks fucking retarted but probably feels better than not getting blown... 2/5
You havent been done in the ass right then lady. And the guy is Jules Jordan.
First off... I'm a white chick and I will NEVER lick another persons ass, let alone a dick that has been in someone elses ass. Second... not all girls like anal... I am one example, I don't get the point... can't get off on that.
that girl makes me no longer hate anal sex. but i still won't do it. Atlest it gives u a good veiw of her pussy. 5/5
uhm... isn't anybody noticing tha very bad voice overs.... or is it just becuase my music isn't syncd with the movie....
hey that doesnt belong there :D they doing it all wrong!!!!
one in my pink, one in my stink. hmm
nnikky you best change your Picture... we dont take kindly to people who copy!
1/5 for stupid anal sex. I would vote less if it was possible. It's really disgusting.
Tasty...I get it now ass to mouth o.k.
I wonder if sher could smuggle watermelons in her butt?
That's a big asshole.
hey too chicks are better than one anyday
Soon her ass is going to be as tight as her pussy... not very. "Taste this shit, no seriously, taste it."
Gauge used to be so hot....
Gotta love the ass to mouth. But why did it cut off before the swallow? *Gulp*
gauge and aurora snow.. I know my porno!
^thx man i will take ur advice
damn if i was 2 years older i would fuck em 2 years till 18
agree, and most white girls liek to lick anuses
whats wrong with doing a chick in the ass.... most of em really like it but are self-conscience about asking about it
Damn where were those bitches when I was younger? But nice....
btw that is a scene from Sex trained teens (can't remember the issue)
damn right it is Gauge if u watch 2 much porn i'll get hairy fingers - naaw did u just stared at them???
hey, that girl on top is Gauge.
Not a fan of anal sex myself.
If I were that guy, I would have had a great time fucking these hot chicks.
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you guys ever give a sniff to old shock oil? n-n-n-n-nasty!
you guys ever give a sniff to old shock oil? n-n-n-n-nasty!
Ride Safe, Ride Lots
To this comment, "Im far from a shock expert, but, I am confident in saying that until a seal is leaking or a piston is damaged, or the internal oil is heated and its molecular structure is altered, a shock is not going to fail."
True and not true. True, if that the shock has not blown the seal and evac'd the oil it is not "failed". NOT true in that a shock, especially a factory stock shock, DOES fail all damping in less than 30,000 miles. Sooner if consistently loaded more than a single rider. Shocks/springs, in stock form are one of the biggest compromises all OEMs put on these bikes, regardless fo brand name.
If you plan to keep the bike and enjoy it for many years, I would spend a bit more money and get custom, quality, rebuildable shocks, set up to operate in their mid-range, for YOUR weight, YOUR loading and YOUR riding style. With the shock properly tuned to operate in its mid-range for your conditions, you can easily fine tune it to your preferences.
Sure, some are quite expensive, like Ohlins and Wilbers (to metheir worth every penny), bot others like Hagon, Fox, and others offer more reasonable cost while still giving you the optimum operating range. I wouldn't spend much money on stock shocks myself. They just wont last as long.
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At the same time, some people don't ride their bikes in a manner which enables them to appreciate the difference between good and bad shocks. Doens't make them a bad person. Myself, and others, I can feel the difference in ride quality when I'm cruising down the highway.
Well, I'm a bad person and I have an '96 1100RT shock that has the oil spewing out of it with less than 20K miles on the clock!
I can take a picture of it for "show me" guys upon request.
Now bear in mind it's 16 years old too. There is a lot of real world experience here on the forum indicating that BMW stock shocks are middle of the road at best. Motorcycle shocks just wear out a lot faster than car shocks do is another fact to consider.
MJM - BeeCeeBeemers Motorcycle Club Vancouver B.C.
Back to my question..yes I have found a place that will replace my spring with the proper rate. Thanks for the help..
And, as a bonus, we discussed for two pages and not once was motor oil mentioned!
Mike Davis
"Old n Slow" It's a way of life!
I wonder if that could be due to us overloading the stock springs, causing the piston to be always too far into the stroke, thus working the seals and valves too hard for too long?
How many of us have ever really paid attention to the sag settings...and if we do, there is rarely a way to adjust it! For that, the expensive after market shocks get my vote because of their adjustable collars.
Mike Davis
"Old n Slow" It's a way of life!
I have been watching this thread.
I do not agree that shocks are automatically junk after X miles.
3 years ago, I bought a 2000 R1100RT with 101,000 miles on it. I saw all the records it had never had the shocks replaced.
I pulled the front shock off because the sag was more than I wanted. I think it was 55mm.
I removed the spring from the shock.
I pushed the shock in and out holding it in the position it was on the bike. I could feel no air or cavitation until the very end of the up stroke. It offered consistent resistance through the stroke. This told me the shock was still full of oil.
I pushed the shock in and it would extend on its own to full length. This told me it was still nitrogen charged.
I added a shim to adjust the preload and put the spring back on. Ride height or sag still was not what I was looking for so I added another shim. Total of 8mm. (5/16")
Sag was what I wanted for a while, I could feel the difference. It then changed, so I bought a take off shock with spring. This one had a ring of oil on the rod. I pulled the spring off and worked the shock. It was toast, it did not extend on its own. I put the spring on my shock with one 3mm (1/8")shim. Sag was what I wanted. Bike rode as I expected. No bouncing in a corner, no wollowing or pogoing. I rode with the rest of the guys in a lot of places.
Its been 3 years and 35,000 more miles. That shock still works sag is the same. Total 137,000 miles on the bike. Ymmv yadda yadda.
Flame away.
Say what you will. But from my direct experience with the SAME bike on the SAME roads with the SAME loads, with the SAME tire pressures, and with three different brands of tires: with the old crapped out shocks I had no damping and my front tire would cup severely, wear unevenly, and be shot by 8,000 miles.
With the new Wilbers shocks, almost NO cupping at all, even tire wear, and I easily get 14,000 miles from the tires, regardless of brand.
THAT too me says a LOT about what the controlled, consistent damping action of quality, properly valved shocks do for you and your bike. You do what you believe. But I KNOW from direct experience what my results are. No speculation.
I should also add that I rode on the stock shocks until my bike had 120,000 miles on it. I thought, what diff can shocks make? They weren't leaking, no nasty noises. But I did get really crappy tire performance and I noticed over time that I wasn't as "sharp or controlled" in the twisties like I used to be. I put it up to many miles on the same bike and my years of familiarity on the same bike. New shocks and my whole world changed! Well, not entirely, my hair was still thinning and graying. But my tire issues were gone, and I had that good ol' twisties "vigor" again. No pills needed!
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"DO THIS BECAUSE I SAY SO." is not the experience of others.
It's valuable information if it comes from Kevin Camron, Smokey Yunick (Dec.), or Erv Kanemoto and they could certainly back it up with their experience if needed and they've paid their dues to be believable.
Happy Wanderer shared his experience with one shock, the mode of failure, mileage, an age. Thank you. That tells me about one shock anyway.
The rest has been really suspect.
The shock is worn out because the spring sags.
OK then change it because the oil in it really stinks.
And finally "Ignore anyone who questions us because the're obviously stuck riding in the minibike class."
I have spent a great deal of my working career self employed and have always valued leisure time. Therefore I have adjusted my productivity to earn enough to pay for what I need and want. Do I want to work enough to buy $850 worth of suspension parts for each end of my ride? Dunno. I think most people with expensive toys are locked into a certain income and make purchasing decisions based on "I have X amount of money to spend this month. Do I want to spend it on suspension for the bike or choice 2 or choice 3? Either lifestyle is fine if it's what you want but it certainly shapes your spending choices.
We grew up reading books, magazines and newspapers which were generally credible so we have a mindset that if it's written it's probably true. Then the internet comes along. Now anyone can be an authority, some quite convincing, but I've learned to question it and frequently find gaping holes. I think the number one culprit is "I spent big bucks for it so I can really FEEL THE DIFFERENCE." That is so much better than "I spent big bucks on it and I don't know if it made any difference or worse, I REALLY GOT SCREWED".
I remember the shock sales displays in gas stations with two shocks, new and old, with handles mounted on top of a blue barrel. Feel the difference. You bet you could and when the mechanic pulled your old shocks they better feel like the worn out ones. If my shocks aren't leaking or pogo-ing I would at least take the springs off and give them the '60's blue barrel test.
I just today got a front shock, rebuilt and revalved, back from Accelerated Technologies. I would have brought it to the meeting if I hadn't forgotten what day it was and thought the meeting was tomorrow night.
Anyways, drop me a line if you want to see it. Won't be putting it in for awhile so there's no rush.
And I'd forgotten about ANDYVH's experience with tire wear. Proof positive that "good shocks save...tires".
Skipped the meeting to go see Stevie Winwood tonight. Always wanted to see him live and it was worth the 44 years I had to wait since I bought the Blind Faith album!
I guess I should mention that on my current '00 RT I bit the bullet and sprung for a set of barely used Wilber shocks. The OEM shocks were still working at 17K miles but I drank the shock Kool Aid when a nice set from an identical RT came up for sale. They transformed the ride of my bike but not until the right spring was installed and I learned how to set them up properly. Preload and shock rebound rate make all the difference. Wilbers and Ohlins have both.
Other considerations:
- Price wise a spring should only set you back around a hundred bucks and obviously Wilbers and Ohlins etc. are a large chunk more.
- Stock shocks have preload adjust but do not have rebound rate adjust. This is an important setting for how the bike handles the road.
- There is apparently one shop that rebuilds the OEM Showa shocks but both Ohlins and Wilbers are designed to be rebuilt and as such will last a very long time.
- Used OEM shocks have a very low resale value whereas shocks like Ohlins and Wilbers are highly sought after and command a hefty resale price. So when it's time to de-farkle there is still value there.
- According to AndyVH tires last longer with high quality shocks. I'm still chewing on a set so time will tell but I sure hope I see this benefit also! I wear out two sets a year so there could be some hidden benefits there also.
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Friday at 7pm: Peter Facinelli aka Dr. Cullen attended a free screening of Twilight at Fort Lewis Washington base. Theater attendance was free to all military and their dependents. After the screening, Peter did a Q&A for all attending.Becky, thanks for sharing your story!
Saturday from 9:30am to 10:30pm: Peter stayed to do autographs and pictures. He did this without lunch or dinner he spent quality time with his fans and there was no limit on how many items you wanted signed. He also took pictures with his fans as well, and Peter canceled his flight tonight due to the overwhelming amount of fans that were in attendance; he refused to leave until all fans were able to have their DVDs signed.
Peter said he was given a choice of coming to a DVD signing in Chicago or Fort Lewis , and he chose Fort Lewis as he wanted to thank soldiers and families for their service. I witnessed Peter thank and shake every soldiers hand that came thru the line I commend peter for his time. He is truly the most classy and giving of any of the cast of the Twilight series. I personally stood in line from 11am to 8pm to get a signature and behind me were probably 100 more fans.
Peter, you are amazing to me I am touched thank you for thinking of us soldiers and family members.
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Peter Facinelli Cancels His Flight to Spend Time With Soldiers & Their Families at the Fort Lewis, WA Base Twilight DVD Signing
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I'm so hacked I didn't know this! I live fifteen minutes from there!ReplyDelete
wow. Just wow.ReplyDelete
Wow, I think I heart him... I'm sure Edward won't mind ;)ReplyDelete
Seriously though, what an amazing guy - Dr Cullen would approve!
I'm impressed! They should all be this grateful! I still luv Edward, but this is touching!ReplyDelete
The more I learn about Peter, the more amazed I am by him. He was so awesome at the TwiCon in SF!ReplyDelete
he is still there right now???ReplyDelete
I don't know if you frequent lion_lamb on LJ or not, but my uncle is actually stationed at Fort Lewis and had brought his wife's cousin and some of her lady friends on base for the signing. He (my uncle) was waiting in line at Seattle's Best Coffee while they waited in line. This is where it gets insane: Peter walked up to my uncle and asked if he could hop in front of him because he had hundreds of things to sign so of course my uncle said yes. Peter then proceeded to pick up the tab for his and my uncles coffee. How awesome is that?ReplyDelete
that is amazing! But is he still there right now? I have my car keys in hand...ReplyDelete
WOW! As if I didn't love him enough already... he's really pulling at this Army brat's heartstrings.ReplyDelete
That's really awesome! He knows what it means to be a true star :) Thanks for being awesome Peter!ReplyDelete
When Peter came to AAFES HQ (Army and Air Force Exchange Service - your BX/PX) to talk about Twilight several months ago, I could tell he was a class act.ReplyDelete
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Peter is amazing. I love him and his wife so much, such an example of a great family!ReplyDelete
Love that! He's a total Dr. Cullen :) Another Twilight sweetie.ReplyDelete
Meeting him that day made me fall in love with him - he was the sweetest man ever! I can share my pics and videos if anyone is interested...ReplyDelete
I was very impressed the way he handled everyone at the PX. He took his whole day to sign books, autographs, and DVD's. My girlfriend and I were at the PX from 0530-1030 til we got to see him and he was so sweet and very "down to earth." He didn't have to start signing til 1200 but even even started earlier and he could have left at 1400 but didn't because he want to make sure everyone got to meet him. Now that's Dedicated!! Thanks AgainReplyDelete
I was there from 5:30-10:30. I was the third person in line. he gave me a hug AND a kiss on the head!!! He is SUCH a great guy.ReplyDelete
- Jamie LynnJuly 29, 2009 at 1:28 AM
I was at this signing, and i waited in line for 11 hours to see him and a lady had come out and told us all not to worry becasue peter had cancelled his flight so that everyone can get their stuff signed which was very cool of him and when i finally got up there he was signing everything you wanted signed and he kissed me on the check, which made my friends so mad. haha i love peter he is an awesome guyReplyDelete
That's why everyone love Peter! My son is based there and he didn't even tell me. AH!ReplyDelete


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Lyles, Clemens stand out in Minors
Astros affiliates struggle, but duo have fine individual seasons
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
It was refreshing in that most player development folks, by the very nature of what they do, are eternal optimists. In this case, there was definite hope for the future, but mixed with an understanding that there was a long way to go with a system that had long had a reputation for being fairly bereft of talent.
"That's always an ongoing process," Astros assistant general manager Ricky Bennett said. "You're never where you want to be and you're never as bad as people think you are."
Winning is by no means the only, or even best, way to measure success in the Minors, but Houston's clubs did combine for the lowest winning percentage in baseball at .426. None of its clubs in the United States finished over. 500 (the Dominican Summer League team went an even 32-32).
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That's not to say there weren't some fine individual performances that give Houston some hope for the future. Young pitchers like Bud Norris and Felipe Paulino made it up to the big leagues for extended periods to contribute, albeit inconsistently, to the Major League team. Astros 2008 first-rounder Jason Castro showed he was more than capable of living up to the spotlight of being a surprise No. 10 overall pick and the automatic top prospect in the system by playing at two levels and for Team USA in the World Cup gold medal run. The California League affiliate in Lancaster is a hitting haven, but it's hard not to at least be intrigued by the run-producing of Jonathan Gaston and even Koby Clemens.
The past two First-Year Player Drafts under scouting director Bobby Heck has brought in some more interesting talent, with Castro the headliner. Jordan Lyles is the top arm in the system, also from that Class of 2008 and '09 first-rounder Jiovanni Mier brings an exciting prospect at a premium position -- shortstop.
"From a prospect standpoint, guys are starting to go through the system," Bennett said. "At every level, we feel we're making progress."
Bennett, to his credit, will only go so far in spreading the sunshine about the system. There are more names worth talking about than there once was, but he knows there's still a long way to go.
"If you look throughout, the depth, it's going to take time to improve the depth," Bennett said. "We feel happy with the prospects, though, how they're progressing and where they are in the development process."
MLB.com's Preseason Picks
Jason Castro, C: The prediction was that the 10th overall pick in the 2008 Draft would excel in his first full season, proving he was worth the high selection while playing across two levels. That was pretty much spot on as Castro split the season between Lancaster and Corpus Christi before heading to play for Team USA's gold medal-winning team in the IBAF World Cup. Castro hit a combined .300 with a .380 OBP and .446 SLG over 119 games.
Jordan Lyles, RHP: It seemed like a tossup between young guns Lyles and Ross Seaton, but while Seaton was solid, Lyles was even better. Pay no attention to the win-loss record -- Lexington hit just .237 as a team. Instead, look at his 3.24 ERA, his 167 strikeouts (fourth overall in the Minors), his 10.39 K/9 rate and his extremely low walk rate (38 in 144 2/3 IP).
MLB.com's Postseason Selections
Koby Clemens, C: Critics will say Clemens isn't a prospect, that prior to this season, he'd done nothing of note offensively, that his 2009 season was a product of one of the most extreme hitter's parks in Minor League baseball. That might be true, but it's impossible to look past what Clemens did, still at age 22, in the California League. Friendly confines or not, Clemens hit .341 overall with 22 homers and 121 RBIs. His .620 slugging percentage was second best in all of the Minors. He was fourth in batting average, tied for third in doubles and led all of the Minors in RBIs. And he hit pretty well on the road, too. He'll need to prove himself at the next level, but he's definitely worth watching in '10.
Jordan Lyles, RHP: The numbers mentioned above made him an obvious choice for this honor. His season didn't start out all that well, with a 5.00 ERA after his first four starts. From there, though, he was pretty consistent, with monthly ERAs of 2.48, 3.18, 3.86 and 2.89 before finishing off with a one-run start in September. That he did that in his first full season at the age of 18 makes it even more exciting to see what he does for an encore.
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Solid organizations are built from the ground up, and that's part of the reason for the 2012 Professional Chapter Recognition competition.
The top three categories a professional chapter can aspire to are gold, silver and bronze. Gold medal chapters must do an outstanding job of providing content to members and the community through monthly meetings, plant tours and activities that go beyond the norm for the profession and their area.
Six chapters earned gold medals, three took home silver and six received bronze. The chapter names and their respective presidents are listed below.
Costa Rica, Diógenes Alvarez Solózano
Greater Kansas City, (Mo.) Jay Christensen
Los Angeles, Luis Armendariz
National Capital (Washington, D.C.), Russell Wooten
South Jersey Delaware Valley, Thomas Fung
Twin Cities (Minn.), John Spriggs
Central Connecticut, Brian Nathanson
Detroit, Lanie Dixon
Pittsburgh, Katie Coperich
Bay Area/Silicon Valley (Calif.), Khaled Mabrouk
Chicago, Tom Barnstable
Dallas-Fort Worth, Steven J. Kiester
Long Island (N.Y.), Thomas G. Fiorella
Puget Sound (Wash.), Gregory D. Brown
Raleigh, N.C., Joe Davis
Raleigh, N.C., was the most improved chapter, while the Atlantic Provinces chapter won the Phoenix Award.
In 2012, seven chapter newsletters earned such distinction in the Institute of Industrial Engineers' newsletter competition, with three taking home the top honor of platinum status. The winners and their newsletter editors are listed below.
National Capital (Washington, D.C.), Martin Franklin
South Jersey Delaware Valley, Thomas T. Fung
Twin Cities (Minn.), Jenna Weiland
Central Connecticut, Carolina White
Long Island (N.Y.), Tom Fiorella
Greater Detroit, R. Jean Ruth
Pittsburgh, Ron Coperich


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Moore: Dez Bryant's injury yet another hurdle for Cowboys to clear
IRVING — A Cowboys team rocked by the death of one teammate and the arrest of another emerged on the other side to discover it may be without its most prolific receiver for the remainder of the season.
Dez Bryant injured his left index finger in the fourth quarter of the team's emotional victory over Cincinnati. He was examined by Dr. Bo Frederick, an orthopedic hand surgeon, Monday afternoon.
X-rays revealed a fractured left index finger. Late Monday evening, club officials said no decision has been reached about whether the receiver will require season-ending surgery.
Bryant has emerged as the Cowboys' most dangerous receiver over these last five weeks, a stretch in which the team has compiled a 4-1 record. His loss would deal a serious blow to the team's already slim playoff hopes.
That's why the club, and Bryant, will continue to explore if there is any way he can finish the season and delay the surgery.
"Dez hurt his finger in the game," head coach Jason Garrett said earlier in the day. "We'll see what his status is as we go forward.
"There has been no definitive diagnosis of what he has and what his availability will be."
Asked if surgery is an option, Garrett responded, "We're trying to figure out what it is."
Last weekend was unlike any other in franchise history. As the Cowboys' charter sat on the runway Saturday afternoon before its departure to Cincinnati, Garrett informed the players that practice squad linebacker Jerry Brown was dead and his close friend and roommate, nose tackle Josh Brent, was in jail on a charge of intoxicated manslaughter.
Less than 24 hours later, a Cowboys team desperately hoping to remain relevant in the playoff race took the field against the Bengals. Voices cracked and tears flowed Sunday as coaches and players spoke of wanting to honor Brown with their come-from-behind victory as time expired.
The team received a rare Monday off.
"Our players have been through so much the last few days, as you can imagine," Garrett said. "This was a very emotional couple of days for everybody. I thought our players did an amazing job of somehow, some way, processing what went on and then channeling their emotion to play a football game.
"I just think they needed a rest, they needed a break. They didn't need structure, they didn't need me standing in front of them in a team meeting or going over film in a real structured manner."
The doors to Valley Ranch were obviously open. But Garrett wanted everyone to know whether they came up to watch film, lift weights, meet with the training staff or just to talk, the atmosphere would be relaxed.
"Obviously, some of them are still grieving the loss," Garrett said. "Emotionally they're spent. It's a difficult time for them.
"But again, we want to let them know that we're there for them. We're all there for each other."
The question now is will Bryant be there for the Cowboys stretch run.
Bryant injured the finger while running a slant pattern with 9:47 remaining. He sat out five plays but returned later in the possession to catch a 27-yard touchdown pass from Tony Romo to pull the Cowboys within two points.
The training staff taped his finger so he could return to the game, then put it in a splint afterward.
"I sprained it," Bryant said. "Taped it up, wrapped it up a little bit and just got back out there."
The potential loss of Bryant is the latest blow to a team hanging in the playoff race by a 7-6 thread.
Bryant leads the Cowboys in receiving yards with 1,028 and in touchdowns with nine. His 75 receptions are second only to tight end Jason Witten. He has come on strong with 33 receptions for 525 yards and seven touchdowns over the last five games.
The Cowboys would lean more heavily on Miles Austin if Bryant is unable to return. Kevin Ogletree could take his spot in the starting lineup, although Dwayne Harris has appeared to move past Ogletree in the pecking order recently.
It's just one of many issues the Cowboys must deal with in the final days of the regular season. The loss of Brown overshadows all others. The club will hold a private memorial service for their friend Tuesday.
"We have to continue to move on," Garrett said. "We have to honor Jerry. We have to help Josh any way that we can. But then we have to get back to work.
"The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming to town, and we're going to play a game Sunday afternoon against them and we have to be ready for that. And I think in a similar way as to our game with Cincinnati, that will continue to help honor Jerry Brown and his family."Follow David Moore on Twitter at @ DavidMooreDMN.


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Tis the season to have your brain battered into submission by an endless parade of maudlin and schmaltzy Christmas carols.
Between now and December 25, it will be impossible to avoid the deluge of decking the halls and white Christmas dreaming that inevitably takes over every and all musical outlets imaginable.
Hope, however, is on the horizon. In the spirit of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," we've compiled this virtual mix of Christmas favorites as interpreted by some of our favorite rock artists.
Just throw these snow-covered tracks together on a playlist or mix CD, and quietly replace that old Pat Boone Christmas album with some new holiday musical traditions that have a little more (spiked) punch to them. Since nothing says "Happy Holidays!" quite like a menacing Henry Rollins or Scott Weiland on a reggae bender.
Fun., "Sleigh Ride – This alternative pop power trio with a slew of GRAMMY nominations apply their Queen-Meets-Elton-John dramatics to this Christmas classic, adding a jaunty hip-hop beat and warm strings. Even grandma will get a kick out of this upbeat and seasonal take on a holiday favorite found on new Starbucks compilation, Holidays Rule.
Henry Rollins, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" – The hardcore punk icon's dark and menacing version of this traditional tune rides on a rumbling bass line and the sound of police helicopters overhead as Rollins growls his way through the lyrics. Found on the long out of print 1991 A Lump of Coal compilation, it would be the perfect soundtrack if The Walking Dead ever did a Christmas special.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Deck The Halls" – Included on their 1994 rarities and B-side compilation, Out in L.A., Anthony Keidis and the gang deliver a wobbly but fun a capella rendition of "Deck The Halls" in funny voices. Flea shouts out the Motor City at the end of the take, signing off with "good night, Detroit."
Coldplay – "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" – Found on the 2002 collection Maybe This Christmas, Chris Martin is only accompanied by a piano on this genuine and sentimental reading of the song first recorded by Judy Garland in 1944. Another one even the grandparents will enjoy.
The White Stripes – "Silent Night" – Jack and Meg White released an increasingly rare vinyl 45 for Christmas 2002, with this number tucked away on the B-side after Jack reads a passage from the Bible. Hear Jack coach Meg through the lyrics, with the pair arguing over a certain line (Meg was right). It's a sweet, lo-fi recording with audible background noise that sounds like an AM radio.
Weezer – "O Come All Ye Faithful" – Originally recorded for an iPhone video game, Rivers Cuomo and the crew wisely released Christmas with Weezer as a 6-song EP in 2008. Faithfully playing the carols in the fuzzed-out and guitar-driven style of classic '90s Weezer, this holiday track sparkles with the band's infectious alt-rock energy.
Radiohead – "Winter Wonderland" – Thom Yorke and the guys turned out an experimental webcast back in 2002 that was a mixture of DJ sets and live performances from the band. During the webcast, they ran through a rather faithful albeit loose rendition of this Christmas favorite complete with sleigh bells, although Yorke sounds especially, um, relaxed.
Julian Casablancas – "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" – Leave it to the wacky writers of Saturday Night Live to pen a funny Christmas carol that's turned into something of a modern standard. Originally performed by former SNL cast members Horatio Sanz, Andy Samberg, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan, the lead singer of the Strokes recorded a hard rocking take of it for the deluxe version of his solo debut, Phrazes for the Young, as well as a vinyl single and MP3 download.
Far (Featuring Chino Moreno) –"Feed The World (Do They Know It's Christmas)" – this relatively obscure band out of Sacramento teamed up with the Deftones' frontman to record a new version of the massive 1984 holiday hit for 2003 AIDS charity compilation, A Santa Clause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas. Moreno's unmistakable voice (subtly imitating the original singers) rides over a galloping beat of distorted guitars.
Scott Weiland – "O Holy Night" – Calling Stone Temple Pilots and former Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland's 2011 Christmas album Most Wonderful Time of the Year unexpected would be something of an understatement. He takes a more traditional approach to classic holiday tunes such as the title track, but takes some big liberties with "O Holy Night," crooning the song over a loping reggae beat, complete with steel drums.
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The Isopoda are small crustaceans with seven pairs of legs that range in size from 300 micrometres (Microcerberidae) to nearly 50 centimetres (Bathynomus). Their name, which means "like-foot" or similar (iso) and foot (pod), probably comes from the early zoologists' familiarity with the common terrestrial "slaters" or "woodlice" (other names: cloportes, pissebedden, pillbugs, roly-polies, sowbugs). The isopods are diverse, with around 10,309 species found in all ecosystems from the deepest oceans to the montane terrestrial habitats and deep underground in caves or aquifers. Isopods are thought of as dorsoventrally flattened, as in the typical terrestrial slater, and indeed many species fit this morphological stereotype. Isopods from the deep sea and groundwater habitats and parasitic taxa may depart considerably from this typical body plan.
The isopods belong to the well-known crustacean group, the Malacostraca, which includes familiar crustaceans like shrimp, crabs, lobsters and krill. Unlike these malacostracans with an obvious carapace, the isopods lack one. The isopods belong to the Superorder Peracarida, which includes a diverse array of shrimp-like taxa that all brood their young in a pouch between their legs. Isopods are unique among these crustaceans for many reasons. Because they lack a carapace, the gills, which are covered by the carapace in other groups, are absent, so they breathe using specialised lamellar gill-like pleopods ("swimming limbs") on the posterior section of the body. In many terrestrial isopods, the pleopods bear respiratory structures similar to lungs. Internally, the heart is positioned in the posterior section of the thorax to provide increased circulation for the gills. Unlike all other crustaceans, the isopods shed their cuticle (a process called ecdysis) in two steps: "biphasic molting".
This site has the following aims:
- to provide a catalogue of the world's isopod species
- to promote stability in isopod nomenclature
- to act as a tool for higher taxonomic revisions and regional monographs
- to provide a base link for other online databases that use isopod nomenclature
To provide sufficient expert knowledge for maintaining the list, we have formed an editorial committee to whom the queries on particular taxa should be addressed.
History of the list
This list began as an initiative of the US National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, maintained by the late Brian Kensley and Marilyn Schotte. It grew into a valuable resource http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ for providing nomenclature on the Isopoda: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA. This list is now reconstructed at http://www.marinespecies.org, with more detailed information on synonymies and distributions, and a capability to host more information, such as images, original literature, and specimen data. This list will be transferred on a monthly basis back to the Smithsonian site.
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World List of Marine Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Editorial Board:
- Boyko, Christopher B.: chief taxonomic editor (Epicaridea, Calabozoidea)
- Bruce, Niel L.: Aegidae, Anuropidae, Barybrotidae, Cirolanidae, Corallanidae, Cymothoidae, Phoratopidea, Protognathiidae, Seroloidea, Sphaeromatoidea, Tridentellidae
- Hadfield, Kerry A.: Aegidae, Anuropidae, Barybrotidae, Cirolanidae, Corallanidae, Cymothoidae, Protognathiidae, Tridentellidae
- Merrin, Kelly: Asellota, Microcerberidea
- Ota, Yuzo: Gnathiidae
- Poore, Gary: Anthuroidea, Valvifera
- Taiti, Stefano: Oniscidea (Terrestrial isopods)
Links to other isopod sitesGeneral
- Smithsonian Marine, Freshwater & Terrestrial Isopods
- The Isopod Newsletter (M. Schotte)
- Isopods of Southern Australia (Museum of Victoria)
- The Crustacean Society
- Stenobermuda Stenetriidae (T. Iliffe, TAMUG)
- Atlantasellus (Tom Iliffe, TAMUG)
- Catalog and bibligraphy of Terrestria isopods (Oniscidea)(Dr. Helmut Schmalfuss)
- Rearing and Experimenting with Isopods (Michigan Entom. Soc.)
- Cloporteweb (A. Gross - In French)
- Isopod Parasites of Crustacea (J. Shields, VIMS)
- Sphaeromatidae and other isopods (LA County Museum site)


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Three students who graduated on Sunday have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year. Amani Edwards and Kate Sedlacek will become English teaching assistants in Russia and Beatrice Santa-Wood will be one in Turkey.
"I am very excited about this opportunity – it is a great honor," Sedlacek said.
Sedlacek from Olympia, Wash., will be posted in Omsk, which is in Siberia. While she is there, the anthropology and Russian double major plans to continue a research project that she began while studying in Moscow in the fall of 2010 involving the affordability of clothing in Russia. She also hopes to volunteer at a museum.
Atlanta native Edwards will be posted in Novosibirsk, also in Siberia. In addition to her teaching assistantship, the modern languages major will conduct research on ethnic minority groups and language policy.
Santa-Wood, a political science major and European studies minor, hopes to work on a local program for women and teenage girls in Turkey.
"I have to get a feel for the town in Turkey, but it will definitely be something with women and empowerment," the Colorado Springs, Colo., native said.
The Beloiters will be three of more than 1,700 U.S. citizens traveling abroad during the 2012-13 academic year as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Sponsored by the U.S. government, the Fulbright program is meant to foster intercultural understanding and operates in 155 countries worldwide.


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the driver cryed hundret nights
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how the fuck does the hispanic girl fuck for like 25 minutes straight?
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Hahahaha, the music in the beginning sounds like "Electric de Chocobo" from Final Fantasy VII.
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Want to know what a first date with 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto might be like? During a celebrity stroll on the SAG awards red carpet, the Oscar-nominee unabashedly crashed an interview with Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke to flirt and chew gum — and Mr. Leto was all out of gum. After exchanging the customary Hollywood pleasantries, the intrepid star reached into his romantic bag of tricks and salaciously purred about Clarke, "Have you looked into her eyes? They're absolutely insane."
To her credit, E! News host Giuliana Rancic made a surprisingly skillful wingwoman and the astonishing celebrity flirtation continued. Take a look!
Wow. Apparently Leto saves his subtlety for the big screen. Leto's tender proclamation of, "I haven't finished here. There's work yet to be done," rivals Joseph Campbell's "Love is a friendship set to music" as one of the most romantic quotes of all time. Then again we'd expect nothing less from Jordan Catalano.
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In this tutorial, Sam Hampton-Smith shows how to create an interactive image on a webpage using the principles of parallax scrolling.
Parallax scrolling helps convey a sense of depth and distance within a scene. Objects further away move more slowly than those close up.
Hugely popular in 1980s video games, it used to be impossible to create in-browser without resorting to Flash.
We'll create a series of graphics at different sizes, stack them, and move them at different rates within a viewport. We'll then create some simple JQuery code to move layers as the mouse moves.
The code we'll create is flexible enough to cope with as many layers of parallax as desired, for a compelling interactive result.
For all steps where there is code to enter, you'll find a text document on the cover CD with the relevant code so that you can simply copy-and-paste it in; each document is named after the step it is related to.
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Open desolation.ai from the cover CD - or from the zip file provided opposite - in Illustrator, or if you prefer, create some artwork of your own, in Illustrator or Photoshop. Separate each plane of distance onto a new layer or new file, so that you can save these out individually later.
Bear in mind that as you get closer to the camera point, objects on these layers will need to be bigger. In Illustrator this is fine because vectors are resizable, but in Photoshop you'll need to plan ahead.
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Turn off all the layers except the sky, then choose File > Save for Web & Devices. Our viewport or 'camera' is going to be 960 pixels wide, and we'd like the sky to move a little, but not too much, so save this image at 980 pixels wide by going to the Image Size tab and entering a width of 980 pixels. Use the PNG-24 preset and save.


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MIAMI - A Marine veteran who spent months in a Mexican prison after trying to carry an heirloom shotgun across the border had to be hospitalized on his way home to Florida.
Jon Hammar of Palmetto Bay was released Friday from a prison in Matamoros, Mexico. Relatives say he was hospitalized over the weekend in Louisiana as he drove to South Florida with his father.
Hammar's mother says the 27-year-old had a bad chest cold and a stomach ailment before his release from the prison. He's expected home in time for Christmas.
Hammar was headed to Costa Rica in August when he drove across the Mexican border. U.S. authorities told him he could declare the unloaded shotgun at the border. Mexican officials, however, said it was illegal and sent Hammar to prison.
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text: I've had the thought that, since both are essentially Hornblower knockoffs in space, the David Weber is going to eventually have them encounter each other, although Kirk, of course, will have to be literarily disguised. Since the Solarian League reads as a darker version of the UFP, he'll be a Solarian Navy captain. So, just for fun, how would you see such an encounter? 1. What point in their respective careers? 2. Do you prefer cross-over encounters or in-universe counterpart encounters? Would it be better to have the 1701 (No bloody letters) pop out of the wormhole junction, or for Honor to get her ass kicked by a Solarian captain with all the tech disadvantages they have compared to manticore, relying on Kirk's famous luck, bluff, and supposed tactical acumen to beat the Salamander when all the bookies are saying the Sollies are toast? On the flip side, Honor popping up in Trek could also be interesting, whether her fleet winks in from an astronomical phenomenon, or she's an exhange officer from the minor human polity of Manticore, outside UFP space. This could be "his/her counterpart has always been in that world", "Q snapped his fingers", or whatever rationale you want, but if you were to write this, how would you do it?


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- Release Date: 4/9/2013
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After three years of peace and harmony, the future of the Camelot couldn't be brighter. But as King Arthur and his new Queen look to bring the kingdom into a bright future, the seeds of Camelot's destruction are drawing together. The evil Morgana is hiding in the darkness. As an old face returns to the castle and gains a position amongst Arthur's inner circle, Merlin must protect the king more than ever... for the new arrival is Mordred, the druid boy whose destiny is to end the king's life and bring chaos down on Camelot. But as the death song of King Uther haunts the castle and Guinevere crosses over to the dark side, both Merlin and Arthur find that their destiny is approaching... The battle of Camelot is about to reach a deadly conclusion... and nothing will ever be the same again.


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Thirty years after his parents were married in "the wedding of the century," Prince William had his own giant wedding.
Kate and William's wedding cost an estimated $34 million.
That makes it perhaps the third most expensive wedding in history.
Diana and Charles take the cake with a wedding costing $110 million when adjusted for inflation. Vanisha Mittal and Amit Bhatia come in third after paying an inflation-adjusted $66 million.