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Jose Jr., Enrique finish college, will receive degrees in sports management from Rice
By Richard Justice / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- There are no words to describe the emotions that will swirl through Jose Cruz on Saturday morning.
"I mean, what can you say?" he asked. "I'm so proud of them."
Around these parts, Cruz is known as one of the greatest players the Houston Astros have ever had. In 13 seasons, from 1975 through 1987, he collected 1,937 hits, but that's only part of the story.
He was a member of the first three postseason teams the franchise ever had and made three National League All-Star teams. He's one of nine Astros who has had his uniform number (25) retired. He didn't just perform on the field, he set a standard for excellence on the field and was a consummate professional in the clubhouse and the community.
On Saturday morning, he'll simply be one of the proudest parents on earth as he watches his two sons, Jose Jr. and Enrique, get their degrees in sports management from Rice University.
If that sounds special, it's actually better than that. Jose Jr., 39, played his last game at Rice in 1995 before embarking on 12-year career in the Major Leagues. Through the years, he "kept chipping away" at his degree before finishing a few weeks ago.
Enrique, 31, ended his collegiate career as a member of Rice's 2003 national championship team and spent nine years in professional baseball. He returned to school full-time last year and credits his Rice coaches, especially head coach Wayne Graham, with helping him through the transition.
"They welcomed me back to campus with open arms," he said. "I couldn't have done it without them. After nine years away, it was very difficult to get back into the grind."
That the two brothers will end up at the same place on Saturday after all these years is a tribute to their perseverance, smarts and a commitment to fulfilling a promise to their mom, Zoraida.
"She deserves the credit," Jose Sr. said. "She's the one who made them good students and taught them to have good study habits."
Is that right, boys?
"Mom was very firm about getting our homework done," Enrique recalled from his youth. "We'd come home, and I'd be wanting to watch Punky Brewster. She was always, 'No, let's get our work done first.' The thing is, our sister (Shakira, a lawyer) is the super-smart one. So, yeah, my mom deserves a ton of credit for this day."
Jose Jr. added, "She said, 'All I want is for you to graduate from college. That's my request.' That stayed with me through the years. You know, now that I have kids of my own, I've borrowed from her in already putting a focus on college."
When Jose Jr., a husband and father of three, decided to return to school, he was doing work for ESPN. Last year, he took a job with the Major League Baseball Players Association to provide assistance and counsel for Spanish-speaking players.
As for graduating, he said, "It took some doing. It's a dynamic you have to balance. But honestly, I wanted it so badly. I'm so excited, so happy and proud. I'm so proud it's a Rice degree. I love this place."
He'll be forever indebted to Rice professor Clark Haptonstall, who told him: "OK, if you want to do this, I'll show you the way. I started on it and finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel."
As part of his original contract with the Mariners in 1995, the club had agreed to pay a portion of his education costs if he decided to finish his degree.
Maybe that's the larger lesson.
Jose Jr. and Enrique are adamant that if they were able to finish their degrees after so many years away, other players can do it, too. (Coincidentally, Phillies reliever Joe Savery, another former Rice Owl, will also be participating in Saturday's graduation ceremonies.)
"This degree means the world to me," Enrique said. "It lets people know I'm something besides a baseball player and that maybe they need to take me seriously if there's an opportunity. I'd say to all the guys out there who haven't graduated, this is something you'll always have."
For now, Enrique will continue to run Cruz Baseball Camps with his dad and brother. He'll give personal instruction to players and see what else the world has to offer.
For now, though, he'll take a moment to appreciate his family's accomplishments. As his father said, "This is a great day for them, but it's a great day for our whole family. We couldn't be prouder of them."
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Regulation (EC) No 67/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks.
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A while back, I read Hamza Tzortzis' "paper", Embryology in the Qur'an: A scientific-linguistic analysis of chapter 23: With responses to historical, scientific & popular contentions. It was terrible and painful: a 58 page treatise (with big print and lots of white space) expanding obsessively on two sentences from the Quran, claiming that it revealed deep insights about embryology that could not have been known without magical, supernatural insight. It was total bullshit.
Now, get ready for this: a couple of scholars have ripped into the Tzortzis paper at length. Embryology in the Quran: Much Ado about Nothing: A Refutation of Hamza Tzortzis' Embryology in the Qur'an: A Scientific-Linguistic Analysis of Chapter 23.
It's 149 pages long.
I haven't read the whole thing, but did a few spot checks, and it looks solid so far. I'm just worried that now we're in an escalation spiral, and Tzortzis will reply with a badly researched refutation of the refutation that will be 500 pages long.
The letter I was sent about the paper points out that it's an important perspective, though: it's not just Western scientists dismissing an Islamic perspective, but the authors are ex-Muslims who grew up steeped in Islamic culture, so it's an internal criticism.
While it most probably is the case that you are thoroughly bored with Hamza Tzortzis and his fraudulent claims about Embryology in the Quran, there is a new document recently uploaded that does serious damage to the image of Hamza Tzortzis and at the same time, provides a definitive debunking of the unfortunately popular Islamic Embryology claim that has been touted for the last 30 years; spouted and spread so well, that children growing up in Islamic families take it as just another accepted fact and treat it just the same way they treat the fact that the Earth is round. As an Ex-Muslim, I can attest to this as I too for several years took it for granted that the Quran contained modern embryological facts (even when I knew nothing of the subject as a kid).
The embryology claim is one that has been unfortunately drilled deep into the psyche of most Muslims. The name "Keith Moore" is pretty much a house hold name for many Muslims. It is for this very reason that ex-Muslims like myself consider this new document titled "Embryology in the Quran: Much Ado about Nothing" very very important.
While yourself and many others have refuted Hamza's hogwash, it is also true that the refutations so far were quite generalized . They very well do appeal to Skeptics (esp. those from the Christian background), however they were never enough to convince most of the Muslims and even ex-Muslims as they grew up knowing every detail of apologetics regarding this claim like the back of their hand.
This is where the new paper stands different. It takes a somewhat "James Randian" approach and uses the exact sources and methodologies used by Muslims to disprove definitively the embryology claim. The arguments in there have such a depth that even Muslims won't be able to ignore them (or at least not without maintaining a cognitive dissonance).
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Can Loui Eriksson shut down super rookie Vladimir Tarasenko?
St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars
7 p.m. today, FSSW, KTCK-AM (1310)
Key matchup: Vladimir Tarasenko vs. Loui Eriksson
Tarasenko is a talented, 21-year-old right wing, while Eriksson is a talented, 27-year-old left wing known for his solid defensive play. Tarasenko has six points (4G, 2A) in four games. Eriksson has three points (2G, 1A) in four games.
Key stat: .705
Winning percentage for Blues coach Ken Hitchcock since joining St. Louis last year (46-16-11). Hitchcock is the coach who led the Stars to the 1999 Stanley Cup.
St. Louis: None
Dallas: RW Jaromir Jagr (back) is questionable, C Jamie Benn (administrative) is out.
Stars forward Tomas Vincour and defenseman Aaron Rome are expected to make make their NHL season debuts tonight. … Cristopher Nilstorp is scheduled to be in goal for the Stars. He lost a 1-0 game to Minnesota in his NHL debut last week (31 saves on 32 shots). … The Stars 2-1-1 and coming off a 3-2 OT loss to Chicago. … The Blues are 3-1-0 and coming off a 3-0 win vs. Nashville. … Jaroslav Halak is expected to start in goal for the Blues. He ranks third in GAA this season at 1.18 and ranked fifth in GAA last season at 1.97.


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That Ross 3 was the prettiest possession of the season
What a comeback!
If Davis isn't gonna get more minutes after these performances it will be really sad, he ignited this run.
Ross and Ed should start.
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Jenny Sanford for the 1st Congressional District?
Mark Tompkins, professor of political science at the University of South Carolina, says he wouldn't be surprised if former S.C. first lady Jenny Sanford ran for congressman-turned-newly-minted Senator Tim Scott's district, which now includes Beaufort.
"She's received sympathetic coverage, is well known and is likely to be able to raise the money that would be needed," he said. "If not her, I'd expect a wide open race."
Asked whether the job has a high enough profile to attract the heiress and former investment banker, Tompkins conceded "being a member is not as much fun as it once was, but…I suspect that the fact that the governor put her on the list suggests that she is interested."
From the people I reached out to earlier in the day, it's not clear who—if anyone—would be interested from Beaufort County. But my guess is that might not matter, because Charleston is the center of power in the district, and I imagine the candidate will call it home.


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Portal 2 was all the rage at this year's PAX Prime as eager fans swarmed around the Valve booth. The brand-new cooperative demo on display detailed how GLaDOS would guide two robots through some devilishly familiar puzzles. Fifteen minutes was barely enough to satiate those who waited in long lines. That's not to say the demo disappointed ? to the contrary, seeing Valve's new system in action could even be described as delightful. But a one-on-one demo between a developer and a random person chosen out of the crowd left everyone ready for more ? and imagining how much better they would have done in the shoes of that one lucky individual.
In our case, the ?lucky individual? had no idea what she was doing, and it was grueling to watch her inability to follow even the smallest direction, like ?turn left? ? the camera kept spinning wildly, and it was clear she had never played anything from the first person perspective before. The crowd seemed to be a bit restless, agonizing over how much better the demo could have been had someone else ? namely, a Portal fan, or even someone who liked Valve ? would have been chosen. Alas, we were the unlucky ones.
We were first shown a video of the new system, aptly named the ?cooperative testing initiative.? GLaDOS still has her sense of humor, letting us know that ?these next tests require cooperation; consequently, they have never been solved by a human.? Cue the robots, seen creating portals to solve puzzles and get to the end of each level, continuing the test and ramping up the challenge with each success. The video has them creating portals to allow each other to get to places previously unreachable, including a scene in which one robot gains momentum through an infinite loop and then is shot out across a hazard and lands safely ? if abruptly ? on the other side. At the end, GLaDOS tells you the testing has prepared you for the real challenge, and a series of dangerous and threatening obstacles are shown, with a quick glimpse at some imperiled companion cubes.
What Valve noticed about the first game was that many people played it as a make-shift cooperative game, making this the next logical step in the evolution of Portal gameplay. The first part of the playable demo has GLaDOS introducing you to your partner, to whom you must wave. This first task can be achieved by pressing a button on the d-pad, which takes you out of first person view and shows you waving adorably at your partner. The next goal is to grab portal devices, and, of course, the second player to do so gets a derisive comment from GLaDOS. The signature portal puzzles begin after that, with the first puzzle being creating a portal for the other player.
Since it would be difficult to communicate to another player where you need a portal placed, Valve introduced the ?ping? system. The ping system allows a player to ?communicate specific locations to your partner,? GLaDOS explained. So now, you can tag an area for the other player to create a portal. Instead of trying to describe a location to your co-op partner, you can just aim and shoot, giving them an easy indicator of where to place a portal and helping you both to solve the puzzle quickly and efficiently. Of course, the action was broken up a bit when the guys from Valve had to stop every few moments to explain to the girl playing how to do things like shoot a portal, turn the camera, walk, etc. This didn't ruin the experience, but it certainly turned the tone from fun to frustrating.
The players went through a few more simple puzzles, and then encountered some slightly more complicated puzzles. The first one involved a thermal discouragement beam, which can be manipulated by one player. They reflect it, redirecting it into a wall. The other player then creates a series of portals to get the beam through that wall and the other obstacles, finishing the puzzle and unlocking the door to the next test. The next one involved manipulating bridges. Simply get onto the bridge, position yourself in front of the wall, and create a portal, which automatically spans the bridge out into a new area and allows you to reach more locations.
Valve has introduced several new gameplay elements into Portal 2. One of them is the infinite loop. In the demo, the players were stuck on one side of a room and had to work out a way to get across. The center of the room was filled with a dangerous liquid. One player created a loop for the other player, who then stepped into it and continued falling until they built up enough momentum. The first player then hit a button to retract a mechanical obstacle and then quickly shot another portal onto the wall, allowing the falling player to shoot through it and land safely on the other side.
Of course, that wasn't exactly how it went the first time. The Valve employee intentionally shot the player into the corrosive liquid, killing her. She reappeared, giving them the chance to show off another cute interactive moment between the players ? pressing another button allowed the robots to hug and make up. Aww.
After that, they successfully performed the infinite loop puzzle twice ? once for each player to get them both across. It took longer than expected ? mainly because the female player was having trouble coordinating the portals and solving the puzzle at the same time ? but after she got it, the demo was over. It was an anti-climactic ending to an interesting experience.
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Portal 2 is measuring up to be Valve's next giant hit. With the new co-op system, loads of new gameplay elements, and more of their adorable and quirky sense of humor, this game will certainly satisfy fans as well as draw in new ones to the much-loved franchise. The main disappointment for me was not getting my hands on one of the cute t-shirts they were giving out - I thought they were scientifically adorable.
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Ginnie - Loved the Ragey Rant. Got to be the funniest Robward banner I've ever seen, bar none. I dunno, I've seen good arguments on both sides of the P2P debate, and I've never really had a problem with any "derivative fiction" ... I read a lot of it even before Steph thought of Twilight. The P2P thing sticks in my craw, though. I do appreciate it when authors are honest about changing their material and/or honoring their inspiration, rather than filling off the numbers and pretending its original. And I don't blame any of them, cuz if someone waved $1 million in my face for 2 years of hard writing, I would see advantages for my kids before I saw ethics. Still ... IMO P2P is wrong. Also enjoyed hearing from Angst Goddess as I just recently read (and adored, natch) Wide Awake.
Kayla - That was funny! Nice how they emphasize that the query-agent-publishing process is longer and more emotional than the writing part. I always think of the writing, not the selling, but authors need groceries too.


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Tattooed to the neck: murder accused fronts court
The man charged with murdering a woman who disappeared from her home on Phillip Island last month has appeared in a Melbourne court.
Paul Allan Dalton, 43, of Hampton Park, appeared at a filing hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court.
The heavily tattooed Dalton was charged yesterday with murdering Robyn Hall at Cape Woolamai, on or about December 19.
Ms Hall, 35, of Noble Park, vanished from a home on Phillip Island more than a month ago. Police are yet to locate her body.
Police are yet to find her body.
Prosecutor Julian Ayres applied today to allow police an extra two weeks to file a brief of evidence against Dalton.
Mr Ayres told magistrate Amanda Chambers investigators needed 12 weeks to compile and serve the brief because DNA material had to be analysed,
Defence solicitor Adrian Paull told the court that his client did not have any custody management issues.
Dalton, heavily tattooed to his neck, arms and chest, did not make an application for bail and was remanded to appear again on June 4.
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Sometimes you just can't win. That's the position Solana Beach officials are in as they struggle to tweak a new coastal land-use plan.
Solana Beach occupies a two-mile stretch of coast that is particularly susceptible to erosion. Blufftop homeowners have been fighting for years to protect their property with sea walls, while environmentalists maintain sea walls limit public access to the beach and ruin surrounding beaches, since erosion helps replenish sand.
After 12 years of trying, Solana Beach last year finally got the California Coastal Commission to approve a land-use plan — although the commission slapped on 153 modifications, including restrictions on sea walls and private staircases. In February, the Solana Beach City Council adopted the modified plan, with the promise to craft an amendment it hopes will make the plan more palatable to both parties.
Good luck. Homeowners already have filed three suits against the city over the most contentious element of the plan, which puts a 20-year shelf life on sea wall permits.
That's part of the "planned retreat" component insisted on by environmentalists — who want the sea walls to eventually come down so the bluffs can "retreat" from the sea — and sanctioned by the Coastal Commission.
We have consistently opposed planned retreat. Coastal engineers say it won't restore the beach; it will only destroy homes.
Homeowners have the right to protect their property. The public has a right to access beaches. And Solana Beach officials have their work cut out for them.


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Windpuffs in Horses
- Mar 1, 2009
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Windpuffs are soft, fluid-filled swellings toward the back of the fetlock joint, resulting from inflamed deep digital flexor tendon sheaths. Most commonly, these puffy enlargements are symptomless blemishes--old and cold, the result of years of hard work. In some instances, however, the horse might be lame from recent injury to the tendon sheath, with marked heat and pain in the area, when you flex the joint or palpate the swelling.
Tim Lynch, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, who focuses on equine lameness cases at Peterson & Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala, Fla., says many horses have windpuffs, especially in the rear legs, with no associated lameness.
"The swellings occur where the digital flexor tendon sheath covers the two tendons that go around the back of the fetlock," says Lynch. "This sheath has a synovial lining, just like a joint."
Tendons, especially where they glide over a hard surface such as bone, are always lubricated to prevent friction that might interfere with smooth movement. Wherever a tendon runs across a joint, such as the fetlock joint, the tendon is encased in a hoselike sheath that contains a small amount of lubricating fluid. Swelling in this area of the fetlock generally means the sheath or the structures within it have been stretched or injured and has created extra fluid. This causes the sheath to bulge like a balloon. In chronic cases the sheath lining will remain thickened, and fluid levels will vary with the horse's exercise levels.
"The whole area may be swollen on both sides, or perhaps just one side," says Lynch. "Most windpuffs are chronic, and most horses with windpuffs are not lame, though it's a sign of overextension or tearing/pulling of the sheath, or maybe the tendons themselves.
"A chronic windpuff can turn into an acute one if it gets re-injured or stretched," adds Lynch. "There are often some adhesions between the tendons and sheath, so these may be vulnerable to tearing and a new injury."
"The key to whether windpuffs are a problem is whether they are symmetrical," says Gary Baxter, VMD, MS, Dipl. ACVS, professor of surgery in Colorado State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Many horses have windpuffs on all four legs, or both hind legs. "If they are symmetrical, I am usually not concerned. But if one is much larger (in one leg compared to the others), this usually indicates a problem, such as acute injury in that leg," he says. If a horse has chronic windpuffs, it is important for owners to notice if one becomes obviously larger. Baxter advises having a veterinarian check the leg if you notice more swelling.
Occasionally the fetlock joint capsule (rather than the tendon sheath) is swollen. This enlargement is situated between the cannon bone and suspensory ligament, just above the sesamoid bones. Windpuffs are more to the rear. Both types of swellings can appear together, caused by intense training, exercise on hard surfaces, strain, and stress (sometimes aggravated by poor leg conformation, such as upright pasterns or club foot, that puts even more strain and concussion on the support structures), but in most cases there is no lameness.
New, firm windpuffs on a lame horse, with heat and pain, are indicative of an injury that needs treatment. This might happen after a serious strain, as when the horse pulls the joint attachments while sprinting and turning, making fast stops and turns, etc. After healing, the stretched area continues to bulge, but it becomes soft and painless. Windpuffs usually appear, however, without the horse ever showing any evidence of lameness.
Gayle Trotter, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, focuses his practice on equine lameness and orthopedic surgery in Weatherford, Texas. He says most horses with windpuffs show no soreness, even after a flex test. "But a small percentage show a little soreness for the first few steps when you jog them after flexion," says Trotter. "There are a few with more persistent lameness. Many of those have a problem in the annular ligament--a thin, flat sheet cupped around the back and bottom of the fetlock area."
If the annular ligament becomes thickened and inelastic it tends to pinch the tendons when the horse is working. "Some cases respond adequately to injections of hyaluronic acid (HA) in the tendon sheath," says Trotter, but some might need surgery if they don't improve after injections. In such cases, surgeons cut the thickened ligament so it doesn't inhibit the tendons.
"Your veterinarian can determine if windpuffs should be looked at more closely with ultrasound or are something you don't need to worry about," says Trotter. "If the horse is lame, you need to find out why." If ligaments are torn or if tendon avulsion occurs, prognosis is not good. "Ultrasound and X rays can be used (to view the area). There can be some unusual bony problems in the sesamoids that contribute to swelling, but it's usually a soft tissue problem, and ultrasound is the best diagnostic tool."
Lynch adds, "In looking at windpuffs, we want to know the history. Has the swelling been there a long time, or is it new? If the horse is lame we need to look at all the structures--tendons, suspensory ligament, sheath, adhesions--to see if there is anything that might indicate a recent injury rather than something old and chronic."
Baxter says it's important to realize a horse with lots of fluid or more swelling in one leg than the other might have injury to the tendon within the sheath. "This needs to be properly diagnosed because this type of injury needs to be treated differently than a simple windpuff," he says.
The owner often can give the veterinarian a clue about whether there's been a change in the windpuff that might correlate with the lameness.
"An upper level jumper that's had windpuffs as long as you've owned him might suddenly come up lame and the windpuff on that leg might be a little bigger. It may have a little heat or pain when you palpate it or flex the ankle," says Lynch. You should report these changes to your veterinarian.
Trotter says often the first thing you'll notice is a performance change rather than actual lameness; the horse isn't giving his best effort. "If there's a change (in performance) and the puffiness appeared at the same time, the horse should be examined in case there's damage that needs medical attention," explains Trotter. "But if all you see is puffiness and the horse is working fine, this is just a work-related blemish."
Lynch often sees windpuffs in hunters, jumpers, dressage horses, and Western performance horses. "Sometimes you never know what causes them," he says. "If it's something new and the horse is lame, it's wise to do a complete lameness exam. (The veterinarian) can block the sheath (injecting lidocaine directly into it to see if this relieves the pain) and ultimately ultrasound the structures to help you make a better decision about treatment. Often, with old windpuffs in athletic horses, if the horse is now lame in one leg we might find adhesions or annular ligament desmitis. The ligament and surrounding tissue becomes thick and puts pressure on the tendon sheath."
Narrowing that impedes the gliding of the tendon (such as adhesions, synovial masses, or pressure caused by thickening of the annular ligament--as in humans with carpal tunnel syndrome) can result in lameness.
"Most horses that require annular ligament surgery have a characteristic appearance to the leg," says Baxter. "There is a notch, with fluid above and below the restriction. Ultrasound can help determine whether the annular ligament is normal thickness or not."
It's important to determine exactly where the swelling is--in the joint or tendon sheath (farther back)--since these are two separate compartments. "Windpuffs may also have a lopsided look," says Lynch. "Many horses have more swelling or thickness on the medial side (inside) of the leg in that sheath."
Baxter says that while ultrasound and tenoscopy (using an arthroscope to peer inside the tendon sheath; see sidebar on page 60) are the primary tools for diagnosis, MRI also can be used. "In a problematic case, this could help us figure it out, since we can document a lot more problems in the tendon sheath with an MRI," he says. Some owners won't want to go to this expense, but if it's a valuable horse with an important career, MRI can be an option.
If there's excess fluid in the sheath due to acute injury or scar tissue, and it's causing discomfort, the horse might need treatment. With an acute injury the first step is resting the horse and using ice or bandaging, just as you'd do for a human with a sprained ankle or muscle injury "The most likely scenario is hyperextension of the fetlock joint, pulling the tendons, or a twist or sprain of structures around the tendon sheath," says Baxter. "Along with cold therapy and wrapping, you could use a topical anti-inflammatory medication such as Surpass (diclofenac sodium)." This will often resolve a simple strain/sprain.
If the problem does not respond to rest and wrapping or support boots, you can inject windpuffs with steroids and hyaluronic acid, similar to how you'd inject a joint, trying to reestablish a normal environment in the sheath and, ideally, preserve tendon function.
Trotter says many windpuffs respond favorably to ice or some bandage support between competitions and don't need medication. "These efforts are enough to keep them from getting sore," he says. "Otherwise local injections of HA are often beneficial. HA is a normal component of many soft tissues around the joints and tendon sheaths and seems to help reduce swelling and soreness.
"Usually we try to get a needle in the sheath to draw off what fluid we can, then follow up with local injection of HA, followed by a week in support bandages," continues Trotter. "The horse should not be in a stall; he needs controlled exercise while healing, so you can regulate the amount and the speed." Between exercise sessions the horse should be in a confined area so he won't be running or bucking.
"If the annular ligament is the problem, it can be surgically cut ... with the horse standing, or we can do tenoscopy," says Lynch. "We put the arthroscope into the tendon sheath to look at adhesions and treat them by taking them out, or we can transect the annular ligament itself."
Take-Home Message
If your horse has chronic windpuffs, watch them for changes in size and symmetry among the affected legs, and observe whether your horse is uncomfortable. Discomfort and/or heat and swelling could be a sign of acute injury, so call your veterinarian in these scenarios. Effective treatments, from HA injections to annular ligament transection, are available.
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Heather Smith Thomas
Heather Smith Thomas ranches with her husband near Salmon, Idaho, raising cattle and a few horses. She has a B.A. in English and history from University of Puget Sound (1966). She has raised and trained horses for 50 years, and has been writing freelance articles and books nearly that long, publishing 20 books and more than 9,000 articles for horse and livestock publications. Some of her books include Understanding Equine Hoof Care, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Care and Management of Horses, Storey's Guide to Raising Horses and Storey's Guide to Training Horses. Besides having her own blog, www.heathersmiththomas.blogspot.com, she writes a biweekly blog at http://insidestorey.blogspot.com that comes out on Tuesdays.
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HOUSTON - The FBI is investigating a Harris County constable's office.
Federal agents are looking into claims that a Harris County Precinct 1 constable's office employee was given special consideration during the hiring process.
Federal agents showed up at Constable Jack Abercia's office with a subpoena on Tuesday, and they seized Deputy Allen James' personnel folder.
According to a source, the FBI is looking into allegations that money or other considerations were exchanged in return for James' employment.
The FBI declined to comment.
"I have no idea why the FBI came in and got his personnel file," Harris County Precinct 1 Deputy Constable J.C. Mosier said. "I honestly don't know. I asked the constable if he has any idea. He says he has no idea either and can't understand why it happened."
KPRC Local 2 found James at his home Friday morning, but he refused to answer any questions.
James was hired as a patrol deputy by Abercia in August 2010. Sources told KPRC Local 2 that James was hired even though he was turned down by seven other law enforcement agencies and the precinct's four-member executive panel that reviewed James' application unanimously recommended that Abercia not hire him.
Since James was hired, he has been involved in two wrecks.
KPRC Local 2 asked for a copy of James' file, but the county has refused to release it as the request of the U.S. Attorney's Office.
James will be leaving Precinct 1 soon. He has been laid off, but Mosier said that was not because of poor job performance but rather due to budget cuts.
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Supply-siders and Keynesians don't agree on much these days, but when it comes to the alleged "fiscal cliff," both sides are in agreement that jumping off this ledge would bring tragic economic consequences. Though a strong believer in supply-side principles, I believe even more strongly that conventional wisdom is nearly always wrong. It's wrong here.
Before getting into why the grand assumptions surrounding the fiscal cliff are ridiculous, it's best to explain why we'll never reach this cliff, more of a ranch-style-house drop onto soft ground. We won't because the incentives that drive politicians ensure a deal.
That's the case because with the economy still limping, very few politicians will want to be on record as having voted to raise rates of taxation. Every member of the House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2014, as are a third of senators, and with an eye on re-election they're not going to vote for large tax increases. With taxes, they'll likely compromise: lower rates in return for a reduction in economy-distorting tax loopholes.
Considering spending, though it nearly always occurs at the expense of growth, politicians exist to spend our money. That's what animates them, and it's true irrespective of party affiliation. Because spending is breath to the political class, there's no way they'd ever allow automatic spending cuts or, "sequestration."
Turning to why supply-siders and Keynesians alike are so fearful of the "cliff," that's easy, too. For Keynesians, they're deluded by the false belief that government spending is an economic stimulant and that automatic reductions in spending by the feds would directly subtract from gross domestic product growth.
In an artificially absurd sense, the Keynesians are right. GDP would decline in the very near term amid automatic spending cuts, but all this tells us is that GDP is a worthless number. Governments have no resources, so for governments to spend is for them to tax or borrow limited resources from the private sector that will be consumed in wasteful ways.
Economies are nothing more than a collection of individuals, and when we break the U.S. economy down to the individual, it's easy to see how wrong the Keynesians are. Indeed, are you better off when the federal government taxes away your earnings and consumes limited capital that might otherwise fund a future Microsoft? No? Well, you're the economy.
In short, government spending is an economic retardant. Because it tautologically weighs on economic growth, any reduction in the burden that is government would boost the economy.
Supply-siders at first glance have a more compelling case. If we reach Jan. 1 without a deal, the 2003 tax cuts on income, capital gains and dividends for top earners automatically go up.
It's the "vital few," or the 1 percent whose economic activism (think Amazon, FedEx and Google) employs us and makes us more productive, so any increase in the cost of work and investment for the most productive would on its face be a negative. No doubt that's true, but implicit in the narrative from the supply-siders is the belief that the 2003 tax cuts actually worked as advertised.
The reality is quite different. As evidenced by the weak economy, it's simply the case that we're not as productive as we should be, and investment is not as robust as it should be. A compelling reply here is that even higher taxes would smother that which is gasping for breath even more, and take us into a recession.
What's missed by some, but not all supply-siders, is that we're already in a recession. GDP is once again a worthless number, but if we remove government spending from the calculation, there's not much growth to speak of at all.
Why the recession? This one's obvious, and it explains why the much-vaunted 2003 Bush tax cuts at the heart of supply-side hand-wringing over the "fiscal cliff" haven't worked: the weak dollar since 2001 has served as a massive tax on work and investment that has robbed the 2003 tax cuts of any major impact.
When money is devalued, the size of our paychecks shrinks. Supply-siders correctly understand that income taxes eviscerate our paychecks, but not enough understand that currency devaluation achieves the same, and that's why devaluation always correlates with slow growth. Devaluation is a tax on work.
Of course, it's always the case that investment is what pushes labor forward, but the problem at the moment is that whether the capital-gains rate is 15 percent or 20 percent, the dividend tax 15 percent or 39 percent, there's very little incentive to invest. Indeed, with policy in favor of dollar devaluation, why commit capital to economy-enhancing ideas if any returns come back in dollars that have shrunken in value?
Tax cuts on income, investment returns and dividends are great, but they're largely irrelevant at the moment. Worse, their wonders are being discredited by dollar destruction that began under George W. Bush, and that has continued under President Barack Obama.
Back to the fiscal cliff: We're never going to reach it, given the incentives that drive politicians. That said, don't buy all the hysteria about what's over the cliff. Government spending reduces real growth, while tax cuts only work if paired with a strong dollar. Both sides miss the point.


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Advance scouting preps Tigers for A's rookie Gray
By Jason Beck and Paul Hagen / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- The Tigers remember a lot of these Oakland Athletics from last year's American League Division Series, their trip here in April or the A's trip to Detroit in August. They do not, however, remember rookie Sonny Gray, whom they've never seen.
It's one of the rare instances where they rely on their advance scouting to give them an idea what to expect. They don't do much of it during the regular season, but they send two scouts per team to watch postseason contenders down the stretch.
In Oakland's case, they relied on Major League scout Jim Olander and Tim McWilliam, the West Coast crosschecker on their amateur scouting staff, to track the A's down the stretch. Those reports will be the basis of their approach against Gray on Saturday night in Game 2 of the ALDS (9 p.m. ET, TBS).
Though the Tigers obviously have plenty of video on Gray, manager Jim Leyland said they prefer the scouting reports.
"They see it in person. Sometimes on video, you don't get the best of shots," Leyland said. "You see it, but it's probably better to take what the scouts say, because they see [the player's] body language and everything else. They see if he gets upset if he gets a couple runners on. They see if he gets upset if somebody makes an error. They see all that stuff. You don't really see that on video."
Improved outfield 'D' has been key for Tigers
OAKLAND -- The Tigers mixed and matched a lot in the outfield in 2013. Andy Dirks, Quintin Berry, Delmon Young and Ryan Rayburn each started at least 15 games in left. The offseason addition of Torii Hunter changed that dynamic. He solidified right. Dirks started 95 games in left while Austin Jackson remained in center.
Young is gone. So are Brennan Boesch, who got the bulk of the starts in right in 2012, and Berry. And that could be a factor in this American League Division Series, where all games will be played in ballparks with spacious outfields: Oakland's O.co Coliseum and Detroit's Comerica Park.
"Our outfield defense is better this year. Torii Hunter solidified that a little bit, certainly," said Tigers manager Jim Leyland. "Last year, if you remember, we platooned a lot in right field. This year, we did that a little bit more in left field than right field. Torii settled into right field and Jackson in center, and that makes us real good. And Andy Dirks is a great outfielder. So, yes, I believe our outfield is better than last year."
Relievers Rondon, Coke rehabbing in Florida
OAKLAND -- If injured Tigers relievers Bruce Rondon and Phil Coke are going to get to the playoffs, they're going to have to go through Florida to get there. Both have been sent to the Tigers' instructional league session in Lakeland to work out and rehab in hopes of starting a throwing program that would get them ready for potential duty in the American League Championship Series.
Both were left off the AL Division Series roster. Rondon has been dealing with tenderness in his elbow for the better part of the past month, while forearm flexor tendinitis has plagued Coke for the past couple weeks.
The fact that they're working at least creates hope that they might be ready for later rounds of the postseason, rather than simply being shut down for the season. At this point, though, it's hard to tell how realistic that is.
Two more relievers, left-hander Darin Downs and righty Evan Reed, are also working out in instructional ball. They're serving as insurance in case the Tigers have to replace an injured pitcher on their active roster.
Jeremy Bonderman, who spent most of the second half with the team after signing back with the club in July, is not working out. His season, and potentially his Tigers career, appears over.
Unlike the previous two postseasons, the Tigers did not send any extra position players to Florida to stay fresh. Their two potential replacements, outfielder Matt Tuiasosopo and catcher Bryan Holaday, are staying with the team, taking batting practice and defensive work before games.
Avila slides up to sixth in order, behind Martinez
OAKLAND -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland has always bristled at the notion of "protecting" hitters in the lineup. There's no hitter good enough, for instance, to keep an opponent from pitching around Miguel Cabrera, if the foe was so inclined.
That might be what the Tigers face with Victor Martinez now after the best second half in the big leagues.
Leyland went with the matchups in Game 1 of the American League Division Series and moved catcher Alex Avila up to sixth in his batting order, right behind Martinez. Both Avila and Andy Dirks entered the series 4-for-8 for their careers off A's starter Bartolo Colon, but Avila's .303 average and .876 OPS since the All-Star break won out.
Dirks moved down to eighth.
"I put Alex up there a little bit because of his numbers," Leyland said. "Dirks does real good at the top of the order, so I tried to push him down, just to see if that would relax him a little bit."
Avila's numbers still might not be enough to deter a cautious approach to Martinez, who went 11-for-16 against the A's during their four-game series in August at Comerica Park. Martinez was intentionally walked 10 times this year, his highest total since his 114-RBI season in Cleveland in 2007.
Nine of those intentional walks came after Jhonny Peralta, who was batting sixth regularly, was suspended in early August. None of them, however, came from the A's.
"I can't worry about that," Leyland said. "A lot of people are taking for granted that we got Victor in there this year, but a lot of people forget Delmon Young has been terrific in the playoffs."
Leyland feels for former Reds skipper Baker
OAKLAND -- When the Reds announced Friday that manager Dusty Baker wouldn't return next season, he had 1,671 career wins. Among men who held that position in the big leagues this year, only one had more victories: Jim Leyland with 1,769.
So it's not surprising that Leyland took the dismissal hard.
"We're a fraternity," Leyland said before Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Athletics. "He's a very good friend of mine. We go back a long way. We've competed against each other. He's a terrific manager, and I assume it's just like we fall into those situations sometimes where the general manager, maybe ownership, I don't know, they just feel that it's time for a change. That goes along with our territory.
"But, you know, certainly as managers, we think about that. I'm sorry to hear about it and I wish Dusty the best."
Leyland tried to call Baker after hearing the news, but "didn't make contact."
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. Paul Hagen 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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Vascular Plants of Wisconsin
Comparison of Leymus arenarius and Elymus lanceolatus
Two roughly similar grasses on the Wisconsin shores of Lake Michigan
see text below for full author citations for these species
Family: Poaceae
This page is intended to help field workers distinguish between these two grasses so that the invasive alien species Leymus arenarius may be controlled without accidentally doing harm to the rare native Elymus lanceolatus which grows in the same habitat along the Lake Michigan shoreline. It may also provide a little clarity to somewhat confusing nomenclature of these species.
Elymus lanceolatus (thick-spike wheat grass) is native in the U.S.A., widespread in the western United States and is disjunct in the Great Lakes region as the subspecies psammophillus, which is listed "threatened" in Wisconsin. It is also apparently present in Wisconsin as subspecies dasystachya which is not awarded protected status in Wisconsin.
It has been my experience that field botanists in Wisconsin commonly rely on several resources to help in the identification of vascular plants. Chief among these are Michigan Flora (Edward Voss, in 3 volumes), the several volumes of the Flora of North America, and two related, but usefully different websites originating from the herbaria at UW-Stevens Point,
and UW-Madison,
( http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/ ).
Both websites deliver content from the same dataset derived from the combined label data from those and several other Wisconsin herbaria. I refer to this information as "the Wisconsin database".
At the moment each of these three sources has adopted a different scientific name for thick-spike wheat grass, as follows:
Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst. (Lyme grass)
is native to Europe and has become an invasive alien species in the U.S. It was previously known as Elymus arenarius L. [Michigan Flora, and others]. It has become established in Wisconsin and is especially troublesome on the Lake Michigan shoreline where it competes with native species, including Elymus lanceolatus.
How to distinguish between Elymus lanceolatus and Leymus arenarius?
Before providing characters to distinguish these two species, I want to add a caution. The correct identification of plants is seldom accomplished reliably if the appropriate dichotomous keys are not employed. While a person familiar with the plants can often make a reliable field identification using only a few characters, the trick lies in familiarity with the flora that automatically applies numerous characters to the plants before the final few are considered. I mention this because there are other species on the beaches and dunes that also are worthy of consideration and the following table will only be effective if the plant in question is one of the two species listed above. For example Ammophila breviligulata Fernald (dune grass; beach grass) is also present in the same habitats and is similar in size and general aspect to Leymus arenarius. The spike is roughly similar (although the flowers are much different), but the leaves are green rather than blue/green (see the third photo under Leymus arenarius, in which both species are present . Also we should be alert for another threatened grass, Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn. var. magna Scribn. & Merr. on the same beaches. The inflorescence is a panicle rather than a spike and can easily be recognized, but if the plants are sterile the leaves can be fully as wide as those of Leymus arenarius. The bottom line is that it would be best to get someone who is familiar with the various beach grasses to look at any plants in question, until sufficient confidence has been gained.
The following comments will help distinguish between Elymus lanceolatus and Leymus arenarius. Both Elymus lanceolatus and Leymus arenarius are roughly similar in appearance, with strongly glaucus, blue/green leaves. Leymus arenarius is generally a more robust plant, but there is some overlap in vegetative characters.
The best way to separate the two species is by the inflorescence. If the plants are fertile, and they often are, Leymus arenarius spikes (all flowers on a culm are in one spike at the tip, in both species) are 15-25 mm thick and spikes of Elymus lanceolatus are 5-10 mm thick. That is a very conspicuous difference and the two species can usually be told apart easily once you have seen both in the field.
For those familiar with grasses and willing to employ floral characters, the two species can be distinguished as follows. Data are taken from the Flora of North America, Vol 24.
If there are no fertile plants available, the leaves of Leymus arenarius are generally broader than those of Elymus lanceolatus. Leymus arenarius leaf blades are 3-11 mm wide and leaves of Elymus lanceolatus 1.5-6 mm wide. There is overlap from 3 to 6 mm, but if plants have most leaves wider than 6 mm and some wider than 8 mm you can reject the possibility that the plant is Elymus lanceolatus..
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on Feb 2, 2011 at 3:44 pm
I would not send my teen... Mexico has become the world's No. 1 country for kidnappings with more than 8,000 abductions reported every year. The figure, however, does not include the so-called "express" kidnappings which started in Mexico City and has spread all over the country. If you count that, it would be around 20,0000. It's not just bad guys involved in these crimes, it's the Mexican military/police as well and those police that try to fight crime are often murdered.
Recently, a Mexican police commander investigating the reported shooting of an American jet skier has been decapitated. Drug cartels have used beheading in the past to terrorize the public and intimidate Mexican law enforcers. Decapitated Officer, Mr Flores was part of a group investigating the disappearance of US tourist David Hartley on September 30 2010. As of January 27 it's been reported that another beheading occurred. Now an ENTIRE cities police force of 38 police officers has quit following a series of drug cartel attacks.
First Tulancingo is not some town that is protected from these crimes... It's less than a days drive from Monterrey, Mexico and only 1 hr and 40 minutes from Mexico City which tops the worlds kidnapping rate. It's like driving from Pleasanton to Sacramento and running into Somali pirates on the way.
Think twice about sending your kids into this mess. Better yet, it's time that Pleasanton think about partnering with other countries with less danger and corruption.
a resident of Apperson Ridge
on Feb 2, 2011 at 9:47 pm
@ Kelly
And how many times have you been to Mexican in your lifetime? Or out of the country for that matter? If you have been there, it may not be as bad as you perceive.
a resident of Parkside
on Feb 3, 2011 at 9:27 am
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Jerry-are you saying the news reports from sources like CNN are not accurate? Or are you just being a contrarian?
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 3, 2011 at 2:33 pm
the US is the most violent place on earth...duh...
a resident of Fairlands Elementary School
on Mar 13, 2011 at 10:28 am
It is not as bad as people perceive but if you are caucasian you are greater target. They see caucasians as people with money so those are the people that may get abducted and held for ransom. I just got back from Guadalajarra Mexico and I did not witness any sort of crime. I'm not saying it doesn't happen but violence/crime takes place everywhere even here in the Pleasanton.
a resident of another community
on May 21, 2011 at 10:33 am
I live in Tulancingo and I feel very safe overall, except for the stupid drivers, if you have 250 pesos @ UScy 11.00 you get a driver license, you don't even need to know how to drive because no test is required, and there is not traffic education programs. The current Mayor of Tulancingo is Mr. Jorge Marquez member of the PRI, he won his job by only 450 votes and lots of tricks such as exchanging votes for franchises like the one given to an uneducated kind of maffia guy whose last name is Cazares, This man offered over 1000 votes in exchange for control of the city streets where ambulant vendors just pay a fee every month to this man and he will allow you to set up shop on the city streets, Yes! right on the river where the cars go by. They pay no taxes and enjoy the protection from the police and the municipality because of the agreement made with City Hall. Mr Cazares owns the stands where they sell fake dvds movies, music and so on violating copyrights with the protection of the authorities. Now I will tell you a beauty of a deal.
Former Governor of Hidalgo Mr. Osorio Chong together with Mayor Marquez got control of about 100 Hectareas (@ 250 acres) on the outskirts of Tulancingo. So these two gentlemen, decided to move city hall to that area and have borrowed 60 million pesos for it's construction (the bid is inflated) they will steal some of this money, with public funds they plan to build an 8 lane boulevard to make easy access and behind city hall they will develop two big sub-divisions where Osorio and Marquez are partners, they are already millioniers (In US Dollars) and they are so greedy that they want more.
If I was a Pleasanton resident, I would ask to cancel the sister city program because it is a shame to be associated with such dirty individuals. What I have mention before is fact! And is just the tip of the Iceberg.
a resident of Avila
on Feb 27, 2013 at 8:30 am
Dangerous place Mexico ...all over even resorts like Acapulco can't stop the rape, murder and kidnaping. Certinally safer places for schools to send exchange students. Parents would have to be pretty clueless to let their children go there.
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The Woodstock Music & Art Festival will be remembered for peace, love, great music and some "brown acid" the over half million in attendance were warned about. But something you might not have known is how much the performers were paid to appear at Woodstock.
On top of the list; Jimi Hendrix. As the headliner of the festival, Hendrix delivered a memorable performance that reportedly earned himself a cool $18,000. Another significant performance was turned in by Joe Cocker, notably his rendition of The Beatles "With a Little Help from My Friends." Sadly, memorable doesn't get you paid; Cocker only earned $2,750 for his time in Bethel, New York. Cocker's pockets weren't as light as some other Woodstock performers. Santana only earned $1,500 for his star-making performance.
Some of the bigger names in attendance did bring home larger purses; Blood, Sweat and Tears didn't cry when they brought a $15,000 check to the bank and Creedence Clearwater Revival was paid handsomely, earning $10K for the day.
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Happy 8th anniversary Studios Central
Posted 22 April 2010 - 10:42 AM
The biggest change this year was the site welcomed some new writers to the staff. Aaron DelPrince and Chris Reid joined us in February of 2010 as columnists for the site and they've already begun writing some really great articles along with Jennifer that really add some interesting takes on Disney and the Studios. As a whole, I'm really proud of the fact we have daily content every weekday now and the content tends to be really good. I hope you all have had a chance to read some of the interesting articles that are posted and if not, stop by StudiosCentral.com every day and see what's new.
Since our last anniversary, we've launched a new site design that I think really looks great and I want to thank Andy and Cory for helping me with the design of the site. In addition, we've (re)launched Studios Central Radio and I'm hoping the third time is the charm now. Seriously, I do think Studios Central Radio offers some great tracks to listen to and I'm hopeful it will continue to blossom and attract more and more listeners.
The aspect of this site I'm most proud of is the Studios Central community and all of you that take some time every day to stop by and post on here or send feedback on Twitter or Facebook. The simple fact this site has been going for 8 years is a shock to me but the people and friends that I've met because of this site have really enriched my life and I look forward everyday to stopping by the site to "talk" with you all. I think the fact that during our chats, we mostly know each other all by first names and can joke with each other about a lot of things, that it's something special we all share and I'm hopeful this will be one aspect of this site that never changes.
Looking forward to this coming year, I'm excited about some ideas I have for the site and the community. I want to continue to hold events that include all of you, whether they are online or in the parks. Studios Central was created upon the idea of creating the place online for information Disney's Hollywood Studios and that has evolved to also be the place online for fans of the Studios and I'm hoping to continue to foster that idea.
To everyone who visits this site, whether you've posted a thousand times or just read passively, I want to thank you for your patronage and I hope you'll find even more compelling reasons to visit this site in the coming year.
Happy 8th anniversary!
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"Whee Even though I've not been around on the site for all 8 years, Studios Central remains one of the very few sites I actually pay attention to "
Ditto for me too, Andy!! I also think the success of a site or anything for that matter has a lot to do w/the leadership. I have virtually met a few of you & look forward to meeting you in person, one day! I can't wait to meet MJM at the next1/2 marathon, I hear he will be leading my cheering section!!!
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CHARGE Is proof that maniacs on motorcycles can be a force for global good.
The movie follows several teams to the world's first zero-emissions grand prix in 2009, and on their return in 2010. For the visionaries, it's history. For the petrol-heads, it's blasphemy. What's racing without the sound and fury of internal combustion engines?
Among the electric racers are two American teams vying not only to win the first zero-emissions grand prix, but also to be the first all-American competitors, with an American-built motorcycle and an American rider, to win a TT since racing began on the Isle of Man in 1907.
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I thought the ad was funny - poking fun at the geek stereotype. I believe it's *far* better to think the stereotype is funny than to worry about it being hurtful to either sex.
The problem is, worrying or not, it IS hurtful. It's beyond mere political correctness. Getting respect as a woman, in this business in particular, is hard. And this sort of thing palpably makes it harder. It's a shame, but there it is.
What really makes me boggle is that if there had been some ad geared toward Christians in the magazine, we'd be seeing a huge outcry about it. How dare they alienate atheists! But alienating women? Eh, that's funny!


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Are eyeballs actually supposed to bleed?
That's the question Strikeforce lightweight Justin Wilcox had to ask himself after returning to the locker room at this past June's "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" event, where an inadvertent Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante eyepoke led to a no-contest result.
"In the backroom, my eyeball was bleeding," Wilcox recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "I was like, 'Where is this blood coming from?' They were like, 'Well, you have a laceration on your eye.'
"They shipped me right off to the hospital."
The result was a bit of a setback for Wilcox, who was hoping to use a win over a high-profile opponent to catapult him to the main card of the company's highest-profile shows. But at that moment, Wilcox's position in the division was the least of his worries. Vision took first priority.
"The eyes are definitely very serious," Wilcox said. "You need those, and not just for fighting. I knew it was pretty serious when the doctor looked at me and said, 'Close your good eye and tell me what you see.' I'm like, 'Alright, is my eye open? I can't see nothing.' Then I started getting a little worried.
"I've been poked in the eye before in fights. You see black spots for a few minutes, and then they tend to go away. They may even stay with you for a day, but I could see absolutely nothing."
Fortunately for Wilcox (11-3 MMA, 5-1 SF), there was no permanent damage, and the American Kickboxing Academy fighter said he's 100 percent ready for a Saturday-night fight with Caros Fodor (6-1 MMA, 4-0 SF) on the preliminary card of "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal," which takes place at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego. The main card airs on Showtime.
"They took good care of me and got me to 100 percent," Wilcox said. "It doesn't weigh in my head. I'm going to go out there and do what I do."
All but one time that he's competed for Strikeforce, what Wilcox has done is win. However, while he's taken a few headlining roles in Challengers events, he has yet to fight on the main card of the company's Arena Series cards. Fodor, also perfect under the Strikeforce banner, is also looking for a little recognition.
Wilcox understands exactly what's at stake.
"I've just got to do my job as a fighter," Wilcox said. "I feel like I go in there, and I put on exciting fights every time I come in there. That's what I want to do for the fans and for myself. I want to keep it exciting.
"I just like to fight. I like to explore every avenue of the fight game. I'm not just a wrestler. Hopefully, Showtime can see, 'Hey, this kid can stand and bang, and he likes to.' I just want to keep it exciting."
For the latest on "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal," stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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October 6, 2009
"Meet me at the Equinox" Video Preview
Death Cab for Cutie's sneak peek at their "vampire themed" video from the New Moon soundtrack - the full video will premiere on MTV and MTV.com tomorrow :)
Thanks Gorgeous Graham via New Moon the Soundtrack
- Lorabell
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I CANT WATCH IM IN IRELAND!!! HELPPPPP! its not on the uk site or youtube.. anyoneknow anywhere else i can go? loveeeeeeee deathcabReplyDelete
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ooh is it gonna have clips from the movie like "Decode?"ReplyDelete
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The Phils finally get a win at PNC Park as they defeat the Pirates, 7-3.
The Phils leave PNC Park with a win as they defeat the Pirates, 7-3.
The Pirates take a quick 2-0 lead in the first as, with one man on, and with two men out, Neil Walker hits a two-run home run, his eighth home run of the season, knocking in Xavier Paul, who had earlier singled, moved up to second on Josh Harrison's sacrifice bunt, 1-4, then went to third on Andrew McCutchen's ground out, 6-3. The Phils got a run back in the fourth as, with runners on second and third, thanks to a pair of walks to Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, and a wild pitch by Pirates' starter James McDonald that had allowed Utley to move up to second as Howard was batting, and then a passed ball by Pirates' catcher Dusty Brown while Raul Ibanez was batting, that allowed Utley and Howard to both move up a base, and with nobody out, Ibanez hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Utley, making it a 2-1 Pirates' lead, while Howard would move up to third. Two batters later, after Carlos Ruiz is hit by the pitch to put runners on the corners, the Phils tried to tie up the game as Dom Brown hit a ball up the middle, which hits the umpire, becoming a dead ball, giving Brown a single, and putting Ruiz on second base, but sending Howard back to third, loading up the bases, which would come back to haunt the Phils as Wilson Valdez hit into a 4-3 double play, wiping out Brown at second base, to end the inning. The Phils threaten to tie the game once again in the fifth as they loaded up the bases via walks to Roy Halladay, Shane Victorino and Placido Polanco, and with nobody out, Utley hits a grounder to first baseman Lyle Overbay, who then threw home, forcing out Halladay at the plate, 3-2, for the inning's first out, as Utley is safe at first, while Victorino and Polanco both moved up a base. The Phils then finally tied it up at two-all as, with the bases still loaded, and now with one man out, after a long battle, Howard hits a sacrifice fly to deep center field, just missing a home run, scoring Victorino, while both Polanco and Utley would move up a base. Two batters later, after Ibanez was intentionally walked to reload the bases, and now with two men out, Ruiz forced in a run as he is hit by the pitch for the second time in the game, scoring Polanco, giving the Phils a 3-2 lead, while both Utley and Ibanez would move up a base. The Phils then took a 4-2 lead in the sixth as, with a runner on second, and with two men out, Polanco hits an RBI single, scoring Halladay, who had earlier singled, then moved up to second on Victorino's ground out, 1-3. The Pirates tried to cut the Phils' lead in the seventh as, with two men on, via a single by Brandon Wood, and a single by pinch hitter Matt Diaz, while Wood would go on to third on a fielding error by Howard on Polanco's throw to first, with two men out. But, Halladay would get out of the inning as pinch hitter Jose Tabata hits a liner that was caught by Utley for the inning's final out. The Phils added a run in the eighth as, with two men on, and with one man out, Howard hits an RBI single, knocking in Polanco, who had earlier singled, than stopped at second on Utley's single, giving the Phils a 5-2 lead, while sending Utley, who had just singled, up to second base. The Pirates got a run back in their half of the eighth as, with one man on, and with one man out, McCutchen hits an RBI single, knocking in Harrison, who had earlier doubled, making it a 5-3 Phils' lead. The Phils then made it a 6-3 lead in the ninth as, with runners on the corners, and with nobody out, Victorino hits an RBI single, knocking in Valdez, who had earlier singled, then went on to third on pinch hitter Ben Francisco's single, while sending Francisco, who had just singled, on to second base. Three batters later, with now two men out, Howard hits an RBI single, scoring Victorino, giving the Phils a 7-3 lead, while sending Francisco on to third. That would be the final score as Ryan Madson put down the Pirates in the ninth.
Roy Halladay (8-3, 2.56) got the win as he went seven innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk, while striking out six. Jose Contreras collected his third hold of the season as he pitched a third of an inning, giving up a run on two hits. Antonio Bastardo collected his fourth hold of the year, as he pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a hit, while striking out a batter. Ryan Madson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit, while striking out two. James McDonald (3-4, 4.97) took the lost as he went four innings, plus three batters, giving up three runs on three hits, five walks, two hit batters, a wild pitch and a passed ball, while striking out three. Chris Resop pitched an inning, giving up a walk. Evan Meek pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a run on three hits. Daniel Moskos pitched an inning and a third, giving up a hit and a walk, while striking out two. Jose Ascanio pitched a third of an inning, giving up a run on three hits. Jose Veras pitched two-thirds of an inning, striking out a batter. Daniel McCutchen pitched an inning, giving up two runs on four hits.
The Phils had fourteen hits in the ballgame, with Chase Utley leading the team with three hits, all singles, as he raised his batting average to .239. Shane Victorino (Singles, RBI), Placido Polanco (Singles, RBI), Ryan Howard (Singles, 3 RBIs) and Dom Brown (Single, Double), all followed with two hits each. Wilson Valdez (Single), Roy Halladay (Single) and pinch hitter Ben Francisco (Single), had the other three Phils' hits. Raul Ibanez knocked in one Phil run with a sacrifice fly, while Carlos Ruiz would have the other Phil RBI, as he got hit by the pitch with the bases loaded.
The Phils (35-24, 1st East) will go home to start a three-game series with the Dodgers (28-32, 3rd West) at Citizens Bank Park with a ballgame tomorrow night. The game will start at 7:05 pm EDT. The Phils will send to the mound Cliff Lee (4-5, 3.94), who is coming off a lost to the Nats on May 31, as he went five and one-third innings, giving up six runs on seven hits and three walks, as he struck out four, in the Phils' 10-2 lost. He will be trying to get the home stand off on a winning start. The Dodgers will counter with Ted Lilly (4-4, 4.22), who is coming off a win against the Rockies on May 31, as he went seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits, as he struck out eight, in the Dodgers' 8-2 win. He'll be trying to give the Phils some fits. The Phils will be trying to start off their long home stand on a good note with a win.


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When the dust settled, the Whirlwinds lost 49-16.
"I would have loved for it to go the other way," RJHS East head coach Eston Jones said. "But I'm proud of the boys. I would take them any day."
The junior Warriors started things off by moving 45 yards in three plays for a touchdown. Two plays later, LRCA intercepted a pass and returned for a touchdown. Before Russellville (1-3) was even able to gain positive yardage, the Warriors led 14-0.
After a short punt, LRCA took over at the Russellville 33. Kuhn continued to slice through the Whirlwind defense, and three plays
later again took the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. With 3:45 left in the first quarter, Russellville was down 21-0.
There was still plenty of football to play, and the Eastside Whirlwinds had plenty of chances to put points on the board. But RJHS continued to struggle and was forced to punt after three plays.
Whirlwinds quarterback Jacob Boles threw two interceptions and completed only one pass in the first half. RJHS East converted one third-down play and advanced into Warriors territory once — after a penalty. The Whirlwinds trailed 35-0 at halftime.
Russellville seemed to turn things around after the break. Rhode ran 45 yards for a touchdown, then added the 2-point conversion, to pull the East within 35-8 to open the third quarter.
But LRCA's Brock Furguson answered on the ensuing kickoff when he rambled 60 yards for a touchdown to give the Warriors a 42-8 advantage.
Russellville's next possession ended on an interception, but one play later the Whirlwinds recovered a Warrior fumble and returned it to the
Little Rock Christian 8. Paul Chiolino capped the drive with a touchdown and added the 2-point conversion to make it 42-16.
The Warriors stuck to their ground game to pick up yardage and take time off the clock. LRCA scored its final touchdown with 6:41 remaining in the fourth quarter, 49-16.
Despite tough times, Russelllville refused to give up. With 2:51 left in the game, Rhode tore off two 10-yard runs and brought the ball to the Warriors 14. But the final seconds ticked off and the game ended.
"I'm proud to be their coach. I'm proud of the way they came out and played in the second half. The effort was there," Jones said after the game. "It was a really good and really classy team from Little Rock tonight."
RJHS West
At Morrilton, Matt Laws scored a pair of rushing touchdowns, but the Devil Pups were too much for the Westside Whirlwinds as Morrilton won 34-18. RJHS East travels to Morrilton next week, while RJHS West will host Greenbrier.