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Donations & Sponsorships:
Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:
$200, Neil S.
$125.88, Tero H.
$123.57, http://societyofcontrol.com
$120 (10th donation), Andreas S. aka "Unforgiving67"
$101, Shiv M.
$100 (4th donation), Drazen P.
$100 (4th donation), Ronald S.
$100 (2nd donation), Nick H.
$100, Sean C.
$100, Donald B. D. S. aka "rockstar1942″
$100, Robert B.
$100, Eivind O.
$100, Robert W.
$100, Gary M.
$76.56 (2nd donation), Lukas V.
$74.78, Ralph H.
$63.8, Nicholas B.
$62.94 (3rd donation), Lyudmyla H.
$62.94 (2nd donation), Kimmo K.
$62.94, Miguel D. D. M.
$61.78 (2nd donation), Matthias M.
$50 (28th donation), Slavoljub aka "slw"
$50 (22nd donation), Matthew M.
$50 (12th donation), Tsuguo S.
$50 (9th donation), Robert D B.
$50 (5th donation), Ronald W.
$50 (3rd donation), Sigbjorn S.
$50 (3rd donation), Ivan Komarov aka "Komarik"
$50 (2nd donation), George M.
$50 (2nd donation), Gary B.
$50, Tad W.
$50, Matthew C.
$50, Stephen M.
$50, Martin S.
$50, Douglas J.
$50, Brett H.
$50, Keith R.
$50, Carlos H. G. C.
$50, Tyrone P.
$50, Peter W.
$50, Mark M.
$40 (2nd donation), Bill
$40, Cinnamon is a great idea
$40, Cezar M.
$37.77, Simon W.
$37.07 (10th donation), Pasi K.
$37.07, Juan F. A. R.
$37.07, RJGR aka "nzc3″
$31.47 (3rd donation), Peter Schallmoser-Schlogl
$31.47, Uwe H.
$31.47, Frank D. aka "highlandham"
$30 (8th donation), Jay Stewart aka "jag1182″
$30, William R.
$30, Alan Y.
$30, David F.
$30, Mike S.
$27.18, Kerick S.
$25.52, Laurent P.
$25.52, Marcin Sedzikowski aka "KotFryc"
$25.52, Gaja S. P.
$25.18 (23rd donation), Olli K.
$25.18 (10th donation), Laurent P.
$25.18, Massimo L.
$25.18, Bruno Z.
$25 (6th donation), Adam D.
$25 (5th donation), Anthony F H.
$25 (2nd donation), Bruno D.
$25, Niels N.
$25, Jerry B.
$25, Bill E.
$25, Domingo P. V.
$25, John N.
$25, Caroline C.
$25, Jeffrey F.
$25, Bruno D.
$25, Andrew C.
$25, Colin B.
$24.71, Frederik S.
$24.71, Fabio R. aka "Eldwist"
$24.71, Wilhelm H.
$24.59 (3rd donation), Hendrik G.
$23.68 (5th donation), Matt R. aka "kiswa"
$20.12 (4th donation), Rashed aka "SaudiBoy"
$20 (5th donation), Eugene C.
$20 (3rd donation), Alex V. aka "Karashata"
$20 (3rd donation), James Day
$20 (2nd donation), Michael E. aka "West"
$20 (2nd donation), Benoit Frigon
$20 (2nd donation), John H.
$20, Silk Trees
$20, Emil K.
$20, Patrick Latour
$20, Linas A.
$20, Harold W. D.
$20, Ronald M.
$20, William B.
$20, James C. S.
$20, Laurence D.
$20, Andreas K.
$20, Mark D. H.
$20, John H.
$20, The Ethrg Project
$20, Dedalo G.
$20, Peter C.
$20, Michael P.
$20, Sharmarke A.
$20, Joseph Ziff aka "Sindegra"
$20, Bradley F.
$20, Kevin S.
$20, Jill E. M.
$19.77, Alexander R.
$19.14, Hans-joachim U. K.
$19.14, Daniel A.
$18.88, Salvatore M.
$18.88, Amico C.
$18.53, Dean F.
$18.53, Brian E.
$15.99, Sean O.
$15, Gregory S.
$15, Robert L.
$13.37 (2nd donation), Josef Steppan
$12.76, Taziri Y. H. A.
$12.76, Gianmario F.
$12.76, Alain B.
$12.76, Massimiliano A.
$12.76, Kaznowski &. A. -. A. J. S.
$12.76, SilFox
$12.59 (13th donation), Ulf S. aka "MonteDrago"
$12.59 (2nd donation), Vytautas S.
$12.59, imeehow
$12.59, Miro R.
$12.59, Paolo G.
$12.59, Erminio M.
$12.59, Frank K. aka "Bronko"
$12.59, Heinrich S.
$12.59, Imanuel S.
$12.36 (7th donation), Jarkko K.
$12.36 (2nd donation), Anita P.
$12.36, Andrey K.
$12.36, Andreas T.
$12.36, Iord K.
$12.36, Francesco G.
$12.36, Michael M.
$11 (4th donation), John A.
$11, Hal E.
$10 (11th donation), Tony C. aka "S. LaRocca"
$10 (6th donation), SamVimes
$10 (4th donation), Hawk Computer
$10 (4th donation), James R.
$10 (4th donation), Frank Martin aka ""kitanis""
$10 (4th donation), Raphael C.
$10 (2nd donation), Greg Freeman
$10, Joseph C.
$10, en)usa
$10, Keith Smith aka "Keifur"
$10, Nancy S.
$10, Stacy H.
$10, Geir G.
$10, Adewale G.
$10, Stephan B.
$10, Soonkoo L.
$10, Gisle V.
$10, Benson F. aka "Direxion"
$10, Leonid G.
$10, Richard L.
$10, Tigran Z.
$10, William T.
$10, Emanuel S.
$10, Daniel C.
$9.23 (3rd donation), Stefan W. aka "querwurzelt"
$7 (6th donation), Antonina K. aka "Tonya"
$6.38, Stéphane R.
$6.38, Rolf P.
$6.29 (2nd donation), Peter C.
$6.29 (2nd donation), tete
$6.29, Mattia D. B.
$6.29, Rinaldo C.
$6.18 (3rd donation), Piermario R.
$5 (6th donation), Sinisa Majstorovic
$5 (5th donation), Wilson de Carvalho Jr. aka "24horasonline"
$5 (4th donation), Y.K. aka "Market Analysis"
$5 (3rd donation), David E. aka "DubiousAlliance"
$5 (3rd donation), Coupons
$5 (2nd donation), Kjell O. B. aka "kob"
$5, Donna B.
$5, Cliff's C. C.
$5, Dimitri A.
$5, Joshua P.
$5, Magnus T.
$5, Piotr W.
$5, Pharmacie en ligne
$5, Auto Repair Culver City
$5, Kamil S. aka "tuva"
$5, Tom D.
$5, Handojo Goenadi
$5, Roman K.
$5, Free Photo Hosting
$5, Aung K. K. O.
$5, David I.
$5, Nayyar B.
$3.9, Juan Villegas aka "juankvillegas"
$3.83, NextProducers™
$3.78 (2nd donation), Juhani K.
$3.78, Antonio M.
$3.76 (3rd donation), Josef Steppan
$3, Scott V.
$2.52 (3rd donation), Jose A.H.
$2.47, Angelo L.
$2.47, Arnaud D.
$2 (10th donation), mold detector
$2 (2nd donation), Danilo S.
$2, José L. C. R.
$1.34 (2nd donation), free domain name list
$1.28 (2nd donation), Yannick G. aka "Uggy"
$1.26 (2nd donation), Vaclav P.
$1.22, Hilmi bin Hamidi
$1.09 (5th donation), Rusli P. Tandiabang
$1 (4th donation), Sylvestre Burgos aka "sylvestre"
$1 (3rd donation), cialis
$1 (3rd donation), Vitamini
$1 (2nd donation), Albert J. P.
$1 (2nd donation), iPhone News
$1, Jedimus
$1, Joe D.
$0.5 (2nd donation), Javier Bassi
$0.45 (4th donation), Jurek W.
$6375, Blue Systems – Netrunner
$375, R1Soft
$260, AYKsolutions Server & Cloud Hosting
$75, Aging Technogeek aka "Aging Technogeek"
$40, Kinescope Inc.
$30, Kyle Jones aka Mutiny32
$27, Coupons
$26, Windows VPS Hosting
$25, Blayne B.
$21, Sezer Yalcin
$20, CEPTOR Datentechnik oHG
$20, David S.
$20, Guillaume V. aka Larlequin
$20, Helmut Kleinhans
$20, Kristian S.
$20, Roland A.
$20, Sascha Reinsch
$20, usability testing
$15, David Liebert
$13, Scott S.
$13, Unixmen.com
$12, Promotional Products
$12, Thomas S.
$12, Tim W.
$11, J.S. Johnson
$11, Promotional Mouse Mats
$10, Hans A. N.
$10, Advermedia
$10, Andre H.
$10, Angel M. D.
$10, Barry's Tickets
$10, CW Petersen
$10, Fromax
$10, JimQ
$10, Jonathan K.
$10, Kim H.
$10, Marcus Seidler
$10, Mattias S. (DynamicMan)
$10, Mattias S. (DynamicMan)
$10, Mugs Promotional
$10, newW2
$10, pastelito-sueco.com
$10, Promotional Gifts
$10, Real Estate Centers
$10, Ronald B.
$10, Shaun Hills
$10, Tara Norris
$10, Turin
$10, Website Auditor
$10, worldsrealestate.net
$9, Promotional Items
$8, Attila Vecsei
$8, Mahendra Tallur
$8, Mahendra Tallur
$8, Printed Clothing
$7.5, Architecture
$7, Jesse Burroughs aka "JpBя"
$7, Martin S.
$7, Personalised Clothing
$7, Promotional Mug
$6, Clothing Promotional
$6, deep64blue
$6, Martin Senftleben aka "DrMartinus"
$6, Stilleben
$5, Alexander Bremnes
$5, Andreas G.
$5, Anthony Q.
$5, Chicago Trivia Guys
$5, Computer Support – Roman Petrlik
$5, David Stow
$5, Don Brubaker
$5, Jeffrey S.
$5, Joe H. aka "JoeFootball"
$5, Kelley J.
$5, Laurent P.
$5, Lee K.
$5, Ludovic Gaudillere
$5, Martin R.
$5, Matthew Y.
$5, Peter K.
$5, Printed Clothing
$5, Printed Mug
$5, Private Jets Charter
$5, Promotional Gifts
$5, Ramesh Jha
$5, Sandra G.
$5, Sohier C.
$5, Steve Burdine aka "Highfructose327"
$5, Thomas Nehrlich
$5, Toronto Real Estate
$5, Torstein Sornes aka "todda7″
$5, Vlad The Impatient
$5, YAMPE GmbH
$4, Baby Shower Favors
$4, Chile travel
$4, Josef Kulhanek
$3.42, Sylwia Bialczak
$3.14, Kindi
$3, CreationsByRichie – $9.00 Static jpg Web Banner Designs
$3, Elliot Padgett
$3, n[oO]ne
$3, Simon R.
$3, Stephen Aghaulor
$2.5, Vince Marsters
$2.1, Product Reviews Community
$2, Caravan Awnings
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Greg Flynn
$2, Joerg Dreckmann
$2, Ryan Cragun
$2, SPAC Information and News
$2, Tangled Frog Web Design
$2, testing home for mold
$2, VeganQuebec
$1.66, Ainer.org
$1.5, Daniel A.
$1.5, Farbyte
$1.25, Justin Peterson
$1, Недвижимость на Кипре
$1, недвижимость в греции
$1, Alamsyah R.
$1, Albert J. P.
$1, Bespoke Engagement Rings
$1, Best Of Youtube
$1, Can Stock Photo Inc.
$1, car insurance comparison
$1, Cheap SEO service
$1, Cialis
$1, Cyprus Resale
$1, Cyprus Weather
$1, DJ Conde
$1, Ethoseo Internet Marketing – Washington
$1, Foto Search Stock Photography
$1, Frank S.
$1, GTB-Metaldesign
$1, Hard Drive Reviews
$1, iPad News
$1, Javier Ruiz
$1, John Michael L.
$1, Josh Klomp
$1, levitra
$1, Online Pokerraum aka "donegon"
$1, Patrick Dempster
$1, Penguenci.com
$1, Poker Fieber
$1, Pokerschule
$1, Press Release Monkey
$1, Property In Greece
$1, Radu-Liviu C.
$1, redfoa
$1, redfoa
$1, Renelou Esperanzate
$1, Stefan Heijnen
$1, Vaclav Pavek
$1, very-clever.com
$1, Zenworks Servizi Web
$0.95, Annual Percentage Rate Finder
$0.9, http://www.pPage.net
$0.5, Awesome Link Directory
$0.5, Foobnix – Music Player for Linux, Android, Windows
$0.5, Irina D.
Money raised in January:
* Donations: $5737.16 (227 donors)
* Sponsors: $8104.92 (162 sponsors)
Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 3485 (1st)
Alexa (website ranking): 6,593rd
mintCast released 5 podcast episodes: http://www.mintcast.org
Linux Mint 12 KDE RC was released
Linux Mint signed a partnership with Blue Systems
The Cinnamon desktop was presented to the Linux Mint community
News and summary:
Linux Mint 12 KDE was approved for a stable release and should come out either today or tomorrow.
Our new partnership with Blue Systems improved the quality of the Linux Mint KDE edition as well as the Netrunner distribution and brought in a significant and predictable source of income, allowing us to welcome an extra full-time developer.
Following the feedback we gathered on Gnome Shell after the release of Linux Mint 12, it was clear that despite our efforts with MATE and MGSE, we still didn't manage to reach our goals and to offer Gnome 2 a valid alternative. Some people were enthusiastic about the new alternatives, others were disappointed. For this reason and in an effort to please a wider portion of our user base, we decided to continue to support MATE and to develop a new desktop called Cinnamon. MATE 1.2 should be out soon. Cinnamon 1.2 is already out and available to Linux Mint 12 users via the repositories.
Update Pack 4 should hit the "incoming" LMDE repository in the coming weeks and provide MATE, Cinnamon, GNOME 3 and Gnome Shell to LMDE users.
Finally, on behalf of Linux Mint I would like to thank all the people who help us. Whether it's financially (like the people listed above who donated or sponsored us) or by other means. At the end of last year we lost our main source of income, and since Gnome 3 we lost our main desktop, a vital upstream component… it was tough to get back on our feet but we did it, we're now as healthy and stronger than before and with MATE and Cinnamon we're not relying on other projects and inadequate solutions, we now have the technology and resources to take matters into our own hands and to build the components we need to reach our goals and provide you with better releases after each cycle. It's extremely tough, but even though we're only half-way there we're confident and your support, your feedback, and the trust so many of you have in us is extremely motivating. Reaching the #1 spot in the media and the press was also an important milestone, along with commercial agreements and upcoming partnerships (I'll detail them one by one as they get finalized), we're getting closer, every day, to a situation where we're empowered to take on anything we need, and so when something doesn't properly fit in with our vision of the desktop or doesn't provide us with a solution to satisfy your needs based on your feedback, replacing it with something that does now gets easier and easier. These are tough times and a lot of really hard work is required, but the challenges ahead are also very exciting, we know exactly what we want to achieve and the support from the community and the media attention we're getting right now are catalyzing our efforts and making it easier for us to achieve our goals. To all the people who are part of this, I'd like to send a big thank you.
Monthly Stats - January 2012
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Re: Monthly Stats - January 2012
I am glad to know about LMDE again, but is not enough Mr Clem, LMDE needs a new image ISO with all updates from Debian.
Debian Xfce (Strech) - Pentium IV / 512 MB - RAM
Re: Monthly Stats - January 2012
A big thank you for all the great people/society for supporting the LinuxMint/OpenSource movement/cause!
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Re: Monthly Stats - January 2012
As soon as I master WINE I will no longer have a need for windoze, and Mint is defiantely going to be my linux distro of choice. Thank you and keep up the good work.
All I have in this world is my word and my balls, and I don't break them for anybody.
Re: Monthly Stats - January 2012
Great to see how well Mint is doing. I just have 1 comment: Next time when mentioning the sponsors and donors, please do not mention the amount of money they donated. As i see the figures starting from 1 Dollar and going up, it almost looks like demeaning the people who donated a lower amount. Don't do that, just mention the persons who donated money and at the bottom it is really okay to mention the total amount of money given by them. To me it really looks demeaning the way it is now.
I'm not surprised seeing Mint on the 1st place on Distrowatch. Many Ubuntu users aren't not happy at all with Unity and are switching to Mint or Debian. Just to be honest, who want's his desktop having look like some touchscreen smartphone/tablet? That's the main reason for a lot of Ubuntu users to switch.
Clem, keep up the good work!!!
I'm not surprised seeing Mint on the 1st place on Distrowatch. Many Ubuntu users aren't not happy at all with Unity and are switching to Mint or Debian. Just to be honest, who want's his desktop having look like some touchscreen smartphone/tablet? That's the main reason for a lot of Ubuntu users to switch.
Clem, keep up the good work!!!
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Where is last month's stats?
Am a happy Linux Mint user (aside from applets disappearing almost every time I log in) and would love to see the latest stats.
It is May 2012. The latest stats I found on this forum is for Jan 2012. Does Linux Mint post monthly stats only occasionally?
Am a happy Linux Mint user (aside from applets disappearing almost every time I log in) and would love to see the latest stats.
It is May 2012. The latest stats I found on this forum is for Jan 2012. Does Linux Mint post monthly stats only occasionally?
Re: Monthly Stats - January 2012
pepperminty wrote:Hello,
Am a happy Linux Mint user (aside from applets disappearing almost every time I log in) and would love to see the latest stats.
It is May 2012. The latest stats I found on this forum is for Jan 2012. Does Linux Mint post monthly stats only occasionally?
Maybe Clem quietly busy developing LM 13 right know
But you can always check this site :
Sorry for my bad English , I am Indonesian.
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Sponsors and Donors pages don't have updated info either
Dear Mank_in,
Thanks for your reply. With an expected LM13 release this month, you're probably right about Clem being busy.
I took a look at the sponsors page, and the bar graph goes as recent as Jan 2012, the same extent as the info in this thread.
Also, look at the list of sponsors there. It's the same names and amounts as shown in this thread.
Thanks for your reply. With an expected LM13 release this month, you're probably right about Clem being busy.
I took a look at the sponsors page, and the bar graph goes as recent as Jan 2012, the same extent as the info in this thread.
Also, look at the list of sponsors there. It's the same names and amounts as shown in this thread.
Re: Monthly Stats - January 2012
Stats for April 2012 have just been released: viewtopic.php?f=143&t=101624
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Eddie Meador, former Los Angeles Rams and Arkansas Tech University Wonder Boy, was the distinguished guest speaker. As a Wonder Boy, he competed in not only football, but track and basketball.
Following his college football career, Meador played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1959-1970. During his career in the NFL, he obtained many honors ranging from the NFL Father of the Year, Rams Defensive Back of the Year and three-time First Team All-Pro.
The booster club honored athletes, coaches and administration for their hard work and achievements throughout the 2013-14 school year. Our athletes were honored for their hard work throughout the year not only in sports; but also, in education, community service and leadership.
Athletes were honored for all-conference and all-district in all sports. All-State honors went to Trevor Hogrefe, football; Lindy Hignite, girl's basketball; and Daniel McCarley, boy's basketball.
The club awarded the outstanding corporate sponsor of the year to Johnson Regional Medical Center for its continued support of LWBC and Lamar High School athletic programs. Super booster of the year was Beverly Wagner for her hard work and dedication to our program.
Coach of the year was awarded to Coach Laurie Cowling for her never-ending dedication and support to all the Warrior Athletes. Cheerleader of the year was awarded to Abby Elam. Board members recognized were Brett Daniel, President; Tiffany Cowell, Vice President; Donna Watts, Treasurer; and Jackie Mays, Secretary.
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The LWBC Tyler Davenport Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Hunter Cowell and Brittany Watts. Both students were awarded $1,000 scholarships based on academics, athletics and an essay competition.


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Syria, 1970. Three years after the Six-Day War. Michael Howell is utterly apolitical and genetically programmed for survival, a Levantine of mixed origin with an Italian mistress and profitable business enterprises throughout the Middle East. Life is sweet for Howell until, one night in Damascus, he discovers that his factories have become the clandestine operations base for a fanatical terrorist organization dead set on destroying Israel. Suddenly, Howell is caught in the middle, with nowhere to run.
©2012 Eric Ambler (P)2012 Audible Ltd
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"Discovery of great new narrator!"
I have followed lots of references, reviews, and recommendations in looking for new mystery novels at Audible.com. I don't know how I stumbled over Eric Ambler, but I'm glad I did.
Ambler's story-telling, plot, dialog, pace, -- well, everything that makes a great book great -- are without equal. He is a master, and I intend to audio-read everything he has in Audible.com's library.
But recommending Ambler to other readers is like recommending Graham Greene: You already know it's good, and you don't need me to tell you so.
What this book did for me was to introduce me to the narrator Tim Bentinck. Bentinck has the most versatile and believable range of accents of any narrator I have yet encountered. In this book, I thought many times that there must be multiple narrators.
With respect to just two of the accents he portrays: I could not decide if he was a Brit able to put on an uncommonly good American accent, or an American who knew how to do Brit especially well.
Bentinck's range is phenomenal. The best part is, he sounds completely natural in whichever accent he delivers. What I mean by that is, say, consider George Guidall. He is one of the finest narrators in the business. But when you listen to him narrate, you always know it is Guidall! With Bentinck, not so. He really does sound like a lot of different people.
Disclaimer: If it turns out that there really were multiple narrators used in the production of this book, then, as Roseanne Roseannadanna would say, "never mind".
I have downloaded a few other of Bentnick's Ambler narrations. I'm currently into one in which a Dane is portrayed. So far, no reason to change anything I have written. He's good.
"Really Good, stick with it through the beginning.."
For me it started rather confusingly and I thought I was getting it or misssing something. Maybe it was just me or I wasn't very attentive when I started it. It really gets going and is a good story that kept intrigued and making use of google maps to get my bearings.
"A Mystery developed entirely by dialog"
First I do want the readers to know that overall I liked this book, it was written in an interesting fashion, very non-formulaic (if that is a real term). If you like a lot of action and heroics this book is a bit short on that front, if you like a good read developed around cultural friction, well developed characters and good old fashioned noose tightening intrigue set in an exotic location this will be your cup of tea. The narration is great, the writing solid and the plot developed in good style leading to a tense ending which is never revealed to the listener until it happens. Every once in a while it is nice to reach back and enjoy some classic literature where decorum and gentleman ethics are important concepts, and being able to develop characters is as important as the body count. This is a good book and will remind the reader of what good literature can be.
"Very clever, hard to get through"
If you're fascinated by business conducted in corrupt countries and the lengths a wily man must travel to stay afloat amid political outrages leveled at him from all sides, this book might be for you.
Eric Ambler is a classic, famous in the mid 20th Century for his style, complexity and sense of geopolitical dread. A good man in an Ambler story will soon find his ground eroded. While I've enjoyed others in his line, this one was not a pleasure.
More than half a century after the writer's heyday, I feel somewhat ashamed to be a representative of a more simplistic outlook prized in thrillers of our age. I like a good fictional struggle but admit to favoring a clear resolution. Give the heavily tested hero a bit of applause, would that kill you? I guess I'm not up to Ambler's dreary outlook.
"Needs a different Narrator"
Wait for a different narrator to perform the book or just read it. I respect that the publiisher tried to get an individual that sounds like he may actually speak Semitic languages but there was no emotion in the narration, sounded like he was reading a newspaper. The story is a bit too slow moving at first to allow for this narrator. This is my fourth audiobook, and the first (and hopefully the last) that I will not finish.
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occelli is eyes. To close s claudo, but to close up is occludo. I think occludo occelli sounds pretty good for a spell, don't you?
occelli is eyes. To close s claudo, but to close up is occludo. I think occludo occelli sounds pretty good for a spell, don't you?
Hi!Originally Posted by dory_the_fishie
Well, I've translated these words, of which you could use any combination:-
to glue, to fasten to: adglutino
eyes: occelli
to close the eyes, wink, blink: coniveo
shut, closed: arcanus
Until we meet again, rita_skeeter.
Hi. I need a spell to basically stop something from grabbing onto you.
Thank you!
I'm horrible at inventing spells. Could you, perhaps, give us some words to work with? Elaborate a bit, and it might be easier to help you.
How about Tangere Terminus.
It means (not literal): the end of touch.
Hope that helps!
Thanks so much!
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This time, I need to know the Latin word for 'shrink.' I managed to find 'abhorreo.' Is that correct, or is there something better I could use?
Edit: Thanks Sarah! It seems abhorreo is my best option.
I believe 'abhorreo' is perfectly correct, although I have found some alternatives if you'd prefer to use them:
refugio ~ to flee back , run away; to shrink
resilio ~ to leap back , rebound; to shrink, contract
Until we meet again, rita_skeeter.
Surely if some has not been forgiven, then they are unforgiven? Maybe not, I'll have to think on this and see if I can come up with some other word.
In my DM/HG fic, I need a spell that reverses the effect of Amorentia (i.e. a love potion). So maybe something to do with "induce hatred". You can include any other term too that might be related to hatred.
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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Nearly 40 teachers are among the group of 74 Fulton County School System employees who will be looking for jobs at the end of the school year with the decision to outsource the program that deals with chronically disruptive students.
The Fulton School Board voted 6-1 to close both Crossroads Second Chance North and South, and hire Nashville, Tenn.-based Ombudsman Education to handle the educational needs of students who have been expelled from a traditional high school or middle school.
The current structure, said Fulton Schools Superintendent Robert Avossa, has not produced results that justify spending $5 million a year, primarily in salaries, which equates to nearly $25,000 per student annually.
The contract with Ombudsman is approximately $1.87 million annually, and will cover up to 400 slots at $5,900 per student. Avossa said money is only one factor in the decision to outsource the Crossroads program, with flexibility and more options just as important.
"Parents [whose children have minor discipline issues] don't want to be in a program with kids with more significant discipline issues," said Avossa. "And they want to have those options closer to home, and different from a traditional setting from [where] their child was removed."
Students in the Crossroads program are in grades 6-12 and are there primarily because of chronic truancy, academic failure, behavior problems, disengagement or incarceration. The goal for Ombudsman will be returning students back into a traditional school, or to graduation, with the focus on the long-term suspended or expelled students and over-age middle school students who are two or more grade levels behind their peers.
Currently, 416 students are enrolled in the Crossroads program, with the majority of them attending the South Fulton location. The 74 employees at the two sites can apply for jobs with Ombudsman or apply for any openings in Fulton Schools next year, said Avossa.
He noted personnel at the Crossroads programs were "passionate and dedicated" to their students, but the structure, which too closely resembled the traditional program the kids were coming from, did not allow the flexibility the kids may have needed to succeed.
While some parents complained the decision was made with little advance warning, school officials noted the "request for proposal" was announced last summer. In addition, the issue was discussed at length at the March board meeting before being voted on at the April 11 meeting.
The school board voted to hire Ombudsman on a 6-1 vote, with Linda Bryant of South Fulton casting the lone "no." Board President Linda Schultz of Roswell was visibly emotional as the discussion on the alternative program was discussed.
"This is a really difficult decision for me," said Schultz. "I know many of the people [at Crossroads North] and I think they are very passionate about what they do. But I'm also a realist, and looking at the data, I know we can do better."
Crossroads Second Chance North is located in the former Independence High School building in Roswell, and was founded in 2005 to provide a separate facility for North Fulton students. It currently has 119 students.
Fulton School officials noted academic achievement among Crossroads students has remained stubbornly low with most students performing below expectations on state tests and the return rate back into the program at 15 percent.
"After we looked at data and looked at district goals, it is apparent we need to improve our outcomes in order to reach our goals," said Avossa, whose five-year plan includes a 90 percent graduation rate and all students work-ready at graduation.
Under the Ombudsman program, each student will receive an individualized education plan according to their needs and attend center sites located throughout the county. The school day will run four hours a day for high school students and five hours for middle school students. Students also will receive behavior support and intervention.
When questioned why the school day was shorter than Crossroads' five-and-a-half-hour day, Ombudsman officials noted the absence of lunch hour, no changing of classes and no elective classes.
"This is like a job…the students are working on task the entire day," said Mac Petit of Ombudsman. "It looks and feels like a workday with small group instruction."
Founded in 1975, Ombudsman Education is based in Nashville, Tenn., and operates in 240 public school districts in 22 states and the District of Columbia. In Georgia, it has programs in 26 school systems, including Cobb County, Douglas County and City of Marietta Schools. Since its founding, Ombudsman has helped more than 140,000 at-risk students stay on the graduation track.


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For smaller markets, Draft is their free agency
By Peter Gammons / MLB.com
Kansas City and Pittsburgh fans who are old enough can remember what it was like to go to bed every night thinking about the pennant race, then getting up in the morning and going right to the story. Unfortunately, the last time the Royals were truly relevant was 1993, a year after the Pirates had Barry Bonds and lost that heartbreaking series to the Braves in the '92 National League Championship Series, as well as the year Bubba Starling was born.
But while neither team has been relevant in Starling's lifetime, they now are close to the edge of contention.
"We still have a way to go," Royals general manager Dayton Moore said.
"We have a lot of work to do," Pirates GM Neal Huntington said.
But more importantly, their owners have realized that they have to spend through the Draft and international scouting. In the past three years, the two teams have spent more on the Draft and international scouting than any other team, although the Blue Jays are speeding along in the passing lane.
"The way to win is with impact players," Moore said. "And the only way we're going to get impact players in Kansas City is to draft, sign and develop them. We're not going to be able to afford the big free agents nor can we probably attract them if we could match the big markets.
"Frankly, you also don't often see athletes like Starling playing baseball. They're playing football or basketball. This gives baseball a chance to compete for the best athletes."
Huntington echoes Moore's sentiments, and will do everything in his power to sign Dallas high school power hitter Josh Bell, although his college professor mother wants Bell to go to the University of Texas for three years. Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos couldn't agree with Moore more, hence his entrance into the big-time international market and his willingness to draft a Vanderbilt signee like pitcher Tyler Beede off the playing fields of Groton, Mass., and be certain to pay what it will take.
For all baseball likes to extol the virtues of slotting what Draft choices get paid, that penny-saved, penny-earned mentality may not help the small markets. What the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Toronto ownerships understand is that $7 million to Starling is a lot better investment than the three years and $30 million it will to take to sign a free agent like Nick Swisher, who, while an enthusiastic and solid player, isn't often mentioned next to the word "impact."
If there were slotting, baseball probably wouldn't sign Starling away from his football obligation to the University of Nebraska. What does that mean in Moore's projections?
"There are no guarantees, I understand that," Moore said. "But this is a kid [from Gardner, Kan., 30-40 miles from Kauffman Stadium] who can be for our region what Chipper Jones has meant to the Atlanta franchise. When [the Braves] so wisely picked Chipper and he made it, there were kids throughout the South who wanted to be Chipper Jones."
Like Justin Smoak, for instance -- just check his swing.
"I think that Bubba Starling can have that kind of impact on our franchise," Moore said. "We strongly believe he was the best player in the Draft. We know he won't sign cheap. But six or eight years from now, if there are kids in Missouri and Kansas who want to be the next Bubba Starling, what does that mean to the franchise?"
With Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas already in the Majors and likely to be fully established when and if Starling is ready, the Royals can have a chance to return to the days when they owned that town.
Smoak did not come at slot costs. The Pirates know that No. 1 pick Gerrit Cole is going to be expensive, but they went over slot to sign Jameson Taillon with the No. 2 pick in the first round last year, and went way over slot to sign second-round pick Stetson Allie. Two years ago, they paid slot money to Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez in the first round, while they went above slot for a half-dozen high school pitchers from the second round down. However, think how different the Bucs would look if they hadn't taken Clemson lefty Daniel Moskos with the fourth pick in 2007 instead of expensive catcher Matt Wieters.
Cole is 14 months older than Taillon, so two years from now, Pittsburgh may be looking at three very young, very big arms in Cole, Taillon and Allie, in addition to Charlie Morton and the pitching that has been so solid this season.
Pirates fans should appreciate that these last two Drafts haven't been about money, just getting the best potential players. Ditto Kansas City, and like the former Pittsburgh regime, before seeing how a small market can build the franchise, the Glass family tied Allard Baird's hands when it came to the Draft.
Take the Adrian Gonzalez deal. If Gonzalez had stayed in San Diego for this, his final year, would the Padres be that much better? Yes, he may end up as the American League MVP, but PETCO Park turned him into an .800 OPS hitter at home, and he would likely have been left at the end of this season no matter what. Instead, Anthony Rizzo has come up at the age of 21 from Triple-A Tucson, where he was hitting .365 with 16 homers, 63 RBIs and a 1.159 OPS in 52 games. It's the beginning of a new age in Fish Taco-land.
But, remember, current Padres personnel director Jason McLeod -- once the scouting director of the Red Sox -- drafted Rizzo in the sixth round of the 2007 Draft and paid him well above slot. McLeod knew him as arguably the kid with the best makeup he'd ever drafted, and if Boston had not paid what it took to sign him, the Padres wouldn't have a player they know -- as opposed to the players the White Sox were offering for Gonzalez.
In the next few weeks, Casey Kelly will come up from the Texas League and move into the Padres' rotation. McLeod had to pay Kelly $3 million to sign in 2008, because Kelly had committed to play quarterback for the University of Tennessee. So because McLeod was part of signing Rizzo and Kelly for more than the Commissioner's Office preferred, the Padres have two Major League-ready players -- with Reymond Fuentes on the horizon -- that they know and believe will play significant roles in rebuilding the franchise. If they had to wait for next June to use a couple of Draft choices for Gonzalez, it might be 2015 before they'd get any impact, and chances are, by then McLeod and GM Jed Hoyer would be out of work.
Oh yes, and the Red Sox have Gonzalez for seven years in a ballpark where he could be an annual MVP candidate.
So this week wasn't just a "crapshoot." It was vital to the restoration of two gloried baseball franchises. It was vital to the Jays, who know they have to overpay to get free agents to Toronto, and to the Rays, whose market severely limits their creative management.
It was vital to the Orioles, who know they can't outbid the Yankees or Red Sox for free-agent pitchers and have to win the American League with a power rotation built around Jake Arrieta, Zach Britton, Dylan Bundy, Robert Bundy and Brian Matusz. And by the way, former O's executive and current MASN broadcaster Mike Flanagan took some heat for going over slot to sign Arrieta, who they now believe is their legit No. 1 starter for the next few years.
"This is the way we have to compete," manager Buck Showalter said.
Think about it: $7 or 8 million for Starling until he's at least 26 or $30 million for Swisher at ages 31-33? Dylan Bundy for $5 million and six to eight years of control or five years and $75 million of C.J. Wilson at ages 32-36?
Think about Hosmer, Moustakas, Wil Myers, Starling ... and about Cole, Taillon, Allie ...
Peter Gammons is an analyst for MLB Network and a columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NFC East playoff race and remaining games: Do Cowboys or Eagles have easier road?
Regardless of this Monday Night loss, the Cowboys still can win the NFC East over the Eagles if they win all their games, since they would own the tie-breaker. Can they do it? Here's a look at the final opponents for both teams:
Dallas Cowboys (7-6):
12/15 vs. Green Bay Packers (6-6-1)
12/22 @ Washington Redskins (3-10)
12/29 vs. Philadelphia Eagles (8-5)
Philadelphia Eagles (8-5):
12/15 @ Minnesota Vikings (3-9-1)
12/22 vs. Chicago Bears (7-6)
12/29 @ Dallas Cowboys (7-6)
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The Critzer family has been farming in Nelson County, in central Virginia, since the Revolutionary War. "We stand behind a five-generation commitment to leave the land and community better than when we found it," say Whitney and Rosemary Critzer, the farm's current stewards.
The Critzers and their team of farmhands plant, tend, and harvest an assortment of fruits, vegetables, and flowers that are available at farm stands and through a thriving pick-your-own operation. But today, thanks to a partnership with the Charlottesville-based nonprofit Local Food Hub, their produce can also be found in public schools, hospitals, and restaurants across the region.
Local Food Hub opened its doors in 2009 with a mission to fix a broken food system by reconnecting local farmers, families, and food grown close to home. While food aggregation and distribution is at the crux of Local Food Hub's operations, the organization does much more, focusing on farmer education, community outreach, and equal access to local food. Together, these programs support economic development, job creation, community health, and farmland preservation.
Local Food Hub believes that small, family farms should be able to sell their produce to large, wholesale markets—and that hospitals, restaurants, public schools, and grocery stores should be able to serve more local food. In the past, small farms have been locked out of these markets because of missing infrastructure, delivery minimums, insurance requirements, and lack of time. Meanwhile, local institutions and businesses have not always been able to access a consistent supply of local fruits and vegetables.
To address these issues, Local Food Hub operates a warehouse that serves as a drop-off point for fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, and value-added products grown by more than 75 partnering farms. The group's sales team works with customers to incorporate local, seasonal food into their menus, inventory, and product offerings. Using a refrigerated truck and van, the organization delivers this produce five days a week, seamlessly moving food from farm to hub to wholesale customer.
Since its start, Local Food Hub has sold more than $1.2 million worth of local food to more than 150 local institutions, including 52 schools.
During the winter months, Local Food Hub conducts production-planning sessions with farmers to determine crop selection, planting schedules, and price ranges. This planning is based on the needs of buyers and enables farmers to start the year with a guaranteed market and price for their food. Production guides, growing specifications, farm visits, and training sessions round out these services.
Meanwhile, Local Food Hub's 70-acre, certified organic educational farm, provided through a generous donation, has enabled the organization to supplement its food distribution efforts with farmer outreach, training, and educational programming. The farm serves as a hands-on demonstration site for new farming techniques, workshops, crop trials, and season-extension methods that Local Food Hub then shares with its partner producers.
More than seven acres of land are under cultivation with a range of annual and perennial fruits and vegetables. Much of this food goes directly back into the organization's distribution system, but a full 25 percent is donated to food banks and hunger programs in the region.
Labor on the educational farm is provided through a partnership with the International Rescue Committee. Refugee farmers with agricultural backgrounds are employed by Local Food Hub and trained in organic farming methods. This program prepares them to eventually find jobs on other area farms, supporting the growth of new and established farmers in the region.
Finally, community engagement and participation is critical to Local Food Hub's mission. Through its Farm to School program, Local Food Hub provides a range of fresh fruits and vegetables for lunch and snack programs. Field trips, volunteer projects, and school visits ensure that students learn the value of farming and healthy food choices. A Pop-Up Market program brings fresh, healthy food directly to underserved locations. And Local Food Hub has donated more than 130,000 pounds of produce to food banks, soup kitchens, and non-profit organizations.
Food hubs are popping up all over the nation. Each one is unique to its region and its community, but they all share the same goal: bringing home the economic, health, and environmental benefits of eating fresh, local, delicious food.
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Caspian: Results of Russian War Games Still a Mystery
After two weeks of Russian war games in the Caspian Sea, the reasons for the maneuvers and the results remain matters of debate.
The naval exercises that ended on 15 August drew widespread initial coverage but far less attention as they came to a close. Reports suggest little agreement on the outcome of the operation, which was said to be the largest in the Caspian during either Russian or Soviet times.
Despite the display of power, it is unclear what Moscow's maneuvers achieved. Official statements have been fragmentary or at odds. There are also signs that the event failed to advance either diplomatic or security goals.
During preparations last month, analysts focused on Moscow's motives for assembling some 60 ships and 10,000 troops in waters where oil projects have so far taken precedence over arms. President Vladimir Putin called for the exercises after a summit of Caspian leaders collapsed in April, sending the message that Russia hoped to push its neighbors into solving their decade-old border disputes.
But confusion reigned over the objectives, in part because Russian officials listed so many. The exercises were variously said to be aimed at preventing terrorism, drug smuggling, oil spills, and poaching of sturgeon. Some officials said the mission was to safeguard shipping, secure a new north-south transit corridor, or coordinate search and rescue at sea.
As the event unfolded, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov cited conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia as reasons to increase security, although neither has previously triggered a Caspian naval response. The only maritime incident of any significance took place in July 2001, when an Iranian gunboat chased two Azerbaijani research vessels from a contested oil field. By comparison, Russia's neighbors in the Caspian are seen as lightly armed.
In the absence of other problems, planners worked to create other plausible threats. Ivanov reportedly witnessed the disarming of "terrorists" who stormed a drilling platform. Kazakhstan's armed forces, who joined with their own war games, devised a scenario in which Chechen rebels who had fled Russia took control of a nuclear-power complex in the Mangistau region to blackmail the government, Kazakhstan's Khabar television said.
Among the five shoreline states, Azerbaijani elements also participated. Iran sent an observer, while Turkmenistan refused to take part. Both Iran and Turkmenistan have rejected Russia's formula for a post-Soviet division of the Caspian, creating an impasse that the war games seemed designed to break. Without a legal division, oil contracts remain theoretically open to challenge, while some disputed resources cannot be developed at all.
The success of the many missions was hard to judge, in part because reporters were barred from the exercises or sent to the wrong sites, the Russian daily "Kommersant" complained. Some who did glimpse the action gave unfavorable reviews. The Russian paper "Rossiiskaya gazeta" criticized the military hardware because tanks arrived freshly painted but without enough armor to protect them from attacks, repeating a deadly mistake made in the first Chechen war.
"Kommersant" described Tatar President Mintimer Shamiev as "very upset" that the new Russian frigate named for his region could not perform as planned after its masts were removed to sail under bridges on the Volga.
The measures of success were also obscure. Russian Admiral Vladimir Kuroedov told journalists on Friday that helicopters had removed 10 kilometers of poachers' nets during maneuvers, Interfax-AVN Military News said. Some 760 kilometers of nets have been found so far this year. But in a briefing for Putin, Ivanov said that "no poachers were spotted in the Caspian's northern part."
Contradictions followed the conclusion of the event. Although the official RIA-Novosti news agency quoted Ivanov as saying that he "would not rule out" a Caspian security grouping with Kazakhstan, the country's defense minister, General Mukhtar Altynbaev, told Interfax that there is "no urgent need" for such a force. On Kazakh television, Altynbaev noted that the government had not allocated any budget for the Caspian operation.
Iran's observer, Admiral Mohammed Dehqani also said his country would stage its own Caspian war games next year, according to Interfax. But the official Iranian news agency IRNA cited a government spokesman, saying no such decision had been made.
Russia's signals toward Iran have been a central controversy in the maneuvers, while their disagreement over how to divide the Caspian goes unresolved. On 31 July, RIA-Novosti cited a 1924 Soviet treaty with Iran as a premise for barring its combat ships from the Caspian. It is now unclear whether that prohibition has been dropped or whether Moscow intends to raise it again.
If Putin's plan is to mix diplomacy with military measures in the Caspian, the region will now await the next move by either Russia or Iran. But so far, the results appear murky, and there are few signs that security has been improved.
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HOUSTON - Police are searching for an armed suspect who robbed a woman and then shoved her into the trunk of her car.
It happened around midnight Thursday at the Tuscany Apartments off Bering Drive near Woodway in southwest Houston.
Police said the woman actually drove up while Travon Baul and another suspect were robbing three other people.
The men took the woman's purse and then stuffed her in the trunk of her vehicle.
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Climate Change's Bad Lieutenants, Barack and Hillary: Bustin' Down Doors
Wow. Talk about burying the lede. Obama and Clinton went BAD. ASS on some sucka climate change opposition. The two've been chipping away at this Copenhagen summit, but it took them busting down a door to get things "handled." Observe:
Via the New York Times, our president announced that there had been an "unprecedented breakthrough" on climate change, negotiated between five major nations last night after taking matters into his own hands. Forget that the negotiation didn't mean much ("bare minimum"). When addressing all of this, Obama appeared to have been dusting himself off from dispatching with some bullshit-bullshit. Some Chinese bullshit:
Mr. Obama's announcement came late in a day that began with his 11-minute address to world leaders shortly after noon, and that was filled with brinksmanship and 11th-hour negotiations. Mr. Obama, whose speech included remarks that appeared pointed at China's resistance to mechanisms for monitoring emissions reductions, met privately with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao afterward. But Mr. Wen did not attend two smaller, impromptu meetings during the day that Mr. Obama and United States officials conducted with the leaders of other world powers, an apparent snub that infuriated administration officials and their European counterparts.
Right? Who do they think they are? Or rather, who the hell do they think they're trying to pull a fast one on? If you don't know, now you know, China:
The deal eventually came together after a dramatic moment in which Mr. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton burst into a meeting of the Chinese, Indian and Brazilian leaders, according to senior administration officials. Mr. Obama said he did not want them negotiating in secret.
The intrusion led to new talks that cemented central terms of the deal, American officials said.
For those who can't picture it, a dramatic reenactment:
Do not try to get one past us, or The U.S., sneaky people. We will kick in your doors and then your faces in order to reduce everyone's long-term greenhouse gas emissions. Sayonara, mothafuckas. Music, please:


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I mean, also, Jiraiya was always a pervert and a jerk... but I think he was like that due to the lack of the person he really loved. He was probably looking for a Tsunade in all those women he met, or "dated".
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The Pervy deserved an opportunity because he really loved Tsunade even after all those years, being both so old, he still loved her.
Tsunade was always too tough with him, she only showed some love when they talked for the last time. [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn0.************/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCNj_NjJcm4C50Nj-Byh4D99oOfe9ah_vOBbK2RRKdjsunqRvPIQ[/IMG]I was now watching that moment again in the anime and I cried like a fool . Tsunade realized she was about to lose the person that really loved her the most in the world. She meant the world to him and I think he wanted to go alone to fight Pain not only to protect Konoha, but to show Tsunade that he was really worthy and not just a perverted old man.
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Dodgers strengthen 'pen with trade for Dotel
Los Angeles sends McDonald, Lambo to Pittsburgh
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
The 36-year-old Dotel is 2-2 with a 4.28 ERA and 21 saves. He is owed about $1.3 million on a salary of $3.25 million. He had a club option for 2011 for $4.5 million or a $250,000 buyout. Because he was traded, the option becomes a mutual option.
The move is similar to one the Dodgers made a year ago when they got Baltimore closer George Sherrill to set up for closer Jonathan Broxton.
"It came about in the last 40 minutes," general manager Ned Colletti said of the Dotel trade. "We've been trying to get one more bullpen piece. He's not taking Broxton's spot. He'll fit somewhere between the sixth and eighth inning, most likely."
Colletti said with the "intriguing" emergence of rookie Kenley Jansen, he is hopeful that Ronald Belisario will return from the restricted list in as soon as two weeks to provide further bullpen depth.
"With five guys throwing in the low to high 90s with experience saving games, it fortifies a group that comes under a lot of duress as the season goes on," Colletti said.
Dotel learned of the trade watching MLB Network in the Pirates clubhouse.
"It's really, really nice," he said of the move. "My last two months, I'm going to be on a contending team. I'm going to have a chance to go to the playoffs. Being in a pennant race is something I always like. I think where I'm going, that's a pretty good team to be [with]."
Dotel said he knows he won't be the go-to guy in the ninth inning on a team with Broxton.
"I understand the guy closing there, he's really, really good," he said with a laugh. "He's got great stuff. Hey, you've got to be honest -- he's better than me. He's got to be the guy. This guy is way better than me."
The 25-year-old McDonald is 0-1 with an 8.22 ERA since being recalled July 19 after spending most of the season at Triple-A Albuquerque, where he was 6-1 with a 4.41 ERA.
The 21-year-old Lambo, once considered one of the organization's best position prospects, served a 50-game suspension this year for violating baseball's drug policy. He was hitting .271 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 47 games at Double-A Chattanooga.
Ken Gurnick 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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Gronk, Hernandez are double trouble for Texans
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots didn't need Rob Gronkowski when they dominated the Houston Texans last month.
Now he's back.
And that gives the Texans, 42-14 losers on Dec. 10, a tougher challenge in Sunday's rematch in a divisional playoff game.
"Obviously, he's a great player," Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker said Thursday. "So any time you can throw him in there, it's a good thing."
It's even better when Gronkowski is out there with their other star tight end, Aaron Hernandez.
But they played together in just five games this season. Hernandez missed six of the first 10 with a sprained right ankle. Then Gronkowski sat out the next five with a broken left forearm before returning for limited action in the regular-season finale, a 28-0 win over the Miami Dolphins in which he caught just two passes, one for a 23-yard touchdown.
In their previous two NFL regular seasons, Gronkowski played in all 32 games, Hernandez in 28. They combined for 87 catches in 2010 and 169 in 2011. They were productive when healthy this season with Gronkowski catching 55 passes with 11 touchdowns and Hernandez grabbing 51 with five scores.
"Two's always better than one," special teams captain and wide receiver Matthew Slater said.
But to Tom Brady, just having them on the field doesn't mean anything. They need to produce.
"It's a matter of execution more than anything," the Patriots quarterback said. "Just because (Gronkowski) may have the opportunity to be out there on a particular play doesn't matter if we don't execute it well."
Gronkowski was protecting his left arm when he faced Miami, trying to keep it away from contact. The importance of his health was evident last year when his playing status was listed as questionable for the Super Bowl just 48 hours before the game.
He had suffered a high-ankle sprain two weeks earlier in the Patriots' 23-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game. That hampered him in the Super Bowl
He had just two catches for 26 yards after a season in which he had 105 receptions, 15 of them in the other two postseason games.
On the last play of the 21-17 loss to the New York Giants, Brady made one desperation heave for the championship, a long pass to the right side of the end zone on the last play. Hernandez and three Giants went up for the ball, Gronkowski lunged for it as it was heading for the ground, and it fell incomplete.
After the season, Gronkowski had arthroscopic surgery on the ankle. Then he broke his forearm while blocking on an extra point in a 59-24 win over the Colts. He still may not be completely healthy, but Gronkowski is ready for whatever he's asked to do.
"I'll give the coaches a great look of what I can do (in practice) so they're prepared for the game and what to call," he said. "So whatever the coaches have in mind, I've just got to perform the best I can."
The better he and Hernandez do that, the more coverage they're likely to draw. And that would give wide receivers Welker, Brandon Lloyd and Deion Branch more room to operate.
"The more weapons you have, the more guys have to pay attention to those guys," Welker said. "Obviously, Aaron and Gronk are definitely guys you have to pay attention to."
The double threat they pose, though, is no guarantee of success. In their five games together, the Patriots are just 3-2.
Gronkowski caught five touchdown passes in dominating wins over the St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills and Indianapolis Colts in which Hernandez was sidelined. Hernandez caught two scoring passes in the last month's rout of the Texans.
On Sunday, as a 9 1/2-point underdog, Houston will face Gronkowski for the first time in his pro career.
"He's exceptional," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. "If the ball is close to him, he's going to catch it. The thing about him, people play him with corners on him. They play him with (line)backers on him. They play him with safeties. His size is just such that it's just hard. You get in there and bang with him, you're going to lose that battle. Obviously, we didn't see him the first time around so it'll be different for us, but a big, big challenge for us."
Last year, Gronkowski set a single-season record for tight ends with 17 touchdowns. This year, he might have broken that had he not been injured.
On Sunday, after a bye that gave his forearm extra time to heal, he could be as dangerous as ever.
"I'm always eager," he said. "Who wouldn't be? It's football. You want to go out there and give your best."
Combine his strength with Hernandez's elusiveness -- and their excellent hands and route-running to boot -- and the Patriots should be better equipped against a Texans team determined to make up for their recent flop on the same field.
"They have good players, too," Slater said. "We're very fortunate to have two young men as talented as they are on our team. We're going to need it come Sunday. All hands on deck."
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Rangers tops in AL, but Rays not far behind
Tampa Bay hands Texas its first series loss of the season
By Mike Bauman / MLB.com
The Rangers had won 12 consecutive regular-season series -- the last six of 2011, and the first six of 2012. But that streak came to an end this weekend, with the Rays winning two out of three, taking the decisive third game, 5-2, on Sunday night.
Prior to that, the Rangers' last regular-season series loss was last Sept. 5-7, when they dropped two out of three at Tropicana Field. This has not, of course, been a one-way street. The Rays have been eliminated from postseason play the last two seasons with Division Series losses to the Rangers.
The Rangers, winning back-to-back American League pennants and owning the league's best record this season, have emerged as the AL's gold standard. But more than any other club, the Rays, with three postseason appearances in four years, and another fine season underway, are making an argument that they are residing in the same vicinity.
But succeeding against the Rangers is not an optional activity.
"We have to play well against the Rangers," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "We have to beat the Rangers to get to the promised land."
This series was contested at a high level of intensity, before three sellout crowds. On Sunday night, just as in the Rays' victory on Friday night, the Rangers threatened late, this time loading the bases in the ninth against closer Fernando Rodney. But Rodney emerged with his seventh save in seven opportunities, and the Rays emerged with the series victory.
Maddon mentioned the "October in April" theme to this event. This was not an overstatement. These teams are the products of two of baseball's best organizations. They are well-made, well-managed and justifiably looking for even better things in the foreseeable future.
"I really appreciate how they play," Maddon said of the Rangers. "They play the game properly, and you've got to be ready, because if you're not, they will embarrass you.
"I have so much respect for what they've done, and I'd like to believe that they feel the same way about us. I think [these are] two teams that are playing the game in similar fashion, in that we play hard, we have good pitching. Obviously, the offensive side of their game has been a little bit better than ours has been recently.
"But at the end of the day, I think you have two teams that truly, truly fight for everything on a nightly basis. And I think that's where the rivalry can be born. I like it. I think it's good for us, it's good for them and it's good for baseball."
There should be no arguments on that score. What was doubly encouraging for the Rays on Sunday night was starter David Price following his shutout against the Angels with another highly effective performance. This was Price's first victory over the Rangers. He had been 0-3 against them in the regular season and 0-3 against them in the postseason.
"I think that's the best lineup in baseball," Price said of the Rangers. "They've got power one through nine, they've got speed mixed in there. They can hit the ball out to any part of the ballpark here. You've got to be able to make pitches and keep the ball down.
"Personally, for myself, I never beat those guys, so that feels great. But I'm pumped that we won [the series] as well. I can turn that page now; it feels good."
With one game left in April, the Rays, playing a schedule weighted toward road games, are tied for the AL East lead at 14-8. They are 8-1 at home, 6-7 on the road. The Rangers are 16-6. Winners of seven of their last eight games, the Rays have had a better-than-solid beginning.
"I think we've had a great April; not a good April, a great April, based on the teams that we've played and the schedule itself," Maddon said. "I'm really pleased and proud of our guys. Believe me, man, I think we've done wonderfully."
This team has the strengths that the Tampa Bay teams of recent seasons have had: pitching in both quality and quantity, a top-flight defense and an opportunistic, aggressive offense. And the entire roster is on board with the way the Rays are supposed to play the game.
The Rays just gave a demonstration of how good they can be, against the best possible opposition. The results tell us the same thing that Maddon is telling us.
"The Rangers are really good," Maddon said. "But I think the Rays are, too."
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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LOWER EASTSIDE, NY - The final game in the Battle of the Boroughs was between Brooklyn and Harlem. With the way Brooklyn looked and played in the semi-finals, you could say that they were the favorites to win the game.
However, when it came to game time, Harlem showed early that they came to play. It was a nip and tuck game the entire way, and it looked like Harlem was going to pull it off when they went up 5 with 1:39 left. But Brooklyn never quit and were able to come back and snatch the taste of victory right out of Harlem's mouths.
The game ended with junior guard Isaiah Whitehead at the line with the game tied at 84. Whitehead was there after dribbling down the clock looking for the last shot, but a foul was called with 4.2 seconds left in the game. It could have easily been a no-call because there was great defense played by Harlem guard Tyler Wilson and it looked like he had locked Whitehead up.
Whitehead made the first of two free throws to break the tie. He missed the second free throw, but the rebound went to Leroy "Truck" Fludd, who scored inside as the clock ran out. Brooklyn then got in a circle and celebrated winning the tournament and beating Harlem 87-84.
The first half saw the 6-5 Fludd putting in a ton of work, along with Whitehead. The two players led Brooklyn in scoring in the semis, and they did the same thing in the championship game. Fludd scored 12 points in the first half, while Whitehead scored 12 of his 14 first half points to help Brooklyn lead 55-49 at halftime.
Probably the most outstanding player on the court in the game was on the losing side. Hassan Martin was an absolute monster in the paint the entire game. He appeared to grab every rebound in the second half. He gobbled up anything that was close to the rim, and he was able to finish and propel his team to the lead. Both Martin and fellow 6-7 forward Larry Beckett dominated the paint, scoring 20 of the 22 third quarter points that allowed Harlem to go into the last quarter with a 71-68 lead. Each player had 10. Beckett was great and was actually finishing the end of plays. Martin was just forcing his will in the paint. He opened up the scoring with a ridiculous two-handed baseline slam that showed how explosive the 6-7 senior is.
After two free throws by Wilson with 1:39 left in the game put Harlem up 82-77, Brooklyn found a way to get back in the game behind two rebound put-backs. One was by Fludd, and the other was by 6-5 forward Jermoine Faison and tied the game at 82. Both teams made two free throws each to tie the game at 84 and set up the final possession. Of course it would have been a lot better if there was a game winning shot, but the ball never left Whitehead's hands. He ended up picking up his dribble and Wilson appeared to bump into Whitehead's arm. The whistle blew and the ending was somewhat anti-climactic because it ended at the charity stripe.
The MVP of the game was Whitehead, and the 6-4 guard put on another show despite not being as scorching hot as he was in the semifinal win over The Bronx. He finished with 16 points and made a number of key plays on the defensive end. Fludd was also huge in the victory, leading Brooklyn with 19 points and playing extra tough in the paint late in the game when his team needed him the most. Also helping out on the boards with a hyper active game was Faison, who scored 15 points for Brooklyn.
Martin finished with 26 points and he easily had double digit rebounds. Unofficially, he probably was somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 rebounds. Beckett finished with 14 points and a number of dunks for Harlem. Shavar Newkirk scored all 11 of his points in the first half to get into double digits.


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Eaglefiler is an essential part of my workflow when I'm at my iMac, but I've been spending more time on my Windows laptop. I've got Eaglefiler synced with dropbox, and I save web clippings as pdfs — and I use the script to make sure file names are compatible.
The hitch comes in clipping web pages on on the laptop: I print to the appropriate file, using pdf creator. This is a slow, annoying process, however, compared to the smoothness of Eaglefiler. (And the smoothness of OneNote, fwiw.)
I've been experimenting this week with using Evernote for web clippings, on both computers, and Eaglefiler for pdfs and word files, but I'm not entirely happy with that route, either. Anyone else here spend a lot of time moving between Windows and Mac, and have advice for the best way to incorporate Eaglefiler in that scenario?


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Shinola brown watch from How To Get Away With Murder seen with Laurel Castillo (Karla Souza)
Laurel Castillo (Karla Souza) is seen with what looks like the brown Shinola Runwell Gold Leather Strap Watch in How To Get Away With Murder, Season 2, Episode 14 - There's My Baby. Find Watches, Jewelry and Women's Fashion from How To Get Away With Murder below.
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"When you dodge, 'I won't let them cut me.' If you protect someone, 'I won't let them die.'
If you attack, 'I will kill them.' "
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Name: Urahara Kisuke
Nickname: Mr. Hat-and-Clogs
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Clan: N/A
Kisuke is a tall and lean-built man with light skin and gray eyes. His hair is messy and light-blond (almost pale) with strands framing the sides of the face and hanging between his eyes, and he also has chin stubble. He wears a dark green shirt and pants, topped with a black coat with a white diamond pattern along its bottom half. His coat's design looks like the opposite of a captain's haori (white with black diamonds). Urahara has also been known to carry a fan which he uses to occasionally hide his face. He also usually wears traditional Japanese wooden sandals and a striped-dark green and white bucket hat that usually shadows his eyes, which has earned him the nickname "sandal-hat"
Although usually seen as a laid-back, jovial and eccentric fellow, Urahara also shows a deceptively cunning and serious side when the situation warrants it. He commonly uses idle conversation and outward concern as an act of distracting his opponents. Despite his care-free attitude, he always speaks politely, but is sometimes sarcastic. He once described himself as a "mere honest, handsome, perverted businessman."
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Village of Birth: Land of Iron
Village of Alliance: Konohagakure
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Ninja Rank: Sage in posts
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Weapons: Katana
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Urahara Kisuke was born and raised in the land of Iron.
His parents owning a sweet shop, he used to assist them while also training his swordsmanship since he was in the samurai academy.
His great passion to the swords made him sometimes skip helping his parents so he could train with some of his friends.
At the age of 13, Kisuke finished his academy and his parents decided to move to Konoha since they have most of their family members over there.
Even so, Urahara kept on practicing his swordsmanship out of passion.
Now 12 years have passed and the kid who was a stranger has become a fine young man given the nickname 'Mr.Hat and Clogs' , seeing that he always wears his unusual green-white hat and the recognisable sound of his clogs.
His skills with the swords has greatly improved and he's looking for more training in order to become one of the greatest swordsmen.
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Dean of the Faculty
History Professor Named to Distinguished Lecturer Program
Shana Bernstein, an associate professor of history at Southwestern, has been named a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians (OAH).
The Distinguished Lectureship Program is a speakers bureau dedicated to American history and includes more than 400 participating historians. Lecturers are available to speak at colleges, historical societies, libraries, museums and teacher workshops.
Bernstein is one of 25 speakers selected to join the program for 2012-2013 and will be one of 16 scholars from Texas who are currently participating in the program. Speakers selected for the program have made major contributions to the field of history.
Bernstein has been a member of the Southwestern faculty since 2004 and teaches courses on race, immigration and the American West. Her research focuses on 20th century urban social reform movements. Her first book, Bridges of Reform: Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles (Oxford, 2011) deals with collaborative civil rights activism among Jewish, Mexican, African and Japanese Americans in Los Angeles. She currently is working on a book exploring Progressive environmental justice campaigns in Chicago's working-class, immigrant neighborhoods.
Bernstein is offering three different lectures through the Distinguished Lectureship Program that are related to these topics: A lecture titled "Interracial Activism in the Los Angeles Community Service Organization: Linking the World War II and Civil Rights Eras," a lecture titled "Nazis, Red-Baiting, and Civil Rights: Jewish Americans' Emergence as Interracial Activists in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles," and a lecture titled "The "Garbage Ladies" of the Settlements: Environmental Justice Reform in Progressive-Era Chicago."
"Professor Bernstein's work on civil rights activism in Los Angeles is pathbreaking, and we're delighted that she has agreed to serve as an OAH Distinguished Lecturer and to share her work with a wider audience," said Katherine M. Finley, executive director of the OAH.
The Organization of American Historians is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. Its mission is to promote excellence in the scholarship, teaching and presentation of American history, and to encourage wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.
Scholars selected for the OAH Distinguished Lecture Program are asked to donate their speaker fees to help the organization fulfill its mission.


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Elite 8 See Danger and Opportunity from Nonbanks
It has been some time now since banks first found themselves threatened by nonbank competitors. First it was other financial services providers, such as brokerages, and then came a slew of tech-heavy companies — both established and start-ups — that aggressively have been chipping away at banks' hold on traditional banking services, such as lending and payments.
This year's Elite 8, no strangers to the innovative use of technology for competitive advantage, definitely are keeping an eye on the potential competition, particularly in the payments space.
"I wouldn't single out a particular company, like Wal-Mart or Google," says Anita Sands, managing director and head of transformation management at New York-based Citi. But when you look at PayPal and the way the telcos have gotten involved in payments, she adds, "The threat of disintermediation is very real and huge in mobile banking." This is evidenced in markets such as Japan where the telcos, including NTT Docomo, are dominant in mobile payments, Sands notes. "But in other areas, such as India or Africa," she continues, "there's such an opportunity for the mobile infrastructure to change the banking industry."
This sentiment is echoed by Steven Kietz, EVP, growth ventures and innovation, with Citi's Global Consumer Group and CEO of Citi start-up Mobile Money Ventures. Kietz sees payments as the primary battleground between banks and nonbanks, and, he says, mobile will add another dimension to the scuffle. "There's a business opportunity to take advantage of [mobile] technology," he explains. "The payment company will get a piece of the transaction that didn't exist before m-commerce."
Just who "the payment company" will be is still up for grabs. But rest assured, the banks will vie for the top spot, notes Kietz. "The banks, Visa and MasterCard all hope to be the payment company," he says. "Look at PayPal and the credit card business — banks lost out on the cash advanced fees here. PayPal came along and the card companies didn't know how to respond. So now PayPal and eBay dominate. The question is, how will we make sure this will not happen again?"
Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Hancock Bank's Shane Loper acknowledges that the disintermediation threat is real. But rather than fear new competitors, the COO and CIO of the Gulfport, Miss.-based financial institution says, banks need to understand the opportunities nonbank competitors hope to capitalize on; he adds that it is in payments that banks face the greatest threat from nonbank competitors.
"That's where the vulnerabilities are," he says. "There are many companies with payments tools being distributed on the Internet or mobile devices. As check volumes decline, payments are being transferred to many different vehicles. Some of these are efficient while others may generate less revenue. So banks need to be aware of [the competition] — not afraid — because we have the knowledge of the products and what customers want."
Payments also jumps to mind for James Yee, senior EVP and CIO with San Francisco-based Union Bank of California, when examining the growing competitive threats from nontraditional players to banks' value proposition. "Banks need to realize — and most do — that because of the technology available on the Internet and the convenience offered to consumers, the whole payments landscape has completely changed," Yee explains. "There are competitors coming in that we hadn't seen 10 to 15 years ago. There are start-ups coming into banking, there are direct banks like ING that are only on the Internet channel. Today, with the payment mechanisms, you can become a strong competitor. Look at prepaid debit and credit cards — start-ups can steal this business away, too."


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I dug up 5 of em. Dang Grandkids scatter everythang around.Click on pic to enlarge. The one with the tag is the 1/5th HP relay The other 4 are quarter horse relays.
You could try it. I had some layin around. You are welcome to one.
Use a standard 3n1 1/4 horse hard start.
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Denton posts big rally on way to sweep
Denton easily could have written off Tuesday's second set and started preparing for the third.
Trailing Wichita Falls 22-12, the Lady Broncos rattled off 10 straight points to tie the second set at 22 and then scored four of the final six points to win the set en route to a 25-20, 26-24, 25-12 sweep of the District 5-4A rival Lady Coyotes.
"That put us back in a good frame of mind," Denton coach Danielle Silva said. "We have been working on coming back in the middle of the match. Normally we will wash the match away if we lose and come back in the next set, but for us to come back in the middle of the match was fantastic for us. That's something we've been working on and I've wanted to see from my players."
Wichita Falls used Sarah Eakin's six kills to fuel a 10-1 run that built the second-set lead. Eakin had 13 kills in the match, representing the Lady Coyotes' only significant threat.
"We were able to put them out of position to where they couldn't set her as much, and we were able to keep her in the back row longer so she wasn't able to be in the front row," Silva said. "That was our goal, and that's what we focused on in the third set as well."
Senior Kendall Wagner engineered the Lady Broncos' 10-point comeback with pinpoint accuracy on her serves, racking up five aces during the rally.
"I wasn't really clicking with my offense, so I guess I had to try to find something else that I could do positively," Wagner said. "I picked it up in my defense and I obviously picked it up in my serving. It was pretty cool that I got to do something I usually don't do. I usually don't sit back there serving 10 points in a row. It was awesome."
Wagner said her team occasionally falls victim to slumps within sets and that the second set was going to be different.
"We were kind of tired of just losing," Wagner said. "We have games where we should be winning those games, but sometimes our energy drops and our play drops and we kind of get comfortable. I think we were done letting that happen to us, so we decided to take control and push through whatever was bothering us and pull out the win."
Wagner said she was aiming for the Lady Coyotes' left-back position during her serves, but was mainly focused on being consistent.
"She is a very aggressive server," Silva said. "Her serve is there every single time. They couldn't handle her, and we got 10 points from her."
With the third set tied at 5, Denton put together a 7-1 run with senior Brittany Keffer tallying two kills to take a 12-6 lead.
The Lady Broncos finished off Wichita Falls with an 11-2 spurt, capped by a 5-0 run that included two McKayla Cecil aces and two Keffer kills.
"Our serve-receive was the best I've seen from us in a long time," Silva said. "It has been on point. We're moving to the ball like we need to move, and we took the momentum on our side. We're working toward being more consistent every game. If everybody isn't on their game, somebody else needs to pick up the slack. We have the talent; we just have to all have the talent at the same time."
Jade Akins and Gennifer Holberg led the Lady Broncos with eight kills apiece. Keffer had four blocks while Morgan Reese added 17 assists.
Denton (16-13, 2-2 District 5-4A) recovered from a 13-10 deficit in the first set by responding with a 7-0 run.
The Lady Broncos will play host to district foe Azle at 6 p.m. Friday.
"It was a needed win. Instead of being 1-3 [in district], we're now 2-2," Silva said. "We needed that win to still be contending for a playoff spot and contend for district."
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Young to make first start for A's on Wednesday
By Jane Lee / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- A's manager Bob Melvin was well aware just how rare it was for him to be writing out the same lineup on consecutive days Tuesday.
"My pen was shaking today," he joked.
Melvin utilized identical lineups on back-to-back days just three times last season, and now he's already done it once just two days into the season, having posted the same batting order in the first two games against Seattle.
Game 3, however, will have a different flavor, with Chris Young expected to make his first start with the A's. Second baseman Scott Sizemore, catcher Derek Norris and first baseman Nate Freiman, who bat from the right side like Young, are expected to join him in the lineup against Mariners lefty Joe Saunders.
"You want them to get involved, don't want them sitting around too long," Melvin said. "Guys are used to playing every day coming out of spring. Especially for the role guys, guys that aren't starting all the time, whether it's just against righties or just against lefties, they need to get in there soon after spring's done."
Monday marked the first time since 2006 Young did not appear in an Opening Day starting lineup. He called it "weird, definitely different," but is on board with whatever plan Melvin has for him.
"I'm still kind of getting a feel for what my role here is," Young said Tuesday. "I can't even say for sure what that is. In Spring Training, I felt like there were four outfielders pretty much, and we were all rotating through, but now I'm not really sure how it's going to go.
"But Melvin and I talk a lot. He's really good about communicating with me and letting me know if I'm going to be in the lineup. This has definitely been a challenge, but I'm trying to make the best out of it, stay locked in."
Melvin remained mum on where Young would play Wednesday. Young wasn't even sure where that might be, but was simply happy knowing it wouldn't be near the bench.
"Normally the only time I'd be sitting on the bench is if I'm injured," Young said, "but it's a new year, so it's just about making the necessary adjustments and doing whatever I can to help this team."
A's tab Colon for Saturday start in Houston
OAKLAND -- The A's have opted to bring back right-hander Bartolo Colon as soon as they can, electing to start the veteran on the first day he's eligible to return from his 50-game performance-enhancing drug suspension.
That's Saturday in Houston, where the A's will be in the middle of a three-game set with their new division foes.
"You want to get him started sooner than later," manager Bob Melvin said. "We would've had to find another place for him to go pitch, and we just want to get him in there. We had targeted this all along."
It will mark Colon's first start in the Majors since Aug. 18. It was four days later when he was slapped with the 50-game ban after testing positive for testosterone, leaving the A's to continue their surprise run into the postseason without him.
Colon was enjoying a resurgent year with the A's, having gathered 10 wins and a 3.43 ERA up to that point. The club is hopeful that he's just as effective post-suspension in an otherwise young rotation that features Brett Anderson, Jarrod Parker, Tommy Milone and A.J. Griffin -- all 26 years old or younger. Colon will be 40 in May.
Once Colon is officially back on the 25-man roster, right-hander Dan Straily -- scheduled to start Friday -- is expected to be optioned to Triple-A Sacramento. Anderson will follow him in the rotation on Sunday and, with an off-day on Monday, the A's are able to give Parker, Milone and Griffin two extra days of rest.
"We think that's the right thing to do based on their workloads last year," Melvin said. "As long as no one's really struggling that we need to skip, I think that will be our theme all year, to give these guys an extra day when we can."
Nakajima, Rosales on comeback trail
OAKLAND -- The sight of infielders Hiro Nakajima and Adam Rosales doing work on the field Tuesday signaled progress in their respective rehabs.
Nakajima, though, lasted not much more than 10 minutes before returning to the clubhouse, while Rosales got some light throwing and running in, which would seem to indicate that his strained intercostal muscle might not keep him out much longer than his 15-day disabled list stint requires.
"I don't know yet," Melvin said. "Those injuries are really tough to predict until [Rosales] really starts swinging."
Rosales is eligible to return as soon as April 10. Nakajima can be reinstated the next day, though the A's likely won't rush his return as long as shortstop Jed Lowrie remains healthy.
"The first step is to get him on the field and get him moving around," Melvin said, "and then we'll have a better indication of how he's feeling."
The A's leave Oakland on Thursday evening for a six-game road swing through Houston and Anaheim, and it's unclear whether Nakajima will join them on the trip. There's a good chance he remains in the Bay Area to continue his rehab and prepare for a stint with one of the A's nearby Minor League affiliates.
"It depends on how close we think he is," Melvin said. "If we feel like he's close enough to where we want to watch him doing game activities, then we'll take him on the road."
Worth noting
• A's reliever Fernando Rodriguez, who underwent Tommy John surgery last week, will remain with the team in the Bay Area throughout the season as he begins what's expected to be a year-long rehab process.
Though limited in activity at the ballpark right now, the right-handed Rodriguez is keeping busy at home in nearby Walnut Creek thanks to his four-month-old son. "That really helps," he said.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Bachelor of Business Administration
for Trades Management
Careers in the trades often lead to managerial and/or ownership positions,
yet few trades people have the opportunity to academically prepare themselves
with the skills required to own and operate their own business. This program
provides individuals with the ability to leverage their prior learning (Trade
Certificate) and to augment prior learning with the fundamentals of business
management theories and practices. The objective is to produce graduate students
who are equipped to successfully function as managers and owners of a trade
related business in today's rapidly changing global environment.
Entrance requirements
1. Provincial Certificate of Qualification or inter-provincial certificate of
qualification in a trade.
2. One year full-time work experience in the field after gaining qualification above.
3. Prerequisites for ENGL 105.
4. Prerequisites for BUS 249 (formerly BUS 149).
When to apply
Applications are accepted for entrance to the Fall semester only. For application deadlines, see
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How to apply
Submit the application fee, along with your UFV application for admission form, to the Office of the Registrar (OReg). You can apply online or download an application form at ufv.ca/admissions/admissions/apply. Application forms are also available from any OReg or Student Services office.
Additional documents required for a complete application:
• Official transcripts (or interim transcripts) of all
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• Provincial Certificate of Qualification or inter-provincial certificate of
qualification in a trade.
• Letter from employer stating the years of full-time employment following certification.
Program requirements
Students must meet the general requirements of the Bachelor
of Business Administration. A 2.67 cumulative grade point average in Semesters
V-VIII is required in order to graduate. Please refer to the Bachelor of Business Administration
section for all other program requirements.
Program outline
Semester IV
Semester V
Semester VI
Semester VII
Semester VIII
Course listings
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