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Here are some of the notable quotes from around Major League Baseball this week:
"The type of thing he does, you wish it was infectious. There isn't any question. Hands down, every single guy who would vote for the player of the year on this club, he would get the vote from everybody. He was a backup player who wound up getting like 400, 350 at-bats."
--Dodgers manager Joe Torre on the hustle displayed by veteran reserve Jamey Carroll this season. (Los Angeles Times)
"At some point, somebody is going to figure out my secret. You can only fool people for so long. While it lasts, I'll enjoy it."
--A's pitcher Craig Breslow on being named the Smartest Player in Baseball by The Sporting News. Breslow graduated from Yale with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. (Oakland Tribune)
"Every day, after I get done throwing, I throw a bunch of offspeed stuff. And then, I get in the game and it's like 'Oh my God, I'm throwing more strikes with it, and I've got better stuff. Why didn't I do that all year?'"
-- David Aardsma, Mariners closer, on introducing more offspeed pitches into his arsenal after a midseason conference with then-manager Don Wakamatsu. (Seattle Times)
"My heart was pumping so hard I could feel it. I tried to settle down, and I couldn't. I don't remember ever pitching before with that much adrenaline. I never got into a calm rhythm. I was so excited."
-- Chris Young after making his first start for the Padres since the first week of the season. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"Any time your name is mentioned next to Mike Piazza, you've done something good. I was fortunate that I got a chance to play with him when I got called up and got to see what kind of hitter he was."
-- David Wright commenting on tying Mike Piazza for second in Mets history with 655 RBIs on Sunday. (New York Post)
"It's been fun here. I knew what I was getting myself into, but you never know how it's going to break down once the season gets going. We had a lot of injuries this year so I was plugged in different places, and when I played consistently, I think I produced. I think a lot of good things happened."
-- Bill Hall on his first season with the Red Sox. (Boston Globe)
"He's a warrior. He epitomizes the Twins way. He just amazes me how night in and night out he's ready to play, and he has the same energy level."
-- Denard Span, on Twins teammate Michael Cuddyer. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
"Coming into the season, I try not to set any statistical goals, but one thing I kind of had in mind was to try and reach 20 home runs. I thought it'd be an attainable goal, but also a challenge. Getting that last night was pretty special."
--Drew Stubbs, who with 20 home runs and 25 stolen bases has joined the 20-20 club in his first full year with the Reds. (MLB.com)
"I've enjoyed this year. I like the role I was in this year. I've always been a starter through the Minor Leagues and the first couple of years in the big leagues, but I enjoyed both. I can't say which one I liked more, but I had a great time getting the ball in key situations, and it's easier to work because I'm not sore the next day."
-- Sean Marshall, Cubs, on his roles as both a starter and reliever. (Chicago Tribune)
"When you have a good work ethic and you have a good hitting coach -- and a good catching instructor, it's easier. The only thing [is] I just have to keep working hard and trying to get better, and make myself better -- defensively and offensively. My main goal is to try and help my team win and get better in every aspect."
-- Brayan Pena, Royals catcher, on putting in the effort to improve at the Major League level. (MLB.com)
"Most important for me, and I wish more infielders would do it ... in a game, acrobatics, I literally practice them. I'll try to throw from every angle, to as far down as I can go, on purpose. Now, in a game, I've practiced that. I know where it's going to go, so when I let it go [from a certain angle], I know it's going bow out to the left and curve back in."
-- Brandon Inge, describing his infield practice techniques. (MLB.com)
"Ervin had a setback in Spring Training and was pitching [last season] with velocity that wasn't as crisp as it is now. This year, he's matching velocity with command, and he has that great breaking ball he can throw when he needs it."
--Angels manager Mike Scioscia on the difference between last year and this year for Ervin Santana. (Los Angeles Times)
"I'm just trying to have good at-bats. When you play a lot of different positions, you're just trying to make the routine plays, and hopefully, something good will happen on the tougher plays. I'm just trying to keep it as simple as I can, swing at strikes and have good at-bats."
-- Drew Sutton, on his approach since being recalled last week by the Indians. (MLB.com)
"No. I was just in a cloud, really. Pretty exciting. Unfortunately, we didn't come out with a victory. But these guys really congratulated me nicely, and it definitely means a lot."
-- Freddie Freeman, Braves rookie, on hitting his first Major League home run. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"The game is important, but it was a special night. He [Steinbrenner] loved to win. I don't think he cared about anything else. His No. 1 priority was for us to win, so we're happy we were able to do that."
-- Derek Jeter on beating the Rays on the night George Steinbrenner's plaque was unveiled at Yankee Stadium's Monument Park. (New York Daily News)
"I'm going to dominate next year. I can tell you that. Not that this year is over, but I'm going to dominate next year."
-- Alex Gordon, Royals left fielder, on what fans can expect from him in 2011. (Kansas City Star)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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DKPro Core is a collection of software components for natural language processing (NLP) based on the Apache UIMA framework. Many powerful and state-of-the-art NLP components are already freely available in the NLP research community. New and improved components are being developed and released continuously. The components cover the whole range of NLP-related processing tasks. DKPro Core provides wrappers for such third-party tool as well as original NLP components. DKPro Core builds heavily on uimaFIT which allows for rapid and easy development of NLP processing pipelines.
Dolibarr is a simple Web application with ERP and CRM capabilities. It is designed for small and medium companies, freelancers or foundations, and can be used to deal with all things you require to manage your activities, such as management of products, stocks, commercial proposals, invoices, orders, members of a foundation, and mailings. A single executable that installs the server and database is available for people with no technical knowledge.
MixERP is a multi-currency, multi-lingual, and multi-establishment ERP solution. It allows you to operate multiple Office Groups and Offices, and consolidate and/or split reports on the fly, and provides a policy engine for G/L access, integrated workflow engine for transaction posting and verification, automatic decision making based on your configuration, and end of day operation.
Web Based Restaurant POS is a user-friendly Point of Sale system for restaurants. It features touch screen optimizations (of course, it can be used with normal screens, too), magnetic card access (a waiter will slide a magnetic card through the card reader to log in), orders automatically printed in the production departments (kitchen, bar, etc.), advanced reports which can be filtered and sorted, graphical representation of reports, several access levels (administrator, manager, waiter, etc.), an easy-to-use recipe system (products contains several ingredients), and inventory updated in realtime based on product recipes. An online demo is available.
Web Based Inventory provides user-friendly management of inventory and sales. It features multi-store and multi-currency support, user friendly POS, inventory and sales charts, realtime inventory updates, translates to any language (localization), platform independence, PDF invoice and barcode generators, and highly-customizable user access. An online demo is available.
Apache OpenNLP is a machine learning based toolkit for the processing of natural language text. It supports the most common NLP tasks, such as tokenization, sentence segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, named entity extraction, chunking, parsing, and coreference resolution. These tasks are usually required to build more advanced text processing services.
SISVENTI is a point of sales system for small businesses. It includes warehouse management, payable accounts, and receivable accounts, a curses-based sales interface, and a Web based administration/operation interface for fast input. Its goal is to offer simplicity and flexibility for any business, without complex processes.
A program to create sound effects and music.
A menu generation tool for various X window managers.

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Demi Moore has not snagged herself another younger man.
Reports that the 49-year-old actress and 35-year-old True Blood star Joe Manganiello are dating have been flying around the Internet recently.
But we can tell you...
The romance rumors are completely fabricated.
"There is 100 percent zero truth to that," Manganiello told Ryan Seacrest this morning during his 102.7 KIIS FM radio show. "I met her once at a premiere and I maybe talked to her for three minutes."
As we first told you earlier this month, Moore and Manganiello did chat each other up while hanging out at the premiere after party for Adam Sandler's latest flick, That's My Boy, at the Napa Valley Grille, but that's all that went down.
Manganiello may not be romancing Moore, but it's not like they don't have anything in common.
"She was in Striptease, so I was like, 'Hey, you played a stripper! I'm playing a stripper,'" he told Seacrest, adding, "and we kind of had a three-minute conversation about exchanging stripping notes, and that was it."
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By Joey Fisher
Fish Tales
Outside the weather is frigid with snow, sleet and rain disappearing into the frigid waters of Lake Dardanelle. Not quite ideal conditions for fishing, but believe it or not, the fishing on Lake Dardanelle this winter has been better than anticipated and may be a sign the fishing will be much better this spring.
Just a few weeks back in a Get5Bass.com Winter Series event, there were some nice catches, not quite the 20-pound sacks of old, but a definite sign things could be improving.
One area club tournament did have an angler bust the 20-pound barrier with a five-fish limit just a tad over 21 pounds.
Julia Langford of the Wilkins Brothers Pro Staff caught one of the biggest and healthiest fish I have seen out of Lake Dardanelle in a couple of years. The big toad was close to eight pounds, but she would give me no clue as to where exactly it came from.
Several local anglers have commented they are catching both good numbers of fish and some quality fish as well.
We all know there are a variety of ways to catch fish in the winter, especially on Lake Dardanelle, but there seems to be a couple that always work when nothing else will.
Jigs are a year-round staple on Lake Dardanelle, but there is no better time to use them than when the water temperatures are chilly and those big old bass want an easy meal dropped right on their nose. The best places for jig fishing on Lake Dardanelle this time of year include the miles of riprap banks that line the roads and bridges all around the main part of the lake. Riprap areas that have easy access to deeper water or where the channels swing in close to the bank are the best locations to spend some time flipping a jig.
Crank-baits and lipless crank-baits are great for covering large areas and will work well on those same riprap banks, as well as around stumps and submerged structures adjacent to deeper water. They are also a must on flats and ledges located near creek channels and along channel swings.
Jerk-baits are in high demand on the waters of Lake Dardanelle in February and March, as large schools of lethargic bass seem to suspend in the 6-10 foot range all across the lake. One of the prime jerk-bait spots is in the strip pits located north of Interstate 40. This area is known for producing large stringers and a few giant bass early each year.
Last year's new sensation was a lure called the "squirrel" made by Jackall Bait Company, and the retailers who could get them had trouble keeping them on the shelves. So it might be wise to purchase one of these new jerk-baits, if you can find one.
Dardanelle has been known as a spinner-bait fisherman's dream for years, but most folks associate it with shallow water weeds a little later in the year. Don't be fooled - a half-ounce or larger big-bladed spinner bait has been producing more than its fair share of large stringers the last couple of years.
Popular colors include shad colors with a hint of blue and chartreuse. These baits can be fished in almost any area on the lake and are effective at almost any depth.
Local tournaments and others all across the Natural State are now in full swing and if we could get just a little cooperation from old man winter, the big fish will start biting very soon.
E-mail Fisher at email@example.com. His radio show can be heard at 5:20 p.m. Fridays and 8:20 a.m. Saturdays on KCJC 102.3 FM.


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The Android smartphone market has been
advancing at a rapid pace. Just a few months ago, everyone was
the Motorola Droid as the best Android phone on the market. That
status was quickly stripped away when Google launched the Nexus One
on T-Mobile's network.
Since that time, we've seen the launch
of the even
better Droid Incredible on Verizon's network and the monster
Android-powered HTC
EVO 4G WiMAX smartphone is still a few months away.
Since the Android landscape is changing
so quickly, Google is adjusting its strategy a bit when it comes to
the Nexus One. When the phone was originally announced in early
January, the company said that it would also make
the phone available for Verizon customers this spring. Now, the
company is pushing customers towards
the Droid Incredible instead according to Gizmodo:
We won't be
selling a Nexus One with Verizon, and this is a reflection of the
amazing innovation happening across the open Android ecosystem.
Verizon Wireless customers who want an Android phone with the power
of the Nexus One can get the Droid Incredible by HTC.
This shouldn't come as a total surprise
considering that most
reviews seem to indicate that the Incredible is a superior phone
with many refinements not seen in the Nexus One.


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The vision for the Department is : To become the world leading centre of expertise in Scientific Computing, contributing to the advancement of science and technology and to the solution of grand challenges facing the UK.
The mission of the Department is : The Scientific Computing Department develops and utilises its expertise and relationships to establish leadership positions on the provision and support of scientific computing infrastructures and the research and development of scientific applications. This increases the UK's scientific and economic impact by the creation of innovative solutions.
The Scientific Computing Department provides large scale HPC facilities, computing data services and infrastructure at both STFC Daresbury Laboratory and STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
The department also includes world leading experts in a number of scientific fields including computational chemistry, computational engineering, materials science, band theory, computational biology, advanced research computing, atomic and molecular physics, numerical analysis, software engineering, data services, petascale storage, scientific information and scientific computing technology.
The new department includes around 190 staff who are based at STFC Daresbury Laboratory and STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
SCD provides the computing, data storage and networking infrastructure required by today's advanced science facilities to support the complete scientific life cycle, from background research, through simulation and experimental design, data collection and analysis to publication.
Traditionally, science involved two main pillars: theory to generate hypotheses and experimentation to test them. In modern science, theories are complex, data volumes are large, and experimental teams are often international collaborations. At the end of the 20th century a third pillar of science was added to the scientific process to manage these new realities of science.
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Reds fall to Jays in Votto's return
Cincinnati lineup stymied by Toronto starter Tallet
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
TORONTO -- For overexcited fans who believed Joey Votto's return from the disabled list would instantly cure all that ailed the Reds, Tuesday's 7-5 defeat to the Blue Jays was the cold splash of Niagara Falls water. Cincinnati dropped its third straight game and has lost eight of the last 11. Now with a 34-35 record, the Reds are below .500 for the first time since they were 2-3 on April 12. The fourth-place club also faded to five games behind the National League Central-leading Cardinals. Activated Tuesday and with news still reverberating from his revelation of personal problems with depression and anxiety, Votto was 1-for-4 with a fourth-inning single to left field, two strikeouts and a groundout during his first game back.
"The first few innings were a little tough," Votto admitted. "About the fourth or fifth inning on, I could just kind of be my old self and just focus on the team and what I could do to help the team."The final score indicated the outcome was close, but with just six hits, it was clear that much work needs to be done to rehabilitate a slumping Reds offense. Cincinnati batted .217 in the 22 games while Votto was away, and the club went 8-13 during that stretch. Blue Jays lefty Brian Tallet gave up only three singles over six scoreless innings while being staked to a 6-0 lead. Tallet (5-4) came in with a 4.68 ERA and was working on just three days' rest. Reds starter Micah Owings was susceptible to mistakes as he gave up three home runs. They were among the season-high six runs allowed over his 5 2/3 innings pitched with two walks and one strikeout. "He wasn't wild today. He was almost in the strike zone too much, at the wrong time," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. Owings (4-8) saw his 0-2 fastball over the plate to Scott Rolen get deposited over the left-field wall leading off the Toronto second inning. It was a 3-0 score with one out in the fourth when Owings left a 79-mph pitch dangling over the zone for Rod Barajas to hit for a solo homer. After Barajas reached on an infield hit with one out in the sixth, there were two outs when Marco Scutaro jumped on a high-and-inside 2-2 changeup and put it just over the left-field wall for a two-run homer and a 6-0 game. "Those three pitches, sometimes you get away with them, sometimes you don't," Owings said of the home runs. "I didn't, and it hurt. That's what good hitters do. They capitalize on mistakes, and those were mistakes." Frequent to early high pitch counts, Owings had 102 pitches in Tuesday's game. He has been unable to work more than six innings in his past seven starts since May 12 at Arizona. "We didn't want to go through our whole bullpen on the first day of the road trip," Baker said. "We were hoping he could get through that last inning prior to the home run by Scutaro. That ended up being the game-winner." Cincinnati perked up after reliever Shawn Camp took over, loading the bases with a Brandon Phillips leadoff single and back-to-back walks. Against lefty Jesse Carlson, Jay Bruce hit a two-run double into the right-field corner. Adam Rosales and Chris Dickerson added back-to-back sacrifice flies to make it a two-run game. The teams traded runs in the bottom of the seventh and top of the eighth. With only four Minor League games under his belt from a rehab assignment, Votto appeared to be a little rusty. "Yeah, but he's still better than most," Baker said. "That rust won't be there too long. It was great having Joey out there. He swung the bat pretty good, considering he hadn't played in a while. He's going to get better every day." In the first inning, Votto struck out on an 83-mph changeup from Tallet. In the fourth, he sent a first-pitch fastball into left field for a softly lined single. Tallet got Votto with another changeup in the sixth. Against reliever Brandon League in the eighth, Votto grounded out to the shortstop. "I felt fine. My swing felt good," Votto said. "I missed some pitches. I'm not going to say I'm rusty, but it's a little different hopping out in front of a big league pitcher than hitting batting practice and playing against A-ballers." Unlike playing with a sore oblique or tight hamstring, Votto will be playing with a condition that's day-to-day in ways that aren't as apparent to the public. He was optimistic that each day wouldn't be a struggle as he gets more comfortable playing again. "I hope that today was one of the last days of me getting over that mental block, but we'll see," Votto said.
Mark Sheldon 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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>Gears and Wears>What are the current 'best' headphones for running
Go Pre!
I rarely wear headphones when running, but when I do, i like to wear the best...
but I apparently don't have the best - Any recommendations?
I have these. MEElectronics M6. They are the only pair I've ever had stay put while running; they sound great, too. The price is right, so I won't feel massive guilt when I inevitably destroy them by mistake.
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem." Emil Zatopek
Princess Cancer Pants
Sennheisers have always worked the best for me. I like that I can still hear stuff around me. The worst ones I had were a pair of Panasonic sport ones...no bass...the highs were so harsh that they gave me a headache. And they blocked out a lot of ambient nose. I think I used them for maybe a month before I went back to Sennheisers. The Panasonics were < half the price of the Sennheisers...for a reason.
• Recover from 2017
• Surgery in March
• Continue showing Cancer that it's not welcome back. Ever.
• Rebuild to racing and big running & biking miles in 2019
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
I'm not incredibly picky when it comes to sound quality in headphones so I usually just get the best thing Wal-Mart has to offer. Over the years I have tried every model they offer but I always end up with these ones from Sony. They have the best sound, enough volume even for high winds, barely notice them in my ears, and unless a strong wind hits them just right they won't come loose. I usually leave the music at home on extremely sweaty days so they last longer but I end up going through a couple pairs a year with normal use.
Cool Jump Suit
I had a pair of Sennheisers, but one earbud blew out. (I think from sweat contamination.) I really liked them though! I bought a pair of Philips now that work great, but they don't stay in my ears very well. There's a pair of Bose I have my eye on at the local electronics store. Pricey!
So bittersweet,This tragedyWon't ask for absolution;This melody,Inside of me,Still searches for solution.A twist of faith,A change of heart Cures my infatuation.A broken heart, Provides the sparkFor my determination.
Loves the outdoors
I got these philips ones free with a pair of my adidas supernovas a couple of years ago as part of some promotion and they work well for me. In windy and rainy weather they stay in and the sound seems ok. They must be pretty reliable now that I think about it as I've had them out in all sorts of terrible wet weather.
One day I decided I wanted to become a runner, so I did.
Bose IE2. That's the best. I've gone thru a bunch of em, including the Adidas-branded Sennheisers (do not buy those.. stay away.. stupid cord lengths, fragile cord, sound quality nowhere near the price tag).
Overpriced at $99, but good sound quality, you can hear outside pretty well (safer for running), they stay in your ear no matter what, and the cord and jack plug are strong enough to withstand plenty of abuse. Sadly, nothing else I've bought last year has lasted as long as the Bose IE2. I'm not a Bose fan, so I hate to say it, but these are best-built, most practical running headphones right now.
Bose IE2. That's the best. I've gone thru a bunch of em, including the Adidas-branded Sennheisers (do not buy those.. stay away.. stupid cord lengths, fragile cord, sound quality nowhere near the price tag).
The shorter cord length is kind of annoying. The older ones were too long and tangled FAR too easily, but the newer ones are almost not long enough. If I were a really tall dude I might have issues.
I'm onto my second pair of Bose IE2 as well. Love the sound quality and the durability.
No issues with the cord length and I am 6'3" so not sure what the issue was there?
2016 Goals
2000 miles
Get ready for my 2nd Boston Marathon
No race goals, just stay healthy and work on flexibility and strength.
I think they mean the cord length of Sennheisers.
I think they mean the cord length of Sennheisers.
I bought these last week and am still considering returning them. So far....they're only so so. Not so great on the bass tones but not too trebly either. A decent sound overall but at $109 I expected more. Good cord length and volume, pause, next track. But still, t that price, I'd expect better.
And the cord length wouldn't be an issue aside from the fact that I wear my phone in a waist-belt thingie (I LOATHE armbands). So the buds are in my ears, the cord goes down inside my shirt, then comes back up from the bottom of my shirt. If I needed much more length I'd simply run it outside my shirt, under the belt, and into the phone that way.
Run Wild
Leave the headphones and home and just carry a giant ghetto blaster with you! Consider it cross training!
Leave the headphones and home and just carry a giant ghetto blaster with you! Consider it cross training!
Just sayin...


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I help with Melbourne Perl Mongers.
I spend an awful lot of time talking about Perl, and have had my picture in the Australian newspapers with a camel. That's rather scary.
Dark Stalking on Facebook
For a while I've been using Facebook's API and Facebook Query Language (FQL) via Perl's WWW::Facebook::API module to run fairly innocent queries on my friends. If I visit a town, I'd like a reminder of who lives there. If I want to go rock-climbing, it helps if I can easily search to see which of my friends share that hobby. This is good, innocent stuff, and makes me glad to be a developer.
Last week I decided to play with event searches. If a large number of my friends are attending an event, there's a good chance I'll find it interesting, and I'd like to know about it. FQL makes this sort of thing really easy; in fact, finding all your friends' events is on their Sample FQL Queries page.
Using the example provided by Facebook, I dropped the query into my sandbox, and looked at the results which came back. The results were disturbing. I didn't just get back future events my friends were attending. I got everything they had been invited to: past and present, attending or not.
I didn't sleep well that night. I didn't expect Facebook to share past event info. I didn't expect it to share info when people had declined those events. I haven't found any way of retrieving friends' past events using Facebook's website, but using FQL made it easy. Somehow, implicitly, I thought old events would fade away, only viewable to those who already knew about them. I didn't expect them to stick around for my code to harvest, potentially years into the future.
Finding my friends' old events crossed a moral boundary I honestly didn't expect to encounter. Without intending, I really felt like I was snooping. It didn't matter that these friends had agreed to share this information under the Facebook terms and conditions. I would personally feel uncomfortable with this much information being so readily available, and assume my friends would feel the same.
However my accidental crossing of moral boundaries wasn't the only thing that kept me awake last night. I was also kept awake by wondering just how much information could I tease out of the Facebook API. What could I discover? What if I were evil?
However I'm not evil, so I put my code on hold for a while and made a call for volunteers. I'd be restricting myself to just using the Facebook API, and without them installing any additional applications. I wouldn't share their data in any way, but I'd be able to inspect and use it, and would try to provide them with a copy when I was done. To be honest, I was surprised by the response; I now have almost two dozen people who have agreed to participate, covering a wide range of lifestyles and privacy settings.
The results have been very interesting. I expected to be able to obtain personal information, including things like events, photographs, and friends; it doesn't take much imagination with the FQL tables to find those. What was most interesting are some of the more creative queries I was able to run.
Most recently, I've been able to obtain status feeds, even for users who have very tight privacy settings, although I had to tweak my own application's privileges to do so. I don't know how far into the past these go, but they also come with likes information, and comments. This gives me a wealth of information on the strength and types of relationships people have. A person who comments a lot on another user's posts probably finds that user interesting. If I descended into keyword and text analysis, I may even be able to determine how they find that user interesting.
But by far the most interesting part of all of this have been dark users. Like dark matter, these users are not directly observable, usually because they've completely disabled API access. In fact, some of these users are completely dark unless you're a friend. They don't show up in search results. They don't show up on friends' lists. You can't send them messages. If you try to navigate to their user page (assuming you know it exists), you get redirected back to your homepage. These users have their privacy settings turned up real high, and are supposed to be hard to find.
However like dark matter, dark users are observable due to their effects on the rest of the universe. If a dark user comments on a stream entry, I can see that comment. More importantly, I can see their user-ID, and I can generate a URL to a page that will contain their name. I can then watch for their activities elsewhere. Granted, I can't directly search for their activity, but I can observe their effects on my friends. For want of a better term, I've been calling this "dark stalking".
What makes this all rather chilling is that I'm doing all of this via the application API. If your friend has installed an application, then it can access quite a lot of information about you, unless you turn it off. If your friend has granted the application the read_stream privilege, then it can read your status stream. Even if a friend of a friend has done this, and you comment on your friend's status entries, it's possible to infer your existence and retrieve those discussions through dark stalking.
While I've always considered people's own carelessness to be the biggest threats to their own privacy, in the social 2.0 world it seems we need to be increasingly worried about our friends, too!
I'm preparing a detailed paper with the results of my research (which is still ongoing), but I will be presenting my preliminary findings at BarCampMelbourne, this weekend (11-12th September 2009), with a further update at the University of Tasmania Computing Society (TUCS) on the 2nd October. A conference talk will invariably follow.
If you want to keep track of my research, then you can join the facebook group, or the facebook privacy group. I prefer comments and questions to directly to the facebook privacy group, or to me directly.


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Draft Preview: Extra picks inspire Astros
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
The task now for the Astros, who have five of the first 90 picks, is to take advantage of the extra picks and have their third consecutive strong Draft under general manager Ed Wade and assistant general manager/director of scouting Bobby Heck, who are trying to rebuild the Minor League system after the poor Drafts of 2005-07.
MLB.com will offer live coverage and analysis of the entire First-Year Player Draft from June 7-9 on MLB.com/Live. The first round and Compensation Round A will be broadcast live on MLB.com and MLB Network on Monday, June 7, beginning with the Draft preview show at 6 p.m. ET.
MLB.com Draft expert Jonathan Mayo will join Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds, John Hart, Peter Gammons and Baseball America executive editor Jim Callis on Monday's broadcast.
Coverage for rounds 2-50 will shift exclusively to MLB.com/Live. Rounds 2-30 will be streamed on Tuesday, beginning at noon, and rounds 31-50 will be streamed on Wednesday, starting at noon. Host Pete McCarthy will be joined by Mayo and former general manager Jim Duquette.
Here's a glance at what the Astros have in store as the Draft approaches:
In about 50 words
Talent rules the day. The Astros' farm system, which was decimated by poor Drafts in 2005 and 2006 and their inability to sign their top two picks in the 2007 Draft, still needs to be restocked. Houston contends it's going to take the best player available regardless of position.
The scoop
"Knowing where we picked after last season ended and after the Winter Meetings, knowing we were getting extra picks for Valverde, it's been very challenging because the fact is every player is in play. But it was also very rewarding from the fact every scout, their lists were all in play. It's been fun, but also understanding, too, is the impact that it can mean to a club and how important it is to nail these picks." -- Heck
Astros past five top picks
|Current team
|Jiovanni Mier
|Lexington (low A)
|Jason Castro
|Round Rock (AAA)
|Derek Dietrich
|Did not sign
|Max Sapp
|Brian Bogusevic
|Round Rock (AAA)
First-round buzz
Don't be surprised to see the Astros take a pitcher, especially considering this year's Draft is heavy with quality high school and college right-handed arms. The club has a shortage of power arms, and it's gone up the middle with its most recent first-round picks: catcher Jason Castro (2008) and shortstop Jiovanni Mier (2009). With five of the first 90 picks, don't be surprised to see at least a couple of pitchers taken off the board.
Shopping list
Some of the pitchers the Astros have drafted in the past two years, including Ross Seaton and Jordan Lyles, are steadily progressing through the Minors, but the club won't shy away from adding more. The talent at catcher drops off after Castro, who's at Triple-A Round Rock, so don't be surprised to see additional catching depth. Of course, Houston is in need of power bats throughout its Minor League system.
Trend watch
The Astros would like to have a good balance between college and high school players, but they will go for the best talent early. That being said, if they have two players rated equally on the board and one of the positions is a biggest strength, they won't shy away from going with the area of need in that situation.
Recent Draft History
2009: Shortstop Jiovanni Mier, San Bonita (Calif.) High School - Mier had a very impressive rookie season at rookie-league Greeneville last year, hitting. 276 with seven homers and 32 RBIs in 51 games and ranked as the top position prospect in the Appalachian League. The Astros jumped him to low Class A Lexington, where he was hitting .207 with no homers through 40 games.
2008: Catcher Jason Castro, Stanford -- Castro has been everything the Astros had hoped and could make his Major League debut at some point during the 2010 season. He came to Spring Training battling with J.R. Towles to be the starting catcher after hitting .309 at Class A Lancaster and .293 at Double-A Corpus Christi in his first full season in professional baseball in 2009.
2007: Outfielder Collin DeLome, Lamar -- DeLome was taken in the fifth round and was the highest Astros Draft pick to sign after they lost their first- and second-round picks and failed to sign their third- and fourth-round picks. DeLome, who hits left-handed and can run, has progressed steadily through the system and began this year at Triple-A Round Rock, where he was hitting .257 with four homers and 15 RBIs through 36 games before going on the disabled list with a shoulder injury.
Rising fast
Right-hander Jordan Lyles, who will pitch at 19 years old the entire season, could be knocking on the door of the Majors by the end of next season. Drafted No. 38 overall in 2008 out of Hartsville, S.C., he struck out 235 batters in 200 innings coming into this season. He was 5-3 with a 2.84 ERA in 10 starts at Double-A Corpus Christi, striking out 52 in 63 1/3 innings.
Cinderella story
Right-hander Daniel Meszaros, a 48th-round pick in 2008, is already making a case to be promoted to Triple-A Round Rock this year. He began last year at low Class A Lexington and was skipped a level to Double-A Corpus Christi during the season. He's 2-0 with a 2.75 ERA in 15 relief appearances in Corpus Christi this year.
In The Show
The most recent Draft class to produce Major League talent is 2006, when third baseman Chris Johnson was taken in the fourth round and pitcher Bud Norris in the sixth round. Johnson made his Major League debut last year and began the season with the Astros before getting injured, and Norris made nine starts before going on the disabled list last month.
Brian McTaggart 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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Mix It Up Readymade Freebie - Studio Double D
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The Tamaki area is one with so much potential yet so far has failed to live up to that. There have long been talks about redeveloping the area and it seems that something might finally be about to happen. Almost a year ago the government and the Auckland Council formed an urban redevelopment company to oversee the transformation of the area. Today the company is released a draft strategic framework for how they plan to do this. The herald reported this morning.
Auckland's low-income suburbs of Glen Innes, Pt England and Panmure will roughly double in population under a draft plan for more intensive housing to be unveiled today.
The urban "regeneration" project, which could add up to 6000 new homes to an existing 5050, is expected to be one of the first "special housing areas" with fast-tracked resource consent processes under a housing accord signed last month by Housing Minister Nick Smith and Auckland Mayor Len Brown.
The target of 6000, included in the accord, makes it the biggest housing development scheduled in Auckland and twice as big as the 3000-unit Hobsonville development.
It covers the area between West Tamaki Rd in the north and the Panmure Basin in the south, including 2880 Housing NZ homes, about 1160 owner-occupied houses and just over 1000 private rental properties.
The area covered in the Tamaki area is huge, to show the size of it and its relation to the city the transformation company have produced these maps
The Herald continues:
Unlike other developments, the draft Tamaki strategy also includes 11 other social, economic and environmental elements, as well as housing, designed to make the area more liveable despite doubling the population density.
The area is among Auckland's most deprived, with a 2006 median income of only $20,000 and an employment rate of only 52 per cent, compared with 65 per cent across Auckland. Sole parents make up almost half the area's families.
But the strategy sees opportunities for more jobs and training by attracting new businesses, redeveloping under-used land along the existing railway and encouraging training agencies such as Manukau Institute of Technology, Unitec and Te Wananga o Aotearoa to take over parts of Auckland University's Tamaki campus, which the university plans to sell as it develops a new campus in Newmarket.
The strategy says private investors have expressed interest in redeveloping an area next to the railway line where containers are stored, including possibly reopening the former Tamaki station between Glen Innes and Panmure.
The plan proposes a mix across the redevelopment area of market and affordable housing, likely to be developed by private developers, community and iwi organisations.
I've said before that I'm not keen on the idea of reopening the Tamaki station, to me it is just too close to both Panmure and Glen Innes and I think it would be good to avoid turning the inner parts of the eastern line into a slow crawl like the inner western line is.
I have only read through a few parts of the document so far however like most things, it sounds good but will really come down to the implementation. For example the strategy talks about redeveloping housing to provide better quality dwellings and more housing choices but gives no firm indication as to just what that means i.e. I assume they mean a mix of dwellings from standalone houses through to terraced houses to apartments in the town centres but there isn't really an indication of what mix they are aiming for. You can read the entire thing is here.
I think it's also worth pointing out some of the history behind the area. It was one of the first post war suburbs built and was done so right at the start of our period of our auto dependency, at a time when cars were promoted as the future. Thinking that is highlighted so well in this video from 1960.


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Westminster West author hits the big time, writes story for American Girl doll
BRATTLEBORO -- The world of children's literature does not typically include protecting top secret information.
If you write mysteries, political thrillers or spy novels then maybe you are fed some pieces of information occasionally that come from the "inside" that you have to protect.
Children's author Jessie Haas, however, usually does not deal with secret sources, multi-page confidentiality agreements and privileged information that she is sworn to protect.
But over the past two years Haas has harbored a secret, and now the secret is out.
The American Girl of the Year for 2013 is Saige Copeland, a plucky girl from New Mexico who loves the arts and her horses, and the two books that anchor the Girl of the Year campaign, and all of the accessories that come with it, were written by Haas.
When Haas signed a contract with American Girl about a year-and-a-half ago she was sworn to secrecy.
No one on the planet is allowed to talk about next year's Girl of the Year until after Dec. 31, and now, with the New Year upon us and the Saige campaign under way, Haas has been able to breathe a sigh of relief and tell people about her secret.
American Girl is a company that produces 18-inch dolls based on nine to 11-year-old girls from various ethnic and historical backgrounds.
Every year there is an American Girl of the Year and the dolls come with all the necessary accessories including clothing, jewelry, horses and a series of books, and that is where Haas comes in.
The Westminster West author has written dozens of books on girls and horses over the course of her career and many of them sit on shelves in libraries and homes from Vermont to Oregon, and in every state in between.
Working for American Girl though, Haas said, was a completely new experience.
She says she got an e-mail message, out of the blue, about two years ago, asking if she would be interested in writing two books about a girl from New Mexico who rode horses and loved the arts.
"It turns out they have a research library in their building and they were familiar with my work," she said. "They said they needed a book written about a girl with a horse theme and that's what I do, so I said 'yeah.'"
American Girl reported sales of $510.9 million in 2011, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
The company is based in Middleton, Wisc., outside of Madison.
Haas typically writes from her humble cabin in Westminster West which sits high on a ridge line and is off the grid.
She admits the American Girl payout was pretty good, but the work did come with some corporate-based requirements that Haas was not used to dealing with.
She had to submit an outline and work a little more closely with her editor that she was typically used to. And she also had to sign the confidentiality agreement which spelled out very clearly that she was expected to keep the story of Saige Copeland under wraps until the first of the year.
"There are toy spies out there and they work very hard to protect that name," Haas said. "The likelihood that someone here in Vermont would scoop a Mattel product seems small, but they don't take any chances."
The two books deal with Saige as she learns that planned cuts to her school program will eliminate music and art classes and she plans a fundraiser to save the program.
In book two, "Saige Paints the Sky," Saige takes comfort in painting and in riding her horses as she works to raise money and keep her horses from being sold.
Haas did say the editorial process and support she received was welcome.
Some American Girl books deal with tough issues like poverty, racism and war and they are recognized for the positive and empowering way they portray girls in this country.
Haas says overall the experience was good and she might work more with the company in the future.
Haas is a successful and popular author but she has never been involved in a national million dollar public relations campaign.
Haas does not like to travel but she is going to be flown to American Girls stores around the country to talk about Saige.
The Girl of the Year is only available for one year and the release kicks off a 365-day marketing campaign, which this year will even include a film which is set to star Jane Seymour.
And Haas is already receiving e-mails from attentive pre-teen girls around the country who are asking her about her horses, and who are also pointing out slight discrepancies in the books.
Haas says she was not "doll oriented" when she was growing up and while she had heard of American Girl she did not really pay close attention to the company's output.
Now she is in the middle of the corporate juggernaut and she says it is going to be an interesting year.
"It's fun to be a part of something that everyone has heard of," she said. "My name is out there, but this is on a whole different scale. It will be fun to see what it is like."
Howard Weiss-Tisman can be reached at 802-254-2311, ext. 279, or email@example.com. You can follow him on Twitter @HowardReformer.
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First-day honours to Australia as Lankan pacemen miss the mark
GOING by the scorecards, Michael Clarke was taking a risk when he chose to bat first at Bellerive, given the three first-class matches that preceded the opening Test against Sri Lanka produced an average first-innings score of 91.
Going by the day-one outcome, the decision was as solid as the captain's close-to-peerless batting.
Of the four wickets to fall, only one, that of Phillip Hughes for 86 in an assured Test comeback, could be described as being influenced by the pitch or overhead conditions. The others were to be blamed on a poor shot (Ed Cowan), poor running between wickets (David Warner) or astonishing fielding (Shane Watson).
Australia ended the day at 4-299, with their two middle-order mainstays at the crease: Clarke on 70 and Mike Hussey on 37.
Against New Zealand in Hobart last year, Australia managed only two half-century partnerships for the entire match. On day-one alone this year, they managed two, plus an as-yet unbeaten century stand. The home team's ability to deny Sri Lanka a streak of wickets required discipline, the trait that eluded all three of the visitors' pacemen as they overstepped on 10 occasions. It was deserving that the ninth of those no-balls resulted in Hughes, in a conspicuous example of his more reckless former self, being spared after edging behind while cutting too close to his body.
Hughes's departure for 86 seven balls into the last session thwarted the possibility of a century, yet any disappointment that generated among the crowd was trumped by yet another commanding performance from Clarke. As the day's play threatened to amble to a close, such was the inability of the Sri Lankans to threaten Clarke or Hussey, Clarke aided the spectacle with some sparkling driven boundaries.
The change in mindset required for Hughes between opening and first drop was minimal, as he was called on within 26 minutes of the start. Cowan almost departed for a second golden duck in as many Tests. Soon after, he fell to his second pull shot in as many Tests, punished for underestimating the bounce produced by left-armer Chanaka Welegedara, prompting Hughes's arrival.
Hughes started his innings aggressively, cutting and driving powerfully through his still-favoured offside, but in the second half of the morning session he was content to play a supporting role to Warner, whose last first-class innings at the ground was his masterful unbeaten century against New Zealand. Conditions on Friday were nowhere near as difficult as they were against the Black Caps; nevertheless, Warner deserved praise for his latest innings too.
''I was just trying to give him the strike,'' Hughes said of his fellow left-hander. ''I had the best seat in the house down the other end.''
Except for an edge from Warner that flew just wide of the slip cordon late in the opening session, there were few nervous moments for him and Hughes against Sri Lanka's maligned pace attack.
Warner batted impressively and looked set to go to the break half-way to another century in Hobart but was undone by a mix-up with Hughes in the last over before lunch. He drove Tillakaratne Dilshan into the off side and sought a single but then changed his mind after he saw the ball had been collected by Angelo Mathews, although by that stage Hughes was committed to running.
Much of Hughes's innings was subdued, although that seemed to change once he reached his half-century in the 44th over. Soon after, he hit a boundary down the ground - his preceding seven had been square of the wicket - and then crudely but effectively blasted Rangana Herath for six over wide long-on.
The pall cast by Welegedara's overstepping when he had Hughes caught behind was lifted in the left-armer's next over. An attempted drive from Watson flew off a thick outside edge, and Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene, belying his age of 35, threw himself to his right and took the catch one-handed with an outstretched right arm.
Hughes came into the match with a meagre home Test average of 14.58 and a top score of 37 but went to the tea break with both already exceeded. He could only add four more runs on his return before being bowled for 86.
His departure was all that went wrong for Australia, and right for Sri Lanka, in the last session. Clarke and Hussey have both faced calls to move up the order to strengthen the top. While the merits of that are debatable, one thing is not: their performances have already justified why the Sri Lankans have identified them as the key Australian scalps.
Jesse Hogan has been a reporter at The Age since 2004, and has been part of its sports department since 2008. He is primarily focused on cricket and has covered a number of the Australian team's overseas tours, including the 2011 World Cup. He also reports on AFL and soccer.
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text: Submitted by chris_hunt on Mon, 2013-12-02 13:02 Vote Up Down +102 + Screen Shot 2013-12-02 at 2.06.13 PM.png Introduction to TU's new website If you frequent the new TU website, you've probably noticed that we're trying to get away from our "old school" formulaic approach to online engagement, largely by mixing in a good bit of fishing content with news of our conservation work. I firmly believe that fishing is TU's "front door." Yes, we are, at our roots, a conservation organization that works to protect and conserve North America's trout and salmon and their habitat--that's our mission. But, in truth, through our mission, we make fishing better. That's where you come in. Maybe you have a fishing blog, or you handle the fishing reports for your local fly shop. Maybe you're just passsionate about the fly fishing craft and you want to try your hand at writing about, or photographing your fly fishing adventures. Maybe you've fished a great piece of gear lately, and want to let the world know about it. Or mabye you can tie flies like a pro, and have a special pattern you'd like to share with the world. Consider this an invitation to contribute to TU's new site, either by joining one of our many groups, or creating one of your own, and starting a conversation among your friends, whether they're TU members or not. In fact, if you're really into the idea, consider becoming a part of our new TROUT Team, a stable of contributors who are posting regular content to the TU blog, and enjoying thousands of eyeballs on their content as we elevate their work to the front of TU.org. If being a regular contributor (yep, that means deadlines, a schedule and the whole bit) appeals to you, let me know. I'm more than happy to spend some time with you on the phone, hear your ideas and how you'd like to be a part of the new TU.org, and we'll go from there. In the decade I've spent at TU, I've learned that our members are our most precious resource--that you are the best sources of information we can tap when it comes to making fishing better all over America. I hope you'll consider joining us and becoming a part of our new TROUT Team. We need your help to save the world... one trout at a time. Chris Hunt National Director of Communications Log in or register to post comments


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Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Coming Because That's an Idea
Sega's formerly and—fingers crossed—currently beloved hedgehog, Sonic, is headed to a theater near you with help from Sony Pictures Entertainment and Upright Citizens Brigade alums Evan Susser and Van Robichaux. Timely!
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sega Sammy's CG animation film production company Marza Animation Planet announced their plans to develop a film based on Sonic the Hedgehog, a $1 billion franchise, on Tuesday. The film will be produced by 22 Jump Street producer Neal H. Moritz and written by UCB's Susser and Robichaux.
According to a statement released about the film, Sonic will reunite Sonic with "some of the most revered and infamous characters of the franchise," and that is including Dr. Eggman. (Phew!) In the same statement, Columbia Pictures' president of production Hannah Minghella said:
"There are limitless stories to tell with a character like Sonic the Hedgehog, and a built-in international fan base. Along with our wonderful creative partners at Marza, we're looking to capture everything that generations of fans know and love about Sonic while also growing his audience wider than ever before."
And obviously there is no way to confirm it, but it is possible that while brainstorming a Sonic the Hedgehog film, those involved said:
Movie Person #1: So, what movie should we do next?
Movie Person #2: Hmm. Can Pringles be a movie?
Movie Person #3: I'm hungry for lunch.
Movie Person #1: Pringles is a great idea, let's put it up on the board and keep brainstorming.
Movie Person #2: Sonic?
Movie Person #1: The hedgehog or the drive-in chain?
Movie Person #2: Whatever.
Movie Person #3: Let's go to lunch.


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With Andre Hainault (Canada) and Jermaine Taylor (Jamaica) away with their national teams for the Gold Cup, Houston will sport a new look in central defense in the coming weeks.
Bobby Boswell is a staple on the Dynamo back line, but he'll get a new partner Saturday night when Houston heads west to face the San Jose Earthquakes (9:30 p.m., Galavisión, SportsTalk 790, La Ranchera 850).
Veteran Eddie Robinson is an option, as is Geoff Cameron — a member of the MLS Best XI at center back in 2009. While it's not clear who head coach Dominic Kinnear will select to pair with Boswell, the team is counting on experience and chemistry to get them through the coming weeks.
"It doesn't matter who's in there because I've played a lot of games with both of those guys," Boswell said. "We knew guys were going to be missing due to tournaments and things like injuries. So whoever [Kinnear] puts out there, we're going to try and work together and get a win."
Stadium Update
The Dynamo's new soccer-specific stadium is beginning to take shape. The club's president of business operations, Chris Canetti, led a tour of the site on Wednesday, previewing what 22,000 fans will see at the 2012 home opener.
WATCH: Video from stadium site tour
With construction progressing ahead of schedule, the target date of May 2012 is well within reach. Of course, that could render Houston homeless for the early stages of next season.
"If we have to start the first six weeks on the road, everyone's prepared to do that," Canetti said, while also mentioning the potential of playing one or two home games at another venue. "We want to get as many of our games in this stadium as possible, so whatever it takes. That's the goal."
In addition to the travel, there are other scheduling issues. Because Houston's future home is in the heart of the city's sports landscape, the team will have to cooperate with its fellow professional sports teams to avoid issues of parking and traffic.
"This year there were actually eight conflicts," Canetti said. "We'll have to work with the Astros on scheduling, because it'll be too congested if we both play at the same time."
While there are still logistics to finalize, the Dynamo front office is pleased with the progress so far. The construction of the stadium structure is slated to begin in August.
MORE: Follow stadium construction with webcam
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on twitter at @Dynamoexaminer.


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There's no comparison between summer camp and boot camp, but one is leading to the other for Yomira Martinez.
Yomira, 17, has spent the last four summers attending camp with the Anaheim Family YMCA, an experience that has taught her loyalty, leadership and how to push through fear.
Those are all traits that will serve her well when she enlists in the U.S. Navy after she graduates from Tustin High next year.
"It's just a way to start an independent life," Yomira said.
In June, she attended camp at Catalina Island and in late July she's volunteering with younger campers in the mountains at Camp Miehana in the San Bernardino Mountains. She is attending with a scholarship from the Register Campership Fund.
Yomira got connected to the YMCA in seventh grade by a mentor who started meeting with her while her father served time in jail. Her mentor suggested that Yomira try camp.
"I told her I wanted to be more active," Yomira said. "I was bored at home, just sitting watching TV and eating junk food."
Each year, camp has taught Yomira some valuable lessons. She has bunked in the same cabin with the same three girls every year.
"It's crazy how you can be really close to someone and not see them every day," she said.
Even though they are a few years younger, she hasn't ditched them in favor of teens her own age.
"They're my best friends," Yomira said. "They're the people I want to finish camp with."
Yomira has also learned how to safely take risks and overcome her fear of heights for activities such as the team building "leap of faith" where campers wearing harnesses jump from a tall pole.
"It feels good but at the same time it's scary," she said.
Yomira is fluent in Spanish and remembers reaching out at camp to two young boys who spoke little English.
"They felt scared and lonely," she said. "It's amazing how you can get in contact with so many people with two languages."
Yomira said she enjoys camp as an escape from the constant bombardment of media and technology.
"Camp is a way to forget about things," she said. "You don't take electronics. You go old school, where you either send mail or you have nothing."
Camp has also taught Yomira about setting goals and reaping the rewards through cloth rags that are bestowed on campers. She achieved one for service. She and her mentor served food to the homeless.
"People think I got it because I'm serving my country by going into the Navy but there's different ways to serve at home and in the community," Yomira said.
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Crowsnest Mountain Climber's Log
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|Fred Spicker
|Normal N Side Scramble
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012
|With Moni - a nice day out.
|Posted Aug 25, 2012 7:23 pm
|Hazy day
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012
|High overcast and smokey haze made for poor views from the summit, but at least it was cool. Much of the climb is a scree fest, but the gully is fun.
With Fred.
|Posted Aug 25, 2012 10:36 am
|Dow Williams
|Crowsnest Mountain
Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2011
|Tore my MCL in a crevasse in 2011, so went on a scrambling spree which included the trio of Ward, Allison and Window the next day. The day I drove down I went up Crowsnest and then camped on a comfortable spot on Allison Road. From car to car in under 3 hours! Got to love these Crowsnest Pass objectives. Well marked trail to the summit, never really seen that much signage for a scramble before. A bit of snow in late Sept since you are ascending the north face. Saw where someone turned around, but did not need to, the snow never interfered much. Beautiful day.
|Posted Oct 4, 2011 2:40 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2010
|Great day, great weather and good friends!!
|Posted Jul 19, 2010 5:15 pm
|Nice climb, on a stand alone mountain. Saw a HUGE! MOOSE.
|Posted Aug 20, 2009 12:26 pm
|Great Climb
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008
|I really enjoyed this climb. After the second headwall we encounters snow and ice. The ice made things a bit tricky. Loved the views. Ascent time was 2.5 hours, descend just over 1.5 hours.
|Posted Jul 12, 2008 8:25 pm
|Linda Breton
|Route Climbed: Normal scramble
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|I have wanted to climb this mountain since I was a small child passing through the Crowsnest area in my parents' car. I still have a postcard of it from those days. Finally, my wish came true!
|Posted Jul 30, 2007 10:10 pm
|Wandering Sole Images
|Very nice...
Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007
|A very enjoyable day out with interesting scrambling and fantastic views. A few patches of snow near the top made for interesting going... an ice axe is pretty handy to have if there is still snow on the mountain.
|Posted Jun 27, 2007 10:27 pm


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Torres dealt to Brewers for prospects
Relievers Salas, Roberts should add depth to bullpen
By Justice B. Hill / MLB.com
Showing patience in the wake of trade rumors that swirled through the annual Winter Meetings this week, Huntington dealt veteran reliever Salomon Torres to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday for right-handers Marino Salas and Kevin Roberts.
"With this trade, we have acquired two young relief pitchers who provide us with quality depth, options and multiple years of control," Huntington said in a news release that announced the three-player deal. "They have each had success during their respective Minor League careers."
Of the two young arms, the 26-year-old Salas is the most experienced. He joined the Brewers on Feb. 1 in a waiver transition after being in the Baltimore Orioles organization since 1998. He was long thought to have a solid future as a Major League closer.
Salas split time last season between Double-A Huntsville and Triple-A Nashville. He posted a 2.77 ERA with 17 saves in 51 games.
Roberts, 23, was a fifth-round pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. He went 6-3 with a 3.44 ERA in 45 relief appearances last season for Class A Brevard County. He also pitched in 15 games in the Hawaiian Winter League and posted a 4.82 ERA.
Neither he nor Salas was on the Brewers' 40-man roster.
The acquisition of two Minor League prospects wasn't the kind of blockbuster deal that had been rumored throughout the Winter Meetings. The names of several high-profile Pirates, including outfielders Jason Bay and Nate McLouth, had been tossed about like confetti.
In the end, Huntington decided to hold to his wait-and-see approach.
"Overall, I don't know how the offseason is going to pan out other than to say that we would like to get better," Huntington told MLB.com on Thursday. "We would like to make some baseball trades that not only helps the '08 club, but helps the '09, '10' and '11 club."
Adding young relievers like Roberts and Salas seems to fit neatly into Huntington's long-term plans.
In trading Torres, Huntington bid adieu to a pitcher who had been with the Pirates since 2002. Torres has had seasons where his ERA was as low as 2.64 [2004] and where he saved as many as 12 games [2006 and '07].
But in 2007, he struggled. He had opened the season as Pirates closer, but his inability to close games cost him the job. Torres, who was scheduled to make $3.2 million next season, appeared in 56 games for the Pirates, all in relief. His ERA was 5.47; his record, 2-4.
He waged a public feud last season with former GM Dave Littlefield, whom Torres alleged had "tricked" him into signing a below-market contract with a promise to rent space at one of Torres' youth baseball facilities in the Dominican Republic.
Then, just this week, Huntington challenged Torres to improve his conditioning over the offseason, which is something Torres said in published reports that he planned to do.
"[Torres] had a little bit of an off-year," Brewers GM Doug Melvin told MLB.com. "But we think a change of scenery is going to help him."
Justice B. Hill is a senior writer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Giles gives up homer, strikes out one in debut
By Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
PHILADELPHIA -- Ken Giles left the Phillies bullpen, headed down a few steps and walked through the bullpen door before he jogged onto the field for his big league debut with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Thursday at Citizens Bank Park.
One problem:
"I thought I was going to fall down," he said following a 7-3 victory over the Padres. "My legs were a little Jell-o-y. I thought I was going to fall down. But once I got to the dirt I was like 'Oh my God, this it. My dreams are finally coming true.' Now I've got my greatest goal accomplished. … It was breathtaking."
Fans have been waiting for Giles since April, when he started to light up the scoreboard in Double-A Reading with 100-mph fastballs. He dominated Double-A hitters and pitched with some success in Triple-A.
He didn't disappoint as his first-pitch fastball to Yasmani Grandal flashed 100 mph on the scoreboard, although Pitch f/x data had it at 99.1 mph. His next three pitches were balls and Grandal lofted a 3-1 fastball into the flower boxes in left field for a solo home run.
"That's a great way to welcome me to the big leagues," Giles said. "I didn't think it was going to go out. It looked like a routine fly ball to the warning track to me. Once I saw it, Dom [Domonic Brown] was under it, I just stood behind the mound like I would for an out. Next thing I knew, there was stumbling in the bushes. I was like all right, oh well, on to the next one."
Giles struck out Alexi Amarista swinging on a 2-2 slider to end the game.
One home run, one strikeout.
Giles hopes he is on his way.
"It was fun, it was great," he said. "Now I've showed them what I can do, what I throw, so now it's just, I got the first one out of the way, now it's down to business, time to pitch."
The scoreboard flashed 100 mph twice with fans cheering each time it hit. Giles heard each one.
"How could you not?" he said. "I just go out there and pitch. Whatever it says, it says. I'm not going to try to force it. It's all natural, you've seen it, everybody's seen it today. No reason to pump 102 or 103. … Everybody's different on their debut and, unlucky for me I got a home run on mine, but, that's a great memory, just thinking first at-bat, gave up a home run. Next guy, struck out. It's just a good story to tell."
Bunning reflects on Father's Day perfect game
PHILADELPHIA -- Jim Bunning still vividly recalls the details of Father's Day 1964.
Why wouldn't he?
He pitched a perfect game for the Phillies on June 21, 1964, against the Mets at Shea Stadium. The Phillies plan to honor the accomplishment Sunday on Father's Day at Citizens Bank Park.
"It meant so much because my oldest daughter and my wife came up for the game," Bunning said Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. "And they never would have come up if it wasn't Father's Day."
Bunning, 82, said he figured that afternoon might be a good one when he hung a couple sliders to Mets leadoff hitter Jim Hickman, but he only fouled them back. He remembered the biggest defensive play of the game when Jesse Gonder smashed a ball to Phillies second baseman Tony Taylor with one out in the fifth inning. Taylor knocked down the ball, which rolled a few feet away from him. But Taylor quickly picked up the ball and threw from his knees to first base to get Gonder.
"It was the only straight changeup I threw in the whole game," Bunning said. "The only one. And Tony made that spectacular play. And I thought, this has got the makings of something special."
Bunning said he talked throughout the perfect game, typically taboo during a run at perfection. But Bunning dismissed the superstition after he kept quiet during a failed no-hit bid weeks earlier. Catcher Gus Triandos once said Bunning was "jabbering like a magpie" during the game. Bunning even asked Triandos to tell him a joke when he visited him on the mound in the ninth inning.
"I know it relaxed me and I hoped it relaxed the whole team," Bunning said.
Bunning appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show later that night and celebrated at a Howard Johnson's off the New Jersey Turnpike because the once famous Toots Shor Restaurant had closed.
"[Former pro golfer] Ken Venturi had won the U.S. Open at Congressional, and I met Kenny backstage [at the Ed Sullivan Show], and he said some nasty words to me -- kiddingly -- that I had knocked him off the front page of the New York papers," Bunning said. "He said, 'I almost died winning that thing.' They had to intravenously give him fluids when they played 36 holes on the final day."
Howard sees marginal improvement vs. lefties
PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Howard has been a bit better against left-handed pitchers this season than the previous three, but not substantially better.
So it seemed like a no-brainer Thursday when Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg started John Mayberry Jr. at first base against Padres left-hander Eric Stults. Howard entered the afternoon with a .209/.268/.413 line against left-handed pitchers, compared with a .198/.254/.350 line the previous three seasons.
Meanwhile, Mayberry has a .273/.385/.545 line against left-handed pitching this season and a .274/.326/.528 line against them in his career.
"Well with KK [Kyle Kendrick] out there I wanted to give at-bats to Mayberry against the lefty and also the added defense with the potential of them having a lot of left-handed hitters in the lineup," Sandberg said after the game. "There were a lot of balls hit to Chase [Utley], and a couple hit to first base. But also for some defense behind KK."
But a quick look at the matchups showed Howard is 2-for-2 with two home runs and four RBIs in his career against Stults.
Despite his struggles against left-handed pitchers, Howard has started 12 of 16 games against lefties this season. He also has hit fifth eight times after hitting there twice in the season's first four games.
Mayberry went 3-for-4 with two doubles, one home run and three RBIs in the 7-3 victory.
Brignac's walk-off to snap scoreless tie a rarity
PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies infielder Reid Brignac picked up his second walk-off hit of the season Wednesday, when he hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning in a 3-0 victory over the Padres.
Elias Sports Bureau said Brignac is the first Phillies player to snap a scoreless tie with a walk-off home run in nearly 42 years. Willie Montanez did it July 28, 1972, when he hit a two-run home run against the Cubs' Milt Pappas in a 2-0 victory at Veterans Stadium.
Worth noting
• Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee played catch again Thursday morning. He is recovering from a strained left elbow.
"He came out fine," Sandberg said.
• Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said during Thursday's broadcast that Triple-A outfielder Darin Ruf has a fractured left wrist, although it does not change the timetable for his return. The Phillies never previously offered a timetable, although it seems to be weeks away.
• Class A Advanced Clearwater announced it had released outfielder Anthony Hewitt, who was the organization's first-round pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. He had a .223/.264/.370 line over seven seasons in the organization. He had just been demoted to Clearwater after hitting .140 in 103 plate appearances with Double-A Reading.
Todd Zolecki 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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Guys, I'm ashamed that it took me this long to come to grips with the fact that this man isn't dealing in logic or facts. I apologize for wasting precious board space by arguing with a brick wall. I am really, really sorry.
You have yet to actually prove any of your claims, and I doubt you'll ever make any attempt to do so. It's unfortunate, because all you've done is give off the impression that Christians are unintelligent, and unwilling to use logic.
Man, at least those brothers let you know who they were and what they believed in and didnt hide their faces and by the way , the KKK still does.
Muslim extremism is anti-american lets begin there.
Oh yeah and F' Tebow.
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The sad part is that you don't even get that. It went right over your head. Speaking as someone who used to be very much into religion and Christianity, you are making your group look very, very dumb.
You can get alot of answers from a book if you put the right pieces together.
What part of that do you not understand? You're making claims and stating them to be 100% fact, so the burden of proof is on you to PROVE those claims to be true. Having been in Christianity/religion before, I can tell that you won't attempt to prove your claims because you know that you CAN'T.
You're not surprised that I'm using common sense to shut you down? Yeah, I can see why you'd be used to that, lol.
Well, that's it for me tonight, folks. Can only take someone this ignorant for so long. Good night, friends.
lol, UC still doesn't realize that he's doing more to damage his point than help it. Can't make this stuff up, haha.
Ummm, hate to ask, but isn't this where we discuss FOOTBALL ? More specifically, the NY Jets ?


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The Green Bay Packers (5-3) and Arizona Cardinals (4-4) are two teams headed in opposite directions as the second half of the 2012 season opens up Sunday at Lambeau Field.
A little over a month ago, the Cardinals were 4-0 and in possession of greater than 80 percent odds of making the postseason. A four-game losing streak, in which Arizona scored just 36 points (9.0/game), has sent that sterling start up in flames.
The Packers occupy the other end of spectrum.
Since limping to a 1-2 start, Green Bay has won four of five games—including each of the last three. Over their current three-game winning streak, the Packers are outscoring opponents by over nine points a game.
According to Football Outsiders, the Packers now hold an 82.4 percent chance of making the playoffs. Arizona's chances have plummeted to just 2.4 percent. How the tides can turn during an NFL season.
Here's some other things you could watch Sunday:
Awareness of Washington
There's no question that Daryl Washington has been the game's best blitzer at the inside linebacker position this season. His eight sacks are third in the NFL (behind only J.J. Watt and Clay Matthews) and lead all inside linebackers.
Thursday, we profiled how Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton uses Washington in a variety of blitzing roles. Center Jeff Saturday, quarterback Aaron Rodgers and each pass-protecting running backs need to know exactly where Washington is at all times Sunday.
To blitz, or not to blitz?
Defensive coordinators rarely like to completely break tendency, but Horton may be tempted Sunday. While Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday that Horton blitzes on 38 percent (or more) of all downs, the blueprint for containing Rodgers and the passing offense has been generating pressure with four and dropping seven into coverage.
In the two games where defenses brought extra pressure (Houston, St. Louis), Rodgers had his best games (680 yards, nine touchdowns). Horton will have to pick his spots against a surgeon of the blitz.
Pressure from every angle
The pass-protection numbers for the Cardinals offensive line are almost hard to believe. According to Pro Football Focus, Arizona has allowed a staggering 149 quarterback disruptions (sacks, quarterback hits and hurries) over 357 passing plays this season. Indianapolis, the next worst offensive line, has 94. The Packers have just 69. The problems come at every position, but the two tackles are mostly to blame.
Right tackle Bobby Massie (13 sacks, two quarterback hits and 34 hurries) and left tackle D'Anthony Batiste (12 sacks, five quarterback hits and 34 hurries) combine to total 100 of the 149 disruptions. There hasn't been a worse pass-blocking tackle duo in the NFL since PFF began tracking games in 2008, and you could only assume that the ineptitude could actually trail back several more years.
Will either of these teams be able to run the football Sunday? Recent history would certainly seem to indicate no.
The Packers' 26th-ranked run game (90.1 yards/game) has been the subject of much discussion since Cedric Benson (Lisfranc injury) was placed on the designated to return IR list. In three starts since Benson's injury, second-year back Alex Green has carried 64 times for just 154 yards (2.41 yards/carry). The problems running the football are multi-faceted and difficult to pin on just one player.
However, Arizona's production against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday puts anything Green or the Packers have struggled with to shame. On nine rushing attempts, the Cardinals gained just seven yards—or the least amount during a regular-season contest in over a quarter century. Without Beanie Wells (designated to return IR list) and Ryan Williams (season-ending IR) the Cardinals have simply given up on the run in some games. Arizona currently ranks 31st in the NFL per game (79.0).
Both teams will have much-needed byes following Sunday, so expect an energetic contest. However, McCarthy was very adamant this week that the Packers need to be 6-3 heading into the bye. He went as far as to call it "non-negotiable." The players should understand that message, especially after a sloppy, uninspired win in Week 8. And while the Cardinals' fourth-best scoring defense (17.9) should keep them in the game, there simply isn't enough offense to win a game on the road. The Packers get to McCarthy's goal of 6-3, and the bye week gives Green Bay a chance to get healthy for a difficult final stretch.
Packers 24, Cardinals 9 (Season record: 3-5)
Zach Kruse is a 24-year-old sports writer who contributes to Cheesehead TV, Bleacher Report and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He also covers prep sports for the Dunn Co. News. You can reach him on Twitter @zachkruse2 or by email at [email protected].
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Security Minister visit focuses on key role of INTERPOL network in enhancing national security
LYON, France – Collaboration and the sharing of police information with INTERPOL to combat transnational organized crime was the focus of a visit today to INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters by the country's Minister of Security, Sadik Ahmetovic.
Main topics during discussions between Mr Ahmetovic and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble included the importance of screening passports against INTERPOL's global database to help track down fugitives and identify transnational organized crime and drug trafficking links.
In April 2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina was among the first countries to expand access to INTERPOL's databases beyond the country's National Central Bureau, enabling officers at border checkpoints to carry out instant checks against INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database, which now includes more than 21 million entries from some 150 countries, as well as against its Stolen Motor Vehicles (SMV) database.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of 21 countries in Europe, including 12 in Schengen, having installed the INTERPOL technology enabling border checks against the SLTD, and is one of the highest users of the system, carrying out nearly 1.2 million queries and generating 217 hits in the first six months of 2010 alone.
Out of INTERPOL's 188 member countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina is the sixth highest user of INTERPOL's SMV database, and the 17th highest user of its SLTD database.
Minister Ahmetovic said his visit underscored his country's close co-operation and success in working with INTERPOL.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina have made it a priority to ensure that our external borders are secure and that transnational organized criminals cannot move freely through or inside our borders," said Minister Ahmetovic.
"INTERPOL's statistics demonstrate how successfully our police, border control and INTERPOL National Central Bureau officers are co-operating to keep both Bosnia and Herzegovina and indeed all of Europe as safe as possible," added Bosnia and Herzegovina's Minister of Security.
Secretary General Noble commended 'the exemplary action shown by Bosnia and Herzegovina and its National Central Bureau in Sarajevo in making critical information available to frontline police officers, thus making it significantly more difficult for fugitives to evade capture'.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina is not only one of the leading countries in Europe in preventing dangerous criminals from using fraudulent travel documents and stolen motor vehicles to cross borders, but also one of the leading countries in the world, and it is therefore to be commended for its leadership," said the head of INTERPOL.
Bosnia and Herzegovina also supports INTERPOL's Project BESA which targets organized crime groups in South East Europe and which resulted in March this year in the arrest of five men and the seizure of more than six kilos of heroin in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The delegation also met with specialized officers at the General Secretariat to discuss INTERPOL projects targeting human trafficking and organized crime activity, including the Pink Panthers Project co-ordinating worldwide investigations of high-value armed jewellery robberies committed across the globe.


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"If our guys expect to just show up, we're not going to win that way," Mullins said. "We have to have the same focus and effort that we had the last three weeks. We are building in the right direction, but I don't think anyone on our staff or our team thinks we are better than we are.
"We're in the middle of the pack in the conference right now, but if we keep doing what we can do, we have an opportunity to finish very high in the conference. That all starts with Saturday's game."
The Wonder Boys (4-3 overall, 2-2 Great American Conference) will host the University of Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils (1-6, 0-5) for a 2 p.m. GAC football contest at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field.
ATU is above .500 for the first time since September 2010 after consecutive wins over Northwestern Oklahoma State, Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State the last three Saturdays.
In both of their two most recent victories, the Wonder Boys rallied from 17-point deficits to win. Arkansas Tech trailed Southwestern Oklahoma State 17-0 after one quarter last Saturday, but a big day from quarterback Tanner Marsh and three turnovers forced by the ATU defense allowed the Wonder Boys to avenge a 23-20 loss at Southwestern Oklahoma State in 2011.
"A year ago, we couldn't have done what we have done the past two weeks," Mullins said. "I can't tell you how proud I am of our team. We kept working and believing, and eventually good things happened for us. "
Marsh completed 25-of-37 passes for 424 yards and four touchdowns at SWOSU and was named GAC co-offensive player of the week. His 424 passing yards were the fifth-most by a Wonder Boy in a single game in program history, and he joined Nick Graziano as the only Arkansas Tech quarterback to ever throw for 400 or more yards in a contest.
In addition to his big day throwing the football, Marsh also caught the go-ahead touchdown pass from wide receiver Jonathan Keener on a trick play with 3:50 remaining. Marsh handed the football off to Ketrich Harmon, who ran left and handed it to Keener, who in turn rolled to his right and threw the scoring strike to Marsh.
"We started working on that play during the first practice of the week on Sunday," Mullins said. "I love trick plays. There wasn't anyone within 10 yards of Tanner, so it was an easy throw for Keener. Hopefully we'll keep expanding and have something this Saturday that will keep people entertained."
Arkansas-Monticello has lost six consecutive games following a season-opening 78-0 win over College of Faith.
Second-year head coach Hud Jackson and the Boll Weevils have suffered through an injury-plagued season that has included the loss of their top three candidates at quarterback.
"Outside of this one game, I have a lot of sympathy for Hud and my alma mater," Mullins, a 1980 graduate of UAM, explained. "We had a similar situation here at Tech in an extreme way last season. At the NCAA Division II level, your depth is not going to be like it is at the Division I level.
"As you start to lose guys and replace them … there's a reason a guy is first team, second team or third team. It's a tough deal when you look at the personnel board and realize there are a lot of things you'd like to do, but you can't."
Even with UAM's injury troubles, Mullins said he is concerned about the threat posed by quarterback Damon Wicker because of his running ability.
"There's no secret about it … defensively, we're not playing as well as we should and mobile quarterbacks in particular have given us trouble," Mullins said. "We've seen that the last two weeks, and Wicker is in the same mold in terms of his mobility.
Party at the Plaza, the pre-game tailgating celebration outside the stadium on Centennial Plaza, will begin at noon. Game tickets will be available at the stadium ticket office. Those with a valid ATU identification card will be admitted free.
It will be Johnson/Yell County Day at Arkansas Tech. Fans presenting a driver's license showing residence in either of those counties will receive a promotional ticket price of $5 per person.
Radio station KWKK 100.9 FM will broadcast the ATU-UAM game in the Arkansas River Valley. Live audio and live video coverage will be available online at athletics.atu.edu.


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Hope to see Brown making some explosive plays again.Just hang on to the ball.It would also be very nice to see Foles make some progress.Is hoping for him to throw 2 Tds asking too much?
It would also be nice to see Curry and Graham make some key tackles,possibly even a sack or two.
But,what would even be nicer would be,to see Nnamdi and DRC not get torched by Romo.
I suppose an Eagles fan can dream.
go cowboys
Bryce Brown not fumbling ray:
I can smell the #2 pick!!!
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God i hate losing to the cowboys. You guys would be okay with 12 straight losses? I get the draft picks but damn atleast win one more
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Eagles by 10.
Not capable? Please, I'm BDN homie..
Dallas 24
Eagles 13
Well,all the fantasy scoring projections have Romo and company going off.Mcnabb says it will be a nightmare for the Eagles.I think it will be a lot closer.Draft picks be damned,beat the Cowboys ruin their slim playoff chances I say!
I think we will lose this game i have no confidence left in this team
^^ Big picture my friend big picture.
They have no playoff hopes anyways, their hopes were dashed before the season even started.
They are constantly the most overrated team in the league year in and year out.
The last time they made the playoffs was the last time we had McNabb, they've gone through a coaching change and have had 2 top 10 picks and nothing to show for it but missing the playoffs. We've had the same coach, a QB change and have actually made the playoffs.
I never understand why people always give the Cowboys more respect than they deserve, their team never scares me.
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