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The Wisconsin FFA Foundation is excited to support FFA members at the 2012 State FFA Convention to be held in Madison, Wis., June 11-14. Over the past year the FFA Foundation staff and volunteers have worked to secure sponsorship from companies and individuals throughout the state to support nearly 19,000 FFA members in Wisconsin.
"We are especially proud of our donors this year for increasing the convention-related funding support by 37 percent," commented Nicole Nelson, Executive Director of the Wisconsin FFA Foundation. "We encourage donors to attend the convention every year to catch a glimpse of the impact that their financial gifts are making. State Convention is a place for FFA members to showcase all of their achievements and talents they have been working on throughout the year."
This year, the Foundation donors will provide a total of $150,700 in funding support directly connected to the convention. In addition the to the convention-related support, $62,500 has been distributed throughout the year for leadership conferences, state officer support, grant monies and Star Mission Partner support. Of the $215,315 total estimated support that the Foundation allocates on behalf of donors, over half is shared directly with local chapters and individual members. The other half is apportioned to the Team Ag Ed organizations to fund state-level programming opportunities that support local chapters and members.
At the 2012 Wisconsin FFA Convention, the Foundation estimates they will award $62,400 to individual FFA members and $10,200 to FFA chapters in cash awards for proficiency awards, career development events, speaking contests, post-secondary scholarships and state officer leadership awards.
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"Donors are essential to sustaining and growing these career preparation opportunities for our agricultural youth. We are so grateful for each and every person and company who financially supports our efforts at any level," said Cheryl Zimmerman, Wisconsin FFA Executive Director. "Anytime a student competes in a speaking contest, attends a leadership conference or experiences the awe of state convention, donor support provides those experiences."
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Samardzija goes five scoreless against Rangers
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
LAS VEGAS -- Cubs Opening Day starter Jeff Samardzija out-pitched Rangers fifth-starter candidate Nick Tepesch in a 4-1 victory on Saturday afternoon at Cashman Field.
Tepesch wasn't bad in his fourth outing of the spring. He just couldn't match Samardzija, who held the Rangers scoreless through five innings on three hits and a walk, while striking out three. Samardzija has a 3.68 ERA after his fourth Cactus League start and fifth appearance of the spring.
Samardzija threw about 80 pitches, then got some more work done in the bullpen. The best thing about the outing was that his splitter was working.
"That's a big pitch for me," he said. "That pitch comes along as time goes, and you get a better feel for it."
Each Spring Training outing has been better for Samardzija, who arrived in Arizona knowing for the first time that he would be in the rotation and didn't have to battle for a job.
"It's been nice to be able to take that approach that you don't have to go out the first outing and 'wow' everyone because you're trying to win a job," he said. "It's been a little different approach to Spring Training, but I definitely feel it was my best outing and something to build on."
It seems the right-hander is always lined up to pitch in Las Vegas.
"Unfortunately, I spent a fair amount of time here in Triple-A so I know the mound and the field pretty well and I'm comfortable with the locker room," Samardzija said. "I enjoy coming here pitching, and the atmosphere is outstanding. We always get great support from the fans. It's good to get that feeling of the season."
Tepesch, making his second start and fourth overall appearance of the season, gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out two in five innings. Tepesch now has a 3.46 ERA on the spring and opponents are hitting .250 against him.
Tepesch's biggest problem was letting the leadoff hitter reach base. That happened in four of his five innings. Steve Clevenger's double started off a two-run third and Scott Hairston's second home run of the spring led off the fourth.
"I felt strong the whole game," Tepesch said. "I just didn't get the leadoff guy. That kind of hurts you when you do that."
The Rangers didn't score until the sixth, when Craig Gentry led off the inning with a triple and scored on Mitch Moreland's grounder to first. Joey Gallo, who is from Las Vegas, doubled off the center field wall with two out in the seventh.
Nate Robertson pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the Rangers and has not allowed a run in eight innings this spring.
Up next for the Cubs: Carlos Villanueva will make his third spring start on Sunday when the Cubs' split squad faces the Rangers in Las Vegas at Cashman Field. The other half of the Chicago roster will travel to Phoenix to face the Athletics. Scott Baker, coming back from Tommy John surgery last year, will make his first spring start. The game in Las Vegas will be on WGN Radio; the game in Phoenix will be on WGN and MLB.TV.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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If you've been a reader of mine since the Modcloth scandal of 2010, you know me as someone who will talk about problems I see within the fashion world, even if it leads to an employee leaving me cryptic messages (thanks IP tracking!). Because of that post, Modcloth removed the listing of one of those dresses, and also recognized me and my readers (as well as readers of The Gloss and others who profiled the problem) as a force to be reckoned with.
Recently, it has come to my attention that another company is doing something more devious than just pricing their poly-blend products at astronomical prices.
Land's End has allegedly taken Kiel James Patrick's belt design and is selling it as its own design, for about half as much. Here are the two designs, side-by-side:
A little too similar to be a coincidence, right? They're even laid out the same way, photographs taken in front of grey backgrounds.
Design stealing is, sadly, nothing new in the fashion world. I found this blog post about LL Bean stealing Eliza B sandal designs (quite brazenly, I might add). Last year, a similar controversy cropped up with US state necklaces and Urban Outfitters. In that case, Urban Outfitters removed the necklace from their site, but as April from Regretsy pointed out, there were many other sellers on Etsy with similar products, so who's really the originator of the product?
In Kiel James Patrick's (KJP) case, according to the statement he sent to Ivy Style, he's not claiming to be the originator of a nautical belt, but created a hand-crafted, high-quality belt that took months to perfect. KJP also says that his designs are not sold to corporations, such as Land's End, so their seemingly identical design was not created by him, nor is he receiving any payment for it.
We can argue if this is something that we think should go on in the fashion world or if we think it's right/wrong, but that's not where I'm taking this discussion. I want to call out Land's End for their blatant rip-off of a small company (20 employees!), and I want them to remove the belt from their shelves.
As it's noted on the Ivy Style site, designs cannot be copyrighted. But, most designers (indie or well-known) aren't going to rip someone else off, because it can be traced, and everyone wants to be original. There is a difference between seeing someone else's design, being inspired, and creating something you deem as better. Wouldn't you want to have something better than someone else, not a blatant copy? (Again, I don't want to argue about fast-fashion and all that – that is not the point of this post.)
Let's make some waves. KJP already tried to comment on the Land's End Facebook and Twitter, and Land's End hasn't responded. If you take a look at Land's End's website, you can leave comments and reviews for products. I suggest we all jump over there and leave comments on the belt, bringing the star (boat) value down to one. Tell them the design is stolen from a small business In Rhode Island. Let's make Land's End give us an answer. If they didn't "steal" the design, there would be no reason for the silence, in my opinion.
By bringing the star value of the product down, and making sure others are aware that the design isn't original to Land's End, hopefully Land's End will be forced to do something about the product (e.g. pull it from the shelves!).
Please head over to the Land's End website and help KJP get the answers they deserve.


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Fort Bragg CU Members Approve Merger with Mendo Lake CU
Members of the $31 million Fort Bragg Community Federal Credit Union in Fort Bragg, Calif., have voted to merge with the $135 million Mendo Lake Credit Union in Ukiah, Calif.
The Fort Bragg office will be managed by Tracy McDaniel. System integrations are scheduled throughout October, according to a joint press release.
In addition, the merger agreement includes a provision for two of the board members of Fort Bragg FCU to join the Mendo Lake Credit Union board of directors, and one Fort Bragg FCU volunteer to join the supervisory/audit committee.
All employees of Mendo Lake and Fort Bragg credit unions will retain their jobs under the merger agreement.
Pam Merritt, president/CEO of Fort Bragg FCU, is retiring after more than 39 years working in the financial services industry, the release said.
Merritt said the merger is "an opportunity for 4,760 members of Fort Bragg FCU to have access to additional lending options and expanded services, and to keep all of the employees that members are used to seeing each day."
Fort Bragg Community FCU was chartered in 1952. At the end of its first year, it had 26 members and $4,393 in assets.


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The Most Annoying Thing About Reality TV
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you ever have a sense of déjà vu when watching reality TV? Like when a show comes back from commercial and you're like, "Wait a minute. Didn't I just see that?" Yeah, you probably did, and it's annoying as all hell. Why must reality producers treat us like imbeciles?
Over the past decade, reality television has settled into its conventions and quirks, but there is none more annoying than repeating the same footage multiple times an hour. It's become a custom thanks to the countless shows that employ it—Jersey Shore, every iteration of the Real Housewives, and just about every show that caters in dramatic confrontations (which means all of them). I especially noticed it last night on Celebrity Apprentice (which I am, for some godforsaken reason, watching these days).
Check out the clip above, we see Donald Trump ask NeNe Leakes a question about Lisa Rinna's performance and NeNe respond to it. Then there's a commercial break and when we get back, we see the exact same clip. We don't need to see that because we just fucking saw it. Seriously, do the editors think that we aren't paying attention to the show at all? That we're so idiotic or that our attention span is so short that we can't remember exactly what was said verbatim before the commercial break? It's like we watch a spot for Tide and we have some sort of cerebrovascular accident so that when we return to our regularly scheduled program we have the same aphasia the guy from Memento had where we can't remember what happened not even two minutes prior?
That's the worst part about this ubiquitous device. It betrays that the makers of reality television shows think that their audience is a bunch of twitching, ADD-addled idiots who can't keep their fingers off the the remote long enough to watch an entire television program through from beginning to end.
The other thing that shows their contempt is the near universal use of the "coming up" preview before every damn commercial break. They're giving us a little glimpse of what is to come (usually some sort of fight) so that we'll stay around and watch it. Guess what, we already started watching the show. Do you think it's so lousy that we're only going to stay if there's the threat of some sort of violence, confrontation, or meltdown? Well, it certainly helps, but we're not going anywhere. And if you think your show is so boring that we need to be enticed to stay, why not craft a better show! Or on a show like Extreme Makeover Home Edition they show us a preview of a family seeing their new house and freaking out. You don't need to show us that a family is going to lose their fucking minds when they see their brand new mansion. It happens every stupid week. We know it's coming. It's the reason we watch the show. Telling us that it's about to happen is like telling a death row inmate that he's going to die. It's all but an inevitability.
When the fight or big reveal that they're advertising finally comes around, it's not a surprise anymore, because we had to see it before every damn commercial break all night. And for those of us with the luxury of a DVR, we're going to fast forward through the commercials so we're going to see the event pretty much immediately after your little promotional premonition.
That's the problem with this constant repetition. The modern reality program is based around a sense of "drama," all the fights, screaming matches, name calling, drink throwing, roommate bashing, and other assorted kerfuffles that make us all tune in. However, if you know the drama is coming and exactly what the drama looks like, by the time it's delivered, you are completely unimpressed. The reiteration of what we've been waiting for creates a sort of slackness. Reality TV should be about surprise. We're a culture that prides itself on having seen it all. When you show us all the good stuff over and over and over again, we actually have seen it all, in a very literal sense.
What's really annoying is that the practice doesn't even make sense (except on shows like Celebrity Apprentice which at two hours is twice as long as it needs to be and needs some padding to fill the time). Showing the promos before the commercials seems to be a way to keep the audience through the break and get them watching the commercials (which is what pays the bills). However, showing the same exact thing both before and after the break is for the benefit of people who are flicking through from another show to get them up to speed. Reality producers are simultaneously trying to disparage and encourage the exact same behavior. What they're really doing is making it worse. Why not reward the faithful. Don't show that promo and give us new content when we come back from break. That way the audience will know that if they flick around or fast-forward through parts of the show (which is now possible thanks to modern technology) that they're going to miss something. That will keep them watching your ads for PopCorners.
But no, this is far too much for all the producers of reality content in the whole entire world, who have subscribed to the common formula. There used to be a time when the nation looked down on reality TV. Now they're looking down on us, playing the same few good seconds of human frailty over and over again on a disgusting loop, robbing it of its value and alienating their audience. It's almost enough to make us go read a book. Almost.


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New wealth management office in York
A pair of former Wells Fargo and Co. financial advisers have gone on their own and opened a wealth management office in York County.
Chris Johnson and Tim White opened Johnson and White Wealth Management LLC in late May with a team of six employees.
The people the two brought with them have been working together for more than a decade, according to a news release from Rock Commercial Real Estate LLC.
The real estate company helped Johnson and White lease the 2,395-square-foot office space at 2951 Whiteford Road in Springettsbury Township.
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Alps - Eastern Part > Wettersteingebirge > Jubiläumsgrat RIDGE-MASSIF > Climber's Log
Jubiläumsgrat RIDGE-MASSIF Climber's Log
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|Wet epic
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009
|Got caught in a thunderstorm three times, hypothermic twice, hailed on twice... Not my initial idea of a good time, but now that I am safely back, I can say that I loved it.
See the full TR there: http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/537732/Don-t-piss-off-the-water-gods-A-wet-epic-on-Jubil-umsgrat.html
|Posted Aug 6, 2009 5:38 pm
|Fascinating alpinistic experience
Date Climbed: Feb 22, 1981
|Ropeway to Kreuzeckhaus. Next morning Alpspitze via Schöngänge and SE ridge, over to Jubiläum ridge to bivy hut. Clouds fell in that evening, but the morning brought the sun's splendor back again, with -16°C inside and -18°C outside the hut. Continued to Zugspitze bypassing several steep ridge sections using snow gullys on the S side of the ridge. Arrived at summit just 20 minutes before the last ropeway went down.
Would guess its better done in winter when loose gravel is snow-covered than in summer, and - I would never do it upside down, starting from the top (Zugspitze).
|Posted Apr 20, 2008 11:45 am
|Joerg Marretsch
Date Climbed: Mar 10, 2006
|After 4 hours fighting with severe winter condition, we turn back just a short distance away from "Innere Hoellentalspitze" and reach the Zugspitze - summit at sunset.
|Posted Mar 11, 2007 11:37 am
|Marcus Hofmann
|Route Climbed: Höllental, Matheisenkar, Grieskarscharte, Jubiläumsgrat, Zugspitze
Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2006
|This is really a great climb -- especially off-season when there is noone else there.
|Posted Nov 5, 2006 10:06 pm
|Jubigrat in Winter
|Climbed in winter 2004. Its a really great trip, a fantastic view and My opinion is that you can climb it better in winter than in the summer.
|Posted Oct 21, 2006 7:59 am
|Joerg Marretsch
|Route Climbed: Zugspitze - Alpspitze - Osterfelderkopf Date Climbed: 27 August 2005
|A long, warm and wonderful day over a wonderful, exposed ridge.
Total climbing time: 8 hours + 1 hour rest
|Posted Aug 28, 2005 6:19 am
|Mathias Zehring
|Route Climbed: Zugspitze - Ostefelder Kopf Date Climbed: August 23rd 2004
|perfect weather, warm and clear (views on Grossglockner, Marmolada, Piz Bernina) but for average climbers as me and Frank a very demanding day: 10 h walk, many exposed and non fixed scrambling. Often the red spots can hardly be seen any more so you have to look very carefully for the route.
|Posted Aug 23, 2004 5:48 pm
|Route Climbed: Jubigrat Date Climbed: september 2002
|A long but rewarding day.
|Posted Feb 8, 2004 11:00 pm
|Erik Van Genechten
|Route Climbed: OSterfelderkopf-Alpspitze-Jubigrat-Zugspitze Date Climbed: 02-03 October 2003
|We took the Alpspitzbahn to Osterfelderkopf(2050m), climbed the Alpspitze via the Eastridge, this route takes one hour longer compared to the Northridge but provides you with a breathtaking look down in the Grieskar.
Routefinding on the ridge was generally no problem. Only finding the start of the klettersteig to bypass Hochblassen took some time. Most technical part during the first day was the Vollkarspitze, but route is well secured. Had excellent weather the first day, sunny, no wind.
Second day started out sunny, but it started raining when we past the Innere Höllentalspitze, the most technical portion of the second day, this part is not secured all the time, and the rain made us decide to rope in. We took the Zugspitzbahn down to Eibsee (and payed 25 € each for it!?)
Average time between Alpspitze and Zugspitze is 10 hours, with the bivac hut at 4 hours from Alpspitze.
P.S. We left half a bottle of Schnapps behind in the hut, cheers to the first one to get there after us;-)
|Posted Oct 7, 2003 3:58 pm
|Route Climbed: Hammersbach - Zugspitze - Alpspitze - Osterfelderbahn Date Climbed: Summer 1999
|We did this as a 2 day trip with a small tent (see posted picture). First day ascent through the nice 'Hoellental' up to Zugspitze and approx. 2 hours into the 'Jubilaeumsgrat'. Had to carry lots of stuff (íncl. water since the ridge was absolutely dry that summer) but enjoyed a nice bivouc with cooking and wine on the ridge. Next day we continued quite relaxed into the route - but only until a 'jogger' with leggins and running shoes overtook us. I'll use the latter equipment next time ;-)
PS: repeated that in opposite direction (Osterfelder Kopf - Alpspitze - Zugspitze) on July 20th, 2005. Takes a bit longer than Zugspitze - Alpspitze since going more up than down. You need to hurry to catch the cable car on Zugspitze and also should use the first cable car to Osterfelderkopf in the morning. In order to be faster then 8 hours you should speed up.
PS: Looking for a partner to do it in winter - no running boots then...
|Posted Apr 24, 2002 10:52 am
|Route Climbed: Zugspitze - Grieskarscharte in winter Date Climbed: 10 March 2002
|Climbed with my friend Thomas (see below). Crux was climbing the Vollkarspitze.
|Posted Mar 13, 2002 3:49 am
|Route Climbed: Jubilaeumsgrat in winter Date Climbed: Feb. 17, 2002
|A long day on a really exposed ridge of rock and snow.
Finally it took us 12 1/4 hours as we missed the last cable car back down.
|Posted Feb 20, 2002 1:38 pm
|Route Climbed: Eastern part Date Climbed: 07/17/1994
|We climbed only the eastern part. From Knorrhütte we climbed the ridge via Brunntalgrat and slept in the bivy shelter.
Next day we continued to the Alpspitze. UIAA I scramble and some parts secured with cables (esp. an exposed steep rock at the Vollkarspitze - this part changed due to recent rock fall).
|Posted Dec 15, 2001 10:06 am
|Rahel Maria Liu
|Route Climbed: Jubiläumsgrat in winter Date Climbed: 15. January 2000
|Tough tour for one day, but very impressing! Very cold!
|Posted Dec 14, 2001 9:35 am
|Route Climbed: Full traverse as described in Log Date Climbed: June 6-7? 1983
|First Alpine trip I ever did with a group of other climbers while we were stationed nearby. We tented at the bivouac and had a really remarkable time one gets all the feeling of being high up witout alot of hard climbing.
Good trip for those who want to build some expriance in high places.
|Posted Dec 14, 2001 9:30 am


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Hi Folks,
I've decided it is time to enter the 21st Century and buy a Bluetooth helmet headset so I can (1) listen to music on my iPod, and (2) make and receive phone calls on my Blackberry - I don't think I would ever use bike-to-bike intercom nor do I need an FM radio. I've done a little research and it seems that there are basically three solutions for my Scorpion EXO-700 helmet, the Cardo Scala Rider Solo and intercom-capable Scala Rider Q2; the SMH10, and the BlueAnt Interphone F4.
It seems price runs about $150 to $250 for these things, but I have found one vendor selling the Scala Q2 for $120 (so that is top of the list for now...)
Anyone have these or others and want to comment? Comparisons would be especially helpful!
Thanks folks,


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Brett Anderson allowed just two hits over eight innings to extend his scoreless streak to 21 innings.
The A's 6-foot-4 left-hander had a perfect game entering the seventh and battled John Lackey in a scoreless tie before getting relieved by Andrew Bailey in the ninth. Bobby Abreu, who had broken up the perfect game bid with a seventh-inning single, homered off Bailey in the 10th to give the Angels a 1-0 win.
Anderson said he was more focused on winning than achieving a perfect game.
"Obviously, you're aware of it a little bit," Anderson told the San Francisco Chronicle of having a perfect game in the late going. "But in a game like today, you just don't want them to score at that point. It's in the back of your head, but I'm just trying to pitch a scoreless inning."
"Every time, he's been pretty impressive, pretty fun to watch," A's third baseman Adam Kennedy said. "It's fun to hear the guys on the other team tell you he's not fun to hit. That's what's happened Brett's last three times out. He's got that power fastball with a slider that seems to be on the same plane. That's tough for hitters."
Martin to make long-awaited debut: Eight years after signing his first professional contract, J.D. Martin was scheduled to make his Major League debut on Monday as the Nats starter against the Mets.
The Nationals announced on Sunday that they were bringing up Martin, a former supplemental first-round selection, to replaced injured Scott Olsen.
"He's a kid who's had to scratch and claw for everything he got," acting general manager Mike Rizzo told the Washington Post. "He came in here and pitched extremely well in Triple-A, and he deserves an opportunity.
"J.D., he's earned it," Rizzo added. "He deserved it. And we brought this guy in, I gave him my word that, if he performs, he's going to get an opportunity to pitch in the big leagues for us. And he's held up his part of the bargain for me. So I figured I'd have to help out, and I should hold up my end."
Fox gets up-close history lesson at White House: Jake Fox was one of six members of the Chicago Cubs who visited the White House and came away impressed.
"The cool part was all the history," Fox, who joined teammates Micah Hoffpauir, Sam Fuld, Reed Johnson, Carlos Zambrano and Derrek Lee, along with Zambrano's wife, Lee's wife and Lee's 6-year-old daughter, Jada, told the Chicago Sun-Times.
"Sitting on furniture and seeing pictures that have been there for 100 years, it's amazing," Fox said. "Here we are, just normal citizens, walking through here and being able to stand in the same place as some of the most important people in history have stood."
Westbrook takes another step on comeback trail: Jake Westbrook, who has been out since June of last season with an injured elbow that necessitated Tommy John surgery, threw 50 pitches off the mound on Sunday.
"It went well. I threw about 20 pitches to hitters," Westbrook told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "My arm felt good, enduring and accurate, so that's another step toward progressing on. I'm probably a little below 90 percent right now, trying to find a way to stay within myself and within my mechanics out of control and having the correct mechanics and not re-aggravating my arm."
Hudson feels relief after outing: Tim Hudson took a giant step forward in his rehab from Tommy John surgery by throwing two innings for the Class A Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Pelicans. It was his first game action since the surgery last August, and he threw two hitless innings with a walk and two strikeouts.
"I feel very, very relieved," Hudson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I feel really good. That was an adrenaline rush I hadn't had in a long time. Everything felt good. My arm felt great. It was exciting out there in the first inning. I hadn't been out there in a while. I'm looking forward to my next one."
Lindstrom pleased with elbow's progress: The Marlins got good news on the injury front on Sunday when Matt Lindstrom, who has been on the disabled list since June 24, threw 40 pitches off a mound with no pain. Lindstrom has been sidelined with a sore right elbow.
"The biggest thing right now I was throwing my splitter for strikes and my slider was good ... and to make sure it doesn't impede my delivery and I could throw my fastball on both sides of the plate down, because I know I can throw it up," Lindstrom told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Guerrero's return will include role as DH: Currently on the disabled list with both a strained knee muscle and a strained hamstring, Vladimir Guerrero won't play the field when he returns to the lineup in a couple of weeks. Guerrero suffered the injuries while playing right field.
"He'll be DH'ing when he gets back," Angels manager Mike Scioscia told the Los Angeles Times. "We'll keep him in that role. If he has another setback and gets pushed back another three or four weeks, you're looking at September."
Calf strain keeps Berkman out again: Lance Berkman was on the bench for the third straight game on Sunday after straining his left calf Thursday night against the Dodgers.
"It's been bothering me for a while, to be honest with you," Berkman told the Houston Chronicle. "It's been manageable, but it's as hard as I've run in a while. It doesn't feel great, but hopefully in the morning it will feel better."
Erstad follows suit with hamstring injury: Filling in for Lance Berkman at first base, Darin Erstad aggravated his left hamstring after hitting a single to center field during the eighth inning of Saturday's game. Just as he was about to get to first base, Erstad reached back and grabbed the hamstring, which has been bothering him for more than a week.
"It doesn't feel pretty good," he told the Houston Chronicle. "We'll see. It got it pretty good. I felt good today. I tried to keep it under control and run smooth. It went again. So we'll see how it responds to treatment and go from there."
Halladay prefers to enjoy the moment: With trade rumors surrounding Roy Halladay, the Blue Jays' ace showed why so many teams would love to have him as he shut down Boston in a 3-1 victory on Sunday. Halladay threw his fourth complete game of the season and 44th of his career to improve to 11-3 this season. After the final out, Halladay tipped his cap to the Toronto fans as he left the field.
"You can't worry about the future. You can't think about the future. You have to kind of live in the moment, and that's all I'm trying to do," Halladay told the Toronto Sun of his salute. "It has nothing to do with looking down the road. It's just a matter of the fans were excited, they were cheering, and that's all it was. For me, you take it day to day right now. I know it's a cliché, but for me I think it's especially true."
Murphy to provide relief at first base: With the thought of giving Hank Blalock some rest, Rangers manager Ron Washington has had David Murphy taking some balls at first.
"We're trying to keep our options open," Washington told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "When David lets me know he thinks he's ready to get some game action, I may end up putting David out there and giving Hank the day off or put him at DH."
Lowrie makes return after wrist surgery: After being out for 87 days due to a wrist injury that required surgery on April 21, Jed Lowrie was back in the lineup for the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Lowrie went 1-for-4 and hit his first home run of the season.
"The more he plays with health, you'll see him get his legs under him a little bit," manager Terry Francona told the Boston Globe. "I thought he did OK. He hasn't played for a while now where he's felt good. This will be fun. When he's healthy, he's a pretty good player. "
Nieve is latest Met headed to DL: The Mets injury list got longer on Sunday when Fernando Nieve had to be carted off the field after straining his right quadriceps muscle in the second inning of his start against Atlanta. Nieve suffered the injury while trying to beat out a chopper.
"It's obviously a string of bad luck," David Wright told the New York Daily News. "I don't know what else there is to say."
Manager Jerry Manuel said the injury will force Nieve to be placed on the disabled list.
Martinez sees a winning attitude: Pedro Martinez says his new teammates in Philadelphia are giving him the idea that winning is all they do around there.
"Since I've been here, I've gotten the feeling we're going to win every day," Martinez told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "The team is so relaxed and confident -- it feels like we're going to win. I've been on teams before that are really confident and feel like they're going to win, and it's a good feeling.
"Everybody here is very respectful. There's a whole bunch of nice guys here, and they're younger than I thought."
Buehrle likes the home cooking: In his last 11 starts at home, Mark Buehrle is 6-1 with a 2.81 ERA, and in the past calendar year, he's 14-1 with a 2.41 ERA over 20 starts.
After pitching 7 1/3 innings in the Sox's 4-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday, with no walks and four strikeouts, White Sox fans gave him an impressive ovation.
"I was kind of surprised," Buehrle told the Chicago Tribune. "As soon as Ozzie [Guillen] came out of the dugout, they started going crazy. I love pitching here, and I love how they support me."
Happ takes advantage of downhill movement: J. A. Happ picked up his seventh win of the year on Sunday, holding the Florida Marlins to five hits in seven innings in a 5-0 Philadelphia victory.
"He has great arm speed, and his ball has a little velocity," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel told MLB.com. "The ball gets up on the hitters. Although he's throwing 89 or 90 [mph], the ball sneaks up on them. [Hall of Famer] Jim Palmer was like that. He threw downhill and Happ throws downhill all the time. He's got some movement on his ball."
Fontenot watches average take positive turn: Mike Fontenot had three more hits on Sunday to push his average to .243.
"Personally, to play here, you have to play and put up numbers," Fontenot told MLB.com. "I know when I get in there, I have to produce. That's how baseball is.
"Obviously [in the second half], as a team, we want to pick it up, and personally, I want to play better," Fontenot said. "That's why I'm looking forward to turning the season around and ending on a good note and winning ballgames, win the division, go to the playoffs. That's our goal. That's what we're shooting for."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The 49ers' rally from a 17-point deficit was the largest in the history of the NFC Championship game, and the seventh-largest in NFL playoff history. Here are the top six:
1. Buffalo Bills 41, Houston Oilers 38
AFC wild card
Jan. 3, 1993, at Buffalo
Largest deficit: 32 points
Recap: The Bills trailed 35-3 at halftime before winning in overtime.
2. 49ers 39, New York Giants 38
NFC wild card
Jan. 5, 2003, at San Francisco
Largest deficit: 24 points
Recap: The 49ers scored the final 25 points after trailing 38-14.
3. Detroit Lions 31, 49ers 27
Western Conference playoffs
Dec. 22, 1957, at San Francisco
Largest deficit: 20 points
Recap: The Lions rattled off 24 straight points after they trailed the 49ers 27-7 in the third quarter.
4T. Dallas Cowboys 30, 49ers 28
NFC divisional playoffs
Dec. 23, 1972, at San Francisco
Largest deficit: 18 points
Recap: Roger Staubach completed a Cowboys rally from a 21-3 second-quarter deficit by connecting on two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter.
4T. Miami Dolphins 24, Cleveland Browns 21
AFC divisional playoffs
Jan. 4, 1986, at Miami
Largest deficit: 18 points
Recap: The Dolphins scored the final 21 points of the game as quarterback Dan Marino engineered an 18-point comeback.
4T. Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34
AFC Championship game
Jan. 21, 2007, at Indianapolis
Largest deficit: 18 points
Recap: Peyton Manning guided the Colts to their first Super Bowl appearance since the 1970 season after trailing by 18 points in the second quarter.


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PAGOSA SPRINGS – It's official.
After about five years of lobbying and congressional negotiating, President Barack Obama signed Chimney Rock National Monument into existence with the stroke of a pen Friday morning in Washington.
Meanwhile, halfway across the country, about 225 people – area residents, conservation groups, Native American tribal leaders and public officials – gathered in a sun-kissed meadow below Chimney Rock's twin spires to commemorate the designation.
Palpable relief and enthusiasm emanated from those assembled, many of whom were heavily invested in the push to achieve monument status.
U.S. Interior Secretary and San Luis Valley native Ken Salazar was one of several dignitaries on hand to speak about the historic worth of Chimney Rock and about the sweeping grassroots effort that made the change possible.
"(This day) really is about celebrating," Salazar said. "This morning, when President Obama signed the proclamation for this newest of national monuments, he was saying this place would be preserved forever."
Also making appearances were Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Undersecretary Harris Sherman; U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo; Chandler Sanchez, chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Council; U.S. Forest Service chief Tom Tidwell; White House Council on Environmental Quality chairwoman Nancy Sutley; Colorado Agriculture Commissioner and former U.S. Rep. John Salazar, brother of the Interior secretary; and veteran Pagosa Springs Mayor Ross Aragon.
Zuni Pueblo councilman Mark Martinez opened and closed the proceedings with prayers in his native tongue that spoke to the sacredness of the land.
A team effort
At the podium, there were plenty of thanks to go around. All 10 official speakers had an extensive list of people to acknowledge, including each other. They also lavished praise on the attendees sitting in the seats.
"The president singled out Chimney Rock because of strong support from all of you," Sutley said. "Local leadership, tribal leadership, the congressional delegation all worked hard to get this designation ... (which) protects a place rich in beauty, history and spirituality."
"Wow. What a gift to Colorado," said John Salazar, who recounted a story from his first interaction with Chimney Rock. During his honeymoon 35 years ago, Salazar and his wife stopped to contemplate the beautiful vista and immediately knew "this is something we should protect."
By the time Sherman approached the podium to speak, most superlatives had already been exhausted.
"John Salazar stole my line, but I'm going to say it anyway – wow," he joked.
As part of the national monument system, Sherman continued, the Forest Service "stands willing and able to be a steward" of Chimney Rock. He vowed to sustain and bring additional "resources, staff, talent and commitment to the site's day-to-day management."
The Chimney Rock Interpretive Association, a volunteer group, will continue to lead guided tours of the ruins.
During the ceremony, the volunteers received hearty applause for their tireless work through the years.
"Welcome to Chimney Rock National Monument." they stood up and told the crowd.
"I wanted to get them used to saying that," said San Juan National Forest Supervisor Mark Stiles, who served as master of ceremonies. "That's what they'll be saying on the tours tomorrow."
"This is an example of how volunteerism can make a difference," Sherman said. "They are the unsung heroes."
A rare consensus
Monument status drew strong support from businesses, county commissioners, tribal councils, nonprofits and politicians of all stripes.
"It was a uniformity you don't often see," said Vilsack. "The president was impressed by that. It wasn't a hard case to make."
Bennet agreed: "(This process) set the standard for cooperation and deliberation that Congress should be following."
Before Obama's involvement, Congress had the opportunity to pass a monument bill on its own. As Representative, John Salazar visited Chimney Rock in 2009 and voiced his intent to pursue legislation; he and Bennet went on to introduce pro-monument bills in May 2010, but both were stymied. After unseating Salazar in the fall 2010 mid-term election, Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, picked up the torch as well.
Tipton's monument bill passed the House earlier this year, but Bennet's corresponding Senate version failed to clear the Natural Resources Committee due to bickering between senior Republican and Democratic leaders.
In April, Bennet, Tipton and Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., sent a letter to Obama urging executive action under the 1906 Antiquities Act. Their case, combined with community backing, was persuasive enough to convince the president.
Future economic benefits made it easy for business associations in Archuleta and La Plata counties to get on board, too.
Monument status is expected to attract greater funding for research, archaeological excavations and facility upgrades at the 4,700-acre site. In addition, an analysis commissioned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation earlier this summer projected the number of annual visitors to double in five years to 24,000 – and with them, a $1.2 million boost to the area economy.
During negotiations, care was taken to ensure that regional Native American tribes – the "First Americans," to borrow a phrase from Ken Salazar – were supportive of the proposal.
In May, the All Indian Pueblo Council approved a resolution in favor of monument status. The official White House proclamation issued Friday morning includes language protecting historic hunting and gathering treaty rights. A management plan currently being written will preserve access for spiritual rituals and traditional food and medicine gathering, according to a news release from the Forest Service.
"All 20 governors are very glad (with the decision)," said Sanchez.
He sensed spiritual approval from his ancient predecessors as well: "Looking up, I can almost see my ancestors looking down with a happy heart."


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Employers Allowed to Pocket your State Income Tax
Most people assume that states use their state income taxes to fund school systems, pave roads, fund state parks, pay for prisons or even provide low income housing. After all, when you pay taxes you expect the state to you expect them to provide a public service. However the truth is a little more insidious.
Per The Christian Science Monitor, "an ever increasing amount of those tax dollars aren't funding services; they aren't even getting to the state capital. Sixteen states now allow corporations to withhold state income taxes from employees and keep the money as an incentive to locate to or remain in a state. That means that, in effect, employees pay personal income tax to their company rather than their state government. (The 16 states are: Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah.)
"A recent report from Good Jobs First entitled, "Paying Taxes to the Boss," sheds light on how widespread this practice has grown. An estimated 2,700 companies now take advantage of this welfare system, fueling an economic war between states that costs employees an estimated $700 million a year in diverted tax income, the report concludes. Those who profit include corporate giants like Sears, Goldman Sachs, and General Electric.
"Illinois offers a special tax incentive that can divert up to 100 percent of withheld taxes into subsidies to encourage companies to locate or expand operations in Illinois when the companies are actively considering a competing location in another state.
"New Jersey's Business Employment Incentive Program (BEIP) is among the most costly of these programs, with new grants totaling more than $73 million. Ohio and Kentucky top the list of states for the number of companies they subsidize through employee personal income tax withholding.
"The practice has been around for more than a decade, and it's continuing steadily – with six of the 22 programs identified nationwide enacted since 2009 – according to Good Jobs First, a policy resource center that focuses on economic development and "smart growth."
"Most corporate tax incentives are simply bad policy, representing an attempt at social engineering our already patchwork tax code. For one thing, businesses don't make investment decisions based solely on state tax burdens. For another, tax loopholes enable the savviest companies to live tax-free.
"Since money is fungible, some claim it doesn't matter whether this corporate welfare comes from corporate taxes or personal income taxes. The states are out $700 million in either case. But it does and should matter.
"The personal income tax is a covenant between the citizen and the state. For the executives and shareholders to retain those tax dollars violates that covenant. Employee-funded corporate tax incentives reduce the amount of tax dollars available for vital social services like schools and law enforcement."
This type of action amounts to fraud, and unfair highly destructive business practices, employees assume that they are paying for a state service, but instead watch as state budgets get smaller and they get less service, then TV tell them it's because of Welfare, however they fail to mention that they companies they buy their goods at everyday are the ones on Welfare robbing the state blind.
Secondly it gives these large companies who already have huge advantage an unbeatable one. They can use the money given to them by the state to drop their prices below any local small business and drive them out of business. Then once the competition is gone they can raise their prices and reap in huge profits, which go right into the hands of the CEO and stock holders.
These states are damaging their own economies and will bring about their own ruin if this practice is not ceased.


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MADISON, Wis.—State agriculture officials are planning a conference next month intended to help dairy-goat farmers improve the quality of their goat-milk products.
The conference will be Feb. 7 and 8 at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. It'll include a $5 cheese reception on Feb. 7 that's open to the public.
The state agriculture department says the goal of the conference is to give dairy-goat farmers a chance to share ideas related to raising goats. Topics will include goat selection, feed options and goat health.
Wisconsin had 46,000 milk goats in 2012, more than any other state. More than a dozen Wisconsin dairy processors use goat milk to make cheese.
Registration: http://www.wdga.org/fog-2014


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By Jeff McDonald
PHOENIX — With a 106-101 victory at Oklahoma City on Wednesday, the Denver Nuggets did the Spurs a favor and clarified the playoff picture.
Now, the top-seeded Spurs are hoping for a similar solid from the NBA office.
The doings in Oklahoma locked Utah in as the Western Conference's eighth seed, at last giving the Spurs a first-round opponent for which to game plan.
Game 1 will be either Saturday or Sunday, after the Spurs fly back from their season-closer at Golden State tonight. That's where the league office comes in.
Spurs officials are hopeful the league will take into account the team's brutal season-ending itinerary — which included eight games in 11 days and requires a four-hour flight home across two time zones after the finale — when setting the playoff schedule.
But they aren't holding their breath.
"You can't politic for that sort of thing," coach Gregg Popovich said. "When they tell you to play, you go play."
The Spurs are to remain in the Bay Area after tonight's game, flying home Friday morning and arriving by late afternoon.
If Game 1 is Saturday, the Spurs would not be able to hold a practice between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs.
"Everything's based on when we play, and we won't know until Thursday night," Popovich said. "We can't plan the weekend."
Of the 16 teams in the playoff field, 13 close the regular season tonight. Of those, six finish with back-to-backs.
NBA commissioner David Stern said timing and travel concerns were among the many factors the league will consider when setting the playoff schedule.
"We do take it into account if we possibly can," Stern said.
You again? Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer hails from Holbrook, Ariz., 185 miles to the northeast of Phoenix.
It is only coincidence that, on the night Budenholzer made his regular-season coaching debut filling in for Popovich, the Suns would be honoring a coach from his old high school.
Raul Mendoza, coach of Holbrook High, was honored mid-game with the Cotton Fitzsimmons Award.
Mendoza coached at a rival high school when Budenholzer played at Holbrook, but the two do share a history.
"He coached me in a high school All-Star game — he was my coach for one game," Budenholzer said. "It's really a neat story."
Roster moves: With Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili resting in San Antonio, the Spurs recalled rookie point guard Cory Joseph from the Development League and swingman Derrick Byars from the D-League's Bakersfield Jam.
Money matters: Finishing first in the Western Conference put a few extra dollars in the pool of playoff money the Spurs will share.
Each conference champion gets $328,078 from the $13 million in this season's playoff pool. The take for the second-place team in each conference is $263,695.
Should the Spurs, who have the same record as the Chicago Bulls (49-16), finish with the best record in the league, another $374,974 will go into their playoff pool.
Twitter: @JMcDonald_SAEN
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sad face is right. losing the raptor for 2 quality PF/C's was for Spencer Hawes' sake, just worked out. if I could get the Porky Pirate to give up Chris Kamen before he drops him for Balkmania...
sad face is right. losing the raptor for 2 quality PF/C's was for Spencer Hawes' sake, just worked out. if I could get the Porky Pirate to give up Chris Kamen before he drops him for Balkmania...
I have no interest in Balkman. Never really got too in to his game. Not that he has much of a chance to showcase it outside of preseason.
I like some things he does: gritty, good anticipation, but he's hardly worth giving Kaman up.
Balkman is the exception to my new rule.
just read that Eric F*cking Gordon, who I've held onto the entire season after
playing just 2 games, is now going in for surgery and will be out
till April, and may not even play this season!! what a c*nt!
iSayUghh, how does this postseason work, when does it start, do we keep
the players we have, do our records start from scratch, what's the dealyo?
I dropped Varejao, if someone wants to hold him for a month, and I'm about to
drop Gordon, that selfish gimp! no more waiting around for guys to heal, I'm
gonna play with a squad fulla scrubs! watch me now!
I'm just gonna fill up with Guards, Guards, Guards!
Playoffs: I'll get back with specific details soon. Put it this way: I'm already sweating out matchups now and rooting for certain ppl, re: the playoffs. Which is pretty f'd considering I have 3rd overall total points, yet am clinging to death for the 8th seed.
So ya, pretty sure 8 teams make it, I think 4 from each division, but I have to double check on that -- it could just be the top 8 teams, regardless of division.
When you make the playoffs, you get seeded -- based off record, and overall points as tiebreaker.
8 seed plays 1 seed, etc.
Playoff-style tournament.
I was thinking if people want, we could work out some sort of "prize" system for the 2012 KO Champion, or runner up, too, etc.
Btw, re: playoffs
Week 22 is the star of the playoffs. Playoffs go Week 22, Week 23, and Week 24 -- Week 24 lasts a full 11 days, too. A true thunderdome for glory.
Division winners automatically advance, and are the top seeded teams to start the playoffs.
The other 6 playoff seeds are determined by overall seeding, based off of your total points.
In the playoffs, the top seeds vs bottom seeds square off accordingly throughout the playoffs.
We also have a big, gay RIVALRY WEEK coming up, in but a few short weeks; it features a rematch of the embittered and embolded Coquis facing off against the hobbled yet eve-resilient Scores of Gasms.
Not to mention, a featuring of the (potential?) rivalry brewing between the increasingly crusted CrustCrew, and the Knickerbockaphle, playoff-bound Spicy Pork Pirates!
Also, and it's good I didn't do this as a team like DatPrince woulda stank it up real fierce.....
But if we do a KO fantasy league next season, I could make it a "keeper" league. At the end of the season, each team is allowed to keep 3 (or some #) of players, which the following season they automatically have, going into the draft.
It's a lotta fun if you think you'll be doing a league with roughly the same people for a few years+, and it definitely impacts who you keep...and who you drop, throughout the season.
EG, would CoolClyde truly have dropped Eric The Pied Gimp Gordon?
How much more of a premium do you place on a player, perhaps Rubio, who you feel will break out in a year......etcetc
Ok, thought this through and i'm afraid i'm gonna reject the trade. Kobe sounds really really good but compared to Smith he's getting fewer fantasy points. George seems to be pretty much like Cousins but i'd be getting two guards for two forwards, and i'm a huge fan of big guys. Tough to get in this league.
A tough trade to resist, but a tough line stance by Rady.
Rady, our trade really wasn't the rape some people thought it was -- you agree?
J-Smith is pretty beastly; Duncan is legit, especially in a time when bigs reign, and Cousins is a legit fantasy stud in his own right at PF/C.


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Here is a video on Youtube from the Memorial procession on Thursday for Santa Cruz California Detectives Baker and Butler. The first Officers ever killed in the line of duty in their 150 year old history of the Department. This video was taken from the bike of one of our local CHP officers while on the roughly 34 mile trip from Santa Cruz to the HP Pavillion in San Jose. I believe over 200 vehicles were in the procession from Law Enforcement agencies around the State and other parts of the US. The outpouring of support from the local community has been unbelivable.
Thank you to all that work in Public Service.


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Not one but two celebrity contestants, Ricky Groves and Jade Johnson, left Strictly Come Dancing this weekend.
EastEnders actor Ricky and his partner Erin Boag (pictured) were voted off the show after a dance-off with Laila Rouass.
The 41-year-old, who plays Garry Hobbs on the soap, performed a tango, but afterwards said he knew he had made mistakes.
Head judge Len Goodman agreed with him, saying he "kept going wrong", while Bruno Tonioli said it ended "very, very badly".
Long-jumper Jade Johnson sadly exited the competition after failing to recover from a ligament injury, which she sustained during training for the show.
Jade, partnered with Ian Waite, said she was "absolutely gutted" that she had to quit, but that she'd "had a great time and really enjoyed learning to dance."
It was a surprising weekend for reality show fans, with the news that Katie Price also quit the jungle in I'm a Celebrity….


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Remade Padres bullpen succeeding
Relievers boast best ERA in National League
By Corey Brock / MLB.com
Five games into the regular season, and after what qualifies as nearly an entire makeover, Padres relievers have the best ERA (1.69) in the National League by limiting opponents to a .196 batting average.
Yes, that same bullpen that gave Towers and manager Bud Black fits in Spring Training when quality outings from relievers were awfully hard to come by.
"The guys in our bullpen, has been outstanding," Black said before Saturday's game against the Giants at PETCO Park. "I think you look at the number of innings they have pitched and the amount of zeros they have put up, it's impressive."
This from an eight-man bullpen -- the team claimed Luis Perdomo off waivers from the Giants on Friday but he has yet to pitch -- that includes five pitchers who were not with the team at the start of Spring Training in February.
San Diego relievers have allowed three earned runs over their first 16 innings of work in 2009 and those three runs came in one inning when Edward Mujica allowed them in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to the Dodgers.
"They're putting up zero after zero after zero," Black said. "It's a great start for those guys. Coming here to a new team, getting to know catchers, coaches and teammates ... it can be a little unsettling for a lot of guys."
Mujica was acquired in the last week of Spring Training from the Indians. Duaner Sanchez was picked up after being released by the Mets. Luke Gregerson was the player to be named from the Cardinals in the Khalil Greene deal. Eulogio De La Cruz was acquired in a deal from the Marlins.
The bullpen came up big in Friday's 7-3 victory over San Francisco where Gregerson, Mujica, Sanchez and Edwin Moreno combined for one unearned run over four innings with one hit allowed in that span.
That included the tightrope Gregerson, a rookie, walked in the sixth inning when starter Shawn Hill allowed a run and left with the bases loaded and no one out. Six pitches later, the inning was over as Gregerson got a 3-2-3 double-play ball and then struck out Aaron Rowand with a nasty slider, his out pitch, to end the inning.
"Realistically, in that situation -- bases loaded and no outs-- you'll give up one run and sometimes two and be happy. Six pitches and he gets out of that jam. Pretty impressive," Black said.
The relievers have walked a combined 13 batters in those 16 innings, which is something Black needs to see change. But for now, he can't argue with the results.
"The only thing that you can look at on the negative side is the high walks from the guys. That will have to come down, which I think it will," Black said. "But they've done a nice job."
Black hasn't been afraid to lean on these relievers, either. Mujica, Moreno and Gregerson have each appeared in three of the first five games. Closer Heath Bell, Sanchez and Cla Meredith have each pitched in two games.
Corey Brock 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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Factors Influencing Importance of Country of Brand and Country of Manufacturing in Consumer Product Evaluation
Bangladesh, a developing country, has significant import dependence since its inception. This study attempted to
identify the factors influencing significance of country of brand and country of manufacturing in consumer
product evaluation. Two models, one for country of brand and another for country of manufacturing tested in this
study. Regression models for country of brand and country of manufacturing demonstrate statistical significance
with R2 value of .970 and .935 respectively. The determinants posed statistically significant influence for country
of brand are technological superiority, price level, reliability, performance, and durability; while significant
variables influencing country of brand are price level, value for money, and aesthetical design.
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"He's the only one that I know about, but there are several others who are doing ground preparation where it has dried up enough," Thiesse said. "There will probably be a lot more working the ground and likely several more planting corn as it warms up and the ground gets drier.
"Garrett told me that everyone was teasing him about planting so early," Thiesse told The Jonesboro Sun in a story published Saturday.
Thiesse said dryer ground and warm temperatures will likely get more corn in the ground all over the area this weekend and early next week, depending on how the weekend weather shapes up.
Cash-area farmer Joe Christian said they are still working on equipment. He hasn't started field work yet but depending on the weekend weather he may start Monday. He won't have any corn, which he said doesn't fit in his operation very well, but he will get his rice and soybeans in as early as possible.
Thiesse said the area has been seeing more early planting the past few years.
"This time last year, we had half of the corn crop in the ground," he said.
"If we miss the rain Sunday and the cold, there will be a lot going on Monday," Thiesse said. He said the ground is still a little cold and a couple of days of sunshine sure would help.
On Thursday, along Arkansas 18 between Lake City and Jonesboro, several large tractors were disking ground.
Earlier in the week several extension agents in Northeast Arkansas said that given a few days of warm and dry conditions, a lot of things would start happening in northeast Arkansas fields.
Last week, farmers in southeast Arkansas reported planting corn, the earliest reported this season but a few days behind 2012.
There have been some fertilization of wheat and herbicide burn-down in preparation for no-till planting in weeks to come, extension agents reported. But mainly everyone was waiting for soil to dry and warmer temperatures to arrive.
Arkansas corn growers harvested 690,000 acres in 2012, and officials are predicting a few more corn acres in the state this year.


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Halle Berry, 46, is opening up about her failed past relationships in a new interview with T, The New York Times Style Magazine, where she says "her picker's broken" when it comes to men.
Berry's rocky relationships are no secret. The collapse of Berry's four-year marriage to baseball player David Justice resulted in a suicide attempt, her second husband Eric Benet went into sex rehab and admitted to cheating on her repeatedly, and now she is currently in a custody struggle with her daughter Nahla's father Gabriel Aubry.
"My picker's broken," Berry tells T about her ability to choose men. "God just wanted to mix up my life. Maybe he was thinking, 'This girl can't get everything! I'm going to give her a broken picker.'"
But now that she's engaged to Olivier Martinez, she says her picker is apparently "fixed now."
According to Berry, part of her questionable past choices comes from her admitted low self-esteem.
"Just because they see my face doesn't mean they see me. A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks," she says. "If it's true that I'm beautiful, I'm proof of that. Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child."
Her childhood struggles include being raised by a single mother and having a hard time fitting in due to being bi-racial.
"My mother tried hard," Berry says. "But there was no substitute for having a black woman I could identify with, who could teach me about being black."
"I always had to prove myself through my actions,"she recalls about being the lone black student in a nearly all-white school. "Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper. It gave me a way to show who I was without being angry or violent. By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity. I'd turned things around."
Still, her "humble beginnings" very much affect her today -- even on the night she won an Oscar for Monster's Ball.
"I always felt like the underdog. Behind the eight ball. I learned not to be too high on the hog," she explains. "Even that night I won the Oscar, I had a fundamental knowing, it was just a moment in time. Driving home that night, back to my house, I felt like Cinderella. I said, 'When this night is over, I'm going back to who I was.' And I did."
Halle is now set to return to the big screen in Cloud Atlas after a bit of a hiatus, but just don't call it a "comeback."
"I never went anywhere," she says. "I just seized the chance to be in an extraordinary film with an extraordinary cast, exploring an idea that's relevant to everyone."
Cloud Atlas hits theaters October 26.
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The Houston Dynamo gave a far better showing of themselves in MLS Cup 2012, but in the end, the result was the same as the Dynamo fell 3-1 on Saturday.
Houston was competitive from the outset and took the lead in the 44th minute when Calen Carr made a darting run behind the Galaxy defense off a through-ball by Adam Moffat for the opening strike. After the goal, Carr was consistently testing the Galaxy defense at the start of the second half, but in the 57th minute, the forward was forced to leave the match after a collision with Omar Gonzalez left him unable to continue.
Three minutes later, the Galaxy would level on a goal by Gonzalez and in the 65th minute, a handball by Ricardo Clark set up a Landon Donovan penalty kick to put LA ahead for good. The Galaxy would add a third in the fourth minute of stoppage time on a Robbie Keane penalty kick after a Tally Hall foul in the box on the Irishman.
For a look at the match from a Houston perspective, check out these links:
*From Houston Chronicle's Jesus Ortiz: Better effort by Dynamo, but a worse loss
From Ortiz again: Kinnear and the Dynamo have much to be proud about their 2012 season
*From MLSsoccer.com's Andrew Wiebe: Dynamo come undone after frightening Carr injury
*From MLSsoccer.com's Darrel Lovell: Dynamo question referee calls that led to LA goals
*From Lovell again: Houston GK Tally Hall: Gonzalez should get called to USMNT "every time"
Below is a video with interviews of Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear and midfielder Brad Davis:


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Age Group(s): children
Date: 12/3/2013
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Join us for our regularly scheduled Wiggles & Walking baby storytime and participate in Kiwanis Little Learners, too! In this 5 week program we will feature a professional in a different area related to childhood development (speech, nutirition, etc.). After storytime, the professional will briefly speak on their area of expertise and then answer parents questions while children engage in play.Library: Main Library
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''NATO Week in Georgia'' marks progress in relations
The annual "NATO Week in Georgia" kicked off with an event in the capital Tbilisi on 11 June. This year, the programme of events at various locations all over the country is celebrating the progress achieved in NATO-Georgia relations, most recently at the Chicago Summit. 2012 also marks twenty years of Georgia's ever deepening cooperation with the Alliance.
Georgia's Vice Prime Minister, Giorgi Baramidze, and NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General of Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, spoke at the opening event. The Lithuanian Ambassador to Georgia, Jonas Paslauskas, also gave a keynote speech. (The Lithuanian embassy is currently the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Georgia)
The NATO Week aims to raise public awareness about the Alliance. "Georgia is a country aspiring to NATO membership and working to become a NATO member and it's very important that the people of Georgia understand not just what the goal of NATO membership is, but also what NATO is and what it does," said Mr Appathurai.
This year, NATO Week is taking place within weeks of NATO's summit meeting in Chicago, where Allied leaders reiterated their commitment to support Georgia as a future member of the Alliance.
"Georgia is steadily moving closer to NATO," said Vice Prime Minister Baramidze. "NATO welcomes the steps we've made, the outcomes achieved through successfully implemented reforms. […] However, there is still a lot to do," he added. "We are looking forward and we should continue the process of reforms."
The outcomes of the Chicago Summit, Georgia's remarkable contribution to the NATO-led stabilization mission in Afghanistan and the country's progress towards NATO membership will be high on the agenda during this week's discussions with mainly students, academics and journalists.
Most events are taking place at universities and academies, including the National Defence Academy. The week concludes with a discussion at Telavi State University about NATO-Georgia relations with the participation of Vice Prime Minister Baramidze and Ambassador Kęstutis Jankauskas, Lithuania's Permanent Representative to NATO.
The road to integration
Just after independence in 1992 Georgia joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council).In 1994, Georgia joined the Partnership for Peace programme which fosters practical bilateral cooperation between NATO and partners.
Over the years, Georgia has provided valuable support to NATO-led operations, and deployed peacekeepers to Kosovo in 1999. Today, Georgia is the second largest non-NATO-troop contributor to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Following the "Rose Revolution" in 2003, the focus on supporting Georgia's domestic reform process increased and Georgia was granted an Intensified Dialogue on membership aspirations in September 2006. At the summit meeting in Bucharest in April 2008, NATO leaders agreed that Georgia will become a member of NATO.
At the recent Chicago Summit, Allied leaders reaffirmed all elements of their decision made in Bucharest, as well as subsequent decisions. They welcomed Georgia's progress since the Bucharest Summit to meet its Euro-Atlantic aspirations through reforms, implementation of its Annual National Programme and active political engagement with the Alliance in the NATO-Georgia Commission. They also stressed the importance of conducting free, fair, and inclusive elections in 2012 and 2013.


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WASHINGTON, DC, September 23, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board), the certifying and standards-setting organization that oversees more than 58,000 professionals holding CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification in the United States, has elected Robert Glovsky, CFP® as chair-elect effective January 1, 2009.
Glovsky will begin his duties as 2009 chair-elect on January 1, when Marilyn Capelli Dimitroff, CFP® begins her term as 2009 chair. He will then serve as the Board of Directors' 2010 chair beginning in January 2010. Glovsky, president of Mintz Levin Financial Advisors in Boston, Mass., has more than 25 years experience as a practicing financial planner and has held the CFP® certification since 1992. He is the Director of Boston University's Program for Financial Planners, the largest CFP Board-Registered Program in New England and one of the largest in the country. He also served as Chair of CFP Board's Board of Examiners (predecessor to the Council on Examinations), which plays a central role in the development of the rigorous and comprehensive CFP® Certification Examination.
Glovsky has been recognized as one of the nation's leading financial advisors by Barron's, Worth magazine, and J.K. Lasser's "New Rules for Estate and Tax Planning" book. His expertise is widely recognized in the media. In February 2006, Consumer Reports called on Glovsky to provide expert evaluation of eleven different retirement planning options. He also has been quoted in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Business Week, the Washington Post, Financial Planning magazine, The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald.
"I look forward to working with Bob and the 2009 Board of Directors," said Dimitroff. "In the current economic environment, it's more important than ever for the Board of Directors to establish policies and direction to CFP Board to sustain its mission of benefitting the public by upholding the CFP® certification as the recognized standard of excellence in personal financial planning."
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Ginzo Smith!
I'd be happy if Geno becomes the next Super Mario star & I have to eat crow!
Ginzo Smith!
Hill, Holmes, Kerley & hopefully Edwards are the key to Ginzo Smith's success!
I see ShARk99 has now moved from anti-black slurs to anti-Italian slurs
spreading his ignorance and bigotry around
why should anyone believe a single thing you post, bigot...
maybe the godfather bullsh1t story is truer than the Oxford, QB, Coach, Jet employee bullsh1t stories you've posted here
But you hate Geno Smith because he is black. That is a fact and it is undeniable
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The third Sin Fang album from Seabear frontman Sindri Mar Sigfusson is his brightest, most polished and assured release to date. Using a producer for the first time (Alex Somers, who's produced Sigur Ros and Jonsi), the sound is intricately constructed and richly textured with various keyboards, guitars, strings, horns, percussion and layered vocals for an adventurous yet hook-filled blend of electro-pop, orchestral folk-pop and psychedelia. 2/1/2013 - Don Yates


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The Health Sciences Library at the SUNY Upstate Medical University invites applications for the position of Assistant Director for Customer Services. We seek an innovative and dynamic individual with demonstrated personnel and project management leadership abilities. This position emphasizes a commitment to the HSL team, superior customer service, and to meeting the current and emerging health information needs of the Upstate community.
The successful candidate will be forward thinking, motivated, flexible, and excited to work in a collaborative, rapidly evolving team environment. S/he will exhibit the capacity to thrive in the exciting, ambiguous, future-oriented environment of a regional medical system and to respond effectively to changing needs and priorities.
This position reports to the HSL Director and serves as a member of the administrative team providing leadership and direction for the HSL. The Assistant Director fosters a creative, team-oriented work environment; leads the departments of access services, reference and Family Resource Center (12 FTE); provides reference services to HSL clients, contributes to evening and weekend coverage; participates in strategic planning and assessment; evaluates existing programs and develops new programs; determines and interprets library policies; and contributes to and learns from the profession through such avenues as local, state and national professional organizations and publications.
Required: ALA accredited Master's degree in library or information sciences or commensurate degree with relevant experience; 6 or more years of experience with evidence of personnel and project leadership abilities; 3 or more years of experience in a supervisory capacity; evidence of recent and relevant successful experience in supervising library staff and student workers; experience with orienting and training staff and students and reviewing work; ability to evaluate and assess library programs, services and policies; excellent organizational, time and project management skills; demonstrated evidence of initiative and flexibility, ability to work creatively, collaboratively and effectively both as a team member and independently and to promote teamwork amongst colleagues; evidence of interpersonal and team building skills as well as excellent oral and written communication skills. Preferred: Experience in a health sciences library; and AHIP membership.
The HSL's current interests include developing new collaborations with local, regional and SUNY libraries; further developing our Family Resource Center; promoting a culture of evidence-based practice, delivering HSL services to geographically dispersed locations and to the patients and families in our 25 counties service area.
The SUNY Upstate Medical University is Central New York's only academic medical center and the region's largest employer. Our community includes colleges of medicine, nursing, allied health, & graduate studies, University Hospital (a 400 bed tertiary care hospital), University Hospital (Community Campus), the Golisano's Children's Hospital and our new Cancer Center. For more information about us, please visit http://library.upstate.edu.
SALARY AND BENEFITS: Initial appointment will be at the rank of Senior Assistant Librarian. Salary is dependent on qualifications. Excellent benefits package including TIAA-CREF and other retirement options. 12 month, tenure track position with faculty status. Priority review of applicants begins August 4, 2014 and continues until filled.
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5 Things You Missed On Instagram Last Night: Ciara Shows Off Engagement Ring
You can only scroll through Instagram with one eye open like CBS for so long. Eventually you've gotta stop thumbing. Here's what you missed while you were catching Zzzs last night
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