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Ever since early 2001 when President Bill Clinton announced his Roadless Area Conservation Rule in the waning days of his presidency, there has been uncertainty about what exactly that meant for 4.2 million acres of roadless national forests in Colorado. That uncertainty, for better or worse, may have finally dissipated Wednesday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Colorado's own plan for protecting its roadless forests would be allowed to stand. It is about time.
After a multilateral series of conversations, processes and court battles, the roadless discussion may have reached its final denouement with Wednesday's release of the final environmental impact statement for the Colorado roadless rule. The final rule offers more protections for national forests in the state than the original state-generated recommendations that resulted from a stakeholder process convened by former Gov. Bill Owens to craft Colorado-specific management protocols for roadless forests here. This process was spurred by President George W. Bush's scrapping of the Clinton rule in favor of a state-by-state approach.
That action, though, has been the subject of a series of court battles that ended most recently with a ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finding that the original Clinton rule stands – assuming there is no appeal to and reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court. Nevertheless, with Wednesday's announcement, Colorado's own home-grown management plan will be recognized by the U.S. Forest Service.
What this eye-glazing series of events boils down to for roadless national forests in Colorado is they will enjoy an elevated level of protection than their roaded counterparts, but there will be exceptions to the national rule that allow for some road-building to facilitate energy development in areas where leases are in place, wildfire mitigation in forests near communities and coal mining and ski area expansion.
These exemptions can – and have been – argued for and against with convincing assertions from conservationists, gas and oil industry representatives, and skiing, mining and fire-protection advocates, and there are valid points on all sides of the conversation. The national rule would have extended greater protection in each of these areas than the approach generated in Colorado, but there is some merit in considering state-specific issues.
The final Colorado rule approved by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack attempts to strike a balance between the federal rule's spirit and the specific concerns raised in Colorado. That is not an easy or expedient endeavor, and all parties to the debate will make some sacrifices.
Despite the final Colorado rule's potential shortcomings, a decision is welcome and long overdue. Knowing with some degree of certainty what sorts of management prescriptions will govern roadless forests in the state is essential to those seeking approval for various development proposals or fire management strategies. As the process has snail-slithered through various channels, a collective holding pattern has been imposed. After more than a decade, it is time to move forward.
Whether and how the divergent interests engaged in the roadless forest debate will proceed in implementing the Colorado rule will be illustrative of how ready each party is to look ahead rather than stay mired in a battle that is both worthwhile and ripe for resolution. The broad perspective is an important one to maintain in this case: No roads will be constructed on approximately 4 million acres of pristine national forest lands in Colorado. That is no small victory.


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Mahakhandhako Home PageFirst Section
The text of the first four sections of the Great Chapter in the Discipline collection Vinaya Piṭaka, Mahāvagga, Mahākhandhaka, bhāṇavarā 1-4.01 traces the life and career of the Buddha for a period of about one year after the Complete Awakening, and is one of the earliest sources we have for this period in the Buddha's life. Other sources include the Mahāvastu, the rescension of which is probably around the same time as the Pāḷi text, and the Lalitavistara, which, though in the form we have it is undoubtedly much younger, nevertheless still contains much material that is old and bears all the signs of authenticity.02 This section of the text forms a continuous narrative before it is replaced with a detailing of the various duties incumbent on monastics, and other rules for the monks and nuns. Even these texts are interspersed with many interesting stories from the life of the Buddha, which I hope to collect together at some point.03
As the text forms an integral part of the Discipline Collection it appears that it was originally meant to show how the monastic life was established in the first place, how and why it evolved, and what is the relationship between lay supporters and monastics, and only incidentally does it thereby reveal the early part of the Buddha's career.
Although many of the discourses that have been preserved provide contextual information on such matters as where the discourse was given, to whom and for what reason, very few indeed can be placed within a reliable time frame, The commentaries go some way to providing this framework, but their reliability is many times questionable.04 and the only other comparable text we have is The Discourse about the Great Emancipation (Mahāparinibbānasutta), which provides a more-or-less continuous narrative detailing the last year of the Buddha's life. A text and translation of this important work was made available last year on this website.05
First Section
Our present text opens some time after the Awakening, According to the much later Introduction (Nidāna) to the Jātaka this would have been about four weeks after the Awakening, but there are a number of differences between the earlier and later texts which would make a reconciliation between them difficult, if not impossible, so we cannot rely on this timing.06 with the Buddha still at the foot of the Bodhi Tree, enjoying the bliss of liberation and reflecting to himself on Conditional Origination through the three watches of the night. It may have been the strength of this remembrance that formed the basis for the later anachronous tradition that the Buddha spent some time in the first few weeks reviewing in detail all seven books of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka.07
His first encounter with another person only comes when he moves to another tree in the same area, where he meets someone significantly enquiring about the real meaning of being a brāhmaṇa. It is here that we see the Buddha for the first time explicitly redefining the given terms of his day by explaining the true meaning of being a brāhmaṇa, which has nothing to do with the pretensions of birth, of course.
There is no record of the brāhmaṇa's response to the teaching but he evidently did not become a lay follower at the time, otherwise it would have been recorded, so we can perhaps infer that he was unconvinced.
The Buddha's next meeting was at the root of another tree in the same vicinity, and this time with the Dragon-King Mucilinda, who protected him from unseasonable weather. These first 3 sections are parallel to five discourses in the Udāna 1:1-4, and 2:1, which all end in an exalted utterance being made by the Buddha.
The next section tells how the Buddha met with two merchants, Tapussa and Bhallika, who were apparently traveling north to Magadha. At the culmination of the story the merchants go for refuge to the Buddha and the Dhamma Although in Mahāvastu they go for the three refuges there was still no Saṅgha at that time, and it seems that must be an anachronism.08 and became the first of the Buddha's followers in the Dispensation. Perhaps it is significant that the first people who gain faith in the Buddha and his Teaching were not professional religious, but simple merchants, as that section of society was to provide crucial support to the fledgling Teaching.
The scene then changes to the root of another tree, still in the vicinity of Uruvelā, where the Buddha ponders on whether it is really possible to teach such a deep and profound doctrine to people when they have so little inclination towards spiritual things and such attachment to material pleasures. He is ultimately persuaded by the Mahābrahmā Sahampati, who points out that there are some with little dust on their eyes and that they will understand.
The Buddha therefore agrees to teach, but just who to teach is the next question. He first thinks of Āḷāra and Uddaka, Āḷāra had been his teacher, but Uddaka was simply a friend in the spiritual life. In Mahāvastu the order in which he thinks of them is reversed.09 but they had recently passed away, so then he recalled the group-of-five ascetics who had been helping him during his six years of austerity. Seeing that they were now in the neighbouring State of Kāsī, Uruvelā, where the Buddha attained Awakening, was in the south-western reaches of Magadha. Kāsī was to the west of there.10 he decided to walk across the countryside for the approximately 200 km in order to teach them.
A meeting on the way with the Abstainer (Ājīvika) Upaka is recorded at this point. Many other meetings and happenings have been recorded in the Mahāvastu, which are excluded from our text, see Uruvilvāto Ṛṣipatanaṁ Gamanaṁ, the Journey from Uruvilvā to Ṛṣipatana eslewhere on this website for the relevant stories.11 Again the Abstainer, like the brāhmaṇa earlier, was unable to grasp the message or to gain faith in the Buddha, and went away, 'shaking his head and taking the wrong path (ummagga)', as the text says.
The Buddha eventually reaches the Deer Park at Isipatana, a few kilometres from the capital of Kāsī, Bārāṇasī. Although the group-of-five have been chosen for the first formal teaching of the new school, they are anything but impressed when they see their former associate coming. Indeed they make an agreement amongst themselves not to honour him in any way, although as he is a member of the Khattiya class they agree to put out a seat for him.
As the Buddha approaches though they are unable to keep to their agreement and they rise up, prepare a seat, take his bowl and robe, put out water for him, and so on. But still they are not quite ready for the new teaching and the Buddha will not teach them until they acknowledged his declared status. Eventually they are convinced by his earnestness and stop addressing him in a familiar way and speak to him with all due reverence. This is signalled in the text by the change of address from Āvuso to Bhante.12
It is only then that the Buddha deigns to teach them the discourse that is famous now for Setting the Dhamma-Wheel Rolling. The Discourse itself is as revolutionary as it is simple. It basically only consists of an outline of the Four Noble Truths with short definitions of each. However the approach to the spiritual life that it signifies must have been felt to be quite extraordinary.
The prevalent religious teachings of the time stressed either correct ritual observance or extreme asceticism. The Buddha knew that neither led to the desired goal, and started his teaching career with a completely fresh look at the problem of existence. First he had diagnosed the problem: suffering; then he had found the cause: craving; then he had seen that its end (nirodha) was possible, and to the group-of-five monks he taught the Path to that goal, the eightfold noble Path which went, contrary to their expectation as ascetics, by the middle way.
For religious steeped in extreme asceticism, that must have been revolutionary indeed, and one of them, Koṇḍaññā, did indeed attain to the first stage of sainthood on that very teaching, and all of them were ordained as monks by the Buddha. But for their further progress many more teachings would be required.
Unfortunately for us the teachings during those first few days have not been preserved in any of the traditions that have come down to us, but over the next few days the Buddha did give them the necessary basis upon which they gradually made successively deeper attainments until they stood on the brink of full liberation. They were technically non-returners (anāgāmi) when the Buddha taught the following discourse.13
It was then that the Buddha taught the second recorded discourse containing the profound teaching about non-Self, which demonstrated that there was no Self or Divinity to be found in any of the constituents that make up the human personality, and that none of them were worth clinging to. It was on the basis of this teaching that the group-of-five monks fulfilled the teaching and attained to such a state of purity that they would never be reborn again, and it is this teaching that closes the first section for recital (bhāṇavāra).
Second Section
The next section is easier to summarise: it traces the progress the Dispensation made during the first Rains Retreat, which was spent in the Deer Park after the initial teachings. First Yasa, a wealthy young man from the capital, meets up with the Buddha and becomes a monk, and eventually a Worthy One. His Father, He was the first lay-follower to take the threefold refuge.14 Mother and former Wife all go for refuge to the Three Treasures as lay followers committed for life. Then four of his good friends, and fifty more friends all become monks and attain full liberation.
At that point there were sixty-one monks and Arahats in the world, and at the end of the Rains Retreat the Buddha sent them out to the four directions to teach to all who would listen. They go and start making their own converts and the Buddha eventually initalises a procedure whereby they can administer ordination themselves, rather than bringing the aspirant to him personally. The curious thing is this: with only one or two possible exceptions, See the discussion about Assaji below.15 we never hear of any of these monks again, and not even one appears to accompany the Buddha when he sets out to return to Uruvelā, where he had initially attained Awakening.
Before he sets out on that journey the Buddha apparently had one or two encounters with Māra, who according to the traditions was still pursuing the Buddha for up to one year after the Awakening. I say one or two purposely, because it is not clear from the text whether we are dealing with two different visitations, or with two rescensions of the same encounter. I tend to think the latter, which is strengthened by there being two rescensions of the next but one story in the text.
We next have the curious story of the Buddha's encounter with the good group of 30 friends while traveling back to Magadha. Apparently out for a picnic, one of their number has his belongings stolen by a prostitute he had brought along for the day. The group goes off in search of the miscreant, but come across the Buddha instead who teaches them Dhamma so effectively that they all attain at least the first stage of sainthood and request and receive ordination, but once again it appears none of the group accompanies the Buddha on his further journeying into Magadha.
Third Section
The third section for recital finds the Buddha back in Uruvelā, but now somewhat north of where he had Awakened, in the Ashram of the fire-worshipper Uruvelā Kassapa, who is living there with his five-hundred disciples. This Kassapa is one of three brothers who are living in the area engaged in the same practice, with three hundred and two hundred disciples each.
The Buddha asks if he can stay for the night in the firehouse. At first Kassapa refuses, fearing that a Dragon (Nāga) who is living there would harm him, but eventually the Buddha persuades Kassapa to let him stay. During the night there is a fiery contest with the Dragon, which the Buddha wins.
Kassapa is impressed by this, but he still believes that the Buddha is not at the same standing as he is himself. Still, he offers to provide food for the Buddha if he stays on in the Ashram, and the Buddha agrees. This exact same story is told twice in the text, first in prose and then in verse. The commentary specifically states that the verses came later and were inserted after the prose. There is yet another rescension of the same story in the Mahāvastu, but there it occurs not as the first but as the last of a series of miracles that are different from those recorded in the Pāḷi.
The Pāḷi text then has a series of miracles performed by the Buddha, but none of them succeed in convincing Kassapa of the Buddha's superiority, so eventually the Buddha tells Kassapa straight that he is neither a Worthy One nor is he on his way to becoming one. Kassapa is convinced and asks for ordination, and both he and his followers and afterwards his brothers and their followers are ordained.
At this point the Buddha gives the famous Instruction about Burning, showing that the true fires are burning in our hearts, and rather than leading to release they are keeping us entrapped in the round of birth and death, and all 1,000 yogis attain to Worthiness upon hearing the discourse, which closes the third section.
Note that the time must now be sometime towards the end of the Winter period, which is perhaps six months after the Buddha gave his first discourse, and up and till now only three discourses have been recorded, though it is evident from the text, which explicitly says as much, that he had taught many more.
Fourth Section
Following the conversion of the Kassapas and their one thousand followers, the Buddha goes with them to Rājagaha, the capital of Magadha. King Bimbisāra hears that he has come to his Royal Capital and along with twelve thousand of his fellow citizens he goes out to meet him, fulfilling some wishes he had made while still a prince.
The Buddha teaches them a discourse at this point, but only a synopsis is given in the Pāḷi text, while in the Mahāvastu the full discourse is given. See Utpadyananirudhyanasūtram, the Discourse on Arising and Ceasing elsewhere on this website.16 After the discourse the King goes for refuge to the Three Treasures and invites him for a meal on the following day, after which he donates the Bamboo Wood to the Buddha, thus ensuring the material establishment of the Dispensation.
There follows the conversion of the Wanderers Sāriputta and Moggallāna. They were followers of Sañjaya (apparently to be identified with one of the Six Heretical Teachers), and had previously made a promise to each other that if one of them attained the Deathless state, then he would immediately inform the other.
Sāriputta sees Assaji, one of the Buddha's disciples, on almsround and is immediately inspired with confidence and asks what teaching he knows. Assaji replies that he is new to the teaching, that he doesn't know much, but he recites a verse which is enough for Sāriputta to attain to the first stage of Sainthood (Sotāpatti). This verse became very famous later and is found in inscriptions all over India and Asia.17
This Assaji is normally identified with the Assaji who was one of the group-of-five monks. I question this though, as Assaji characterises himself as one who is new to the teaching and not long gone forth. But the group-of-five Assaji was hardly new to the Sāsana, indeed he stands right at the source. He had also heard some of the most important teachings that the Buddha had given, and had attained full liberation. There is also no record of any of the monks from the Bāṇārasī period following the Buddha over from Kāsī to Magadha. Assaji must have been a common name at the time and given the weight of the evidence I am inclined to believe that the Assaji Sāriputta met was not the same as the one in the group-of-five, but was as he characterised himself, one newly gone forth.
In any case on the strength of this encounter Sāriputta does see the Deathless and tells his friend Moggallāna about it, and they both leave Sañjaya, together with another 250 of his followers, and join the Buddha and become his chief disciples. This causes something of an uproar around the capital as many of their finest young men are going forth. But the Buddha teaches a verse to the monks that convinces his critics that he is teaching true Dhamma and the uproar dies down. It is at this point in the text that the narrative ends.
Comparison with other Texts
In preparing this text and translation of the Great Chapter I have made a careful comparison with other records of the same events, both in the Canon and the commentaries, together with texts like the Mahāvastu and Lalitavistara, which belong to other sects, so as to supplement the information given in the text itself.
This has involved making a number of other translations that are parallel to this text, and which are now published elsewhere on the website, and which can be read in their own right as well as supplementary to the present work:
Uruvilvāto Ṛṣipatanaṁ Gamanaṁ - The Journey from Uruvilvā to Ṛṣipatana (from Mahāvastu pp. 322-329)
Dharmacakrapravartanasūtram - The Discourse that Set the Dharma-Wheel Rolling (from Lalitavistara)
Utpadyananirudhyanasūtram - The Discourse on Arising and Ceasing (The Fourth Discourse of the Buddha) (Mahāvastu pp. 443-9)
I have also included many notes drawn from the commentary, and comparisons with the Jātakanidāna, a full text and translation of which I hope to prepare at some time.
I am very grateful indeed to Rod Bucknell who has made many contributions to this project by reading this work through for me and making many useful suggestions and corrections, which has gone a long way to improve the accuracy and usefulness of this works. He has been a true kalyāṇamitta.
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
May, 2014
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He was born Nov. 4, 1955, to A.B. and Jean Cox of Dardanelle.
His brother, Arthur Bentley Cox of Russellville preceded him in death, as well as his son, Louis Morgan Cox Jr., in December 2009.
Morgan's survivors are his daughter, Celeste Cox of Fayetteville and her mother, Liz Cox of Bella Vista; His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Cox of Dardanelle; his brother and sister-in-law, Thomas and Dinah Cox of Dumas; and his sister-in-law, Debbie Cox of Dallas, Texas, also survive him. Many nieces, nephews and cousins also mourn the loss of Morgan Cox.
Morgan was an invaluable part of each community in which he lived. He spent nine years leading small churches in Sledge, Miss., Augusta and Berryville. Later, he served as a financial advisor at Arvest Bank. He was a husband, a proud father and a loving son and brother. He never tired in his advocacy for his friends and for those in need. All who are left behind will miss him dearly.
A private family service is planned for his interment in Bentonville Cemetery. Friends and loved ones are invited to a memorial reception from 5-7 p.m. today at Fellowship Bible Church in Student Center East of NWA in Rogers.
Memorial donations may be made to Celebrate Recovery Ministries, Fellowship Bible Church, 1051 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Rogers, AR 72758; or Horses for Healing of NWA, 14673 Daniels Road, Bentonville, AR 72712.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Stockdale-Moody Funeral Services of Rogers. Online condolences may be made at stockdalefuneral.com.
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Please tell me the name of a numbing gel/cream I really don't want to feel any pain for first time intercourse I want to use it for the first time. I am a virgin and married. I want to use numbing gel/cream to numb hymen ONLY FOR FIRST TIME so that my partner can penetrate and after that we will start proper intercourse after 20-30 min when my hymen will become normal, I don't want any suggestions that "first time it will pain" "don't be afraid, try long foreplay" etc. Because we have tried all but whenever he tries to penetrate I feel lot of pain so we stop. My married life is in danger please please I beg you help me tell me name of a numbing gel/cream to numb my hymen only for first time. Hope someone will understand my situation and tell me name of gel or cream.
Hi lybrate-user, Understand the situation Whether the first time or the millionth your vagina is no different, it's designed to have sex without pain as when aroused it will relax, lubricate, open and increase in size, as it's flexible it will also stretch to accommodate a penis and then return to normal after sex. Most commonly if sex hurts the first time it is due to the woman not being ready, either not emotionally ready so tensing-up or not physically ready so not aroused enough for penetration. This means penetration is forced, causing pain and damage which increases risk of STDs and infection, your vagina is not designed to make sex unpleasant or harmful, it's designed for pleasure. Use more foreplay, ideally orgasm at least once before intercourse, and use lubrication if/when needed, go slowly and communicate with your partner. Enjoy sex without penetration for a while and if that develops into intercourse, if he can slide himself easily into you during foreplay then carry on like that - allow some natural progression, rather than stopping and saying 'Now it is time for penetration' take pressure off by letting it happen naturally. The only possible difference to your vagina would be if your hymen is intact - which is rare as by the time you have sex it's likely to have worn away, stretched or torn from foreplay or masturbation – sex doesn't necessarily tear your hymen as it can stretch, even if it tears it doesn't always hurt. If you believe the myth that sex hurt the first time then you NEED to educate yourself a lot more about how your vagina works and about sex before you have sex, these are basic things someone of your age and someone who is about to have sex should know. Learn how to prevent possible pain rather than accepting it as inevitable, because it's really not. If you are nervous then this will also help ease those nerves (nerves can make sex painful) because you'll know what to expect and how to prevent problems such as pain during sex - knowledge combats fear. Dear, reason I am not suggesting you any numbing cream because it would be dangerous as you can't feel when damage is being done - this means you cannot stop him when he's causing you harm, so he may cause even more harm putting you at higher risk of infection and STD's, also when the numbing cream wears off the pain may remain. If you want you can use lubricant but avoid numbness cream Thanks.
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Hello mam maine ek saal pehle sex kar tha tab se yoni(vagina) khuli rah gyi. kya yuni (vagina) vapas tight nahi hoti please suggest.
Hello, yeh possible hai apko ek exercise karni padegi jis mai breath andar leke usko hold karna hai for 30 seconds neeche bhi Joer lagega. Usko kegel exercise Bolte hai. Thanks.
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Hi, My wife is pregnant first trimester, she is feeling nausea almost full day. Kindly guide me suitable diet for her & baby.
Homeopath, Pune
Hello Lybrate user, simple food (avoid spices), fruits (avoid raw papaya and pineapple), milk, and 2- 3 almonds would be good and healthy during first trimester. If morning sickness is intolerable then opt for homeopathic treatment for morning sickness. It's very safe, natural and very effective treatment. Message Back for online homeopathic consultation.
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Please suggest. Hairootz soflets contain biotin, folic acid, grape seed extract, minerals and vitamin I can take for hair fall during pregnancy period 3 months.
Dentist, Delhi
During pregnancy Doctor already prescribed folic acid and also you can use Sim mom 1 spoon in milk twice daily it has almost all vit & min n its safe to use. Just it healthy n stress free. Hopefully this will help to reduce hairfall.
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Continue to take prenatal vitamins. Stay active unless you're experiencing swelling or pain. Work out your pelvic floor by doing Kegel exercises. Eat a diet high in fruits, vegetables, low-fat forms of protein, and fiber. Drink lots of water. Eat enough calories (about 300 more calories than normal per day).
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"You're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose, studded with arresting phrases and breathtakingly beautiful images.... Her gift to us is the sheer pleasure of seeing the world through her loving eyes."Washington Post
"These pieces are accessible and lyrically written, and they flow well, one after another, making reading the book a true pleasure. Ackerman's fans and readers who appreciate nature writing at its finest will love this."Library Journal (starred review)


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Puig homers off bench to deliver win for LA
MIAMI -- Slumping and fined, benched and tardy, Yasiel Puig still can't help but be amazing.
The Cuban rookie sensation, left out of the starting lineup because of a cold bat and then fined for showing up late, led off the eighth inning with a tie-breaking home run that lifted the Dodgers to a 6-4 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night, stopping a two-game losing streak.Full Game Coverage
MIAMI -- Slumping and fined, benched and tardy, Yasiel Puig still can't help but be amazing.
The Cuban rookie sensation, left out of the starting lineup because of a cold bat and then fined for showing up late, led off the eighth inning with a tie-breaking home run that lifted the Dodgers to a 6-4 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night, stopping a two-game losing streak.Full Game Coverage
Puig entered the game on defense in a sixth-inning double switch. Manager Don Mattingly left Puig out of the lineup, saying he needed the rest. Mattingly made that decision before Puig showed up at Marlins Park roughly 30 minutes late, for which Mattingly said he fined the rookie.
But Puig has a flair for the dramatic as well as the drama. He jumped on the first pitch he saw in the eighth inning from Miami reliever Dan Jennings with a blast that hit the top of the fence in left-center and bounced over, his first homer since Aug. 1 and 12th of the season after going hitless in his previous 11 at-bats.
Some of Puig's teammates aren't thrilled with his steady stream of rookie mistakes -- reckless baserunning, overthrowing cutoffs, not to mention a disregard for customary rookie etiquette off the field. But there's no dissent about his ability to impact a game, which is why starting pitcher Chris Capuano said he wasn't surprised that Puig would win a game on a day he was surrounded by controversy.
"We're always expecting something great, he's got so much ability," said Capuano. "He doesn't seem to feel like there's too much pressure out there."
And that's exactly how Puig explained his success, which came in front of family and friends at Marlins Park in Miami's Little Havana. Puig, who has a home in Miami, received a warm ovation when he entered the game and a louder ovation when his home run bounced off the top of and over the fence to break a 4-4 tie.
"I don't feel pressure," Puig said when asked if he likes the spotlight. "I always give my best. I know the pitcher tries to throw his best, but I don't feel pressure. I don't feel pressure from the fans in L.A., and it's a bigger stadium and there's more of them. If I don't feel pressure in L.A., I don't feel it here."
Mike Redmond, Miami's manager, wished Puig felt a little more pressure.
"I'd like to have a guy like that coming off the bench," Redmond said. "He's a great player. He's had a great year. I didn't see that pitch. I think it kind of leaked back over the middle on him. Still, when you haven't taken a swing all night and your first swing is a home run, that's probably a little different level."
The Dodgers added an insurance run in the ninth inning when the Marlins bungled a pair of ground balls. Kenley Jansen wrapped things up with a perfect ninth inning for his 13th consecutive save, the last of six relievers Mattingly used over the final four innings.
The high-wire act was performed by Chris Withrow, who got the win. He arrived with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and the bases loaded, the Marlins having just tied the game at 4, and he struck out Donovan Solano. He came back for the seventh, allowed a single to Giancarlo Stanton (who homered off him the night before), another single to Logan Morrison, then got Ed Lucas on a double-play grounder and struck out former Dodgers farmhand Justin Ruggiano.
"His strikeout of Solano was huge," said Mattingly.
The Dodgers had to overcome hitting into four double plays and stranding 12 runners. They did it with a 16-hit attack, three from Adrian Gonzalez, at least one from all eight starting position players.
But opposing starting pitcher Jacob Turner said it was his two-out walk of Capuano in the fourth inning that opened the floodgates to a four-run rally.
"You walk the eight-hole guy [Tim Federowicz, intentionally] to bring up the pitcher," said Turner. "Ninty-nine percent of the time, if you throw strikes in that situation, he gets himself out. But I wasn't able to do it, and it just snowballed from there."
Carl Crawford, Mark Ellis and Gonzalez then strung RBI singles, shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria throwing away Ellis' as two runs scored, but the Marlins scored twice in the bottom of the inning off Capuano and tied the game in the sixth off Brandon League.
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The Four View Hosts Unite Against Catholic Hypocrisy
On today's View, the hosts discussed the reaction to a segment they did yesterday, where they took the Catholic church to task for excommunicating a nun who facilitated an abortion to save the mother's life. Their defense inside.
The segment provoked the ire of one man who sent multiple angry letters to them. Here, they defend their segment and strike back against their critics.
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A federal program to compensate Western North Carolina counties with large swaths of non-taxable public lands is in jeopardy if Congress doesn't act soon to restore its funding.
A federal program to compensate Western North Carolina counties with large swaths of non-taxable public lands is in jeopardy if Congress doesn't act soon to restore its funding.
Transylvania County stands to lose about $200,000 this year if the "payment in lieu of taxes" program administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior isn't fully funded during ongoing budget negotiations between the U.S. House and Senate.
Henderson County, which receives about $47,000 per year to offset non-taxable U.S. Forest Service property in the Mills River area, would also face a loss of revenue.
Discussing the issue with commissioners Monday, County Manager Steve Wyatt said the funding is "a big deal," especially for counties further west. Statewide, the PILOT program paid out $3.99 million in 2013 to 43 counties with federal land in their jurisdictions.
A bipartisan budget agreement reached in December by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) included a "placeholder" for the PILOT program but didn't specify any funding. Mandatory funding provided for PILOT by a 2012 transportation bill expired last June.
For WNC counties with large amounts of untaxable federal land, PILOT is considered an essential revenue source for local schools, infrastructure work, law enforcement, fire and rescue operations and health care.
In Transylvania, 89,310 acres — or roughly 37 percent of the county — is federal land and thus out of the property tax base. When combined with state lands such as Gorges State Park, almost half of the county is non-taxable and undevelopable.
County Manager Artie Wilson said Transylvania's PILOT funding amounts to "a third of a cent on our tax rate." If Congress doesn't fund the program, Wilson said county commissioners would have to look at taking $200,000 out of fund balance this fiscal year to cover the missing revenue.
"It's definitely significant to our county," Wilson said. Fortunately, he added, Transylvania County "did better than was anticipated last year as far as revenues and expenditures, so we did build up the fund balance a little bit."
Moreover, after talking with Congressman Mark Meadows (R-Cashiers) and other elected officials, Wilson said there's reason for optimism.
"My understanding in talking with the folks in Congress and others is they're working to make some changes and add some things back in," he said. "We're hopeful that happens. It not only affects us, but it affects counties throughout our state and country."
Last month, Meadows signed onto a letter urging budget conferees to preserve the PILOT program. Although the Ryan/Murray budget pact didn't address PILOT's long-term sustainability, Meadows said he's optimistic the House and Senate will reach a deal during the ongoing appropriations process for fiscal year 2014.
"I look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure PILOT is protected in order to give the counties in the 11th District that depend on this program the certainty they need when crafting their annual budgets," he said.
Last month, Sen. Kay Hagan joined 16 senators from both parties in signing a letter asking congressional appropriators to "fully support" the program relied on by nearly 1,900 counties in 49 states. If approved, the program would contribute $425 million to rural counties in 2014 to offset the loss of property taxes.
"We urge you to consider the economic hardship and uncertainty that counties across the nation will face if the PILOT program is not given consistent funding," wrote the group of senators.
Chris Moyer, a spokesman for Hagan, said he expects something will be announced regarding the 2014 PILT funding "within the next week."
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Veteran Saints coach Kim Pompey's concern throughout the season with her incredibly young team has been its maturity and experience.
Tuesday's girls basketball playoff previews
Both games tip off at 7 p.m.
Region 4A-2 semifinal
Who: Starke Bradford (17-9) at Trinity Catholic (25-2)
How they got here: Bradford def. Mount Dora, 38-30; Trinity def. Fort White, 61-25
Winner gets: Either Port Orange Atlantic or Orlando Lake Highland Prep in Saturday's regional final
Outlook: After steamrolling Fort White in Thursday's playoff opener, the Celtics get an upgrade in competition Tuesday against Bradford. The Tornadoes went 3-0 against Fort White this season with an average margin of victory of 14.3 points, then ousted Trinity's district rival Mount Dora from the playoffs Thursday by eight points in a low-scoring affair. Trinity, by comparison, was 3-0 against Mount Dora this year with an average margin of 13.7 points. Bradford is a team dominated by youth, as its three top scorers are freshmen Tracey Kemp (15.6 ppg, 3.9 apg) and Nyasia Davis (6-foot-2, 14.6 ppg, 10.5 rpg), along with sophomore Wilisha Griner (12.2 ppg, 9.7 rpg). Bradford went 10-0 in its district, but its young trio of stars will contend with a Trinity team the caliber of which they did not encounter in league play. The Celtics have been paced by sophomore point guard Shambria Washington (17.8 ppg, 6 apg, 4.4 spg), a superstar in the making with elite ball skills who can be something close to unstoppable when she's on target from the perimeter. Washington will be aided by two senior standouts in center Amber Ferguson (12.5 ppg, 9.7 rpg) and forward Shannon Fanelli (10.3 ppg, 46 3-pointers). First-year Celtics coach Melissa Mosby left Thursday's easy win dissatisfied with her team's intensity level in the second half. Though it didn't matter against a badly overmatched Fort White team, Mosby grumbled postgame about her team needing to immediately leave behind its tendency to play in spurts at less than 100 percent capacity — or else it could risk an earlier playoff exit than what the Celtics' talent level might otherwise merit. That risk is there starting Tuesday night, but if Mosby and her staff have the Celtics ready to rumble for four full quarters, they'll roll into Saturday's regional finals.
Prediction: Trinity Catholic 64, Bradford 52
Region 2A-1 semifinal
Who: Winter Park Geneva (18-10) at St. John Lutheran (13-11)
How they got here: Geneva def. Seven Rivers, 58-55; St. John def. Trinity Christian, 71-55
Winner gets: Either Tallahassee FAMU or Jacksonville Seacoast Christian in Saturday's regional final
Outlook: Veteran Saints coach Kim Pompey's concern throughout the season with her incredibly young team has been its maturity and experience. The Saints are clearly talented, but with eighth graders in starring roles, the question of how they would hold up under postseason pressure had always lingered. The Saints answered that question affirmatively Thursday with a big win on the road in Deltona against a district champion opponent. Now St. John gets an unexpected home date against another district runner-up — Geneva School — that also won on the road against a district champ with its conquest at Seven Rivers on Thursday. The Knights feature a very balanced offense led by Rebekah Walter (12.8 ppg), Adri Hooks (12.4 ppg) and Kiki Hooks (10.8 ppg). Senior forward Shannon Riley is Geneva's top rebounder with an average of 5.8, but her listed height of 5-foot-7 creates a question as to whether or not the Knights will have an inside presence who can slow down St. John star center Jalaysha Thomas, listed at 6-foot-3. The Saints have been led statistically by Thomas (12.9 ppg, 10.3 rpg) and point guard Tameria Johnson (9.5 points, 2.7 assists), both high-profile eighth graders, but on Thursday they got a huge assist from teammates Sara Poehlman (19 points, four rebounds, five steals) and Hallie Linville (14 points). That kind of balanced attack frees up Thomas to operate inside and makes the Saints a much more dangerous playoff team. With its district championship loss to Seven Rivers followed immediately by a huge road playoff win in Deltona, St. John showed within a week's time both the highs and lows it is capable of hitting on any given night. That's to be expected from such a young team, of course. The Saints hope their better side will rise to the surface Tuesday night and lead them into the regional finals for the first time in five seasons.
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Here's a present you might not have thought of: "sneak peek†tickets to see the new Warner Bros Studio Tour London – before it opens to the rest of the world!
Enter today's competition, and you could be walking around the film studios that made the wonderful Harry Potter film series.
In addition, we've thrown in some Harry Potter goodies: exclusive signed merchandise, the complete Harry Potter series on Blu-ray, and a knitted Dobby toy…
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2013 Ford F-150 EcoBoost - Project Silver Bullet, Part 1
A V-6 Made How Much Horsepower?
Remember the old adage, "There's no replacement for displacement?" With a gleam in his eye, your old man always told you about big-block muscle cars ruling the streets during the '60s and '70s. Big engines used to be the kings of horsepower, but with today's engine builders using direct injection, variable valve timing, and turbochargers, the golden era of efficient power is upon us. Ford put the pickup truck world on notice with the release of the twin-turbocharged V-6 EcoBoost engine in the F-150 in 2011. We've touted the engine as being extremely receptive to aftermarket bolt-ons and custom tunes alike, but what about parts that aren't commonly upgraded such as the throttle body, intercooler inlet tube, and the much-anticipated turbo headers? That's where we come in. We want to be your EcoBoost source, and despite GM's claim that a real truck has to have a V-8, we believe this latest wave of parts is just what F-150 owners need to get the most out of the potent little engine.
For our 2013 F-150 project dubbed Silver Bullet, we wanted a Blue Oval truck that could run with all of the LS-engine–equipped GM trucks in our THROWDOWN performance truck shootout. Rather than using the predictable 5.0L V-8 and adding a supercharger, we opted for the boosted 213ci V-6. To get the small engine ready to make some big power, we contacted the Mustang professionals over at Paul's High Performance, in Jackson, Michigan, for several performance parts specifically designed for the EcoBoost. Paul's HP is used to making 1,000hp Mustangs, so adding some ponies to a truck came naturally. In this month's story, we'll be adding a new, taper-bore throttle body and high-flow air charge cooler tube with heat wrap. Both of these parts on their own will add power, but to optimize the computer for max output and to get more air into the turbos, we ordered a new Bully Dog GT tuner and Bully Dog RFI intake sytem. We've seen huge power gains with just the Bully Dog tuner installed on other EcoBoost trucks and with a few other bolt-ons in place, our F-150 should be ready to light up the tires. To handle the dyno runs for us, we made the short drive down to Stillen's headquarters. Besides selling top-brand parts, they can also have their ASE-certified techs install them. Nothing proves real power like a dyno, and Stillen had our results in just a few minutes.
On Stillen's dyno in stock trim, our 2013 EcoBoost laid down 283 rwhp and 326 lb-ft of torque. For a 213ci V-6 with only 39 miles on the odometer, that's pretty darn impressive. It was now time to see how much more we could squeeze out of it.
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HTC Hero S Pictures
HTC Hero S is an Android 2.3 smartphone with HTC Sense running on top of it. The phone is equipped with a 4 inch Super-LCD qHD display. Rear and front-facing cameras weigh in at 5MP and 1.3MP respectively. Under the hood is a single-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor.


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Dara Kerr
April 11, 2013
Stephen Hawking, one of the world's greatest physicists and cosmologists, is once again warning his fellow humans that our extinction is on the horizon unless we figure out a way to live in space.
Not known for conspiracy theories, Hawking's rationale is that the Earth is far too delicate a planet to continue to withstand the barrage of human battering.
"We must continue to go into space for humanity," Hawking said today, according to the Los Angeles Times. "We won't survive another 1,000 years without escaping our fragile planet."
Hawking, 71, made his statement during a lecture at Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, according to the Los Angeles Times. He was touring the facility to getting a closer look at stem cell treatments for Lou Gehrig's disease — the crippling degenerative condition that has kept him bound to a wheelchair for the last 50 years.
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From the ridge between the Garden Wall and Mount Grinnell. The angle of the sun and smoke from wildfires are creating the haze to the left. The large glacier below is Grinnell Glacier, the one visible on the right is the Salamander Glacier, and the small one high on the walls is Gem Glacier.
The northwest ridge is on full display here; it is the sunlit one on the right side of the peak.
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Instead, Stephanopoulos asked Axelrod if Obama was considering breaking his campaign pledge not to raise the taxes of Americans making less than $250,000 per year in order to pay for his healthcare program.
Axelrod took a cue from the president by claiming both that the president would abide his oath and at the same time consider a tax increase on the middle class. Asked repeatedly to "draw a line in the sand" on the issue by Stephanopoulos after the president hinted at accepting a tax increase on healthcare benefits, Axelrod exclaimed that "one of the problems we've had in this town is that people draw lines in the sand and they stop talking to each other. And you don't get anything done. That's not the way the president approaches us."
Barack Obama had pledged on his campaign website that "families making more than $250,000 will pay either the same or lower tax rates than they paid in the 1990s." He also made a further and more explicit pledge at a campaign stop in Dover, New Hampshire on September 11, 2008 that "I can make a firm pledge: Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase, not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes." (see video below)
Now, apparently, Barack Obama has a new plan: tax the middle class. He's already backed and signed a huge tax increase on tobacco back in February, bragging about the legislation that more than doubled the federal tax on tobacco in a press statement. Tobacco is consumed primarily by the poorest half of the population, thus more than a few newspapers called him out for failing to heed his explicit campaign pledge on that one. So much for Obama's campaign pledge not to increase the taxes of Americans making less than $250,000.
Some Americans are perhaps willing to cut Obama some slack on his pledge when it comes to tobacco since that's a "sin tax." Never mind that Obama's pledge explicitly stated "not any of your taxes." But that's not the only instance Obama's pledge to the American people was broken. He has also called for massive new tax increases on the utility bills of all Americans with the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which is pending in the U.S. Senate as this column is being written. President Obama has admitted: "Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." That legislation would increase taxes by more than $840 billion over the next 10 years on all Americans.
Obama's behavior on his tax pledge is reminiscent of an old joke about politicians:
Question: How can you tell when a politician is making a promise that's a lie?Answer: Whenever his lips are moving.
However, the joke is not funny. It's on the American middle class, and it's with their money. And they're going to pay plenty for that joke.
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RBA to housing industry: giddyup!
How close the two decisions of the RBA are – to cut rates today and to not cut rates a month ago – is demonstrated by how little difference there is in the governor's brief post-meeting commentaries.
You could pretty much swap November and December around and not notice.
There was no smoking gun that demanded a rate cut last month and there's none offered to justify this month's, other than a subtle suggestion that the RBA was a little concerned about inflation last month and is less so today.
The bank is still saying the effect of previous monetary easing is yet to work its way through the system, so to read between the lines, it seems our central bankers have become a tad impatient about their lower interest rates stimulating demand, especially for new housing. Hence the latest trimming.
No, Solly and Gerry, the performance of your shops isn't driving RBA policy. Instead, it's the need to encourage building investment to pick up the growth slack as the construction phase of the commodities boom peaks and our state and federal governments' mini-fiscal cliff runs its course. RBA to housing industry: giddyup!
The key paragraph in the governor's statement is this:
"Private consumption spending is expected to grow, but a return to the very strong growth of some years ago is unlikely. Available information suggests that the near-term outlook for non-residential building investment, and investment generally outside the resources sector, remains relatively subdued. Public spending is forecast to be constrained. On the other hand, there are indications of a prospective improvement in dwelling investment, with dwelling prices moving a little higher, rental yields increasing and building approvals having turned up."
As Glenn Stevens explained in his mid-year speeches, the real per capita consumption growth we've averaged since mid-2009 of about 1.5 per cent is quite nice.
It's sustainable and allows the return to a healthy household savings ratio. But it's not the 2.8 per cent growth many businesses had come to regard as normal over the long boom from the mid-1990s to the global financial crisis. Retailers have to adjust to that reality rather than vainly hope the RBA will let loose another consumption binge.
With states trying to tame their debt, bi-partisan pursuit of a surplus all the rage in Canberra and the next likely federal government promising to slash and burn the public service, describing the public sector as "constrained" is, well, constrained.
Last week's private fixed capital investment intentions survey showed not much happening on that front either, so housing growth more than ever has become the great hope of treasury and the RBA.
Which is why today's building approvals figures make the governor's statement sound a little hopeful. Note that Stevens doesn't say there are indications of improvement in dwelling investment, only "of a prospective improvement".
The preconditions for growth in dwelling investment are there, but the turn up in building approvals is still anaemic. If there was wavering about a rate cut or not today, it could have been resolved by the building approvals figures at 11.30am.
Sure, the trend series has growth of 6.2 per cent in total dwelling units approved from October 2011 to October 2012 (and just 1.2 per cent for private sector houses) – but the growth has gone flat since mid-year.
There is a degree of faith required here that if we ease monetary policy, spending and investment will come. The RBA is suitably cautious about over-cooking stimulus while the more voluble nervous nellies want the spending binge back. And they want it now. Given that overall growth hasn't fallen in a hole, the RBA continues to stimulate warily.
What it hasn't done is rush to "emergency levels" of rates, despite what the headlines claim and the simple measure of the cash rate suggests.
In another place, economist Stephen Koukoulas neatly summarised why the "emergency rates" screamer is wrong:
"For the Chicken Littles like [Joe] Hockey, a few home truths need to be laid out. Any sensible policy observer would know there is a lot more to economic policy than just interest rates. One vitally important influence on the economy is the stance of fiscal policy.
"During the GFC, Commonwealth government spending rose 12.7 per cent in real terms in 2008-09 with a further 4.2 per cent rise in 2009-10. Together with the drop in tax revenue as the government allowed the fiscal automatic stabilisers to kick in, the budget balance swung almost 6 per cent of GDP in two years. From a surplus of 1.7 per cent of GDP in 2007-08, the budget moved to a deficit of 4.2 per cent of GDP in 2009-10.
"This massive fiscal stimulus was being injected into the economy when the RBA had the 3 per cent emergency interest rates in place.
"In the current non-emergency period, the fiscal position shows that real government spending will be cut by a record 4.4 per cent in 2012-13 and that the budget balance will swing from a deficit of 4.2 per cent in 2009-10 to a surplus of 0.1 per cent in 2012-13. This is a swing of 4.3 per cent of GDP in three years.
"This means there is a difference of over 10 per cent of GDP in the change in the budget balance between the time of the GFC and now. In 2012-13 dollar terms, this is worth around $155 billion. With private sector debt currently around $2.2 trillion, this $155 billion swing in the budget is the equivalent of a 7 per cent differential in interest rates.
"So rather than emergency interest rates complementing emergency fiscal settings, as was the case during the GFC, the current policy mix has easier monetary policy working to offset the restrictive effects of one of the most contractionary fiscal settings ever seen in Australia."
Thus, in the context of our mini-fiscal cliff, we don't have "emergency" interest rates, even though the cash rate is at 3 per cent.
There is still room for more trimming, but no hint of that in the governor's statement today. We now have a two month break to see if rates have become cheap enough to act as a carrot for more investment and spending and as a stick to get the cash sitting in bank accounts to seek more productive use. It should be an interesting summer.
*Michael Pascoe is a BusinessDay contributing editor.
Michael Pascoe is a BusinessDay contributing editor. He comments on companies, markets and the economy.
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New Romance Fiction for October 2012
Romance Key: X = Holiday; E = erotica/romantica)
In paperback:
How a Lady Weds a Rogue by Katharine Ashe (3, Falcon Club) H, M
Desire the Night by Amanda Ashley C, S
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks (1, The Montgomerys and Armstrongs) H
When the Duchess Says Yes by Isabella Bradford (2, Wylder Sisters) H
Playing to Win by Jaci Burton (4, Play by Play) C, E
Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed by Anna Campbell (1, Sons of Sin trilogy) H, M
The Lost Night by Jayne Castle (1, Harmony: Rainshadow) SF, S, M
Fool for Love by Beth Ciotta (1, Cupcake Lovers) C
The Girl's Guide to (Man)Hunting by Jessica Clare (Jill Myles & Jessica Sims) (1, Bluebonnet, TX) C, E
Shattered Silence by Margaret Daley (2, Texas Rangers) C, M, W, I
My Scandalous Viscount by Gaelen Foley (5, Inferno Club) H, M
Run the Risk by Lori Foster (1, Love, Undercover) C, M
When You Give a Duke a Diamond by Shana Galen (1, Jewels of the Ton/ Fallen Ladies) H, M
The Last Renegade by Jo Goodman H, W
The Uninvited by Heather Graham (4, Krewe of Hunters: The Unseen) C/H, S, M
How To Capture a Countess by Karen Hawkins (1, Duchess Diaries) H
Lord of Temptation by Lorraine Heath (2, Lost Lords of Pembrooke) H
Autumn Winds by Charlotte Hubbard (2, Seasons of the Heart) C, I
The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James (4, Happily Ever After) H
Not Proper Enough by Carolyn Jewel (2, Seducing the Scoundrels) H
Where There's a Will by Karen Kelley (2, Good Girl) C, S, E
The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens H, M
Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston & Cynthia Eden C, S, M (Pbk-Romance Howl)
(contains Like a Wolf with a Bone and Wed or Dead)
The Unexpected Husband by Debbie Macomber C
(contains Jury of His Peers and Any Sunday)
The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst C, S
Sins of a Virgin by Anna Randol (1, Sinner's Trio) H, M
Temptation in a Kilt by Victoria Roberts (1, Bad Boys of the Highlands) H
A Study in Seduction by Nina Rowan (1, Daring Hearts) H, M
Josh by R. C. Ryan (2, Wyoming Sky) C, W, M
Don't Cry for Me by Sharon Sala (2, Rebel Ridge) C, M
Mark of the Witch by Maggie Shayne (1, Portal trilogy) C, S, M
The Accidental Bride by Christina Skye (2, Summer Island) C
Woodrose Mountain by RaeAnne Thayne (2, Hope's Crossing) C, I
Sweet Laurel Falls by RaeAnne Thayne (3, Hope's Crossing) C, I
In Rides Trouble by Julie Ann Walker (2, Black Knights, Inc.) C, M
Ruined by Moonlight by Emma Wildes (1, Whispers of Scandal) H, M
In LGBT Romance:
(Shelved with the paperback romances, with a rainbow-heart genre label. Call # begins with "LGBT.")
96 Hours by Georgia Beers F/F, C
Shades of Gray by Brooke McKinley M/M, C, M
In hardcover Fiction:
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown C, M
Christmas Roses by Amanda Cabot H, I, X
Highland Storms by Christina Courtenay (2, Trade Winds) H
Found by Shelley Shepard Gray (3, Secrets of Crittenden County) C, M, I
The Bridesmaid by Beverly Lewis (2, Home to Hickory Hollow) C, I
A Fool's Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery (10, Fool's Gold) C, X
One Wrong Move by Shannon McKenna C, M
Mischief and Mistletoe by Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, et al. H, X, M (Fiction Mischief)
With Every Letter by Sarah Sundin (1, Wings of the Nightingale) H, I
The Shadow on the Quilt by Stephanie Grace Whitson (2, Quilt Chronicles) H, I
Other new titles of interest:
Riveted by Meljean Brook (3, Iron Seas) A, SF, M, H (SF Brook)
Widow's Web by Jennifer Estep (7, Elemental Assassin) F, C, M (Pbk-Fantasy Estep)
Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel (2, Gone with the Respiration) S, SF, H, A (Horror Habel)
Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right, and
Solves Her Lady Problems by Rhoda Janzen C, I (B Janzen)
The Curse by Sherrilyn Kenyon & Dianna Love (3, The Belador Code) F, C, S (Pbk-Fantasy Kenyon)
Something Red by Douglas Nicholas F, S, M, H (Fantasy Nicholas)
The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma (2, Trilogia Victoriana) SF, A, M, H (SF Palma)
Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre by Kristin Ramsdell (Genreflecting Advisory Series)
C, H, M, I, E, O, M, F, SF, A, S, W (CircRef 016.85 Rom 2012) (on the Pbk Romance shelves)
Cast in Peril by Michelle Sagara (8, Chronicles of Elantra) F, M (Fantasy Sagara)
Rapture by J. R. Ward (4, Fallen Angels) F, C, S (Fantasy Ward)
Those We Love Most by Lee Woodruff C (Fiction Woodruff)


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A perfect GP for Clement Desalle
Winner of the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend in Talavera de la Reina, Belgian's Clement Desalle claimed his second MXGP win. Matching the results in Italy Desalle was alongside two fellow countrymen on a 100% Belgian podium. In the MX2 class Jeffrey Herlings was successful once again, standing in first on the podium with Dylan Ferrandis and Arnaud Tonus.
Arnaud Tonus
Desalle was not at his best last weekend in the Netherlands, or on Saturday as he had some stomach problems. Pulling off two tremendous starts on Sunday he was pretty difficult to pass on the Spanish track of Talavera. It's the first time this season that the Suzuki rider won two heats over the weekend, as he approaches Cairoli in the series. "My feeling on the bike was really good, and it was so nice to get two moto wins like I did. It is good for my confidence and the championship. I was really happy about my riding and I enjoyed myself out there. The track was technical and when it is like this – you need to find a good line to go fast – I like it a lot. I have to say I'm pleased to win in Spain because I appreciate this country. The start was so important and I managed to have two really good ones. I want to say thanks to the team because we have worked a lot so I can feel good on the bike and it is going better and better" said Clement. Frenchman, Steven Frossard finished third and fifth in the races, just missing the podium by two points. This makes Spain his best result since Qatar, only a few weeks after a heavy crash in Italy.
Clement Desalle
Jeffrey Herlings won his fourth consecutive Grand Prix in Talavera de la Reina, where the Kawasaki riders got a double podium. It was the second time this season than Dylan Ferrandis enjoyed this moment, having missed a couple of podiums in the previous rounds. "Since Qatar I was unlucky to just miss the podium a couple of times so it's good for my confidence to be back on the rostrum! In the first race I had a good start and we all keep our position so I finished third. The second start was not as good as I was eighth or ninth, and it was very difficult to pass here. I was lucky as some rivals crashed, and with another third position I got second position overall, so that's great" explained Dylan who shared the podium with team mate Arnaud Tonus.
Dylan Ferrandis
Classification MXGP:
1.Desalle (BEL, Suzuki)
2.Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha)
3.Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki)
4.Cairoli (ITA, KTM)
5.Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki)
6.Boog (FRA, Honda)
7.Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha)
8.Rattray (AFS, Husqvarna)
9.Nicholls (GBR, KTM)
10.Roelants (BEL, Honda)
Standings MX1
1.Cairoli, 304
2.Desalle, 280
3.Van Horebeek, 276
4.Strijbos, 220
5.Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 205
7.Frossard, 142
Classification MX2:
1.Herlings (NED, KTM)
2.Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki)
3.Tonus (SWI, Kawasaki)
4.Febvre (FRA, Husqvarna)
5.Tixier (FRA, KTM)
6.Butron (SPA, KTM)
7.Gajser (LET, Honda)
8.Lieber (BEL, Suzuki)
9.Petrov (BUL, Yamaha)
10.Charlier (FRA, Yamaha)
Standings MX2
1.Herlings, 294
2.Tonus, 267
3.Febvre, 232
4.Ferrandis, 225
5.Tixier, 215


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He was born April 1, 1970, in Russellville to Jerry Whorton and the late Wanda Kirkpatrick Whorton. He married his high school sweetheart, Kim Jennings on April 13, 1995.
A memorial service will be announced in Wednesday's edition of The Courier.
The family requests for memorials to be made to the charity of your choice in Todd's honor.
Arrangements are under the direction of Humphrey Funeral Service. Internet obituary and online guestbook are available at humphreyfuneral.com.


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Maybin pleased to honor Jackie
Marlins outfielder learned Robinson's legacy through dad
Every day of Cameron Maybin's baseball career has been something of a tribute to Jackie Robinson, so he's glad to honor his hero Wednesday on the official day set aside by Major League Baseball.
Maybin wears uniform No. 24 partially because No. 42 is retired, and one of his first acts upon signing a professional contract was to make a donation to the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
"When the fall came around and all the black kids played football, I was the only black kid playing baseball," Maybin told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "You see that, and my dad talked about the Satchel Paiges and Bob Gibsons and Jackie Robinsons and all the great black players that he knew that never even got a chance to play in the big leagues."
"Just wanting to see more African-American youth in baseball and trying to help out in any way I can to help them understand this is a great sport to play," Maybin said of his donation. "It teaches you a lot of things about life. Jackie Robinson has always been a big inspiration in my life, as far as baseball and standing up for what he believed in and having confidence."
Davis honored to wear No. 42: Rajai Davis wanted to wear uniform No. 42 to honor Jackie Robinson in 2008 as a member of the Giants, but his teammates selected Ray Durham for the honor. This year, Major League Baseball is having all players wear the number, and Davis, the only African-American on the A's, is ecstatic.
"He really helped open that door," Davis told the San Francisco Chronicle. "Now it's like the door's so wide open, we're getting all nationalities in Major League Baseball. ... At one end [before 1947], we didn't have any [blacks] at all, and now we're willing to honor an African-American."
"I don't know if [Robinson] realized it at the time," Davis said, "but he was playing for not just himself, but for all African-Americans. He was playing for me."
Hart sees patience pay off: Corey Hart went to Spring Training with the goal of becoming more patient at the plate. His hard work is paying off as he is hitting .286 with three home runs and seven walks. Last year, Hart had a total of 27 walks.
"He's been awesome," manager Ken Macha told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "This might be a great eye-opener to him. [When] he gets balls to hit, he smokes them."
During the spring, he showed he was more patient at the plate by hitting the ball hard to the opposite field. His three home runs have all been to right field this year.
"I wanted to make sure I had the right approach so I could stay on some of those off-speed pitches," Hart said. "It's been helping me see the ball a little longer and helping me adjust. That swing path allows me to fight off pitches and put balls in play pretty hard."
Geary, Blum have fond memories of Kalas: Geoff Geary, now with the Astros, remembered Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas as a grandfather figure during his years with Philadelphia.
"He was a guy you could go to no matter what the situation," Geary told the Houston Chronicle. "He'd never judge. He always had kind words to say. I got traded [in 2007] in the offseason, and he was the first one that called me. He treated you with respect and never acted like he was above anybody else."
Geoff Blum grew up listening to the voice of Kalas while watching NFL Films highlights and said he remembers the first time he heard Kalas call his name during a broadcast.
"Harry Kalas said my name and said 'deep drive into right-center field' with that deep voice, and I still have it on tape," Blum said. "That's one of the things I kept. Growing up watching NFL Films as a kid and hearing that voice -- for a lot of us, it's the voice of baseball. That's a big loss."
Ryan making the most of his chances: Brendan Ryan is adjusting to a utility role.
"Everybody wants to be an everyday player," Ryan told MLB.com. "That's everybody's goal. That's probably not going to happen this year, but who knows about next year? Whether this is one big long audition or not, I just have to do the best I can and make the most out of every opportunity that I get."
Hansen to be more aggressive: Craig Hansen changed his delivery and his mental approach during the offseason.
"There were situations where I fell behind in counts, and in the past three years, I would have, 95 percent of the time, thrown ball four," Hansen told MLB.com. "But now I feel more comfortable. Now, I feel more in tune with myself to where I can go attack that hitter."
Pierzynski eager to maintain game pace: A.J. Pierzynski, who has played 150 games in each of the past two seasons, isn't big on rest, but manager Ozzie Guillen told reporters he would like to provide a breather for the veteran catcher more often this season.
"Hopefully we've got a little cushion [in the division] to give A.J. more rest," Guillen told the Chicago Tribune. "I know A.J. loves to be on the field. It's a big year for him because he's a free agent. But the fresher we keep him, the more we get out of him."
Pierzynski, however, plans to just keep strapping on the equipment each game.
"[Guillen] hasn't told that to me," he said. "I'm going to try to get out there as much as I can. I feel like I'm in the best shape I've been in a long time, and I've got nothing physically wrong with me."
Snider showing power at the plate: Travis Snider, a 21-year-old left fielder, already has three homers for the Blue Jays this season.
"There's a certain level of respect for the game that you try and have," Snider told the Toronto Star. "But sometimes ... you kind of want to stand there and watch it. You just try and do what you can, put the bat down and run around the bases the right way. It's hard not to watch."
Gordon ready to come off DL: Tom Gordon, attempting to return following elbow surgery last year, is ready to begin a Minor League rehab assignment.
"He's excited," manager Bob Melvin told the Arizona Republic. "If everything goes right, we'll sit down with him ... give him two days off, and his next time out could be in a game situation."
Upton leaves 'em in awe with catch: B.J. Upton, who started the season on the disabled list, put an exclamation point on his return to the field with an over-the-shoulder catch on a shot that appeared to be headed for extra bases.
"I have to say, the ball caught me -- I didn't really catch it," he told the St. Petersburg Times. "I couldn't believe I made that catch."
"It actually had [his teammates] in awe the whole play," manager Joe Maddon said. "And it reminds you of his talent levels. You just forget the difference one person or one player can make, and he is that kind of difference maker."
Wrist lands Lowrie on DL: The Red Sox suffered a setback on Monday when shortstop Jed Lowrie was placed on the disabled list due to a sprain in his left wrist. The shortstop played with a hairline fracture in the same wrist last season.
"He showed up [Sunday in Anaheim] and said it was bothering him," manager Terry Francona told the Boston Herald. "The more we started talking to him and pushing him a little bit, we realized we need to get this thing checked out."
Glavine sits with strained rotator cuff: Tom Glavine, who had elbow and shoulder surgeries in the offseason, has been diagnosed with a strained rotator cuff and will be reevaluated after two weeks rest.
"Right now, for me, the glass is probably half-empty, simply because I'm frustrated and tired with this whole rehab thing," Glavine told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "But at the same time, being as close as I am -- or was -- I'm not willing to just say 'OK that's it.' I'm willing to put in a little bit more time."
Loux, Moseley hope to emulate veterans: Shane Loux and Dustin Moseley, youngsters thrust into the Angels' rotation due to injuries suffered by veterans, note that it was only a year ago that Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders combined for 33 wins.
"Moseley and I talked about that. We could be this year's Saunders and Santana," Loux told the Los Angeles Times.
"Absolutely," agreed Moseley. "Why can't we? We had good camps, and both of us are capable of doing it."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.