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At age 90, hes still talking code Navajo Code.
Sam Sandoval came to Cortez on Tuesday to speak in recognition of National Code Talker Day. He addressed a packed house at the Cortez Cultural Center, sharing memories from his early childhood, teenage years, and time spent in the U.S. Marine Corps.
It was his time in the Marine Corps where he was part of an elite unit known as the Navajo Code Talkers.
The program was initially classified top-secret. Speaking to the attentive crowd, Sandoval shared some of those former secrets.
Ive been here many times, Sandoval said. Tonight is a great day for me, he said.
President Ronald Reagan declared Aug. 14 National Code Talker Day back in 1982.
Sandoval, who lives in Shiprock, N.M. with his wife Malula, described his childhood years growing up in the boonies east of the Navajo Nation.
We raised livestock, he said.
He remembers his great-grandfather and great-grandmother and notes that his grandfather died at age 109.
His grandfather was a medicine man and an Indian warrior who fought in New Mexico in the 1800s.
At age 3, Sandoval only knew the Navajo language. His grandfather would come and get him in the early morning hours and take him to his sweathouse a mile from his house.
He would tell me stories of the origin of the Navajo Nation, which Sandoval calls mythology.
He used to sing his song, say his prayers, and tell his stories. I told him one day, thats for you, not for me, he said. He taught me what to do and not to do, say and think. I regret not listening to his stories.
When Sandoval was 5 and enrolled in a boarding school run by the United Methodist Church near Farmington, N.M., the Navajo students were not allowed to speak their native tongue, but sometimes would sneak off to do so.
The teachers were all Anglos. They were very kind and worked with us one-on-one, Sandoval related.
A military future
In his late teens, Sandoval wasnt very inclined to join the military.
Sandoval and his father moved to Las Vegas, Nev. and later to Hawthorne, Nev. His father told him there were no jobs in New Mexico.
I was inexperienced in labor, noting that he had to learn discipline, Sandoval said. Ive had to work through discipline all stages of my life through today.
While in Hawthorne, Sandoval interacted with two military units that were stationed there, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
One day, a soldier said to him, Why dont you join the Marine Corps? The U.S. Marine Corps is the best outfit in the world.
Sandoval wasnt ready. He had already registered with Selective Service and had two or three months before his number would come up.
He decided to go to the recruiter but still wasnt convinced to join.
I went ready (to sign up) but was walking out the door when the recruiter stopped me.
He was asked What nationality are you? The Marines were recruiting Navajo men between the ages of 17 and 31 but they had to be fluent in both English and Navajo. The implementation of Navajo men into the militarys communications network came after a suggestion by Philip Johnston, a missionarys son raised on the Navajo Reservation. This came as a result of the need for secure communications, particularly while in combat.
I thought, Why pick on the Navajos? Sandoval remembered. Theres 500-plus other tribes.
He related how his grandfather told him about the tragedy of the Navajo people and how they were treated.
These people (Anglos) destroyed the homes of the Navajo people, their crops and drove them close to 400 miles. The Long Walk we called it. He feared that if he joined that the Marine Corps would take him somewhere and forget about him.
Sandoval and 11 other Navajo boys from the boarding school went to Santa Fe to take physicals. Sandoval remembers Navajo boys coming there by the bus load. Out of the 12 from his boarding school, eight passed the physical.
When he arrived at boot camp in San Diego, there were 29 Navajo Marines already in training.
The Japanese had been intercepting the U.S. communications, hence the need for more secretive messages.
We were told to develop our own code, Sandoval said. It was very tedious, very difficult. Theres a difference between the everyday (Navajo) language and the Navajo Code, he said.
A unique language
The Navajo language is not written and has no alphabet. As an example, they decided to use the Navajo word for ant to represent an A. This would be confusing to the Japanese, he said, because the Navajo word for ant starts with a W. He explained that for the question mark symbol, they used the Navajo word for ear because its shaped like a question mark.
He said the 26 letters in the English alaphabet were not enough. There are 63 in the Navajo Code alphabet. We changed them in combat, he said. The Navajo soldiers also developed 813 words as part of the code.
We didnt carry a dictionary in combat. It was all memory work. They could spell out a word using letters, or use words.
All told, there were 418 Code Talkers trained for World War II, but only about 150 saw combat. Thirteen were killed in action.
Those 13 will not vanish from Sandovals memory.
Those are my heroes, he said. Some were his friends. Some were his relatives.
Sandoval was overseas for 30 months and stationed in Okinawa, Japan and four other places in the South Pacific.
For security, each Code Talker had a bodyguard. My bodyguard carried a pistol. I carried a rifle. He did a good job, I guess, he said smiling.
That code has never been broken, Sandoval said, Whos going to break it? Its a secret.
Sandoval said there are three elements to the code: Security (through a bodyguard), secrecy and accuracy.
The U.S. dropped the atomic bombs Little Boy and Fat Man on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. On Aug. 14, Sandoval received the message that imperial Japan had surrendered.
Im very thankful for you people honoring my day, Sandoval said at the close of his talk Tuesday night. Convey that message to your friends, your families, that you heard a Navajo Code Talker.
Sandoval is one of only 40 Navajo Code Talkers alive today.
Afterward, Malula Sandoval, 51, was asked how her husband feels about younger Navajos not speaking the language. It hurts him, she said. The parents are not teaching it or speaking it.
Malula, whos been married to Sam for 23 years, was taught the language while growing up in Shiprock. Most Navajos younger than 45 dont speak the language, she said.
The parents know it but are not speaking it to their children. Over the past 10 to 15 years, the Navajos have implemented bilingual education on the Navajo Nation. But still, most of the children dont speak Navajo, she said.


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"Should we give away refrigerators? Sure. Trips? Yeah. Fur coats? Who cares. But when we turn the quest for medical care into Queen for a Day, we have gone too far -- ethically. A show that gives out good medicine as a prize is immoral."
"They ate at my house frequently and got things out of the cabinet. They helped themselves to the refrigerator and kept things in the refrigerator."
"All of these [technologies] are more near-term than having a refrigerator or closet full of RFID tagged products."
"It was really strong. The neighborhoods were a maze of garbage, dead animals, refrigerators, furniture, tree limbs and brush. And sheetrock that looked like Mount Everest."
"Why would someone loot when they had a car with a refrigerator and had paid with a credit card at the hotel? The circumstances defy the theory of looting."
"The small-sized refrigerators we specially designed and manufactured for American consumers to store wine are sold like hot cakes in the United States,"
"You put them on various household items such as a door or refrigerator so if your mom didn't open the fridge by 10 o'clock in the morning we would call you or send you a text message."

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Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
Progressive rails, a steep pipe, and early 80s butt rock.
When Waterville Valley dropped the backhoe blade into the earth to build its first in-ground halfpipe in 1988, there was exactly one other man-made pipe on the East Coast (at Stratton, Vermont since '85) and no more than ten in the world. With that unceremonious load of dirt, the resort was forever entered into snowboarding's history and--with its continued commitment to contests, events, and terrain improvements--snowboarding's future.
Waterville built its first park called the Boneyard in '89, it consisted of buried jibs like tires and the upper half of a school bus (they didn't actually bury the whole bus), and it was only open to snowboarders. TheBoneyard is still in effect on Periphery, but now its focus is more on big hips along the trail embankment than buried scrap metal and rubber. These days, locals get up to Waterville Valley early in the mornings to avoid the afternoon "Cloudville Valley" effect, and the first place they go is the Exhibition Terrain Park and the Superpipe--the main dishes at this modest resort. They can be accessed via the Poma lift or the White Peak Quad, which takes riders to the top and drops them back down through the jumps, hips, banked turns, and rolls of the boardercross course on Upper Bobby's and Psyched.
The terrain and obstacles in theExhibition Park were increased by 40 percent last winter with nine new handrails, including a rainbow rail, a bow-ledge rail, and a straight-bar rail--for a total of thirteen rails. Snowboard Director Mike Bettera says to look for six more custom-designed rails this season. According to local shred Eric Kovall, "The new handrails and the Superpipe were the big improvements we needed. Waterville's definitely got the newest and most progressive rails on the East Coast."
Riders can hit about four obstacles each pass through the park. The last obstacle is the infamous quarterpipe at the bottom, which gets sessioned hard all winter.The park staff keeps it fresh and flowing by changing things up every couple weeks.
Thenew in-ground 400-foot Superpipe has a steep pitch for wicked-fast runs. The pipe is fully accessorized with a yurt to get out of the bitter New Hampshire cold, and there's a booming sound system in the park. According to Kovall, the speakers blare a pre-1985 New Hampshire rock station--consider yourself lucky if you hear Iron Maiden: "It's awful--silence would be better."
The Little Slammer beginner park on Lower Periphery and a snowskate park are located outside Competition Center at the base of the mountain, rounding out the freestyle options on-hill. Off-hill, Waterville has a mini ramp located underneath the lodge for all skateboarders with a lift ticket to use.
March is the season for good-time events. Waterville has built a great reputation for hosting Red Bull Schooled, The Volcom Peanut Butter And Rail Jam and, in the past, the World Quarterpipe Championships. Local shreds like Eric Kovall, Jamie MacLeod, Andrew Mutty, Dan Garrity, and Pat Moore are sure to be there to show you how it's done--East Coast style.
The Mexican restaurant at the base lodge and Jugtown Sandwich shop both come highly recommended for lunch, and at the end of the day, try T-Bars for on-hill drinking. For the combination of nightlife and dinner, check out Diamonds Edge North, but iff you want to meet some nice J.Crew/Abercrombie-style girls and boys, scramble twenty minutes down the road to the town of Plymouth. Just don't stay at the Best Inn, we're still boycotting them after they booted out all the snowboarders during the 2002 World Quarters--no love.--Annie Fast
Average annual snowfall: 120 inches
Summit elevation: 4,004 feet
Vertical drop: 2,020 feet
Number of lifts: 12
Shreddable acres: 255
Pipes: 1 Superpipe
Parks: 2
Snowskate park: 1--rentals available, 10 dollars for two hours.
Lights: No
Nearby skatepark: Rye Airfield, Portsmith, New Hampshire, ryeairfield.com
Local shop: Eastern Boarder, Nashua New Hampshire (603) 888-0722
Ticket price: $39 adults, $29 teens (ages 13--18)
Web site: snowboardwaterville.com


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As we enter the final weeks of the MLS regular season, the intensity picks up as clubs jockey for playoff spots. The same is true of the goalscorers chasing the Golden Boot.
At present, Dwayne De Rosario is in the lead with 14 goals. But there are four players within two goals of him, and another nine within three. Here, we take a look at the frontrunners in the Golden Boot race.
Dwayne De Rosario, D.C. United
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Goals: 14
Watch Last Goal: Scored in a 3-2 loss against Philadelphia on Sept. 29
De Rosario holds the key to DC United's hopes of sneaking into the final play-off spot. The Canadian international has been in sensational form hitting 12 goals in 14 starts for DC, including 5 goals in his last 4. He previously scored 3 goals in 14 combined starts for Toronto and New York.
Thierry Henry, New York Red Bulls
Goals: 13
Watch Last Goal: Scored in 1-1 draw against Toronto on Oct.1
Henry has led the league scoring charts for the majority of the season, spearheading New York's stumbling campaign. The Red Bulls captain has scored 13 goals and seems to have hit form at the business end of the season with his sublime strike against Toronto.
Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy
Goals: 12
Watch Last Goal: Scored in a 1-0 win against COL on Sept. 9
Donovan has had another stellar season for LA, hitting home 12 goals in 21 starts and adding 3 assists. The Galaxy captain has led his side to a healthy lead in the Western Conference standings and his experience will be vital in the MLS Cup for LA.
Chris Wondolowski, San Jose Earthquakes
Goals: 12
Watch Last Goal: Scored in a 1-1 draw against SKC on Oct. 1
San Jose's star striker has had another fine season, scoring 12 times to make it 30 goals in his last 53 MLS starts. "Wondo" has been the shining light in an otherwise unforgettable season for the Earthquakes.
Dominic Oduro, Chicago Fire
Goals: 12
Watch Last Goal: Scored in a 1-1 draw against HOU on Oct. 1
Oduro has been on fire for Chicago in the closing stages of the season, scoring 7 goals in his last 10 games. The speedy forward has been a revelation since his switch from Houston as he tries to help the Fire sneak into the playoffs.
Fredy Montero, Seattle Sounders
Goals: 11
Watch Last Goal: Scored in a 2-1 win against NE on Oct.1
Montero has hit 11 goals so far this season and one more will equal his best ever goal-scoring season in the MLS. Montero is in blistering form, scoring 4 goals in his last 2 games as Seattle look to gain momentum going into the postseason.
Andres Mendoza, Columbus Crew
Goals: 11
Watch Last Goal: Scored in a 2-2 draw against HOU on Sept. 14
The Peruvian native has been a steady contributor to the Crew's offense all season long, bagging 11 goals in 23 starts. Mendoza has 13 goals in 24 career starts for Columbus as he looks to propel his side to the top of the Eastern Conference.
Charlie Davies, D.C. United
Goals: 11
Watch Last Goal: Scored in a 3-0 win against CHV on Sept. 10
Davies' 11 goals in 17 games has proved just as important as strike partner De Rosario's record as DC look to push into the playoff picture with a strong finish to the season. Davies showed his predatory instincts in a 3-0 win over Chivas in September, scoring a hat-trick in the process.


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Non-marine Molluscs
Non-marine molluscs such as land snails and slugs, freshwater snails and mussels are one of the best known groups of non-marine invertebrates.
They also have the largest number of recorded extinctions in the last 300 years, recorded by the IUCN (The World Conservation Union) at 284 - far more than the global figure for bird and mammal extinctions in the same period put together.
Non-marine molluscs are of special interest because many species have very restricted ranges, giving rise to conservation concerns. Current Australian Museum researchers have been recording and describing Australian non-marine molluscs with the aim of establishing their conservation status, threats and habitat requirements.
Recent research led by Dr Winston Ponder has focused on hydrobiids, by far the largest group of freshwater molluscs. They are small, usually conical and are of considerable antiquity. The research has shown that some groups of hydrobiids are very diverse. One recently described Tasmanian group contains more than 60 species, some of which have yet to be named. The genus Austropyrgus has been found to contain more than 70 species in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia, and more than 30 other species of hydrobiids have been recorded from caves in Tasmania .
The Australian Museum project is ongoing and has, so far, produced 26 publications with many others in preparation.
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It may not be chiseled in stone, not even at the Matterhorn, but it yet it seems to be fact that the Rose Bowl Game would not seem real without a trip to Disneyland.
For Stanford, this was its first such visit since 1999 and the second in 42 years. And, even though Stanford is playing in its third consecutive BCS bowl, there's nothing like the Rose Bowl. To Stanford, this is its Super Bowl, the game the team annually strives to reach.
"The fact that we earned this bowl based on winning our conference definitely makes it even more special," Thomas said.
"Just for the name — the Granddaddy of Them All -- this is where you want to be," safety Ed Reynolds said. "It's the biggest and greatest bowl you could want to go to for a college football player."
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The Rose Bowl matches what may be the two best running backs in the nation in Stanford's Stepfan Taylor and Wisconsin's Montee Ball, the 2012 Doak Walker Award winner to the top collegiate running back and 2011 Heisman finalist.
Taylor, Stanford's all-time leading rusher, has not received the awards or honors of Ball, but has just as impressive to many, including his teammates.
"Montee Ball's an incredible player," Stanford center Sam Schwartzstein said. "He's had one of the most impressive careers in ever to grace the running back position. But I think Stepfan is the best player in the country: offense, defense, special teams, across the board.
"He does the seen and unseen things that make a great running back -- pass protection, catching the ball out of the backfield and he doesn't wait for anybody else to make the big play. He decides when the big play is going to happen."
Ball has more yards rushing (1,730) and touchdowns (21) than Taylor (1,499 and 14). But Taylor also has 38 catches to Ball's nine.
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Taylor refuses to get caught up in any personal challenge of trying to outplay Ball.
"I really can't think that way," Taylor said. "If I do that, I'm going to hurt my teammates. I'm not going to go out there play for my stats. I owe it to my team to give then 100 percent of my focus and concentration to win this game."
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Wisconsin likes the power running game, and Stanford likes the power running game. Something has got to give.
"It's a matter of which team is going to execute better," Schwartzstein said. "We need to execute like we're performing surgery, you've got to have that precision. That's how we want to do it and that's how we're going to try to attack these guys."
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Thomas is willing to concede to Wisconsin — in the Beef Bowl last night at Lawry's Prime Rib in Beverly Hills.
"Wisconsin's got some big boys," he said. "They'll probably win that one."
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Is this the best defense in Stanford history? For a team that set a school record for sacks (56) and intercepted 14 passes while holding opponents to 17.5 points per game in an era of no-huddle, spread offenses, it could be true.
"If you ask any of us, we would take on any Stanford defense put in front of us," Reynolds said. "We do a very good job at what makes defenses great, which is sacks, causing turnovers, getting off the field on third down, and minimizing an offense's capacity to do what it does best."
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Despite the good feelings about winning the Pac-12 title and reaching the Rose Bowl, the work is not done. Last season's 41-38 overtime loss to Oklahoma State at the Fiesta Bowl has not been forgotten.
"We've still got a chip on our shoulder," Thomas said. "It carries over from last year's bowl game, not being able to close that one out. We definitely know that feeling of losing. It doesn't sit well with us."
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There are challenges to playing Wisconsin that go beyond Ball.
"Montee is the Doak Walker Award winner, he's earned that right," Reynolds said. "But they have a couple of other guys that run their Wildcat and their fly sweeps. They get you focused on the run and then they get you with a play-action over the top. That's how they beat you. They kind of just grind you out.
"As a defense, we feel like we're built for that kind of game. Run right at us, throw some punches at us, and we'll throw some punches right back. It's going to be a great matchup on January 1."
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The delegation of religious leaders – including Sojourners/Call to Renewal's Jeff Carr – that recently traveled to Iran was the subject of last week's NOW. From the PBS summary:
Producer Jamila Paksima revisits her birth country of Iran with American spiritual leaders hoping to promote dialogue on such explosive issues as nuclear proliferation, the Iraq war, and the holocaust. … The 13-member team met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, top officials in the government, and several of the ayatollahs who have a powerful influence on government policy. Can this delegation of mostly Christian leaders defuse the standoff and reopen the lines of communication between America and Iran?
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Prospect Baez ready to show improved defense
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
MESA, Ariz. -- Javier Baez was one of the early birds in Cubs camp on Monday, arriving one day before position players have to report. The Cubs have said he'll open at Triple-A Iowa, and the highly touted shortstop isn't putting a timetable on when he's going to get to the big leagues.
"I'm still young and still learning how to play the game," Baez, ranked No. 7 on MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects, said. "I'm going to take my time."
Last spring, Baez batted .298 (14-for-47) and hit four home runs and drove in 10 runs in 17 Cactus League games, and hit two more homers in an exhibition game against Japan. Alfonso Soriano and Dioner Navarro led the Cubs in spring homers with five each.
For the regular season, Baez, 21, hit 37 home runs and 34 doubles and drove in 111 runs in 130 games for Class A Daytona and Double-A Tennessee, batting .282. He was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Year. If there's an area to concentrate on, it's his defense. Baez made 44 errors combined.
Could he make the big league team out of spring camp?
"I might make it, I might not," he said. "I'm going to take it day by day and see what's going on."
The Cubs may test Baez at second and third this spring as well as have him play short. After a winter of workouts in Jacksonville, Fla., with his former high-school team, he's ready to get going.
"I'm just going to do my job and try to do what I did last year and [reduce] my errors," he said.
Cubs manager Rick Renteria will talk to Baez about the possibility of playing some second base or third base this spring.
"You never want to remove a shortstop from shortstop," Renteria said. "So if we have the luxury of having Starlin [Castro] at the Major League level and [Baez] at Triple-A shortstop, why wouldn't we do that? [Baez] is a guy who has impressed everybody and he has some skill and we want him to continue to improve and mature and be the player we hope he will become in the end."
Samardzija hopeful for Dempster to return to game
MESA, Ariz. -- For four years, Ryan Dempster would give Jeff Samardzija a wake-up call, and the two pitchers would work out, although Samardzija was never quite sure what to expect that day.
"He was dragging me out of bed at six in the morning to go do Dempster workouts, whether it's [climbing] Camelback [Mountain] or ice skating or a lot of different things he dragged me out for," Samardzija said Monday. "That was great. He really showed it might be November, December but there are still things you can do for the season to improve."
On Sunday, Dempster announced he is not going to pitch in 2014 because of health reasons and to spend time with his three children. One of the most popular players in the game, the right-hander played for the Cubs from 2004-12, and finished last season with the Red Sox.
One of Dempster's children, daughter Riley, was born with DiGeorge syndrome, a disorder caused by deletions within the 22q chromosome. He created a foundation to raise awareness, and the Cubs were involved with his efforts. Samardzija also saw how Dempster could still focus on baseball despite the issues at home.
"I think it's a great lesson to be learned for everybody in that no matter what's going on in your life, when you come into this locker room and step foot on the field, everything else takes a back seat," he said. "When you get yourself in a sport, that's what it is, and you're giving everything you have to be successful and be part of the team. It's a year-round thing, and he gave his heart and soul to it. It's definitely something to learn from and I was very fortunate to have a lot of time with him and learn a lot from him."
Samardzija said he was "totally blindsided" by the news.
"Demp's a smart guy, he doesn't make any rash decisions," Samardzija said. "He understood maybe it was his time. It doesn't sound like he's totally done -- maybe he needs to take a break. I know how much of a competitor he is, so sitting around watching is probably not going to be the easiest pill to swallow. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw him back."
Extra bases
• Last year, the Cubs used six different players at third base, with Luis Valbuena, Donnie Murphy and Cody Ransom getting the majority of at-bats.
"Between the three, they made a pretty good, solid one," Renteria said of the trio, which combined for 30 home runs and 70 RBIs.
Ransom is now playing in Japan, and it's too early to say whether the Cubs will use a platoon at third between Valbuena and Murphy, Renteria said. Another option is Mike Olt, acquired last July from the Rangers in the Matt Garza deal.
"They all have an opportunity to come into camp and show us what they're capable of doing and as it plays out, we'll make a decision as to where we stand," Renteria said Monday.
• Cubs position players report on Tuesday with the first full-squad workout on Wednesday. Renteria will meet one-on-one with each player to go over goals and expectations this spring, starting Tuesday with the catchers.
• Edwin Jackson is sporting a new and elaborate tattoo on his left side this spring. It's a famous quote by Dr. Martin Luther King: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
It's one of many Jackson's many tattoos, which include footprints of both of his children, his No. 36, and "Est. 1983," which is when he was born.
"Your body is a story," Jackson said.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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i have to create a program that takes a line of text and puts it in a binary search tree.
from my understanding, a bst is balanced where the root node is an item and if the next item is less than the root, then it gets pointed to by the root's left pointer. and if it's greater than the root, then it gets pointed to by the root's right pointer. and throw in some recurssion and you have yourself a balanced bst.
my main problem is comprehending the part about the line of text and the bst. so far i've only dealt with numbers. how can i do this using words? given a line of text, i can separate it using getline and other methods to manipulate strings.


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Everett Community College astronomy courses are designed for non-science majors or students with a general interest in the subject. Students wishing to study astronomy at a four-year institution are urged to major in physics at EvCC.
Astronomy is a subfield of physics. Astronomers use the principles of physics and mathematics to learn about the fundamental nature of the universe, including the sun, moon, planets, stars, and galaxies. They also apply their knowledge to solve problems in navigation, space flight, and satellite communications and to develop the instrumentation and techniques used to observe and collect astronomical data.
Almost all astronomers do research. Some are theoreticians, working on the laws governing the structure and evolution of astronomical objects. Others analyze large quantities of data gathered by observatories and satellites and write scientific papers or reports on their findings. Some operate large space- or ground-based telescopes, making observations with optical telescopes, radio telescopes, and other instruments.
For many years, satellites and other space-based instruments, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, have provided prodigious amounts of astronomical data. New technology resulting in improvements in analytical techniques and instruments, such as computers and optical telescopes and mounts, is leading to a resurgence in ground-based research.
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Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by erifah, Jul 3, 2013.
Just playing around with general hull shapes and nacelle strut configurations.
This reminds me of the Enterprise-J sooo much since I first saw it. Then I looked again and it looks like a pair of Scissors. I have to say, I loved you're earlier design, was thinking of modeling that one next after I finish the USS Pike. If that's okay with you.
That would be SO cool.
Just a few updates:
Oh, and no, I do NOT know what the thingies are at the end of the circular warp nacelles. I think they involve pollination or reproduction or something.
The things on the end could be stabilizers of some sort for slipstream or transwarp travel.
I see those coils as helping to smoothen the transition from slipstream, warp, transwarp, and/or normal space, or to make sure the slipstream window and/or transwarp conduit closes without causing any damage/disturbance to normal space, or vice versa.
WTF? Are you spying on me? I had just now decided that that is exactly what they're for!
When those rings are spinning, I'd imagine they make quite a fuss as they whip and churn and in that manner fold space into a frothy lather to achieve their warp effect.
Perhaps they're similar in use to what the USS Jellyfish had in Trek XI?
Scissors combined with a frying pan? Interesting choice.
I love the antenna rectify-ers...
NOW I have to decide how big this thing is.
I've always wanted to do a "giant" starship, but the whole idea always strikes me as being too much of the fanboy wet dream - "a starship 5 miles long! With turbo-transwarp drive! And fifty DeathRay 3000 phaser cannons!"
But with my tastes for long, thin, delicate designs, I think this one could work as a biggie without being TOO preposterous. It would be big and fast, yet sometimes clumsy and difficult to handle - like a Boeing 777 at a small airport. NO death cannons.
How about if what now appears to be the bridge module becomes huge, and is the entire habitable section of the saucer? And everything else is internal docking space and equipment? I'm thinking basically a mobile space dock.
The saucer rim would be comprised of numerous docking ports & landing pads, as well as equipment and machinery.
I like the idea of the bridge cluster--looks a lot like the complex atop the Planet of the Titans art.
Spying? Nonsense!!
What? You think you're the only resident Chief Engineer?
At least glancing through starship design schematics is a requirement for any starship designer, even if I'm constantly employing technology to occasionally circumvent occasional technical limitations. Every starship designer knows that the best place to put any space-resmoothing apparatuses is at the rear tip of the ship.
Though maybe it was one of your assistant engineers who mentioned something, and I just put two-and-two together!
A few updates:
I'm still trying to develop a plausible flat, 3-spinning-ring-warp-coils warp nacelle. Obviously, without a traditional tube, there's no place to put the traditional Bussard collector. Maybe the trailing thingie on the back serves the same "gathering free hydrogen" function?
This here's the bridge module - but it appears to me that it is shaping up to be more of a command and habitat complex, with the rest of the saucer serving as space for machinery, cargo, and space dock functions.
The bridge itself isn't the big dome in the center... rather, I think it is going to be one of the smaller circles.
I like the idea of a cluster of towers and domes are on top of the saucer. Maybe even a massive atrium or something. I don't know, I'm just toying with things:
Here's how the entire ship itself looks so far. I decided that a nice Probert-esque oval would be much more pleasing to the eye in shape and balance.
I still really haven't worked out properly how big it is. I HATE Fanboy wet dream designs. But I'm leaning towards something that is, indeed, gigantic, basically the marriage of a starship and a space dock:
Maybe have the aft antenna spiral a bit?
Like a corkscrew, fixin' to uncork a gigantic bottle of Chateau Picard wine?
This design is getting more and more interesting . Its impressive how simple it started out and how interesting its starting to look.
No, more like curving back in to the side only...
I'm not picturing what you're describing.
Could you make a quick sketch? Thanks!
I can't draw a straight line with a ruler. Have the antennas bend inward as if they want to touch--but not quite.
An update. Not sure how far I'm gonna get since John Eaves got me hooked on MODO. Being able to sculpt and create and brainstorm in 3D changes EVERYTHING.
I also have just started really exploring what the saucer should look like:
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Character Discussion
Ron Weasley
I'm going to try something more interactive now. We'll have a good ol' character study later, but first, let's see how a discussion works out (for those who just love to debate)
For this first discussion I've picked someone we all ought to know really well and yet whose discussion thread is sorely forgotten - Ronald Weasley.
Some people see Ron Weasley as a very simple character, one who is often overshadowed by his more rounded comrades Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Yet, we all know there is something so much deeper in that freckled face, don't we? Here are some discussion topics to consider:
Ron is arguably depicted as Harry's sidekick while Hermione can be seen as more Harry's partner. What talent(s), if any, did Ron lend the trio?
In some fanfiction and even in the films, we see him as an overly exaggerated fool. How does the fanon Ron compare to the Ron J.K. Rowling initially portrayed in the Harry Potter books?
Every character has his vulnerabilities. What are Ron's, and under what situations does Ron show them?
Ron Weasley is often given various futures in pre-DH fanfiction. What are some examples you've encountered, and how likely, based on information given before or during DH?
Based on what you've seen in the books and in fanfiction, what might you say Ron's most prized possession/ is? "Possession," in this case, does not necessarily mean something materialistic.
This discussion will NOT be a question-answer type of thing as some threads have turned out to be. Instead of simply answering a question put forth, your responsibility is to involve others by commenting on other comments, providing further support, or completely knocking down another post's remarks. Do not limit yourself to the topics I've put forth; don't be afraid to steer the discussion toward different points.
I have gone through our archives to pluck out some stories that you may want to use in your discussion as examples.
A lot to live up to by lady magician
Another Side of the Story by Slian Martreb
Broken Petals by Ron x Hermione
Weeks and Weeks by Ravensgryff
Stories not listed are okay to use as well as quotes from the HP books so long as they are properly cited.
Because discussions are a lot lengthier and require a lot more thought, I may be able to award 45 points to each participant. 5 points will be awarded for merely posting twice; one post hardly counts as discussing. The more you participate, the more likely you'll wrack up points. Marauder by Midnight will be the sole judge for this activity. I will look for:
- creativity
- diversity in topics participated in
- strength of opinion
- interaction with other participants
Points will NOT be awarded based on my agreeing or disagreeing with your standpoint. You need only to provide sufficient evidence.
Please use only usernames when referring to a previous post or a story. Assume that I do not know any first names/nicknames (which is in actuality a very safe assumption). Directing a comment toward "Bob's statement" makes it very hard for me to figure out what you are referring to.
Discussion for points will continue until 11:59 PM EST on February 29th, 2007, after which all posts made will be moved to the existing Ron Weasley discussion thread.
Any questions should be PMed to me; let's leave this thread clear for discussion purposes


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It seems lately I have seen alot of questions about kits. I love kits. And I wanted to show you my last one. At Christmas I was crazy making table runners, and this is the one I made for myself. Also, my kitchen table is my sewing table, so...this is on my china cabinet. One last thing, all my kits have been purchased off Ebay, and I have to say I have not been dissappointed in any of them. This one was a tad different as it was a quilt as you go!! Loved it.
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OCEAN CITY – A federal judge has abruptly dismissed a $500,000 civil suit filed against the town of Ocean City and a private company by a former Vermont high school student injured in an escalator accident in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.
In May 2006, several members of a high school band from Vermont, in Ocean City for an annual Youth Music Competition at the Convention Center, were injured when the north escalator to the second floor stopped suddenly and starting running in reverse. Several of the students fell during the accident and some were taken to AGH in Berlin.
Nearly three years to the day of the accident, one of the injured students, Rebecca Beall, of Barre, Vt., filed suit in U.S. District Court claiming negligence against the town of Ocean City and the private ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company, which the town retained to service and maintain the faulty escalator.
In July, attorneys for Ocean City filed a motion for summary judgment in its portion of the case, evoking often-used governmental immunity as one of the primary reasons for seeking the dismissal. Under state law, municipalities such as Ocean City are protected somewhat from liability at incidents at non-profit public facilities because of the services they provide to the greater good. Essentially, the motion to dismiss the case argued if the town was held liable for incidents at its non-profit facilities it might be reluctant to build and operate similar facilities for the community.
Last week, U.S. District Court Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., agreed with the resort's claim of governmental immunity in the case, citing the annual losses reported by the public facility as reason to dismiss the case.
"The city has a statutory duty to administer and operate the Ocean City Convention Hall," Quarles' opinion reads. "The convention center loses more than $2 million per year. It receives grants from the state and city. As a site of conventions, fairs and similar events, the convention center promotes the public welfare. The city has satisfied the criteria for governmental immunity."
The plaintiffs argued just because thcenter operates in the red, it provides a significant economic boost to the town and its private business sector.
"A municipality is immune if the negligent act was committed in the course of the performance of a purely governmental duty," the opinion reads. "An act is considered governmental when it is sanctioned by legislative authority, is solely for the public benefit, not for profit, tends to benefit the public health and promote the welfare of the whole public, and has no element of private interest."


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Hi forum,
I am new to C++ and have the following problem. I create a class A from which I derive several other classes B1, B2, ... via inheritance. A member function f of A computes a specific value (property) V of the things I am dealing with. B1, B2, ... all have this property. I thought, "Thank god there is inheritance, now I don't have to write the same member function again and again for every B class." However, the property I am computing in this member function depends on another property specific to the derived classes. Lets call this property P... so P(B1) is different from P(B2) etc. In the main I want to initialize objects from the derived classes b1, b2 etc and call b1.f, b2.f etc. I need to achieve that this function now uses the specific properties P(B1), P(B2) of the derived classes and not the one of the basis class. As f is defined in the scope of A it always uses P(A).
My constraints are:
1. the function cannot take further input arguments (no objects by reference etc)
2. I don't want to redefine f in all of the derived classes (I want f not to appear in the definition of the derived classes).
I hope this makes sense. Thanks for your help guys.


text: She obviously had a great career and absolutely destroyed the field in 07 but in my opinion henin in her prime is the best Player ever. she could have won 15+ slams like serena, graf or Martina. she won "only" 3 slams off clay and lost a lot of finals. of course her early retirement didn't help but in her first retirements Age graf had already won 20+ and I think henin was a better Player than graf was. was she an underachiever, especially on hardcourt?


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My family, while I was growing up, was not much for spring breaks. As other families we know flitted about preparing for palm trees and sand, my sister and I would pout and lament to my mother that we had the worst lives on the planet because we were not going to Florida. My Mom (and I now love her for this) really didn't care. Her basic attitude was that we had more than enough adventure in our lives so suck it up and stop whining. Call another friend who stayed home and get out of the house.
The worst, of course, were all the stories you had to suffer through that first Monday back at school. Tales of sailing or lavish resorts, beach parties and sunburns. I remember to this very day watching the kid from my Algebra class pick the peeling skin off his arms and drop it onto the floor during a lecture. Completely gross.
My Mom's wisdom paid off. We did have plenty of adventures and never once regretted the time spent at home. Turns out most of the country indeed does not travel for spring break. In fact, most of the planet does not even know what spring break is. Gotta love how the adolescent world warps our perspective.
I finally hit what I thought was the spring break jackpot when I entered college. As a freshman, I saved up money and headed south with a pile of my gal pals. In our minds it would be like MTV"s spring break footage (which, as a parent, now completely freaks me out). Instead we ended up on a charter bus with frat boys and fast food heading to Florida where "unseasonably cold weather" made the headlines. I remember playing beach volleyball with my teeth chattering and longing for home. It was 10 years before I would dare to enter the state of Florida again.
This year I'm skipping town. My parents are celebrating 40 years of marriage and, God bless them, they think it will be fun to haul all their children and grandchildren along for the ride. I could pinch myself. And as I pack, I am reminded that while most of us on the planet don't take a spring break, millions of Americans hop off to another destination this time of year, and I've got a few green tips for those who go. Just a little way to travel smarter if we can:
- Visit the locals. Get out of the resort and off the travel brochure. Take a look around at the real vibe and feel of the place you are visiting. Whether stateside or across the world, you can learn so much more about life when you venture off the map and connect with the real culture. Look people in the eyes and ask a few stories.
- If staying at a resort, take them up on their efforts to conserve water and energy. Use those little signs that say you are happy to use the same towels and sheets for a few days rather than send them off for laundry.
- Take home unused toiletries and finish them up at home or donate them to a local homeless shelter or food pantry once you get home.
- Bring along your own reusable water bottles and bags to diminish your waste stream.
- Keep it all in perspective. To dash off on spring break is a luxury that most of the planet will never realize. People who live on $1.00 per day don't travel much (and the ones who live in our vacation destinations do not experience these places the way we do). So be thankful. Travel grateful and carefully. Tread lightly on the lives and land of the place we visit. And as you stand in line at an airport or a traffic jam on an interstate, remember the simple joy of getting to travel at all. You get to travel!
Share your travel stories and ideas here!
Tracey Bianchi blogs about finding a saner, greener life from the heart of the Chicago suburbs. She wrote Green Mama: The Guilt-Free Guide to Helping You and Your Kids Save the Planet (Zondervan 2009) and blogs at traceybianchi.com.
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The latest news in the Ruby and Rails community.
In today's episode we cover api_matchers, D'anthes, dj_mon, how not to fear the class, and the new Ruby Bits course from Code School.
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Envy Labs (the company Nate and I work for) is a Ruby on Rails consultancy in Orlando, Florida. We're an experienced team and we're on the look out for some new consulting work. Want to work with us, then get in touch.
Tomas D'Stefano recently released an collection of RSpec matchers built to help test your API end points, called api_matchers. It has matchers for either XML or JSON APIs, can tests the response types, content, codes, and more.
Alexander Simonov recently released Danthes, a Ruby gem for your Rails app which allows you to publish and subscribe to messages through Faye. Faye, in case you're not familiar, is a publish-subscribe message server for Node.js and Ruby.
Akshay Rawat recently released version 1.0 of dj_mon, a Rails engine that gives you an interface to manage Delayed Jobs either from your desktop browser or even a mobile device.
Nick Sutterer recently reminded us again that Fat Model, Skinny Controller, doesn't necessarily mean all your logic are belong to ActiveRecord. Should your models contain any business logic?
Revolver is a gem by Michael Kohl which gives a Ruby implementation of a fixed-size, last in first out stack. It's basically an array that enforces that you can only push and pull from the top of the stack, and you're limited on the number of items in it. When you push too much on, old items disappear.
Today Code School released a new course called RubyBits, which dives into the most powerful features of the Ruby language. It contains 6 videos and 44 in-browser coding challenges covering expressions, methods, classes, ActiveSupport, Modules, and Blocks.
Ruby5 is released Tuesday and Friday mornings. To stay informed about and active with this podcast, we encourage you to do one of the following:
Episode #300! Woohoo! Bootstrap 2.1, SASS 3.2, a chrome plugin for working with SASS, the git-process gem, a great story on dealing with a long-running rails project, tharting wifi restrictions on public networks, and an informative article on DCI and Ruby 2.0 refinements make this edition a keeper.
At the University of Reddit, we learn some Latinum, get Flashed by StackTracy, and avoid the Horde on this episode of Ruby5.
Goliath learns from Giant Robots to Delegate the Rails Survey by thinking out of the Rails Box
The real Rails 3.2.8 gets started with rails_apps_composer, we Lose and then Find how to do Ruby Bitwise operations, and then we light it all on fire on this episode of Ruby5.
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|April 29, 2008 NCLB Showcase Goal
On Tuesday, April 29, 2008 five projects under the NCLB Improving Teacher Quality State Grant program participated in an annual showcase of professional development projects. The showcase was held in the Rotunda of the Illinois State Capitol. These projects along with those administered under the Illinois State Board of Education's Mathematics and Science program met to present a summary of their research based professional development activities aimed at improving teacher quality. The work of these projects support state and national efforts to improve teacher quality.
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|April 29, 2008 NCLB Showcase Participants
Project Name: Developing a Successful PDS: A TIERED Process
Pictured are: Project Representative Donna McCaw, Rich Jachino IBHE
Project Name: Leadership for the Improvement of Teacher Performance
Pictured are: Project Representatives Russel Ross, Marylin Lisowski, John Hasten
Project Name: I-LLINI Partnerships
Pictured are: Project Representatives Lynn Burdick, Evangeline Pianfetti, Mike Williams
Project Name: The Loyola University Chicago-Chicago Public Schools Physics Project
Pictured are: Project Representative David Slavsky, Gwen Pollock ISBE
Pictured are: Debbie Meisner-Bertauski IBHE, State Superintendent Dr. Christopher Koch
Pictured is: Michelle Seelbach, IBHE Improving Teacher Quality Consultant
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Ozuna impressing with prowess at the plate
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- The modest hit streak may be over, but Marcell Ozuna's impressive first impression continues.
The 22-year-old, called up to replace injured Giancarlo Stanton in right field, is showing signs of becoming a quality middle-of-the-lineup big leaguer.
"He's a natural hitter," Marlins hitting coach Tino Martinez said. "He's got power. He's a strong kid."
Ozuna had hit safely in his first six big league games, which is tied for the second-longest streak by a player to begin his career with the Marlins. The string ended on Monday night at San Diego.
Alejandro De Aza set the club record by hitting in eight straight games in 2007.
In his first few games in the big leagues, Ozuna has already shown power, bat speed and patience at the plate.
"I saw him in Spring Training," Martinez said. "It's obvious he has all the tools. He has a quick bat, and obviously, he's a great defender and all that stuff. He has an idea of what he wants to do at the plate. He was a little bit over-aggressive, I'd say, in Spring Training.
"From the first day of Spring Training until today, he's made huge strides as far as really understanding every at-bat. He goes through the game plan. He knows what the pitcher has. He lays off on stuff that is out of the strike zone, which is very rare for young guys. He's been very impressive."
Sanabia has tight groin, Valaika fractures wrist
SAN DIEGO -- Losses don't get much more painful than what the Marlins endured Tuesday night at Petco Park.
Alex Sanabia exited after 4 1/3 innings with tightness in his right groin. The right-hander sounded optimistic that he will be fine, and that he should be able to make his next scheduled start.
But the crushing news came in the eighth inning when second baseman Chris Valaika suffered a fracture to the tip of his left radius bone in his wrist.
Valaika was injured when his glove hand was swiped during a stolen base by Yonder Alonso.
The Padres prevailed, 5-1, and the Marlins are now deciding their next moves. Manager Mike Redmond was in a closed-door meeting with president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest for an extended period. Neither was immediately available to comment about the game or the injuries.
"Alonso was stealing second, and I was just trying to get to the base," Valaika said. "I was just trying to get my hand in there, and kind of got bent back and hyperextended. I knew right away something didn't feel right."
Valaika was tended to by the Padres' medical staff. An X-ray was taken, and it revealed the small fracture.
"The Padres doctors helped me," Valaika said. "They got me in, got me an X-ray. I'm going to get back home and in the next couple of days I'll talk with our guy, and see where we go from there."
Valaika, who is from the Los Angeles area, was seeing regular playing time at second base because Donovan Solano was placed on the disabled list on Tuesday with a left intercostal strain.
Chris Coghlan replaced Valaika at second base.
Coghlan, an infielder in the Minor Leagues, had not played second since May 8, 2009, the day of his Major League debut. He has played in the outfield ever since.
Nick Green is a candidate to play second base.
Sanabia, a San Diego native, entered Tuesday night eager to pitch in front of family and friends.
Sanabia's outing lasted 4 1/3 innings, and the 24-year-old was removed with right groin tightness. He will be re-evaluated on Wednesday. He allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits.
"It's like a little pull, nothing serious," Sanabia said. "It is minor."
In the fifth inning, Chase Headley singled, and Sanabia struck out Alonso. But on the pitch that struck Alonso out, Sanabia favored his right side. Immediately, pitching coach Chuck Hernandez and assistant trainer Mike Kozak trotted out of the dugout, and catcher Miguel Olivo all headed to the mound.
Sanabia was relieved by Ryan Webb, who ended the inning without surrendering a run.
"I felt it on that last pitch to Alonso," Sanabia said. "Something minor. It's just minor. We did a couple of tests. Everything felt smooth."
Marlins transfer Alvarez to 60-day DL
SAN DIEGO -- Until the last week of Spring Training, the Marlins were anticipating Henderson Alvarez being a big part of their rotation. Now, the earliest the 23-year-old will be available is shortly before the All-Star break.
The Marlins on Tuesday announced Alvarez was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. The transaction is the corresponding move to the club placing second baseman Donovan Solano on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday, with a left intercostal strain. Nick Green had his contract selected from Triple-A New Orleans.
To create 40-man roster space for Green, Miami had to move Alvarez to the 60-day DL.
Acquired from the Blue Jays last November as part of the big 12-player trade, Alvarez opened the season on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. His recovery had a setback recently, and he began playing light catch on Monday.
Manager Mike Redmond said on Tuesday that Alvarez is on a throwing progression, and that he wasn't going to be game-ready until after the 60-day period.
"It kind of worked out where he could go to the 60-day," Redmond said. "He's just starting the process of coming back, and starting to play catch and building his long-toss sessions. He's still a ways out. We're hoping that this is it, and we won't have any more setbacks."
Alvarez initially was slated to be Miami's No. 4 starter, but he went on the disabled list the day before the season opened.
Alvarez pitched for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic and made four Grapefruit League appearances for Miami in Spring Training.
Hechavarria gets first start at Marlins' leadoff spot
SAN DIEGO -- With the Padres starting left-hander Eric Stults, Marlins manager Mike Redmond decided to give veteran Juan Pierre a day off on Tuesday.
Matt Diaz stepped in to play left field in place of Pierre, and Adeiny Hechavarria led off for the first time as a Marlin.
The 24-year-old shortstop had hit either seventh or eighth all season. But he has put together some quality at-bats the past few days. On Sunday at Philadelphia, he belted a grand slam and matched a franchise record with seven RBIs.
And in Monday's 5-0 loss at San Diego, he ripped a double to right field.
"Wherever they put me, I'm fine," Hechavarria said. "They can put me first, second, seventh or eighth, I'm fine."
Hechavarria recently returned from the disabled list, where he was out with a bruised right elbow.
Tuesday is his sixth game since being reinstated.
"He's been swinging the bat well," manager Mike Redmond said. "I like his at-bats. We talked in Spring Training about him being a top-of-the-order guy. Why not? Let's get him up there and get him at the top of the order.
"The one thing about hitting him eighth is we don't really get to see his speed. He can really run. Hopefully tonight, he can get on base a couple of times, and we'll see him run."
Of late, Hechavarria has shown power to all fields, which will be critical in his development.
"That's something you need to do to have success in the big leagues," Redmond said. "Those pitchers are going test you, and they're going to test you with off-speed. They're going to test you away, and pound you in. You always have to make the adjustments."
Worth noting
• Catcher Rob Brantly will get a couple of days off to rest a sore right index finger. The 23-year-old cut his finger recently, and he has played periodically through it. It affects his throwing mostly. Miguel Olivo is expected to start on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.
• Placido Polanco, who has started in eight straight games at third base, will get a breather on Wednesday afternoon. Because the team has been short-handed with Donovan Solano's injury, Polanco has played steadily. Miami is off on Thursday, so Polanco will get two straight days off.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The number of leaf fans who didn't like Sundin, over the course of his career, is small. Near the end of his career things were different, but they felt the team needed to change direction, rebuild, and he was the best trade chip the team had and his age prevented him from being a long term player. Since he didn't want to give up his no trade clause, alot of fans were bothered by it. But that just goes to show no player is above the the welfare of the team. I for one felt the same way with Bosh. I always felt he was overrated and overpaid, but a very talented player and deserving all-star none the less. Yet when he turned down the contract extension I thought it was in the best interest of the team to trade him. I could care less that he was a reliable 20 and 10, that he had been the best player on the team for 5 years.... his trade value was at its maximum, he wasn't a franchise player and there was no guarantees he was sticking around long term. I heard it out the wazoo how I wasn't a 'real fan', that I didn't understand basketball etc etc.
There are no doubt fans who dislike a player, or will always dislike a player, for whatever reason they have. I'm not sure expecting 100% support of a player (any player) is realistic or reasonable. If Bargnani turns it around I guarantee the vast majority of fans will be supportive and excited about him. Will some not? ofcourse. But they will be few and far between.... and I don't think anyone should expect everyone to have the same opinion, view, level of support, or whatever, of a player. Having dissenting or critical views is not a bad thing. It at the very least keeps everyone on their toes.


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[QUOTE=Fishooked;4528773]But the next best thing - a prequel!
Good Idea. That was just what "The Thing" was. It was good not infringing on the original Kurt Russell movie at all.
this one is a classic that's really overdue in my opinion.
spielberg should have focused on this instead of that last abomination with indiana jones and the aliens....
Logan's Run
In reference to the Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games, I see where the concepts are obviously very similar. However, as you'll see, or you have seen already if you've read all three books, that the Hunger Games are only a part of the overall story. Also reportedly, Suzanne Collins knew nothing of the Battle Royale. Before you all tell me about your bridges, as I don't know necessarily that a movie grossing $25 million in Japan makes it noteworthy. Especially if you're not one of those movie aficionados who feel like a movie has that special, "[the] expertly choreographed scenes of mayhem are at once comical and appalling, and [Fukasaku's] young cast embraces the melodramatic extremity of the story with impressive conviction." But what do I know.
How about no remakes because remakes suck. As do sequels and prequels. F 'em all.
The Hangover III. Really? Hangover II didn't suck enough?
or how about Fast and Furious 6. Yes, that's correct, they already made 5 of those pieces of crap.
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The scars scene was one of the greatest scenes in any movie ever.
Robert Shaw was incredible as Quint.
Def can't do Jaws...
surer hero wise the one missing is Aquaman from the original superfriends, as I think there is a Wonder Woman in the works, perhaps a topless scene with her fellow Amazons would add a new twist to that tale....
They should remake the entire franchise/series of 3 Men and Baby but with like Rosemary's baby or Damien or the baby from The Unborn.


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KNOXVILLE - The Vols will return to Neyland Stadium Saturday for their first ever meeting with Sun Belt conference foe South Alabama at 12:21 p.m. on SEC TV.
Through four games, the Volunteers have started five different wideouts and had nine record receptions.
For Tennessee wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni it sometimes feels like the classic carney game Whac-A-Mole.
"I've seen progress, it's just funny because it comes and goes in different areas like that mole game," said Azzanni. "You slap that mole then another one pops up, that's what I feel like sometimes with young inexperienced receivers. You feel like you got one thing hit so you hit the mole down, then another area pops up.
"I'm teaching them everything from nutrition, how we meet, to how we come out to the field and just grinding that into them. There's nobody in that room for them to look at and go `do it like that guy.' They've had bad habits for a while here and I'm trying to break them. I don't have an old guy that's been around me for a long time that I can say `that's the guy, do it like him.'
"I've got to be the guy and I'm okay with that. Next year hopefully I'll have a lot of guys that know exactly how I want it done and it'll get a lot better."
With a wideout by committee scheme, no one guy has secured his place as the top dog.
"I start based on who has the best week of practice," said Azzanni. "It's as simple as that. Yesterday is was Jason (Croom). He didn't have as good a practice today, so it was Josh (Smith). I'll look at the film and see who comes out tomorrow. That's how I do it."
Sophomore speedster Pig Howard has established himself as the guy in the slot, hauling in eight receptions for 112 yards and two scores on the season, but Azzanni sees room for improvement.
"He has a lot of upside to him still," said Azzanni. "I think he's still learning how to be a big time player and that's my job. He still doesn't have great habits yet, and I'm still working with him on that as far as how to study the game, take care of his body and how to come out here every day.
"That's my job... to keep pushing, keep chomping and hopefully it'll come out in the end. Hopefully he can be an Antonio Brown, a Jared Abbrederis and be one of those guys one of these days."
With just six receptions from the position this season, tight ends coach Mark Elder is looking to get his guys more involved into the Vols' offensive gameplan.
Currently sitting at No. 3 on the depth chart, junior college transfer and former volleyball star Woody Quinn is making a push for some time.
"Woody has had a better week of practice this week, he has picked up a couple things as far as what I've been asking him to do," said Elder. "He is taking steps forward and if he continues to progress I see him getting more in the mix as the season goes on."
Quinn's biggest improvement has been his physicality.
"He is playing more physical, that is the biggest thing," said Elder. "He is playing with a better pad level and playing more physical and those are the things we are asking him to do.
"First and foremost our tight ends have to be physical guys at the point of attack. They are not a receiver; they are a tight end. They have to be tough guys and that is what we are asking them to do. Now obviously we throw those guys the ball quite a bit but if you are not willing to do the first part then the second part is not going to play a role either."
With Quinn making a significant step up from the juco level to the best college football conference in the nation, Elder knew it was going to take some time.
"It is an adjustment process for anybody going from one level to another level," said Elder. "I think that a lot of times the receiving aspect comes a little easier because that's not the part that is difficult coming to a college where the guys are bigger and more physical.
"[Being physical] is the tough part, being able to win your one-on-one at the point of attack and making that step forward when the competition level is greater."
Offensive Coordinator Mike Bajakian will tell you the Vols are trying to run a balanced offense.
That means equal time for the wide receivers, running backs and tight ends, in order to keep the defense guessing.
Though the Tennessee wide receivers emerged towards the end of the Florida game last Saturday, it was the running backs getting the bulk of the action at the beginning of the game.
This week, against South Alabama, the Vols need the wide receivers to emerge in order to spread out the defense and help the running backs find some space.
"We are a better group in the front at offensive line and we have a lot of experience at the running back," said running backs coach Robert Gillespie. "We realize we are playing a new quarterback trying to get those guys in a rhythm and receivers confident also."
"Everybody reads the scouting reports and understands they have to stop the run," continued Gillespie. "That is just a challenge to us every week. Regardless of what they do on the other side we have to establish a run game."
"Once we have been consistent in the games that we have won, we have been able to improve our passing game."


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The screening of BIRN's road-movie documentary The Majority Starts Here in Mitrovica was followed by a debate examining how transitional justice can address the grievances of the wartime past.
Film follows youngsters' travels throughout ex-Yugoslavia where they witness the legacy of the conflicts of the 1990s
The Balkan Transitional Justice initiative is a regional initiative which has been supported by the European Commission, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO and Robert Bosch Stiftung that aims to improve the general public's understanding of transitional justice issues in former Yugoslav countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia).
Transitional justice goes far beyond the court room, as its fundamental goal is to build sustainable, peaceful democracies through truth and reconciliation efforts.
Contact the Balkan Transitional Justice team if you have any queries, recommendations, or concerns about the project.


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The tournament, which saw 60 teams compete last year, is an effort to raise money for Field of Angels.
"Last year, I think we funded the whole league with what we gave them." Kevin Van Es said. "We're just giving back."
Field of Angels is an organization that strives to conduct, promote and support amateur youth sporting events and sportsmanlike conduct for individuals with mental or physical limitations.
Van Es founded the tournament seven years ago as a fund raiser for the team he coached, The Arkansas Shockers. When he gave up coaching, Van Es kept the tournament going as both a way to contribute to the community and to stay involved with the sport that he loved: softball.
"We always wanted to give back," he said. "So we adopted the Field of Angels program. Originally it formed as a fundraiser for the Shockers. I wanted my team to give back. We found an organization and we've been giving to them since day one. I wanted my girls to learn that. When we were done, we didn't realize we had built such a big tournament and we realized that we needed to keep it going."
The tournament will span all six fields at Pleasant View and Shiloh parks in Russellville. Van Es said that if need dictated, they would spread out to other fields in the community.
"We may have to use other parks," Van Es explained. "This might be the biggest tournament of this kind in the state, but the bulk of the action will be at Pleasant View."
The first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday and will continue throughout Saturday and Sunday. Field of Dreams will also play two games at 4 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant View's Field No.1.
"We're doing that to show people what it's all about," Van Es said. "There will be special needs kids there with their helpers and we'll have awards for them afterward."
There are two divisions of play at Rumble on the River: recreational and competitive.
"We are just about the only tournament that does that," he said. "It's nice because it gives the recreational players a chance to see what they could evolve into.
"Sometimes we'll see a girl playing in the recreational division and she'll be playing for a travel team the next year. It feels nice to be able to do that."


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USC is in the enviable position of having Rivals.com's top-rated recruiting class. The Trojans' future appears as bright as the L.A. sun.
USC boasts five five-star prospects, more than the next seven schools in the rankings combined, and two more than any other squad in the country.
There are no three-star prospects in the USC class, which means 13 of them are four-star recruits.
Coach Lane Kiffin and his relentless staff have dominated in-state recruiting and also cherry-picked top players from Illinois, Kentucky, two from Maryland, two from Texas, Washington and Tennessee.
Everything is going great.
"On paper we have all our spots locked up for the most part," said five-star quarterback Max Browne.
"With de-commitments and stuff, you never know. I'm sure I'll be talking to a few kids (at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl) and letting them know USC is the school for them. It was the school for me and I'll tell them why I chose it."
There is that dreaded word: de-commitment.
Everything is so nicely wrapped up, but recruiting is sometimes a peculiar and heart-wrenching expedition.
That could especially be the case for this USC recruiting class, since so many of its commits plan to take other visits.
After talking with numerous sources, the consensus is that most of the pledges who plan to hit the road leading up to National Signing Day will stick with the Trojans.
But there are always a few stragglers who flip.
For example, Elkton (Md.) Eastern Christian Academy teammates Khaliel Rodgers and Kenny Bigelow are not allowed to take official visits, but Rodgers attended the Maryland-West Virginia game and there are rumors an unofficial visit to Auburn by both players could happen.
Four-star offensive tackle Nico Falah wanted to visit Oregon but its coaching staff told him he couldn't because he was committed to USC.
A trip to Cal is planned though.
The feeling is that Louisville will make a run at four-star defensive end Jason Hatcher, a hometown guy from at Trinity High, and so the Cardinals need to be watched in his recruitment, especially if their season continues to go well.
Four-star cornerback Chris Hawkins from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has already visited Washington and has trips planned to Notre Dame and Arizona State.
Sebastian LaRue, a four-star from Santa Monica, Calif., has expressed his desire to take visits. Schools from across the country continue to recruit him.
Mesquite (Texas) West Mesquite four-star receiver Eldridge Massington tore his anterior cruciate ligament and will miss his entire senior season after working out at Tennessee's camp this summer.
Torrodney Prevot, a four-star linebacker from Houston (Texas) Alief Taylor, plans to visit Oregon and Oklahoma.
Four-star defensive back Jalen Ramsey from Nashville Brentwood Academy is being courted by numerous SEC schools. He's already taken some trips, too.
Mission Viejo, Calif., four-star safety Max Redfield plans to visit Notre Dame and would like to visit Oregon, but its rule against USC commits visiting might stick, just as it did for Falah.
To finish things off, four-star defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes is looking to visit LSU and Cal and possibly take his two other trips as well.
By no means is this to imply that USC's recruiting class is falling apart.
But this is a wake-up call that the phenomenal class the Trojans have put together could lose a few recruits.
Four-star linebacker Michael Hutchings has been busy with his own season at Concord (Calif.) De La Salle, so he's not quite sure how serious any of the USC commits are about taking trips.
"I haven't talked to any guys really during the season," Hutchings said. "The last time I talked to guys was at the end of camp season and then once everything started going I haven't talked to many of them."
This is not rare to USC, either. Programs across the country deal with de-commitments, soft verbals, guys looking around.
It's just that the Trojans seem to have an inordinate amount of commits taking trips this recruiting cycle.
That's one reason why USC continues to recruit four-star defensive backs Tahaan Goodman and
Leon McQuay III, among others.
It's also the beauty of USC recruiting.
When a four- or five-star prospect flips to another school, the Trojans are right there to replace him quickly.
Lots of top players want to play at USC, so if there are some defections it shouldn't be hard to fill that spot instantaneously.
Players, the best among them, jump at that chance.
Hutchings, Browne and some other firm commits don't seem too worried about it.
"I know some guys are taking some visits just to maybe see some other schools," Hutchings said. "I think some are going to see some schools and maybe one or two is looking around and interested in someplace else."
So why mess up a good thing?
"Yep," Hutchings said. "Exactly."
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Maxim Petrovic and Ruslan Tarovsky in a Raunchy Duo is a treat I have been waiting for. Maxim is an uber top now, after years of refusing to do anything he now does it all. Ruslan Tarovsky is one of my favorites and has shown himself to be a great bottom. The scene starts with Ruslan Tarovsky already in situ, restrained with ropes and a pole. Maxim comes in and induces Ruslan Tarovsky to open his mouth, by closing his nostrils. Mouth open Maxim slides his dick in and proceeds to face fuck Ruslan Tarovsky. At times he goes so deep that Ruslan Tarovsky gags and saliva hangs from Maxims dick. After a while the position is changed, and Ruslan Tarovsky is bending over so that Maxim can shove his dick deep into that tight little ass. In it goes and Maxim proceeds to fuck Ruslan Tarovsky deep and hard. Ruslan Tarovsky certainly takes it very well. Then the position changes, and we see Ruslan Tarovsky on his back, with his knees up, legs tethered by leather straps, so that Maxim can effect an easy entrance into his hole again. Which he duly does and continues to fuck Ruslan Tarovsky some more. Finally Maxim decides it is time to cum and shoots his load of Ruslan Tarovsky's face. Ruslan Tarovsky in turn squirts a very nice load too.
Danek Carka is aged 19 and lives in Halickuv Brod. He doesn't work,at the moment, and likes to go to the movies and hockey. Danek is a lovely guy, with a very easygoing personality, always ready with a smile. Here he starts in a darkened room, with a black backdrop, he appears behind the pedestal and plucks a grape to eat, and then begins to reveal himself. Before he gets very far someone whistles and throws him an apple. That someone is dressed all in black, from head to toe, except for his hands, and he enters the scene and begins to assist Danekin getting undressed. Danek, smiling throughout seems to enjoy the attention and before long he is naked, and rock hard, as the helping hands feel his body and latch on to his dick. Then, with Danek reclining the hands get to work some more, really showing Danek's big stiff rod in all its glory, and also producing a vibrator with which to tease Danek. He cannot refrain from giggling at the feeling it induces as it caresses his taint and his cock. After teasing us a while the vibrator works its way to Danek's hole and slides in, just a little, for added enjoyment. Then Danek is turned over so we see his ass on full view with his dick pulled back, by the couch. What a great view we get. But the helper isn't finished either, he flips Danek over againa and goes down on his throbbing dick, sucking it, and slurping his way around it. It's not too long before Danek wants some release, so the wanking begins and Danek lets go a flood of cum. Fully sated there is just one more thing he wants, and that is a very nice piss, which he duly takes, into a a conveniently placed jug.
Marcel Juras is aged 26 and comes from Most. He is currently unemployed and enjoys going to the gym. What a very handsome guy Marcel is, and with a very nice build too. But what really stands out, in my mind, is his ever present smile. He seemed to be really enjoying himself posing for the camera. He looks great while doing it too,with a beautifully upstanding dick, that is upturned at the end. Goodness it gets so hard and looks beautiful. Marcel also has a lovely ass, and his pucker looks very inviting. I hope we can get something in there for him. I am sure he would be smiling while it went in. I am looking forward to seeing how he gets on in his video shoot.