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Barcelona is known worldwide for its amazing nightlife (hundreds of bars, clubs and discos) and the wonderful cultural attractions. But another feature makes it even more unique: the beaches located just close to the city.
The city offers 4 km of good quality beaches, and sometimes the water is better than many other famous places both in Italy and Europe. Quite honestly, it is impossible to expect Caribbean beaches in Barcelona: the city holds 3 million inhabitants and is a lively, modern metropolis; as a result it is safe to say the beaches dont escape at least a bit of pollution, as to be expected.
The area that hosts almost all the beaches is the area of Barceloneta. Not so far from here lies the beach of Sant Sebasti, equipped with many showers, different services, assistance, tourist information and medical relief.
But the main (and most famous) beach of the area is known as Barceloneta and hosts a lot of comfortable appartamenti a Barcellona. This beach is also known because of the work of Rebecca Horn which stands right in the middle of the area. Both these two stretches of coastline can be reached by metro with the yellow line (L4), stopping at Barceloneta or Ciutadella.
Lovers of the naturist sea can find a space dedicated to their relaxation. The beach of Mar Bella is, in fact, the section devoted to this type of practice. The metro station, still yellow line, is Selva del Mar and from there is necessary a small one quarter of an hour walk. This stretch of coast is actually marked as a nudist naturist beach but actually we do not see many.
Coming down towards the Olympic City you can meet Nova Icria beach, characterized by many bars, restaurants and discos. Lovers of cycling, skating or jogging can not miss the beautiful promenade of Bogatell. The beach is very wide and the seafront boulevard gives the best of itself with the beautiful days of summer sun.
But between Barcelona beaches there is another one more beautiful (and less popular). Nova Mar Bella is, in fact, the stretch most characteristic and perhaps a little less touristy since it is not easily reachable.
In short, a summer holiday in the city can also include relaxing breaks at the sea. Book your Barcellona hotel or choose between the range of Barcellona appartamenti. After this you can start planning your vacation in the capital of Catalonia. It is difficult to choose between monuments, nightlife and beaches.

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The Circle Game
New Moon AU - When Alice has some troubling visions of Bella, Jasper offers to return to Forks to check on her. When he finds her in a worse state then any of them could have imagined, he and Alice, with the help of Emmett, decide to take matters into their own hands - and bring Edward home. (Takes place just after Ch. 14 of NM)
A huge thanks, as usual, to Katie, for not telling me I was crazy for starting Yet Another NM AU. Written for the prompt "It's an endless circle" for twilightathon over at LJ.
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Around inside your head
All things are coming, again and again
And again inside your mind
--Wolfcry, "Endless Circle"
Alice closed her eyes and tried to See, and all she Saw was black.
Shivering, she opened her eyes and stared at a spot on the wall in front of her.
"What did you see this time?" Jasper asked quietly, even though he already knew the answer. He tightened his arms around her in response to the waves of desperation he could feel coming from her small body.
"Nothing," Alice said, fighting against yet another shudder that coursed through her. "Nothing but the same blankness." She shook her head. "I'm worried, Jasper."
Jasper easily turned her around in his arms so that he could kiss her. "I know."
For the past few months since they'd left Forks, Alice had been having sporadic visions of Bella. Not one of them had been good.
The first had come the night the family had parted ways and Edward had gone off on his own. Alice had been in the middle of a rant about how stupid Edward was to think that leaving Bella unprotected would be a good idea, and that tracking Victoria wouldn't do any good because he was an absolutely terrible tracker, when suddenly, she'd cut herself off mid-sentence, grasped the edge of the table-top, and stopped breathing. Her eyes had gone blank, and Jasper knew that she was having one of her visions, but if the look on her face was any indication, it was not a pleasant one.
When Alice finally had taken a breath, her eyes coming back to focus, her entire body trembled. Jasper could feel her pure, unbridled despair. "Oh... Bella," she'd said and thrown herself into Jasper's arms.
Jasper sent wave after wave of comforting energy at Alice, while inside, he'd been reeling. "What did you see?" he'd asked quietly.
Alice buried her face in his chest. "She's completely lost without him, Jasper. She's lost inside herself."
Similar visions came to Alice periodically after that - Bella waking up screaming from a nightmare, curled up on her bed, gasping and clutching at her stomach in pain as she fought against tears, walking around school with an emotionless mask on her face. These came between visions of Edward chasing after Victoria, first in Texas, then somewhere in Mexico, and one particularly jarring vision where he was sitting in the dark, his head buried in his hands, sobbing tearlessly. Each time, Alice would come back to herself shaking, and each time, Jasper would comfort her, all the while fighting against the guilt that this, all of this was his fault.
When the visions stopped for a time, Alice had tried to look ahead to Bella's future for herself. What she'd seen had frightened her more than all of her other visions of Bella in agony, frightened her even more than seeing Bella dead on that dancing studio's floor in Phoenix.
Because she'd seen nothing. When she'd looked ahead, all she'd seen was darkness. Bella's future had disappeared, and Alice couldn't understand why. Nothing Jasper had done had been able to comfort her, not until three days later, when she'd finally Seen Bella again having a conversation with Angela Weber, in which Angela did most of the talking, and Bella just nodded a lot.
Alice should have learned not to try to look for Bella. Each time she did, all she saw was the same blackness, and that frustrated her to no end. But that didn't make the dark any less unnerving each time the black bloomed across her vision.
And Jasper knew that wouldn't stop her from trying, perpetuating a cycle that wouldn't end until she found out why this was happening.
Alice picked up her head and looked straight into Jasper's eyes. He felt a burst of anticipation, and was suddenly wary. Her mood had changed entirely too quickly.
"What if I went to check on her?" she said, fingers playing at the sleeve of his shirt. "She wouldn't have to know I was there. I could just check in on her and leave."
"Edward said he didn't want us to interfere with her life anymore," Jasper said, and while part of him agreed with his brother - he could still remember the night of Bella's birthday and what he'd done with a sickening clarity - another part of him agreed with Alice, and knew that leaving Forks wasn't going to make anything any better for anyone.
Alice shot him a withering glance. "Yes, I know," she said bitingly. "'It will be as if we'd never existed.' I remember what he said just as well as you do." Softer, she said, "And so does Bella. I have to make sure she's okay, Jasper. Not knowing, having to wait for a vision to tell me what's happening to her... it's tearing me apart. I may not love her the same way Edward does, but... she's still my friend."
Jasper stared at Alice, taking a few moments to consider her words and to sort out his own conflicting emotions. Guilt won out over reason, and he found himself telling her, "I'll go."
Alice blinked at him. She was absolutely stunned. "What?"
"I'll go to Forks to check on Bella," he elaborated unnecessarily. He looked down at her fondly. "I know you, Alice. If you see Bella and she's in a bad state, you'll rush in and comfort her without considering the consequences of your actions." Jasper could tell she was going to protest, and he pressed a finger to her lips. He felt a burst of indignation, and he smirked. "You know it's the truth."
Alice huffed and crossed her arms sulkily.
Jasper chuckled, and then leaned down to kiss her. Alice pressed her lips against his and wrapped her arms around his neck. Then, she rolled so that she was straddling him, her arms on either side of him on the bed.
"You'll really do this, Jazz? Really?"
Jasper nodded. "Really. I'll leave whenever you want me to."
"Tonight, then. Or as soon as possible. I'll call the airline and book a ticket for the earliest flight available out to Port Angeles in the morning." She closed her eyes for a moment, and then nodded her head, satisfied. "Yes. You won't get a flight until the afternoon, and it'll be cloudy tomorrow, but there won't be any delays. You'll get to Forks by a little after eleven."
Jasper's eyebrows arched. He could feel the raw impatience burning through her.
Alice shrugged. "Edward isn't the only one who doesn't like not knowing things."
Alice had been right, of course. The flight had gone over without a hitch, and the sky was a dull, threatening gray when Jasper stepped off of the plane in Port Angeles.
Alice had the keen foresight to have a rental car waiting for him at the terminal. He had told her not to get anything too flashy – he didn't want to make his presence known, and if Alice had her way, she would have gone with the yellow Porcshe.
Jasper rolled his eyes when he saw the car waiting for him in the parking lot, smirking as he slid into the BMW's leather seats and turned the keys in the ignition – at least the car was black.
As he weaved his way down the familiar roads leading to Forks, Jasper found himself pondering over the last conversation he and Alice had before he'd left. After some debate, they'd decided that they wouldn't tell Carlisle what they were up to until they were sure they had some reason to make their plans known. If Carlisle asked, Alice would tell him that Jasper had needed to be away from humans for a few days, and had gone hunting.
Jasper had felt the disappointment emanating from her as she recited the lie. He knew how much she hated lying to Carlisle and Esme. At least this particular lie was believable, even if Alice hadn't thought so.
"Jasper, Carlisle knows that you struggle more than the rest of us," she'd said matter-of factly and he had winced, "but I know he won't buy this. He'll see right through me."
"You're the one that said we shouldn't worry him or Esme until we had something more concrete to tell them," he'd said, trying to banish the guilt her words had brought to his mind.
"I know," she'd grumbled. "That doesn't mean I have to like it."
Then, she'd taken a good, long look at his face, and Jasper had felt the sudden shock, then anger at what she saw in his eyes. "Jasper Whitlock Hale," she said, and he'd cringed. He knew he was in trouble when Alice tacked his human name onto her reprimand.
She continued with her rant, her irritation growing with each passing second. He hadn't bothered trying to dispel her anger – that would only make her even more irate. "You're not going to Forks because you feel guilty about what happened with Bella on her birthday, are you?"
Jasper rubbed at his eyes. Sometimes, he wondered if he wasn't the only one with the ability to feel other people's emotions, or read minds. Alice was uncannily good at reading people.
No. Scratch that. Alice was good at reading him.
"That's not the only reason why, Alice," he'd said wearily, and she groaned, frustrated now. "I care about her too. I want to make sure she's all right."
She'd stared at him, probably contemplating whether or not she should continue with her rant. Then, she sighed, and her anger dissipated, replaced only with concern and love.
She'd wrapped her arms around his waist and said, "This isn't your fault, you know. None of this is."
They'd had this conversation a hundred times in the past few months. He still wasn't convinced, and as she leaned up on her toes to kiss him, he was sure she wasn't fooled.
Jasper sighed and pulled the car to a stop. He took a fleeting glance behind him at the old, white house before taking off at a run into the woods. He concentrated on letting his mind go blank and feeling nothing but the wind in his hair, the cool air on his face, as he let his feet carry him down the familiar paths to Bella's house.
Alice had warned him that it would be after eleven by the time he got to Forks, so he was quiet as he climbed up to Bella's window. Though he'd never been in Bella's house before, figuring out which room was hers wasn't hard. The window was cracked open, and her scent washed over him even as he stood on the ground, sweet and familiar. He took a moment to compose himself before scaling the wall of the house.
When he stood just under her window, he took a deep breath, preparing himself for what he might find, what he might feel when he finally looked through the glass and saw Bella inside. Then, he climbed the remaining few inches and slid silently into Bella's room.
What he found shocked him.
Jasper had been expecting many things when he appeared at Bella Swan's window. A wave of deep sadness, agony and anguish, longing, desperation, possibly anger, even denial.
Instead, Bella was lying on her bed, knees pulled up to her stomach, arms curled tightly around her chest. Her eyes were closed and one hand was covering her face. Her breathing was ragged, like she had, quite possibly, just woken from a nightmare. This, however, was not what shocked Jasper, what sent his mind whirling into a worried frenzy.
There was no emotion coming from Bella. He could feel nothing. If he hadn't been listening to the frenzied cadences of her heartbeat, watching her chest rise and fall with her breathing, he would assume she was dead.
Suddenly, he knew exactly what Alice had been feeling for the past five months.
This was worse than any of them could have imagined. From the looks of things, they'd left Bella broken, completely and utterly.
Hopefully, she was not yet beyond repair.
Jasper slid back out of the window and gracefully jumped down to the ground. As soon as his feet met the grass, he pulled out his cell phone and dialed Alice's number.
He didn't need to say a word.
"I'm already on my way to the airport," she said, and her tone implied that she had already Seen everything. He wasn't surprised. "I told Carlisle everything and he agreed that this has gone on long enough. Meet me at the house. I'll be there by tomorrow morning."


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Holiday season?
The mood has yet to strike us here at the hideout. Sure, we've got all the Turkey Day fixings ready for Thursday.
But Thanksgiving?
Inside our own little basketball world here, there is little to be thankful about these days. We're thankful the entire season hasn't been canceled (yet). We're thankful there is still a scrap of hope that the sides will come to their collective senses and put an end to this dreadful lockout.
But without either side giving an inch in the coming days and weeks, we won't have that scrap to hold onto. Time is running short and not even the holiday season seems to be affecting the mood of the major players in this drama.
The consolidation of lawsuits and the refusal of either side to pick up a phone and do the right thing to bring NBA basketball to the fans this season is becoming an increasingly frustrating soap opera to watch since, as NBA.com's Steve Aschburner points out, all we are is stuck in court. Keep this up and those same fans will find other outlets for their creative juices.
Many of these owners know how damaging a lockout can be, having gone through the 1998-99 lockout. There are 33 active players living through the second lockout of their careers — Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Grant Hill among many others — an average of slightly more than one player per team. You'd think they would know exactly how costly this current fight will be on the collective psyche of fans that don't care about the particulars and just want their game back.
But while millions of people will spend Thursday carving that Thanksgiving turkey and watching NFL games with family and friends, enjoying every second, our game will remain dormant. Someone needs to wake up and breathe life back into the game. All it takes is one phone call to get the proverbial ball rolling …
Ken Berger of CBSSports.com: The NBA season is now in the hands of lawyers who can't even figure out how to start a game of phone tag. That's where we are. In a media briefing Monday to announce that the players have consolidated and refiled two separate antitrust claims into one class action in Minnesota, attorney David Boies lamented the slow response and virtual silence from the NBA since the actions were first filed last Tuesday. In fact, he scoffed at the league's response — delivered to reporters via email from NBA counsel Rick Buchanan, and not commissioner David Stern — as evidence for why making a phone call to begin settlement talks would be "a waste of time." "I think they've made pretty clear, including by the statement that they just made, that they've got no interest in talking to us," Boies said at his Manhattan office. "It takes two people to negotiate." But it only takes one person to pick up the phone and dial a number to get the ball rolling. And Boies said neither side had done that as of Tuesday, at least not at the highest levels of the law firms involved — the law firms that now hold the future of a sport in their hands. Legal protocol says that Stern can't really call former union director Billy Hunter, and the attorneys for either side can't call one of the clients on the other. It's a tangled web they've woven, one that has made tracks in four district courtrooms in three states since the NBA first sued the players in August. As to whether the players' attorneys should call the NBA's attorneys, or vice versa, there is protocol for that, too. The players have sued the NBA, and thus it is incumbent upon the NBA to respond. The league has until Dec. 5 to formally respond to the lawsuit in the U.S. District Co in Minnesota. Or, its legal representatives can at any time pick up the phone and call Boies or any of his associates working on behalf of the players to initiate settlement talks. This would not only bring the league closer to stopping the clock on potential damages, but also would start the clock on possibly having a basketball season.
Howard Beck of The New York Times: The N.B.A. will argue that the players' disbanding of the union is a sham perpetrated solely as a bargaining tactic, and that the antitrust laws should not apply. Boies said the primary goal remained a quick settlement that would save the 2011-12 season. "If the league's approach is to ignore this litigation and try to go into a state of denial and hope it goes away, I think that will not be in anybody's interest," Boies said. "I don't think it's in our interest, I don't think it's in their interest. It's certainly not in the fans' interest." Boies said he originally considered filing the lawsuit in Minnesota, which is in the Eighth Circuit, before choosing Northern California, which is in the Ninth Circuit. Both jurisdictions have a history of player-friendly rulings, with one notable recent exception. Last spring, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected N.F.L. players' bid for a permanent injunction to end that league's lockout. Boies represented the N.F.L. in that case. The Minnesota court provides two advantages over the Northern California courts, Boies said. It generally has a less congested docket, and it has a history of moving cases along swiftly. Although antitrust cases can sometimes take years to resolve, Boies said he believed he could get a declaration of summary judgment much sooner, perhaps in three months. "This is not a complex antitrust suit," Schiller said, adding, "It's not going to take years. It's going to take months, if not weeks."
Chris Sheridan of Sheridanhoops.com: The next logical step in the illogical NBA lockout is for David Boies to call Jeffrey Mishkin, or for Jeffrey Mishkin to call David Boies. The latter attorney, Boies, who represented Al Gore against George W. Bush in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, now represents NBA players, and Mishkin is the outside counsel for NBA commissioner David Stern and the owners. It would take approximately 2 minutes for their secretaries to put that call together. And after obfuscating and posturing for the better part of an hour in a meeting with reporters Monday night, Boies finally yielded to the relentless logical questioning of yours truly, put his hands to his temples for 13 seconds and then said he may just go ahead and make that phone call sometime in the next day or two. "Some lawyers say to pick up the phone is a sign of weakness," Boies said. "But if you're weak, you're weak, and if you're strong, you're strong. It doesn't make you weak or strong by your calling or not calling. On the other hand, until they're prepared to say something other than what they just put out in this statement, the question is, why are you calling?" This particular episode of peacocking … oops, I mean news briefing … was designed to be a show of strength from the players' new lead attorney, an epic billable hour ($1,225 is Boies' going rate) of rhetorical posturing about how the NBA owners are now in really, really big trouble because they are leaving themselves open for triple damages — about $6 billion if the entire 2011-12 season is missed.
Marcus Thompson II of the Oakland Tribune: Warriors rookie Klay Thompson, drafted No. 11 overall, crossed that bridge last week when his beloved Washington State Cougars took on rival Gonzaga. Watching from home, he said had he known the lockout would have come to this, "it probably would have affected my decision" to leave college early. Whether they should have stayed college isn't the only nagging question. Should they go overseas? Should they borrow money or tough it out? It is common practice for rookies — especially first-rounders, millionaires-in-waiting — to get a loan from their financial adviser. Some, like Thompson, however, don't want to accumulate debt. So he's "living like a broke college student" while staying at home with his parents. Tyler is living with his brother in Cupertino. The hard part about the waiting, they say, is they have no idea when it will end. Eventually, they'll get paid, get to play on the big stage. Until then, their time is filled trying not to go insane. "They need to work out," Oakland-based agent Aaron Goodwin said. "Take a class or two online. Do some work towards finishing their degree." Both Warriors rookies said they work out daily. Preparing for camp, whenever it starts. Training for their debut, whenever it comes. Tyler, who's been training at Cal, said he is embracing the center position. He's trying to get in the best shape possible and work on his low-post game. Thompson trains at various spots in Southern California and plays pick-up with various NBA players in the area. Still, he acknowledged the monotony of it all. "It's de-motivating," Thompson said. "Not knowing when the season is starting. Not knowing how long this will go on. We're doing the same thing every day. I'm not going to lie. It's hard to stay motivated."
Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk.com: Hope of a partial season springs from the fact in the next few weeks (likely after Dec. 5) we can expect the judge to order more mediated negotiations between the two sides, PBT was told. Mandated mediation is commonly part of anti-trust lawsuits, essentially a chance for the judge to make sure the two sides really want to go down this path. To give the sides one more chance to settle their differences without a judge involved. (It is possible one side picks up the phone and calls the other to ask for a negotiating session, but that is the less likely scenario. The owners have said they wouldn't do that and players attorney Boies said he would not because the league is not receptive.) A judge likely will order mediated negotiations by the middle of December if not before, according to the source. Talks would start soon after. This would be similar to the talks when federal mediator George Cohen sat down with the sides last month. The one key difference would be the level of pressure on both sides to figure this out — the players do not want to lose a season of salary ($2.2 billion), the owners do not want to lose a season of revenue (at a much higher percentage for them than the last deal), plus neither side wants to damage the game by costing a full season. What is the point of fighting over how to divide up the revenue pie if the pie itself gets smaller? In addition, the threat of summary judgment — which would certainly be a huge loss for whichever side did not convince the judge of its case — is another motivation for both sides to figure this out.
Lee Benson of the Deseret News: Derek Fisher isn't unique or alone. He simply serves as a convenient and highly visible example of the serious dysfunction that is the NBA, a place where for decades well-paid, well-fed employees have constantly snapped at the hands that feed them. Here in Utah we've been watching it up close and personal since the Jazz first arrived in 1979. It's been like living next door to the expensive house on the hill where the parents continually and lavishly spoil their children. They give them whatever they want, treat them like royalty — and in turn the children behave like ungrateful brats. We've all watched as salaries have increased like Argentinian inflation, as amenities that range from plush practice and playing facilities to charter jets have grown exponentially, as players have become so pampered they don't even drive their own Escalades to the arena and wouldn't think of paying full-price for anything. (And as the price of tickets and concessions rise year after year.) And yet, it's never enough. Right now, the average NBA salary is $5.1 million, the median NBA salary is $2.4 million (half of the players make more, half make less), and the least anyone can make is $500,000 (the rookie minimum). And the players are revolting at the owners' notion that they need to scale back because there's a Great Recession going on, almost a 10th of America is unemployed … and by the way, two-thirds of the league's franchises are losing money every year. In a way you can't fault the players. Isn't this how the overindulged always behave? By the same token, the owners have only themselves to blame. They purchased their season of discontent through their decades of constant pampering and acquiescence.
Michael Lee of The Washington Post: Andray Blatche may have missed out on his first NBA paycheck of the season last week – and might lose out on $6.4 million if the NBA lockout wipes out the 2011-12 campaign – but that hasn't stopped him from trying to make Thanksgiving special for some families in need. Blatche plans to join Roger Mason Jr. and the National Basketball Players Association on Tuesday to hand out 100 turkeys on a first-come-first-serve basis at the Laurel Boys and Girls Club from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Blatche has given away turkeys through his charity foundation in the past, but he rarely had the opportunity to connect with people since he was busy playing for the Wizards. But already this year, Blatche has given turkeys to single-parent mothers, breast cancer survivors and battered woman in his hometown of Syracuse, in South Carolina and Florida. He also volunteered over the weekend at a round-robin basketball challenge sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Park Police. "I'm at a point in my life where I'm straight," Blatche said in a recent telephone interview. "I'm just doing what me and my family believe in, which is giving back and always count your blessings. That's why I'm out here doing as much stuff as possible. Even though it's not the season, I'm still continuing to do what I've been doing." Blatche has been a steady presence over the past few months at the Laurel Boys and Girls Club, where he has worked out with trainer Joe Connelly four to five days a week. Mason and Wizards teammates John Wall and Hamady Ndiaye have also trained with Blatche in recent weeks. "They let me work out there, so I'm showing some love back," Blatche said of his turkey giveaway.
Iman Shumpert for the New York Post: Friday night, I headed out to Bridgeport, Conn., to play in another charity game for us locked-out players. The people who came out — maybe 2,000 — provided us plenty energy with cheers and competitive boos. I decided to sit out the last part of the game after going up for a dunk and feeling an awkward pain in my knee. I could have kept playing, but decided just to ice it to ensure I was OK. Nothing major. I think it was due to not warming up at half because I was hanging out with fans and doing photos and autographs, which is partly why we were there. Some of the many participants were Tyreke Evans, Sam Young, Josh Selby, Wes Mathews, Nolan Smith, Howard Thomkins and Travis Leslie. My team won, 171-169. The best part for me was getting a chance to connect with more Knicks fans praying for a season! It was a great turnout. The last couple days, I've spent time in the studio where Tupac was shot — Quad Recording Studios in Midtown. Definitely a magical feeling in that sort of work environment. I did a collaboration with Billz, an up-and-coming, unsigned Brooklyn group. This Thanksgiving, I have a lot to be thankful for. The lockout has given me a chance to for once have a lot of down time to spend with family and friends.


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BALTIMORE, July 3, 2002 -- New Mexico Tech alumnus Sandeep Agnihotri recently was awarded first place in a student poster presentation competition at the 95th Annual Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) Conference, which was held last week in Baltimore, Md.
Agnihotri's award-winning poster presentation focused on the destruction of hazardous air pollutants by using non-thermal plasma technology--a research project that he conducted as part of his master of science thesis at New Mexico Tech, under the supervision of Tech environmental engineering professor Mark Cal.
A research paper on the same subject, which Agnihotri submitted to a student paper competition sponsored by the Lake Michigan chapter of A&WMA prior to the organization's national conference, also recently garnered him a first-place award.
Agnihotri graduated last year from New Mexico Tech with a master of science degree in environmental engineering. He currently is pursuing his doctorate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is now working on a novel concept of using carbon nanotechnology for energy and environmental applications.


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Stephen Gray:
A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
|Gray, Stephen, 1941-
|Stephen Gray Papers 1960-2000
|22 boxes (9.24 linear feet)
|The papers of South African writer Stephen Gray consists of novels, plays, poetry, short stories, journalism, literary notebooks and editorial work. Also included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, interviews, speeches, and files from his college years, Chilean residence in 1968, and University of Iowa Writer's Workshops, 1966-1969.
|Open for research
|Purchase, 2002 (Reg. no. 15044)
|Processed by:
|Liz Murray, 2002
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin
|This comprehensive collection of papers of the South African writer Stephen Gray comprises four decades of literary endeavor from the 1960s to 2000, including novels, plays, poetry, short stories, journalism, and editorial work. Gray arranged his papers prior to shipment to the Ransom Center and this order has been retained throughout, following his assigned headings. Often related papers and correspondence were drawn together under a single topic and were listed in detail. These descriptions are found in the first folder of each grouping. The materials are organized in three series: Series I. Works; Series II. Correspondence, 1960s-1990s; and Series III. Career-Related Material.
|The works are divided into subseries by genre, reflecting the breadth of Gray's writing: Subseries A. Literary Notebooks; Subseries B. Novels; Subseries C. Plays; Subseries D. Poetry; Subseries E. Short Stories; Subseries F. Other Writings; and Subseries G. Collaborations and Projects.
|The notebooks date from 1961-1994 and contain diary and travelogue entries as well as literary notes and drafts, made in locations such as Cambridge, Athens, Greece, and Bellagio. The Novels subseries contains typescript drafts and related material for Accident of Birth, Born of Man, Caltrop's Desire, Drakenstein, Local Color, Necessary Evil, Time of Our Darkness, Visible People, War Child, and Yves and Johnny.
|Subseries C contains Gray's produced and unproduced plays, including "Borderlands, " adapted from Perceval Gibbon's novel; "Cold Stone Jug, " an adaptation of Herman Bosman's novel; "An Evening at the Vernes, " "Helena's Hope, Ltd. " based on Stephen Black's play; "Peepshow"; and "Schreiner: A One-woman Play, " based on the correspondence and writings of Olive Schreiner.
|Gray's published and published poetry is contained in Subseries D, in works such as Appolo Café and Other Poems; Gabriel's Exhibition: New Poems; "Heritage Day and Other Poems"; Hottentot Venus and Other Poems; Love Poems, Hate Poems; Season of Violence; Selected Poems (1960-92); and "Taken. " Typescripts, reviews, and related material are present for these works. Additional poetry is found in Subseries G.
|Subseries E contains Gray's short stories, from early works in the 1960s to 2001, as well as individual stories published in collections. Other writings include his journalism for The London Magazine, The Weekly Mail, Mail & Guardian, The South African Review of Books, and other magazines and newspapers; his work as editor for the periodical, Izwi and the collection Picador Book of African Stories; a contribution in The Invisible Ghetto on Richard Rive; and travelogues, especially "Trek with Shakespeare, " an account of Gray's involvement touring Shakespeare, 1962-1964.
|Gray's work with Cecil Skotnes predominates the Collaborations and Projects subseries. Skotnes prints combine with Gray's words in works such as The Assassination of Shaka and The White Monday Disaster.
|Series II. Correspondence includes both incoming and outgoing letters between Gray and Guy Butler, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Christopher Hope, Dan Jacobson, Wopko Jensma, Etienne Leroux, Douglas Livingstone, Alan Paton, Tom Raworth, Richard Rive, and David Wright. Files also exist for Contrast, literary agents and publishers, and Quagga Press.
|The career-related material in Series III includes articles about Gray, interviews, speeches, and files from his college years, Chilean residence in 1968, and University of Iowa Writer's Workshops, 1966-1969.
|The collection is in good condition except for the lingering odor of moth balls used during storage. Books and audio/visual tapes received with the papers were transferred to departments within the Ransom Center.


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There are titanic, 21st century global forces confronting the entire world, but which will have unique impacts on the Jewish people, both in Israel and the Diaspora. Jews, as they have for millennia, will find a way to adapt to them. But the Jewish people face an even greater challenge, one with a less certain outcome: how to combat those internal divisions that are weakening us from the inside.
The world around us is changing in dramatic ways. There is a historic shift of power and influence from the United States and Europe, parts of the world with sizable Jewish populations and shared values, to a new grouping of multiple powers, centered in Asia and the Pacific, especially China. Because the United States has steadfastly promoted global stability, tolerance, growth and freedom, and has been Israel's greatest champion, anything that weakens America's influence is a threat to Israel and the Jewish people.
Globalization is another major force that could have a special impact on a Diasporic people who can be found in every corner of the world. The rapid movement of capital, technology, products and people across national borders, powered by the digital revolution, has changed every facet of our lives as profoundly as Gutenberg's invention of the printing press did 500 years ago.
A third major force is the fierce struggle for the direction of the earth's 1.6 billion Muslims. It is a struggle made even more critical by the Arab revolutions now dotting the Middle East, and by the persistence of a small but murderous group of Islamic terrorists threatening to destabilize moderate Muslim governments and targeting Western influence, including Jews and Israel.
All three of these global phenomena should give Jews pause, but should also not be cause for too much concern.
When it comes to the changes in how international power is distributed, Jews and Israel still have the benefit of having the world's sole superpower at their backs. The United States remains the pre-eminent nation, a reality that will not be upended anytime soon, particularly as America looks for new revitilizing energy sources, like fracking technology, which could prove to be a game changer in the U.S.'s favor. I would not want to trade places with any other country. All the emerging giants, including China, face daunting challenges of their own.
As for globalization, it should be a major plus for the Jewish people and Israel, creating for the first time a genuinely interdependent world in which Israel is deeply embedded. Success in the 21st century requires ingredients built into the DNA of the Jewish people: education, creativity, adaptability and entrepreneurial skills.
Even when it comes to the Muslim world's problems, all is not lost. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are slowly implementing reforms and share many strategic interests with the United States and Israel. The new Arab governments in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia were elected not to impose fundamentalist Sharia law, but to provide noncorrupt governance and to deliver social services, jobs and economic opportunities; this will be their focus. The peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan will survive. Especially since these Arab countries desperately need the economic support of the United States, and Europe, and of Washington-based multilateral institutions, like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
The most threatening global force for Israel and the Jewish people is Iran, both through its support for terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah and because of its nuclear ambitions. While both Israel and the United States share the same goal of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the two allies have different timetables, military capabilities and red lines for a diplomatic settlement. Israel has a narrow window for military action, while the United States can wait longer and has more powerful weapons to attack Iran's nuclear sites. But for Israel to forestall its own attack, it must have trust that if sanctions and diplomacy fail to stop Iran's march to a nuclear weapon, the United States will act with all its force to destroy the Iranian nuclear menace. I believe the United States will do so, and it would be far better for any military action to be taken by the United States than by Israel.
Yet with all these challenges, the ones with the greatest chance of weakening the Jewish people are internal.
The American Jewish community of just over 6 million is like an enterprise with two roughly equal divisions. One division consists of people who are vibrant, healthy, engaged and determined to assert their Judaism and pass it along to their children, with more than 750 full-time Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish day schools educating 200,000 Jewish youth a year. The other is near bankruptcy and is threatening the health of the entire community. Half of all new Jewish marriages are intermarriages and only a small percentage of those non-Jewish spouses convert to Judaism. Membership in Jewish institutions and philanthropy to them is dropping. Birth rates are below replacement levels. European Jews face even more daunting demographic realities, with declining Jewish and soaring Muslim populations. Diaspora Jews have a smorgasbord of lifestyle options; every young Jew will be a Jew by choice, if a Jew at all.
This demands an urgent call to arms. Non-Orthodox rabbis should perform intermarriages if the couple pledges to raise their kids as Jews; community institutions should openly welcome intermarried couples. Jewish education must be given top priority and made more affordable by creating a massive Jewish education endowment fund. The philanthropic effort known as Birthright Israel, which has taken more than 250,000 young Jewish adults to Israel, creating deeper Jewish identification, should be given more support by the Israeli government.
Israel faces its own internal challenges. While the Jewish population of Israel has a healthy birth rate, it is still lower than those of Israeli Arabs and Palestinians. It is unsustainable for a nation of 5.8 million Jews to control the lives of more than 2 million Palestinians in the West Bank against their will. A separation into two states, with strong security guarantees for Israel, is not a gift to the Palestinians; it is an imperative to maintain a democratic, majority Jewish state. And if there is no Palestinian peace partner, Israel should adopt the political version of the Hippocratic Oath: "Do no harm," by avoiding the expansion of settlements deeper into the West Bank. The Israeli government should make bold proposals for peace, even if they continue to be rejected, so that the onus for any impasse rests on the Palestinians, not on Israel.
A grave internal threat to the rule of law comes from a small, radical, messianic group of settlers who openly defy the authority of the government, building outposts illegal under Israel's own laws, torching mosques, burning Qurans, poisoning Palestinian olive trees and even attacking Israeli soldiers.
Today, about 50% of Israeli first-graders are either Israeli Arabs or children of Haredi families. Haredim are now about 8% of the population, but this percentage will double over the next several decades because of extraordinarily high birthrates. Since few serve in the military, and the majority is not in the workforce, there is an urgent need to incorporate them into the mainstream of Israeli life, or they will be a great drag on the Israeli economy and cohesion, particularly on Israel's prized equality for women.
Israel faces another profound internal challenge: the need to be at peace with itself. It is also long past time for Israelis to reach a consensus on basic issues: where they want their ultimate borders to be, and what their relationship should be with their Israeli Arab citizens and the Palestinians over which they rule.
But when we consider the shattered state of world Jewry after World War II and think about how far we have come, there is reason for optimism. The empires that sought to destroy the Jewish people have vanished, but the indestructible, indomitable Jewish people have survived and still thrive, and will continue to make contributions to the world far out of proportion to our small numbers.
Stuart E. Eizenstat was chief domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and served various senior positions in the Clinton Administration from 1993-2001. His new book discussing these challenges is "The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting on the Jewish People, Israel and its Relationship with the United States" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012) .


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Listening to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speak to the Economic Club of Washington on Sept. 17 brought to mind how little many of the more conservative Republicans in the House really know about President Reagan's eight years in office, how he operated, and, for that matter, why and how he succeeded. In other words, few of them get how the town worked during Reagan's tenure, as opposed to today, when it only barely does.
In his speech and subsequent discussion with David Rubenstein — the president of the Economic Club and the cofounder and cochief executive officer of the Carlyle Group, a global private-equity firm — Lew pointed out that if the "Hastert Rule" had been observed when Democrats controlled the House during the Reagan administration, much of the legislation that Reagan is remembered for would not have passed. (Under the Hastert Rule, named for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a Republican, the majority party in the House does not act on bills unless the measures have the support of a majority of the majority party's members.)
There were plenty of Reagan-backed measures that Speakers Tip O'Neill and Jim Wright opposed, but these House leaders did not stand in the way of their being taken up for consideration. Take, for example, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, better known as the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law, and the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981, also known as the Gramm-Latta Act, which included the Kemp-Roth tax cuts. Both of these measures reached the floor and passed the House without a majority of the chamber's majority, the Democrats. Is a rule that would have effectively precluded the passage of legislation that conservatives cite as pillars of Reagan's domestic agenda really something they want to support?
The fact is, only 33 members of the 433 current members of the House (two seats are vacant) served for as much as a day while Reagan was president between 1981 and 1989. Of these members, only 14 are Republicans. And only 25 members, including 12 Republicans, served a full session of Congress while Reagan was in office. To put it differently, any member who came to the House after Reps. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Fred Upton, R-Mich., did not serve a full Congress with Reagan.
Those who pay lip service to Reagan without really understanding what happened during those years should read Chris Matthews's book, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked, coming out Oct. 1. While most conservatives probably find the liberal Matthews a bit difficult to take on his Hardball show on MSNBC, when he is writing history, he does so very objectively. (His 1996 book, Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America, was fascinating and could not have been fairer to both men.)
It's clear that perhaps 50 to 100 House Republicans see President Obama and Democrats as inherently wrong, almost evil; and thus they view compromising as essentially becoming coconspirators with evil. Giving in, even just a little bit, is plain wrong, this thinking goes. While this point of view is fine for the coffee shop or Rotary Club back home, it is anathema to the legislative process, where compromise is essential to making government work. Compromise is part of democracy.
On some issues, digging in your heels doesn't cause a lot of harm, but on others, it is downright dangerous. Lew cited former Reagan Treasury Secretary James Baker III as saying, "A failure to pay what is already due will cause certain and serious harm to our credit, financial markets, and our citizens," noting that Reagan raised the debt limit 17 times during his eight years in office. No one would question Reagan's conservative credentials, but he knew the difference between rhetoric and reality, between what you would like to see and what can happen in a democracy, where compromise is an essential ingredient.
So that leads us to the situation we are in today, with House Republicans threatening to shut down the government on Oct. 1 and refusing to raise the debt limit later in the fall if Obama and the Democrats don't agree to scale back the 2010 health care reform law — a measure that has survived a Supreme Court challenge and multiple attempts by congressional Republicans to repeal it. Mindful of the damage that past budget confrontations have done to the Republican Party, House GOP leaders would like to avoid a government shutdown or a default, but the zealous members of their caucus are pushing them into a more confrontational posture.
Republicans eager for a fight need to realize that some things are not to be trifled with. A nation that does not pay its bills and fails to meet its obligations for spending is hardly following a conservative approach to fiscal policy.


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The Central Connecticut football team will play Wagner College on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Blue Devils (3-5, 1-1 NEC) have four Northeast Conference games remaining this season starting with Saturday's contest against the Seahawks (2-6, 1-3 NEC) at Hameline Field in Staten Island, NY.
Four Weeks Left
With four weeks left in the regular season the race to the Northeast Conference Championship and the league's automatic berth in the NCAA Playoffs is still wide open. The Blue Devils control their own destiny with four NEC games remaining. Today's trip to Wagner and a Nov. 16th game at Duquesne, along with home games against Robert Morris (Nov. 9) and Bryant (Nov. 23).
Series History
The Seahawks hold a 13-12 advantage in the all-time series between these programs. This series began in 1937 with Wagner and CCSU meeting each year up until 1941. CCSU did not have a football team over the next four years because of World War II and the series did not resume until 1993. Since 1993, these programs have met every season. Recently, the Blue Devils have held the advantage winning seven times in the last nine seasons.
100+ Rushing Yards
The Blue Devils have rushed for 100+ yards in 31 consecutive games. The last time CCSU failed to reach 100 rushing yards was Nov. 6, 2010 against Robert Morris.
Two Weeks Rest
With Saturday's win against Salve Regina the Blue Devils are now 7-0 in games following an off week under head coach Jeff McInerney.
Offense Clicking
The CCSU offense has been clicking with 121 points scored and 1,575 yards of total offense over the last three games. The team is averagng 40.3 points and 525 yards per game, as well as a huge 7.7 yards per play. A trio of Blue Devils have produced a major chunk of this yardage with sophomore quarterback Nick SanGiacomo throwing for 764 yards and seven touchdowns, junior running back Rob Hollomon rushing for 465 yards and scoring eight total touchdowns and junior Tyrell Holmes has posted 376 receiving yards and a four toucdowns.
Hollomon Joins Exclusive Group
During his 94-yard touchdown run against Salve Regina junior Rob Hollomon eclipsed 2,000 yards for his CCSU career. On his next carry Hollomon surpassed the 1,000 yard mark for the season. Hollomon's 1,000 yard season is the 13th in the history of the CCSU football program. Hollomon also rushed for 1,000 yards last season and becomes just the fourth player in program history to have a pair of 1,000 yard rushing seasons. Hollomon's 2,110 rushing yards rank him fifth on CCSU's career list. Hollomon's 20 total touchdowns (18 rush, 1 ret., 1 rec.) give him 120 career points, which puts him in a tie for 10th place with Justise Hairston on CCSU's career list.
SanGiacomo Closing in on a Record
Sophomore Nick SanGiacomo has thrown 12 touchdown passes this season and with four games to play he is quickly closing in on Scott Dolch's school record of 17 touchdown passes in a season. SanGiacomo has thrown seven touchdown passes over his last three games.


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If you're looking for a unique way to unlock your iPhone that no stock iPhone is going to be able to mimic, then check out a free lock screen jailbreak tweak called JellyLock by iOS developer Max Katzmann.
JellyLock is not exactly new – it has been hosted on a private repository for some time now, but it was recently added to Cydia's ModMyi repository after extensive testing. The tweak is still currently in beta, but is now much more stable than before. If you are using the older version of JellyLock, it is recommended that you uninstall it before installing this new version to avoid problems.
As shown above, JellyLock adds an Android Jellybean-like lock screen interface to your iPhone. You begin with a simple lock circle that you can pick up and drag to either the Camera shortcut, or the unlock device shortcut. The unlock device shortcut, as shown above, shows "slide to unlock" when you get near the unlock device shortcut, while the Camera shortcut, shown below, shows "Camera" when you get near the Camera shortcut:
While JellyLock looks simple from a first glance, you'll see just how much time was put into the tweak when you go into the Settings application and view the JellyLock preferences pane:
The tweak comes with tons of customization options…
You'll be able to enable or disable the tweak on demand, as well as choose to hide or show the lock label, enable or disable lock screen badges, configure your application shortcuts, configure your assistant, configure the appearance, and configure vibration options for on touching the lock, or when unlocking the iPhone.
From the Appearance sub-pane, you can change the colors of the circle and the label. You will also be able to change the size of the circle, and choose the positioning of it. If you want, you will be able to switch the positions of the unlock device shortcut and Camera shortcut – you will be able to re-size the unlock device shortcut, and the grabber to your liking too. The final appearance option you get is the ability to choose an opacity setting for JellyLock. In case you were wondering about the colors you have to choose from for the circle and the label, you get the following choices:
Clear (fully transparent)
White (default)
Light gray
Dark gray
From the Assistant sub-pane, you will be able to configure the hidden Siri shortcut on the lock screen. By dragging the circle to the bottom of the JellyLock interface, everything will disappear except for a Siri shortcut. Landing on the Siri shortcut with the circle will launch Siri. From the sub-pane, you get to configure whether you want this feature enabled or disabled, as well as choose if you want Siri to open or if you want Google Now to open. Google Search must be installed for Google Now to be used.
From the App Shortcuts sub-pane, you get the option to add application shortcuts to the lock screen similarly to how the Atom jailbreak tweak is set up. You can have up to six additional application shortcuts on top of the Camera shortcut and unlock device shortcut. You can also choose to use the lower half of the JellyLock interface or the entire JellyLock interface. This sub-pane also comes with a Reset button so you can reset all the shortcuts to their default, empty setting. In the event that you configure all six application shortcuts, JellyLock would look something like this:
JellyLock also comes with some advanced options that only experienced users should use, such as hiding or showing the bulletin list notifications on the lock screen, set a custom lock icon, and re-define the Camera shortcut on the lock screen.
JellyLock currently does not support the iPad. There is also a problem with JellyLock application shortcuts not working when an alphanumeric passcode is set, and JellyLock doesn't work with CallBar. Since the tweak is in beta at the moment, small bugs are expected, and should be squashed within the future as development progresses.
If you're interested in giving the latest aversion of JellyLock a try, it's available for free in Cydia's ModMyi repository.


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Casa Esencia is the ultimate venue for a glamorous evening with exceptional food and beverage, entertainment and ambiance. Let our experienced and professional wait staff, mixologists, concierge and special events managers handle every detail that will ensure your celebration is an unforgettable one.
Casa Esencia is reinventing Albuquerque events with unparalleled service in a glamorous historic hacienda setting. Surrounded by the rich history of Albuquerque's Old Town, one of the most historic buildings in New Mexico has been transformed into a sophisticated contemporary event venue with a design scheme that marries contemporary style with its Spanish Territorial origins - Perfect for weddings, social functions and intimate gatherings.
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- Ideal for weddings, corporate events, non-profit and political fundraisers, private dinners, bar/bat mitzvahs, anniversaries, reunions, birthdays and all other life celebrations


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A tropical haven by the crystal waters of Airlie Lagoon, Beaches offers
great backpacker accommodation at competitive prices.
We are also home to Beaches Bar & Grill, where the beach meets the dance floor and the party never ends – amongst the heart of Airlie's bustling nightlife scene!
Beaches is an experience.
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You won't find a better deal in town, or a more exciting tropical Queensland tourism experience.
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James Paxton Deserves More Attention
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James Paxton is one of the most talented Left-Handed pitching prospects currently in the Minor Leagues. However, partially because he went through trouble entering the MLB Draft a few years ago, Paxton seems to be underrated be most of the baseball world. There is a decent chance that Paxton will make his MLB debut in Seattle before the All-Star Break, so he should have a chance to get some of the attention he deserves in 2012. The Mariners are lucky to have Paxton, whether they use him as a trading piece or they decide to keep him. James Paxton has the talent to become a #3 starter in the majors and it won't be long before the baseball world is much more aware of this.
Born in Richmond, British Columbia, in Canada, rumors of James Paxton dominating the British Columbia Premier Baseball League soon spread through Canada. Baseball in Canada is gaining on the USA, in terms of popularity, but Canadian baseball is still light-years away from the U.S. Paxton attended college at University of Kentucky, where his strong performances as a reliever led to a starting job as a sophomore. With a sub-3.00 ERA in his sophomore year, Paxton was expected to help Kentucky make a run in the NCAA tournament. However, he was unable to play due to an injury. Nonetheless, Paxton's sophomore season really put him on the map from Major League teams. After a junior year when Paxton struck out 115 in 78 Innings, Paxton was drafted by the Blue Jays with the 37th pick in the 2009 MLB Draft.
James Paxton didn't sign with Toronto and planned on returning to Kentucky for his senior season. However, due to his contact with agent Scott Boras, the NCAA ruled Paxton ineligible to return for his senior season. This decision by the NCAA was completely unfair and should have been revoked. Contact between players and agents is extremely common, and Paxton being punished was just the NCAA making him an example. Paxton was forced to spend the next season pitching for the Grand Prairie Air Hogs in an independent league. After by no means dominating the league, Paxton was drafted in 2010 by the Seattle Mariners in the fourth round. Paxton was not college eligible, so he did not have to meet the August 15th signing deadline. It took the Mariners until March of the next season to sign him.
In 2011, James Paxton kicked off his minor league career with the Mariners A-ball affiliate in Clinton. With nobody knowing what to expect out of Paxton, I followed him, entranced by his story. Paxton dominated Clinton, striking out 12.86 batters per 9 Innings Pitched in ten starts. He threw his next seven starts at Double-A Jackson, where his peripherals got even better. In 2012, Paxton pitched in twenty-one starts at Double-A, missing almost a month due to a knee injury. When he was healthy, Paxton posted a 3.05 ERA with 9.31 K/9 and 4.57 BB/9 in 106 Innings. All of this just goes to show that James Paxton has yet to face a challenge in the Minor Leagues that he hasn't been able to handle.
James Paxton throws three pitches; a fastball that can reach up to 97 MPH, a plus curveball, and a changeup. Paxton's curveball is considered by most to be the best curveball in the Mariners farm system. His changeup is still developing, but I believe that it will be a MLB average pitch. With three pitches that are at least average or better, it is easy to see why Paxton is so highly regarded by the Mariners. Learning how to locate these pitches and when to throw them will be what will decide what kind of pitcher Paxton will become.
It wouldn't surprise me if Paxton started the 2013 season with a different organization. The Mariners will have to make a trade or two before the season starts and Paxton's name has come up in discussions. The Royals have been rumored to be very interested in Paxton and I'm sure other teams would love having a prospect like Paxton come to their organization as well. If the Mariners do decide to keep him, they won't be in a rush to bring Paxton up to the majors. Seattle has plenty of pitchers to fill out their rotation and contending in the A.L. West is not something that they will be doing in 2013.
James Paxton has the potential to become a poor man's version of Cliff Lee. That kind of pitcher, especially if he can throw 200 innings per year, makes for a very valuable commodity in the majors today. James Paxton has had a very odd trip through baseball. At times, it appeared that Paxton wouldn't be remembered for much more than the example the NCAA made of him. However, Paxton has exceeded pretty much all of the expectations set for him on his way to becoming one of the top pitching prospects in the minor leagues.
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Scooter LaForge to Release First Book + Exhibition News
Photos courtesy of Scooter LaForge's official website.
Fans of artist Scooter LaForge are about to have a great summer. In conjunction with the upcoming exhibit "QUEER: FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED," Scooter LaForge will be releasing the first pictorial collection of his work. The self-titled book "Scooter LaForge," will feature Scooter's celebrity collaborations, paintings and some of his iconic fashions. "Scooter LaForge" is a limited edition, so you won't want to miss your change to get this highly collectible book. It will be on sale at the Theater for the New City for $60 or in a deluxe edition for $100 (which comes with a limited edition T-Shirt designed by Scooter).
The opening night reception for "QUEER FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED" will take place on June 21, 2011 from 6 to 8 PM at Theater for the New City located at 155 1st Avenue in New York. The exhibit will feature works from Scooter LaForge, Johnny Rozsa, Aaron Miller, Barnaby Whitfield, Pete Hocking, Julie Smith, Peter J. Ketchum, Ricky Longo-Burrows and Tracy Phillips. The exhibit will close on August 9, 2011.


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It wasn't easy making Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection, but it was the right decision, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Sunday as he, the city's mayor and its emergency manager made the television talk show rounds.
DETROIT (AP) ? It wasn't easy making Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection, but it was the right decision, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Sunday as he, the city's mayor and its emergency manager made the television talk show rounds.
Snyder, a Republican, gave his blessing to emergency manager Kevyn Orr's decision to file for bankruptcy for Detroit on Thursday.
"We looked through every other viable option," Snyder said on CBS' "Face the Nation."
"The debt question needs to be addressed. But even more important is the accountability to the citizens of Detroit," said Snyder. "They are not getting the services they deserve and they haven't for a very long time. So this can has been getting kicked down the road for decades. Enough is enough and now's the time to turn it around."
On NBC's "Meet the Press," Snyder said if Detroit's restructuring proves successful, the city could roar back stronger than before.
"We're moving now on improving Detroit," he added.
The state hired Orr in March to fix Detroit's ballooning debt and more than $300 million budget deficit. He is a turnaround specialist and represented automaker Chrysler LLC during its successful restructuring.
Orr laid out his plans in a June meeting with debt holders, in which his team warned there was a 50-50 chance of a bankruptcy filing. The city then stopped paying $2.5 billion in unsecured debt to "conserve cash" for police, fire and other services.
Orr has said Detroit's long-term debt burden could be as much as $20 billion.
Over the past six decades, Detroit's population has shrunk from 1.8 million to about 700,000. The city has about 10,000 active public workers and 18,000 retired ones who are still owed pension and health benefits.
The costs of health care and pension contributions over the years have outpaced the revenue Detroit was bringing in from property and business taxes and other sources. The city has been unable to make those contributions and pay current payroll and other bills.
Funds that cover retiree health coverage are underfunded by about $5.7 billion. Ones that cover pension obligations are underfunded by about $3.5 billion.
"We're going to have a dialogue with the pension funds about what we can do," Orr told "Fox News Sunday."
"And all we're talking about in this restructuring is the unfunded component of those pension funds," he said. "There have to be concessions."
Bing, a first-term mayor who announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election in the fall, has been opposed to state oversight and bankruptcy. On Sunday, he told ABC's "This Week" that he hopes the filing can be a new start for the city.
"Detroiters are very, very resilient people," said Bing, a professional basketball Hall-of-Famer who spent most of his career with the NBA's Detroit Pistons. "Detroit is a very iconic city, worldwide. Its people will fight for this and we will come back."
But he doesn't expect much, if any, help in the way of bailout money from the federal government.
"Now that the (bankruptcy) filing is done, we need to step back and see what's next," Bing said. "The president has a lot on his plate. More than 100 major urban cities are struggling and going through this. We may be the first and one of largest, but we won't be the last."


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There are many ways that you can market your company, many of them can be expensive or difficult to arrange, particularly for the small business. However, there are other ways that you can utilise your existing infrastructure to expand your marketing and help to grow your business. All it takes is a little work and some imagination, and you can be getting your brand out to more people.
Creating a Logo
One of the most powerful symbols you can use for your company is a logo. Not only will it show people who you are, but it can also help customers to find you across various media platforms. Your logo doesn't have to be complicated or colourful, all it needs is to be easy to understand and give people a good idea of what your company does. Some companies use acronyms as their logo which is good, however, you need to explain what it means to first, or your customers may become confused.
Advertising on a Vehicle
If you have a works vehicle, are you using it to help advertise your company? You have a lot of opportunities while you are driving around to influence the public to visit your website or social media. By having your logo and your contact details on the side of your vehicle, you are essentially getting a free mobile advertising campaign. If you don't already have a work vehicle, then choosing quality Mercedes Commercial vehicles will help promote your brand and give your customers confidence that they are dealing with a professional outfit.
Encouraging Word of Mouth
Your customers are some of your biggest marketing tools. If you have impressed a customer, they will be more likely to recommend you to other people who need similar services. You can rely on them to do it, or you can ask them to help you. It works particularly well with new businesses because you can ask your new customers to help you spread the word. Some people might even be happy to put a poster up in their window or take a card to show to others.
Local Sponsorship
For the local business, your local customers are the most important. They not only provide you with trade, but they are also a good way to spread your brand. Other local businesses and groups can also provide a good avenue for your brand by sponsorship. If there is a local event or sports competition, you can approach the organisers to sponsor them. Your money will help them to set up the event and pay for equipment. In return, they will put up posters and leaflets with your logo. It gives your company local promotion that you are supporting your community. It will also place your logo in front of many potential customers.
Although there are many ways that you can promote your business nationally and internationally, the local customers are usually how small businesses begin. By encouraging them to use your services, you can start to attract others from further afield automatically.
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Name: Dean, 2
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Dean, my youngest, turned two in April. Like most two year olds, he loooooves to dance. We figured it only made sense to give him a dance party for his birthday celebration!
We strung up a silver foil fringe curtain across the garage door, and I made a sign that I thought looked sort of disco-esque. We strung little disco ball Christmas ornaments across the front of the food table.
We ate disco ball cupcakes, microphone cake pops, veggies and disco dip, cha cha chips and salsa, and pretzel drumsticks, with some limbo lemonade and tango tea to drink. For activities, we dragged my dad's ancient, gigantic big screen TV out of our basement (where we ostensibly use it while we "exercise"), and we played "Just Dance!" and "Glee Karaoke" on the Wii. Favors were echo microphones from the Target dollar bin. We had a silly, great time, and no one danced more than Dean.
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Top 10 Remodeling Projects That Offer the Biggest Returns
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR(R) Magazine
Home owners are investing in their homes once again, according to recent industry surveys that point to a strong rebound taking hold in home remodeling. Home owners also may be seeing higher gains from some of these remodeling projects at resale, according to the most recent Cost vs. Value Report, which reviews the top remodeling projects that offer the highest returns at resale. The Cost vs. Value Report is conducted each year by Remodeling Magazine, in conjunction with REALTOR(R) Magazine.
So, which remodeling projects offer the potential for some of the biggest pay-backs at resale? The following mid-range remodeling jobs offer the highest returns, according to the 2013 Cost vs. Value Report.
1. Entry door replacement (steel)
Estimated job cost: $1,137
Return on investment at resale: 85.6%
2. Deck addition (wood)
Job cost: $9,327
3. Garage door replacement
Job cost: $1,496
4. Minor kitchen remodel
Job cost: $18,527
5. Window replacement (wood)
Job cost: $10,708
6. Attic bedroom
Job cost: $47,919
7. Siding replacement (vinyl)
Job cost: $11,192
8. Window replacement (vinyl)
Job cost: $9,770
9. Basement remodel
Job cost: $61,303
10. Major kitchen remodel
Job cost: $53,931
Question: If the average of the Highest Return Updates is only 75%, why do any of them?
Chuck, remodeling isn't necessarily done for resale. If you like your house and location, but want to update the list gives the highest ROI updates. Shopping your contractors and materials in this market should get you 100% (cash) ROI or more. And, what value to you put on personal convenience and enjoyment?
We always look forward to seeing which remodeling projects reap the highest return for homeowners. We especially like seeing basement remodeling in the Top 10 this year since that is something we specialize in! Do you think basements will ever make it into the top 5 since a refinished basement can dramatically increase living space and allow a growing family a bit more elbow room?
No No No. These figures are return OF investment, not return ON investment. Not one single project breaks even.
Chuck, I have this very same question. I have been told that I cannot sell my house "as is" but need to do improvements, but that I will only get 80% of my money back from the improvements. I get stuck at this point.
I don't buy any of these statistics. I agree that these are frequent updates. I also think they enhance the saleability of the home. But, how can you put a number on the additional value a give update will bring to the home? No one knows what the home is worth until it sells. So, the pre-update value is just somebody's guess.
As a contractor I would agree with your list except that the pricing has a wide range and fluctuates greatly depending on the job
Landscaping should be number 1 . Often the return is greater than 100 percent.
I've seen this list year in and year out. I have never seen how the statistician(s) arrive at the percent of market value to construction cost. If you to well known price index sites, you'll see how complex the process is to arrive at general price level increase/decrease. Market value / construction cost ratios are even more complex. Seeing how this process is undertaken would strengthen or weaken the argument.
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That should read, "If you go to well known price index sites". In any event, I'm aware that the methodology is largely by survey. Surveys are normally used in addition to hard statistical data, but not in lieu of.
This is seriously big data to have in Blog Post, Great post Mellica,
This number shows :: "9. Basement remodel – Job cost: $61,303 – ROI: 70.3%" Helps me a lot.
It can be demotivating knowing I won't recoup my cost. That being said you have to do it sometimes. I used a roofing contractor to fix my roof and some siding and I felt like it would help me pay for the cost in the future but now I'm second guessing that thought.
To help maintain your power charges down, have your heating and cooling program serviced at least once a year. In the course of this service check out, they are going to inspect the motor from the method, oil the moving components and check the freon levels inside the technique. These easy issue will hold your method operating at peak efficiency.


text: Bari (pop. 326,000 approx.) is the administrative capital city of the Province of Bari and the Puglia (Apulia) region. One of the features which characterises Bari is the contrast between the old city and the modern city, especially from an architectural and urban development point of view."Old Bari" is located on the headland between the old and the new port, the city's layout is typically medieval with its narrow, cramped streets. The entire history of Bari is comprised in this part of the city, from its origins as the chief city and port for the "Peucezi" population, then a Roman city. During the XI and the XII century Bari became a foremost Byzantine and Norman capital city with one of the most important boarding ports for the departure of the Crusaders.Today, Bari's city centre is nested between the ports of the new city (founded by Gioacchino Murat in 1813) and the old city (the so-called "Old Bari"), bordered to the east by the walls which separate it from the seafront, typical of medieval town planning.The Archaeological Museum is situated in the "New City" as is the province's Art Gallery located on the Navarro Mauro seafront.Not very distant from the seafront is the famous Petruzzelli theatre, built between 1898 and 1903, which was unfortunately damaged by arson in 1991 and which is currently undergoing full refurbishment.


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Hunter's 4-for-4 Effort Not Enough in Game 2 Loss; Bulldogs Eliminated from Rolfe Race
WEST HAVEN, Conn. — Junior first baseman Jacob Hunter put on a hitting clinic, going 6-for-7 with a double, an RBI and a run scored, to lead the Yale University baseball team in a split of Sunday's doubleheader with Dartmouth at Yale Field.
Hunter went 2-for-3 in Game 1, scoring the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and driving in an insurance run in the fifth to lead Yale to a 2-0 win in seven innings over Dartmouth.
In Game 2, Hunter went 4-for-4, picking up four of Yale's nine hits, but the Bulldogs could not score any runs off of Dartmouth starter Michael Johnson and fell to the Big Green 5-0. The Game 2 loss eliminated Yale from contention for the Ivy League's Red Rolfe Division crown.
With the split, Yale moves to 9-25 overall and 6-10 in Ivy League play, while Dartmouth moves to 26-7 overall and 11-5 in Ivy League play.
It was apparent early in Game 1 on that the Bulldogs were going to give it their all to try to stay in the division race. Sophomore second baseman David Toups nearly blasted Yale onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning when he belted a line drive into the short porch in right field, but Dartmouth right fielder Jeff Keller crashed into the fence as he reached over for the catch to prevent the home run.
The Bulldogs broke through in the bottom of the fourth inning after Hunter led off with a double and scored on a one-out RBI single by freshman Brent Lawson that gave Yale a 1-0 lead.
Hunter made it 2-0 when he singled home Cam Squires with two outs. Squires led off the inning with a walk and went to third after consecutive sacrifice bunts by freshmen Tom O'Neill and Nate Adams.
That 2-0 lead was more than enough for Yale starter David Hickey (3-2), who tossed a four-hit shutout, striking out a pair of Dartmouth hitters and walking just one. Dartmouth starter Mitch Horacek (5-2) was nearly as effective as he scattered five Yale hits and struck out four, but Hunter and Lawson were able to come up with timely hits to lift Yale to the victory.
In Game 2, Dartmouth jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning and added two runs in both the fourth and ninth innings to secure the 5-0 win.
Dartmouth picked up the first run on an RBI single by Keller and made it 3-0 in the fourth after a one-out RBI double by Matt MacDowell and a two-out RBI single by Matt Parisi. All three runs came against Yale freshman starter Chris Lanham (1-7), who scattered seven hits and allowed three earned runs with two strikeouts in four innings.
He was relieved by freshman right-hander Chris Moates, who held the Dartmouth lead to 3-0 for the next four innings, allowing just two hits. The Big Green broke through against Moates with four hits in the ninth that led to two more runs thanks to RBI singles by Dustin Selzer and Bo Patterson.
Otherwise, Moates was stellar in relief, allowing a total of six hits and two earned runs in five innings, striking out six Dartmouth batters.
Hunter's weekend against the division leader was nothing short of spectacular. He went 9-for-13 (.692) with a double, three runs scored and an RBI in the four-game series.
The Bulldogs return to Yale Field on Friday to celebrate Senior Day with a doubleheader against Brown. Yale will close out the 2013 season with a doubleheader at Brown in Providence. Both doubleheaders are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
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And now, by request, a popular column I wrote several years ago. This is for you, Armand.
What is it about things we're not supposed to have, or even think about, that make them so tantalizing? In a sex-negative culture like our own, where sexual roles and gender expectations are so buttoned down, where much of the vast array of healthy human sexual expression is proscribed. It's no wonder we often feel compelled to deny who we are or turn ourselves inside out to avoid the conspicuous. Two correspondents come immediately to mind.
Like I'm totally straight, right. But my roommate is gay. He's hot and all with a great body and he's this total sex addict. Sometimes I hear him pounding ass through the wall. When he's drunk he tells me about the guys he's fucking and it's like all this really nasty stuff.
I'm like totally not into cock or anything, but I can't help but wonder how it would feel to touch one. I see my roommate naked all the time. He's like this total exhibitionist. Sometimes he even has a piss hardon in the morning. Nasty!
I don't pay much attention, but I sometimes just want to reach out and grab his thing just to see what he would say. I just don't want him to get the wrong idea. If my GF ever found out she'd freak. So do you think my roommate would mind if I copped a feel? It's not like it isn't already hanging out and stuff. Do you think he'd rat on me to my GF?
— Curious
Like you are so totally NOT straight, dude. You are like the biggest closeted flamer in the whole wide world. You're just itching for the opportunity to smoke yourself some pole, but you can't admit it. Hmmm, sounds like several prominent Republicans I know…but I digress.
Like I'll bet you totally jerk off while your hot roommate is pounding ass next door. And I think your GF is this pathetic beard too.
She's got her eye on you, don't 'cha know. She knows that if she turns her back for just one minute, you'd be taking it up the poop-shoot before she can say "Friend of Dorothy".
Let's face it; you want your GF to find out about your secret obsession. BTW, what kind of self-respecting straight chick dates a closet case like you anyway? I mean, like how could your roommate rat you out when everyone already has your number? Darlin', when you find out you're a big fat homo, everyone will know.
Dude, like you are totally gonna grab your roommates package one of these days real soon, regardless of what I say or what he may think about you doing it. Like you are totally self-deluded about not caring that he walks around the house sporting a giant boner. And that shit you're trying to feed me about being scandalized by his nasty exploits, that's like totally obvious too. Me thinks you doth protest too much.
Listen up! If your roommate is a nice guy, and you aren't the total skulking dweeb you appear to be. And if you have the balls to come clean with your roommate about your true identity. And he's hasn't pounded any ass in the past 12 hours. And if he's feeling really generous, and you ask him real nice; Yes, I think there is a slim chance he'll bone you big time. It will, of course, be a mercy fuck for sure, but at least you'll finally know total bliss.
Like, totally go for it, dude. Sheesh!
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Hey Doctor Dick,
I got more of a story than a question. I'm a gay. Kinda average looks, kinda big, kinda burly and I really dig sex. Problem is, cuz I don't look like your typical fag, all gym buff and everything, I'm not gettin laid like I should. I've tried everything, online personals, internet chat rooms, phone hook up lines, everything. WTF?
While I'm online lookin for a hookup, I start to notice something that blows me away. There are a lot of queers lookin to hookup with straight guys. At first I'm thinkin, dudes this is fucked up. There are all these homos out there, like me for example, who ain't gettin their share and you wanna suck off a straight dude? Fuck!
Now I'm gettin all depressed. Ok, so then I try this little experiment. Next time I'm online, I post an ad like always, same stats same everything, only this time I say I'm straight. Damn if I don't get hit up by a half dozen guys right away. Guys that wouldn't have given me the time of day when I was "gay".
I decide to go for it, like now I just want to see if I can pull this shit off. Guess what, I got the best sex I ever had. I turned guys away even. This is really messin with my head, but I'm gettin some really fine ass so I ain't complaining…too much.
I decide to really get into this. I start sayin things like my girlfriend can't suck dick for shit and I got this five day load of straight man spunk hold up for some faggot cocksucker. I can barely keep a straight face, no pun intended.
I put this picture of my sister in a frame by my bed and tell all my tricks she's my girlfriend. I've even got this chick at work to join in the fun and call me when some dude's blowin me. I have her start raggin' on me like some real girlfriend and then she wants to know what that sound is in the background. This fuckin drives my trick wild, cuz he thinks he gettin authentic straight man dick. BTW, the chick from work thinks it's a riot.
This works for sure. Fags are so gullible, it's fuckin Incredible. But I worry cuz I want a boyfriend and this isn't gonna get me one. Even if one of my tricks turns out to be the man of my dreams, I couldn't respect him or trust him knowing he's tryin to make straight guys.
— Scott
What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive! All this just to get laid, Scott? Holy Cow!
While the good doctor is truly entertained by your delightful story, he is as depressed as you to learn the lengths a gay man has to go to these days just to get another gay man to suck his dick. I don't recall it being so convoluted when I was a younger man.
The good doctor also concurs with your statement that you'll probably not find a BF this way. And I'd like to point out the obvious. What's with this bullshit double standard you have? You say you couldn't respect or trust any guy who is out trying to make straight guys. Yet you don't call yourself on the mammoth deception you practice. Curious how we can point out the sliver in another man's eye when while we still have a plank in our own.
You do, however, get extra points for your creativity. I love the touch of having the chick from work call you while you are in flagrante delicto. That's beautiful. A+.
Good luck