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|Statement by H.E. Ambassador LIU Zhenmin, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, at the plenary meeting of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly, on Item 77 "Oceans and the Law of the Sea"
|(New York, 10 December 2007)
Mr. President,
The Chinese delegation attaches great importance to the discussion by the GA of the item of oceans and the law of the sea. Over the past year, we have witnessed the achievements, challenges and developments in the field of the oceans and the law of the sea. The Chinese delegation wishes to share with all of you its views and visions on issues relating oceans and the law of the sea.
Mankind depends on oceans for survival and development, and we should take good care of this common home of ours. With the rapid development of science and technology, people's knowledge about the oceans and capacity for their utilization and protection are constantly increasing. In the face of the challenges of our times, it is imperative for all countries to work together to maintain a harmonious order for oceans.
Maintaining a harmonious order for oceans presupposes a harmonious relationship between mankind and oceans in order for the oceans to always benefit mankind and mankind to engage in sustained conservation with regard to oceans.
Maintaining a harmonious order for oceans calls for respect for the sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction of all coastal states, as well as respect for the rights and freedom of all states, coastal states and landlocked states alike, in the peaceful utilization of oceans. It also calls for special attention and assistance to the less developed coastal states, landlocked states and geographically disadvantaged states so that they could better enjoy the benefits of the oceans and better respond to the challenges and disasters from the oceans. In dealing with marine disputes, countries should resort to peaceful means and cooperation with a view to maintaining marine peace and tranquility.
In maintaining a harmonious order for oceans, a rational differentiation should be made between rights and interests in areas of national jurisdiction and those in areas beyond national jurisdiction so that coastal states can, on the one hand, fully exercise their sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the continental shelf naturally extending from their territories, and on the other, avoid encroachment on international seabed areas, which are the common heritage of mankind, as a result of the extension of their continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.
In maintaining a harmonious order for oceans, a balance should be achieved between the sound protection and rational utilization of the oceans without stressing one at the expense of the other. The international community should strengthen cooperation and integrated coordination and push for progress of the relevant research so as to provide solid advice for decision-making.
The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea should remain the legal basis and framework for our efforts to maintain a harmonious order for oceans. With 155 states parties and the list still growing, the Convention has fully demonstrated its universality and vitality. As a product of extensive negotiations by the international community, the Convention has accommodated various interests in a balanced manner. It remains the important basis for us to resolve new issues and address new challenges in marine affairs.
Mr. President,
The adoption of relevant resolutions by the GA at the current session is of important significance to the maintenance of a harmonious order for oceans. After full consultations, two draft resolutions have been tabled for adoption, thanks to the constructive and cooperative spirit and the hard work on the part of numerous delegations. Here, I'd like to thank Ambassador Henrique Rodrigues Valle Junior of Brazil and Ms. Holly Koehler of the US for all the work they have put into these drafts as coordinators. Our thanks also go to the staff of DOALOS for the valuable support they have provided.
Mr. President,
At present, the Commission on the Limits of Continental Shelf is faced with considerable difficulties and daunting challenges, with the emerging of many problems that were not foreseen when the Convention was formulated. It is foreseeable that the Commission will need a considerable long period of time to complete its review of all the submissions by countries. Like other developing counties, China is currently engaged in research activities on the delimitation of the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.
My delegation believes that the delimitation of the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles is the right of a coastal state under international law; it is also related to the integrated interests of the international seabed areas. In addressing this issue, it is imperative to ensure that the Commission take a serious, scientific and precise approach to its work, and fully and faithfully fulfill its mandate in accordance with the Convention. The Commission should not be asked to simply speed up its work regardless of other factors, much less to do so at the expense of the above approach it should adopt in its work.
Practice shows that the inherent complexity and difficulty of the work of delimitation were hard to imagine at the time when the Convention was drafted. Therefore, it's unrealistic to request states parties to file their submissions within the time limit defined by the Convention and the resolution of the meeting of the states parities; and the developing countries face even greater difficulties in this regard. At the same time, given the fact that the Commission will need a long time for its review work, it is obvious that the artificially set deadline of May 2009 is no longer meaningful.
We suggest that the meeting of states parties to the Convention to be held next year explore various ways and means, including postponing the deadline for submissions, to ensure that the Commission will carry out its work on the delimitation of the outer limits of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in an orderly fashion, and that its scientific work will stand the test of time.
Mr. President,
In recent years, the International seabed Authority has focused its work on the formulation of regulations on the prospecting and exploration for cobalt-rich nodules and polymetallic sulphides. The regulations on seabed prospecting and exploration should give expression to the principle of common heritage of mankind while taking into account such questions as investment interests of all countries, especially potential contractors. Prospecting and exploration are highly specialized and technically demanding work with huge investment risks. In addition, the international community pays particular attention to environmental protection and the conservation of the fragile ecosystems. Therefore, the formulation of the regulations is both a process for increasing mankind's knowledge about these two resources and one for the reconciliation of the interests of countries. The work on the regulations will come to natural fruition when we have sufficient knowledge of the properties of these resources and when the relationships of different concerns among countries are properly worked out. At present, compared with polymatallic sulphides about which mankind has very limited knowledge, people know relatively more about cobalt-rich nodules. This explains why the formulation of regulations on cobalt-rich nodules has encountered fewer difficulties, which gives us hope for early progress. We expect further efforts by the International Seabed Authority in this respect.
Mr. President,
As an important part of the mechanism established by the Convention for dispute settlement, the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea plays an important role in the peaceful settlement of marine disputes and the maintenance of international marine order and stability. The success of the Tribunal in dealing with two cases of rapid release of vessels and crews this year speaks to the important status it enjoys and the contribution it has made to international marine affairs.
China has all along supported the work of the Tribunal. In August this year, it is our regret that Judge Xu Guangjian from China resigned his post from the Tribunal due to poor health. The Chinese Government has nominated Dr. Gao Zhiguo as a candidate for the election to fill the vacancy to be held at the meeting of states parties to the Convention on 30 January, 2008. Dr. Gao fully meets the qualifications of candidates set out in article 2 of the Statute of the Tribunal. I believe that, if elected, he will contribute significantly to the work of the Tribunal. We expect for the valuable support of all states parties.
Mr. President,
The theme of this year's Informal Consultative Process is "protection of marine genetic resources". The discussions proved to be very useful. In the research and utilization of marine genetic resources, there still exist a lot of complex legal and political issues; and work in this area also involves broader and more important areas such as the protection and utilization of biodiversity. All these issues merit serious study by the international community. My delegation hopes that the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Protection and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction will achieve positive results at its 2nd session.
Mr. President,
A major goal that the Convention seeks to achieve is to facilitate navigation at sea. The regimes established by the Convention for governing the transit and passage through straights used for international navigation and the passage through sea lanes of archipelagos are important for ensuring the freedom of navigation at sea and should be complied with by all states. We hope that these regimes of the Convention will be preserved. Laws and regulations enacted by any coastal state should be in line with the Convention and the relevant rules of international law and should not undermine the principle of freedom of navigation.
Mr. President,
The Chinese Government has always attached great importance to and has actively addressed the question of pollution from vessels, including green house gas emission from vessels. We believe that in addressing the problem of greenhouse gas emission from vessels, the key lies in upholding the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" set out in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and faithfully implementing the relevant provisions of the Kyoto Protocol. Such a principle should be brought out both in the relevant discussions in IMO and in the amendment of relevant treaties. China notes and supports the positive role played by the IMO in this respect. We are willing to enhance exchanges with other countries in dealing with pollution from vessels as part of our efforts to further promote pragmatic cooperation in aspects of finance, transfer of technologies and capacity-building.
Mr. President,
China has a population that accounts for one fifths of the world's total. The Chinese people have realized that if the oceans are expected to bring benefit to mankind for the present and future generations, we must work ceaselessly to conserve the oceans. The Chinese Government attaches great importance to marine affairs. It is committed to the sound protection and rational use of the oceans and to the proper settlement of the question of maritime delineation with neighboring countries and other maritime disputes through peaceful negotiations. We are willing to take part in international cooperation and work with other countries of the world in a joint effort to care for the oceans-our common home.
The two draft resolutions to be adopted by the GA represent the international community's response to the various problems and challenges in the field of marine affairs. Together with all other countries, China will make its contribution to the maintenance of a harmonious order for oceans.
Thank you, Mr. President.


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Minster Girl Killed In Collision
CELINA – A 3-year-old Minster girl was killed in a collision Saturday morning and the driver is being held on criminal charges.
In a news release issued to The Evening Leader, Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey said deputies responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision at 11:24 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Ohio 119 and U.S. 127 in Granville Township. The investigation determined Jinghao Xu, 50, of Hamilton, was westbound on Ohio 119 in a 2006 Chevrolet Express Van. Xu reportedly stopped at the stop sign, then entered the intersection. Upon entering the intersection, the van was struck by a northbound 2002 Chevrolet Prism driven by Hillary Hartings, 22, 1489 Voskuhl Road, Maria Stein.
After impact, Xu's van came to rest in the middle of the intersection facing northeast and Harting's Prism traveled across the lawn of Moeller Doors sales coming to rest in the parking lot facing northwest.
Conner Bruns, 6, of Amsterdam Road, Minster, was in the front passenger of the Prism and Keaton Bruns, 9, same address, was in the rear passenger seat. Both were transported to Mercer Health in Coldwater, then transferred to Children's Hospital.
Aubrey L. Bruns, 3, also of Amsterdam Road, Minster, was seated in the rear seat on the driver's side. Aubrey was transported to Mercer Health in Coldwater, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Hartings and Xu were both treated and released at Mercer Health. Xu is being held in the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility on a $250,000 bond and is expected to face charges of aggravated vehicular homicide.
"At this point, we are checking his immigration status as he stated he was not a United States Citizen and it appears that his driver's license had been cancelled by the state of Illinois," Grey said in the news release. "Deputies worked through an interpreter as Xu speaks Korean and very little English."
The crash is still under investigation. Deputies were assisted at the scene by St. Henry Fire Department and MCERV. Two EMS squads from Coldwater and two EMS squads from St. Henry transported the injured.

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Just about every cow-calf conference I've attended tends to focus on the five, big management areas of beef production – nutrition, animal health, reproduction, genetics and marketing. This week, relative to those big five issues, I heard an industry expert say that most producers are pretty good in the first two, adequate in the next two, and poor in the fifth.
I'd guess that's probably a pretty good assessment. However, it's pretty tough to get all those areas working correctly and together at the same time.
While the cow-calf sector demands far more expertise in far more areas than any other segment, we've also tended to operate with the least amount of outside expertise or consultation. I think most producers do an adequate job of nutrition, animal health and reproduction; if for no other reason than if you don't take care of these three basic needs, you won't survive in the business very long.
The genetic side of the equation has moved to the forefront as the area of greatest opportunity to increase profitability. However, it remains the most difficult area to assess. It's difficult to establish baselines, to make comparisons, or measure progress on the genetic front, because we're constantly altering so many other variables.
On the terminal side, most producers get little feedback on feed efficiency, carcass weights, average daily gains, morbidity rates and carcass characteristics. I'd argue that maternal traits arguably are the most important traits, but these genetic decisions take years to fully evaluate and realize; the terminal traits are much shorter term. Thus, the industry has tended to emphasize terminal traits, while striving to keep the maternal traits from moving out of bounds.
The breed associations and their national genetic evaluation programs have been doing a better job of adding traits that aid in maternal selection – maternal calving ease, milking ability, heifer pregnancy, stayability, mature size, etc. But we still largely rely on visual appraisal to select replacement heifers from a given population.
EPDs and the large accumulation of data have revolutionized genetic selection and now, more than ever, we're seeing the value of how genetics affect bottom lines. Most of the prominent breeders selling large numbers of commercial bulls are doing a tremendous job of focusing on the economically relevant traits of beef production, which is predicted to lead to even more rapid consolidation in this business. Of course, the expression of superior genetics is often rendered mute without proper nutrition and animal health.
Reproduction is highly dependent upon nutrition, animal health, genetics and also management; and it remains critical to the profitability of an operation.
The final big management area is marketing, which is growing in importance, particularly if the nutritional, animal health and genetic sides are up to snuff. One can still market volume of numbers well, if the adequate animal health and nutrition have been provided to keep the animals healthy. Increasingly, however, the genetics offered are shaping the value of calves.
Historically, the producers have relied on marketing experts who operate in the marketing chain to market their calves. As a result, this is one area where the industry is accustomed to working with experts. Sadly, however, the marketing model has been built around a commodity system, where the marketing chain is still largely incentivized to sell cattle in a narrow price range. That's why producers are finding that they must take a much more active role in marketing their cattle if they are to realize their true value.
The trend seems established that there will be more systems and supply chains created to create better price and value discovery throughout the marketing process. And, the antagonistic relationship between the segments is being replaced with cooperation that benefits all involved. Certainly, the distrust that exists between segments will take some time to close, and there remain those who thrive by keeping the distrust alive. But the progressive elements of the various segments are moving forward in a more symbiotic way, and away from the commodity mindset of the past.


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Eric Wedge promises a touchy-feely approach if hired as Yankees manager, rejecting the old-school method of publicly challenging players to motivate them.
"If something like that happens today, especially with social media and everything else that's involved with it, it's going to have legs, it's going to be misinterpreted, there's going to be a lot more opinion about it and it's going to be one hell of the distraction," the former Cleveland and Seattle manager said Friday after his interview with the Yankees. "I'd say that that day has probably passed by."
Joe Girardi criticized Gary Sanchez last August and benched him for a game, saying: "Bottom line, he needs to improve. He's late getting down." Sanchez tied for the big league lead with 16 passed balls and was behind the plate for 53 wild pitches, second-most in the majors.
Aaron Boone has emerged as a candidate for the Yankees' managerial vacancy, sources tell ESPN's Buster Olney. Rob Thomson, who served as a coach under departed manager Joe Girardi is the only candidate to have interviewed thus far.
Wedge spoke of a generic player receiving a rebuke from his manager through the media.
"You're going to have to have one tough cookie to be able to do that and make it work for you," he said. "For him to get something out of that, he's going to have to be really tough to be able to handle that and actually digest it to see it's in his best interest."
After a decade managing the Yankees, Girardi was told last month that he was not being offered a contract. Wedge became the second person to interview for the job following New York bench coach Rob Thomson on Wednesday.
Sanchez, who turns 25 next month, was an All-Star in his first full big league season.
"He's still young. He's still learning. He's still going through things that he needs to go through and he will continue to go through, but he'll get better," said Wedge, a former catcher. "It's just a maturation process that young players with his type of ability have to go through."
Now 49, Wedge was a "cup of coffee" player in the majors, getting 86 at-bats over four seasons with Boston (1991-92, 1995) and Michael Brantley Jersey Colorado (1994) and making 23 appearances behind the Francisco Lindor Jersey plate.
"I believe you can have a personal relationship with your players as well as a professional relationship," he said. "It takes a little bit more time. It takes a little bit more effort. But I think that it's something that's imperative, something I've always done, something I'll continue to do. And as long as they understand where you're coming from, that you care about them, and you care about them for the right reasons, which quite frankly is for them and their family, then when it is time to turn that page to a more professional conversation of maybe an even more edgy conversation, we'll be in a good position to do that."
Wedge managed in Cleveland's minor league system in 1998 and was promoted to big league manager before the 2003 season. He was voted AL Manager of the Year in 2007, when the Indians won the AL Central, beat the Yankees in the Division Series -- the one with the Joba Chamberlain midge game -- and lost to Boston in a seven-game Championship Series Cleveland Indians Jerseys after holding a 3-1 lead. He was fired in 2009 after seven seasons with a 561-573 record.
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After working as an ESPN analyst in 2014 and 2015, Wedge spent the last two seasons as a player development adviser with Toronto.
"I'm humble and resilient," he said. "I think that you've got to have to have a certain level of toughness to be a big league manager and handle everything that goes along with that."
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Tireless Pujols reminding us of his prime
NEW YORK -- Albert Pujols may be the most driven, obsessive player in baseball. To plenty of the people who know him best, this may be his ultimate legacy. All of the amazing things he has accomplished flow from a relentless work ethic.
Few players show up earlier or work harder. Few care more. Teammates tell stories of seeing him three hours before a game, not surprised that he's already drenched in sweat, having already hit the batting cage and weight room. He works so hard that some have wondered how he has anything left for the game.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- Albert Pujols may be the most driven, obsessive player in baseball. To plenty of the people who know him best, this may be his ultimate legacy. All of the amazing things he has accomplished flow from a relentless work ethic.
Few players show up earlier or work harder. Few care more. Teammates tell stories of seeing him three hours before a game, not surprised that he's already drenched in sweat, having already hit the batting cage and weight room. He works so hard that some have wondered how he has anything left for the game.View Full Game Coverage
Talent? Of course, he has talent.
As much as anyone who has ever played. He has also done everything he can to maximize that talent.
"It's something I learned really young," Pujols said. "You don't take this game for granted. Being around veteran guys, guys that I respect a lot in my 14-year career, that's something you take from them. You have so many young players here that look up to you, and you want to make sure you don't change no matter what, whether you're struggling or having success."
From the moment former Cardinals manager Tony La Russa first laid eyes on Pujols, he was blown away by the combination of quickness and power. La Russa was also blown away by the instincts, by the ability to see the whole baseball field and understand the game.
Lance Berkman, a former teammate, marveled at the plate discipline.
"You almost never see Albert lunge at a pitch," Berkman said. "His swing is the same every time."
In that way, Pujols controlled plenty of at-bats the moment he stepped into the box. And again, there was the strength. He's a pure line-drive hitter, but he generates such power that his home runs tend to be towering, almost breathtaking shots.
And that's the Albert Pujols we're seeing this season.
That Albert Pujols is back.
If he's not again the best, most feared offensive player in the game, he's certainly in the conversation. He's also one of the best things about this new baseball season. To see a guy who has worked so hard and who has struggled so much with injuries for two years, to see that guy rewarded is about as good as it gets.
There have been times these last two seasons when it was easy to wonder if we'd ever see that Albert Pujols again.
"The last couple of years were tough, but it wasn't because there was something wrong with my swing," Pujols said. "Physically, I wasn't right. You guys saw that. I can't hide it. It was really tough. I know what I can do in this game when I'm healthy. I just pray to God I can continue to stay healthy."
To remind you how good Pujols was in St. Louis: In 11 seasons, he averaged 40 home runs and 121 RBIs. He was voted the National League Most Valuable Player three times and finished second four times.
When the Angels signed him to a 10-year, $240 million contract in December 2011, there was little doubt they'd snagged the best player on Earth.
Bad stuff began to happen. First, there was a right knee issue that slowed him in that first season with the Angels. And last season was worse. The knee, which had been surgically repaired, probably never completely healed.
Then his left foot broke down with plantar fasciitis. Pujols tried to play through the pain, even though it was painful to watch him attempt to run. He never offered excuses and didn't like it when others offered them for him.
But he was never the Albert Pujols we'd seen during those 11 seasons with the Cardinals. Looking back on it, maybe the best thing that happened to Pujols last season was that his season ended on July 26, after 99 games.
When doctors discovered a tear of the plantar fascia, that was that. He then had six full months of rest and rehabilitation. When he showed up to begin his third season with the Angels, he was a different Albert Pujols.
"It's night and day," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
Pujols is 34 and beginning his 15th big league season, so he's never going to be the frisky young kid he once was. But he's again a great player, a powerful player, a player who makes you stop and watch his every at-bat.
"It feels good to feel healthy, which I haven't been the last couple of years," Pujols said. "It's still a long season, and as long as I can contribute any way I can, that's what it's all about."
Scioscia summed it up bluntly, saying, "This guy is as good as anybody that's ever been in the batter's box."
This week has been a good one for Pujols because in his becoming the 26th member of the 500-home run club on Tuesday night in Washington, he has refocused the spotlight on his greatness.
He's methodically climbing the leaderboards, his name mixed with the all-time greats -- seventh in slugging percentage, 35th in doubles, 36th in on-base percentage, 49th in RBIs and 51st in total bases.
"At the end of my career, maybe I'll look back and see what kind of numbers I've put up in this game," Pujols said. "I'm still active and don't want to get caught up in too many numbers. This game is already tough enough, and if you bring a distraction into your head, it takes away from what you're supposed to do out there, which is win games and help your teammates."
Pujols hit his 501st home run on Friday night at Yankee Stadium in a 13-1 Angels victory, and like a lot of the others, it was a moon-ball shot to left field, the deepest part of the park.
Once more -- just like the old days -- his name is dotted around the Major League leaderboards -- first in home runs (nine), fourth in RBIs (21) and seventh in on-base-plus slugging (1.009).
If he's in your neighborhood, do yourself a favor and go see Pujols. There's never going to be a conversation about baseball's best hitters without mentioning him. Here's a guy you can tell your grandkids about.
Welcome back, Albert.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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For several years now, I have felt that Atlanta has a lot of really great things going on in terms of design. I have kept up to date with the Atlanta design scene thanks to the lovely Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles. Editor in Chief, Clint Smith does a brilliant job of culling the best of the best from the Atlanta design community each month. I love that there seems to be a great mix of styles in Atlanta, which isn't always the case in the South where some of us decide we love a certain look, embrace it, and then cling to it for dear life. There is no better example of Atlanta's fresh, talented design scene than the wonderful showhouses held there every year.
At this year's Christmas Showhouse, designer Amy D. Morrris created a tailored and elegant master suite that marries masculine and feminine so perfectly. You'll notice the master bedroom features a great mix of layers. You have multiple types of textiles and textures from the tufted velvet bed to the saddle leather settee to the linen slipcovered chair on the far left. There is also a great mix of styles. You have staunchly traditional pieces like the Louis style settee and the classic silhouettes of the table lamps mixed with more modern items like the oversized lantern, bed, and swept arm chair. The result is a beautifully layered space that feels collected over time.
The bathroom features so many beautiful, classic pieces like the soaking tub, carrera marble for days, a fabulous oversized lantern and stylish sconce along with a fun Mongolian lambswool bench. I love black interior doors, don't you?
Do you like the mix of styles in this master suite? I find a soft grey palette in the bedroom to be very soothing and chic. How about you? Do you prefer more color? Have a wonderful weekend!
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Celebrities, beauty queens and pro-athletes are taking over BTIG's trading floors around the world Wednesday.
The reason for the event is because it's the brokerage firm's 10th annual "Commissions for Charity Day."
To date, the the star-studded charity day has raised almost $20 million from equity, fixed income and derivative trading commission profits, which support nonprofits and charities for children, the firm said in a release.
"We are very excited to see so many lend their time and efforts to help us make this event a success," said Steven Starker, the co-founder of BTIG said in a statement. "The energy and enthusiasm for the 10th celebration of our Charity Day amongst the celebrity traders, clients and employees involved is bound to make for another strong year of donations."
It's a great cause and it's definitely making BTIG the hottest trading floor on Wall Street.


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March 31, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In its return to New England, MIT fell to Lasell College, 8-4, in Saturday's Pilgrim Lacrosse League opener. Dan Piemont paced the Engineers (1-4, 0-1 Pilgrim) with two goals as Corey Garvey posted one goal and an assist. John Kucharczyk and Dylan Roden rounded out the offense with a goal and an assist, respectively. In net, Garth Grove collected 12 saves.
The Lasers recorded the only goal of the first half, just 4:17 into the opening period. Piemont connected on a feed from Roden at the 14:21 mark of the third quarter for the equalizer. Lasell regained the lead with 10:56 left, but another goal by Piemont that was set up by Garvey knotted the contest at two a minute later. Lasell responded by going on a 6-0 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters. Unassisted tallies by Kucharczyk and Garvey midway through the final frame resulted in the final score.


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Campy started us off at a high level by referencing one of this blog's most controversial posts:
Carrot sticks! Where are the onion rings?So, yes, we know what the carrots are.
Mr. Forward introduced a classic "orange" subject:
Nothing rhymes with orange.Hector Owen responded:
I suppose, if one were to make a ceramic porringer, and glaze it the color of those carrots, and set it on the table with other things that did not include carrots, or yams, or (of course) oranges, that one could then proudly say, "Nothing is oranger than my porringer!"I thought the right answer was "door hinge."
Still, nothing rhymes with "orange." Now, if that porringer had a flange … no, the "a" would still be different.
Lucid sledgehammers the meaning of the post:
This is clearly a very penetrating (???!!!!) photographic comment: While women (pink) are to be carefully considered, the photographer also feels concern for the tribulations of men and their special appendages.Freeman Hunt provides an amazing list of things that an orange ribbon is supposed to reflect/create awareness of — according to this creepy awareness site:
Agent OrangeCultural DiversityNot prostate cancer, though. Prostate cancer gets light blue. Get it?
Feral Cats
Motorcycle Safety
Racial Tolerance
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
Self Injury
Freeman Hunt had an afterthought:
Why is there a ribbon for feral cats but not feral dogs?Ironrailsironweights said:
I think it's more important to be aware of feral dogs because they could kill you.
Feral cats, not so much. You could probably throw a crazy cat away from you if it attacked you. Man > cat.
Self Injury...Maybe these people crave (carve) attention.
Somehow I never thought of that as a "cause" requiring the ribbon treatment.
Michaele said:
There's some sad orange wearers right this minute 'cause University of TN just missed knocking off #1 Alabama...the score was 12 to 10 and UT had a chance at making a field goal in the last couple of seconds.Knox(ville) — who "just ordered myself a black 'Amish Support' ribbon car magnet!" — said:
Yeah, yeah, keep it to yourself.Leland said...
Oh, who am I kidding, I don't give a sh*t about football.
You are talking about football, right?
Texas A&M, in the[ir] hatred for University of Texas and all things orange, learned how to grow maroon carrots.Libhom said:
This post is as senseless as everything else on this blog.Chip Ahoy said:
This post has no meaning!LoafingOaf said:
Just like everything else on this blog -- meaningless.
Just like my life has no meaning. Except for the meaning I give it by spending time here noting your abject absence of meaning and returning regularly and reaffirming that observation and then setting aside my other meaninglessness to take the time and effort to remark on your meaninglessness, even so far as to bother with a CAPTCHA to do it. Yes, that's right, my remark on your meaningless blog does have meaning although I assert your blog that I make the remark on does not.
But then I wouldn't recognize meaning if it jumped up and bit my penis. I do not understand photography or art or getting out and seeing my city or recording it with my own unique eye and through my own lens, or forests or farmers market or flower boxes, animals or odd things in nature or within human constructions. They're meaningless to me! Now, start being meaningful Goddamnit! And give me something meaningful to foul.
Then my other self says,
I once had a careless carrot patch. There was loose tilled dirt directly under an air conditioner that dripped steadily throughout the hot summer directly onto that patch of dirt, so watering was automatic. I had a packet of carrot seeds that I broadcast into the soil and, being an ordinary kid, didn't pay much attention to them thereafter, just checked back occasionally. The plants are beautiful at every stage of development, more so because they were not arranged in tight farmerly rows. At first the foliage looks like delicate little green feathers, then lacy ferns, then they expand, fill in, and strengthen to proper deep dark green carrot tops. The bright orange carrot roots were delicious.
These are gross looking carrots. They look like fucked up fingers or pathetic penises or something. Ick.Uh, yeah. Have you no pity! Why are cancerous breasts a big warm fuzzy cause, but a pathetic penis is just something against which to hurl contempt? Sexist. You must wear a light blue ribbon for penance. Penis penance.
And yet the Oaf continues:
I have a question. Why is everything that Obama says or does horribly wrong to Althouse and her commenters, yet Dick Cheney is such a hero the Althouse world wants to build him a statue in Madison? Is Obama really that awful and Cheney really that righteous? Or is this blog getting carried away by the right wing?(Link added.)
Bissage said:
I find myself disappointed that Loafing Oaf didn't post a link to his blog where we'd all find his twelve point plan specifying what each and every one of us should do to make Althouse so very much better than it is.Oh, Bissage, et al., you have made Althouse so very much better than I am.


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The Brunswick County Literacy Council hosted its 25th annual golf tournament Oct. 17 at Carolina National. Wow. Twenty-five years of raising money for an organization that teaches those who are 16 or older to read.
C'mon! I thought. Everyone knows how to read.
Golf is alive and well in Brunswick County and I'm delighted.
Several years ago, it was a different story. The economy had tanked; golf rounds were down on the Carolina Coast and courses were closing here and there in the Myrtle Beach, S.C., area. Bay Tee, Gator Hole, Ocean Isle Beach Golf Course and Calabash Links were gone.
My husband, Gene, and I had worked hard all our lives and we had built a great retirement home on the third hole of Brick Landing. Then that course went into bankruptcy and closed.
I've known Landon Patterson since he joined The First Tee of Brunswick County eight years ago. He was cute, enthusiastic about golf and willing to learn and be a part of the program.
Today, Patterson is a senior at West Brunswick High School, the captain of its golf team and an honors student. He has led them to three straight state tournament appearances. He has been named first team all-conference the last two years.
He just returned from playing in the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
Doris McLaughlin scored a hole-in-one Aug. 24 on the second hole at Panther's Run. She used a 7-wood on the 100-yard hole.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and golfers in Brunswick County are hosting tournaments, card parties, luncheons and other events to build awareness and to raise money.
Breast Cancer has a special meaning for me because I have lost two close friends to this disease, which strikes one in eight women. Most of us know both victims and survivors of breast cancer, the leading cause of death among women in the world.
Recently, I've heard about club fitting from several friends. Some have bought a custom-fitted new set; others have taken their old clubs to a club fitter and had them retro-fitted to their swing and body type. One gal swore that her game improved fantastically after getting her old clubs custom-fitted.
On Labor Day weekend, a dozen local golf pros, sales representatives and golf managers participated in a 200 Holes of Golf event to raise money for Folds of Honor as part of Patriot Day Golf. Some played on the first day, some played on the second day. Of the field, six competed both days.
In 2005, The First Tee of Brunswick County received its charter from the national office. It began with a handful of volunteers and a few dozen kids.
On Sunday, Sept. 6, The First Tee of Brunswick County celebrated 10 years of golf and fun and teaching core values to the youth of Brunswick County. A reception took place at the Leadership Academy at Cinghiale Creek, the home course of The First Tee. Jennifer Weiler, vice president of The First Tee, traveled from Saint Augustine, Fla., to help celebrate.
It takes a lot of guts to close a golf course in the middle of the summer, but that's exactly what East Coast Golf Management did.
Rivers Edge, a beautiful Arnold Palmer Design on the bluffs overlooking the Shallotte River, installed Paspallum Greens in 2009. They were supposed to be the best greens for a course in this location, a salt-tolerant warm-season grass.
Brunswick County is a great place for golf. We have 21 golf course communities. Some have 18 holes of golf, others have 27, 36 or 54 holes. St. James Plantation has a whopping 81.
That's a lot of courses, but what really makes everything click are the activities that center around golf. Each weekend there are several charity golf events. I can only write about a few because if I didn't limit their coverage, that's all I would ever write about.
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We need a logo to express our desire to make a difference and feed the hungry. There is such a need and we need something that appeals to everyone but yet still has a spiritual Christian side to the logo.
Saw this picture about six months ago and decided that I needed to do something. roundup2roundup is a non-profit Christian organization with a vision to feed and provide for the hungry. The ultimate vision is that one day you will walk into a major retail store and when you electronically check out you will be given the option to roundup your total to the nearest dollar to roundup money to feed the hungry - thus the name roundup2roundup.
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"The guys learned an important lesson," men's assistant coach Mike Sherman said. "Never, ever, underestimate your opponent. This was a tough loss, but we will learn from this and get better over the next three weeks. We need to focus on our strengths and our identity and move on."
The Bisons made a solid showing in doubles play, but, unfortunately, could not pull out the point, falling 2-1.
Freshman Oliver Strecker and senior Joe McArdle recorded the Bisons' lone doubles win at No. 1 when they defeated Lance Lvovsky and Logan Shalmi 8-4.
At No. 2, freshman David Salazar and sophomore Tanner Brown came up just shy of the victory, but fell to Larry Condez and Jose Fantova 8-6. Freshman Miguel Cortez and sophomore Colby Shaw were defeated at No. 3 by Fernando Bano Lopez and Matthew Hansen 8-5.
With a 1-0 deficit heading into singles play, the Bisons continued on to win four of their six singles matches. The Bisons' points came at No. 1, 2 and 6 singles.
At No. 1, Strecker steadily defeated Fantova 6-4, 6-3, while Salazar picked up steam in the second set at No. 2 to beat Bano Lopez 7-6(3), 6-3. Shaw posted the Bisons' final point of the match with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Shalmi at No. 6.
Junior Chad Pierron was defeated at No. 3 6-3, 6-2 by Lvovsky, while Brown fell to Condez at No. 4 6-4, 6-3. Cortez lost to Hansen at No. 5 by a score of 6-3, 7-5 to close out the match.
The Bisons will next travel to Spartanburg, S.C., on Friday, April 1 to face off against A-Sun foe USC Upstate. Match play will begin at 10 a.m.
Oliver Strecker and Joe McArdle (LU) def. Lance Lvovsky and Logan Shalmi (JU) 8-4
Larry Condez and Jose Fantova (JU) def. David Salazar and Tanner Brown (LU) 8-6
Fernando Bano Lopez and Matthew Hansen (JU) def. Miguel Cortez and Colby Shaw (LU) 8-5
Oliver Strecker (LU) def. Jose Fantova (JU) 6-4, 6-3
David Salazar (LU) def. Fernando Bano Lopez (JU) 7-6(3), 6-3
Lance Lvovsky (JU) def. Chad Pierron (LU) 6-3, 6-2
Larry Condez (JU) def. Tanner Brown (LU) 6-4, 6-3
Matthew Hansen (JU) def. Miguel Cortez (LU) 6-3, 7-5
Colby Shaw (LU) def. Logan Shalmi (JU) 6-4, 6-2
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Dear all,
Thank you for joining us at the FREEnewyork Westchester Town Hall last night! It was powerful to share space and reflect on our collective work for decarceration and pretrial justice.
Attached, you will find photos from the event. Photos courtesy of Andrew Courtney.
Digital copies of the following can be found at wespac.org/2019/07/11/freenewyork-townhall-in-yonkers/:
-Pretrial Bills in the New York State Budget: comprehensive accounting of the successes and shortcomings of the pretrial legislation
-Our Wins, Our Stories, Our Fight to FREEnewyork: 2-page organizing tool with stories and data
-Local Organizing Guide: goals, demands, recommendations, and talking points to support local organizing for decarceration and implementation of the pretrial bills
-The Future of Pretrial Justice is Not Money Bail or System Supervision - It's Freedom and Community (Raj Jayadev, Silicon Valley De-Bug): brilliant model for pretrial justice organizing in Santa Clara, California
If you want to stay in touch with the Truthworker Theatre Company, you can find them on their website at truthworker.com (links to their social media at the bottom of the page).
To take action right now:
CALL Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and tell her: "My name is ____ and I am a constituent from ____ [name your town/city]. Thank you for your leadership in moving forward bail, discovery, and speedy trial legislation. As you know, the work is not done! As we move forward, we hope to have your support in passing the next round of bail reform legislation that ends money bail and protects due process for all and true speedy trial legislation that guarantees the right to a speedy trial."
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CALL your County Legislator and ask them: What is your plan to make sure bail reform is implemented to maximize decarceration and vastly reduce the number of people incarcerated pretrial?
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Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins: you have the district's support and we have your back – we need marijuana justice now!
What: Press conference urging Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins to bring the MTRA to a vote
Where: Van Der Donck Park in Yonkers, NY (across from Yonkers Riverfront Library and close to Senator Stewart-Cousins' office
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"She giggles then winces and touches the bandaged bite. Her mussed-up hair, still wet, gives her an untamed look so pale so raw that for the first time I feel a man's desire for her."
VERDAD, Spring 2014
Then there was the bad weather. It would come in one day when the fall was over. You would have to shut the windows in the night against the rain and the cold wind would strip the leaves from the trees in the Place Contrescarpe. The leaves lay sodden in the rain and the wind drove the rain against the big green autobus at the terminal and the Café des Amateurs was crowded and the windows misted over from the heat and the smoke inside. It was a sad, evilly run café where the drunkards of the quarter crowded together and I kept away from it because of the smell of dirty bodies and the sour smell of drunkenness. The men and women who frequented the Amateurs stayed drunk all of the time or all of the time they could afford it; mostly on wine which they bought by the half-liter or liter. Many strangely named apéritifs were advertised, but few people could afford them except as a foundation to build their wine drunks on. The women drunkards were called poivrottes which meant female rummies.
The Café des Amateurs was the cesspool of the rue Mouffetard, that wonderful narrow crowded market street which led into the Place Contrescarpe. The squat toilets of the old apartment houses, one by the side of the stairs on each floor with two cleated cement shoe-shaped elevations on each side of the aperture so a locataire would not slip, emptied into cesspools which were emptied by pumping into horse-drawn tank wagons at night. In the summer time, with all windows open, you would hear the pumping and the odor was very strong. The tank wagons were painted brown and saffron color and in the moonlight when they worked the rue Cardinal Lemoine their wheeled, horse-drawn cylinders looked like Braque paintings. No one emptied the Café des Amateurs though, and its yellowed poster stating the terms and penalties of the law against public drunkenness was as flyblown and disregarded as its clients were constant and ill-smelling.
All of the sadness of the city came suddenly with the first cold rains of winter, and there were no more tops to the high white houses as you walked but only the wet blackness of the street and the closed doors of the small shops, the herb sellers, the stationery and the newspaper shops, the midwife—second class—and the hotel where Verlaine had died where you had a room on the top floor where you worked.—Ernest Hemingway (A Good Café on the Place St.-Michel)
The tv was on. Kids stared straight into the tube, heads held by miniature hands.
It was a black & white set, with a piece of green plastic glued to the tube. The old man liked it like that. It stayed like that. Period.
Kennedy was killed on that tv.
Vietnam was started on it.
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This is unquestionably one of the most pathetic attempts at defense I've seen in my life.
Bargnani loses his man, McRoberts, who steps out for a quasi-contested 3 pointer. Then, after realizing he's in the lane, proceeds to take 2 steps away from the basket as the long rebound is snared in front of him, leading to a second chance opportunity.
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Why using the S-word still works
Why using the S-word still works
GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower recently reported on a study suggesting that sustainability professionals should avoid talking about "sustainability" within their organizations to be effective. EMC's Kathrin Winkler offers another perspective.
Last year, I heard James Woolsey said something that has been a useful guide to my behavior in my role as CSO. He said (paraphrasing) that what needs to be done is so important that we can't demand the luxury of people having the motivation we want them to have; we must be satisfied with their taking the action that we want them to take.
It comes up often in my role. People say "we didn't do that to reduce GHG emissions; we did it to save money". My response? "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived in a world where saving money always reduced GHG emissions?" After all, isn't that our ideal - to have an economy in which what's right for the business is always good for the well-being of the planet and society?
There are so many reasons why sustainability is good for business. It helps attract, retain, and motivate the best talent. Our customers use it to differentiate products and suppliers in an increasingly commoditized world. Reducing waste improves the bottom line. Sustainable performance improves market value (or at least some studies say so). And it's good (I am convinced) for long-term shareholder value. As the Dow Jones Sustainability Index says, a sustainable business "creates long-term shareholder value by mitigating risks and embracing opportunities from economic, environmental, and social developments."
And yet…
In my last post, I talked about what is happening in my calendar. Here's some of what's happening inside my head.
My job is to influence change. I am confident that I need to tap into whatever motives yield the behaviors that make the change we seek.
And yet…
Have you watched the Harvard Justice series with Michael Sandel? (You should. It's available on iTunes U, YouTube, and Harvard.edu, and worth every minute of the nearly 12 hours.) My husband and I have been watching it, and I also have just read Sandel's latest book - What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets.
Sandel asks the question of whether there are values that cannot, or should not, be reduced to market terms. Values, in fact, that are "crowded out" or suppressed by attaching a dollar figure to them. This is essentially a question of philosophy. Immanuel Kant v. John Stuart Mill, if you will. And it puts words to what has been niggling at me.
Yes, sustainability is good for the bottom line. Yes, I believe in my heart of hearts that creation of financial value and sustainability need not be, and indeed are not, mutually exclusive.
And yet…
There are higher reasons for caring about the future of the planet and the others who live here now and will do so in the future. But for fear of being labeled anti-business, idealistic, "do-gooders", or (heaven forbid) "environmentalists", the sustainability community generally avoids talking about them.
I'm lucky. My CEO talks about all the good business reasons for EMC's commitment to sustainability, but then he says "and besides that; it's the right thing to do."
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Climbing Stairs
Ok..I know it might sound a bit odd but I dont have a gym nearby my home so I was thinking if climbing the stairs at my home couple of times a day will count as worth as walking on a treadmill. I am trying to lose my weight so I am planning to climb up and down the stairs 10-15 times a day. Will this help me lose my weight(especially around my waist, thighs etc). Please advice and give me some tips as I really want to lose my weight and look healthy and thin again. I have no gym near my home and I cant afford to buy a treadmill at home either. Please reply.
Taking the stairs is great, but 10-15 times per day is not equivalent to the caloric expenditure of continuous aerobic activity like treadmill walking. You would need to go up and down the stairs for 10 minutes at a time (without stopping), 2-3 times a day to obtain the minimum ACSM recommendation for aerobic exercise. In other words, it would take a lot of stairs to see significant fat loss.
It is more reasonable to walk or jog outside in addition to using your stairs at home. You certainly do not need to join a gym or buy a treadmill to do this. When the weather is nice, go for a brisk walk for 30-45 minutes. Do this as much as possible, ideally at least five days per week. Regular aerobic exercise and improvements in diet are effective for fat loss. In addition, it is necessary to do a little bit of strength training to ensure that muscle is not lost along with fat.
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I could only use 428 words, but I highlighted the main arguments for tax havens and tax competition in a "Room for Debate" piece for the New York Times.
I hope that my contribution is a good addition to the powerful analysis of experts such as Allister Heath and Pierre Bessard.
I started with the economic argument.
[T]ax havens are very valuable because they discourage anti-growth tax policy. Simply stated, it is very difficult for governments to impose and enforce confiscatory tax rates when investors and entrepreneurs can shift their economic activity to jurisdictions with better tax policy. Particularly if those nations have strong policies on financial privacy, thus making it difficult for uncompetitive high-tax nations to track and tax flight capital. Thanks to this process of tax competition, with havens playing a key role, top personal income tax rates have dropped from an average of more than 67 percent in 1980 to about 42 percent today. Corporate tax rates also have plummeted, falling from an average of 48 percent to 24 percent.
…Lawmakers also were pressured to lower or eliminate death taxes and wealth taxes, as well as to reduce the double taxation of interest, dividends and capital gains. Once again, tax havens deserve much of the credit because politicians presumably would not have implemented these pro-growth reforms if they didn't have to worry that the geese with the golden eggs might fly away to a confidential account in a well-run nation like Luxembourg or Singapore.
Since I didn't have much space, I couldn't go into much greater detail. Below the jump is a video that elaborates on the economic benefits of tax havens, including an explanation of why fiscal sovereignty is a big part of the debate.


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Quintana inks five-year deal with White Sox
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jose Quintana sat at his locker in the Camelback Ranch clubhouse Monday morning, flashing a broad smile usually reserved for no-hitters or World Series victories.
He reached down and pinched his right arm a couple of times, looked up again and his smile continued.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jose Quintana sat at his locker in the Camelback Ranch clubhouse Monday morning, flashing a broad smile usually reserved for no-hitters or World Series victories.
He reached down and pinched his right arm a couple of times, looked up again and his smile continued.
"I don't know if it's real," the ecstatic Quintana said.
The southpaw's happiness was brought about by the five-year extension agreed upon with the White Sox, announced Monday, potentially worth $47.5 million if the team picks up options in 2019 and 2020. If Quintana, 25, is eligible for arbitration following the 2014 season, the total guaranteed dollars would be $26.5 million. He would receive $850,000 in '14, $3.4 million in '15, $5.4 million in '16, $7 million in '17 and $8.85 million in '18.
If Quintana is not eligible for arbitration after '14, the total guaranteed money moves to $21 million. That sum works out to $850,000 in '14, $1 million in '15, $3.8 million in '16, $6 million in '17 and $8.35 million in 2018. The '19 option is set at $10.5 million and the '20 option would be $11.5 million with a $1 million buyout.
To be honest, the native of Colombia doesn't seem really worried about the long-term permutations. The likeable young man is happy with the commitment from the White Sox, who gave him a chance as a Minor League free agent when the Yankees chose not to put him on their 40-man roster after the '11 season.
"That's a lot of money. But I want to focus on games," Quintana said. "The money, my family is happy with that. I talked to them and they're so happy. I want to say thank you to the Chicago White Sox for this opportunity to be here a long time. I want to play hard every five days and better this team."
"He's a great fit for the White Sox, not just a pitcher, personality, character of a guy," said White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers. "He's extremely hard working. He's extremely competitive when he gets on the mound, and he's been extremely durable since we've picked him up."
Quintana and his representation didn't hear from the White Sox about the possible extension until Spring Training was underway, but even that contact surprised him. The thought was that the White Sox would engage talks after the 2014 campaign.
But the work turned in by Quintana covering 55 starts over the past two seasons was convincing enough for the White Sox. Quintana threw exactly 200 innings in '13, posting a 9-7 record and a 3.51 ERA. That record could have significantly changed if not for 17 no-decisions and a run-support average of 3.78 that ranked fifth worst in the American League.
This run of tough luck never changed Quintana's demeanor.
"What he does on the field is secondary to who he is in the clubhouse," said White Sox ace Chris Sale of his rotation counterpart. "How hard he works at pitching but with being a good teammate and I mean, a year ago today, he needed an interpreter and now he's doing all this on his own. He's a very hard worker and he's very dedicated to what he does."
It's clearly a good thing that the White Sox didn't take these negotiations into the regular season based on Quintana's Cactus League struggles while they were taking place. Sale, who agreed to an extension that could cover seven years and $60 million with options on March 7 last year, tried to counsel Quintana through the nervous times.
Sale received a text from Quintana well into the process telling him that it was hard for him to focus with so much going on and that he wished the negotiations would end already. That text came after the original one telling Sale that the White Sox were talking extension.
"You can ask him," said Sale with a laugh. "I think I was more excited than he was."
Spring troubles for Quintana culminated on March 18 against the A's, when he faced nine Oakland hitters in the first inning and couldn't retire any of them. General manager Rick Hahn took full blame for that Quintana wipeout.
"I'm not certain what he knew at the time," said Hahn of Quintana, who bounced back to allow one hit in five innings Sunday. "He either thought that we were still considering the final deal or that we had said OK to the final deal, but he needed to get through that outing and pass a physical before it came official. That's a lot for someone to handle.
"As I'm sitting there watching him get hit around and not be his normal self, I'm thinking, 'This one's on me. I should send refunds to whoever attended that game.' It played very much on his mind during Spring Training."
Getting this deal done with Quintana gives the White Sox something other teams often overpay for and certainly crave: controlled, quality young pitching. It's a major plus for the White Sox and a blessing for Quintana, his mother, father and brother in Colombia and his fiancée.
"Any club, regardless of their resources, wants to make sure they're allocating them as effectively as possible," Hahn said. "There's risk any time you do a multiyear deal with any player, and the risk is a little bit heightened any time you do it with a pitcher.
"Given where we're at and where we plan on going, we know when we have an opportunity to lock up and extend control over key pieces it's a risk that makes sense. I don't think that's unique to our market. I think any club would want to get a pitcher like Chris Sale or Jose Quintana on terms similar to these."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin.


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2014 Bracket Challenge Second Chance
So, which team busted your bracket? Was it Dayton, North Dakota State or Mercer's upset win over Duke? While most of the country's brackets head to the shredder, FOX Sports wants to give you another shot to showcase your college basetball expertise.
The FOX Sports Bracket Challenge Second Chance is your shot at redemption. All you have to do is get a group together and make your picks before the Sweet 16 contests start on Thursday, March 28, 2013. Picks cannot be changed.
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South Region
As boring as it felt penciling Florida in as your Final Four representative from the South Region, those odds are looking pretty good. However, the No. 4-seed UCLA Bruins won both tournament games by 17 points and are now riding a five-game winning streak. Among that stretch lay victims Stanford and Arizona from the Pac-12 tourney. The only common opponent between the Gators' and Bruins' schedule is Alabama. Florida was victorious twice against the Crimson Tide (68-62 and 78-69) and UCLA won by eight points back in late-December (75-67). UCLA averages 10 more points-per-game than Florida and also posts higher averages in rebounds, assists and field goal percentage per game. Then again, the Bruins did lose to a 10-win Washington State squad by 18 points a few weeks ago.
As for the mess on the bottom portion of the region, Dayton eked out wins over the Buckeyes and Syracuse and now face a fellow underdog in Stanford. The Cardinal also won two close games in the March Madness bracket. In the second round, Stanford defeated New Mexico and then won a nail-biter against the Joel Embiid-less Jayhawks. In the Sweet 16, this game has all the makings of a buzzer-beater classic. Either way, there will be a double-digit seed in the Elite Eight with its eyes on Arlington (Dallas), Texas.
East Region
The Connecticut Huskies aren't gaining much of a following in Philadelphia. After downing St. Joseph's in a second-round overtime win, the Huskies knocked another Philly school, the Villanova Wildcats, out of the Dance. With the No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 seeds advancing to the Sweet 16 in the East Region, the No. 7 Huskies appear to be the odd man out. However, their next opponent, Iowa State, is suddenly vulnerable due to an injury to sophomore forward Georges Niang. In the Cyclones' second-round win over North Carolina Central, Niang posted 24 points, six rebounds and four assists in 26 minutes before suffering a broken bone in his right foot. Similar misfortune struck Iowa State's third-round opponent, as North Carolina forward and double-digit scorer Brice Johnson was limited to just two minutes against the Cyclones due to a sprained ankle. The injury negated the Tar Heels' advantage down low in Iowa State's 85-83 victory.
Despite Niang's injury, the Huskies don't necessarily spell the end for Iowa State, as UConn may not possess the size to exploit his absence. In fact, 6'4" Cyclones point guard DeAndre Kane may tilt the height advantage in favor of Iowa State, as he'll match up against diminutive UConn guards Ryan Boatright (6'0", 168 lbs.) and Shabazz Napier (6'1", 180 lbs.).
No. 1 seed Virginia's 2013-14 campaign has been built on defense, and that's continued into the postseason. The Cavaliers held Coastal Carolina and Memphis to 59 and 60 points, respectively. Now the stakes are raised though, as Michigan State awaits in the Sweet 16. Virginia has played just one game against a Big Ten team this season, resulting in a 48-38 loss to Wisconsin in Charlottesville. (Yes, that is a basketball score.) While the Virginia D will no doubt show up, the Cavaliers will need some competence on offense to stay with the higher-scoring Spartans.
Michigan State leaned on Adreian Payne's career-high 41 points in its win over Delaware, and then enjoyed a 26-point performance from Branden Dawson two nights later against Harvard. Virginia no doubt has the horses to slow Michigan State, but the Spartans may have too much talent to be stopped.
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West Region
The West Region left a chalky aftertaste with the exception of the nation's most notable father-son tandem bowing out. The Creighton Bluejays exited stage right with understudy Baylor beating them down by 30 to star in the Sweet 16. Doug McDermott and the hot-shooting Bluejays weren't able to crack Baylor's zone and superior size.
Next up for Baylor is Wisconsin. Though the Badgers have the better seed, it's anyone's game to win. Wisconsin has suffered through slow starts in its first two tournament games, trailing 17-10 midway through the first half against American and down 12 at halftime against Oregon. A similar start against Baylor may prove insurmountable.
No. 1 seed Arizona looked the part in a dismantling of Gonzaga that should have renewed any wavering faith in the Wildcats following their shaky win over Weber State. Super frosh Aaron Gordon is averaging 17 points on 71.4 percent shooting in the tournament. The scoring column hasn't been his only mark on the stat sheet though as he's added 14 boards, nine assists, five blocks and four steals.
The Wildcats are familiar with their next opponent, having beaten San Diego State in November in the Aztecs' home gym. Arizona's Nick Johnson outplayed San Diego State's Xavier Thames in the last go-around as Johnson scored 23 points on 8-15 shooting and limited Thames to 19 points on 5-16 shooting. Expect more of the same in the rematch as Arizona proves too much for the Aztecs to handle.
Midwest Region
The first No. 1 seed has fallen. Wichita State lasted an impressive 35-straight games before its first and only loss to Kentucky. The Shockers weren't the only team in the region to stumble earlier than expected. Coach K's Blue Devils couldn't even win one tournament game this year, as they were upset, yet again, by a member of the Atlantic Sun conference. Mercer won 26 games before the brackets were released, but were placed in the loaded Midwest. For the third-year-in-a-row, the Atlantic Sun provided chaos (Florida Gulf Coast in 2013, Lehigh in 2012). However, the fun ended abruptly when Tennessee dropped 83 points in a 20-point drumming of the Bears.
Louisville survived a scare against a Rick Pitino's pupil Steve Masiello and then ousted St. Louis in the Round of 32. Now, the Cardinals face in-state rival Kentucky for the right to go to the Elite Eight. Earlier in the year, the Wildcats won 73-66 over Louisville in Rupp Arena. Kentucky's Harrison twins scored 28 points combined in that contest. Against the Shockers, Aaron and Andrew scored 39.
The highest remaining seed in the Midwest, Michigan, did not mess around over the first weekend. The Wolverines rolled passed Wofford and Texas with little-to-no trouble. If Coach Beilein's boys can outlast the Volunteers, it will be interesting to see if they draw the defending champs in a rematch of the 2013 NCAA Finals or they could get the 2012 NCAA champion, Kentucky. Just don't look for the Volunteers – 17-point average margin of victory in tournament – to give the game away Friday night in Indianapolis.


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The Salvation: Battle Within
Boss Fight - The Terror Walker[edit]
Use Force Grip to start the big wheels spinning but keep an eye on the Terror Walker in the background. When he shoots a volley of missiles at you, stop what you're doing and double jump to avoid them. Force Lightning the Spider Droids as they approach or just smack them around with your lightsabers. You can even use Force Rage if it's available.
Once all three wheels are spinning, the next phase of the fight will begin. In this room, avoid the Terror Walker's missiles and the Spider Droids while keeping an eye out for the Force Lightning panel on the shied generator in the middle of the room. When you fry it, a blast of energy will shoot out the opposite side so try to keep the shield generator between you and the boss. If you hit him with the blast, he will be knocked on his butt so Force Dash over and start smacking him in the head with your heaviest attacks.
Dash away when he gets back up and get ready to jump over the green laser that shoots out across the ground.
Get his health down all the way and after a Quick Time Event, you'll start phase three. The Terror Walker has a new attack: a yellow laser. It's pretty slow and easy to avoid. You have three minutes to best him so attack his legs. If you stay under him, you won't have to worry about the missile volleys. Just watch out for the green laser attack. He'll squat and glow green before he does it so be prepared to double jump. Try to stay behind him as best you can and you'll avoid his yellow laser and any swipes from his front legs. Just keep up the attack and as soon as your Force Rage meter fills up, use it and target his legs.
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Have I been remiss? In exalting the wonders of our "Three Decades of Monte Bello" #CabernetDay tasting, did I inadvertently give short shrift to the three-vintage vertical of Estate Cabernet that we'll also be tasting? Heaven forfend if I have!
This trio of wines comprises three vintages of what is, for my money, one of the absolute best price break-to-quality Cabernet offerings out there, anywhere. And yes, I am biased, but I really believe it! There is a tremendous amount of complexity and character on offer in these wines, and they are consistently made available at what I think are mind-bendingly competitive price breaks.
Don't believe me? All the more reason to attend our very special #CabernetDay tastings! You might have heard these wines referred to colloquially as "baby Monte Bellos", and while there is certainly some tangential validity to the comparison, I think you'll find, should you be able to join us, that these wines speak for themselves, stand up for themselves, and very much demand recognition in their own rights.
For more about our #CabernetDay tastings, please click here, or if you just wish to cut to the chase, you can purchase tickets here.
And should you be interested, here are my most recent tasting notes (i.e. yesterday!) of this remarkable Cabernet vertical:
2006 Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet
(Santa Cruz Mountains Estate/Monte Bello Vineyards)
Good rush of opulent fruit on the nose, dominated by sweet red plum, co-mingling with some hints of black cherry skins. Shy trace of classic Monte Bello minty/eucalyptal herbaceousness woven throughout, and a dash of both black and white pepper; very complex aromatics all around … Nice round mouthfeel, with a gentle tannin underbelly supporting some layered baked blackberry and ollalieberry fruits. Tannins are elegant and nicely coated throughout … Acidity manages to be both bright and subtle, and the Petit Verdot brings a lovely floral layer and just a hint of cooler climate rusticity. A very complex, multi-tiered panoply of flavors wrapped into a very approachable, fruit-forward construct. An excellent reconciliation of easy drinkability and complex layering.
2005 Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet
(Santa Cruz Mountains Estate/Monte Bello Vineyards)
Good, strong amount of fruit on the nose, in congress with a dark and decadent low-tone layer, and a touch of forestation. Big, rich front palate at point-of-entry, with a strong presence from the tannin architecture, particularly in the lip-to-tooth realm. Mid-palate shows some very pleasing vanilla notes emerging, discreetly sweetening up the combination of umami savoriness and tart red fruit that continues to expand as the wine moves towards the finish. The finish itself is intensely structured; tannin forward and muscular. This is a wine that likes a lot of air at this point in its development; double-decanting and hearty swirling are highly recommended! As the wine opens, the wine shows more and more of its fruit-driven opulence, and this, combined with a good amount of structure, makes for a rich and full-bodied mountain offering.
2004 Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet
(Santa Cruz Mountains Estate/Monte Bello Vineyards)
An almost impossibly complex nose, with all the layers one wants from a cool-climate, mountain Cabernet-based blend; bright red fruit and dark black fruit, herbaceous fresh herbs and funkier dried herbs, sweet vanilla oak notes, and tart, piquant grapeskin notes … Every varietal is already doing its full dance by first sip; rich berry fruit from the cab, plushness and structure from the merlot, lavender and lilac florality from the Petit Verdot, and acidity and herbaceousness from the Cab Franc; just exquisite. The mid-palate gets good and country funky, and shows some nice, chalky tannins … The finish is long and vibrant, with a lot of acidity dancing over every portion of every taste sensor; not overtly structured, but certainly elegant and complex. Certainly rustic, and less fruit-centric, but rewardingly rich all the same.
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Seconded. On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 11:06:54PM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote: > Overview: > > The Linux kernel source contains device drivers that ship with firmware > files provided by the hardware manufacturer. They are uploaded during > the driver initialization to the corresponding hardware device. > > Some of these binary image files are provided as a hexdump of register > bank settings, others consist in fact of compiled binary code which is > executed on the hardware device. > > Any device driver in the Linux kernel is freely available in source > format and licensed under the GPL2. For many device drivers with > attached firmware, the firmware image is freely distributable along > with the corresponding driver. The most common source format for > firmwares is the hexdump char array. It is almost impossible to > distinguish between register dumps and binary code without asking the > device manufacturer who provided the firmware. > > Removing every firmware which is distributed as hexdump only will > cripple the kernel to an extent where it becomes unusable for most of > our users, because popular network and scsi devices are among the > drivers in question. Without these drivers, the user's system might not > be installable at all. > > > The current situation: > > We achieved a lot of progress compared with the situation in 2.6.8 (the > kernel that shipped with sarge). We were able to convince upstream that > a firmware loader is a good thing, and that firmware and kernel code > should be separated. This firmware loader was added in 2.6.13, and > meanwhile, more than 40 drivers have been converted to the new > infrastructure. However, this is not yet finished, and some important > drivers still use the old method. There will be a day where we can drop > the remaining legacy, but we are not there yet. > > Also, though the firmware loader allows us to put the firmware where it > belongs to (main or non-free, depending on the case), the installer can > as of now only take udebs from main. Fixing this is not too hard, but > it is doubtful whether we can fix this in time for etch, and we do not > want to depend on that (and even then, we still would have non-free > firmware, see above). But since there is lots of hardware which needs > firmware for correct operation, the installer would not work for > mainstream hardware otherwise. > > There are two ways how to deal with it: > 1. Accept these issues as transitional issues for now; or > 2. Delay etch for some serious time. > > > In our social contract, we promised that the users and the free software > community are our priorities. We firmly believe that our users profit > very much from releasing etch in time, and that this is important enough > that we can accept the transitional status with having a few firmware > images left in main that should belong somewhere else. Of course, > everyone who wants to make the number of such firmware images as small > as possible is welcome to help converting old firmware loaders to the > new standard, and working on the Debian installer. We are happy if this > issues become smaller or even vanishes, but we do not want this to be a > release blocker. > > > So, we propose this GR: > > 1. We affirm that our Priorities are our users and the free software > community (Social Contract #4); > 2. We acknowledge that there is a lot of progress in the kernel firmware > issue; however, it is not yet finally sorted out; > 3. We give priority to the timely release of Etch over sorting every bit > out; for this reason, we will deliver firmware in udebs as long as it is > necessary for installation (like all udebs), and firmware included in > the kernel itself as part of Debian Etch, without further conditions. > > > We want to emphasize that the success of this GR is considered as > necessary by the kernel and release team for successfully delivering etch > in time (and to allow us a successful planning of that). > > > on behalf of the kernel- and release team > Frederik Schueler -- Prepare for tomorrow -- get ready. -- Edith Keeler, "The City On the Edge of Forever", stardate unknown
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