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The 4.5" True HD IPS goodness of the LG Spectrum is coming to Verizon with LTE connectivity, and ready to rumble. The latest flagship of the company has the shares specs with the Optimus LTE and the LG Nitro HD for AT&T, mainly since it is the same phone, but with Verizon's 4G bands. That means we get 4.5" 720x1280 pixels display, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3, 1GB RAM, and 8MP camera with 1080p video recording. Unfortunately, it will come with Andorid 2.3 Gingerbread out of the box, until it gets upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Is that really what you want?
Recently, prompted by a Republican rant about how America's economy and the world would be better off if we would only get government off the backs of corporations, I engaged in a sometimes dangerous exercise. I started thinking about it. Almost every speech Mitt Romney or his surrogates make contains the same philosophy. They talk about how, if we simply gave tax breaks to corporations and rich people, and did away with the oppressive regulations, we would free up the job creators to produce untold numbers of jobs, and we would all once again be prosperous, rolling in dough.
Mostly, the regulations corporations cite as being oppressive are first and foremost regulations dealing with environmental concerns. In fact, Rick Perry, our governor, who jumps every time the big money boys say frog, even had the state of Texas sue the federal government to avoid implementing regulations to keep our air clean. Second, usually on the list of complaints is that we should not be taxing corporations at all; and if so, only a small amount. Of late, we've been hearing about unreasonable safety regulations, and the fact the government system since Taft Hartley has allowed labor unions, particularly in the private sector, to enjoy benefits such as vacation time, hospitalization and other luxuries that corporations deem too expensive to allow them to do business with American workers.
Suppose we had a free society of unregulated and untaxed corporations. What do you think, would happen in regard to the areas now regulated by our national government? What about the safety of workers? Suppose we let corporations operate their refineries, for example, in any manner they chose, free from regulation having to do with pollution. Could any mother feel comfortable living in a community where emissions carrying carcinogens were exposing her children to such diseases as asthma, leukemia or other cancers? Suppose we didn't have OSHA to regulate safety in the workplace? Could any family feel comfortable sending their breadwinner into a place where safety was ignored in favor of higher profits? Do you think the good ole boys who love to fish on weekends could afford bass boats and places on the lake if corporations were allowed to repudiate union contracts that guaranteed decent wages, dignified treatment and benefits? How about taxes? Should we allow corporations to pay only what they volunteer to pay to support their communities? Do you really believe corporations would pony up enough to help keep our schools open and provide police and fire protection?
I agree that without regulations business would certainly be more profitable. However, there must be a balance between the quality of life we all desire while maintaining an environment where businesses can make a profit. I cite as an example the major oil companies who operate out of the United States of America. With all of the "onerous" union contracts, government oversight, safety and environmental regulations, for the past few years oil companies have made huge multibillion-dollar profits. At a time when America needs more revenue, big oil is fighting to hold onto these multibillion-dollar corporate welfare payments.
Current Republican plans for adding jobs are simply to curtail spending on such things as Social Security and Medicare while cutting the corporate tax rate and bringing the tax on invested money to zero. In interviews, Romney and Paul Ryan claim the cost associated with giving corporations and the mega-rich folks further tax breaks will be more than made up for by reforming the tax code and closing loopholes. Very few specifics have leaked out concerning what kind of loopholes Republicans intend to close; however, there has been some indication that items under consideration would include taxing health care benefits furnished by employers and disallowing the deductions of interest payments on home mortgages. Every working American should ask themselves if it would it be better for America to tax health benefits furnished by employers or not allow deductions for interest payments on a home while continuing multi-million dollar subsidies to oil companies that have gasoline prices at record highs and are enjoying multibillion-dollar profits.
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April 17, 2014
Natural Organics, Inc. Expands the Recall of Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Mouthwash
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding an expanded recall of Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Mouthwash to Lot 10952 after they were notified by its contract manufacturer INTEGRIA Healthcare (Australia) Pty Ltd. that this second lot of Tea Tree Mouthwash failed microbial contamination testing due to potential bacterial contamination. This bacterial contaminant, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, could pose a health risk to consumers.
The original recall from April 3 can be found at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm391771.htm.
The mouthwash was distributed nationwide to retail stores and to the following foreign country: United Kingdom. The mouthwash is packaged in clear plastic bottles with green and white labeling bearing the following product code and lot number printed on the back panel of the product label:
- Thursday Plantation, Tea Tree Mouthwash, 8.45 fl oz/ 250ml e, Product No. 6710, Lot 10952
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If you enjoy a mix of adventure sports, then check out Matthias Scherer's top 5 training routes and be inspired!
Ice-climber, alpinist and allround outdoor adventure junky Matthias Scherer lives for training and the mountains. He's at it just about every day, whether that's climbing and skiing in local mountains where he lives in northern Italy, cycling non-stop around Mont Blanc or taking on perilous frozen waterfalls deep in the Canadian Rockies.
"What's most important for me is that I am in the mountains!" Matthias says. "I love to be in remote and exposed places with a good dose of solitude. Sharing these places and moments with my partner and friends is the best thing that can happen to me."
Get inspired by Matthias's top 5 training routes below and click through to each one's Movescount page for a closer view of the stats and terrain.
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Climbing the Scorcerer, Ghost River, Canadian Rockies
Distance: 6.76 km
Time: 02h32m
Ascent: 400 m
Decent: 65 m
Highest point: 1938 m
Climbing grade: 5
The route: Movescount page here
Why: Ice climbing in the Ghost in the Canadian Rockies is always an adventure. The drive in at night is already a challenge and a good SUV is obligatory. Finding the climbs is often the crux when you go ice climbing in the Ghost and many parties get lost in the forests bushwacking, turning back to their cars without seeing their objective of the day. GPS is a real help to get to the base of the ice lines quickly. Sorcerer is a great climb and should be not underestimated. Four huge pitches in a breathtaking place won't let you forget that day. No radio and mobile phone reception means you and your partners have all the responsibility for your actions.
Ski Alpinism, Gran Serra, Italy
Distance: 7.08 km
Time: 02h29m
Ascent: 1868 m
Decent: 7 m
Highest point: 3553 m
The route: Movescount page here
Why: Gran Serra is the first summit of the famous five day ski alpinism traverse, Tour del Gran Paradiso. I love this route because, besides being a good workout for the legs and lungs, there is also some fun climbing on perfect rock in the last meters to the summit involved. The views of Herbetet, Gran Paradiso, Roccia Viva and Becca di Gay from the summit are just awesome.
Vertical K, Gran Paradiso, Italy
Distance: 3.21 km
Time: 0h49m
Ascent: 1007 m
Highest point: 2498 m
The route: Movescount page here
Why: I love to run this vertical kilometer at home in Cogne. Starting from Cretaz, Cogne, you are into another beautiful area of the Gran Paradiso National Park. I often encounter Ibexes and Chamois on the rocky ridges that lead up to the Punta Rossa. Especially in autumn, when the trees change their colors, it's a magic moment to be there.
Gran Paradiso, north-northwest face, Italy
Distance: 7.87 km
Time: 04h19m
Ascent: 2229 m
Decent: 9 m
Highest point: 4061 m
The route: Movescount page here
Why: Classic ice faces like the north-northwest face of Gran Paradiso are the base for all bigger ice or mixed routes in the Alps. On faces like this you train aerobic endurance and resistance in your legs, especially your calves when the face is in an icy condition. From the parking place of the Chabod Hut in the valley you have 2230 vertical meters to the summit. The place is of a rare beauty and for me, my partner Tanja and her sister Heike, it always makes an excellent day in the mountains. But an important thing to remember is there are sometimes a lot people on the route, which can give a false feeling of security. Never forget that there are big crevasses on the glaciers when approaching the face and coming down on one of the normal routes. So roping up for all travel on glaciers is obligatory.
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© Matthias Scherer
Cycling to Lago Ponton, Italy
Distance: 52.83 km
Time: 03h49m
Ascent: 2152 m
Decent: 2113 m
Highest point: 2639 m
The route: Movescount page here
Why: This is my regular training ride and starts from my doorstep. It involves a bit more than 1000 vertical meters on the rough, but beautiful alpine roads up to the Lago Ponton. I do it in all kind of weather and temperatures. Biking in cold and wet weather is perfect preparation for the harsh environment of ice climbing. Often I ride laps on this ascent. Last year in October I cycled for 24 hours on the roads of the Urtier Valley, gaining over 8400 vertical meters over 200 km. During the night the temperature dropped to below 0°C, plus cold rain fell for the last hours. See the Movescount Move here.


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US sprinter Tyson Gay pulling back to push forward
NEW YORK -- Tyson Gay frets that he's cheating himself.
He always ran all out at practice in the belief that pushing his body in workouts would make races seem easy. That's how the sprinter became a triple world champion in 2007 and later set the American record in the 100 meters.
But after several years of being hampered by injuries, Gay knows he needs to hold back if he wants to stay healthy -- even if he sometimes sounds as though he has a hard time changing his approach.
"I guess it's the right thing to do, because I want to be healthy and I want to take things slower this year," the 30-year-old Gay said last week during a visit to New York City. "It's the first full season I've had. I don't want to rush anything.
"But I almost feel like I'm cheating myself, because you have to train hard in practice in order to prepare for the meet. I'm training hard, but I'm just not pushing the envelope right now."
His new approach is looking smart.
Gay put up a fast time Saturday in his first competitive 100 of the season, winning in Jamaica in 9.86 seconds, the best mark in the world so far this year and an impressive one for early May.
"He's strong. He's healthy. He's fit," said his coach, Lance Brauman. "Those are all a good combination for a guy as talented as he is."
Gay used the example of running a 300 in practice to explain how he's dialed back. In the past, he would typically cover that distance in 31 or 32 seconds, which is close to meet pace; the world-best mark in that non-traditional event is a 30.85 by Michael Johnson.
Gay now eases to a 34- or 35-second 300.
"I'm just trying to use the races for races and use practice for practice, instead of racing in practice," he said.
He has found some benefits to the approach: At times in the past, he would run so hard he couldn't finish the workout. Now he gets everything in.
But it can get frustrating when practice doesn't give him a good feel for how fast he'll go in a race. Based on last weekend, the answer is quite fast.
Brauman said Tuesday he wasn't surprised by the time based on what he's seen in training. Gay, who has worked with both Brauman and Jon Drummond in the past, is currently training with just Brauman in Florida.
"Just like all of us, he's gotten older; he's learned his craft better," Brauman said. "That's all part of it."
Gay's American record in the 100 is 9.69, set in 2009. He concedes that seems like a very long time ago.
His goal is to set a new personal best. If he does that, he'll likely be competing for gold medals at the biggest meets given that Usain Bolt's world record is 9.58.
Gay is set to run the 100 on May 25 in New York City at the Adidas Grand Prix. It's an event that always seems to mark milestones in his career.
In 2008, he could only watch from behind as the track world was upended. Gay came into that race as the reigning world champion in the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay; Bolt was the intriguing up-and-comer. Then Bolt broke his first world record with Gay a distant second.
In 2009, Gay set a personal best in the 200 at the meet. Last year, he made his return to competition there in the "B" 100 after major hip surgery.
His hip bothers him little in training these days, hurting more often in mundane activities such as driving.
"It just takes a toll on you mentally, because you want to feel 100 percent healthy in everything you do," Gay said.
He said he thought about getting an MRI but is just weary of doctors and tests.
"I don't want one. I don't want to hear the news," he said. "I'm able to train. I just want to go with the flow."
After missing out on bronze by one-hundredth of a second at the 2012 Olympics, Gay's goal for this summer is a medal at the world championships in Moscow in August.
A friend pointed out recently that Gay hasn't run the 100-200 double since that world championship year of 2007. This year's worlds could be the last time he tries it. He misses the 200, and there's a chance his future will lie in specializing in the longer distance.
"I'm trying to see if these old legs still got it in the tank," Gay said. "If I'm going to do it, I might as well do it now. I'm not getting any younger."
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Thanks to NEKNEERAJ of MindLoveMisery's Menagerie for hosting this week's photo prompt challenge.
Many faces have I, but don't let me evaporate.
Too many masks I wear within to cover the scars that bind,
The twisting vines of ruined skin,
Not even plastic surgery could heal.
And the whispers of the dreadful night,
They haunt me in my sleep.
Each nightmare worse than the last, entrenching me in madness.
Crying and shaking, in a world I cannot escape.
My screams echoeing from the domed ceiling,
In St. Peter's Basilica, my heart a kindled pyre.
Does God hear me, my fervent prayers without pride?
I know if He did, he would answer what I seek,
Provide relief from the cruelty of my suffering;
Of the ache and the burn in my skin.
He'd be a cooling gentle wind to end the burning flames,
I hope in my meekness for God as Elijah knew.
I try to forget. to move on, hiding behind masks so I'm safe.
My scars are not physical but they hide beneath skin,
Where plastic surgery cannot salvage a broken soul.
I'm a wretched bloody mess and my stomach is churning,
Why are the worst injuries, the ones you cannot see?
Why do people only see skin deep?
Not many will peer beneath the perfect layers of white ivory,
To see the layers underneath charred and scorched.
Many will not look past the words on your lips,
They are not interested in how a person says certain words,
Or why they say what do.
Many people hear only what they want to hear,
And if you choose to scream,
Than you're the crazy one seeking attention.
But many screams are silent,
Before they are ever heard out loud,
This is why we need listeners and those with empathy,
To overcome those overflowing with ignorance and apathy to life;
To realize there is meaning in helping your neighbor out.
For we all have hidden scars and screams,
And most of them are dug deeply within our souls.
They wind around a person's heart, a choking vine envokes —
A cry for help, so please hear it, long before we shout out loud,
Be still for a moment and listen well.
Respond before the masks hide many other faces and mine;
Act before you start cutting into our hearts,
Doing much more harm than good.
Watch your words and carefully avoid —
Assault and battery, for refusing to help those in need —
Refusing to help those lost in their pain.
Heal with laughter and conversation,
A piece of your precious time.
Do not forget the meek and lowly,
We all need help discovering pathways into stardust.
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But the embattled late-night comedian this morning tried to draw a parallel between their careers.
"You and I will go down together," Leno told the talk show maven. "You and I will hold hands and walk out into the sunset together. You're not going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere."
Oprah is going somewhere, though. The talk show queen last fall announced that she would be ending her top-rated daytime talk show in 2011, and move forward with her OWN network plans.
It was an awkward turn for Leno, who appeared on Oprah's show just a week after NBC announced that he would be reinstated as "The Tonight Show" host on March 1. The announcement ended a weeks-long battle between him, Conan O'Brien and the network over the future of the late night institution.
Flagging ratings for both Jay Leno's primetime show and "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" prompted the network to take action. Faced with pressure from their affiliates who were upset with low lead-in numbers for their nightly newscasts, NBC first canceled Leno's show.
Oprah asked him why he didn't just leave the network when executives told him the show was axed.
"Why didn't you just walk away?" Oprah asked Leno
"If you're a gun fighter, you like to die in the street," Leno replied. "How many times have you retired?"
When Oprah reminded Leno that she was in fact leaving her show, he laughed off her plans.
"We'll see," he said.
Taking a more serious tact, Leno said he felt it would have been more of an egotistical decision to walk away from his show than to fight for his staff and accept the invitation from NBC to take back "The Tonight Show."
"By walking away, that is me going, no. Goodbye everybody … to me, that is the ego decision."


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Being Gay at IC: A Retrospective
Ithaca College has earned recognition as an LGBT-friendly campus. Campus Pride ranked IC among the top 25 LGBT-friendly institutions and one of the top Trans-friendly colleges. IC was also recognized as having one of the 10 most LGBT-friendly athletic departments in Campus Pride's Out to Play Project.
Learn more about the LGBT Center at Ithaca College.
The closet doors opened on campus decades ago, but full equality is still a distance away. By Doug McInnis and Maura Stephens
For years, including those he spent as an Ithaca undergraduate, Ralph Siciliano '72 hid his sexual orientation.
"Maybe it's shame," says Siciliano. "You feel you're not normal. It's always hard when you have some aspect about you that doesn't fit the ideal."
There surely were gay students at Ithaca before the late 1960s, when the gay rights movement began in earnest. But to any observer, the campus in those earlier years would have looked as straight as the rest of America. To be openly gay in those days was to invite ruin. In the decades since, things have changed.
Only after graduation did Siciliano come to the realization that there was nothing wrong with him. "One of the unfortunate things about being gay," says Siciliano, a long-time trustee of the College and former president of the Ithaca College Alumni Association, "is that you can hide it. It's the hiding that creates all sorts of problems."
For most of U.S. history, to be gay was to be secretive. To go public invited the loss of jobs and friends, and courted the possibility of criminal prosecution. Before the 1960s, for example, police raids on gay bars were commonplace. It wasn't until 1973 that the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its official list of mental disorders. And it wasn't until 30 years after that that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the last state laws barring same-sex relations. Yet year by year, the barriers to equal treatment and public acceptance of the country's millions of gay and lesbian citizens have fallen. Ithaca College has become a campus where a student's disclosure that he or she prefers the same sex isn't going to raise many eyebrows.
That wasn't the case four decades ago as the gay rights movement gained momentum. While small numbers of students and faculty at Ithaca made their sexual preferences known, many remained "in the closet."
"When I was at Ithaca in the late 1960s and early 1970s," says Siciliano, "I was not 'out' with anyone. There were students who were still very homophobic. Epithets would be thrown around in conversation. You knew that if you had turned around and said to them, 'I'm gay,' it would have been pretty difficult."
Siciliano now makes a point to be very open on campus about his sexual orientation. "If there are students who are still not comfortable with their sexuality, they can say, 'There's a trustee who is openly gay.' "
Coming Out
Increasingly, gay and lesbian students at Ithaca have felt that they can be themselves. "Ithaca was a place where I felt comfortable coming out," recalls Murillo Soranso '02. "I was a member of the Student Government Association, and it wasn't a secret that I was gay. People treated me just fine."
"It was a welcoming environment," agrees Tara Foley '02, who now works in human services in Portland, Oregon. "On the second week of college, I saw a poster for Bi-Gay-La, then a campus group for gay and lesbian [and bisexual] students [that originated around 1980]. There were probably 30 or 40 people there when I went to a meeting."
For Siciliano, the decision to go public was much harder. Even after he came to terms with his sexuality, for example, Siciliano found it worrisome to tell his colleagues at the New York law firm where he practices securities law. "I was bringing my boyfriend to an event at the firm," he recalls, "and I didn't want to just show up." So he broached the subject with one of the partners. When the partner replied, "This is an issue in your head and no one else's," Siciliano began to realize that things had indeed changed, at least in liberal New York City.
He faced another hurdle with his parents. One day he turned to his mother and said, "I want you to know I'm gay." And nothing happened. "My father was even more interesting," Siciliano recalls. "He was a longshoreman who worked on the docks, a real macho guy. I never really turned to him and said, 'I just want you to know.' But at some point he became aware that I had a boyfriend. And he was totally comfortable with that."
The 20th century was marked by efforts here and there to bring equality to gays and lesbians, but for the most part the efforts were futile. Even the IRS code worked against them. At one time the IRS could strip an organization of its tax-exempt status if it argued that homosexuality was acceptable, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which was instrumental in getting the policy altered.
By the late 1960s, things were ripe for change. The United States was at the tail end of a turbulent era marked by the antiwar movement and movements for civil rights, women's rights, and protection of the environment.
The turning point came in the early morning of June 28, 1969, as police raided a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village. When the bar's patrons fought back, the incident made national headlines and the gay rights movement really took off. It quickly spread to liberal areas including Ithaca, New York, over time gaining support at Ithaca College and neighboring Cornell University.
Gay and lesbian Americans often employed the simple and nonviolent tactic of openly declaring their sexuality. As they did so, it became apparent that gays and lesbians were an integral part of society — they were soldiers, athletes, politicians, police officers, college professors, brothers, sisters, parents, and longtime friends.
People tend to be more supportive of gay rights when they know someone who is gay, points out Christopher Dyer '92, who now serves as director of the Mayor's Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs in Washington, D.C. "My grandmother is more tolerant and accepting," says Dyer, "now that she knows her grandson is gay."
"The biggest problem is ignorance," says Alan Orloff '75, who was open about his sexuality at Ithaca. "When people don't know anyone who is gay, they know only what they are spoon-fed. But when people get to know gay people, prejudice can break down. They see gays and lesbians as human beings."
In earlier decades, those who were gay, lesbian, or bisexual lived lives of great secrecy, and on the rare instance when their sexual preference was exposed, a scandal was one of the likely outcomes. "People didn't mention it if they were gay," says ally Dorothy Daetsch, a retired Ithaca College associate professor and reference librarian. "At least it's out in the open now, and people are discussing it. Back then I don't think people were discussing it because gays and lesbians were still in the closet."
"My guess is that society would have shut them out," says her husband, emeritus professor Willard Tichnor Daetsch, who taught modern languages and literatures at IC from 1965 through 1995 and was the College's first faculty trustee. Daetsch recalls one incident in the 1950s when the son of a prominent Buffalo lawyer was arrested in a gay bar and the arrest was headlined in the city's newspapers. Such public "shamings" were not unusual, recalls Daetsch.
By the 1970s, gays and lesbians began to do what was once unthinkable — come out. But even in that more tolerant era, coming out wasn't without consequences. "My decision to come out in 1975 changed my whole pool of friendships," says Marty Brownstein, who has taught politics at Ithaca since 1970. "It was very tough," he recalls. "There was no support system." And the reaction on campus was decidedly mixed. "The students were supportive," Brownstein says. "The administration didn't care one way or the other. But the faculty back then were mostly male, conventional, and straight, and for the most part didn't want to hear about gay stuff. This is a liberal community, but back then the liberalism didn't stretch to gay issues."
The 1970s were a time when early gay rights groups were forming on campus, and gay dances were held from time to time, recalls Orloff. "I felt like people would stare at us while we were at the dance," he says. "You'd get the occasional comment, and you knew people were looking at you like you were weird. I was in Ithaca a week ago. Gay life, both at the College and in the town, is much more open now. If you held a gay dance today, no one would stare."
As the gay rights movement gained momentum, it was aided by a number of factors. One was the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic, which hit the American gay community particularly hard. For hundreds of thousands of gay men who were struck down by the disease, it was no longer possible to live in secrecy. Another factor was a string of court decisions in favor of gay rights. A third was the growing number of straight people who rallied to aid gay and lesbian causes.
Allies and a Resource
One such ally was Shelley Facente '02, who was until recently the coordinator for HIV testing in San Francisco and is now a consultant. She was appalled by the prejudice aroused in her small Connecticut town when a high school friend disclosed his homosexuality in a story that ran on the front page of the regional newspaper. The day after the article appeared, there was a petition on the counter of the local general store to get her friend removed from the school. People scratched the word "fag" on his locker. "It really affected me to see people who had been his friends turn on him," Facente says.
She decided to get actively involved during her first semester at IC after Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming, was pistol-whipped and left tied to a ranch fence post in near-freezing weather. Shepard died five days after he was found, marking one of the most heinous and public incidents of anti-gay violence on record.
Facente began to lobby the College administration to establish a formal center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students. Other students, particularly Michael Mandel '00, and faculty and staff became involved and vocal, and the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and Services opened in 2001. "Looking back," says Facente, "the College did it fairly quickly. I feel fortunate for having had the administration we had."
"It happened incredibly fast," agrees the Tucson, Arizona–based Mandel. "But that's the kind of place Ithaca is. If it's the right thing to do, they'll do it."
Among other things, the center gives gay and lesbian students another place to work out any problems they may have over their sexuality, and it helps to break the sense of isolation that was so damaging to gays and lesbians of past eras who had to keep their sexuality secret.
"In earlier generations, gays and lesbians had a sense that they were different, and a concurrent sense that they should not talk about it," says Luca Maurer, who has directed IC's LGBT center since it opened. Maurer understands students' issues personally. "When I was a kid," he says, "I felt a sense of isolation. I felt I was the only gay person in my high school."
Less Isolation
Since those lonesome days, Maurer says, three major happenings have made that kind of isolation less common for lesbian and gay kids: an increase in media portrayals of LGBT characters; the Internet and the ease it affords kids to find others like themselves with whom to connect and share information; and the rise of gay-straight alliance clubs in high schools.
"Gay and lesbian folks and their families could see characters on TV — admittedly, sometimes tortured characters or the comic relief — but at least they were portrayals," says Maurer. Probably the first openly gay main character on a popular primetime TV show was Billy Crystal's character in Soap, which ran from 1977 to 1981. "Then there was a huge void until Roseanne [1988–97], and then Ellen [1994–98]," says Maurer. Now it's very common to see gay, lesbian, and questioning main characters on cable and network shows.
Gays and lesbians often participate on reality shows like The Amazing Race. Popular contestants on shows like American Idol have been gay. One of the primary characters on Six Feet Under was a gay man who eventually found a long-term love and settled into a monogamous relationship. Grey's Anatomy features a Latina doctor exploring her identity. "That resonates with students," Maurer says. "They like that she's exploring and confused." A member of the medical team on House is bisexual. The daytime soap opera All My Children has a storyline about a transgender character transitioning from male to female. "I had a student who was on cloud nine about that," Maurer says. "That show even had a trans-persons' support group, which was incredible. Half the people in an audience where I spoke recently were aware of the character and plot line and delighted."
Popular entertainment has furthered non-gays' understanding and helped LGBT kids know they're not alone, but the Internet has been even more instrumental, says Maurer, putting resources and support right on their desks. "You might still think you're the only gay kid in your own school," Maurer points out, "but at least you're able to chat with other kids having parallel experiences. There's less of a sense of isolation."
With the tremendous growth in the number of alliance clubs in high schools over the past two years — there are now thousands — kids can meet others like them as well as allies (the term used for heterosexual supporters and friends of LGBT persons). On college campuses across the country, LGBT centers have become almost a necessity. "About two years ago, we realized that incoming students expect that colleges have a center," Maurer says. Although kids might still feel isolated in parts of their lives, it's more likely they can find some space where they feel welcome and able to be open about themselves. "There's likely to be a gay-straight alliance in your school," says Maurer, "even if not in your church or place of worship."
Although resistance to LGBT rights continues within many political and religious groups — and battles within churches rage, including the much-publicized rift in the Episcopalian Church over the 2003 appointment of a gay bishop — same-sex relations are becoming more of a non-issue in large parts of the nation. The city of Ithaca extends the same employee benefits to same-sex partners as it does to married couples. Ten years ago only 10 percent of employers offered domestic partner benefits; in 2008, 83 percent of Fortune 100 companies and 39 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies did so. Ten years ago only 11 states had a sexual orientation–inclusive nondiscrimination law and/or a broad family recognition law; that number has climbed to 20.
Ithaca College instituted domestic-partner benefits in 1996 and added gender identity to its non-discrimination statement in 2006. Of course, there are many openly gay and lesbian faculty, staff, and administrators, and openly gay and lesbian students serve in student government, play on the College's athletic teams, lead student organizations, and excel (and flop) in every way their heterosexual counterparts do. Ithaca has been named one of the 100 best colleges for gay and lesbian students by the Advocate, a leading gay magazine. When ICView ran a feature story about a newlywed gay couple a few years ago (there had been announcements and photos of gay couples at their commitment ceremonies and weddings in the magazine for at least a decade by then, as well as many stories about LGBT issues and rights), although there was a small amount of negative feedback, letters to the editor ran heavily in favor of the decision to feature them.
Even so, there are still incidents on campus from time to time. Just in the last year, Maurer notes, gay and lesbian students have received anonymous e-mails containing veiled threats or anti-gay slurs. And in fall 2008, anti-gay graffiti were written in the public area of a residence hall. Such incidents are often not reported to authorities, says Maurer, because students fear it would invite additional abuse.
The generally accepting ambience found at Ithaca isn't universal, but a variety of indicators suggest that much of society is increasingly supportive of gay rights. "Society has changed significantly, especially among the young," says the Washington, D.C.–based Dyer. "If you look at statistics, younger people are more likely to support same-sex marriage, to [realize they] know people who are gay, and to support anti-discrimination measures."
Along with more LGBT characters on TV and in movies, a small but growing number of public figures — actors, musicians, athletes, talk-show hosts, and three members of the U.S. House of Representatives — have made their gay or lesbian sexual orientation known.
Legal Obstacles
Still, there are numerous hurdles to clear for those who believe gay rights should be codified throughout the land. In 1996, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act, by which no state is required to honor same-sex marriages performed in another state and by which marriage may be defined or interpreted under federal law to be "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." Some states have passed both a statute and a constitutional amendment stating that marriage may be only between a man and a woman. Ten states have passed broader anti-gay family measures, banning other forms of partner recognition such as domestic partnerships and civil unions (some also ban those for unmarried opposite-sex couples as well).
There was also the passage in November 2008 of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative to bar same-sex couples from marrying. The measure passed narrowly, by 52 to 48 percent. A post-election study by Ken Sherrill of Hunter College and Patrick J. Egan of New York University found that a majority of voters under age 65 opposed the measure and that it passed because it won 67 percent of voters over 65. "The passage of Proposition 8 was very difficult for us," says Foley. "But the vote was very close. As hard as it was for us to have that measure passed, there still was positive movement. Gay marriage is on the table as an issue. It's being talked about. And as we can see from history, it's the little bits of progress that make the difference in the end."
Since Prop 8, and despite its May 2009 upholding by the California Supreme Court, there has been much progress on the same-sex marriage front. New York State is poised to become the seventh U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage, following Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire.
Although marriage equality is important to many gay rights activists, it's just one aspect of the struggle for equality. "Relationship recognition is one thing, but you can still be fired in the majority of states just for being gay," Maurer points out. "People need the right to work without the fear of being fired for being gay or if someone thinks they're gay. There's no federal nondiscrimination act yet, and many states don't have one."
Eyes on the Prize
Ithaca College community members involved in the movement for LGBT rights think of their work as part of a long, painful, but proud history of struggle for human rights and equality in the United States. Historically, hard-fought rights — antislavery, women's right to vote, civil rights — have been codified after a populist movement. "When white people speak out against racism," Luca Maurer has written, "and when people of color speak out against homophobia and [sexism], the campus community hears a much louder and more unified chorus of voices united against injustice, hate, and cruelty."
Activists say they feel the gay rights movement often seems to take two steps forward, one step back. Yet that represents progress, in light of where things stood just a few decades ago, and is not unusual in the scheme of equality movements; it took more than a century for women and blacks to be granted equality under federal law.
"If you look at the official history, going back 40, 50, or 60 years," says Mandel, "we didn't exist. Now we have gay and lesbian characters on TV shows. We are being treated as mainstream. The needle has moved. We're getting closer to the long-term goal of full equality."
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Thank you ICView for publishing this article! It's amazing to feel visible and included in my alumni journal. It makes me feel very proud of my college reading about the work towards LGBT rights that continues to be done on campus.
As a therapist working with LGBT youth in Philadelphia I have become acutely aware of my privilege of attending a college that took steps to reduce barriers to my education and well-being, including homophobia. Although there is still work to be done, change takes commitment, which Ithaca College continues to demonstrate.
Alumni '01


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This map shows both the route proposed by George Goodwin and the one by Thomas Vint, which was surveyed by Frank Kittredge. Goodwin's proposal covered areas which were extremely steep. It included grades up to 8% and required many switchbacks, some with a turning radius of only 50 feet. Vint's plan had fewer switchbacks, a maximum grade of 6%, and a turning radius of no less than one hundred feet. Today's interstate highways usually allow only a 3 to 4% grade and a minimum 150 foot radius for curves. The portion of the road between the Loop and Logan Pass runs along the Garden Wall.
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Oh so long ago, sometime last spring or summer, months after he'd decisively lost the Democratic presidential nomination, John Edwards admitted that he'd had an affair with some lady who sort of worked for him. Pundits were aghast because OMG, what if he'd gotten the nomination and then admitted to the affair? He could never have been elected president, because American voters simply do not care for politicians who have affairs. (Which is to say, politicians.)
Now we have our first test case for the 2012 election: the brave Nevada Senator John Ensign, who said he'd had an affair with a campaign staffer for eight or so months between 2007 and 2008. Assuming the rumors about his possible presidential candidacy are true, that gives the public a good two and a half years to forget about his great malfeasance before they're asked to actually render judgment in the Republican primaries.
So there are really two questions here: No. 1 are Americans in general ready to have a known (and admitted!) adulterer as a candidate for higher office? And No. 2 are Republicans in particular ready for such a thing?
GOP primary voters in Iowa are no joke when it comes to cultural conservatism, which is why twice- and thrice-married politicians such as John McCain and Rudy Giuliani skipped the Iowa caucuses in 2008. They will probably not like this Ensign fellow so much, even in a couple years. So could the candidate just write off Iowa and continue on to glorious victory in all the other states?
Well, John McCain certainly did! Plus Ensign has a lot of hair, which voters across the country tend to appreciate, and his silver mane will fare well in comparison to (presumptive) primary opponent Mitt Romney's mostly brown coif, which might end up looking too callow and youthful. Additionally, Ensign favors pinstriped suits, which convey equal parts gravitas and gangster: a winning look for anyone vying to be commander-in-chief.
As to his politics or his conservative credentials, SNOOZE. Nobody cares about that. All people will care about in 2012 is that John Ensign once managed to engage in a routine, consensual affair with an adult woman, and for politicians that's about as close as you can get to marital fidelity these days.
Celebrity hairstylist Sara K. Smith writes for NBC and Wonkette.


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Department of Revenue News Release
April 14, 2010Haitian Relief Workers Qualify for Extension to File or Pay State & Federal Taxes
JEFFERSON CITY - Qualified Missouri citizens who are helping or who assisted in providing earthquake relief in Haiti will have additional time to file or pay their 2009 federal and state taxes.
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday announced that members of the military who participated in relief efforts after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti will get the same automatic extension given to military personnel in combat zones. Certain civilians who provided earthquake relief also qualify for the extension, including Red Cross personnel, accredited correspondents and civilian support personnel acting under the direction of the Armed Forces. The extension is for at least 180 days after an individual leaves Haiti.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue announced that the state of Missouri would also give the same extension to qualified Missourians who had not yet filed their state tax returns that are due April 15.
"Although the number of people who qualify for the extension in Missouri is relatively small, it's important to acknowledge the important work they have accomplished and are still providing to this day," Barragán-Scott said. "Allowing these brave and generous relief workers extra time to file their tax returns is a small gesture of appreciation, but one that is absolutely deserved."
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Even before the first iPhone 4 review went online, enthusiastic fans were queuing up in front of Apple stores nationwide. Good thing the new smart phone seems to be worth the wait.
Early reviews of the iPhone 4 say this fourth model really is a leap forward for Apple – except for one persistent flaw that may have actually gotten worse. Here's the roundup:
The shape
"Thanks to a boy and a bar and a blog, we've already known for some time what the iPhone 4 would look like," jokes BoingBoing's positive but not glowing review. "The squared-off, thinner, steel-and glass form is more masculine, more substantial. Like a really hot designer watch.... It feels really nice to hold. Once my hand got used to it, the 3GS body felt more like a toy, and I didn't much feel like holding it anymore.... The display is a huge leap forward. It's really crisp, and hues are more true."
The battery
"In fact, we managed to squeeze more than 38 hours -- yes, 38 hours -- of life out of a single charge using the phone as we normally would," writes Engadget. "We're talking calls, some gaming, lots of push email and calendar invites, playing music over Bluetooth in the car, and just general testing (like downloading new apps, rearranging icons, tweaking settings). We went from 10:30AM on a Saturday morning till 1:00AM on Monday without needing to charge the phone."
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"Video calling is as simple as tapping a FaceTime button next to a Contacts entry when you initiate a call or tapping a button once you're on a regular voice call," explains USA Today, which felt FaceTime was one of the best new features. "You can seamlessly switch from front to rear camera and back during a call, allowing you to share your surroundings with a caller. Now the caveats: Both you and the person you're talking to need an iPhone 4, though Apple hopes to make FaceTime a standard that would permit video calling across numerous devices. Both parties need to be connected to Wi-Fi."
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"Now, the iPhone is no longer the undisputed king of app phones," writes The New York Times. "In particular, the technically inclined may find greater flexibility and choice among its Android rivals, like the HTC Incredible and Evo. They're more complicated, and their app store not as good, but they're loaded with droolworthy features like turn-by-turn GPS instructions, speech recognition that saves you typing, removable batteries and a choice of cell networks. If what you care about, however, is size and shape, beauty and battery life, polish and pleasure, then the iPhone 4 is calling your name."
The problem
The most important downside of the iPhone 4 is that, in the U.S., it's shackled to AT&T, which not only still operates a network that has trouble connecting and maintaining calls in many cities, but now has abandoned unlimited, flat-rate data plans. Apple needs a second network," says The Wall Street Journal. "[O]n at least six occasions during my tests, the new iPhone was either reporting "no service" or searching for a network while the old one, held in my other hand, was showing at least a couple of bars. Neither Apple nor AT&T could explain this."
The final word
"The fourth incarnation of Apple's iPhone is an incrementally improved, familiar device—not a new kind of device, as was the case with the recent introduction of iPad. Yes, the notable features with iPhone 4—both the device and the iOS4, which came out yesterday in advance of the iPhone itself—are mostly tweaks," concludes BoingBoing. "But what tweaks they are: Apple's focus on improvement is as much key to the quality of its products as innovation."
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No immigration papers today, although it was a pretty fun mail day. A beautiful Asian baby doll I ordered arrived as well as two outfits I'd ordered for Rory. I did email our immigration office, and they said they would check into our paperwork because it should have arrived by now.
I'm beginning to think it might have been more restful to go to work today! Camden is feeling quite rambunctious after being cooped up in the house for several days. He is alternating between being a soldier, baseball player, police officer (complete with handcuffs and a walkie talkie), singing with his American Idol microphone (thanks again, mom), and being a firefighter. And he's walking around with a long beaded necklace on that I have no idea where it came from. It's pretty noisy around our house today.
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On May 11, the members of my Ahmadiyya Muslim Community were invited to Temple Sinai in Pittsburgh for a Sabbath service and dinner just a few days before Ramadhan.
It was an amazing experience with Rabbi Jamie Gibson who was most hospitable, God bless him.
It truly gave me a sense of pluralism in our country and while I sat through the service and broke bread with my Jewish friends, I couldn't help but think about a bright future.
Such inclusive gatherings restore my faith in humanity. While it is strange to see Muslims and Jews congregating in such a wonderful manner, it is sad to see the affairs in the Middle East and the ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
As a Muslim, I am reminded by the Holy Quran to show sympathy and compassion towards people of all faiths, irrespective of caste, creed, color or ethnicity. We are commanded to protect places of worship like churches, synagogues and mosques (Quran 22:41) and taught that no religion can monopolize salvation (Quran 2:63).
It is time to rise above our bigotries to forward the narrative of humanity and not extremism.
The writer is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, an Islamic sect founded in the 1890s in the Punjabi province of India that professes peace through nonviolence.


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Today's guest blog post is by Shirley J. Fiske (Chair of AAA Global Climate Change Task Force*). Looking back at the end of the week, we want to capture the feeling and substance of the three-day short seminar of the AAA's Global Climate Change Task Force (GCCTF) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A compressed time … Continue reading Three days, two rooms, one house


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Amsco Steel Acquires Andes Metal Processors
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Amsco Steel Co., Fort Worth, TX, purchased the assets of Andes Metal Processors, Inc., Lewisville, TX. Amsco, with other locations in San Antonio and Marble Falls, TX, provides flat-rolled steel and structural items, offering slitting, shearing and forming, sawing, edge conditioning, leveling, cut-to-length and other services.
Andes Metal Processors provides slitting, cut-to-length, handling and logistical services for service centers as well as domestic and international steel mills.
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Quote:I'm actually taking a look at CM systems stuff. Rodney King has got some great ideas. Essential the same stuff I'm learning from Voo.
Quote:Infact I notice Matt Hamil the deaf UFC fighter, holds his hands up to his head using his elbows to block punches to his face.
Quote:I still prefer Vu's style which is more of a MT style of keeping your hands up high, this doesnt impair your vision as much as CM's version does.
Quote:Vu's requires a lot of footwork and keeping your distance in kickboxers range in order to make it work. I assume CM's just the same, only he doesn't mention it.
Quote:One thing I don't like about CM is that he drops his hands agin to go into boxing. But I guess i just need to become more proficient in it.
Quote:Vu's Rat system favors the straight blast. Goes well with keeping the hands up high guard. Glad someone was finally willing to post on this thread. I hope more to come.
Quote:He has this modified duck thing that sounds about like what you were saying on to do with bobbing and weaving John.
Quote:Just to make sure I'm on the right track, when you say branching out does that mean, once you've got your fundamentals down pretty well, you can pick up random things you like from other styles as long as you maintain your core method?
Quote:You said you've pulled in some Silat to your game, are they just random Silat techniques you like or do you put more time into learning basic Silat principles and whatnot?
Quote:I ask because there are of coruse as you know other stuff I like, especially from Kenpo, but I'm not sure how to itnegrate that into a boxing/mma/RAT (which I still love) approach. I tend to give up most of my "fundamentals" and go all out Kenpo if I try to use it. I suppose I would have to modify a lot of the Kenpo to make it fit.
Quote:If it doesn't work in sparring (fighting), it probably isn't worth practicing. Seriously! Everything you want to branch out with, should work within the sparring environment. If not, contemplate why it doesn't. Think hard about that.
Quote:I get tired of these so-called JKD guys like Carruthers who never seem to post sparring examples. I mean, maybe Carruthers is good, but is there any example of him sparring out there?
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Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! A quick change in the weather over the next 24 hours will send us from spring back to winter. In today's blog we will discuss how far temperatures fall this weekend.
Let's start with a snapshot of a visible satellite image from Friday morning. The image below was taken around 9am. The satellite uses natural light when taking an image. This is why a visible satellite cannot be used at night when it's dark.
The image below shows a couple of interesting features. the grey color over far southeastern Wisconsin is low clouds and fog that developed as a result of southeast winds moving over an icy cold Lake Michigan. The second feature is lake ice that continues to linger. Most of the ice has been pushed to eastern areas of the lake.
Friday's 'transitional' weather which will include highs in the 40s, a wind shift late in the day and even some rain showers or sprinkles will lead into a cold weekend.
As the upper level flow shifts once again to the northwest, cold Canadian air will flow south into the U.S. The GFS forecast map below shows winds in the middle of the atmosphere. The northwest flow aloft will lead to another extended period of below average temperatures.
The dip in the upper level winds or trough, will carve out a cold pool of air that will keep highs in the 20s or 30s into the middle of next week. Temperatures will bottom out on either Sunday or Monday. Keep in mind the average high in Milwaukee is now in the mid-40s.
Cold air is showing up on the forecast models. One of those is the GFS shown below. This model shows temperatures possibly below zero at 1pm Sunday over far northern Wisconsin. Crazy to think that we are headed toward April and still can't shake below zero temperatures.
Most of the northern two-thirds of the U.S. will experience below average temperatures.
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(Civil Code §§ 116.810 - 116.880)
You'll have to collect the judgement yourself if you win in small claims court. If you're the judgment creditor and haven't received payment of the money awarded in the judgement, make sure the other party, the judgment debtor is aware of the judgement, its amount, and where to mail payment. Often, a simple personal note to the judgement debtor requesting payment of the judgement is all that is needed to end a dispute.
The Consumer Law Sourcebook for Small Claims Court Judicial Officers indicates that although many judgement debtors voluntarily comply with the judge's decision and pay their debts, many do not. Other debtors may not have the resources or simply refuse or neglect to do so. The small claims court does not take steps to enforce its judgments, and the court will not devote resources to collecting for judgement creditors.
A pamphlet entitled "the do's and don'ts of using the small claims court" is available through the Department of Consumer Affairs, explains how to use the small claims court system and more specifically, highlight ways the judgement creditor can collect the judgement. Several books give a far more thorough treatment of this area, one is, How to Collect When You Win a Lawsuit, a comprehensive and well-written book available from bookstores and Nolo Press at (800) 992-6656 or order online at www.nolo.com. Also, the departments Consumer Law Sourcebook for small claims court judicial offices available in most court libraries, has a chapter (Ch. 16) devoted to collection of court judgements. A good legal text on judgment enforcement procedures should be consulted.
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I'm fine, AC, thanks for asking though. Got a bit of a fright, that's all.
I took about a 1m fall on the top pitch of Butterfly. The quickdraw, a Mamba in very good condition (hardly used) broke. Unfortunately, the next protection was a very long draw(the route traverses from the right through an arete onto a headwall). This meant that my fall was stopped by the rope going over a sharp jug and not the draw.
So, there I was in mid space with the rope over a sharp edge and looking in bad condition, having to decide whether it is better to be let down or to pull up. Who says sport climbing is less exciting than trad?
Gustav, who had only read of such events before, assured me that I do not need to go on the same diet as Carl K. He attributed the draw's failure to something called Cross Loading. I'm really not technically minded so it would be better if someone else tried to explain it.
There is a nice photo of Naureen on the route in the photo gallery. I fell from about a meter below where she is and the small feature on the lowest part of the arete is the feature that the rope got caught on.
All is good, though. 5 meters of rope, 1 draw and a slightly bruised rib were the only consequences of this rather dramatic event.
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Misch earns sixth win, Herds rolls for third straight
Pat Misch helped his own cause with a two-run double, breaking a scoreless tie in the fifth inning of the Herd's 7-1 win for a two-game sweep at Lehigh Valley Sunday night.
Buffalo tacked three more runs against starter Ryan Feierabend in the fifth on a Fernando Perez single and sacrifice flies by Luis Figueroa and Valentino Pascucci.
Misch allowed three hits over seven innings in his team-best ninth quality start and sixth win, striking out five with two walks.
Former Met Aaron Heilman relieved Feierabend to start the sixth. Heilman loaded the bases on Ruben Tejada and Dusty Ryan singles and a Perez walk before a two-run Figueroa single.
Josh Satin took his hit streak to eight games in the fifth with his second Triple-A double.
A day after returning from the disabled list, Fernando Martinez hit 2-for-4 and scored a run. Ryan went 3-for-4 and scored twice.
Pete Orr broke the shutout with a solo home run against reliever Brian Sweeney in the eighth.
Sweeney pitched a shutout ninth with one strikeout.
Game Notes:Misch also hit an RBI double in his second start of the year, April 23 at home against the IronPigs… Pascucci's 74RBIs lead the International League… Misch tied Chris Schwinden for the most Herd wins in 2011 and has 18 in his Buffalo career.


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- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound whole pork tenderloin
- 24 small dinner or Parkerhouse rolls, warmed
In a large re-sealable plastic bag, combine first six ingredients. Reserve half of marinade for grilling; refrigerate. Add tenderloin to bag; seal and turn to coat surface. Refrigerate for 12 hours or overnight, turning several times.
Drain; discard marinade from pork.
Grill tenderloin over hot heat on medium-high, brushing occasionally with reserved marinade. Grill each side about 6 minutes for medium or 7–8 minutes per side for well-done. Let stand for 10 minutes; carve in thin slices and serve in rolls.
Alternate cooking method: Bake tenderloin in 375 degree oven until thermometer reads 160 degrees. Let stand 10 minutes; carve in thin slices. Combine 1/4 cup reserved marinade and 1 cup water. Heat in dish and add pork slices.
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1. Use speakerphone or text messaging
To keep the phone away from your head, use speakerphone or send text messaging instead. Every inch you can get the phone away from your body reduces the amount of radiation you are absorbing.
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A different debate
OK, so this isn't baseball related in the least — unless you count Michael Jordan's brief encounter with the Minor Leagues.
One of my esteemed colleagues and I were discussing what we believed would make up the greatest NBA squad of all time. This stemmed from an argument a few years back where said colleague tried to explain to me that MJ wasn't the greatest basketball player ever, which is obviously an argument that a Bulls fan from Chicago doesn't take lightly.
Anyway, he suggested this as an all-time starting five:
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Oscar Robertson
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
My all-time five looked like this:
Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
John Stockton
Our apologies to Dr. J and Larry Bird, among others. Obviously, my coworker went with more size and I went with a more traditional point guard. I'm asking you guys to offer what your all-time NBA team would be.
We also began to debate the best teams by decade. My all 1990s squad looked like: Shaq, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Jordan and Stockton. All new-millenium would be: Steve Nash, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Shaq. Some players cross over into multiple decades: Dr. J and Kareem, for example, could be '70s or '80s.
For the All 2000s team, my colleague voted in favor of Dwyane Wade or Allen Iverson instead of Nash — again, foregoing the traditional point guard.
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I see you have a fellow Spartan on your team, surprise, surprise. LOL…
I obviously would put him on my team as well.
No Larry Bird, are you feeling o.k.? Is the other guy feeling o.k.?
No Shaq????
If Shaq played Russell or Chamberlain he would eat them alive. The guy is so much bigger than those guys. Shaq gets position on the blocks, you are not moving him out of the way. Russell would be given up 5 inches, Russell played around 6 feet 9 inches.
Chamberlain would be given up a few inches as well. Those guys would be given up alot on the weight as well.
Shaq would be my center for sure, I'm sure you have figured that one out.
Shaq, Bird, Johnson, Jordan and I would have Jordan and Ian Browne coming off the bench. It wouldn't mattered who we played.
I say Jordan Bastian off the bench, 2 Jordan's on the same team, how could I go wrong.
I'm a relatively new/casual fan to the nba but here is my team.
Jordan ( Michael )
Of course the late great Red Aurebach coaching them.
He would be lighting up cigars so much, he would run out.
I could probably take Shaq, Bird, Olijawan, Thomas, and Nash, and stand a good chance against any other lineup.
Jordan any baseball news?????
Are the Jays serious about Michael Barrett ? according to the hotstove on mlb.com report it's a mutual interest. Also, does anyone else think that the jays should take a shot at Kenny Lofton for lead-off. give the guy a 1 yr deal and try it i say.
The Jays may balk at giving up a draft pick for a backup catcher. I wouldn't hold my breath over Matt Clement, either. There are a lot of teams that need pitching worse than the Jays do, and are willing to pay far more for it than the Jays are willing to give.
I agree gnorman, there is no chance the Jays give up a draft pick for a back up catcher. They will have two guys at AAA ready to go at the MLB level-why give anything away-bring one of these guys up instead.
Fasano is a bit different and I expect the Jays to go all out to sign him and keep him in the organization. He's a sure fire good coach in the future.
I like Kenny Lofton as a late season addition when the rosters grow, but not as an everyday player.