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It's the quick and simple treats that attract me the most. Those that you can whip up in a matter of a few minutes, using the ingredients you already have at hand. I admire those who can spend ages decorating a cake or making delectable desserts that require much patience and skills. I have neither, so I've always thought of myself as more of a rustic, casual, country-cook. Well I am a country-girl at heart and I think it'll always show in my cooking.
Whipped lingonberry porridge is one of the first things I always ask my mum to make when I go back home to Finland. I have loved this treat for as long as I can remember and it's one of the dishes I most miss from home. Along with rye bread, quark, wild berries and squeaky cheese, whipped lingonberry porridge is definitely on the top 5 of my favourite Finnish foods.
Now, there is an obvious lack of frozen lingonberries here in Sydney - so far I haven't found any. The second best option for those wanting to make any lingonberry dishes is, in my opinion, to use frozen cranberries that tend to be more widely available. I wouldn't use lingonberry cordial to make this as they are too sugary and won't give the same taste nor colour.
This whipped cranberry porridge is just as soft, fluffy and sour as it is supposed to be and served with a dash of milk it's the best I can get here in Australia.


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Even for sailors with decades of experience, the ocean can be daunting. Abby Sunderland, a 16-year-old Californian attempting to circle the globe by herself, took the challenge head-on, but as of this morning she's missing in the Indian Ocean.
Abby set off from California in her 12m boat on January 23 with the aim of continuously sailing around the world. Technical problems have caught her up twice thus far, but this morning, after a day of sailing through a rough storm, she activated her on-board distress beacons. No one's been able to contact her since.
She's in an extremely remote part of the Indian Ocean, roughly 3218km east of Madagascar and 3218km west of Australia. CNN reports that the nearest vessel, a private fishing boat, is some 40 hours away.
On Abby's blog, which she's diligently updated throughout her journey, she chronicled yesterday's rough weather:
The last few days have pretty busy out here. I've been in some rough weather for awhile with winds steady at 40-45 knots with higher gusts. With that front passing, the conditions were lighter today. It was a nice day today with some lighter winds which gave me a chance to patch everything up. Wild Eyes was great through everything but after a day with over 50 knots at times, I had quite a bit of work to do....
My Thrane & Thrane (Internet) system is down again so I am not able to send in my blog. The problem seems a bit more serious than the last few times I have had trouble with it. There is something wrong with the terminal at the back. It is possible that water got inside of it because it has a rough ride back there the past few days with waves crashing right over it. Unfortunately, if that is the problem I probably won't be able to fix it. At least I still have my Iridium phones so I can still call in to my mum and read her my bog for her to post.
In a more recent update, her parents explain that they are working with several nations' authorities to divert a boat to find her (an air rescue is difficult because of how remote her location is). The parents say that she has everything she needs on board for an emergency survival situation - "a dry suit, survival suit, life raft, and ditch bag with emergency supplies" - and seem optimistic that she's hanging on, waiting for help.
The ocean has always attracted adventurers, and Abby Sunderland is one of them, without a doubt. Though this distressing turn will likely provoke some people to admonish Abby's parents for letting her embark on the journey in the first place, they'll be wrong to do so. Abby's safely steered her ship for four months already, showing an ability and passion that few of us will ever know in our own lives. Hopefully we'll make it there soon to help her out. [CNN]

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The tariffs President Trump announced – including a 25 percent levy on steel imports, with some notable exemptions – are meant to protect American jobs, but analysts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York say that jobs losses are the more likely outcome.
"The new tariffs are likely to lead to a net loss in U.S. employment, at least in the short to medium run," the Fed researchers wrote in a blog post Thursday. "Although it is difficult to say exactly how many jobs will be affected, given the history of protecting industries with import tariffs, we can conclude that the 25 percent steel tariff is likely to cost more jobs than it saves."
The reason is simple economics: Raising the cost of inputs such as steel will force downstream producers that consume steel to raise prices, placing downward pressure on sales and employment.
The researchers cited earlier studies that found 200,000 job losses following President George W. Bush's imposition of 30 percent tariffs on steel imports in 2002. The tariff-related job losses exceeded the total number of jobs in the steel industry at the time.
Reports of tariff-related layoffs have already started bubbling up. Last month, a keg producer in Pennsylvania told NPR that he laid off 10 of his 30 employees due to rising steel prices. And on Thursday, the Tampa Bay Times announced that it would be laying off 50 staffers due to the rising cost of newsprint in the wake of new tariffs on imports from Canada. The Times said its newsprint costs have risen by about $3 million, or 30 percent.


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We are proud to present Entrepreneur's 40th annual Franchise 500®. From regulations to trends to demographics, the franchise industry has experienced its fair share of change since that very first Franchise 500 was published way back in 1980. But the industry keeps going strong, offering companies of all different stripes an effective mode of expansion, and affording thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to open their own business within an established brand. And Entrepreneur continues to celebrate them all with what is still the world's first, best, and most comprehensive franchise ranking.
Just as the franchise world has changed over the last four decades, our proprietary formula continues to evolve as well, so we can best evaluate the strength of the franchise opportunities offered today. Here's a peek into our ranking criteria and process.
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Of all the tenets of hot rodding, there is nothing more basic than the engine swap. Getting an old car to go faster with a modern powerplant has always been one of HOT ROD's favorite ways of extracting eye-widening performance. More cubes, more power, more smiles, more fannies spanked at the stoplight.
Some swaps, of course, are virtually drop-ins: Popping a big-block into a Camaro that did not arrive with one from the factory is no big deal, as plenty of parts are readily available. But try dropping an engine into something that wasn't built to accommodate it. Remember what a pain in the butt the streetable small-block/Vega swap was? There are those blazing trails with modern engines in classic sheetmetal-Ford's excellent 32-valve 4.6 V-8 seems to be leading the way on this front, and a few Caddy Northstars have found their way into some interesting projects as well.
Alas, Mopar fans don't have a V-8 quite that new to sink their teeth into. The Jeep 4.7L V-8 has only just arrived, and it will inevitably trickle down to rodders. Beyond that, you have the same array of 318s and 360s (and yes, Hemis) that have been haunting us since the '60s-not exactly modern stuff. But what of the Dodge V-10? There's torque aplenty, and the sheer kink factor involved in a 10-cylinder anything cannot be denied. Expensive in all-aluminum Viper form, and about 60 pounds more than a Hemi in its cast-iron truck iteration, it's still tough to come by either version. Besides, would it fit in anything that wasn't designed to handle it? The very answer to this question drove to our photo location in Commerce, Georgia: This is the only V-10-powered Dodge Challenger we know to exist. The engine and electronic controls were rescued from a wrecked 12,000-mile '96 Ram and was attached to an A518 overdrive tranny.
Ray Staveski, who is one-third owner of a resto/performance/radical modern custom shop called Time Machines (Hudson, Florida), sourced a badly beaten 318 ragtop and began the transformation. Staveski wanted a Hemi clone, but soon his partners (his son, Mike, and Richard Brandl Sr.) convinced him to break new ground. Surprisingly, they didn't need wall stretchers and grease to slip it in: They widened and notched the firewall to clear the transmission, and they fabricated custom motor mounts to tie it down. Some Borgeson U-joints in the steering made everything work as it should. And, um, that's about it-or at least, that's all they're admitting to. Richard Brandl Jr., at Time Machines, did all of the measuring and mount making for the conversion.
The engine received a fabricated, polished-aluminum air-intake plenum that's a good deal prettier than the one Dodge wedges under those giant truck hoods, and a handbuilt oil pan was scratched up to clear the K-frame. The rest is a fairly straightforward rotisserie resto that was strengthened with subframe connectors. Aside from the big V-10, a repop stock interior, full-power top, Magnum 500 wheels, and an exquisite Plum Crazy paint job are the main attractions. Since there is no air cleaner to accept it, the Shaker scoop was attached directly to the hood. Staveski rested everything on a Hemi-spec suspension.
We're being told that this fun E-body, though amusing and meticulously executed, is only a harbinger: We've heard rumors of a 32-valve 4.6-powered '49 Merc ragtop and a Northstar-powered Olds 442 hatching in Hudson. Watch out for these guys. They're gonna be big. Fat swaps like their V-10 Challenger will be the reason why.
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Type: 1995 Dodge iron V-10, 488 ci
Induction: Custom-designed fuel-injection plenum by Richard Brandl Sr. at Time Machines, Hudson, Florida
Computer: Mopar Performance computer with SuperChips removable PROM chip
Oiling System: Custom-fabricated 6 1/2-quart pan with external filter by Richard Brandl Jr. at Time Machines
Exhaust: Mopar Performance headers (1 3/4-inch primaries, 3-inch collector) 2 1/2-inch aluminized exhaust to mufflers, two-chamber Flowmaster mufflers, 2 1/4-inch tailpipes, Year One original tips
Transmission: Dodge A518 four-speed automatic with Overdrive and transcooler, Hurst Quarter-Stick shifter
Rearend: Dana 60, 3.54:1 posi
Front: Hemi-spec suspension, including K-frame, 1 1/4-inch torsion bars, and 1 1/8-inch sway bar; front disc-brake conversion; Monroe shocks
Rear: Hemi-spec leaf springs (six leaves passenger side, five leaves driver side), Monroe shocks
Stock unibody with through-the-floor subframe connectors
Wheels & Tires
Wheels: 14×7 Magnum 500s
Tires: BFGoodrich Radial T/A 245/60R14


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Cedar Valley College and Mountain View College
Texans Can Academies operates 11 charter high schools across the state, serving students who have struggled in traditional school settings. It became one of the first 20 charter schools in Texas in 1999, growing from the expansion of Dallas Can Academy, which was founded in 1985 to serve juvenile offenders with remedial education.
According to America's Career Infonet, Texas teaching positions have the following average pay and growth rate:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, average earnings are:
Career training programs for students who have recently completed a General Educational Development (GED) certificate
Program for recent GED completers to pursue industry-focused career programs at Cedar Valley College. A previous partnership between the college and Texans Can Academies delivered an accelerated GED certificate program to students who had been unable to complete their high school education due to life circumstances.
Texans Can Academies approached Cedar Valley to provide students with training leading to industry certification for meaningful employment opportunities at a "living wage."
The contractual agreement for $132,000 for a one-year period provided access to career-focused training.
A major challenge is allowing students to fulfill family obligations while pursuing career and educational goals. Class sizes are kept small to give as much individual attention as possible.
Training and certification are provided in career-focused fields. Partners hold strategic meeting sessions to discuss student interests, program needs of Texans Can Academies and resources available to ensure student success.
Cedar Valley trained more than 50 students of Texans Can Academies in courses leading to national or state certifications in their respective fields last year. Programs included Automotive Technology; Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology; Certified Nurse Aid; Dental Assisting; Pharmacy Technician and EKG Technician.
Encouragement is often all that is needed to motivate students. Scheduling around obligations and offering hands-on training invites greater participation and promotes networking skills which can be used in the workforce.
" The partnership between Dallas Can Academy-Pleasant Grove Campus and Cedar Valley College has been challenging, fruitful and uniquely life-changing. About seven years ago, we began our effort in forging a meaningful and cooperative partnership that primarily served the students' needs as well as met the academic rigor inherent in the college and workforce-readiness program that we were establishing. One of our former students, Nico Gray, was in the Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program at Cedar Valley in the spring of 2011. Upon graduating from Dallas Can Academy in 2011, Nico was accepted into the Aviation Institute for Maintenance. He told me that his experience in the HART program at Cedar Valley gave him the understanding of how systems work in an integrated fashion. Nico graduated at the top of his class and has 12 assorted industry certifications... [He] told me that his experience in our partnership provided the knowledge, skills and confidence so that he could take on any challenge that he put his mind to. "
Cedar Valley College
Workforce Development and Continuing Education
Alternative Teachers' Certification for individuals with bachelor's degrees seeking a career change to become full-time schoolteachers in the state of Texas
Mountain View's Alternative Teachers' Certification (ATC) program, the only one in DCCCD, partners with North Texas school districts, charter schools, private schools and individuals to provide certification, internship and state testing for Texas teacher certification.
Texans Can Academies chose to partner with Mountain View because of its reputation for meeting or exceeding Texas Education Agency (TEA) standards for coursework, internship and certification for the Texas Teacher Alternative Certification program. Through the program, Texans Can Academies' charter school lay teachers will become fully certified teachers. The college also has training partnerships with Jacksonville ISD, Tyler ISD, Mount Pleasant ISD, American Professional Jobs de Mexico and International Leadership of Texas Charter Schools.
A contract training agreement for $99,999 over two years by Texans Can Academies covers full tuition, instruction, books and internships for participants in the Alternative Teachers' Certification program.
Since the agreement was initiated in September 2014, 10 students enrolled in fall Alternative Teachers' Certification classes.
Texans Can Academies approached Mountain View to enhance existing teacher skills and to train newly recruited teachers not holding a Texas Teachers' Certificate. The Texas Education Association's website stipulates that "to fulfill the No Child Left Behind federal requirement to be highly qualified, charter school teachers must demonstrate content mastery in their assignment … and competency in the same manner as teachers in public schools."
This is the first contractual agreement between an institution and DCCCD to train teachers for alternative certification. Traditionally, students have entered the program individually with tuition paid by their employer.
Charter schools are a new market for DCCCD teacher certification training, with organization training contracts an attainable goal.
" It has been a distinct pleasure to work with Mountain View's alternative certification program. Texans Can Academies has been able to partner with them to provide state-of-the-art training and preparation for our teachers. "
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LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that nine distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2019. These investigations are made public so that individuals and companies with devices or claims of innovation within these areas will have the opportunity to submit achievements for review.
December 6, 2019, 2:08 pm
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org) has announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd Academy Awards. The Academy's Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the preliminary list of films eligible for further awards consideration. Later this month, the committee will select a shortlist of 10 films that will advance to nominations voting.
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HOLLYWOOD — Veteran colorist Kevin Michael Kirwan has joined Periscope Post & Audio (periscopepa.com). Kirwan brings more than 20 years of experience as a senior colorist and credits on more than 40 television series, including American Crime Story and American Horror Story. At Periscope, he will perform final color out of an all-new grading suite at the Hollywood studio, which launched earlier this year.
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NEW YORK CITY — Creative editorial shop Uppercut (https://uppercutedit.com) has added London-based editor Billy Mead to its roster, marking his first representation in the US. Mead joins Uppercut with over two decades of experience as an editor in London. He brings with him a subtle approach to emotive storytelling and a passion for telling stories that allow viewers to discover their own experiences.
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For some time I have been searching for the one place in Crittenden County that lists those persons who were deemed mentally incompetent. Thus far, these records have been found in county court, circuit court and as loose papers. It wasn't until 1906 that these records are kept in a separate book in Crittenden County.
After the initial referral of mental incompetency was made by the Commonwealth Attorney, a jury of twelve men heard the facts and determined the condition of the person's mental state. The following entries are indexed under Idiots in the Crittenden Circuit Court Order Book A (1842-1850). Later Circuit Court Order Books (through 1856) have no listings for Idiots in the indices.
Lewis Nelson, about age 40, has been a citizen of Livingston now Crittenden County for about five years and has no property to support either himself or his family and is found to be a lunatic and has been for about six years. He has a wife and eight children. Henry L. Cartwright appointed to convey Nelson safely to the asylum. 30 April 1844, page 94.
Clement R. Stewart, about 23 years of age, is single and has no family. He has no personal property but has 115 acres of land. He has been a resident of Crittenden and Livingston counties for the past 4-5 years. His father has been dead several years and left no property; his mother is not a resident of this state and has no property. The jury decided Stewart had been a lunatic for upwards of two years. The Deputy Sheriff was appointed to convey him to the asylum. 17 October 1844, page 143.
Stokley Molsby is an Idiot, according to information filed by the Commonwealth Attorney. After hearing the evidence, the following verdict was returned: We do not believe Stokley Molsby to be an Idiot. 21 April 1846, page 208.
This date the Commonwealth Attorney made known that Hiram Yarnall is a lunatic. Yarnall, age 37, is a farmer, single, has been insane occasionally about 14 years, is tolerably well educated and his natural temper is mild, affectionate towards relations and his general health is good; his estate is worth about $1,000. The jury deemed Yarnall a lunatic and Aaron Yarnall was appointed to take charge & custody of Hiram Yarnall. 23 April 1846, page218.
Anderson Brown, age 35, is reported to be of unsound mind. Brown has 160 acres of land, wagon and two horses worth $500, all his property is in Illinois; he has been roaming about , has no home in this state and his debts amount to more that the value of his estate. Jesse B. McMican and Willis McMican to convey him to the asylum and Jesse McMican to take charge of Brown's estate. 29 May 1849, page 525.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Anderson Brown, a Lunatic, has been restored to his proper mind and Jesse McMican discharged upon making settlement. 26 September 1849, page 606.
It is reported that John D. Boyd is a person of unsound mind. He was brought into court and a jury returned the following verdict: Boyd, age 48, a miller & farmer, is a lunatic. He is married and has two brothers who are insane; his education is moderate or ordinary and his natural temper is rather mild. He owns about 800 acres of land upon which is a flour mill and saw mill and has personal property. C.C. Cole appointed to take charge of Boyd & provide him with diet, clothing &c. 28 September 1849, page 616.
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eBay is using its massive market share to lock users into paying for purchases through its fee-based PayPal service.
In a world first move, the online retailer has announced that as of June 17, users in Australia must use its PayPal payment service for all transactions, with the only exception for cash-on-delivery.
eBay's new policy will be implemented in two stages. In the first stage, all items listed for sale must offer PayPal by May 21. Then in June it will put an end to direct deposits, personal cheques and money orders as a payment option.
The announcement has sparked widespread anger amongst some members of the eBay community, with a petition already circulating on eBay Australia's Round Table discussion board.
Many criticise the extra fees eBay members will be subjected to through PayPal, which attracts a seller fee of between 1.1 percent and 2.4 percent.
"Double-dipping with fees for sellers is not fair. I'm not a big seller myself but now I will not be a seller at all," said eBay member Melg_80.
Exceptions to the new policy will be for listings in the categories of cars, motorcycles, aircraft, boats, caravans, trailers, trucks (commercials), services, real estate and businesses for sale.
eBay trust and safety director Alastair MacGibbon, touted confidence and safety as the two key reasons for this decision. "It's all about increasing the safety and confidence of Australians on eBay," he said.
"You are four times less likely to have a problem on eBay if you pay for the item with PayPal. eBay is no longer willing to stand aside and allow payment methods on the site that are proven to be less safe to consumers".
MacGibbon dismissed seller concerns surrounding the capability of eBay's older and less tech-savvy audience to use PayPal. "If you're buying and selling already on eBay, then you're tech-savvy enough to be well and truly understanding these changes," he said.
Arnitrav, who has been a member for over 8 years, will leave eBay on June 17.
"It is simply not viable to pay eBay's high listing fees, PayPal fees, and still have the normal bank fees imposed on us by our banks as well. I see it as a slap in the face to all the great honest sellers eBay has," said the member.
"Obviously I'm sad that people feel that way...I do understand that some people are not happy with the decision," said MacGibbon.
"eBay and I will do anything we can to try and convince those people the reason behind this decision."
PayPal Buyer Protection will also increase on June 17 to a maximum of $20,000 for eligible items purchased. Currently that level of protection is $3,000.


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Brandon Wilcox has been teaching high school players how to become better for the past three years. That tutelage made Wilcox realize that something was missing.
Wilcox, a senior defensive lineman for Whittier, has now filled that void. The Poets welcomed him with open arms back to the team and he suited up for the 2012 season after last seeing the gridiron in 2008.
"I've been coaching for the last three years, it reminded me of how much fun that I had when I played," Wilcox said. "My former teammates encouraged me. They were more than happy for to come out. I was more than happy to come back.
Wilcox played in 2007 and '08 for the Poets, but ran into some troubles in the classroom and financially in the summer of 2009. After having to leave school due to grades, and unable to pay his tuition, the young man steadily grew up. After a rough stretch of bills piling up and no apparent sense of direction, he found a warehouse job in January 2011. He punched the clock hard by working 10-hour days, 60 hours a week.
"It was a real eye opener," he said. "It was a good job, but it wasn't something I wanted to do the rest of my life."
One of the aspects of his life that he loved remained. He had a chance to coach the defensive line at his alma mater, Troy High School in Fullerton the first two of his three seasons, and at Glen Wilson High School.
Near the end of his factory job, he saw some of his former teammates and thought about rejoining college and going back into track and field and eventually football. He made an impact in track, as he set a school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 166 feet, three inches.
The thought of laboring for a living wasn't appealing for Wilcox.
"It is a lot different when you get into that real world without a degree," Wilcox said. "I let other people know if that's what you want to do, you'll be working warehouse and construction the rest of life. If you want to have that job that you like every day when you wake in the morning, go to school, finish strong and figure out what's important."
He solved what he was looking for. The math major will eventually finish with a bachelor's degree at Whittier and will look into a graduate program and eventually become a teacher and coach. And he gets to finish on the gridiron on his terms. Life is good on and off the field for Wilcox.
"I definitely feel like I am handling it a lot better than I used to," Wilcox said. "On the field, conditioning wise, I am a lot better that I had been. School wise, doing better than I've ever done. Off the field, I have a great relationship with my parents going on and I am a lot more focused on everything off the field as far as academics and athletics."
Wilcox, an interior lineman whose main strength is stopping the run, will focus on trying to end his final season with the Poets by having some high individual goals and giving Whittier a chance for its first non-losing season since 2000, when it was 4-4.
"Personally my biggest thing is finishing the season," Wilcox said. "The biggest goal (individually) to get at least all-conference, if not push myself to get all-American. I want to be one of the conference leaders in sacks and tackles. I want us to win conference. If we can win conference, that would be amazing. The secondary goal is to at least Whittier on the map, we're not messing around anymore. Since I have been on this team, we have an entirely new attitude."
Big WIAC battle on tap in Platteville
UW-Platteville has been priming itself for this season. The Pioneers will have a chance to see how far they have come Saturday. Platteville, ranked 13th, hosts three-time defending national champions and fourth-ranked UW-Whitewater on Saturday afternoon in the marquee WIAC game on the schedule.
Platteville, which comes off a 49-19 win over UW-Eau Claire, has been giving scorekeepers serious workouts. In their first three games, the Pioneers have scored 157 points, the most in school history in that span. The previous mark was 143 set in 1970. The Pioneers are the leader in the WIAC in points scored and are second in Division III, only to Cortland.
"It's really exciting, but we haven't proven anything yet," Pioneers quarterback John Kelly said.
Kelly has been proving Platteville has been blessed at quarterback, as he was the backup to Nick Anderson before Anderson went down with an injury to end his season. Kelly has played in all three games and has completed 60 of 86 passes for 770 yards and nine touchdowns. He has not been intercepted, nor have the Pioneers thrown an interception this season. Platteville has been near flawless, as it has just turned the ball over once, on a fumble.
"We have to play how we've been playing, not turn the ball over and put points on the board," Pioneers coach Mike Emendorfer said.
On the flip side, the Warhawks rebounded from a rare loss the week before by ousting UW-Stevens Point 34-7 Saturday. Desmin Ward ran for 168 yards on 20 carries and scored a touchdown. Prior to the win, the Warhawks saw its 46-game streak snapped by Buffalo State 7-6. Warhawks coach Lance Leipold summed up the unfamiliar feeling.
"Disappointment, extreme disappointment," he said.
The Warhawks moved quickly to correct those mistakes.
"I think what we handled the best was taking personal accountability," he said. "We didn't rush to change anything drastically. We addressed some things. We had too many assignment mistakes. We asked 'Why are we having so many?' We made steps in the right direction."
Despite the setback, Emendorfer doesn't see the Warhawks slipping.
"I think they just proved that they are human," he said. "It's tough for any team to have a streak like that. In some ways I think they are more dangerous."
Winning games in a row is something the Pioneers have been doing. Platteville closed out the regular season with four straight wins and now have been victorious seven in a row. Last year, the Pioneers finished 7-3 overall and won five conference contests for the first time since 1990. Leipold, whose Warhawks have won the past seven meeting against the Pioneers, has seen the steady improvement in his opponent, a senior-laden team.
"This team has pointed themselves to this conference season," Leipold said
And the Pioneers know who they are playing, but don't want to let the game get too inflicted based on the name brand of the Warhawks.
"They are nationally ranked, fourth in nation," Emendorfer said. "We're not going to flinch. We respect who they are and what they have accomplished, but we're not going to flinch. We are fully understanding who they are and the players are looking forward to playing Whitewater."
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The yards Puget Sound receiver Adam Kniffin has in his career, a school record. Kniffin caught four passes for 62 yards. The performance broke the all-time record that was set by Mike Bos in 1982, who accumlated 2,312 yards as a Logger.


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LOS ANGELES — Turnovers proved costly for the Occidental College football team on Saturday night at Jack Kemp Stadium, as the Whittier Poets beat the Tigers 61-30 to win back the coveted bronzed cleats for the first time in five seasons in the 67th "Battle of the Shoes."
The black and orange turned the ball over five times, leading to four Whittier (4-4, 3-3 SCIAC) scores. The game marked just the seventh time the Poets have won a match-up against Occidental in the last 32 years.
Despite the loss, Occidental's seniors performed well on Senior Night. Receiver Matthew Tuckness (Alamo) led the Tiger air attack, catching 13 passes for 206 yards and one touchdown.Ryan Rodriguez (Oakley) added three receptions of his own for 47 yards and one trip to the end zone.
"It's been a great four years," an emotional Tuckness said after the game. "I've made great friends, great memories. I'll always be an Oxy Tiger and I'll always love Occidental football."
The Tigers jumped out to an early lead just 40 seconds into the game when Tommy Edwards (Sherman Oaks) found Kwame Do (San Marino) in the flat and the freshman running back scampered down the sideline, finding pay dirt on a 62-yard touchdown after a Whittier defender failed to push him out of bounds on the short pass.
Edwards finished the contest with 444 passing yards and four touchdowns and Do reeled in 10 catches for 129 yards and two scores. He also led the ground game, tacking on 39 rushing yards.
The celebration was short-lived, though, as the Poets forced the first Tiger turnover with about nine minutes remaining in the period, strip-sacking Edwards and recovering on the Occidental 44-yard-line.
"It's tough, turnovers definitely killed us tonight," Edwards said. "We had a lot of good things going, but those turnovers killed us."
Michael Gilliam (South Korea) led a Tiger defensive stand, recording one sack and one backfield stop to force the Poets to try a field goal. Teran Mawhinney (Fort Collins, Colo.) blocked the 20-yard attempt, allowing Occidental to retain the seven-point advantage.
The Tiger offense hopped back in the driver's seat following the block, driving 80 yards in two minutes to take a 14-0 lead. Tuckness made a key catch on the possession, gaining 34 yards down to the Whittier 15-yard-line. Edwards once again found Do in the flat, and Do dove and snuck the ball inside the right pylon, capping the drive with an 8-yard touchdown reception.
"I was just thinking that two wasn't enough, and as you can see it wasn't," Do said after the game. "We got two but we had to keep going. I wasn't satisfied."
Whittier responded when running back Rufus Osby ran off-tackle right, splitting the Tiger defense and making the score 14-7 on his way to a 50-yard touchdown sprint.
With just over a minute left in the first quarter, Mawhinney returned the ensuing kickoff 57 yards and put the Tigers within striking distance. Mawhinney dominated special teams on the with 190 kickoff return yards. The Tigers ended the quarter driving and appearing to have gained back some momentum.
Instead, Whittier went on to reel off five unanswered touchdowns, going up 41-14. Poet quarterback Steven Rivera and receiver Dameron Fooks proved to be a heroic couplet for the Poets, hooking up for three scores on the evening. Rivera finished with six touchdown passes on 380 yards and Fooks recorded four touchdowns off 12 catches for 138 yards.
The Tigers used two touchdown passes from Edwards to come within 13 points with seven minutes left in the third quarter. Comeback hopes were quickly stomped out, however, when Kimble Tillman returned a kickoff 97 yards to put the Poets back up by 20 at 48-28.
Occidental booked its final two points when they blocked Whittier's last extra point attempt and Matthew Malos (Bellevue, Wash.) ran it all the way back.
"I thought if we could hold them to 42, we would have a shot. I thought it would be a high scoring game, but they just scored more than we did," said Occidental head coach Bill Redell.
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Abu Dhabi (united Arab Emirates) / Nairobi — How many mangroves does it take to offset a transatlantic flight? What consumer actions can we take to reduce damage to rainforests?
Answers to these questions and many more are provided by a new iPhone application launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the Eye on Earth summit in Abu Dhabi today.
The UNEP application draws attention to the critical role played by ecosystems such as salt marshes, mangroves, tropical forests and seagrasses in tackling climate change.
Users of the application can calculate their personal carbon footprint for journeys taken by air, train or road. They will then be shown the equivalent area of a particular ecosystem (such as a tropical forest) that can store this amount of carbon dioxide.
The free iPhone application, named Blue and REDD Carbon, is already available online in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
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The iPhone application provides users with in-depth information on the vital role of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems in both storing and sequestering carbon.
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The Blue Carbon concept aims to promote better management of coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, saltwater marshlands, which serve as vital 'carbon sinks', and can store, in the case of mangrove forests, up to 1,900 tons of carbon dioxide per hectare.
Information on other key climate initiatives, such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is provided.
The UNEP application also highlights the valuable natural services provided by ecosystems, such as the protection of shorelines from storms, support for fisheries and provision of materials such as timber and medicine.
According to UNEP's Forests in a Green Economy report, released earlier this year, forest ecosystems provide more than a billion people with incomes and employment and contribute approximately US$ 468 billion to the global economy. Equatorial rainforests also contain around half of all plant and animal species known on Earth.
Yet many of these vital ecosystems are disappearing at an alarming rate, due to deforestation, pollution from agricultural run-off, water diversion and other factors.
The Blue and REDD Carbon application provides a variety of suggestions and guidelines to show how individual actions (such as buying sustainably-sourced fish) can help limit the environmental degradation of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems.
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The application was launched during the official opening of the One UN Pavillion at the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi. The four-day event, organized by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) and hosted by the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency in partnership with UNEP, brings together experts from the worlds of philanthropy, business, government, data engineering and technology to address issues around access to environmental data and knowledge.
The summit is set to deliver a declaration towards the United Nations Conference on Sutainable Development (Rio+20), which will be held in Brazil in June 2012.
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- INTERVIEW — Africa: Using ICT Solutions to Reduce Global Business Emissions
- OPINION — Zimbabwe: Effective Carbon Emission Control Strategies Needed
- ANALYSIS — Nigeria: Green Computing – Merging Eco-Friendliness With Energy-Efficiency
- OPINION — South Africa: If the Corporate-Political Nexus Cannot Deal With Climate Change, the People Will
The One UN Pavillion at Eye on Earth will display information illustrating the work of the United Nations in the area of environmental data and its application in a wide variety of settings, such as environmental assessment work, humanitarian responses and peace building. Interactive exhibits will present visitors with a wide variety of scientific data on climate change, hazardous wastes and substances, ecosystems management and other topics.
The Global Pulse, the UN Secretary-General's technology for development initiative, will also be highlighted. Global Pulse functions as an innovation laboratory, bringing together expertise from UN agencies, governments, academia, and the private sector to research, develop, test and share tools and approaches for harnessing real-time data for more effective and efficient policy action.
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Question - I have a college professor that claims trees are not as
neccasary to the atmosphere as we think because most of our oxygen
comes from bacteria in the ocean. How true is this and how much of our
oxygen comes from land plants?
It is perfectly all right to ask your professor to direct you to some
references on this topic. A discussion with him or her will also allow
you to make sure that he is not misunderstood with regard to the facts
and also their implications.
Regarding your question, it is true that most of the earth's oxygen
production, PERHAPS as much as 90%, is from the sea plants through
photosynthesis within the top 100 m of the ocean water where there is
enough sunlight for the process to take place. But the implication
that somehow trees are not necessary (to atmosphere and perhaps by
implication to life) is unwarranted. To state that, we have to fully
understand the entire ecosystem, be able to model it, validate the
model going back in time, and then cautiously applying it to predict
and verify future trends.
The ecosystem that supports life on earth is a very delicate, our
knowledge of it negligible, and we are not in a position to state what
facets of the ecosystem are necessary and which ones are not. One
approach to ecosystem management - if we can all it so - is to avoid
causing dramatic man-made changes until we understand the system
better. The other school of thought, driven mostly by ideological and
financial considerations, states that undertaking activities that
cannot be shown to cause damage is fine.
Ali Khounsary, Ph.D.
Argonne National Laboratory
Global warming (the greenhouse effect) is not well understood (that is
being kind). First, the various numersou computer models give conflicting
results because the input data are insufficient and/or not well defined. The
classic example is the very term "average global temperature". Despite its
common use, it is meaningless. The climatic condition cannot be
characterized by a single number. A better concept is a "global temperature
fingerprint", that is, some places are going to get warmer, others are going
to get colder. But no such "fingerprint" exists. Second, WATER (H2O), not
CO2, is the major "greenhouse gas" and many models do not take water into
account and so are doomed from the start. The condition of the climate
depends upon several interacting positive/negative feedback cycles (H2O,
CO2, sea ice, marine biology, terrestrial biology and hydrology, other
atmospheric chemicals e.g. methane, solar insolation, solar "events", and
other upper atmospheric effects, global lightning patterns, particulates and
gases both from human origin and 'natural' origins such as volcanoes, even
cosmic rays). Each is complex in its own domain. Some of these cycles (and
others not mentioned) humans can have an impact; on others cycles, there is
no control. See "Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks" National Research
Council report. It is accurate to say that the "burn fossil fuel-produce
CO2-increase global temperature" is so primitive a paradigm it is useless
and meaningless, despite its popular use and appeal. At present, climate
models are not even able to reconstruct climate history, much less predict
the future. Chapter 10 of Philip Ball's book "Designing the Molecular World"
gives a balanced statement of the state of affairs with respect to global
This is not to be taken as "anti-environmental" or "anti-conservation".
Take it to mean that we need to ask the right questions, identify the proper
variables, construct meaningful models. In fact, we don't need all the
scientific data and predictions to "take care of mother Earth, it's the only
one we have." We need to be honest about the state of our knowledge and
understanding, however. And that state is very uncertain. Absurdly
oversimplified models, like the "burn fossil fuel-produce CO2-increase
global temperature" one are not constructive, to put it mildly. It focuses
on only one of many interacting feedbacks that define "climate".
Vince Calder
More follow-up on this inquiry: See Feb 2004 issue of National Geographic
for article on "Where Has the Carbon Gone?" Climate issues involve at least
3 types of events: statics (such as a mass balance); dynamics (such as
atmospheric / terrestrial changes over time -- both short and long term);
chaotic (catastrophic events that influence climate, e.g. volcanoes). The
National Geographic article is a well thought out example of a mass balance
that doesn't "add up". That does not minimalize the seriousness of the
issues, but illustrates that the science is not so easy.
Vince Calder
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A total of 155 tests were conducted by two different third-party labs using four different testing methods on samples from the same bottle tested by the FDA's contracted lab, the company said. The tests are the latest effort by J&J to prove the safety of its widely used consumer product after the test by the FDA prompted J&J to undertake a nationwide recall of one lot of Johnson's Baby Powder in October.
The "Asbestos in Talc Symposium," sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration, was dominated by industry hands: Most of the 21 non-government participants had done work for talc companies, such as testing and serving as expert witnesses and consultants, symposium documents and other records show. Key sessions were led by witnesses for Johnson & Johnson in lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn customers that its Baby Powder was tainted with cancer-causing asbestos, the records show. Over the past 50 years, the FDA has relied upon - and often deferred to - industry even as outside experts and consumers repeatedly raised serious health concerns about talc powders and cosmetics, a Reuters investigation found.
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Janes was a running back on the Westfield/Brocton football team and lost consciousness after a helmet-to-helmet hit during a game against Portville on Friday. He was a junior at Brocton Central School.
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Oracle's "lofty" price Acme Packet is lighting a fire under other networking names, namely fellow broadband-equipment maker Sonus.
Several analysts have called the 22% premium for Acme Packet high given Acme's slipping market share, but noted that's likely to help others in the area that may suddenly look like targets.
Network traffic has soared as communications move increasingly mobile. Oracle's purchase is a bet on the technology that helps manage communications based on the internet.
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Time again for another adventure in upgrading ApplicationXtender… this time to the much awaited 6.x release family. Although not a revolutionary release, it is much welcome owing to the following architecture changes:
- Support for Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 OS platforms (and thus, support for 64-bit operating systems).
- Integrated Adobe PDF 9.x libraries, solving compatibility problems with Adobe Reader.
- Web Access component now compiled in ASP.NET 2.0 (instead of the retired ASP.NET v1).
- Web Access Thumbnail viewer is now a Silverlight control instead of a Java applet (a dubious improvement).
- The DiskXtender image repository now implements (and AX now supports) the use of Authenticated RPC calls, instead of the unforgivable unauthenticated and unencrypted RPCs used in previous versions of the software. However, this "improvement" not withstanding, we will be discontinuing the use of DiskXtender with this upgrade. When you look at actual implementation details, use of CIFS/SMB2 offers us equivalent security (or more security, if implemented in conjunction with IPsec) at a lower cost, and with more configuration options.
- Oracle 11g databases are now supported, for what that is worth (we will be using 10g R2 for a bit longer).
I am not going to go though a step-by-step here, but I will note the most significant configuration quirks that either were not documented in the deployment guides, or that were inadequately documented. These settings are necessary if running AX in the "least privilege" mode, instead of the moronic "make all of your service accounts domain admins" mode:
- All AX components (except licensing) are all still 32-bit applications. As a result, they require the availability of 32-bit libraries for interacting with external (third party components). As a result, we cannot expect 64-bit Oracle database clients to be of any use. We have developed 32-bit only Oracle InstantClient v126.96.36.199 installers for use with this product.
- If installing the license service on a 64-bit host, be aware that EMC has released a new version of the license server specifically for 64-bit computers. You should not use the version that ships with the initial 6.5 release.
- The license service has been rewritten since AX 5.4… it now requires client access to TCP port 9251 only. Fortunately, we no longer need to muck with DCOM component security settings to get licensing to work.
- After installing the WebAccess.NET components into IIS, be sure to grant the Service Account rights to .NET framework temp files directory (In "%windir%.NET Frameworkv2.xxxxx.NET Framework Temporary Files" (I think that is the correct path)).
- After installing the AX Rendering service, you need to make the following additional changes:
- In the properties of the Rendering service (services.msc control panel), you must clear the "Allow Service to Interact with Desktop" option.
- You must grant the service account read/write access to the Rendering service installation directory in "%ProgramFiles%XtenderSolutions".
- After installing the Indexing Server (if you are using it), and before configuration, you must ensure that your Indexing service account has a password that is fewer than 24 characters in length. The configuration utility will not complain that your password is too long, but it will truncate your password before encrypting it for storage, and the service will then fail to start (silently, and without generating any useful log information… aargh!).


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If you are a purist , this post isn't for you, F1 cars are tough to drive, that's why they have people with years and years and years of experience driving them. I play with drive assist on and the game is pure pleasure in that mode. A lot of people will say that F1 2012 repackages F1 for the mainstream, we are however ok with that.
Thanks to FreeStyleXtreme for sending us a review copy.
First things 1st, a lot has changed since F1 2011, initially when I received the game I thought that this wouldn't be much different but Codemasters have really made the game much more enjoyable, sometimes via large changes and sometimes via subtle changes to the experience. Some of the things however do remain the same, you still have an email inbox and a manager who takes care of sending you random email.
Physics/Graphics/Gameplay Improvements:
The Physics in the F1 game is exceptional, whether it's the bouncing on the kerbs or the rain splatter from the car in front. One can see that enough thought has gone into designing the physics engine.
Another cool feature is the flashback feature, in earlier editions if you got say a 10 seconds penalty, you would have to restart the game or finish in a horrible position by absorbing the penalty,however in the current edition, you can pause, rewind and retake the corner, not causing that accident or cutting the corner and hence avoiding playing the race all over again. There are limited number of such flashbacks available in the game.
The graphics in the game are also top notch, the reflections look realistic and the tracks are beautiful. The game deserves to be enjoyed in HD on a console (unless you have a monster PC). Otherwise you would miss all the finer car details and the stunning fluid gameplay.
Apart from the traditional championship modes and time trial attacks present in the 2011 edition too, the game has several new modes added for your playing pleasure, when you start, you are invited for the Young Driver's test. It's a series of tutorials as well as scenarios to prove your worth as a F1 driver. It's a good introduction to the controls for the 1st time gamers. You do want to ace each test here as a good score here would earn you a spot with your favorite formula one team.
Once you are done with the Young Driver's test and earned your achievements, you can move onto the Season Challenge. The Season challenge is an exciting new part of the game wherein you compete in 10 formula one races and choose a rival for 3 races at a time. When you beat a rival, you have the option to take his seat. Its fun to say the least.
Another new gameplay mode is the champion's mode wherein you get to play against six world champions in pre-determined scenarios, the scenarios get progressively more difficult and the adrenaline rush is difficult to ignore in the roaring sounds of the engine.
Overall Rating:
We are addicted to formula one and this game is as close to F1 action that you would get. We are giving it a 5/5 rating, the game offers hours and hours of gameplay. Comparing to F1 2011, the game is much more evolved and accessible, sometimes at the cost of F1 purity, but that's ok.
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The New York Times may have declared the camel rider as Jacksonville's primary contribution to the dining world; however, another curious culinary invention was created here, too, equally deserving of your attention. Let me regale you with a story of my recent visit to the forgotten enclave of Lubi's.
The Southside location (11633 Beach Blvd.) is a well-preserved time capsule maintained so that one can study the sort of mad gastronomic science once practiced in Jacksonville's commercial kitchens. The menu boasts six versions of a hot sub aptly called The Lubi. The base is made up of browned ground sirloin, American cheese, onions and your choice of mayo, mustard, and hot or sweet peppers. The bread is a mix between a giant hot dog bun and hoagie roll. Variants include the Mozzarella Lubi (with sour cream, mozzarella cheese and marinara), Mean Machine (with lettuce, tomato, mozzarella cheese and Italian dressing) and Stroganoff Lubi (with sour cream, mushrooms, gravy and mozzarella cheese).
I couldn't help but wonder what kind of tequila-filled night inspired someone to bake an oversized hot dog bun, stuff it full of condiments, onions and ground beef, and top it with a Hamburger Helper-inspired stroganoff. My invitation to that party must have gotten lost in the mail, sadly.
I decided to dip my toe in the water by ordering the comparatively tame Our Famous Lubi (topped with Kraft American cheese) with mayo, mustard and hot peppers. My Lubi artist began to construct this meaty delight on a sheet of aluminum foil, and suddenly things became quite interesting when she whisked my meal toward a microwave in order to "steam the bun." Is she really going to put that aluminum foil-wrapped meat dog in the microwave? Oh my God, she's going to burn this place to the ground!
Is this how it ends? Everything I thought I knew about modern science flew out the window as 30 mesmerizing seconds ticked by without that microwave (and the surrounding kitchen) bursting into flames. The only logical conclusion I could come to was that the doors of Lubi's open some kind of space/time vortex where the laws of physics are manipulated by sorcerers called Lubiloyees. (Or that the aluminum foil-looking wrap actually contains no real metals.)
The experience of eating The Lubi goes just how you'd imagine it would, except that you'll need a fork (the walls of this hot-dog-hoagie-bun get soaked quite expeditiously by a combination of hot pepper juice and beef fat).
In historical context, Jacksonville has always been known as a drinking town. It makes perfect sense that a tasty item like The Lubi was invented to soak up so many of the night's mistakes. If you enjoy scratching your historical curiosity, or perhaps were over-served the night before, a trip to Lubi's is just the thing for a cure. Actually, it's good any time.


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Welcome to the website for Lynne's Custom Framing in Clarksville, Tennessee. Lynne's is a locally owned, full-service frame shop specializing in archival picture framing and local art.
We frame it all -- original or limited edition art, needlework, oil paintings, mirrors, portraits, photographs, prints, posters, plus memorabilia or collectibles of all kinds.
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Cards still in promising position despite loss
St. Louis has ace Wainwright going in Game 5, stud rookie Wacha in Game 6
ST. LOUIS -- It was a tough night in Cardinal Nation. But the disappointment surrounding the defeat at Busch Stadium should be a temporary sensation.
A record crowd of 47,469 filled Busch III to the brim Sunday night. These Cardinals loyalists held fervent and not unreasonable hopes of seeing the middle portion of a march to the 12th World Series championship in the long and proud history of the St. Louis franchise.
The scenario required no leap of imagination or twisting of fact. The Cardinals would win Game 4 of the 2013 World Series. Then on Monday night, with ace Adam Wainwright going, they would finish this World Series. They would defeat the Boston Red Sox and become the first big league team to win three World Series in this century. The Cards would not only be champions, they would be the best team of an entire era.
This happy scenario has not been obliterated, but it certainly has been delayed, detoured and determined to be a little too pat. The Red Sox won Game 4 on Sunday night, 4-2, and evened the Series at two games apiece, largely because outfielder Jonny Gomes hit a three-run home run off St. Louis reliever Seth Maness in the sixth inning.
This was Gomes' first hit of the Series in his 10th at-bat. When Shane Victorino was held out of the lineup as a late scratch, Gomes essentially became his replacement. He wasn't supposed to be in this situation, but then he wins the game. Baseball is like that at times.
"I'm just a right-handed, hard-swinger guy," Gomes said.
The Red Sox have been held to a .189 team batting average in these four games by some splendid Cardinals pitching, but this should not lead anyone to believe that the Sox are offensively overrated. They led the Majors in runs scored this season. St. Louis was third in that category. Now the Cards, hitting .235 as a team in the Series, aren't exactly tearing it up, either.
The nature of the postseason is for superior pitching to defeat high-powered hitting. But that doesn't mean that St. Louis is going to shut down Boston's offense night after night. These Red Sox are patient, selective hitters who grind out at-bats and drive up pitch counts. They resemble the Cardinals in all these aspects.
Maness has been a double-play machine in relief for the Cards.
"Maness has a tremendous sinker and he's a ground-ball guy," Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
Second-guessing Maness' presence in a two-on, two-outs situation in a tie game against a right-handed hitter doesn't work, because this is where he has been much of the season.
"With Seth, he's been a guy who has been able to help us out and do an incredible job in that situation all season long," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "He's been able to come in and get the big out when we needed it, and we wanted to give him a shot. It just didn't work out tonight."
As disappointing as this loss was for the National League champions, the road ahead still looks promising.
The Game 5 starter for the Cards on Monday night will be their ace, Wainwright. Not much more needs to be said. Who could believe that Wainwright, after losing in the Series opener, will have two sub-standard starts in a row at this lofty level? He is more like the definition of the kind of pitcher you want in this situation. Boston's Jon Lester is accomplished, too, but it is hard to pick against Wainwright in this kind of circumstance.
Beyond that, the Red Sox's victory Sunday night guaranteed that the Series must return to Fenway Park for at least a Game 6. This is not an insignificant development.
But the Cardinals can go into Game 6 with Michael Wacha, who is 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA in this postseason. Wacha has been the pitcher of this postseason. When the Red Sox managed to score two runs against him in Game 2, that was notable, because he had given up only one run in his three previous starts combined.
John Lackey could pitch for Boston in Game 6. He is a proven veteran, but neither he nor anyone else has been pitching as well as Wacha has this October. Lackey pitched an inning of relief in Game 4, his first relief appearance since 2004.
The loss Sunday night doesn't mean that the Cards are going to lose this World Series. It merely means that it won't be at all easy or automatic for them to win this World Series.


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Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Fact Sheet
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) in the Legs
or lower extremities is the narrowing or blockage of the vessels that carry blood from the heart to the legs. It is primarily caused by the buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries, which is called atherosclerosis. PAD can occur in any blood vessel, but it is more common in the legs than the arms.
Risk Factors for PAD
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- Atherosclerosis
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Older than age 60
Men and woman are equally affected by PAD; however, black race/ethnicity is associated with an increased risk of PAD. People of Hispanic origin may have similar to slightly higher rates of PAD compared to non-Hispanic whites. Approximately 8.5 million people in the United States have PAD, including 12-20% of individuals older than age 60. General population awareness of PAD is estimated at 25%, based on prior studies.2
Other clinical conditions and disorders of arteries can mimic the symptoms of PAD, and not all PAD is due to atherosclerosis.3-4
In this image, a normal artery is shown on the left. The right shows an artery narrowed by atherosclerosis, causing PAD. Photo courtesy of Michigan Medical Report (http://www.michiganmedicalreport.com).
Signs and Symptoms of PAD
The classic symptom of PAD is pain in the legs with exertion such as walking, which is relieved by resting. However, up to 40% of individuals with PAD have no leg pain. Symptoms of pain, ache, or cramp with walking (claudication) can occur in the buttock, hip, thigh, or calf.3
Physical signs in the leg that may indicate peripheral arterial disease include muscle atrophy, hair loss, smooth shiny skin, skin that is cool to the touch especially if accompanied by pain while walking (which is relieved by stopping walking), decreased or absent pulses in the feet, non-healing ulcers or sores in the legs or feet, and cold or numb toes.3,4
Preventing PAD
Physical activity and exercise are important for preventing PAD and for improving symptoms of PAD.3
- Avoid use of tobacco—smoking increases the risk of PAD by 2-6 times and it worsens the symptoms of PAD.5
- Control high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes.
Supervised exercise training programs can improve and prolong walking distance in individuals with PAD.
Diagnosis and Treatment of PAD
In patients with symptoms of PAD, the ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a non-invasive test that measures the blood pressure in the ankles and compares it with the blood pressure in the arms at rest and after exercise. Imaging tests such as ultrasound, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), and computed tomographic (CT) angiography can provide additional information in diagnosing PAD.2-4
- Individuals with PAD are at risk for developing coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease, which could lead to a heart attack or stroke.5
- Aspirin or other similar anti-platelet medications may prevent the development of serious complications from PAD and associated atherosclerosis.3,5
- All efforts must be made to stop smoking.
- Severe cases may require surgery to bypass blocked arteries.
- Allison MA, Ho E, Denenberg JO, et al. Ethnic-specific prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in the United States. 2007 American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2007;32:328-333.
- Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, et. al. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2011 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2011;123:e18-e209.
- Creager MA, Loscalzo J. Vascular Diseases of the Extremities. In: Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Kasper DL, et al., eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 17e ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2008.
- Rooke TW, Wennberg PW. Diagnosis and Management of Diseases of the Peripheral Arteries and Veins. In: Walsh RA, Simon DI, Hoit BD, et al., eds.: Hurst's The Heart. 12e ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2007.
- Hirsch AT, Haskal ZJ, Hertzer NR, et al. ACC/AHA 2005 Practice guidelines for the management of patients withi peripheral arterial disease (lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic): Circulation. 2006;113:e463-654.


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Casual cool: how to wear relaxed denim this autumn
Picture this… The weekend is finally here. Hair up in a bun, bra off, trackies on, Netflix streaming. Shock horror: the phone rings and it's a girlfriend making sure you'll be there by 7pm. You have to leave the house!
We have all been in this situation before, whether it was your turn to take the kids to their morning soccer game, a dinner with girlfriends or a lunch with the parents. What's new is that you no longer have to sacrifice the comfort that the weekend often brings in order to go out attend your plans, no matter what time of day. We have selected a few key staple pieces of relaxed denim from this autumn's collections and shown you how to style it in order to both look and feel great.
The denim jacket
Pictured, clockwise from top left: Country Road T-shirt, Ray-Ban Sunglasses, Decjuba Denim Jacket, Springcourt Sneakers, SABA Leggings, Nyla Bandana.
The dungarees
Pictured, clockwise from top left: Glassons Sunglasses, Forever New Dungarees, Gorman T-shirt, Neon Hart Beret, Converse Sneakers, Oroton Cross-body Bag, Jeans West Denim Jacket.
The boyfriend jeans
Pictured, clockwise from top left: Forever New Blazer, Dotti T-shirt, W7 Lipstick, Sportsgirl Baker Boy Cap, sass & bide Boyfriend Jeans, Calvin Klein Tote Bag, Forever New Loafer Mules.
The wide leg pants
Pictured, clockwise from top left: Ray-Bay Sunglasses, Decjuba Shirt, Bag Scene Cross-body Bag, Decjuba Leather Jacket, Jo Mercer Boots, Dissh Wide Leg Pants.


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Punta Sayulita Luxury Home is a spectacular two level 8,675 sq.ft (805.93m²) house with Palapa roofs, accommodates 3 bedrooms, each with a full bath, as well 2 separate outdoor showers and 2 half baths. This beautiful house has expansive views to the ocean and spectacular vistas of the surrounding coastline, with direct access to the outdoor terraces making these panoramas even easier to enjoy. In addition to generous living dining and kitchen spaces, the lower level entertainment/study opens to the pool and spa amenities.


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Church Accounting and Internal Controls
By MALCOLM M. DEVORE Partner, Los Angeles Office
Presented before the Third Annual Conference of the National Association of Church Administrators, Los Angeles — July 1959
AT the outset of my talk I should like to pay tribute to you
gentlemen for the important role I feel you are playing in the ongoing program of our churches.
Yours is not the leading role, for you are the men behind the scenes so to speak. Yours is a supporting role but, in my judgment, a most important one.
Being dedicated men you realize fully that the primary function of the church is to further God's work here on earth. This work, the program of our churches, is carried on by our ministers and by our dedicated lay workers. They are the ones primarily who bring our people into a better relationship with God and thereby extend and strengthen His Kingdom.
Basically it is your role to free these persons of as much of the temporal problems of our church operations as you can. In this manner you thereby free them for their primary responsibility of carrying on God's program.
In the efficient performance of your tasks as business administrators
you, as members of the team, are therefore having a vital part in winning persons to the Kingdom.
Your responsibilities are many and varied. One of them is the maintenance of accounting records and internal controls and the preparation of related reports. This is the area about which I speak to you today.
I think it might be well if we first set down our objectives in the area of church accounting and internal controls. This may seem quite elementary, yet I believe you will agree it is of fundamental importance, for if we do not have clearly in mind the result we are seeking, we will not, except by fortunate circumstance, achieve that result.
Accordingly, I would list our objectives as setting up and maintaining:
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Gate Check II Stroller Bag4745
Use this handy, compact travel bag when gate-checking a stroller to protect it from dirt and germs. The bright red color and large graphics easily identify your item for return to gate. Fits and covers most umbrella-style strollers easily with draw-string closure and adjustable lock.
- Stuffs quickly into attached pouch for traveling convenience
- Compact to fit in travel bags
- Webbing handle
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- Easy care - wipe clean with mild soap and damp cloth
- Expanded bag measures 43" x 12" x 12"
- Not recommended for baggage check
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Experience tons of amazing effects in this original, highly entertaining 3D Pinball game. Every game is unique with five different tables, changing features and options. With a sleek design and vivid colors, MacPinball will have you coming back for more. Play solo or compete with friends and family in two-player mode.
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Emma's Dim Sum - Cafe Delight in Northbridge is one of these.
So whether it's open at lunch time or night time, Emma's will serve Dim Sum a la carte. However, if you decide you don't want Dim Sum at night after all - or even a mix, Emma's also serves more 'normal' Chinese dinner menu dishes too.
Like virtually all Dim Sum restaurants, the prices for the dishes are worked out according to a size legend they can change over time. The prices at the time I went were as follows:
I also should make a quick mention of the service. We went on a quiet night, where there were only a couple of other tables and there were two waitstaff present. Despite the ratio which would make you think you should have very quick and efficient service, the waitstaff were not attentive and at times seemed to prefer to amuse each other more than see if customers needed anything. Saying that, the staff were quite friendly when they did attend to you - it's just that you may have to waive them down a lot if you experience the same as what we did.
Deep fried salt & pepper squid tentacles - XXL
These deep fried squid tentacles were fried tender on the inside, and in some parts crispy on the outside. The squid was seasoned with chilli, pepper and an amount of salt that made this dish (for me) salty.
This was a reasonable take on this popular dish, but at a reasonably high price.
Steamed siu mai & fish roe - L
These siu mai dumplings came out looking like the normal porked based wrapped in wonton pastry dumplings they are meant to be, but they did look a little pale inside.
Although flavoured quite moderately (i.e. not bland nor too salty) with a noticeable amount of sesame oil, the dumplings seemed quite fatty with a very soft clumpy texture inside as opposed to a chunkier and meatier blend with noticeable chunks of meat and even prawns. I wasn't very impressed with these dumplings due to that fact but otherwise it was flavoured ok.
Steamed prawn dumplings - L
These steamed prawn dumplings were the normal chopped prawn filling, wrapped in a rice flour pastry. The prawn mix inside was moderately seasoned (again not bland nor too salty) and again with noticeable sesame oil. Compared to other places I've been to, the dumplings were on the medium to smaller size.
Overall they weren't too bad but there wasn't anything special about these dumplings.
Deep fried prawn dumplings with mayonnaise - XL
These dumplings looked OK from the outset. To start with, biting into these dumplings was met with a nice crunchy exterior - a good start if you ask me.
Going in further, revealed a bit of a different story (at least for me) as the filling was like a fat mixed-in prawn mince seasoned moderately and with sesame oil - the mince seemingly really smooth and as opposed to containing big chunks of nice prawns that I prefer.
Pan fried Beijing pork dumplings - L
This dumpling was pan-fried, giving it a nice grill-like taste. The pastry used was a more floury type of pastry and the thickness at a couple of millimetres thick was enough to give it a slightly doughy taste.
Inside the dumpling was minced pork mixed with a bit of crunchy water chestnuts as well as chives (with the latter two ingredients adding good texture and to break up the meaty dumpling filling). The dumpling seemed to be lightly seasoned, by itself it seemed a bit bland in terms of seasoning (including light levels of salt). However, the dumpling is served with Chinese vinegar - the sour taste going really well with the dumpling and making it overall enjoyable.
Pan fried radish cake - L (comes with three slabs, two pictured)
This pan fried radish cake was a pretty standard starchy (rice flour) cake, with mild flavours of chinese radish, and salty and sweet preserved sausage. The radish cake was pan fried with oil giving a very light crispy exterior and a nice pan-fried flavour. The overall radish cake wasn't overly oily or salty though which was a big plus for me. Overall, I was quite satisfied with this dish.
We liked: You can have dim sum pretty much any time of the day including for dinner; seasoning in good moderation
We didn't like: Quite a few dishes didn't seem up to scratch; the service is not attentive
Other things to note: There is a dim sum menu as well as a 'main course dish' menu; you may want to check ahead as to what their opening hours are - they may have changed
Emma's Dim Sum Cafe Delight
168 Newcastle Street
(08) 9328 9388