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The pomegranate has been mentioned in biblical tales, and some debate exists regarding whether it was a pomegranate, not an apple, that enticed Eve in the Garden of Eden. The fruit received mention in the writings of Homer, as well as in Greek mythology: It was a pomegranate that tempted Persephone while in the underworld with Hades. Many cultures consider it to be a symbol of fertility, health and prosperity.
The round fruit, which has a spiky, flared crown, can be as small as an orange or as large as a grapefruit, depending on variety. Pomegranates have shiny, leathery skin, which can be anything from deep brick red to yellow. The beautiful whole fruits are often used as decorations.
Inside, the fruit consists of around 800 crunchy seeds† surrounded by juice sacs (these are called arils), which are suspended in membranes. Arils (see the photo below) can be vivid ruby red, pale pink or even white, depending on the particular variety of pomegranate. Pomegranates preferred for eating contain large arils filled with a sweet, refreshing and slightly tart juice. The many varieties of the fruit differ in terms of sweetness and juice-to-seed ratio. Some can be extremely astringent or even sour; seedless and soft-seeded varieties exist as well.
†You will read in a variety of sources that there are 840 arils. Are there exactly 840 arils in every pomegranate, we asked? According to some sources, this is true for at least three different varieties of pomegranate. Author Alissa Dicker offered to buy a few pomegranates to verify this herself, but we considered it above and beyond the call of duty, and declined her offer. Instead, she called the experts at POM Wonderful, who have counted the arils and found that the number of arils does vary. Not surprisingly, the smaller varieties have fewer. — The Editors
The American Pomegranate
Spanish sailors are credited with bringing the fruit to Florida, sometime around the 16th century. Today, nearly all of America's commercial crop come from California's San Joaquin Valley, where pomegranates are harvested, by hand, from August through December. Most American pomegranates are of the variety called Wonderful, which has large, sweet, juicy, red arils and a dark red rind. Pomegranate concentrate is also imported from the Middle East, from a different variety, which causes the juice to taste somewhat different—just as a Valencia orange and a Seville orange produce juice with somewhat different flavor notes.
Pomegranate Arils & Juice
Arils, which burst open when bitten, can be eaten as they are (see below for how to release them from the fruit) or used in other preparations. For both flavor and color, they make lovely additions to fruit salads; a great topping for yogurt, cereal, and mixed salads; a tart and satisfying garnish for meats and fish, dips, and desserts. A medium pomegranate (about 9 ounces) will yield approximately three-quarters cup of arils.
Photo of arils by Alaina Cherup | SXC.
Eating pomegranate seeds can be a messy endeavor (the methods discussed below should help make it a little neater), and some people grapple over whether to spit out the seed inside each aril (we always eat them—that crunch packs loads of fiber—but our editor spits them out; it's a matter of personal preference). This may partly explain why the fruit is often pressed into juice.
Pomegranate juice is drunk as it is, or used to make pomegranate syrup, molasses, sorbet, and jelly. Also, it can be fermented into a kind of wine. The juice is cooked with walnuts and poultry to make a traditional Persian stew called fesenjan. True grenadine is the product of pomegranate juice cooked with sugar syrup, although most of what's found in today's Shirley Temple is synthetic.
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So a situation I run into reasonably often is one where my models start to either:
- Grow into monsters with tons and tons of methods
- Allow you to pass pieces of SQL to them, so that they are flexible enough to not require a million different methods
For example, say we have a "widget" model. We start with some basic methods:
- get($id)
- insert($record)
- update($id, $record)
- delete($id)
- getList() // get a list of Widgets
That's all fine and dandy, but then we need some reporting:
- listCreatedBetween($start_date, $end_date)
- listPurchasedBetween($start_date, $end_date)
- listOfPending()
And then the reporting starts to get complex:
- listPendingCreatedBetween($start_date, $end_date)
- listForCustomer($customer_id)
- listPendingCreatedBetweenForCustomer($customer_id, $start_date, $end_date)
You can see where this is growing... eventually we have so many specific query requirements that I either need to implement tons and tons of methods, or some sort of "query" object that I can pass to a single ->query(query $query) method...
... or just bite the bullet, and start doing something like this:
- list = MyModel->query(" start_date > X AND end_date < Y AND pending = 1 AND customer_id = Z ")
There's a certain appeal to just having one method like that instead of 50 million other more specific methods... but it feels "wrong" sometimes to stuff a pile of what's basically SQL into the controller.
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AMERICUS - The 10th-ranked North Georgia baseball team won the first two games of a three-game weekend series at Hurricane Stadium, defeating Georgia Southwestern, 2-0, in the opener and 5-2 in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon.
The Hurricanes suffer their first two league losses of the season, falling to 12-9 overall and 3-2 in PBC play. North Georgia improves to 14-6 overall on the year, moving to 3-5 in the PBC.
North Georgia broke a scoreless game in the sixth inning of Game 1 with a Kenny Bellavance RBI-single to left field.
The Saints put together three singles in the ninth to add an insurance run.
Trent Franzago (3-3) takes the hard-luck loss after throwing a complete game in which he allowed two runs and seven hits, walked one and struck out four.
John Duran and Andrew Anderson had two hits apiece for GSW in the opener. The Hurricanes outhit North Georgia, 9-7.
In the nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader, Southwestern surrendered a run in the first inning, but answered with two in the second. With Anderson on base as the result of a walk, and Andrew Archer on via a single, Jarrod Taylor cleared the bases with a double to center field.
North Georgia regained the lead in the top of the third after scoring two runs and led the rest of the way, adding single runs in the seventh and the ninth.
The Hurricanes left five runners in scoring position over the final seven innings
Zach Whitman (2-2) gave up three runs - two earned - over five innings on six hits. He walked four and struck out six. Stephen Daneman tossed three innings, surrendering two runs and six hits. Gray Carden pitched a scoreless inning after getting all three of the batters he faced to strike out swinging.
Beau Parker finished 2-for-5 in Game 2 to lead Hurricane hitters. Anderson went 0-for-1 with three walks and scored a run.
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Stepping inside Heart and Core Yoga Studio, one is immediately struck by the power of the space. Soothing music cascades through the air, yoga mats spread over a smooth wooden floor and an ambiance unlike any other pervades the senses.
Owned by Jill Lawson, the studio feels different than a gym or recreation center, yet according to the longtime yoga instructor, offers some of the same benefits, in addition to many others.
"It's refreshing for the mind and body," said Lawson, who has been teaching yoga in the area since 2004. "It's a little different than going for a run. It gives you a chance to slow down and I think in this life where we are so hurried…that's the part that benefits people the most."
Opened in April 2013, the studio currently provides space to nine instructors who specialize in various forms of yoga.
In no way age or experience specific, classes are available for individuals of all ages and abilities. According to Lawson, several young people currently practice at the studio, as do several senior citizens.
In addition to its weekly class offerings, the studio also offers a 200-hour teacher training program that prepares students to one day teach classes of their own. As part of the program, students are exposed to anatomy and physiology, yoga philosophy and ethics training.
While the $2150 cost of the training program may discourage some from attending the program, expenses are often paid back once graduates of the program begin teaching.
Seeking to provide a wholesome fitness experience, Lawson hopes that her studio can provide a means through which more area residents can become involved in yoga.
"I want to see more people benefiting from yoga," said Lawson. "It's great to see over the last nine years how many people are practicing on a regular basis. I want to see that keep going."
Individuals interested in obtaining more information about Heart and Core Yoga Studio are encouraged to check out the studio's website at http://heartandcoreyoga.com/ or contact Jill Lawson at 970-739-0547.


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Straily, Crisp lead A's to big win over Astros
HOUSTON -- The A's sure didn't play shy with the Astros on Friday, instead greeting their new division foes with the liveliest of introductions.
Four pitches in, they were already up by a run, thanks to Coco Crisp's ninth career leadoff homer off former A's farmhand Brad Peacock. Five innings in, they led by eight, following a seven-run frame that clocked in at nearly 45 minutes.
"More like 50 minutes," said A's starter Dan Straily, laughing. "I just kept watching the clock."
Nevertheless, the A's simply outdid themselves, perhaps even already overstaying their welcome at Minute Maid Park despite two games still left to be played in the series, with an 8-3 victory.
Oakland has won three straight, while the Astros have dropped just as many in a row, their last victory coming Sunday -- with two off-days inbetween -- on Opening Night. Before Friday, Houston hadn't scored since then either.
On this night, it was Straily who handcuffed the Astros' sluggish lineup, compiling a career-high 11 strikeouts -- his previous high was eight -- in 6 2/3 innings, leaving a positive impression on A's officials, who optioned him to Triple-A after the game to prepare for Bartolo Colon's return to the rotation on Saturday.
A's manager Bob Melvin waited until the conclusion of Friday's contest to inform Straily of the move, a decision the pitcher knew about well in advance of his start.
"It's honestly something I thought about," Straily said. "I tried not to, but I could do basic math. There's six of us for five spots, and I'm the least experienced, the youngest guy. So I take it in stride and go down and do some work and see you later. It's not a down note for me today. I'm pretty excited about today."
"He knew what was going on, and even admitted that it was weighing on his mind all day today," Melvin said. "But he put that away and performed as well as we've seen him. He was terrific."
Straily drew plenty of inspiration from tape of Rangers hurler Yu Darvish's near-perfecto, studying just how a right-hander would face an Astros' lineup that has compiled 56 strikeouts in 129 total at-bats this season.
In the end, the young righty allowed just two runs on five hits, and didn't walk a batter.
"He's a good pitcher," Crisp said. "There's going to be a point in the season where it's his spot. It's a long season. Anything can happen. He's proven himself in the Minors, and he did a fantastic job tonight, so it's just a matter of time before one of those spots is his."
Crisp had himself a memorable night of his own, despite dealing with a back that stiffened when he dove for a ball off the bat of former teammate Chris Carter that landed for a base hit in the first inning.
"It just grabbed on me," he said. "They almost took me out, but I didn't feel like it was broken or anything, so I was able to make it."
Indeed he was. Crisp led the barrage with three hits, following up his home run with two doubles, both of which came in a fifth inning that saw the A's step to the plate 13 times.
Just as Crisp welcomed back Peacock to the big leagues for the first time since 2011, he also sent him back to the dugout with one out in the fifth after notching his first two-bagger. That left the A's to battle lefty Xavier Cedeno, who faced seven hitters and gave up six runs (three earned) without tallying a single out.
The Astros' reliever walked two to load the bases, and one joined Crisp at home plate when shortstop Marwin Gonzalez bobbled a potential double-play ball off the bat of Yoenis Cespedes. Instead of the inning ending, it ran on much longer.
John Jaso put down a perfectly placed squeeze bunt to bring home Josh Reddick from third, and a shaken Cedeno walked another batter -- this time Chris Young -- before offering up a two-run base hit to Josh Donaldson, his night finally coming to an end after hitting the next batter, Eric Sogard.
Right-hander Rhiner Cruz took the ball from Cedeno and, after picking up out No. 2, allowed a two-run double to Crisp. Another walk followed before Reddick mercifully ended the inning on a flyout.
"It's a little shocking when you hit around, because it doesn't happen often," Crisp said, "so it's always exciting as a team when that does happen."
For the Astros, it only prolonged the discouraging stretch they're riding as they get to know their American League West opponents.
"We had a rough fifth inning," Carter said. "When they're up seven, it's hard to come back."


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Planning ahead: Free agency launches offseason
Chase for next year's crown begins with the first of many important Hot Stove dates
The beauty of baseball is that it never rests.
Sure, the World Series just ended, on Wednesday, and the victorious Red Sox left the Fenway Park field, celebrated in the clubhouse, will get ready for a big parade and won't play again until Spring Training.
But that's already a page in the history book, to be filed under 2013.
The 2014 season starts now, as teams begin to reshape their rosters in hopes of enjoying their own late-October parties this time next year. Over the course of the days and weeks that will lead us to February and that magical moment of pitchers and catchers arriving at the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues, deals will be struck, contracts will be signed, waves will be made, eyes will be rolled, fists will be pumped, second-guesses will be offered and water coolers will be crowded as deals and transactions are made.
So here we go, primed for the Hot Stove season that begins in earnest once again.
First things first: With the World Series over, eligible players are now free agents.
No team can sign a free agent from another club until a five-day exclusivity period expires. Until then, a free agent can only re-sign with the club he was with at the conclusion of the season.
Teams now have five days to make one-year, $14.1 million qualifying offers to their own free agents, and if a player turns down the offer and elects to sign with another team, the former club is entitled to Draft-pick compensation. A player has one week to accept the offer and be locked in with his current team at one year and $14.1 million, or he can decline and hit the open market. If a team declines to make a qualifying offer, it is not entitled to Draft-pick compensation when the player signs elsewhere.
Some of the biggest names likely to be available on the open market are Robinson Cano of the Yankees, Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, outfielders Shin-Soo Choo of the Reds, Curtis Granderson of the Yankees and Carlos Beltran of the Cardinals, Red Sox first baseman/designated hitter Mike Napoli, Braves catcher Brian McCann, starting pitchers Ubaldo Jimenez of the Indians, Matt Garza of the Rangers and Ervin Santana of the Royals, and relievers Brian Wilson of the Dodgers, Grant Balfour of the A's and Joaquin Benoit of the Tigers.
In addition, there is Masahiro Tanaka, who was 24-0 for the Pacific League's Rakuten Golden Eagles this season. He is expected to ask that he be posted following the conclusion of the Japan Series later this week, and a bidding war is expected for the right-hander, who turns 25 on Friday.
And there will be many more players available.
Whether a team decides to be aggressive in the free-agent market or play it conservatively and continue building from within, here's the most important tip for general managers: Don't get complacent. Not for a second.
"You have to be realistic about how you're going to allocate your dollars," Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik said. "Some of these things drag out, and if you're sitting there waiting on one chip, other chips in front of you might go away and you end up with nothing."
Before we move on, a little bit more about those qualifying offers. This year, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association determined the $14.1 million figure, which is $800,000 more than a year ago. The figure is set by the average of the 125 most lucrative contracts, as detailed by the Basic Agreement.
The deadline for a club to make an offer is 5 p.m. ET on the fifth day following the conclusion of the World Series, so that's Monday. A player has until 5 p.m. ET seven days later -- Monday, Nov. 11 -- to accept. If he doesn't and signs with another club, his former team receives a compensation pick at the end of the first round. The club signing the player loses its first-round pick in the Draft, unless that pick is one of the first 10, in which case the signing club loses its next-highest pick.
To get a general idea of how this stage of the offseason might go, consider what happened last year. All nine players who were given qualifying offers declined them. Eight of the nine signed with a new team, with only Boston's David Ortiz opting to re-up, on a two-year deal.
"It was a formality for us," Rangers GM Jon Daniels said last year of the qualifying offer the team made to current Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton, one of the most sought-after free agents a year ago. Hamilton signed a five-year, $125 million contract with the Angels. Texas received a 2013 Draft pick near the end of the first round.
"Josh wasn't taking a one-year pay cut," Daniels said. "We know all the possible ways it can play."
It's safe to expect similar regarding Cano, Ellsbury and the other free agents who will command the longest deals and the biggest bucks.
But there will be bargains to be had, and the date to watch for some of those is Dec. 2, otherwise known as the tender deadline. It's the last date for teams to offer contracts to unsigned, arbitration-eligible players, and if they don't, the players become free agents.
Some good players are likely to be non-tendered. It could be because their current teams don't have a place for them on their rosters. It could be that the projected payroll won't allow for their projected salaries. It could be the result of a mutual agreement to give a guy a fresh start somewhere else.
Whatever the case, it's always worth watching, because big names have been non-tendered in the past. Sometimes these decisions are made prematurely along the career path of a budding star, and the team that scoops up that player can benefit, big-time. The most famous recent example would be Ortiz, who hit .203 against lefties for the Twins in 2002, was non-tendered that winter and signed a one-year, $1 million deal with Boston before the 2003 season. All he did was help redefine Red Sox history, helping the team to three championships and putting forth a World Series Most Valuable Player performance this year.
"David always could hit," former Twins teammate Torii Hunter said. "I still don't understand why the Twins non-tendered him. Now that I'm older, I'm really like, 'That was stupid.'
"The worst mistake [Twins GM] Terry Ryan ever made was to non-tender David Ortiz. Boston got a diamond in the rough in 2003 and gave him a shot. He led those boys to the World Series championship. David Ortiz turned that franchise around. They might not say it, but I saw it."
Last year, non-tenders such as outfielder Ryan Sweeney, starter John Lannan and the aforementioned reliever Wilson moved on to new teams and fresh starts. Intriguing possibilities for non-tenders this year include first baseman Ike Davis of the Mets, closer Chris Perez of the Indians, and starting pitchers James McDonald of the Pirates and Jeff Niemann of the Rays, but we won't know until Dec. 2.
A week after the non-tender date, the real wheeling and dealing should begin at the Winter Meetings, which will be held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort from Dec. 9-12.
Not every big deal will get done when the Meetings commence, but there will be action. There always is. Any of the top remaining free agents could sign in Orlando or soon after. Or monster trades could happen. That's part of the fun.
Also on tap in Orlando will be the announcement of the latest voting results by the Hall of Fame's Veterans Committee and the Rule 5 Draft, which is held on the final day of the Winter Meetings.
For the bargain-basement price of $50,000, (half of which is refundable if the drafted player does not remain on his new team's 25-man roster for the entire season), astute GMs might just score a player in the mold of Johan Santana, Hamilton or Shane Victorino, all of whom were Rule 5 selections.
Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein did a good job of summing up the proceedings at the Winter Meetings in 2008.
"I guess it was a typical Winter Meetings day," said Epstein, then with the Red Sox. "Some talks, couldn't get anything done. It took a half-hour to get through the lobby. It was all right."
As is the Hot Stove season. So buckle up, because it's just getting started.


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US President Barack Obama after a press conference with Senegal President Macky Sall. (AFP)
The hopeful story President Barack Obama wants to tell about Africa is represented in the first stop of his weeklong trip to re-engage the continent, in a country where democracy recently overcame an impending electoral crisis.
During his visit to Senegal on Thursday, Obama also will reflect on the ties many African-Americans share with the continent as he takes a tour of Goree Island, Africa's westernmost point. Africans reportedly were shipped off into slavery across the Atlantic Ocean through the island's "Door of No Return".
Thousands of boisterous revellers welcomed Obama's motorcade on Thursday morning in Dakar, cheering and waving homemade signs as the first African-American president made his way to the presidential palace for his meeting with President Macky Sall.
A large sign outside his hotel gate had pictures of smiling Obama and Sall that read, "Welcome home, President Obama.
Some in the crowd drummed, danced and sang, and many wore white as a symbol for peace. Sall and his wife, Marieme Faye Sall, greeted Obama and first lady Michelle Obama before entering the palace for a bilateral meeting between the two presidents.
Obama and Sall were scheduled to hold a press conference before ferrying to Goree Island for his tour.
It's the first of two island visits where Obama planned to highlight racial atrocities of the past. The second was scheduled for Sunday at Robben Island, where anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.
But Mandela's condition could affect Obama's plans. The former South African president is gravely ill, and Obama foreign policy adviser Ben Rhodes said it would be left to the Mandela family to decide whether he is up for a visit from Obama this weekend.
Mandela's legacy hangs over the entire trip, with Senegal among many African countries that have benefited from his example of a peaceful transition to power. "So much of the democratic progress that we see across the continent I think can be tied in some way to the inspiration that Nelson Mandela set," Rhodes said.
Half a century of independence
Obama's focus in Senegal will be on the modern-day achievements of the former French colony after half a century of independence. Sall ousted an incumbent president who attempted to change the constitution to make it easier for him to be re-elected and pave the way for his son to succeed him. The power grab sparked protests, fueled by hip-hop music and social media, that led to Sall's election.
But such people-powered democratic transitions are not always the story of the African experience. Fighting and human rights abuses limited Obama's options for stops in his first major tour of sub-Saharan Africa since he took office more than four years ago. Obama is avoiding his father's homeland, Kenya, whose president has been charged with war crimes, and Nigeria, the country with the continent's most dominant economy. Nigeria is enveloped in an Islamist insurgency and military crackdown.
Obama's itinerary in Senegal was designed to send a message, purposefully delivered in a French-speaking, Muslim-majority nation, to other Africans in countries that have not made the strides toward democracy that Senegal has. Obama plans to meet with civil society leaders at the Goree Institute and visit the Supreme Court to speak about the importance of an independent judiciary and the rule of law in Africa's development.
"It's not enough to have elections, it's not enough to have democratically elected leaders," Rhodes said. "You need to have independent judiciaries. You need to have confidence in the rule of law. You need to have efforts to combat corruption. Because, frankly, not only is that good for democracy and respect for human rights, but it's critical to Africa's economic growth, because where you have clear rules of the road and efforts to combat corruption, businesses will invest, and jobs will be created and growth will take off. And that's what we want to see." - Sapa-AP
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BALTIMORE – UMBC softball's freshman outfielder Jaclyn Buckley (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Camden Regional) hit a team-best .714 (5-for-7) on day one of the UMBC Dawg Pound Invitational, including the game-winning hit in extra innings that gave the Retrievers a 2-1 victory against Rhode Island in the day's final game. The Retrievers also defeated Drexel, 3-0, on Friday afternoon at the UMBC Softball Stadium.
The Retrievers had four different players drive in runs on the day, while UMBC's pitching staff allowed just one earned run in 15 innings to help the black and gold improve to 16-5 on the year.
UMBC and Drexel (5-10) combined for eight hits in the day's second contest, with the Retrievers scoring three runs on five hits. The black and gold drew six walks in the game, but stranded nine batters on base.
UMBC jumped on the board first, scoring freshman pitcher Jessica Holte (Ashland, Va./Atlee) on a single to left field from junior catcher Taylor Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) in the bottom of the third inning.
The Retrievers loaded the bases against starting pitcher Tara Konopka in the bottom of the fourth inning and were able to cash in a pair of runs in the frame. Senior Caitlin Chance (Easton, Md./Easton) reached base on a fielder's choice, freshman Kelly Lane (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) singled through the right side of the infield and Holte walked to load the bases for sophomore Danielle O'Neill (Lothian, Md./Southern). O'Neill reached on an error to move everyone a base and sophomore Bridget O'Malley (Brooklyn, Md./Seton Keough) followed with a walk to give the Retrievers a 3-0 advantage.
Holte (10-1) threw the complete-game shutout, the first of her career, for her 10th win of the season. Holte surrendered three hits and struck out two batters. Konopka falls to 1-5 on the year after allowing one earned run on five hits and walking six batters.
The Retrievers tallied 10 hits in game two, but it took extra innings for UMBC and Rhode Island to decide the final contest of the day.
In game two, a play at the plate in the opening inning went in favor of Rhode Island and gave the Rams an early 1-0 lead. Freshman Danielle Gariglio opened the contest with a single and moved into scoring position on a hit batter. A single to right field from sophomore Taylor Archer set up a play at the plate, on a throw from senior Megan Sauble (Glen Burnie, Md./CCBC-Catonsville), but Hall was unable to put the tag on.
UMBC tied up the contest in the bottom of the fourth inning, as the Retrievers coupled three straight singles with a Rhode Island throwing error to even the score at one apiece. Starting pitcher Ashley Dumoulin would end her day after surrendering the lead, allowing one unearned run on seven hits.
Hall reached base for the third time on the day in the bottom of the eighth inning, singling through the right side of the infield. Senior Chelsea Bertoglio (Laguna Hills, Calif./Laguna Hills/Saddleback College) walked to put runners on first and second and Buckley followed with her fourth hit of the contest into right field to score the Retrievers' winning run off of reliever Sam Bedore (1-3). Bedore allowed one earned run on three hits in 3.2 innings.
UMBC freshman pitcher Nicole Casagrand (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) picked up her third win of the season, after allowing one earned run on five hits in eight innings.
The Retrievers continue action at the Dawg Pound Invitational with a game against Niagara at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at the UMBC Softball Stadium.
Tournament Schedule (as of 3/12/14)
Saturday, March 15
9:30 a.m. Rhode Island vs. Hampton
11:30 a.m. Niagara vs. Rhode Island
1:45 p.m. UMBC vs. Niagara
3:45 p.m. Drexel vs. Hampton
Sunday, March 16
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11:30 p.m. Hampton vs. Niagara
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Hey Jahan,
I could hit this morning. It's 8 a.m. - I would need to hit by 8:30 a.m. or 9 at the latest since my husband has to be somewhere at 11 a.m. There are some courts in my development... If traveling on Rte. 50 West (from DC toward Front Royal), you would make a LEFT on Fair Ridge Drive (right after West Ox S.); a RIGHT on Meadow (something) and then find the courts tucked behind some townhouses on the RIGHT immediately after Nicholas Ct. If you hit 7100/Fairfax Cty. Parkway, you've driven too far. I'm open to playing somewhere else nearby as well. You're welcome to give me a call at 703-273-1672 in order to confirm and coordinate as quickly as possible. Thanks! - Julie
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The youtube video on the main site today deals with Meccan "radiation" and how there is no magnetic field, and you feel less of gravity at Mecca, etc. Nonsense. If the wavelength was "infinite" then it would be larger than anything, and could never be measured because you need something bigger than it to collect it. The "reporters" were saying that Neil Armstrong posted this info on the web and took it down after 21 days.
As for the compass on the equator, there is no space where it does not point, except for the poles. There is the same gravitation and magnetic field at Mecca as everywhere else, just as predicted by science.


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Nokia tax case: India, Finland officials discuss tax dispute
"Finnish finance ministry officials met Indian finance ministry officials on Nokia case today. The meeting was inconclusive, both sides presented their views. Both sides also reviewed India-Finland DTAA," a senior finance ministry official said.
Nokia and the Indian Income Tax department are fighting out a tax dispute case in Delhi High Court. While Nokia has offered to pay a minimum deposit of Rs 2,250 crore, out of the total tax liability of nearly Rs 21,153 crore, the I-T department has told the Court that the offer is not acceptable.
Nokia had moved the Delhi High Court seeking lifting of a stay on transfer of its assets here and offered to pay a minimum deposit of Rs 2,250 crore as tax, contending that the injunction will jeopardise the sale of its Indian arm to US- based tech giant Microsoft under a global deal.
In September, Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation announced that their boards have decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase substantially all of Nokia's Devices & Services business, license Nokia's patents, and license and use Nokia's mapping services.
Yesterday, the Income Tax department has informed the Delhi High Court that Nokia India and Nokia Corporation owe it Rs 21,153 crore as total tax liability (existing and anticipated), including penalty during a seven-year period from 2006-2013.
The amount payable by Nokia has been arrived at by the I-T department on the basis that the mobile manufacturing firm does not discharge its TDS liability on royalty payments and is not entitled to any deduction under tax laws for operating from a special economic zone (SEZ).
The submission has been made by the I-T department in its reply to Nokia's plea for unfreezing of its assets in India prior to its USD 7.2 billion deal with Microsoft.
Nokia's Chennai plant is one of its biggest facilities. It may be excluded from the USD 7.2 billion agreement between Nokia and Microsoft if the company's assets are not released by December 12.
Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja had recently said that failure to resolve Nokia tax case before December 12 could lead to closing down of the Chennai plant, which directly and indirectly employs 30,000 people in India.
The I-T Department had slapped a notice on Nokia's Indian subsidiary for violating withholding tax norms since 2006 while making royalty payments to its parent company in Finland.


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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Aaron White led a balanced attack with 17 points as Iowa snapped a 3-game Big Ten losing streak with a 70-50 victory over Northwestern on Sunday afternoon.
Josh Oglesby had 14 points, and Melsahn Basabe added 10 for the Hawkeyes (12-5, 1-3).
Dave Sobolewski had 14 points, and Tre Demps added 10 for the Wildcats (10-7, 1-3) in front of 6,805 fans at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Iowa opened a 25-15 lead by halftime behind Roy Devyn Marble's eight points and steadily increased its lead through the second half.
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Thank you for including our new VPS in the Show Report, John. One change to the post is necessary, however: the 100wpc PSA stereo power amplifiers used to vertically bi-amplify the Sarastro II are not class-D. Although they use a switching power supply, they are class AB amplifiers using two Exicon MOSFET's per channel... Best wishes for a successful 2008! - John Quick
Nagra Valve Phono Stage
In their suite at the Mirage, Nagra introduced the VPS (Valve Phono Stage), shown here under the Swiss company's well-regarded PL-L line preamplifier. The front-panel switch selects between A and B inputs and mute, while the rear panel features two sets of inputs and outputs and an output level switch. The A inputs accommodate MC cartridges, while the optional B input can be set for either MM or MC operation. Capacitive and resistive loading can be changed with modules that plug into the pcb close to the input connectors. The MC circuit is based on high-quality transformers wound in-house by Nagra, followed by gain and RIAA stages using ECC81 and ECC83 tubes. The RIAA equalization can be set with internal jumpers either to the 1953 standard or to the 1976 standard. The circuit boards are mounted on compliant supports, to minimize microphony and the power supply is housed in a separate chassis. Unusually, the output can be taken either directly from the tube stage or via a solids-state buffer.
Nagra distributor John Quick demonstrated both options for me, using the new version of Verity Audio's Sarastro speakers driven by Nagra's pyramid-shaped class-D amplifiers and a front end comprising a Basis turntable and arm fitted with what I noted was an EMT MC cartridge. The presentation was more robust-sounding with the solid-state output, with more authoritative low frequencies, but the soundstage was better defined, more delicately delineated, with the tube output. Mikey Fremer is scheduled to review the VPS.
Hi EverybodyWords like global warming are generally too scientific to participate in - however, earthquakes and mass death should not be disregarded as another statistic. Hundreds of thousads are dead and homelessPlease offer financial or volunteer assistance to Haitihttp://www.google.com/relief/chileearthquake/
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Hello All! - -- if you don't care, then move to the next thread - cause this post is about helping others...Language Professor Beryl Zyskind supports peaceAmazing how this world is falling apart. There have been more natural disasters in the last 10 years than we've seen in 50 years put together. Cities like New Orleans we're under water. A Tsunami wiped out Thailand. 9/11 took out 5k people in one day. What is this world coming to? Words like "disaster" mean little when you have water, food, and clothing. But does that mean we stop caring?Accountant Beryl Zyskind has raised for the children and victims of the Chile earthquake


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"Zazen is a deep unoccupiedness - not doing anything outwardly, not doing anything inwardly. It is not even meditation because when you meditate you are making some sort of effort, you are trying to do something: chanting a mantra, remembering God, or even remembering yourself.
But these efforts create ripples, these efforts create vibrations and your sitting becomes corrupted. Then your sitting is not innocent. Zazen means: sit, and just sit, nothing else." Osho
"Remember one thing: meditation means awareness. Whatsoever you do with awareness is meditation. Action is not the question, but the quality that you bring to your action.
Walking can be a meditation if you walk alertly. Sitting can be a meditation if you sit alertly. Listening to the birds can be a meditation if you listen with awareness. Just listening to the inner noise of your mind can be a meditation if you remain alert and watchful.
The whole point is: one should not move in sleep. Then whatsoever you do is meditation." Osho


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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Somebody reel me in
Shaun Marcum was making an appointment to get carved up by Dr. Andrews. The pLAYOFFS! run had come to an end. The team was sliding into that shittacular "let's play out the string, boys" mode. A.J.'s opt-out was (is?) looming. Just an all around black hole of major league fail. Not good times.
But goddamn if there weren't some things to feel good about this week. No - really. I'm starting to talk myself into thinking this team can be in the thick of things next season. Stay with me here for a few paragraphs.....
(1) We still have Doc. Put it this way - if you're a fan of the Kansas City Royals, you're probably depressed 100% of the time during baseball season. You put Roy Halladay on the Kansas City Royals, and suddenly your happiness just improved by 20%. Maybe I'm over-simplifying, but that's how I feel about Roy Halladay. He guarantees you one good day a week.
(2) Two more years of the New Gastonian Era (TM) confirmed. Ignorant asshole fans from around the AL East can laugh and make "look, they recycled the wax statue of Cito Gaston to manage the Blue Jays again!" jokes, but seeing Cito in the dugout just feels right. He's that calming presence, that air of authority that it turns out this team really needed. He's also not afraid to mix it up a little, as evidenced by his "Mike Mussina can kiss my ass - and you can print that" knockout blow. The ball's in your court, Moose. POW.
(3) AJ Burnett's big week. His last start of the season was about as storybook as a no-decision/eventual team loss can get. From dominating the Yankees for eight innings, to his emotional send-off to the dugout after coming out to warm up (completely underplayed angle of all this, by the way - what a classy move by the aforementioned Cito), AJ left us wanting more. Specifically, two years more. And here's where I'm going to get a little crazy. Stay with me just a little while longer. You know why I feel at least marginally better that we might actually get a few more years of Huggy Bear?.....
(4) .....JP Ricciardi will be back in 2009. Say what you want about JP (that's never actually been a problem for Blue Jays fans), but if there's one aspect of his job in which he's proven to be quite adept, it's keeping guys in town that he knows he can't afford to lose. Now that it's been announced he'll be back next season, Ricciardi has to know this is the definitive "job on the line" season.
You don't think, despite his public bravado, he's secretly terrified at opening up the spring with three potential question marks in the rotation? You don't think he wants to keep "Bromancing the Stone" alive? You don't think he knows that said Stone will be paying careful attention to the direction the front office takes this offseason before deciding on any potential extension? Your goddamn right he does, on all counts.
So, yeah. Nice little week we had there. Anyone with me?
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- Brad Fullmer Fan said...
I did tell you there was no reason to panic, after all.
- September 27, 2008 at 3:05 AM
- dave said...
I'm with you, for some reason this week was just a nice way to end the season.
- September 27, 2008 at 3:07 AM
With the reported extension offer it looks like the Jays are serious about the push to have him stay.
- September 27, 2008 at 1:08 PM
- dave said...
Also, were you aware of the existence of this?
I thought it was pretty funny.
- September 27, 2008 at 1:45 PM
- Mattt said...
let's hope that AJ stays and the awesomeness of this off season has begun...
- September 27, 2008 at 2:40 PM
- MK Piatkowski said...
dave, that's brilliant.
And yeah, I think we've got a good shot at getting AJ back. This week was a nice way to end things. Doesn't mean I'm not going to miss our boys something awful in the next while.
- September 28, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Only thing is, AJ is unlikely to commit to 4 years at an average of 13.5 mill, when Ted fucking Lilly went for 14 a few years back. AJ may not find a 4 year deal out there (though it's certainly possible), but I guess he could fetch close to 17 over the next 3 at the very least (3 @ 18mil is the same amount as the current 4 year offer) -- so either AJ decides to go cheap (unlikely), JP is planning on going deeper (huh? but he's ...) OR, JP is just looking like he's doing something that in reality he is not doing (reasonably likely).
I hope AJ sticks it out here, but I don't want to read too much into this yet.
- September 29, 2008 at 7:10 AM
- The Ack said...
housekeeping FYI, "New Gastonian (TM)" was meant to link to EBL's blog. I'm not that witty or creative.
@ anon 710 AM, I'm sort of on the same page - I just wonder whether the front office really wants to lock AJ down for market, or if it's more of a "hey, we tried...." effort....time will tell, I guess.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College & State University Department of Athletics, with plenty of help from the Television Services Department of University Communications, has three new episodes of its weekly coaches show, "Inside Bobcat Athletics". The show already has six versions available online to view, and is hosted by Director of Athletics Wendell Staton.
With a collaborative effort between student workers, practicum students in the school's Department of Mass Communication and employees from Television Services, the show is a university-wide effort. Episodes focus on specific athletic programs as well as wide-ranging athletic issues and gives Bobcat fans an inside look to the Georgia College sport programs and student-athletes.
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People for the ethical treatment of animals but not women
The latest ads by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) raise questions about the animal rights group's understanding of the words ethical treatment.
PETA objects loudly to the use of animals as meat while treating women as just that – raw lumps of meat. While its manifesto opposes the use of "living creatures" for entertainment, it's apparently OK if the living creature is a woman in a bikini.
PETA has a long history of objectifying women in its pro-animal campaigns, and its latest ads are no exception.
Do you love vegetables so much you want to get intimate with them?
That's the theme of new ads by the group, which perhaps should be renamed Pornographers for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The ad, which carries the tagline, "Studies Show Vegetarians Have Better Sex," shows models getting up close and personal not with people they might be having "better sex" with – but with vegetables.
"Why don't you pick a vegetable and show us how much you love it," the casting director instructs one of the models.
PETA had wanted the ads shown during this week's Super Bowl. Fortunately Super Bowl's ad executives had more sense. Last year's "Veggie Love" promotion was also declined by NBC despite a $3m offer. The new ads are apparently 'outtakes' of auditions for the 2010 ad.
This representation of vegetables as phallic symbols that women can't resist is just one of many of PETA's crude, sexist creations which denigrate women and reduce them to objects for sexual fetish fantasy. In 2006 in its 'Milk Gone Wild' campaign, PETA portrayed women as party animals with udders instead of breasts. The "udder babes" sprayed milk on the crowd as men urged them on. It was the first PETA ad I'd seen and I wasn't sure how depicting women as hybrid human-animals flashing grotesque milk-spurting udders would further their cause. As Kat observed in a comment on Perth Indy Media, "turning a woman into a beast for sexual pleasure".
Vegans and other animal-rights activists have spoken out against PETA's sexist approach. Vegansaurus!, a vegan eating/living guide based in the San Francisco Bay Area, described the new ad as "softcore porn masquerading as an anti-animal-cruelty video". "Whatever the hell the women in lettuce bikinis are supposed to represent? The Worst. Why are you such hypocrites?"
And Deceiver writes:
"How is exhorting young women to get it on with gourds in any way ethical treatment? … are there exceptions in the vegan manifesto about how living creatures aren't to be exploited for our entertainment?"
PETA's crude sexism harms the animal rights cause. It also undermines campaigns against objectifying and exploiting women. It's actions tell women: if you love animals you'll take your clothes off.
Until PETA understands what 'ethical treatment' means, it doesn't deserve any support.
See also: 'Pro-vegetarian group treats women like meat' , Josephine Tovey, SMH


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| Thanks for visiting. I hope that after you have read the gambit and understand the importance of commodities speculation and the detrimental effects that it has on the economy that you will join me in my efforts to press the President to act to correct this injustice by signing my petition.Thanks in advance for your support. mh
"I have been successfully managing a long-short equity hedge fund for over 12 years and I have extensive contacts on Wall Street and within the hedge fund community. It's important that you know that I am not currently involved in trading the commodities futures markets. I am not representing any corporate, financial, or lobby organizations. I am speaking with you today as a concerned citizen whose professional background has given me insight into a situation that I believe is negatively affecting the U.S. economy While some in my profession might be disappointed that I am presenting this testimony to Congress, I feel that it is the right thing to do."
"You have asked the question "Are Institutional Investors contributing to food and energy price inflation?" And my unequivocal answer is "YES." In this testimony I will explain that Institutional Investors are one of, if not the primary, factors affecting commodities prices today. Clearly, there are many factors that contribute to price determination in the commodities markets; I am here to expose a fast-growing yet virtually unnoticed factor, and one that presents a problem that can be expediently corrected through legislative policy action."
"Commodities prices have increased more in the aggregate over the last five years than at any other time in U.S. history. We have seen commodity price spikes occur in the past as a result of supply crises, such as during the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo. But today, unlike previous episodes, supply is ample: there are no lines at the gas pump and there is plenty of food on the shelves."
"If supply is adequate - as has been shown by others who have testified before this committee - and prices are still rising, then demand must be increasing. But how do you explain a continuing increase in demand when commodity prices have doubled or tripled in the last 5 years?"
"What we are experiencing is a demand shock coming from a new category of participant in the commodities futures markets: Institutional Investors. Specifically, these are Corporate and Government Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds, University Endowments and other Institutional Investors. Collectively, these investors now account on average for a larger share of outstanding commodities futures contracts than any other market participant."
"These parties, who I call Index Speculators, allocate a portion of their portfolios to "investments" in the commodities futures market, and behave very differently from the traditional speculators that have always existed in this marketplace. I refer to them as "Index" Speculators because of their investing strategy: they distribute their allocation of dollars across the 25 key commodities futures according to the popular indices – the Standard & Poors - Goldman Sachs Commodity Index and the Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Index."
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"2. Since their creation in the agricultural context decades ago, it has been widely known that, unless properly regulated, futures markets are easily subject to distorting the economic fundamentals of price discovery (i.e., cause the paying of unnecessarily higher or lower prices) through excessive speculation, fraud, or manipulation. The Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") has long been judged to prevent those abuses."
"In examining the questions relating to the high price of energy to American consumers, it is useful to remember that as of January 2002, the cost of crude oil was @ $18 a barrel; by the end of 2005, it had risen to @ $50; and, as of today, the price, which has recently flirted with a record high $100 a barrel, now rests at @ $88 per barrel. In early 2004, the average retail price of gasoline of which crude is a major component was @ $1.50 per gallon. As of today, the average price of gas is slightly below $3 per gallon, with substantial speculation that it will soon soar to over $4.00. Since March 31, 2007, or the "close" of last winter's heating season, the wholesale price of heating oil has risen 32%, from $1.88 per gallon to a record high of $2.77 per gallon. As I show below, these soaring price rises continue despite the fact that supplies of oil both in the U.S. and worldwide remain relatively stable."
"The 2006 PSI Bipartisan Staff Report on Crude Oil and Natural Gas Speculation.
In June 2006, the staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ("PSI") of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee issued a bipartisan report making clear that the dramatic increases in commodity prices described above were not attributable (as conventional wisdom insisted at the time) on problems of supply/demand. Instead, price spikes were caused by dysfunctionality in the recently deregulated energy futures markets and in the maladministration by the CFTC of its no action process pertaining to purported "foreign boards of trade." In that report, The Role of Market Speculation in Rising Oil and Gas Prices: A Need to Put the Cop Back on the Beat, the staff showed, for example, that "U.S. oil inventories are at an eight year high and OECD inventories are at a 20 year high," and that the "last time crude oil inventories were that high in May 1998 – at about 347 million barrels – the price of crude oil was about $15 a barrel","
"Over 30% of the U.S. delivered futures benchmark largely determinant of the price of oil here and throughout the world is now being traded on an exchange headquartered in Atlanta, with trading engines in Chicago and trading terminals placed all over the U.S. Relying on an outdated 1999 CFTC staff no action letter granted to a now defunct U.K. subsidiary, the U.S. owned Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and the CFTC assert that United Kingdom regulators, rather than the U.S. CFTC, should have primary oversight of that exchange. CFTC permission has now also been granted to the Dubai Mercantile Exchange, in partnership with U.S. owned NYMEX, to begin trading that same U.S. delivered contract in the U.S. under the regulatory oversight of the Dubai government, creating the 'London/Dubai' Loophole for U.S. speculation."
RBOB is an acronym for "reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending." It is the benchmark gasoline contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange, so basically it is the wholesale price of gasoline before blending for different areas and climates.
From Wikipedia: GAMBIT is defined as "1. (in chess) An opening in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of some compensating advantage.
2. A device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage."
If they answer in the affirmative, then see that those rules are published immediately. Begin a rapid schedule to unwind these speculative positions and normalize the markets.
If they reply that they haven't had enough time and they want to complete all the rules governing the market, then the President should object. This overarching rule must be sacrosanct and should be codified as such without equivocation and must be independent of and all other rules and regulations that may follow. This simple overarching rule should have been published and adapted immediately after the first meeting. Maybe :
The Commodity markets in the United States of America and all of its territories, are for one purpose only, the buying and selling of fixed contracts of commodities vital to the welfare of our nation and all of it's people. To that end all markets made in commodities will be governed by the basic principal that commodity markets cash and futures are for the use of the principals: the producers and consumers of the commodity- the bona fide hedgers. All speculators allowed to participate in the markets will be subject to position limits that limit their open interest to no more than 35% of the open interest in said market in the aggregate or no more than 35% of the open interest in any single contract. This limit may only be exceeded if agreed to by the bona fide hedgers in the market. No rules, regulations, stipulations, administrative actions, special allowances or dispensations of any rules may be established which abrogates, nullifies, invalidates or minimizes this basic tenet will be allowed. Any market that trades in any commodities with physical deliveries in the United States of America and all of its territories shall be subject to this rule regardless of location or jurisdiction. No derivative, swap, contract, index or fund will be allowed that influences trading in the market of any commodity. Any and all funds, ETFs, ETNs, swaps, other synthetic derivatives or financially engineered structures or contracts that tracks or replicates any commodity will not be allowed due to the speculative influence on the cash and futures market for said commodity. Any financial instrument or structure that influences or effects the cash or futures market for a commodity by manipulating, controlling, cornering or hoarding of physical commodities shall be subject to negation by this rule.
If they reply in the negative then the President should request their immediate resignations, if they refuse then fire them all on the spot. He should assign one of the most senior staff to acting commissioner. Instruct the new acting commissioner to immediately rescind any and all special exemptions that have been passed by administrative action in contradiction to the law and the intent of congress. Instruct him to honor all current contracts that exist because of those exemptions but to not allow any rollovers or continuation of them. Instruct the acting commissioner to begin an immediate review of any and all administrative actions involving unregulated markets that operate in the U.S. or its confines for possible changes that violate the commodities trading laws and the jurisdiction of the CFTC. Appoint 5 new commissioners to head the CFTC awaiting the consent of the senate.
Shurtleff v. United States, 189 U.S. 311 (1903) ("In the absence of constitutional or statutory provision, the President can, by virtue of his general power of appointment, remove an officer, even though he were appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." )
Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52, 53 (1926) ("The President is empowered by the Constitution to remove any executive officer appointed by him by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and this power is not subject in its exercise to the assent of the Senate, nor can it be made so by an act of Congress.")
The congressional Republicans will go ballistic and rage against the president for over stepping his authority. The tea party will call for impeachment. The Democrats will apologize. The people will not really understand.The Secondary Reaction:
The secondary reaction will start with the people and their realization that something has finally changed for the better. While members of the Wall Street crowd will rail against new regulations and the administration's animosity towards business, the real bankers will begin to realize that an enormous burden has been lifted from the public and small businesses and that that their lot will improve as main-street improves. Most of the business community will begin to understand that this new dynamic has tilted the financial landscape back toward real businesses and that as demand returns they will begin to make new investments. As the business community changes its view they will drag the Republicans leadership along with them, kicking and screaming. The tea party will call for impeachment. The Democrats will apologize.


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Politics of Finland
Finland is democratic country, except on bank holidays and Friday afternoons. The current president of Finland is Mr. Lordi, elected unanimously by the Finnish people after his supernatural deed of freezing Hell and inacting a long awaited and deserved revenge on the people of France. The previous president, Conan O'Brien, was elected in a manipulated landslide victory of 83% of the last Autumnal equinox. One small problem was that he had never actually been in Finland, giving only brief telegrams to his underlings to carry out any necessary changes. Partly because of this, he was overwhelmingly unpopular, but proved his innate Finnishness by making self-depreciating jokes about himself and trying to find out if people like him.
The dead President Urho Kekkonen is still very popular in Finland. The City of Hämeenlinna was destroyed when a gigantic gilded statue representing him fell during a storm in 1994, crushing the unfortunate city.
A presidential election was held in Finland in Febtember 2006. The winner turned out to be Mr. Lordi (Christian Democrats Party), leaving Conan O'Brien (Current President, Social Demographic Party) and The Great Cthulhu to duke it out for the cushy role Prime Minister.
Presidents of Finland[edit]
- Kahdeksan Laiva (1801-1914)
- During the First World War Finland was governed by several small chickens, each representing a different part of the arm.
- Timo Haili (1919-1925)
- Reissu-Latexi (1925-1931)
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud AKA "Swinehead" (1933-1935)
- Kyösti Kallio (1936-1940)
- Risto Ryyppy (1940-1944)
- Carl Gustaf Evil Mannerheim (1944-1946)
- Tarja Halonen (1946-1951)
- Juho Kusi Paasikiviä (1951-1956)
- Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (1956-1981)
- Urho Kakkonen II (1981-1990) (son of Urho Kaleva Kekkonen)
- Kerho Ukkonen (1990-1991) (the mutant of Urho Kaleva Kekkonen)
- King Oksamo (1992-1996) (The King of Finland)
- Joulupukki (1996-2000) (Father Christmas)
- Mooses (2000-2012) (Moses)
- Conan O'Brien (2012-2024)
- Ghost of Urho Kekkonen (2024-2042)
- Ville Valo (2042-forever)
Government of Finland[edit]
- Prime minister: Alexi Laiho
- Booze minister: Matti Nykänen (also in charge of the prison and divorce affairs)
- Finance minister: Turmiolan Tommi (Tommy of Calamity)
- Defence minister: Yrjö W. Puska (George W. Bush)
- Suicide minister: Kaarle Viikate
Foreign minister: Ike "In Your Short Message Service" Kanerva
- In 2008, Kanerva became the last Foreign Minister when the new NATO minister, Alexander "Stub", made him redundant
- Culture minister: Koko K.O. Kokko
- Super-minister (controls the Finnish economy and fights against windmills): Mauri Pekkarinen
- Environment minister: Panu "Pollution" Saaste
- Sauna minister: Conan O'Brien (also a former president of Finland)
- Minister of Public Relations: Kimi Räikkönen
- Insecurity minister: Arttu VuoriHomo
- Minister of Extra Sensory Perception: Juhan af Grann
- Justice minister: Jaakko Rubiini (1911-1967 Jack Ruby)
- Sweden sucks-minister: Jan-Erik Enestam
- turku minister: Ville Itälä (Vile East)
- Prostitution minister: Lyly Rajala (Lyly Bordery)
- Accordion Minister: Wîîr Dal Yånchovick (Weird Al Yankovic)
- Minister of magic: Iiro Viinanen (Igor Booze)
- Sport minister Bruce Lee
- Stupid Laws Minister: Tanja Karpela
- Minister of hangover: Timo Kotipelto (Also director of finnish moonshine industry)
- Minister for the Conservation of Finnish Tradition: Jari Mäenpää of Ensiferum
- Minister of the Gay Bukkake Midgets: Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom
- Minister of Finlands suggestive shape: Rolf Harris
- Minister of Spelling: Pen Zyskowicz (sp?)
- Minister of Domestic Industry: Jouni Hynynen
Political parties in Finland[edit]
- SDP (Socialist Demographic Party)
- KES-KUSTA (Who Is Peeing Party)
- KOKOOMUS (Magic The Gathering)
- KKK (Kenny Kuhn Klan (political party)) not Ku Klux Klan
- FBK (Finet.Binaries.keskustelu)
- XIOS (Trust us...We're scientists!)
- SFNET (Soviet-Finland Network (Evil commie party))
- Suomi24 (you do not want to know more about them. Believe me.)
- KD (Christian Forss Democrats)
- VIHREÄT (Hippies)
- PERSSUOMALAISET (Arse Finns)
- TEOSTO (The unholy legion from the Book Of Revelation, a hellish amalgamation of RIAA and MPAA)
- RKP (Swedish industrial espionage party)
- PSI Corps (The Psi Corps is your friend. Trust the Corps.) (Those f**king wussies!)
- HIM (His Infernal Majesty) (Supposed rulers of darkness)(They put the Heartagram on everything)
The Sipoo missile crisis[edit]
Apparently the Sipoo missile crisis started from the idea that they should move the town border backwards in order to give space to Hellsinki This made many Sipooians mad and they started to prepare for a war on Helsinki. The Sipooians got help from MOTHER RUSSIA and received two nuclear bombs. Unfortunately the best before date was expired and they didn't have a launch pad for them. After hearing this the Hellsinkians quickly started a blockade on Sipoo and they were forced to surrender even though many fought to death.
Foreign relations[edit]
The Finnish people have always loved their neighbors, the Swedes. Here in Finland we call Swedes homos (pronounced "houmous"), which tells of the neverending love of the Finns and the Swedes. Furthermore, we usually tell stories of seeing our Swedish friends dance in a long line the finnish dance "letkajenkka", in which one grabs the person in front of him by the shoulders. Swedes have found this absolutely boring and instead push their you-know-what in the arse of the person in front of them.


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text: Friday, May 11, 2012 Daily Physical Activity Essential in Obesity Prevention, Says IOM Report Integrating physical activity into people's daily lives is 1 of 5 obesity prevention strategies proposed in a new report released Monday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Weight of the Nation conference. America's progress in arresting its obesity epidemic has been too slow, and the condition continues to erode productivity and cause millions of people to suffer from potentially debilitating and deadly chronic illnesses, says the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report. Solving this complex, stubborn problem requires a comprehensive set of solutions that work together to spur across-the-board societal change. The 4 other prevention strategies identified by the committee that wrote the report are making healthy food and beverage options available everywhere, transforming marketing and messages about nutrition and activity, making schools a gateway to healthy weights, and galvanizing employers and health care professionals to support healthy lifestyles. Specific tactics the authors noted include requiring at least 60 minutes per day of physical education and activity in schools, implementing industry-wide guidelines on which foods and beverages can be marketed to children and how, expanding workplace wellness programs, taking full advantage of physicians' roles to advocate for obesity prevention with patients and in the community, and increasing the availability of lower-calorie, healthier children's meals in restaurants. The full report can be read online. A report brief and an infographic are available on IOM's website. As reported last week in News Now, HBO will air a 4-part documentary series on obesity on May 14-15 as part of the Weight of the Nation initiative. DVD kits are available for organizations to host screenings of the films in their communities. The kits include the video series and discussion guides in English and Spanish that can be used to delve deeper into the concepts presented and spur individual and community action.


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Well, I can't pretend to know the answer to that question but after I "stumbled" across the following chart, I realized that conservatives may be deluding themselves with false data. Reproduced below, this chart suggests that there has not been an increase in global temperature changes over the last 4500 or so years. The moment I saw this graph, the hair began to rise on the back of my neck. First, anybody that shows a graph without indicating the units of the y-axis has something to hide. Second, to depict something as variable and complex a global temperature as such a smooth curve suggests dishonesty. Third, the labeling of the chart with the words "Nomanic Time" in bold is bizarre What is Nomanic? Fourth, why does this data go back only 4500 years? Most sources of climate data that goes back several thousand years also include data that go much further back. Fifth where did this data come from? It looks nothing like any climate data that I have seen. Finally, who on earth are Climatologist Cliff Harris & Metereologist Randy Mann? Well keep reading if you are at all interested.
If you look very carefully at the graph, you will find that the baseline of the graph is 57˚F (label on the far right) and there was a point labeled 58˚F for now. They are reporting huge shifts of average global temperature which vary at most a couple tenths of degrees from year to year. The absence of normal variations that one sees in temperature charts indicates that the data must have been made up. Regarding "nomanic times", the Scythians are known as "nomanic invaders" but this is a esoteric word used mostly by historians referring to an obscure Iran-Afghan race. Perhaps it was a mispelling for "nomadic" and a period when the ancient Hebrews were nomadic. This also is consistent with a mostly biblical time line of the earth. The source of the data for the graph is unclear. Finally, if you look up Cliff Harris and Randy Mann, you will find that they are two guys who run a website http://www.longrangeweather.com/About-Us.htm and that neither are trained as a climatologist or a metereologist, unless one considered appearing on television to report weather or studying geology to be training for such a field. Harris apparently is a conservative Christian who believes in looking in the Bible for clues on what the weather will be (Source).
Here are some real data from Nasa and other sources concerning the climate change. You can see that they are very different looking from the graph above.


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The north Devon coastline swirls and nooks alongside the Atlantic Ocean, one minute drawing you into its charming bays in search of crabs in tiny rock pools, the next throwing out long, sandy beaches to run along and feel the breeze. There are seaside resorts to suit every taste from bustling, family-friendly Minehead to tourist honeypot Clovelly and up-and-coming Ilfracombe. Framing the area is England's smallest National Park, Exmoor. In 1869 a Victorian blockbuster called 'Lorna Doone' was published and brought an air of romantic passion to the area. Well worth a visit.
I'm going to share with you a few of my favourite places along the very north coast from Lynmouth to Woolacombe. Lynton and Lynmouth - often said together like 'Brighton and Hove', this area is the most popular part of Exmoor. Artists have been coming to Lynmouth for over a hundred years to capture the sense of the quaint village, the river cascading through the woods and a backdrop of those famous moors. Wander around the harbour of Lynmouth and takes photos of the colourful fishing boats.
Visit the little museum where you can find out about the Lynmouth Flood of 1952 which killed 34 people and destroyed many of the buildings. There's another literary connection here as the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley honeymooned with his 17 year old wife at what is now The Shelley Hotel. The Cliff Railway takes visitors 500 feet up the hill to Lynton, a small town with lots of souvenir shops and places to quench thirst and stave off hunger. Back in Lynmouth make time for a drink at the 14th century thatched pub, The Rising Sun.
Watermouth Castle - going west along the coast you come to pretty Watermouth Cove, overlooked by an impressive castle. It's not as old as it looks; Watermouth Castle was built in 1825 by Arthur Davie Basset for his bride Harriet and is now a popular family attraction.
Watermouth Castle, Devon - photo c/o watermouthcastle.com
The Victorian Castle is full of quirky treasures, historic displays and curios, a theme park including rides and play areas with beautiful landscaped gardens. When we we went, there was a medieval fair on and the children had a go at archery and juggling and watched a feisty jousting display.
Woolacombe - what used to be a classic seaside family resort is now a very cool surfing town. The Atlantic waves thunder onto the beach making it a surf magnet for affficianados, not only from the UK but around the world. There are a many surf schools catering for all levels from beginners to professional. Surfing competitions are held regularly and there are numerous related events that bring the young and trendy to the area. Families crowd onto the beaches on hot summer days so get there early to get a place in the sun.
All around Woolacombe there's a lively buzz with plenty of pubs, restaurants and cafes for all budgets. The town is within the North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, famous for its dramatic coastal cliffs and landscape. Take a bracing walk from Woolacombe to the hamlet of Mortehoe along the cliff tops and treat yourself to a tasty seafood meal at Mortehoe Shellfish, once described as 'the most eccentric restaurant in Britain'. Nearby Croyde, a charming village, jostles with visitors all summer, here to enjoy surfing, swimming and sandy picnics. Off the coast lies lovely Lundy Island, owned by the National Trust, which attracts birdwatchers and those who want to escape the madding Devon crowd. So many places to see, so many delightful things to do - discover the north Devon coast for the perfect British holiday.
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Oil prices endured a roller-coaster week, with an upbeat economic growth forecast for the world economy giving way to concerns over Chinese output.
Commodity markets traders balanced the IMF's global growth forecast upgrades against news that manufacturing activity in key commodity consumer China shrank this month for the first time in six months.
"Business surveys ... suggest that the eurozone recovery gained momentum in January, while China's manufacturing slowdown has continued," analysts at consultancy Capital Economics said.
OIL: New York prices on Thursday jumped to US$97.84 a barrel, the highest level since Jan. 2, helped in part by a sliding US dollar that can make commodities priced in the US unit cheaper for buyers holding rival currencies.
However, crude futures declined on Friday, mirroring sentiment across equity markets, with traders banking recent profits amid strains across emerging markets, including China and Turkey, analysts said.
"The strong rebound of the WTI oil contract has been a result of the weaker US dollar that provided strong support to the market," analyst Myrto Sokou at Sucden brokers said.
The oil market won support this week also on upgrades to economic growth forecasts from the IMF and crude demand growth predictions from the International Energy Agency.
The IMF lifted its estimate for world economic growth on Tuesday by 0.1 percentage point to 3.7 percent for this year, hiking its global forecast for the first time in two years.
The optimistic outlook was fueled by solid growth in the US as other countries also move away from austerity budgets.
In a further boost, the International Energy Agency also raised its prediction of global oil demand, which is dependent on the strength of the world economy.
And on Thursday, the US dollar sank against the euro as Markit Economics said its eurozone composite purchasing managers index for this month rose to 53.2 points from 52.1 last month.
That was the seventh monthly increase running and the fastest rate of growth since June 2011. A number above 50 denotes expansion.
By Friday on London's Intercontinental Exchange, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in March rose to US$107.24 a barrel from US$106.73 a week earlier.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate or light sweet crude for March stood at US$96.64 a barrel compared with US$94.29 for the expired February contract a week earlier.
PRECIOUS METALS: Gold prices rebounded, winning strength from the flagging US dollar and haven demand amid losses on Wall Street.
"A rare combination of plunging stocks and US dollar has seen precious metals rally," Forex.com analyst Fawad Razaqzada said.
"The greenback has retreated viciously on the back of mostly disappointing US data and some cheerful manufacturing PMIs out of Europe which have given the euro a shot in the arm," Razaqzada said.
The US stock market fell heavily on Thursday after the poor Chinese data, sending investors fleeing for gold, which is regarded as a haven.
By late Friday on the London Bullion Market, the price of gold rose to US$1,267 an ounce from US$1,250 a week earlier.
Silver rose to SU$20.19 an ounce from US$20.01.
On the London Platinum and Palladium Market, platinum dipped to US$1,443 an ounce from US$1,447.
Palladium slipped to US$745 an ounce from US$747.