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Pirates outlast Cardinals 2-1 in 11 innings
Pirates drill Cardinals 6-0 to sweep doubleheaderPittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen scores on a double by Pedro Alvarez off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle firmly believes the city can become a baseball town once again.
At the rate his team is going, it might be by the end of the week.
Alex Presley hit a game-ending single with two outs in the 11th inning, lifting the Pirates to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a doubleheader on Tuesday.
Presley hit a sharp bouncer that deflected off the glove of pitcher Kevin Siegrist (0-1) and away from shortstop Pete Kozma, who was moving toward second base. Kozma could not recover and the ball rolled into the outfield, allowing Russell Martin to sprint all the way home from second base.
With the win, the Pirates moved into first-place in the NL Central, at least for a few hours.
''It's a battle, it's fun,'' said Pittsburgh starter A.J. Burnett. ''Let's roll from here. Let's keep going.''
The win gave Pittsburgh its second victory in less than 24 hours over the Cardinals, who have lost a season-high five straight. Burnett pitched seven emotionally charged innings, giving up one run on three hits, striking out nine and walking three. Though he has just one victory since May 3, Burnett's performance set the tone and the bullpen followed his lead.
Vin Mazzaro (6-2) picked up the victory after retiring three of the four batters he faced in the 11th.
The Cardinals lead the NL in runs and batting average, but have scored just five runs in their last 47 innings and went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position in the opener.
''We had some hard-hit balls with runners in scoring position,'' manager Mike Matheny said. ''It just didn't work out.''
St. Louis' best chance came in the 10th when they put runners on the corners with one out. Matt Holliday ripped a grounder that Pittsburgh shortstop Clint Barmes backhanded and turned into Holliday's NL-leading 24th double play of the season.
Lance Lynn was dominant in six innings for the Cardinals, but was long gone by the time Presley came through against Siegrist.
''He was right on, everything he was doing today,'' Matheny said of Lynn. ''If we keep him doing it the rest of the season we're going to win a lot of games.''
The Pirates survived by doing what they've done for most of the first four months of the season, riding another stellar effort from baseball's top pitching staff and getting just enough hitting to win.
Presley's slapper capped a 3-hour, 52-minute marathon that had all the makings of playoff baseball. A packed PNC Park - on a Tuesday afternoon no less - buzzed as Burnett and Lynn matched each other for the better part of two hours.
Burnett received a bit of help with two on and one out in the first when center fielder Andrew McCutchen made a diving grab of a sinking liner by Carlos Beltran. The Gold Glover then hopped to his feet and alertly doubled up Holliday.
Jay struck out swinging leading off the sixth but moved all the way to second when the ball slipped away from Martin, the Pirates' catcher, and rolled toward the backstop. Martin strolled to pick up the ball, thinking it was foul, allowing Jay to reach second base.
Martin, Burnett and Hurdle began an animated discussion with home plate umpire Eric Cooper that spilled over into Holliday's at-bat. At one point Cooper came out from behind the plate and walked toward Burnett, pointing at the pitcher and yelling.
The call, however, seemed only to fire up Burnett. The fiery ace struck out Holliday, got Beltran to fly out to left and knocked down a grounder by Mike Adams before emphatically firing to first to beat the lumbering Adams to the bag to get out of the inning.
The histrionics were even louder in the seventh when Burnett struck out pinch-hitter Allen Craig with the 113th and final pitch of his day. Burnett let loose an elaborate fist-pump before making his way to the dugout following arguably his sharpest outing of the season.
Lynn was just as spectacular. He needed to be on a day when he didn't receive the kind of backing that allowed him to enter the game with 12 victories, the second-highest total in the National League.
Pittsburgh scratched across a run in the first when Alvarez doubled home McCutchen, but the Pirates didn't get a runner to third over Lynn's final five innings. He allowed one run on three hits, striking out seven and walking just two.
NOTES: Cardinals CF Jon Jay's team record for consecutive errorless games ended at 245 when he misplayed a single by Pittsburgh's Starling Marte in the fifth inning that allowed Marte to advance to second. Jay's previous error came on Aug. 24, 2011 ... St. Louis sent struggling reliever Marc Rzepczynski to Cleveland on Tuesday in exchange for minor league infielder Juan Herrera. Rzepczynski had a 7.84 ERA in 10 1-3 innings this season with the Cardinals ... Pirates 2009 first-round pick Tony Sanchez will get his first big-league start at catcher in the nightcap.


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The Beaufort County Board of Education has decided to interview seven candidates in the next phase of its selection process to hire a new district superintendent.
Three finalists will be selected from those seven candidates, said Board Chairman Bill Evans. The names of the three finalists will be made public, he said, and they will travel to Beaufort County for a second round of interviews and also to attend public forums with local parents, educators and community members. Board members will visit the home districts of all three.
"The public forums will be a key part of the process," Evans said. "We hope people will come out and meet the three finalists and ask them questions and get to know them. We also hope that participants in the forums will share their evaluations of the three finalists with Board members."
The school district's former superintendent, Valerie Truesdale, retired in October and accepted a senior position in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District. Jackie Rosswurm, the district's human resources chief, has been serving as acting superintendent but did not apply for the superintendent's position.
Ray and Associates, an Iowa-based firm hired by the Board to coordinate the national search, said that it received 122 applications from candidates in 42 states. The consultants conducted background checks on the 122 applicants and brought 11 candidates to the Board, which selected seven to interview Feb. 4-6. The three finalists, once selected, will come to the district for a second round of interviews with the Board Feb. 12-15 and for public forums.
The Board's goal is to have a new superintendent under contract by the first week in March, Evans said. Although the person selected will not likely report to work until July 1, Evans said the Board will seek opportunities for regular visits to the district prior to that date.

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Why The Supreme Court's 'Grokster' Decision Led To More, Not Less, P2P Filesharing
from the watch-out-SOPA dept
In the 2005 "Grokster" decision, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that file sharing networks could be held liable for copyright infringement if they take "affirmative steps" to encourage infringement. Grokster closed down as a result, and the recording industry pretty much assumed it had won that battle.
But as a fascinating analysis by Rebecca Giblin of what happened afterwards points out, against the industry's expectations, P2P filesharing flourished:
By 2007, two years after the US Supreme Court decided Grokster, there were more individual P2P applications available than there had ever been before. The average number of users sharing files on file sharing networks at any one time was nudging ten million and it was estimated that P2P traffic had grown to comprise up to 90 percent of global internet traffic. At that point content owners tacitly admitted defeat, largely abandoning their long-time strategy of suing key P2P software providers and diverting enforcement resources to alternatives like graduated response or "three strikes" laws.
So what happened? In her article, Giblin suggests pre-P2P laws were rooted in the physical world, and this led to four false assumptions being made about P2P software development that allowed it to thrive despite the Grokster decision.
The first [assumption] is that everybody is bound by physical world rules. Assuming this rule had universal application, various secondary liability principles evolved to make knowledge and control pre-requisites to liability. But software has no such constraint. Programmers can write software that will do things that are simply not possible or feasible in the physical world. So once the Napster litigation made P2P programmers aware of the rules about knowledge and control, they simply coded Napster's successors to eliminate them – something no provider of a physical world distribution technology ever managed to do.
Napster's fatal weakness was its centralized directory servers: shutting them down meant the entire system collapsed. True P2P software has no central directories, and therefore no one point of failure. The Grokster decision tried to address that issue:
In response, the US Supreme Court in Grokster created a brand new legal doctrine, called inducement, that did not rely on either knowledge or control. That rule was aimed at capturing "bad actors" - those P2P providers who aimed to profit from their users' infringement and whose nefarious intent was demonstrated by "smoking guns" in their marketing and other communications. But the inducement law failed to appreciate some of the other differences that make the software world special and thus led directly to the explosion in the number of P2P technologies.
That's because three other physical-world assumptions were made:
One is that it is expensive to create distribution technologies that are capable of vast amounts of infringement. Of course in the physical world, the creation of such technologies, like printing presses, photocopiers, and VCRs required large investment. Research and development, mass-manufacturing, marketing and delivery all require massive amounts of cash. Thus, the law came to assume that the creation of such technologies was expensive.
Of course, free software offers hundreds of thousands of counterexamples to all of those assumptions: major applications are written in people's bedrooms (hello, Linus), "just for fun" (Linus again), with the aim of sharing them as widely as possible (hello, Richard Stallman.)
As a result of this deep misunderstanding, the Grokster decision led not to the disappearance of P2P programs, but to an unprecedented flowering of open source implementations:
That led directly to the next assumption – that distribution technologies are developed for profit. After all, nobody would be investing those massive sums without some prospect of a return.
Finally comes the fourth assumption: that rational developers of distribution technologies won't share their secrets with consumers or competitors. Since they needed to recoup those massive investments, they had no interest at all in giving them away.
When the US Supreme Court created its new law holding P2P providers liable where they "fostered" third party infringement, as evidenced by such things as business models, marketing and internal communications, the result was an enormous number of programmers choosing to create new applications without any of those liability attracting elements. In the absence of any evidence that they had set out to foster infringement, they could not be liable for inducement, and having coded out of knowledge and control they could not be held liable under the pre-P2P law either.
As Giblin concludes:
The mismatch between the law's physical world assumptions and the realities of the software world meant that the law created to respond to the challenges of P2P file sharing led to the opposite of the desired result: a massive increase in the availability of P2P file sharing software. The failure of the law to recognise the unique characteristics of software and software development meant the abandonment of the litigation campaign against P2P providers was only a matter of time.
This is an important reminder that framing legislation affecting the world of software is not like traditional physical-world law-making. Problems are precisely what drives forward open source development by offering an interesting "itch" that needs scratching, so new laws merely provide an impetus to the creation of more sophisticated ways of circumventing them. It's a lesson the supporters of SOPA would do well to learn.
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Let $G$ be a group of automorphisms of the countable atomless Boolean algebra $B$. Suppose that every orbit of $G$ on $B$ is an antichain. Does it follow that $G$ preserves a non-zero (probability) measure on $B$?
Does the answer change if we extend $B$ to some complete or $\sigma$-complete algebra, and the action of $G$ extends to one in which orbits are still antichains?
I'm also interested in group actions that satisfy a very different condition: $G$ is a group such that for some (all) $a \in B \setminus \{0,1\}$ and for all $b \in B \setminus \{0,1\}$ there is some $g \in G$ such that $ga < b$. Do such actions have a name and has anything been proved about them (or about groups that have such actions)?
Edit: To clarify, by 'antichain' I just mean a set of pairwise incomparable elements. I didn't know about the stronger meaning used by set theorists. For what it's worth I am mainly interested in using actions to understand algebraic properties of the group $G$, so I probably don't need to consider any exotic algebras of the kind set theorists would find interesting; the most obvious examples, such as the countable atomless Boolean algebra or the standard Borel $\sigma$-algebra, are probably good enough. I definitely do not want to assume that $G$ is the whole automorphism group, however.


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You're so much more than just a number to us. Still, a lot of folks -- from your lender to your landlord to your insurer to your employer -- define your character by the three-digit score that reflects what's in your credit file. To them, whether or not to do business with you comes down to where you rank on the following scale:
Source: John Ulzheimer, President, Credit.com Educational Services. Based on FICO scoring range 300-850. A higher score indicates lower credit risk.
Of course, what's on the inside really does matter most of the time, but in matters of credit, you really can't escape the scrutiny.
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Here are nine tactics to improve your credit score ASAP.
Concentrate on performance factors: Payment punctuality and credit use levels account for 65% of the scoring equation. That's why, even if you change nothing else, being an on-time, low-spending Goody Two-shoes for a while will do wonders for your reputation. The blow to your score for any 30- or 60-day late payments in the past year will begin to diminish after you mail the check and rectify your wrong. Recovering from a 90-day late payment (a ding that can be as damaging to your score as bankruptcy) will take longer. But it will fade to black eventually, particularly if your more recent payment habits are pristine.
Keep balances low: Aim to use 35% or less of your credit line to avoid lenders' ire. (Of course, if you want to get on our Foolish good side, we'd love to see your debt levels at 0% after every billing cycle.) Before any major loan application process (mortgage, auto loan, etc.), get serious about paying down your debt. In this instance, usage of 10% or less is ideal. To keep balances low, postpone big purchases, keep card use to a minimum, and pay down as much debt as possible.
Get more credit for your history: Do not close old accounts, even if you never use them. Canceling lines of available credit hurts your credit utilization ratio (also known as your debt-to-available-credit ratio). Instead, give lenders some good news to report (instead of stagnancy) by using old cards every six months to buy something small.
Improve the looks of your limits: Are lenders reporting accurate credit limits? If not, ask them to. You can also improve your credit ratio by asking your banks to up your credit limits -- with this caveat: Don't do it if you think access to more money will go to your head and drive you to the mall. If you do ask for more rope, er, spending power, make sure the request won't require your credit to be re-pulled; that can trigger a "hard inquiry," which can bring about a potential score reduction of five points or more if enough are made within a 12-month period. Also, do not try to build creditworthiness by opening a home equity line of credit. A "secured revolving account" has little impact on your overall score.
Attack unattractive debts: Pay off no-money-down financing debts ASAP, possibly with a home equity loan (HEL). An HEL penalizes your score less than revolving credit card balances and financing deals, because consumers are more conscientious about payments. Don't swap debts lightly, though, since the roof over your head is at risk if you don't pay what you owe on an HEL.
Deal with collection accounts: In a strange karmic twist, paying off debts that have been sent to collections won't improve your score much (the biggest hit comes earlier from the "charged-off debt" designation), with one exception: if the payment lowers your outstanding debt. Try negotiating with the collection agency (in writing) to have them mark the account as "paid as agreed" or remove the notation from your credit repot entirely.
Watch the clock when rate shopping: The credit scoring system treats clusters of credit inquiries for mortgages and car loans as a single hard inquiry, so long as you contain your loan-quote requests within a 45-day period. However (there's always a "however," isn't there?), some lenders still use the old FICO system, which allows just a two-week window of safe harbor, so err on the conservative side when window-shopping for a loan.
Make sure that's not a typo: Don't assume that negative entry in your credit file is really your fault. Consumer watchdogs report that as many as 80% of credit reports contain errors -- and a quarter of the time, those errors are significant enough to cause a FICO score drop of 50 points or more. Be sure to review your official records from all three major credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) by going to annualcreditreport.com, since not all institutions report activity to all three consistently.
Don't ruin a good thing: Got good credit? Good news: Keeping it that way won't require much more effort than what you've been doing to get it there. Just continue to pay your bills on time, watch your spending and don't monkey too much with what's clearly working (doing so may actually lower your score).
Finally, you may wonder why we didn't mention the time-honored tactic of piggybacking on someone else's already established good credit as an authorized user or joint account holder. That's because the suits pulled the plug on this strategy after some businesses began using it in nefarious ways. In other words, the bad guys ruined it for all of us. Still, even though you're on your own, following the rules above should have you earning your gold star all by yourself in no time.


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Perhaps the most significant life lesson I've learned in my young adulthood is that knowing all the answers isn't as important as asking good questions. So every now and then I like to use Fridays to 1) link to other bloggers and writers who have asked compelling questions during the week and 2) open the floor for you to share whatever questions you've been wrestling with lately.
Today I'll link to some of the folks I met at the BioLogos Foundation conference last week in an effort to address some of the questions you posed to help me pass as an intellectual at the event.
- Jen asked, "How does the concept of "randomness" in natural selection plausibly fit into a creation scenario? How can randomness be seen as purposeful?"
This is apparently a really hot topic right now. At the conference I met Dr. Kathryn Applegate, who has spent a lot of time thinking about this issue and who looks way too young to have developed computer vision algorithms to measure the remodeling activity of the cell's cytoskeleton.
Kathryn has written three really great pieces on the subject: "Understanding Randomness," "That's Random" and "Adaptive Immunity." In addition, check out this question on the BioLogos site: "Does the presence of chance in natural processes conflict with belief in God's sovereignty?"
- Aubree said, "My biggest hang-up [with macro-evolution and biblical interpretation] is its implications on Jesus' death. The Bible says that there was no death before Adam and Eve sinned. It was through their sin that death (imperfection) entered the world – and Jesus on the cross rectified that, once again bringing humanity access to God. Believing in macro-evolution the way Darwin has described it, says that death was around long before people were."
I made a point of asking about this at the conference, and theologian Peter Enns offered a brief response, noting that central to this debate is Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 in which Paul draws his famous parallel between Jesus and Adam. Enns suspects that Paul indeed thought of Adam as an historical figure, but argues that this is not the point of his letters. Paul, addressing the big debate of the day, is simply trying to make the point that Jews and Gentiles are on the same footing, that sin and death are universal conditions of humanity. To make this point, Paul understandably chooses a figure like Adam.
This is a rather sloppy and incomplete explanation of Enns' position. If you have a few minutes, check out this fantastic (and surprisingly readable!) five-part series, entitled "Paul's Adam": Part 1, Part 2,Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
I haven't forgotten the rest of your questions, and will continue to try to address them over the next few weeks and months.
In the meantime, check out these cool people I met at BioLogos: Dennis Venema (who strikes me as being both smart and wise), Steve Matheson (who knows how to make just about any conversation more interesting), and Justin Topp (who instantly felt like a friend). You may also want to read this short chapterentitled "A Christian Perspective on Biology" written by Dennis and Richard Paulton. It's an accessible introduction to some important topics.
What questions are you asking this week—on your blog, at your dinner table, in your head, in your heart? (They don't have to be about faith and science. Feel free to include links!)
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We preview the start of the Cubs' playoff run with sports reporter Cheryl Raye Stout.
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the University of Chicago Medicine will join forces to conduct clinical trials designed to improve outcomes for patients with life-threatening emergencies as part of a newly formed national network.
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The Cook County board president used her annual budget address Thursday to warn commissioners and the public that repealing a tax on sugary drinks will take the county down a path of "fiscal uncertainty" that will result in layoffs and cutting "essential services."
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Google Improves Calendar, Contact Syncing
Many of us lead dual-calendar lives--I know I do. At work, it's all about my Outlook calendar. While I certainly have issues with the program, it's just much easier to use the app that's built into my default e-mail program. When I'm at home, I use Google Calendar for the same reason. And having to shuffle between appointments in two different calendars can be a huge headache.
Today, however, Google has rolled out Calendar Sync, an app that transfers appointments between Google Calendar and Outlook, and vice versa, and does so automatically, every time you add a new appointment to Google Calendar or Outlook. Google has more information on the product at its blog.
The company has also released an API for contacts, making it easier to sync them. According to Google's blog, the new app "allows client applications to view and update Contacts content in the form of Google Data API feeds. Your client application can request a list of a user's contacts, edit or delete content in an existing contact, and query the content in an existing contact."
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What are the cons? Woody
These carrots have a unique flavor compared to the other varieties I grew this year (cosmic purple, amarillo, red cored chantenay, atomic red). Out of all of these varieties, I think that the lunar white carrots were the tastiest. They do get woody, however, if you forget to water them for the majority of their growing period and pick them way late in the season like I did, but I don't think in my case the variety had anything to do with it. ALL of my carrots were woody. The fact that these survived and on top of that tasted pretty good (not bitter like the others) has encouraged me to try planting them again next year, and when I do I'll definitely give them a bit more attention!
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What are the pros? Easy, prolific, super sweet
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The first year I grew these I wasn't impressed. When allowed to grow full size, they became quite woody and had poor flavor. I gave up and let them languish, with several going to seed. Had dozens of volunteer carrots to pull when prepping the bed for replanting and decided to throw them in with some orange baby carrots for steaming. Tossed with a little butter, salt, and fresh parsley, and wow what a difference! The white carrots were super sweet and yummy. I'll now be growing these every year to harvest as babies. A new favorite!!!
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Critters is 23!
Yes, 23 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
Critters no longer accepting European Union members :(It's with a heavy heart that I have to announce Critters can no longer accept people in the European Union as members. This is a result of the "GDPR" privacy laws going into effect. I'm a big fan of privacy, and applaud the general idea behind the GDPR, but the way it's implemented forces me to close the door to EU writers. [read more why...]
Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
New Book from a Critter Member**NOW IN PRINT EDITION TOO!** Awesome new book, HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS, from a Critter member whose unearthed a shard of The Secret to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work. "...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUM
How to Write SF
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.) (Also via Amazon)
P&E Has a New Caretaker!
I'm very happy to announce that P&E has been handed off to a new caretaker! Check out the site for news and such. Hurrah!
I'm being interviewed live on public radio for Critters 20th birthday. For those who want to listen, it's on the 10am (Mountain time) show on Thursday, 11/19/16, on Colorado Public Radio - www.cpr.org has streaming on the site or it's 90.1 FM in the Denver area. [Interview is done, you can listen on the site]
Free Web Sites
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ReAnimus Acquires Advent!
ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!
Network speeding up
I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any prolonged outages you see.
Preditors & Editors Changeover
With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at pred-ed.com.
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See important details here in my blog. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available for this week, FYI.)
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THE SIGIL TRILOGY: The universe is dying from within... "Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock
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If you need help making ebooks from manuscripts or print copies—or finding great stuff to read—look no further! An ebook publisher started by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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National Water Safety Quiz
A fun and interactive online water safety quiz
Royal Life Saving has developed the National Water Safety Quiz (NWSQ), a fun and interactive online quiz that tests Australian children's knowledge of how to keep safe in, on, and around the water. The Quiz is a perfect activity for kids to do at home or in the classroom.
The Quiz' 27 questions ask children to identify:
- Safe and unsafe behaviours and hazards at a variety of aquatic locations
- Correct and incorrect water safety rules at a variety of aquatic locations
- Survival and rescue skills for use in emergency situations
- CPR procedures
Children have 20 minutes to answer as many questions as they can and, once completed, they will receive a certificate which they can print.
But the quiz has a deeper purpose. Royal Life Saving will use the Quiz results to get an understanding of the water safety knowledge of Australian children. Areas where knowledge is lacking will be targeted in future Royal Life Saving education programs.
To access the quiz please visit www.watersafetyquiz.com.au


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Here's the scariest thing to come out of Facebook's updated financials yesterday: The company's growth is rapidly decelerating.
Last quarter it was only up 45%. The quarter before that it was 55%, and the quarter before that it was 104%. 45% is good for most companies, but for a company that's supposed to be a hot IPO it's underwhelming, as is the growth trend.
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Three local conference rematches highlight the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association basketball playoffs.
Pairings released Saturday afternoon include matchups between the Hunter Huss and Forestview boys, the Bessemer City and Highland Tech boys, and the East Lincoln and North Lincoln boys.
The numerous conference rematches are due to the new playoff seeding process that groups conferences into �pods� to reduce travel.
The first round for boys and girls is set for Monday, with the winners advancing to Wednesday�s second round. Sectional finals are scheduled for Friday, with those winners punching their tickets to the regionals.
The highest-seeded area team is the Hunter Huss boys squad, which earned the top seed in the 3A West Division after winning the Big South Conference�s regular-season and tournament titles. The Huskies will try to beat Forestview for a third time this season, having won 72-51 and 79-57.
Ashbrook�s boys got the No. 7 seed in the 3A West Division and will host 10th-seeded Enka. Ashbrook and Hunter Huss wouldn�t meet until the 3A West Regional.
In the 1A Midwest, the boys from Bessemer City and Highland Tech will meet for a third time after Bessemer City swept the regular-season series by scores of 56-48 and 77-68 in overtime. In the 1A West, the Cherryville boys snagged one of five wildcards but were seeded 16th and will have to make the trip to Hendersonville to take on the top-seeded Bearcats.
In the 2A West, East Lincoln�s boys will try to beat rival North Lincoln for a fourth time this season and third time in 11 days. The Mustangs previously won 66-57, 52-41 and 66-53. In the same pod, Lincolnton�s boys barely missed out on a home game and will take the No. 9 seed on the road to face No. 8 seed Pisgah.
East Gaston�s boys and girls will both travel to Watauga in the 4A first round, with the Warriors boys taking the No. 12 seed and the girls claiming the No. 9 seed.
In the 3A West girls bracket, seventh-seeded Forestview will host 10th-seeded Enka. In the preliminary brackets released earlier on Saturday, Forestview was the sixth seed and scheduled to host conference rival South Point in the first round. South Point remained the 11th seed on the revised brackets but will instead travel to face sixth-seeded Franklin.
Ashbrook, the fourth seed out of the Big South Conference, wound up with the No. 16 seed in the 3A West, which means a trip to top-seeded and perennial power Hickory.
The Bessemer City girls received the No. 7 seed in the 1A Midwest Division, earning a home game against North Rowan. That makes Bessemer City the only local school hosting a girls-boys doubleheader in the first round.
Cherryville, despite its 4-21 record, was an automatic qualifier by finishing third among 1A girls teams in the Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference and will take the No. 11 seed on the road to face No. 6 seed East Surry.
The Lincolnton girls, coming off their conference tournament championship win over Lake Norman Charter, were seeded No. 3 in the 2A West and will host Smoky Mountain on Monday. North Lincoln also earned a home game as the No. 8 seed in the 2A West and will host ninth-seeded North Henderson. West Lincoln is the No. 13 seed in the same bracket and will travel to face fourth-seeded Pisgah.
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ANDPAC: The Academy's Political Action Committee
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On Wednesday, August 28th, 2019, the New York Stock Exchange welcomed the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Academy members to highlight Kids Eat Right Month™, celebrated each August. Reyna Franco, president of the New York State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, rings the bell and is joined by Jim Byrne, Head of U.S. Listings, NYSE.
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Food scientist Marie Colmerauer, MS, CFS, NDTR, educates students on using tools we all have to make food choices that are not only convenient but nutritious. View Video
Debbie Petitpain, MS, RDN, LDN, wellness director in South Carolina, explains the many facets of her role serving the community and collaborating across the health care team. View Video
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Applying Reasoning and Proof
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In the previous sections, you observed students using the Reasoning and Proof Standard. You explored your own relation to these concept in the Part B Interactive Activity on triangular and square numbers. In Part C, we developed working definitions of some of the related concepts and explored their value. Now that you are familiar with the Standard and some of its aspects, it's time to apply it in an actual classroom setting.
Harriette Davis is working with her eleventh-grade pre-calculus course to find functions that provide "boundaries" for trigonometric functions. In the class these are termed "enveloping" functions. They will use this information as they reason about and build understanding of symmetries, asymptotes, and, limits.
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Deputy Executive Director Gene McCarty Announces Retirement
AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Deputy Executive Director for Administration Gene McCarty has announced his retirement effective Aug. 31 after 34 years of state service.
McCarty's distinguished career began as a fish and wildlife technician in a fish hatchery and he rose through the ranks over the years to play an integral role in shaping department policy on a wide range of issues.
"I've heard some people say that no one is indispensible, but Gene McCarty comes pretty darn close," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. "His counsel is sought by his colleagues at all levels and his long field experience coupled with his strengths as an administrator has made him invaluable to our agency and the conservation mission we serve."
McCarty began his career with TPWD at the Dundee Fish Hatchery near Wichita Falls in 1978 as a fish and wildlife technician, and quickly began moving up to positions of greater responsibility. He was promoted to hatchery superintendent at the Huntsville Fish Hatchery in 1981.
In 1982, McCarty became a biologist in Corpus Christi and helped build the original John Wilson Fish Hatchery from the ground up. That hatchery is now known as the CCA Marine Development Center. He worked there until 1987, when he was promoted once again to be statewide director for fish hatchery programs. In 1994 he became the director of the Coastal Fisheries division, a position he held until 1997. During his tenure as head of Coastal Fisheries, McCarty also played a critical role in construction of Sea Center Texas, a hatchery and aquarium in Lake Jackson.
After leaving Coastal Fisheries, McCarty became chief of staff at the Austin executive office and worked directly with the executive director until promoted to his present position in 2005. As deputy executive director for administration, McCarty supervises four divisions: Administrative Resources, Communications, Human Resources, and Information Technology.
McCarty's conservation achievements are many, including the key leadership role he played in the implementation of the shrimp license buyback program in 1995. Funds generated from a surcharge on commercial licenses and on the Saltwater Fishing Stamp are used for purchasing and retiring commercial crab, finfish, bait shrimp, and bay shrimp licenses to stabilize fishing effort and support healthy fisheries stock. Although unpopular to begin with, the program has been successful and as of February of this year, $13.9 million had been spent to purchase and retire 2092 commercial bay and bait shrimp fishing boat licenses. This represents 65 percent of the original 3231 licenses grandfathered into the fishery in 1995. The very first shrimp license purchased with these funds still hangs in McCarty's office.
During the latter part of his career, McCarty played a major role in five legislative sessions by working with all divisions to track bills, provide information and respond to lawmaker's requests. He also worked directly with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, the nine-member board appointed by the governor that oversees the state agency.
"From my first day at work cleaning out drainage ditches at Dundee State Fish Hatchery to negotiating the terms of limited entry with a room full of hostile shrimpers to outlining the agency's budget with the Legislative Budget Board, it has always been my conviction that there can be no greater honor then to serve TPWD and its mission," said McCarty. "I have been truly blessed and TPWD has been one of the defining elements of my life. TPWD's mission has been my mission and no matter where I am or what I am doing I have always been proud to say I work for TPWD."
McCarty said he now plans to put into action the motto at TPWD, "Life's Better Outside."
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"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God" (Romans 8:16).
Just as no one person is like another, no person with a disability is the same as another, even if he or she has the same disability. A disability is a functional limitation that may interfere with a person's ability to walk, hear, talk, see, think, and learn but does not affect each person in the same way. In addition, some people may have multiple disabilities in varying degrees.
When speaking or associating with a person with a disability:
- Smile; be yourself.
- Focus on the person's capabilities. Don't be so focused on a person's disability that you don't see the person.
- Talk to the person with a disability—or with the person's caregivers, when appropriate—about how you can include the person in activities and what he or she is comfortable with.
- Be respectful. Offer assistance if asked or if the need is obvious. Do not move wheelchairs or other mobility aids without permission from the owner.
- Speak slowly and directly when talking to a person with a hearing impairment. Do not assume a person with a hearing or speech impairment has an intellectual disability.
- Be patient.
- Be considerate of that person's feelings when talking to others. Would you want what you are about to say being said about you?
Remember to speak softly unless the person has a hearing impairment. Speaking loudly does not improve understanding.
People First Language
Terms considered appropriate often differ from group to group and from generation to generation. A good rule of thumb is to consider the person before the disability. For example, a person with a disability is not a "disabled woman" or "handicapped man." Nor is Sister Smith "disabled" or "handicapped." Rather, refer to the person first and, if needed, the disability second: "Sister Smith" or "Sister Smith has a disability"
For Members with Disabilities, Their Family Members, or Their Caregivers
Be patient as other members learn about disability issues and overcome misperceptions. Realize that most members of the Church are open to guidance on how to help and include those with disabilities. Recognize that others who care may also be prompted on how to help. The Holy Ghost can help family, teachers, and leaders reach out and be helpful.
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Best Digital Cameras for Enthusiasts
Enthusiasts are photography buffs that care -- deeply, deeply care -- about having the latest and greatest camera. They compare spec sheets, they pixel peep, they peruse rumor sites, they argue on message boards, and they already have tons and tons of equipment. As with an aficionado of any persuasion, they know what's important. But, enthusiasts often don't have as much to spend as professionals earning money with their gear. If you are having a tough time deciding, here are a few of our favorite picks for the best digital cameras for enthusiasts.
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Fujifilm X-H1
Fujifilm's X series is an excellent mirrorless line -- but now that line expands to even more users with the Fujifilm X-H1. The camera adds the company's first in-body stabilization system while adding a list of new features for shooting v...
Grade: A Price: $1,179.00
Sony RX10 IV
The Sony RX10 IV keeps the same body style and sensor and lens combo that made the previous version so successful -- but steps up with some serious speed improvements. The combination of the big zoom lens, compact body style and fast speed makes t...
Grade: A Price: $1,598.00
Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Canon's entry point into full frame cameras is beefing up with more pro-level specs. The Canon EOS 6D Mark II is the company's gateway to the larger full frame sensors without the big price point of the 1DX and it's stepping up several...
Grade: A Price: $1,499.00
Canon EOS Rebel SL2
Four years after announcing what was at the time the world's smallest DSLR, Canon is finally bringing a much-needed update to the aging Rebel SL1. Meet the Canon EOS Rebel SL2, an affordable, compact DSLR that offers a solid feature set for be...
Grade: B+ Price: $574.00
Nikon D7500
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Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II
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Sony RX100 IV
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Fujifilm X-T10
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
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Sony a7II
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Panasonic LUMIX LX100
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Canon PowerShot G7 X
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II
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Nikon D750
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Pentax MX-1
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So, as I fly off to India for the first time to resume my duties with MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, I can reflect on the final round of the World Series by Renault championship and on my race season in its entirety.
After swapping the lead of the drivers' championship all season with Jules (Bianchi) and Robin (Frijns), I arrived at the Barcelona "final" in third place but less than a win away from the lead. I knew that the outcome of the championship was not entirely in my own hands but my aim going into the weekend was to outscore both of them.
Things started quite well on Saturday when, starting from the second row of the grid, I took the lead of the race by turn two and began to stretch my legs at the front. However, the Arden Caterham car of Felix da Costa came with me. They say the best form of defence is attack and I certainly pushed hard, gradually building a big gap between myself and the rest of the field, which included my championship rivals... "The rest of the field", that is, except the Red Bull liveried car of da Costa that followed me like my own shadow.
While I worked overtime to push my car to its limits, I could see da Costa almost in cruise mode behind me. Had the race organisers mistakenly released Red Bull Racing's RB6 F1 car onto the track early for its demo run? Joking aside, that's what I felt like I was racing against.
With only a few laps to go, da Costa made a bold move and threw his car to the inside of the chicane. I saw him coming and with valuable points at stake, I had to yield to avoid contact. I tucked straight into its slipstream in the knowledge that my best opportunity to regain top spot would come immediately going into turn one. But by the time I got there, he was already approaching turn two! My concern that the speed differential was caused by a technical issue on my own car was dispelled by my pit crew informing me, via the pit board, that my gap to Frijns in third was eight seconds and increasing. As da Costa scampered away into the distance I had to settle for second and enjoyed a small measure of consolation from the fact that I had kept my championship challenge alive by beating Robin and Jules and closing the points gap.
As I would later find out, the fastest lap of the race was in fact not da Costa's... it was Alex Rossi's in the sister Arden Caterham car. Well done to all the guys at Arden Caterham. For the past few races, they have been in a league of their own.
Sunday qualifying was pretty awful in the wet. We had shown promise in free practice one in the rain by posting the second fastest time but by making some changes in an attempt to look for that precious missing tenth, which we knew could prove crucial in the title race, we ended up destroying the balance of the car. I did make up some positions courtesy of another good start and ended up outscoring Robin and Jules again but it wasn't to be enough.
The "coming together" between Jules and Robin has been written and talked about a lot. I had a front row seat to witness the event and my view of it is clear: I think that Robin's manoeuvre was no mistake. Having said that, I will pay Robin a deserved compliment: he is an extremely talented young driver who makes few mistakes. That being the case, it is quite unfortunate that when he does make a "mistake" by out-braking himself and missing the apex, who else should be just outside him but his closest championship rival Jules Bianchi...
The final race of many a championship, not least in Formula One, has featured such "racing incidents" and it is a shame that this one should end in this way. This year has seen some hard but fair wheel-to-wheel racing, which is what the spectators want to see. I have raced against Jules for a few seasons and he takes no prisoners but he is fair. As to whether the incident on Sunday was accidental or contrived will be debated for a long time.
At any rate, I feel that, over the course of the season, the Fortec-Frijns package has probably been the most consistently competitive and that they therefore deserve the title. As of the ISR-Bird package, our car has been far too hit-and-miss with too many rounds where it was wide of the mark. Despite that, we finish the championship just ten points off the top.
But I look back on this season with no regrets. I feel I have driven well, extracted every ounce of performance from the package at my disposal and maximised my opportunities. My team should look back at the season with pride as well. They gave everything they had and any mistakes that occurred were innocent. I will not forget the warm support and the honesty of Igor Salaquarda and his team.
My top-three memories of the season? Two of them are obvious: winning from pole at Monaco and winning my home race at Silverstone. The third is less so: coming through from last on the grid at Spa in the pouring rain to finish 5th after having been disqualified from a front row start because of a fuelling error. Of course I would much rather have started from the front row - perhaps my missing ten points were right there - but boy what a rush!
Many people have been asking me about my plans for next season. My own focus for now is to support MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS as much as I can until the end of this one first. Regarding 2013, all will be revealed soon and you will be the first to know!
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"I'm knee deep in it already," joked Westfall, who had spent the morning replacing a leaking water line in a baseball field. "The softball and baseball programs are in full swing, the swimming pool will open soon, and the softball tournament is just around the corner."
There are teams from Monticello playing in no less than eleven baseball and softball leagues and Westfall reports that they are doing well. The majority of the youth teams are in position to qualify for state tournament play in July. "If you haven't seen the teams play, you are missing something," said Westfall.
The new seasonal swimming pool will open soon and Westfall states that local residents will be pleased. A non-swimming open house will take place on Saturday, July 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. and the pool will open for free swimming on July 12.
After the festivities are complete, the pool will open Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., with availability for rental. The pool will be reserved at various times for lap swimming, youth swimming, and free swim.
Westfall reports that the city plans to open the pool from May through September each year. This means that the pool will be open about five months a year, rather than the three months the previous swimming pool was opened.
The Blue Mountain Fast Pitch Softball Tournament has grown into one of the most successful tournaments in the area and anchors the annual Pioneer Day celebration in Monticello. Westfall reports that early registration for the tournament looks strong.
Westfall has been living in La Sal and working in Moab for the past two years. He and his family have recently completed the move to Monticello.
Westfall says that he is considering a number of good ideas to expand existing programs and add new programs. However, the initial task is to try and keep up with the existing workload.
"It is the busiest time of the year and we are moving as fast as we can," he said.


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Iran to Egypt: "You complete me"
✚ Iran to Egypt: "You complete me"
From Al-Monitor's Iran Pulse:
Khabar Online, close to Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani reports Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's comments in his meeting with Foreign Minister Salehi that "no problem exists between Iran and Egypt". During their meeting in Cairo Salehi expressed the "warm greetings" of President Ahmadienajd, and thanked Morsi for his attendance of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran. Salehi also congratulated the president on the "victory of the revolution of the Egyptian people". According to the report, Morsi reciprocated and asked the Iranian Foreign Minister to offer his "warm greetings" to the Supreme Leader and President Ahmadinejad.
Salehi also expressed Iran's readiness for cooperation with the Egyptian government on the development of Egypt's industrial infrastructure, adding that the two countries "complement one another".