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Live @ Your Library Reading Stage
Take a break from a day of meetings and programs and stop by the LIVE! @ your library Reading Stage in the Exhibition Hall to enjoy readings from new and favorite authors and poets, learn how to develop author programs for your library, and find new recommendations for your patrons.
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office will present 24 critically acclaimed and best-selling authors on the LIVE! @ your library Reading Stage, from noon to 4 p.m. June 26-July 2 in the exhibits hall at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. Attendees are welcomed to take a break from their busy conference schedules and listen to some of their favorite authors and poets read from and autograph their recent works. Located in the 2500 aisle of the exhibits hall, the Live! @ your library Reading Stage is free for all conference attendees. Authors to be showcased on the LIVE! @ your library Reading Stage are:
Saturday, June 28
Noon: FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK
Francesca Lia Block is renowned for her groundbreaking novels and stories, including her best-selling first book, Weetzie Bat (HarperTrophy, 1989). She is also the recipient of the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Library Association. Her latest book is Quakeland (Manic D Press, Inc., 2008).
12:30pm: MATTHEW ECK
Matthew Eck enlisted in the Army in 1992, and served in Somalia and Haiti. He has a BA in English Literature from Wichita State University, and received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at University of Central Missouri. The Farther Shore (Milkweed, 2007) is his first novel.
1:00pm: BICH MINH NGUYEN
Bich Minh Nguyen is the author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner (Penguin, 2008), winner of the PEN/Jerard Award, a Chicago Tribune Best Book of 2007, and a Book Sense pick. She teaches literature and creative writing at Purdue University and lives with her husband, novelist Porter Shreve, in West Lafayette, Indiana and Chicago.
1:30pm: YXTA MAYA MURRAY
Yxta Maya Murray is the author of The Queen Jade and The Conquest. She was chosen as a Barnes and Noble Discover pick for The Conquest, and she was a 1999 Whiting Award-winner for fiction. The second volume in her Red Lion series, The King's Gold (HarperCollins), was published in May, 2008. She teaches law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where she currently lives.
2:00pm: LEIF ENGER
Leif Enger's bestseller Peace Like a River was the winner of the Book Sense Book of the Year and one of Time's top-five novels of 2001. His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome (Grove/Atlantic, Inc.), was released in April 2008. He lives on a farm in Minnesota with his wife and two sons.
2:30pm: NINA REVOYR
Nina Revoyr was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Polish-American father, and grew up in Japan, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of The Necessary Hunger and Southland, which was a Book Sense 76 pick, winner of the Ferro-Grumley and Lambda Literary Awards, a finalist for an Edgar Award, and one of the Los Angeles Times' Best Books of 2003. Her newest novel is The Age of Dreaming (Akashic Books, 2008).
3:00pm: LISA HERNANDEZ
Lisa Hernandez is a native of Pasadena, California, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She teaches English at Los Angeles Community College and coordinates literacy programs for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Migrations and Other Stories (Arte Publico Press, 2007) is her first published book.
3:30pm: CULTURE CLASH
Culture Clash (Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza) has performed in such venues as the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Center, New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater and countless university and community stages. Founded in San Francisco in 1984, and anthologized by Theater Communications Group, this troupe of writers/performers surveys contemporary Latino/Chicano culture in America from its own unique perspective.
Sunday, June 29
Noon: ANYA ULINICH
Anya Ulinich began studying art as a child in Moscow. At seventeen, she immigrated to the United States, where she attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received an MFA from the University of California at Davis. In 2000, she moved to Brooklyn, abandoned painting and began to write. Petropolis (Viking USA, 2007) is her first novel.
12:30pm: KAYA MCLAREN
Kaya McLaren lives and teaches elementary school art on the east slope of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. She is the author of Church of the Dog, which was rereleased by Penguin in May, 2008. When she's not working, she likes to telemark ski, sit in hot springs, moonlight hike and play in lakes with her dog, Big Cedar.
1:00pm: GRACIELA LIMON
Graciela Limón is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of six novels: Left Alive, Erased Faces, The Day of the Moon, Song of the Hummingbird, The Memories of Ana Calderón and In Search of Bernabé, all from Arte Público Press. Limón is Professor Emeritus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she served as a professor of U.S. Latina/o Literature and chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies.
1:30pm: JOHN FRANCIS
John Francis is the founder and director of Planetwalk, a nonprofit environmental education organization and the author of the memoir Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking, 17 Years of Silence. He travels around the world speaking on pilgrimage and change, and on Planetlines, an environmental studies curriculum based on the walking pilgrimage, which he is developing for K-12 schools and universities.
2:00pm: JOHN CLINCH
Jon Clinch's first novel, Finn (Random House, 2007) was named one of the best novels of 2007 by the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor and Book Sense. It was also shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle's first-ever Best Recommended List and the Sargent First Novel Prize.
2:30pm: ALAN BERN
Alan Bern is a poet and author of children's picture and chapter books, as well as a storyteller and a performer for both children and adults. For the past fourteen years Alan has worked as a librarian in public libraries in the San Francisco Bay Area. His newest book of poems, Waterwalking in Berkeley, was released by Daniel & Daniel Publishers in spring 2007.
3:00pm: DAN KENNEDY
Dan Kennedy is author of the books Rock On (Algonquin Books, 2008) and Loser Goes First, and a longstanding contributor at McSweeney's. He lives in New York City and performs spoken word gigs and readings on stages across the country.
3:30pm: LILA KARP
Lila Karp has taught literature, film and feminist theory in women's studies programs at universities throughout the country. The former director of the Princeton University Women's Center, Karp was also the co-director of The Institute for the Study of Women and Men at the University of Southern California. Her autobiographical novel, The Queen Is in the Garbage (The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2007) was originally published in 1971 and has been reprinted by the Feminist Press in their Classic Feminist Writers series.
Monday, June 30
Noon: FIROOZEH DUMAS
Firoozeh Dumas self-published Funny in Farsi in 2003 with no prior writing experience, as a gift for her children. The Persian version of Funny in Farsi is currently one of the bestselling books in Iran. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Lifetime Magazine, and on NPR. Her next book, Laughing Without an Accent, a series of autobiographical essays, was published by Random House in May, 2008.
12:30pm: BRUNONIA BARRY
Brunonia Barry spent nearly a decade in Hollywood before returning to her native Massachusetts, where along with her husband, she co-founded an innovative company that creates award-winning word, visual and logic puzzles. In recent years she has written books for the Beacon Street Girls, a fictional series for 'tweens. The Lace Reader (William Morrow, 2008) is her first original novel.
1:00pm: KEIR GRAFF
Keir Graff is the author of the political thrillers One Nation, Under God (Severn House, July 2008), My Fellow Americans and, writing as Michael McCulloch, the crime novel Cold Lessons. He is the senior editor of Booklist Online, where he writes the popular blog, "Likely Stories." A native of Missoula, Montana, he lives in Chicago.
1:30pm: ELLIS AVERY
Ellis Avery is the winner of a Lambda Literary Award and an Ohioana Library Award for her first novel, The Teahouse Fire (Riverhead Books, 2006). In 2001, Three Lines, One Road, a year's worth of daily haiku exchanged between Avery and Melissa Demian, was a finalist in the National Poetry Series. Avery is also the author of a nonfiction book, The Smoke Week, a personal account of life in Manhattan after 9/11.
2:00pm: DANIEL WHITE
Daniel White is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Backpacker magazine. He received his MFA from Columbia University, and he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His first non-fiction book is The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind And Almost Found Myself On the Pacific Crest Trail (HarperCollins).
2:30pm: KIMBERLY PAULY
Kimberly Pauley loves a good book she can sink her teeth into. She is book reviewer for Young Adult Books Central (www.yabookscentral.com). Sucks to Be Me (Mirrorstone, forthcoming August 2008) is her first novel. She lives in Illinois.
3:00pm: MARK DOTY
Mark Doty's eight books of poems and four books of nonfiction prose have been honored by the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Whiting Writers Award, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award and, in the United Kingdom, the T.S. Eliot Prize. He is a professor at the University of Houston and lives in New York City.
3:30pm: ALEX LEMON
Alex Lemon's first poetry collection, Mosquito, which documents his slow recovery from brain surgery as a young man, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as an "edgy, energetic, even frenetic debut from a rising star of the Midwest." He is the co-editor of LUNA: A Journal of Poetry and Translation and is a frequent contributor to The Bloomsbury Review. His newest collection is entitled Hallelujah Blackout (Milkweed, 2008).
For additional information about these programs, including reading times and author biographies, please visit http://www.ala.org/ala/ppo/calendar/ac2008/LIVEstage2008.cfm


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July 21, 2010
News Release 10-082
Inv. No. 337-TA-729
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain semiconductor products made by advanced lithography techniques and products containing same. The products at issue in this investigation are semiconductor devices made using advanced lithography techniques used for the manufacture of small feature sizes during semiconductor fabrication.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by STC.UNM of Albuquerque, NM, on June 23, 2010. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain semiconductor products made by advanced lithography techniques and products containing same that infringe a patent asserted by STC.UNM. The complainant requests that the USITC issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
The USITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited of Taiwan; and
Samsung Electronics Company Limited of South Korea.
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-729), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC's Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC's six administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.
The USITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the USITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. USITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.


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Saturday, March 17, 2012
32 Comments:
- David said...
Hi Donald,
Great idea. I'll be reading. You might be interested in this page I made - for my Philosophy of Education students. http://community.eflclassroom.com/page/educational-thinkers
- Paul Hollins said...
Yes great idea Donald I look forward to your reflections over the coming weeks ....
- Anna Varna said...
Fantastic idea, I'll be reading too! Reading your list I found out I have read extensively about some, little about some others and almost nothing on a couple. Does this say something about my preferences, and style of learning/teaching?
- Seb Schmoller said...
Donald. Inspired idea. You should look for sponsorship on a "per post" basis. Seriously. Barnsley Hospice? The Open Rights Group? Médecins sans Frontières? Reprieve? ALT and ELN even? Seb
- said...
Wow! A big job Donald.
Loved your first post on Socrates.
I like that I always learn something new and interesting from your posts. But I guess that's the entire idea! :-)
Looking forward to the rest of the series...
- DebbieFuco said...
Love learning about 'learning,' especially theories, ideologies, and philosophies. I will be following your blog, however, I am a little disappointed that the social reconstructivists, such as Freire, are not being discussed. Freire is one of my favorites because he championed the idea that learning is social, which is so applicable today considering social media's place in the education conversation. It is also applicable to project based learning (PBL), as he spoke of the student-teacher, teacher-student model of each learning with a from each other. I think Freire definitely has a place at this table. Please don't take that as criticism because I know you can't please everyone. I am really looking forward to reading your blog for the next 50 days. Thank you!
- Donald Clark said...
Thanks Paul much appreciated.
- Donald Clark said...
OK Debbie it's up to 51. That's what this exercise is about suggestions, comments and discussion.
- DebbieFuco said...
Great! I know what I'll be doing for the next 51 days! Thanks, again!
- Seb Schmoller said...
If you are open to suggestions you should consider Dylan Wiliam and Paul Black probably as a duo. You might want to think about Aaron Sloman too.
- said...
Hi Donald,
Could you include the groundbreaking, explosive implications from cognitivist science?
Dan Willingham has summarised the evidence from thirty years of scientific research into how the brain learns - I'd recommend his book 'Why Don't Students Like School' for a blog post.
- said...
Great idea Donald, but like Debbie, I'm disappointed to see some glaring omissions.
There's nothing I can see in the list from Cognitivist theory. Key discoveries from neuroscience over the past 20 years give profound insight into how the brain learns, and inform effective instructional methods. Their omission is particularly disappointing given the dearth of awareness already present in the UK establishment of this cutting edge research.
I would suggest cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, author of 'Why don't students like school', and E. D. Hirsch, creator of the Core Knowledge curriculum which, having been adopted by the US state of Massachusetts, has seen it propelled to the top of national league tables, such that on the 2005 NAEP tests, Massachusetts ranked first in the nation in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and fourth- and eighth-grade maths. It then repeated the feat in 2007. No state had ever scored first in both grades and both subjects in a single year—let alone for two consecutive test cycles.
- Donald Clark said...
Thanks guys. I'll look into this. Looks like I'll have to extend the run.
- BobRay said...
The only way to compare the effectiveness of methods based on the various theories is with a standardized test (in the scientific, not political sense). Since we can't agree on whether such a test should be administered, much less what it should look like, most discussions of educational theory are worse than useless (no offense intended).
What actually happens in education is that methods based on the latest theoretical fad
are applied for a while, then discarded in favor of the next fad, regardless of their effectiveness. Meanwhile, students appear to be learning far less than they did during all those centuries when they were lectured to.
Ironically, all the modern theorists were educated by teachers using the archaic methods the theorists deride.
- Donald Clark said...
Sort of agree with this but the assertion " students appear to be learning far less than they did during all those centuries when they were lectured to" is not supported by the evidence. In fact the evidence in from Bligh and others would suggest otherwise.
- Donald Clark said...
Interesting Tweets on women educational theorists. Montissori a good call, remember - it's not a definitive list, just people I've read and who have influenced my thoughts. Happy to consider others.
- Barbara Dieu said...
Paulo Freire is an important influence in informal education and critical pedagogy even if not well-known in Anglo-Saxon educational circles.
- Donald Clark said...
To clarify a few things. First I really welcome these other names. I have:
1. Kept the list to 50 to make it manageable.
2. Kept to within the theoretical tradition I live and work in so no Confucius, Buddha, Mohammed, Al Ghozzali, Ibn Tufayl etc.
3. Not deliberately sought gender balance.
4. Not included policy makers and more political movers and shakers like Jane Addams, Susan Isaacs, Jane Martin and Linda Darling-Hammond.
However, I may extend my list if I have time as Judith Harris has been a huge influence on me and, as I said Friere and Montissori, I plan to include.
Keep the suggestions coming...
- said...
How about bell hooks - perhaps not as well known in Europe either?
- Andy Tedd said...
Interesting list but I am hugely disappointed that neither Frederic Taylor or Ronald Coase are on your list.
While they are not strictly 'learning theorists' the same could be said of mant on the list. If you're going to have a load of emancipatory guff like Gramsci and Freire in there then you should also acknowledge the real bureucratic world - as well as the failed utopian dreams of educational and constructivist ideology.
- Mark said...
I'll just tell you up front Donald...I see an eBook int he future.
- Lindell McConnell said...
I am fascinated by this concept and really look forward to seeing them all.
One suggestion I have is in the informal sphere. This is an area I am becoming more interested in as the &0:20:10 concept starts to gain some more momentum. My suggestion is Robert Baden-Powell (yess the founder of the Scout Movement) who was an early (if not the earliest) proponent of the "learning by doing" concept which he titled the "Scout Method". Maybe not a learning theorist but truly a great educator and practitioner in the learning field.
- christian said...
I'm surprised not to see Comenius on your list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comenius. His ideas were way ahead of his time, at least in the relm of langage teaching.
By the way, I love your blog!
- said...
Thanks for inspiring a generation of new teachers.
- Moving Company In Waldron MO said...
Fantastic idea, I'll be reading too! Reading your list I found out I have read extensively about some, little about some others and almost nothing on a couple. Does this say something about my preferences, and style of learning/teaching?
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- Narayana Rao said...
It is not right to say that education has not given importance to practice during education and it relied only on lectures. Also it is not right to say there is no empirical evidence. There is tremendous advancement in science and technology and if one wants to blame the current education system, it only produced all that development and also produced people who to promote their ideas are trying to talk extremely critically about the current system. While new ideas are always welcome and when they are great existing systems are abandoned, the promoters have to be humble to push their scheme of things.
- Narayana Rao said...
Shall read your descriptions of various contributors to education and learning process.
- Karen Wilhelm said...
Peter Senge - the learning organization.
- said...
Congrats - If you can do this well it will become a reference point for future and existing professional to read the blog and get their knowledge enriched.
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- Michael Cannon said...
I am glad I ran across your blog. I am currently enrolled in an Instructional design class online. This topic is just what we are studying now. More comments to come.
- Skrywersgilde said...
The Moodle guy is Martin Dougiamas from Perth in Western Australia.
Do you also need an honorary mention of George Siemens as the 'father' of constructivism and MOOCS?


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Pulled pork
This long-cooked pork is popping up on menus all over town. Traditionally the pork is cooked long and slow in a smoker, then shredded or "pulled" and mixed with barbecue sauce. This pot-cooked version replicates the original.
|2 tsp
|Chilli powder
|2 tsp
|Ground paprika
|2 tsp
|Ground cumin
|2 tsp
|Ground coriander
|1 tsp
|Cayenne pepper
|1 kg
|Pork shoulder
|2 cups
|1 cup
|Tomato sauce
|1 cup
|Barbecue sauce
|1 to serve
|Bread roll
- Make a rub with 2 tsp each of chilli powder, paprika, ground cumin, ground coriander and a teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
- Smother a piece of pork shoulder (around 1 kg) with this and massage it well into the meat.
- Sit the meat in a dish and leave uncovered in the fridge overnight.
- Make a makeshift smoker by getting an old baking dish and sitting a cake rack in it.
- Sprinkle some smoking dust into the base of the tray, sit the pork on the rack and seal it all with a couple of layers of tinfoil.
- Sit this on a flame to start the sawdust smoking, about 10 minutes. Then put the dish into a medium oven and leave to "smoke "for 30 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven, take off the foil and put the meat into an ovenproof pot that has a good fitting lid.
- Add 2 cups of water, put on the lid and return to the oven at 150 degC, for at least 3 hours.
- By then the pork should be falling apart and easily shredded. If not keep cooking until it is.
- Shred the pork. Pulling it by hand is the easiest way.
- Mix a cup of tomato sauce with a cup of barbecue sauce and then mix this all through the meat. Serve in a roll.
Tip: There are many different spice rub recipes and complex barbecue sauce recipes but this simple version will get you started.


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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:03 pm
Ryansway wrote:Not at all your help was appreciated. With sparkfun on the otherhand, I'm not overly impressed that I've spent 2 days chasing ghosts, they should at least set the mode to "slave" and "9600" which I've now done. At least those settings would more closely match the older model.
So now, what are the DIP switch settings you are using?
There's obviously still something not set correctly, because I can only get it working in Zterm. Nothing XP has got can connect to it (discovers and delegated to com port works, but nothing else). And in mac, even the Arduino IDE serial monitor is saying the device is 'busy' and it can't connect to it, same with proce55ing, which is saying the same thing.
On XP, the Arduino IDE serial monitor opens, but nothing comes out, and the "red" connect light doesn't go on. HyperTerminal and a custom RealBasic app, I had no luck either.
Not so fast you are almost there. When you say XP won't connect to it:
ref guide wrote:7 COMMON PROBLEMS and QUESTIONS:
My Bluetooth client can see the FireFly and its serial service, but I can't connect:
This is most likely caused by a security setting on your client. FireFly does support authentication by default if the client requires it (using default pincode of "1234",) but for ease of use, you may want to turn security off on your client. Some clients have these setting off by default, others have them on. To check and disable security:


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Performance of the Year: Melissa Hauschildt Turns On the Magic in 2013
Double world champion Melissa Hauschildt can arguably lay claim to the regal position of best in the realm in 2013.
Brisbane, Australia's remarkable Melissa Hauschildt, who stormed on to the triathlon scene in 2011, fought back from challenging injuries in 2012 to prove unstoppable in 2013. She bagged 10 endurance-distance wins in 2013, including the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Henderson, Nevada. In 14 races covering distances from from Olympic to long, she was never off the podium, including the top spot at the ITU Long Distance World Championship in France.
We spoke to her about her year, her future and just when she plans to step up in a quest for Kona.
IRONMAN.com: 2013 has been been injury free and quite remarkable. How do you rate it?
Melissa Hauschildt: I was really happy with this year. 2011 was a fairytale. I just got into the sport and won just about every race I started, so it all came pretty easy. Then 2012 was all the injuries and I got sick just before Vegas—I never usually ever get sick. So it didn't go too well. That put it all into perspective for me.
So, 2013 has been back on top again. Winning the worlds in Las Vegas felt even better than winning it in 2011.
I realized it wasn't all that easy. I had to overcome those issues from 2012. I had to work much harder for it, so it felt more rewarding.
What were your expectations going into 2013?
The main goal was to win the world champs again and all the focus went into that. Obviously every time I step on to the start line I want to be fit and healthy and have a good chance to win. But Abu Dhabi and the (70.3) world champs were the main ones I wanted to win.
You had a consistent year. What do you put that consistency down to?
A lot of people have a big break at the end of the year. But I don't tend to have an off-season. It may look like I am going all year, but I have regular smaller breaks through the year—a week off quite often. So I feel always quite recovered from racing and never too worn out, and never with enough time to get totally out of shape. I guess that is why the consistency.
What have been your key improvements this year?
Sometimes I would say my swim. At times I have only been around a minute and a half down on the leaders out of the water, but again at other times I am still way back. Probably, overall, my bike has been the most improved. I have always worked hard on my bike. After all the running injuries in 2012, I have not run as much in 2013, which has meant more time on the bike. I would actually say that my bike is my strongest leg now. I think I am now one of the best in the world on the bike. My run has not gone as good because I have not run as much.
What has been the key to your improvement on the bike?
I really enjoy it. It is never a chore to get out there to do the long and hard miles. Really the key was when I had all the running injuries last year and I did not want to go through that again. So I made a conscious decision to cut down the running miles and spend more time on the bike. The plan is that I can get the base fitness on the bike, but still be able to run well. I am still running quite well—not as fast as in 2011, but I have picked up quite a bit of time with the bike. It has really been down to the extra hours I put in.
It is nicer to be more balanced rather than leave it all down to the run. In 2011 I would come off the bike five minutes behind and have to run that down. This year a lot of the time I got into T2 first, which is a bit better way of doing it.
Of course 2013 has been virtually all on the top of the podium plus a couple of second-place finishes. What were your expectations?
I went into this year quite confident because my training had been going so well. I guess that is how I judge my performance. I know what I am capable of, dependent on that training. I race my own race most of the time. It comes down to how I perform and not how everyone else is going. So, if I am training well, I go into that particular race confident.
Las Vegas was the big target. How close to perfect was that performance?
Aside from that little crash on the bike, it was perfect. I came out of the water where I expected. There is always a dream I will come out with the leaders one day, but it was where I expected to be. The aim was to catch the girls on the bike. I knew that would be a big ask because there were some pretty good cyclists in there. I was stoked to catch them. I got into T2 first, despite coming down close to the end of the bike, with my strongest leg to come. It almost felt perfect.
Where are the areas to further improve?
I really want to work on my swim. I have said that for a bit. I did it this year a little by swimming more and that paid off. But now I really need to look at the technique side and get some specialized training. I need to learn how to swim, rather than just thrash through the water and do it all out of pure fitness.
Is there anything about Melissa Hauschildt that changed in 2013?
I have become a smarter athlete than when I started. I know when I am tired and when I need to take a break. I am not afraid to take a day off—I would never have done that in the past. I think 2012 was a blessing in disguise. It was frustrating at the time, but it has made me a smarter athlete and made me work on my weaknesses.
2014 features a new venue for the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Mont-Tremblant. Is that going to be a course that suits you?
I have not looked at it at all. I have no idea. Hopefully as it is Canada it is less hot that Las Vegas. And has some hills on the bike. Really I am still to plan out 2014 completely.
Everyone is asking about if, and when, you will look to move up to IRONMAN.
I haven't decided. I have to do one to validate again, which sounds like the easy way of getting in (to Hawaii). I want to firstly make sure I am fit and ready to do an IRONMAN. I don't want to just make up the numbers. I am going to do Abu Dhabi again in 2014 and, with the longer bike, that will help decide if I am ready to do an IRONMAN. I will let everyone know when I am ready.
You already went long with success at Abu Dhabi, Ko Samui and the ITU Long Distance World Championship. In terms of development towards IRONMAN, how were those experiences?
Ko Samui was a good test. Then the ITU worlds, which was meant to be a 30km run, but was split up into two because it became a duathlon. I thought those would give me a good idea, so I was a bit disappointed that the ITU worlds became a duathlon. I got through the 30 km on the run alright, but it is still another 12 km (for IRONMAN) which is a long way.
What would mean more to you—winning the IRONMAN 70.3 worlds again or winning in Kona?
Obviously winning in Kona would be it. It is our sport's top race. But I would rather win the IRONMAN 70.3 worlds than stuff that up to be at Kona at my best. I do not want to get greedy.
I have had a tremendous year, but I take nothing for granted. Not next year. Not ever.
Melissa Hauschildt's 2013 season:
Australian Long Distance (Geelong—course record)
Abu Dhabi International
Ko Samui International (course record)
ITU Long Distance World Championship
IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder (course record)
IRONMAN 70.3 Timberman
IRONMAN World Championship (Las Vegas)
IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta (course record)
IRONMAN 70.3 Mandurah (course record)
Laguna Phuket
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Hy Vee 5150 Championship
IRONMAN 70.3 Cozumel.
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Noosa Triathlon (Olympic distance)


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Tip O'Neill, former Speaker of the House of Representatives in Washington, once said money was the mother's milk of politics. If this is true, based on recent happenings in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, voters are about to see "Big Momma" in action.
Republican candidates, members of Congress and the conservative Supreme Court justices have expressed the belief more than once that corporations are citizens. I'm still having a hard time with this because you can't put corporations in jail. As of yet, they can't get married and, in short, do not have the same accountability as living, breathing, human citizens.
Unfortunately, the net result of the Republican effort to humanize corporations is the very real possibility of having our elections purchased by the highest bidder. What's even worse is that corporations apparently do not have to seek the approval of all of their shareholders before managers spend untold amounts of money on whichever candidate they deem appropriate. That money belongs to their shareholders,.
Super PACs spent more than $10 million on campaign ads in Iowa, which is a state with a smaller population than Harris County, Texas. More than $7 million has already been spent by only two of the candidates in New Hampshire, and similar amounts, if not more, are being spent today in South Carolina. The relationship between money and electability has been so accepted that Rick Perry's primary reason for staying in the race, after being embarrassed by his showing in the polls, during debates and in the New Hampshire primary, is that he has money he can spend — more than other candidates.
In previous columns, I have pointed out one of the main reasons we citizens in America pay more for our prescription drugs than members of any other country in the world is the billions of dollars and the army of lobbyists at work in Washington, D.C., to assure that money flowing to drug manufacturers remains the same. With the amounts already spent in three of our lesser populated states, I can only imagine what the big corporations, by funding super PACs, are willing to spend in the race for the election of the president of the United States.
The prohibition against corporate money being spent on politics arose many years ago when citizens were concerned about the railroad fortunes being spent to purchase the elections and thwart the will of the people. Since that time, banks and insurance carriers have replaced railroads as the big spenders in our world. If you believe government can't be bought, simply look around here in Texas. The average cost for a homeowner's policy throughout the United States is about $700. In all probability, the state that has the same type of coast and associated problems as Texas would be Florida. Florida's rate, with all of their hurricanes, is $500 less than we pay here in Texas. Our rate is about $1,500 per year for the average home in Texas, as opposed to $1,000 paid by Floridians.
Further evidence of the insurance industry's ownership of Texas is the dismal record of our Texas Supreme Court. It is 100 percent Republican. In cases where they have a choice between individual rights and big-money interests like insurance carriers, 90 percent of their rulings have favored the insurance industry. In spite of the phony claim that lawyers and frivolous lawsuits have driven up the cost of insurance in Texas, rates continue to skyrocket in Texas, and profits for insurance carriers remain at a level higher than most other states. This is in spite of the fact the Texas Legislature has almost closed the door to individuals who seek recompense for injury or abuse. The most recent example of our legislature turning a deaf ear to consumers was the sorry spectacle of how the issues related to the virtual criminal behavior of those running our state funded hurricane insurance were handled. Instead of following up and punishing those who delayed, chiseled and outright denied valid claims, the legislature chose to make it harder for abused homeowners to collect for their losses so they could rebuild their lives.
If someone in Congress does not propose a national constitutional amendment to be ratified by the states to pronounce that corporations are not citizens and stop the unlimited flow of money, ordinary citizens will be left out in the cold. The phrase "We the people" in our founding documents will continue to have a hollow ring.
Carl Parker has practiced law in Port Arthur since 1958. He is a 1958 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and the Senate in 1976, Parker continued to practice law while writing and sponsoring hundreds of bills that became laws relating to every aspect of life in Texas, including many regarding consumer safety.


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The PlayStation Vita's North American launch is right around the corner, and one of the titles set to hit alongside the new handheld device is Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack by DrinkBox Studios. I stopped by to check out a few levels of the new platformer that combines some traditional elements of the genre with some new gameplay concepts, and was pleasantly surprised by its interesting level design and cheerful presentation.
Mutant Blobs Attack is a sort of spiritual successor to DrinkBox's Tales from Space: About a Blob for the PlayStation 3. As in the previous outing, players take control of a gelatinous blob that must consume food and grow in size, and wreak havoc in traditional monster movie fashion. This time, however, the squishy hero is a genetically engineered creation with some extra abilities, rather than straight from space like About a Blob's protagonist.
Being a different sort of blob grants the players some new powers. Players can still jump and slam with reckless abandon, but the addition of new abilities--like being able to attract and repel one's self from magnetic surfaces, or rocket around in zero-g using jet propulsion--add even more variety to the types of puzzles and obstacles to surmount.
The Vita's front and rear touchscreens are also utilized, albeit with varying degrees of success. The front touchscreen allows players to interact with various puzzles, such as in one level about a third of the way through the game where I had to swipe a series of gates to deliver the precious food that would allow my blob to grow big enough to consume the plug blocking the exit. The rear touchscreen was a bit less useful. Relegated as an alternate way to activate my booster while in zero-gravity, I found myself pressing it inadvertently unless I was extra conscious of how I gripped the device. Gameplay-wise, the alternate control scheme for this ability wasn't a problem, but it really didn't seem to benefit from rear-touch functionality.
The game's art-style is fantastically cartoonish, and levels are often punctuated by humorous cut-scenes. It's clear that the Toronto-based developer is in good with its fellow indies, as represented by some humorous billboards I saw in the background which made humorous references to other local developers like Superbrothers and Capybara. A handful of bonus levels also permeate the experience, complete with some alternative gameplay and graphical styling.
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a mechanically-solid and entertaining platformer made even more attractive by its $7.99 price-point. Mutant Blobs Attack hits the North American PlayStation Store on February 21, 2012.
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Cocktail Franks in Spicy Barbecue Sauce
Cocktail franks in barbecue sauce are a party favorite, and there are plenty of variations. This recipe for cocktail franks in spicy tomato barbecue sauce can go straight from the slow cooker to the buffet table at your next festive gathering. You can even double this recipe and make it in a 6-quart slow cooker.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 2 to 3 hours on High
Yield: 40 servings
1 onion
2 cans (5 ounces each) tomato paste
4 cups water
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon salt
2 pounds cocktail franks
Mince the onion.
Lightly spray a 4-quart slow cooker with vegetable oil cooking spray.
Combine all the ingredients except the franks, including 1/4 cup minced onion, in the slow cooker.
Cover and cook on High for 1 to 2 hours, or until hot.
Separate the franks if they're attached.
Add the franks and cook for 1 hour.
Per serving: Calories 77 (From fat 29); Fat 3g (Saturated 1g); Cholesterol 12mg; Sodium 273mg; Carbohydrate 9g (Dietary fiber 0g); Protein 3g.


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Attention bloggers: There's now no reason to ever again wear pants. The SportRobe is here! (No truth to the rumors that the Orioles are using these as their actual home uniforms). Several models available; and we suppose that Marbury is wearing his pretty much constantly. And Seaver, of course, routinely goes commando underneath his. Or so we've heard. And do you suppose that Pennington wears his during games? That would be awesome, to see his robe flapping in the breeze as he scrambles out of the pocket, revealing Hello Kitty boxer shorts and socks suspenders. That would explain so much.
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The FBI is reviewing a Lakeland Police Department investigation into an officer's conduct that drew sharp criticism from State Attorney Jerry Hill, who condemned a search method that required a woman to shake out her bra during a traffic stop.
LAKELAND | The FBI is reviewing a Lakeland Police Department investigation into an officer's conduct that drew sharp criticism from State Attorney Jerry Hill, who condemned a search method that required a woman to shake out her bra during a traffic stop.
Chief Lisa Womack requested the FBI's involvement after receiving the findings of her own internal investigators on the actions of Officer Dustin Fetz, who made the traffic stop in question, LPD spokesman Sgt. Gary Gross said Tuesday. He declined to detail what caused Womack to contact the FBI, but said the chief wanted a "second opinion" on certain aspects of the findings.
Given heightened scrutiny of the department in recent months, Gross said, the chief "just wanted to make sure everything was covered."
Womack did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment from The Ledger.
The FBI is reviewing documents related to the LPD internal investigation, said Special Agent Dave Couvertier, an FBI spokesman in the agency's Tampa office, in an email. However, agents are not carrying out a separate investigation, he said, only conducting an independent review of LPD's investigation based on its reports.
The Police Department began its internal investigation into the traffic stop after The Ledger published a letter to the editor in June criticizing the officer's actions. That month, the State Attorney's Office conducted its own investigation, resulting in a letter Hill wrote to Womack criticizing the search methods Fetz used.
Fetz pulled over the woman, Zoe Brugger, May 21 for driving with a broken headlight. According to the State Attorney's Office, Fetz asked Brugger to lift her shirt and shake out her bra, all without a reason to suspect she had drugs.
In a report, State Attorney Investigator Mike Brown wrote that Brugger, who was driving with her boyfriend, did not think the request was sexual in nature but "believed (Fetz) was on a power trip and had it in his mind that they had drugs."
Brugger initially declined to allow Fetz to search her vehicle, but relented as Fetz asked persistently for permission, according to Brown's report. She changed her mind again before Fetz could start the search, but he proceeded, even as she pleaded with him to stop.
Fetz's actions during the stop violated her constitutional rights, Brown wrote. However, his conduct did not constitute a criminal offense.
During the investigation, Fetz said the bra-shaking search method "is a known technique that is used by some LPD officers but (he) cannot recall ever formally being trained to do this," according to the State Attorney's Office.
Womack has told The Ledger that the bra-shaking search should not have happened. LPD policy, she said, is for a same-sex officer to do such searches.
Womack contacted the FBI about three weeks ago amid the internal affairs investigation into Fetz's conduct, Gross said. She sent the request once her internal investigators completed their work, but before a report on their findings could move on to a review by the officer's superiors, which is the next step in the process.
Fetz had a disciplinary hearing Aug. 23, in which he could respond to the internal investigation's findings. Womack hasn't made a decision on what, if any, discipline Fetz will face.
The department expects a report from the FBI to arrive soon, Gross said, possibly this week.
Fetz has been a full-time LPD officer since 2008 and makes $48,331 a year. He was placed on paid leave for four days following the state attorney's investigation. Because of threats to his safety, Gross said, Fetz has been assigned to desk duty instead of patrol.
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It all seems so simple. Yet behind this apparent modesty lies a performance planned down to the smallest detail. In this collection, time radiates luxuriously but discreetly. The new Les Classiques Chronographe models house an extremely reliable quartz mechanism and provide a stylish means of measuring short durations of time.
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The black dial has a brushed sunray-effect finish that offers a luminous back drop to the various time indications. Applied hour-markers highlighted with Superluminova line the circular course of the hours hand. To improve readability, the hands are enhanced with luminescent material, marking the unchanging forward march of time even in darkness, while the seconds hand pursues its never-ending journey. The small seconds performs its rounds at 2 o'clock, and for their part the 30-minute and 10-hour chronograph counters are to be found at 10 o'clock and 6 o'clock respectively. Last but not least, a date display disk is situated at 12 o'clock. This relatively traditional design proves that the twin virtues of balance and moderation are at the heart of the finest achievements.
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Actor Peter Facinelli has fuelled ongoing reports of a blossoming romance with his "Nurse Jackie" co-star Jaimie Alexander after the two were snapped holding hands in New York on Thursday.
Facinelli, who split from his wife of 11 years Jennie Garth in March, stepped out with the actress on Thursday night for a bite to eat at East Village restaurant The Penny Farthing, before heading to a screening of his latest film, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2."
The pair were snapped by WENN leaving the eatery, and an onlooker tells Celebuzz.com, "They had a great time. They looked like a very cute couple."
Facinelli and Alexander first met on the 2009 set of "Loosies," which the 38 year old produced.
Reports of a romance first surfaced this summer when Facinelli and Alexander posted identical photos of a romantic Paris getaway in France.
Meanwhile, Garth has revealed she's struggling to get back into the dating game despite reports linking her to photographer Noah Abrams, insurance executive Jason Clark, and set designer Antonio Ballatore.


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MILLIS � Mafia. This one simple word conjures different images for different people. Some may think of 1920�s-era gangsters with pinstripe suits and Tommy Guns, while others may imagine stereotypical mobsters with tacky jewelry, fake tans and pistols.
Though the specific mental images might vary, there is one undeniable linking theme � the mobsters in question are almost always imagined to be male.
Author and Millis resident Arlene Lagos challenges this stereotype in "Butterflies Wake," a book about a fictional female mafia wherein members "right the wrongs of an unjust society."
The story follows a woman named Camille, who in 1977 is beaten to within an inch of her life by her husband and left to die on the ground near her front door. She is rescued by Priscilla, who introduces her to the "secret society" known as The Butterflies.
The Butterflies are an underground mafia who act as a vigilante neighborhood watch. "I wanted to write a book about something that was tongue-in-cheek � exciting for women to read � about women fighting back and taking matters into their own hands without it being preachy and political," she said.
According to Lagos, the women in the story follow a code of conduct. "The code is actually in the chapter titles," said Lagos.
Lagos was originally planning the story to be a pilot for a TV show, but lacked the resources to make�one. She considered making a 20-minute short film, but felt she would not be able to go as in-depth as she wanted.
"A friend suggested I write it into a novel," said Lagos. "Four years later, here we are."
Lagos said the hardest part of writing the book was the research. She read stories online about horrible things women had gone through without getting any justice in the end. She was also approached by friends who told their own horror stories when told about her research.
She said for most of her life, she�s been approached by people who seek advice. An overwhelming percentage of them, she said, have experienced some type of physical or emotional abuse, she said.
After writing the book, Lagos was approached by people � "at least 35 women," said Lagos � who wanted to know if the mafia in the story was real, and if they could join. "I�m like, �Well, you can carry a (baseball) bat in your car to protect yourself,"' said Lagos.
However, her goal in writing the book was not to encourage unnecessary violence. "I wanted it to be something that promoted the strength in women, and (that) when they read it they feel strong � make them feel less like a victim and more like a victor," Lagos said.
Lagos has written poetry, stage plays, screenplays and short stories for more than 20 years. "Butterflies Wake" is available�at Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.com.
Millis woman pens novel about female mafia
MILLIS � Mafia. This one simple word conjures different images for different people. Some may think of 1920�s-era gangsters with pinstripe suits and Tommy Guns, while others may imagine stereotypical mobsters with tacky jewelry, fake tans and pistols.


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Obama Wins Presidential Race Celebrity Reactions (Video)
Video: Beyoncé, Eva Longoria, and More Star Reactions to Obama's Win
It's going to be four more years for Barack Obama. The president has had several Hollywood backers during his campaign to get reelected, and last night, they took to Twitter and Instagram to share their thoughts, photos, and funny slogans as the news broke of his win. We've pulled together some of the highlights for you in this PopSugar Rush!


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Wow, those last two tutorials took a toll on my writing abilities because I am getting really bored with writing right now. That's besides the point though, because there is much more to be done, and much, much more to be drawn. For my fourth tutorial, I will be showing you "how to draw chibi couples", step by step. I really had so much fun drawing out these two chibi characters because they not only look so neatly drawn, they actually came out looking wicked cute and happy. Another cool thing I love about this drawing, is the coloring job I did. The colors are so bright, and vibrant, and the shades I used makes this couple look alive and active. The purple hair, and blue eyes on the chibi boy matches incredibly well with not only his blue shirt, and purple pants, but also the chibi girl's pink hair and yellow summer dress. I didn't want to draw chibi people just standing there looking bored. Instead I wanted to draw a couple in an action pose doing something fun. So, what I did was, draw a chibi couple dancing and swinging with their legs shake, rattle, and rolling. At first this lesson may come across as being complex and tricky, and you're right, it just may be. The truth is, if you read the instructions and follow the steps, you will find that teaching yourself "how to draw chibi couples" is a lot easier then you thought. Well, that's number four which means I still have three more to go. I will be back soon, so stick around.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Americans were clinging to a scoreless tie, seconds away from earning a rare point in Mexico, when Angel Reyna's shot darted perilously close to the goal.
Brad Guzan lunged, smothering the ball with his body.
"It's always going to be a bit hectic and a bit crazy, especially late in the game," Guzan said. "You're never going to come to a place like Azteca and go out and have it nice and easy. So we knew at some point, it was going to come, the pressure was going to come, and we were able to deal with it."
Guzan swatted away shot after shot, young defenders Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler showed the poise of veterans and the Americans hung on for a 0-0 draw Tuesday night, earning only their second point in a World Cup qualifier at Azteca Stadium.
The tie moved the U.S. (1-1-1) into third place in World Cup qualifying for the North and Central American and Caribbean region after three of 10 matches, one point behind Panama (1-0-2). The Americans and Costa Rica both have four points, but the Ticos are ahead on goal difference.
After playing at Jamaica on June 7, the U.S. will be at home for four of its last six qualifiers.
"We wanted to win, but we are pleased with the result," coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. "They gave us everything they have."
Klinsmann was criticized after the opening 1-0 loss at Honduras in February, with unidentified players and people close to the team questioning his tactics and leadership in a Sporting News report before last week's home win over Costa Rica.
Mexico coach Manuel De la Torre is sure to come under fire after a third straight draw, which dropped El Tri (0-0-3) to second-to-last place in the standings. The top three teams in the group, which also includes Honduras, advance to next year's World Cup in Brazil next year while the No. 4 nation meets New Zealand in a home-and-home playoff for another berth.
Mexico certainly had its chances with a whopping 17-1 advantage in shots and 15 corner kicks, three just in the last two minutes of stoppage time. But El Tri was plagued by poor finishing and dismal execution on set pieces.
"There are 21 points left. The leader has five; we have three. It*s tight," De la Torre said. "It*s close, and of course we are not where we wanted to be. Our obligation is to win at home, and we have left points behind."
Azteca is one of the world's most imposing venues and, like just about everybody else, the Americans have a miserable track record there. They are 0-13-2 in World Cup qualifiers in Mexico, with their only other point — also from a 0-0 draw — coming in 1997.
But Klinsmann has never lost to Mexico, either as a player or a coach with Germany and the U.S., and he has bolstered the Americans' confidence when it comes to their fierce rivals.
The U.S. won at Azteca for the first time ever in an exhibition last summer, and the Americans talked repeatedly of making more history on this trip.
"Many people said it couldn't be done," said American forward Herculez Gomez, who plays professionally in Mexico.
"We showed just a tremendous attitude, a tremendous willingness to sacrifice for one another."
Not even a patchwork — and inexperienced — lineup could shake them. Steve Cherundolo and Carlos Bocagnegra, mainstays of the U.S. defense for a decade, were absent, and Clarence Goodson, who started Friday's game at center back, was out with a strained hamstring.
Klinsmann used his 25th lineup in 25 matches as U.S. coach and gambled by starting Matt Besler, who had played only one game for the Americans, a friendly.
But Besler and Omar Gonzalez — the last two Major League Soccer defenders of the year — looked like grizzled veterans as they repeatedly snuffed out shots by Javier Hernandez, Javier Aquino and Jesus Zavala.
"The guys were outstanding," Klinsmann said. "Our back line, you know, many said they were inexperienced. They deserve a huge compliment.
"If one guy is not here, that's a huge opportunity to the next one stepping in, and I think the guys that stepped in here, they took their chance."
Mexico dominated possession, and Aquino, Hernandez and Zavala repeatedly tested the inexperienced American defense, picking on left back DaMarcus Beasley in particular after he picked up a yellow card in the eighth minute. But Gonzalez came up with one big play after another, and Besler looked quite comfortable in the Azteca pressure-cooker.
But they got some help from El Tri, which blew numerous chances, including what should have been a couple of gimmes for Hernandez.
The Manchester United striker misplayed a bouncing corner kick in the 87th, getting only the back of his right foot on it.
He pitched forward and into the net, but the ball popped skyward and over the goal. In the 28th minute, Jorge Torres Nilo sent a perfect cross in to Chicharito, who was right in front of the goal, just a few feet from Guzan. But Hernandez skied that one, too.
Guzan, who made his first start since 2010 in Friday night's qualifier, was superb.
When Carlos Salcido lobbed a gorgeous chip shot to Zavala in the 43rd, Guzan ended the threat by coming out and slamming into Zavala.
Not only did Guzan clear the ball, Zavala was called for a foul.
The Americans also got a bit lucky. Mexico could have been awarded a penalty kick for a two-handed push by Michael Bradley on Chicharito in the 12th minute.
And El Tri probably should have been awarded one in the 76th when Maurice Edu took down Aquino from behind with a sliding tackle. The Mexican players were livid when no penalty was called, surrounding Guatemalan referee Walter Lopez. Lopez didn't back down, though replays showed Edu had clipped Aquino's foot.
The United States never really challenged Mexican goalkeeper Guilermo Ochoa. But their defense was offense enough, and the Americans were thrilled to leave Azteca with a rare point.
"That's a huge challenge before 100,000 people," Klinsmann said.
Note: Earlier Tuesday, FIFA rejected Costa Rica's appeal of the Americans' 1-0 victory Friday night, played in a snow storm at Commerce City, Colo.


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Star Values (5th variation) | 2014
calligraphy ink on silkscreen print
22 1/4" x 20 1/4" each
Star Values is a series of hand coloured prints derived from six maps from the 1890's. The original maps, taken from an astrology atlas, depict all the stars and constellations as seen from earth and include arcing grids of latitude and longitude lines.
By interpreting these latitude and longitude lines to be "property boundaries", a value system is then applied to the prints. Each set of prints has a unique colouring system as the information the maps provide is interpreted in various ways. The choice of colours is akin to most modern real estate maps in which warm colours like red, then orange and yellow denote a higher importance or value than cooler colours like green, blue or violet. This same hierarchy of colours was established by Sir Isaac Newton in reference to rainbows. While the black lines of each map are printed as silk screens, the various colours are applied by hand to each map in the tradition of early map making.
With five unique versions of the prints available, the series parallels the writers of history in which the same set of facts can be interpreted in a variety of ways to suit our own goals. Our desire to conquer and own what we do not fully understand yet is depicted through the clear disregard of the infinite depth of field in each lot, like a futuristic reconsideration of the earth when it was assumed to be flat.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Braun hit three home runs and tied a franchise record with seven RBIs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over Philadelphia 10-4 Tuesday, spoiling the Phillies' home opener.
Coming off a three-game sweep of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, the Brewers won their fourth straight game and improved to 5-2.
Kyle Lohse (1-1) allowed three runs and seven hits, walking five.
Braun connected twice off Kyle Kendrick (0-1), snapping the longest homerless drought of his career. The 2011 NL MVP came in with only three singles in 20 at-bats this season.
But Braun, who is bothered by a right thumb injury, felt just fine, as usual, in Philadelphia. He has 10 homers and 21 RBIs in 20 career games at Citizens Bank Park.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Morse hit a two-run single to back Tim Hudson as each made memorable home debuts with their new team, and Brandon Belt hit a two-run homer for San Francisco.
Hudson (2-0) shut down the D-backs for the second time in seven days with an eight-inning gem in his first outing at AT&T Park since agreed to a $23 million, two-year contract in November.
Belt's drive off Trevor Cahill (0-3) gave him five homers and the Giants a majors-leading 12.
New Giants left fielder Morse emphatically pumped his fist at first base after a third-inning single, then added a two-out double in the fifth.
Belt became the first Giants player since Jose Cruz Jr. in 2003 to hit five home runs through the first eight games.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gio Gonzalez threw six crisp innings to lead Washington.
Gonzalez allowed three singles and two walks. He allowed one baserunner to get as far as second, and struck out five hitters. He retired his last 10 batters and is 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA.
Adam LaRoche had three hits and drove in a run off Henderson Alvarez (0-2). Anthony Rendon went 2 for 4 with three RBIs as Washington improved to 5-2.
Miami entered an NL-best 5-2, a year after finishing with a league-high 100 losses. Led by Giancarlo Stanton, the Marlins were averaging a majors-best six runs a game, but they couldn't solve Gonzalez or four relievers.
ATLANTA (AP) — Bartolo Colon combined with two relievers on an eight-hitter, Ruben Tejada drove in two runs with two hits and New York beat Atlanta.
Jose Valverde loaded the basses in the ninth before Jason Heyward flied to the warning track in center field to end it.
The 40-year-old Colon (1-1) was dominant through seven innings. He gave up six hits and no walks, struck out five and didn't allow more than one baserunner in any inning until the seventh as he outpitched Atlanta's Aaron Harang (1-1).
Tejada scored on a wild pitch by Harang in the third and had run-scoring singles in the seventh and eighth innings.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Holliday hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning that glanced off right fielder Jay Bruce's glove on the warning track and St. Louis beat Cincinnati.
Yadier Molina homered and Peter Bourjos had three hits and an RBI to help the Cardinals clinch their 26th series win to go with three losses and two splits since 2003 against Cincinnati.
Bruce had a two-run triple in the first, Billy Hamilton's second hit of the season drove in a run and Ryan Ludwick had two RBIs for the Reds.
The Reds squandered a 4-0 second-inning lead by the bottom half of the inning, and Lance Lynn (2-0) got enough support to beat Cincinnati for the second straight time.
Trevor Rosenthal finished for his third save in three chances.
Bruce appeared to have a bead on Holliday's two-out drive with two on against Logan Ondrusek (0-1), but had to jump a bit at the last instant and the ball glanced off his glove as the Cardinals took a 6-5 lead. Bourjos added an RBI single in the seventh off J.J. Hoover.
CHICAGO (AP) — Pedro Alvarez had two hits and two RBIs and Pittsburgh overcame two home runs by Starlin Castro.
Russell Martin drove in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for Pittsburgh and Jason Grilli closed with a perfect ninth.
Cubs right-hander Pedro Strop (0-1) walked two batters in the eighth and recorded only one out before being replaced by left-hander James Russell. Russell immediately walked Pedro Alvarez to load the bases and Martin followed with a fly ball to right field that made it 7-6.
The Cubs tied the game in the seventh against Tony Watson (1-0) on Anthony Rizzo's hit up the middle scoring Emilio Bonifacio, who went 3 for 5 and is batting .515.
DODGERS 3, TIGERS 2, 10 innings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carl Crawford hit an RBI double in the 10th inning, lifting Los Angeles over Detroit.
The Tigers were down to their final out in the ninth when Victor Martinez got Max Scherzer off the hook with an RBI single against Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen — who had just struck out two-time AL MVP Miguel Cabrera — to make it 2-2. Ian Kinsler ignited the rally with a leadoff double.
Joba Chamberlain (0-1) struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth for Detroit, but walked pinch-hitter Chone Figgins to open the 10th and was replaced by Phil Coke.
Dee Gordon popped out to first baseman Victor Martinez on an attempted sacrifice bunt, but Crawford lined a 2-0 pitch past left fielder Rajai Davis and Figgins scampered home.
J.P. Howell (1-0) pitched a perfect 10th inning.
Austin Jackson homered for the Tigers in an interleague matchup between division winners from last season.
Gordon led off the Dodgers' first with a homer against Scherzer and Justin Turner had a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
DENVER (AP) — Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia each hit two of Chicago's six homers.
Jose Quintana (1-0) pitched seven sharp innings, and Tyler Flowers and Alexei Ramirez also went deep for the first time this season. The White Sox had six total home runs before the fireworks in this one at hitter-friendly Coors Field.
The long balls were the first of the season for both Garcia and Abreu, the Cuban slugger who signed a $68 million, six-year contract in October. Garcia finished with four hits and three RBIs, while Abreu had a three-run homer in the seventh and a two-run shot an inning later.
Marcus Semien also had four of Chicago's 19 hits.
Franklin Morales (0-1) gave up six runs and two homers in 6 1-3 innings for Colorado.
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The Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos will provide you and your family a new and meaningful way to learn about Jesus Christ. In addition to reading about Jesus and His teachings, you will be able to explore biblical environments, watch scripture-based videos and photo slideshows, and discover interesting facts about biblical accounts. This app, which is faithful to the King James Version of the Bible, is a new way to experience Bible stories through sight, sound, and touch.
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Reginald Dwayne Betts's Poetry in Schools [1]
For the month of August, Washington, D.C.–based poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, author of Shahid Reads His Own Palm and the memoir A Question of Freedom blogs about poetry in D.C. schools, Busboys and Poets [3], as well as his memory of being P&W-supported.
The Pen/Faulkner Foundation [4] does great things across the district. Not only does the organization bring writers into the classroom, it also purchases a class set of the writer's book for students to read before the writer's visit. I am amazed at the many ways in which teachers and school leaders are able to tap resources and use them to provide students with a literary outlet such as this one.
Another program of note is the D.C. Creative Writing Workshop [5]. For more than a dozen years, and under the guidance of Nancy Schwalb (the organization's founder and current executive/artistic director), the workshop has placed writers-in-residence in classrooms at Hart Middle School, Ballou Senior High School, and Simon Elementary School. The program's drama club also rewrites classic dramas, then presents their adaptations as motion pictures at the end of each school year. It's not surprising that the workshop is excellent, what is surprising is that it has become a strong component in the academic life of so many students and is a component that lasts beyond the students' elementary, middle, or even high school years. Former students come back each year to volunteer or say hello.
Finally, there is the Folger Shakespeare Library's Poetry in the Schools [6] program. Teri Cross Davis coordinates the program and does a fabulous job of bringing writers into classrooms across the city for four to six week sessions. All of these programs are amazing, but I'll add this about the Folger program... I was once sent to Dunbar High under their auspices and, ironically, had the pleasure of working with an English teacher whose first year teaching was the same year my mother graduated high school. A program that is able to reach out to young teachers as well as older, more established teachers is one that should definitely be praised.
Photo: Reginald Dwayne Betts. Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
Support for Readings/Workshops [7] events in Washinton, D.C., is provided by an endowment established with generous contributions from the Poets & Writers Board of Directors [8] and others. Additional support comes from the Friends of Poets & Writers [9].


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Electric Arguments
Electric Arguments is an eclectic and varied album consisting of thirteen tracks recorded in thirteen days over the period of nearly a year. Each track was written and recorded in the space of one day. The Fireman went into the studio with no plan or clear direction of how they wanted the album to sound. The project took a life of its own and the results will surprise anyone expecting to hear the previous sound of the band.
The album's opener Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight is classic rock and an instant attention grabber. A heavy guitar riff with loud drums and souring vocals, it's like nothing The Fireman have ever done before. The second track, the acoustic driven Two Magpies immediately takes you in a different direction, calming things right down. Then we reach the third song Sing The Changes, a euphoric upbeat song with an instantly memorable melody. Electric Arguments continues in this fashion, keeping the listener intrigued as to where The Fireman will take them next. Each album track has an entirely different personality, yet somehow this collection sits together perfectly. Other standout tracks include 'Light From Your Lighthouse', 'Sun Is Shining' and 'Dance 'Til We're High', all in keeping with the genre-hopping spirit of the first two The Fireman albums. Electric Arguments demonstrates that Paul McCartney is still interested in pure musical possibilities. This is an album set to both surprise and delight the listener. Made with no record company restraints or a set release date to work to, Electric Arguments was made with complete artistic and creative freedom.


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Since even a street lamp circuit or phone line can
be energized with enough voltage to kill, almost all arborists in the
field have at least some exposure to this hazard. In fact, workers don't
even have to touch a wire to be electrocuted – about half of all
electrocution fatalities are the result of indirect contact. Tree
branches and other conductive objects are an ever-present threat for the
All arborists must be trained to recognize and
avoid these electrical hazards. Qualified line-clearance arborists must
have additional knowledge about electrical hazards and the special
techniques used to work safely near electrical conductors.
TCIA's Electrical Hazards Awareness Program (EHAP) is a great way to keep workers safe, ensure OSHA compliance, and document training.
- Employer-certified training
Employers must certify that
employees who work 10 feet or closer to energized conductors are trained
in the special hazards involved in such work.
- On-the-job training and verification
Employers must verify
through documented, on-the-job training and verification that these
employees have the skills necessary to perform line-clearance job tasks
*EHAP must be used in combination with documented on-the-job skills
training and verification to meet OSHA 1910.269 requirements.
ANSI Safety Requirements
The ANSI Z133.1 safety standard for arboricultural operations requires all employees be trained to recognize electrical hazards. EHAP training meets the ANSI Z133.1 training requirement.
Storm Cleanup
EHAP is often required by the US
Army Corps of Engineers in order to qualify for storm-related clean-ups.
They have recognized the importance of the EHAP training program dating
back to Hurricane Katrina.
Are you interested in hosting an EHAP workshop? Download this PDF to learn how.


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The ocean scene of cresting blue waves that adorns the concrete guard-rails in front of the Ocean Beach Skate Park was created by artist Katy Helen Stockinger.
Stockinger, who got her start at the OB Farmers Market, donated her time and talent for the project while the Ocean Beach Community Development Corporation (OBCDC) paid for supplies. She said she choose a wave scene because when people arrive in Ocean Beach, they have an expectation of reaching the ocean. Her art brings the promise of the seashore just a little closer to the road.
When planning the project, Stockinger said Tom Perrotti, president of the OBCDC, cautioned her that changes in the Ocean Beach community can bring complaints and criticism.
"He said not to take the feedback too personally," Stockinger said. "But I thought, 'Oh, but I do take it personally. '"
But any worries about pushback appeared to be unfounded as drivers cruised past and honked with enthusiasm while Stockinger painted.
"People were honking and yelling 'Thank you' out their windows," she said. "It's the first time I was inspired and not enraged by honking."
In 2009, Stockinger started selling her paintings at the OB Farmers Market. That's when she quit her office job to work full time as an artist. There, she was inspired by the multitude of dogs, which led her to create the first of her signature Petraits, whimsical pet portraits that are her main business.
Stockinger also creates art out of retired surfboards and designs specialty hats. Her chapeaus have been honored on opening day at the Del Mar Fair, where she received a first-place grand prize and a first place in the "best flowers" category.
Stockinger has a studio in Bankers Hill and sells her work at the farmers market in Little Italy. To see Stockinger's art, visit www.katyhelen.com.


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Word of the Day, Web Site of the Day, Number to Know and This Day in History.
Word of the Day
Wherefore WAIR-for (adverb) For what reason or purpose; why; therefore -- www.merriam-webster.com
Web Site of the Day
Ikea Hacker
This unique site gathers ideas for how to modify and customize Ikea furniture – think a creative twist on shelves or how to stop stools from wobbling. It's a step-by-step collaboration that allows creative types to record and share their projects.
Number to Know
43,000: Estimated amount of curies of radioactive krypton that were released in the Three Mile Island accident.
This Day in History
March 28, 1979: In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails in the Three Mile Island accident, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water, causing a nuclear meltdown.