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In this activity, children use common craft materials and ultraviolet (UV)-sensitive beads to construct a person (or dog or imaginary creature). They use sunscreen, foil, paper, and more to test materials that might protect UV Kid from being exposed... (View More) to too much UV radiation. Includes background for facilitators. This activity is part of the "Explore!" series of activities designed to engage children in space and planetary science in libraries and informal learning environments. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students
This module focuses on ultraviolet radiation on Earth and in space and how it affects life. Learners will construct their own "martian" using craft materials and UV beads. They will explore how UV radiation from the Sun can affect living things,... (View More) comparing conditions on Earth and Mars, and then discuss ways in which organisms may protect themselves from UV radiation. They will then take part in a Mars Creature Challenge, where they will change their creature to help it survive harsh UV conditions — like on Mars. They will then test their Mars creatures by subjecting them to different environmental conditions to see how well they "survive" in a martian environment. This investigation will explore shelter and protection as one of life's requirements and how Earth's atmosphere protects life from harmful UV radiation. It also includes specific tips for effectively engaging girls in STEM. This is activity 5 in Explore: Life on Mars? that was developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
Learners model how the Moon's volcanic period reshaped its earlier features. The children consider that the broad, shallow impact basins contained cracks through which magma seeped up. A plate in which slits have been cut is used to represent an... (View More) impact basin and a dish of red-colored water is used to represent the pockets of magma within the Moon's upper layers. When the model impact basin is pressed into the "magma," "lava" fills in the low areas through the same process that produced the dark patches, or maria, on the Moon. Children may examine a type of Earth rock (named basalt) that is also found on the Moon and that would have been shaped by the processes explored here. This station investigates the Moon's "teen years," when it was one to three billion years old. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
Learners model how impacts throughout the Moon's history have broken rocks down into a mixture of dust, rocks, and boulders that covers the lunar surface. They consider how the dust will continue to hold a record of human exploration - in the form... (View More) of astronaut bootprints - for countless years in the future. Children may examine a type of Earth soil ("lunar soil simulant") that is similar to what is found on the Moon's surface and that would have been shaped by the processes explored here. The children create their own records of exploration by making rubbings of their shoes. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
Learners will model ancient lunar impacts using water balloons. By measuring the diameter of the crater area, they discover that the Moon's largest impact basins were created by huge asteroids. The huge basins formed on the young Moon, but through... (View More) processes investigated in Moon Ooze, they later became filled in by the dark maria now visible on the Moon. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
Learners model how an ocean of molten rock "magma" produced the Moon's oldest rocks. Dense materials in the molten mixture sank, while the least dense materials floated to the top and cooled to form the light-colored areas we see on the Moon today.... (View More) Children create a simple model of this process by mixing household materials of different densities in a bottle and allowing them to settle into separate layers. They decide which materials make the best model for the infant Moon. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
In this lesson, students observe the surface of rotating potatoes to help them understand how astronomers can sometimes determine the shape of asteroids from variations in reflective brightness.
This is an activity about ultraviolet light. Learners will make ultraviolet light detector bracelets and use them to experiment with artificial light and sunlight. Then, they experiment with various sun-blocking materials to see how such materials... (View More) impact the beads' absorption of ultraviolet light. Special UV detecting beads are required for this activity. This is Activity 3 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about modeling the apparent motion of the Sun as seen from Earth. Learners will use a flashlight, toothpick, and styrofoam model Sun to mimic the relative shadow motion produced by a sundial. The activity will help learners... (View More) understand that because the Earth rotates from West to East, the Sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West. This is Activity 6 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. (View Less)
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This is an activity about how light travels. Learners will perform two experiments. The first explores blocking light to create shadows. The second asks learners to use mirrors to figure out that light travels in a straight line. This is Activity 4... (View More) of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. This activity requires use of a room that can be darkened. (View Less)


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Orthodox activists attack Russian "kissing" protest against anti-gay law
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MOSCOW – Militant Orthodox activists have attacked members of Russia's embattled gay community protesting against a planned law banning "gay propaganda".
Russia's Parliament is to consider a federal law that makes public events and dissemination of information on the LGBT community to minors punishable by fines of up to $16,000. Lawmakers, officials and Russia's dominant Orthodox church have hailed the law saying it will boost Russia's dwindling birth rates.
A dozen LGBT rights campaigners gathered Tuesday in front of the parliament building in Moscow to protest the law by kissing each other. But a similar number of young men interrupted the protest, assaulting the campaigners, taking away and tearing down their posters and shouting obscenities at them.
Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, but homophobia remains strong.

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text: mental invalid 8 Posted May 30, 2003 title of thread courtesy of sir beardo....... i think i can actually see the sun outside...... Free Will Astrology horoscopes for week of May 29, 2003 Aries (March 21-April 19) Writing in "Poetry Flash," critic Andy Brumer reminisces about the creative writing class he took with poet Stan Rice at San Francisco State University. "I remember sitting in class," he muses, "thinking this teacher is working harder at teaching than I am at learning." Please don't let a similar laziness overcome you, Aries. You're entering a phase when the educational possibilities are rich. To take advantage of them, you'll have to match the high intensity and fertile imagination of your teachers. (P.S. Your teachers may be in disguise, not necessarily calling themselves teachers.) Taurus (April 20-May 20) If you're a carpenter, this is a perfect astrological moment to get that 115-piece titanium-covered drill bit set you've had your eyes on. If you're a potter, it's prime time to get a state-of-the-art ceramic saw. If you're a political activist gearing up for a new direct-mail campaign against corporate corruption, you might consider buying the "Utne Reader's" mailing list. And if you're none of the above, Taurus, I suggest you acquire whatever tool will help you rise to the next level of professionalism in your chosen field. Gemini (May 21-June 20) When the bearded dragon lizard sits upright and cocks its head towards the heavens, Australian Aborigines know that rain will fall the next day. And when massive buds appear on the queen wattle plants, even the youngest members of the tribe can prophesy with confidence that brushfires will break out soon. I have a different system of signs, just as reliable, that tells me how to read your moods and trends, Gemini. For instance, last night I dreamed my oldest Gemini friend told me, "The bee fertilizes the flower it robs." Because I have had the very same dream other times over the years, usually late in the month of May, I have come to understand its predictive meaning: Many Geminis all over the world will soon commit a benevolent "theft." Cancer (June 21-July 22) Soon the planet Saturn will enter the sign of Cancer, where it will remain until July of 2005. During that time you will have excellent opportunities to become more skilled in finishing what you start. You'll find it easier to calm your restless heart and commit yourself to a single choice out of the hundreds of options that interest you. Say goodbye to mediocre pleasures and misaligned priorities, my fellow Crab! In the next two years, you will attract unexpected help any time you stop fiddling around on the peripheries and head straight to the core of the matter. Best of all, you'll finally figure out beyond a doubt where you truly belong -- as opposed to being half-sure of where you sort of belong. Leo (July 23-August 22) You've primed to commune much more intimately with the hidden source of power that fuels your life. In fact, you're close to meeting the requirements defined by visionary poet William Blake. He wrote: "Unless the eye catch fire, God will not be seen. Unless the ear catch fire, God will not be heard. Unless the tongue catch fire, God will not be named. Unless the heart catch fire, God will not be loved. Unless the mind catch fire, God will not be known." Your eye, ear, tongue, and heart are on the verge of igniting, Leo. Do whatever's necessary to make that happen, and your mind will burst into flame, too. Virgo (August 23-September 22) More than seven centuries before a few European men dared to sail beyond the safe boundaries of their known world, entire Polynesian families crossed vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean in catamarans. The first humans to arrive in Hawaii, they were led by "wayfinders." These miracle workers navigated the uncharted seas by reading star positions, discerning weather patterns, and interpreting the ocean's colors and movements. I want to make a connection between you and those pioneering souls, Virgo. In recognition of the brave, exploratory urges now ripening in you, I hereby give you the honorary title of "wayfinder." Libra (September 23-October 22) Good news, Libra: You will continue to be the beneficiary of expansive cosmic energies. In last week's horoscope, I compared these gifts to the power of the spoken Hawaiian language to open the heart and eyes of those who hear it. This time I propose several Hawaiian names for you to adopt as your own. They're all in alignment with your evolving destiny. You are hereby authorized to call yourself Kaohinani, which means "gatherer of beautiful things." You may also refer to yourself as Makaike, "to see with keen powers of observation;" or E'e'e, "to keep climbing over everything, as an active child;" or Wai-puhia, "wind-blown water, especially the spray of a waterfall." (Thanks to the book Hawaiian Names, English Names, by Eileen Root.) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps discovered the largely intact body of a man who died 5,000 years ago. He'd been preserved in a glacier that had recently begun to melt. Since then, many women have asked to be given some of the iceman's frozen sperm so that they might become pregnant by him. (The director of the museum where his body is kept has so far turned down all requests.) While I don't recommend that you become one more seeker of this prehistoric insemination, Scorpio, I do suggest you pursue a metaphorically analogous quest in the coming weeks: Try to fertilize yourself through an intimate encounter with the past. Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) My acquaintance Jerry likes to play his guitar for the spinner dolphins that hang around Maui's La Perouse Bay. They appreciate it. When he runs out of songs, he often joins them for a convivial swim. One day four months ago, a commotion at sea moved Jerry to interrupt his concert. Paddling out for a closer look, he found a woman swimmer surrounded by the dolphins. The normally friendly creatures had hemmed her in, as if herding her. But when their buddy Jerry showed up, they parted their tight circle to let him through, and he was able to escort the woman back to shore. The two hit it off instantly, began dating, and recently got married. Why am I telling you this, Sagittarius? Because I predict that like Jerry, you'll soon receive extraordinary, maybe even non-human, help with your love life. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) In 752 AD, the Japanese Empress Koken wrote a lyrical poem in praise of the eupatorium plant, whose leaves turn a vivid shade of yellow in summer. Recently, scientists punctured the illusion she was under, demonstrating that the lovely foliage of the eupatorium is caused by a disease virus. In my view, though, this shouldn't diminish our appreciation of either the poem or the plant. I've noticed that a lot of the world's beauty forms in response to a wound. In fact, I expect you're in the midst of that very process right now. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) Our planet is running out of many essential resources, including fresh water and oil. Now the "Weekly World News" has reported yet another crucial shortage: the global supply of supermodels. "The original generation of supermodels is fading," the paper says, "and very few new ones are coming along to replace them. Soon the supermodel as we know it may become extinct." Can anything be done to avert this catastrophe-in-the-making? I'm not sure. But I do know that many of you Aquarians are exceptionally attractive right now, and likely to become even more so in the coming months. Might you therefore consider launching a career as a supermodel? At the very least, I suggest you look for ways to use your growing beauty to help save the world. Pisces (February 19-March 20) A century ago, the Hawaiian sugarcane industry required a ton of water to produce a pound of sugar. Since then, improvements in irrigation techniques have drastically reduced the excess. The ratio of water to sugar is now 1:1. In a similar development, it used to take me about 2,000 words of exploratory free-writing to arrive at a single 120-word horoscope. These days I typically have to churn out no more than 400 words in the process of distilling your weekly oracle. In yet another related development, Pisces, I predict you'll soon make a comparable move towards less waste and greater efficiency in your own area of expertise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Cast of 'Full House' Reunites — Without Those Snooty Olsen Twins [PHOTOS]
Last week marked the 25th anniversary of the show about a tall widower, his three daughters, a wacky best friend and a hunky brother-in-law. And to celebrate, the cast of 'Full House,' which was on the air from 1987 to 1995, reunited for photos and a house-shaped cake.
Well ... most of the cast, anyway.
We remember it like it was yesterday, but the photos shared by Candace Cameron Bure -- you may know her better as D.J. Tanner -- did a fine job of reminding us how very old we've become (hey, thanks Cam). All those baby faces we remember from the sitcom? Eerily familiar, but in a time-warp sort of way.
And speaking of baby faces, the one character who was very obviously missing from the photos was the youngest Tanner sister, Michelle, who was played in tag-team fashion by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Apparently the Olsen twins were too busy designing ridiculously overpriced accessories to attend the soiree, even though the show is where they got their start and they'd be nothing more than hollow-eyed has-beens without it.
To quote a popular 'Full House' catchphrase, "How rude."
But since the rest of the cast got together and tweeted numerous photos, we all get to spend the day thinking nostalgic thoughts. Like how cool it once was to sing with the Beach Boys.


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With the increasing penetration of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions, a number of companies have been encouraged to extend their product portfolios, among which Bixolon Co. Ltd., First Data Corp., Hewlett-Packard Development Co., Oracle Corp., PayPal Holdings, and VeriFone Systems Inc. are the leading ones. A new study by Transparency Market Research (TMR), a shift in the focus of mPOS solution vendors toward emerging economies that are considered to be mPOS-ready, such as India, China, Mexico, and Brazil can be observed over the next few years on account of the rising base of card users, increasing penetration of smart phones and tablets, and the technological advancements, states the research report.
According to the research study, the global market for mPOS will reach US$4.2 bn by 2017. Further, expanding at an exceptional CAGR of 35.40% during the period from 2017 to 2025, the opportunity in this market is anticipated to attain a value of US$47.7 bn by the end of the forecast period. Currently, the demand for card reader accessories is much higher than integrated card reader solutions and the trend is projected to remain so over the next few years. NFC, EMV chip and pin, and hybrid technology are predicted to maintain their demand in this market in the near future. Among end users, the retail industry is likely to continue commanding a high number of mPOS solutions over the forthcoming years. Geographically, Europe is at the forefront of the global mPOS market at present. Researchers expect the scenario to remain same throughout the period of the forecast, notes the research study.
Promising Opportunities in U.K., U.S., and Japan Propel Market's Growth
"With favorable conditions, such as increasing penetration of cards and a burgeoning installed base of smartphone and Internet users, many a countries, particularly the U.K., the U.S., and Japan, are offering advantageous opportunities for the growth of the global market for mPOS," states a TMR analyst.
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People across the world are preferring cashless transactions, especially mobile payments, which is the main factor behind the significant growth of this market. The rising popularity of cloud-based solutions in the information technology sector is another important factor that is fueling the usage of mPOS, globally.
Over the forthcoming years, developing economies are anticipated to witness a healthy inflow of investments from leading solution vendors, owing to the presence of a combination of favorable macroeconomic factors, such as a large pool of small and micro merchants and implementation of positive government policies. This, as a result, will reflect greatly on the global market in the near future, states the report.
High Installation and Maintenance Cost to Act as Hindrance
While the worldwide mPOS market is expected to expand steadily in the near future, it may be deterred by the high cost incurred in the installation and maintenance of mPOS solutions. Apart from this, the unorganized state of mPOS in various emerging countries, particularly in India, may also hinder the growth of this market over the forthcoming years. However, this factor also points out the scope for organized retail and the large-scale rollout of mPOS technologies and services in developing domestic markets, leading to a thriving future, reports the market study.


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Monday, 25 February 2013
Chantecaille Shine Eyeshadow in Bois with a FOTD
Bois is one of the Shine formulas and it offers sheer rather than opaque colour. The swatch above is a couple of passes over the skin. The colour is a light sandy brown with golden sheen and I feel it's too warm to be described as a taupe. As much as I love neutrals, I'm always slightly nervous about wearing golden hues as I'm not convinced they suit my colouring. In the pictures below I am wearing Bois on the mobile lid with Rouge Bunny Rouge Abyssinian Catbird on the outer corner.
I chopped and changed my lipsticks as I was undecided about a complementary pairing. In the first picture I'm wearing my old favourite Guerlain Beige Nude and in the second picture, I'd applied Ellis Faas L303. I also started the day wearing BECCA gloss in Hummingbird but didn't get a photograph with it on. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on whether this eye look is a hit or miss and which, if any, of the lipsticks look ok.
The Chantecaille Shine eyeshadows cost £23 and are available from SpaceNK and Chantecaille counters. Bois was a gift from a very kind blogger who knows how much I love eyeshadows!
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I think you should get colour matched when L gets hers done. It is very hard to know what colours work best unless you are glaringly cool or warm.ReplyDelete
I think you're right about it being hard to work it out. I seem to be able to spot what doesn't work for me, whereas what DOES work is much harder to judge.Delete
My usual criteria for disliking things is if they accentuate my ruddiness and I think golds and reddy browns have a tendency to do this. I know I could spend more time on foundation application but I am lazy!! x
Beautiful scarf! I prefer the lighter lip in the first picture :)ReplyDelete
I now have to pair Bois with Abyssinian Catbird, I don't think I'd have thought of it. I prefer the top lipstick on you since it's softer looking. I like this color on your eyes by the way.ReplyDelete
the golden Bois is very pretty on you and I love your pairing with Ab Cat and looks so lovely with the Guerlain lipstick. may I ask what blush you are wearing in the pictures?ReplyDelete
I LOVE This color on you!!!! You look FAB! :) Love the lips with the eyes. Great scarf!!!ReplyDelete
Forgot to say that I love the second lip choice a bit more than the first, although the first is nice. The second, though, gives your face a pop of color that I think makes you look younger and more vibrant. (Not that you are remotely old! LOL)ReplyDelete
It looks great! ;)ReplyDelete
Im probably really late but I love your hair! That shadow is so gorgeous on you too xReplyDelete
I think both lipsticks look very nice. With the first, your look is more day time and casual, making the eyeshadow look rather neutral. The look with the second lippie is considerably more dramatic--you look wonderful, but it seems more evening/formal (it somehow changes the look of the eyeshadow, too). The eyeshadow itself is gorgeous, too. And that scarf! Gimme. ;)ReplyDelete
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Lackey familiar with pitching in unfavorable conditions
DETROIT -- As a whole, it's probably safe to throw Red Sox right-hander John Lackey's home/road splits out the window this time.
Simply looking at those and suggesting that gloom lies ahead in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Comerica Park on Tuesday (4 p.m. ET, FOX) might be shortsighted.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- As a whole, it's probably safe to throw Red Sox right-hander John Lackey's home/road splits out the window this time.
Simply looking at those and suggesting that gloom lies ahead in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Comerica Park on Tuesday (4 p.m. ET, FOX) might be shortsighted.View Full Game Coverage
This is the postseason. As Jon Lester said after his gem in Game 1, this is a totally different atmosphere.
And with the Red Sox receiving a boost from their improbable, 6-5 come-from-behind victory over Detroit in Game 2 to knot the series, there's a lot of positivity flowing through the Boston clubhouse.
"It was a lot of fun last night," Lackey said during Monday's afternoon workout at Comerica Park. "It was great. Guys kept fighting to the end. To win that game was huge for us, obviously. Coming over here down two games would have been tough."
Optimism abounds, even for a guy who's been through a bit of the opposite during his Red Sox tenure.
Tale of the Tape: Game 3
|Justin Verlander
|John Lackey
Red Sox
|2013 regular season
|Overall: 34 GS, 13-12, 3.46 ERA, 75 BB, 217 SO
|Overall: 29 GS, 10-13, 3.52 ERA, 40 BB, 161 SO
|Key stat: Verlander hasn't allowed a run in his last 28 innings pitched, dating back to Sept. 18.
|Key stat: In his lone postseason start in the ALDS against the Rays, Lackey gave up four runs in 5 1/3 innings.
|At Comerica Park
Career: 130 GS, 72-32, 3.09 ERA
Career: 6 GS, 4-1, 3.83 ERA
|Against this opponent
Career: 11 GS, 3-4, 3.63 ERA
Career: 12 GS, 6-3, 3.86 ERA
|Loves to face: Dustin Pedroia, 1-for-18, 3 K
Hates to face:: David Ortiz, 10-for-27, 4 2B, 2 HR
|Loves to face: Alex Avila, 0-for-7, 3 K
Hates to face:: Victor Martinez, 11-for-29, 1 2B, 4 BB
|Game Breakdown
|Why he'll win: Verlander was dominant in the ALDS against the A's, striking out 21 in 15 scoreless innings over two starts.
|Why he'll win: Lackey has good history pitching in Detroit and only allowed two runs in seven innings at Comerica on June 20.
|Pitcher beware: Verlander was worse at home this year, posting a 6-7 record with a 3.73 ERA.
|Pitcher beware: Lackey struggled on the road, going 4-10 with a 4.48 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP this season.
|Bottom line: Verlander has been at his best over his last four starts, and will be tough to beat.
|Bottom line: Lackey wasn't at his sharpest in the ALDS, and will have to improve to match Verlander.
Remember, for example, all those boos Lackey had to listen to as he walked off the Fenway Park mound following one of his rough starts in 2011? Getting booed by Tigers fans in Detroit should hardly compare to that.
"He's not short on pitching in unfavorable conditions," said Boston manager John Farrell. "Whether it's in a postseason game in New York, and certainly one that's going to be in Detroit, we're talking about a guy that's pitched at the highest level on the biggest stage that the game has to offer.
"Given what he's come through, I'm sure that he'll relish the moments he's out there, knowing that he's come back from Tommy John [surgery], the way he's reshaped his own perception and certainly his body, and we're looking forward to John being on the mound on Tuesday."
Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter still doesn't understand it.
Hunter, who played with Lackey on the Angels in 2008 and '09, has a hard time grasping the difference in perception. Lackey could be so loved by his teammates while simultaneously disdained by the fans.
"It's weird," Hunter said. "Last year, some negativity, or two years ago, I didn't get that because Lackey is freaking awesome, man."
And the Fenway fans finally got to see that and acknowledge it.
It was Lackey's final regular-season start at Fenway in 2013. Lackey threw a two-hitter in a 3-1 win over the Orioles on Sept. 19 and received a standing ovation.
"I tell you, there are quite a few times I got chills in this building," teammate Jonny Gomes said. "But being a player, knowing what it's like to go through some bumps and grinds and failure, when he was in the game at the end at home before we closed the season out, and this whole place was chanting 'Lackey,' I mean, not a lot of people know what it's like just to get buried in the media and get buried in the clubhouse and get buried in the city that you play for like he did.
"And he bottled all that up and turned it into a positive and nailed it this offseason and nailed it this season on the mound. And that's another reason why this game is so great. When this whole place was chanting 'Lackey,' that was something special. It was definitely well deserved."
Lackey had won back the home fans. He posted a 2.47 ERA in 91 innings at Fenway this season and showed Bostonians what Hunter already knew.
"He was out all last year, but he's a lot of fun," Hunter said. "Good in the clubhouse, fun off the field. Always smiling, always laughing. He's a good teammate. He's just a competitor on the mound. He goes crazy. He wants that big pitch."
And he's thrown the biggest ones.
In 2002, he was a 24-year-old rookie when he won Game 7 of the World Series for the Angels over Barry Bonds, Jeff Kent and the Giants. He became the first rookie to win a Game 7 in the Fall Classic since Babe Adams did it for the Pirates in 1909.
Bonds and Kent have since retired, but Lackey has other sluggers to worry about, such as Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder and the rest of a solid, unrelenting Detroit lineup.
Lackey elicited a few interview-room laughs on Monday when he was asked how he'd pitch to Cabrera.
"I'd be kind of dumb to tell you how I'm going to do that right now, I think," Lackey said. "He's like David [Ortiz]. There's not one way I can go about it. I'm going to have to make a lot of good pitches in a lot of different spots. He's really good."
Lackey will need to be really good to beat the Tigers on Tuesday, but a look inside his numbers in 2013 reveals some interesting splits.
On the road, he had a 4.48 ERA. But much of that was inflated because of the ballparks in which he was pitching.
It's no surprise that runs come easier in certain Major League parks. Pitching in stadiums that rank in the top 10 in MLB Park Factors, according to ESPN.com, Lackey had a 5.04 ERA in 55 1/3 innings. In all other stadiums, Lackey had a 2.89 ERA in 133 innings.
He pitched better in bigger parks. So, too, do most pitchers.
In his one start at Comerica Park in 2013, Lackey held the Tigers to two runs over seven innings. He allowed six homers this season that would not have gone out of Comerica due to its deep center field.
"It's a pretty big ballpark," he said. "I feel like we have some room in the outfield. I felt comfortable there for most of my career, for sure.
"Right field there is definitely not as big as it is here. As it moves to the gap, it gets pretty big, but if you can keep the ball up the middle, you have some room in center field."
Comerica may actually play well for Lackey. The booing shouldn't make a difference.
Jason Mastrodonato is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @jmastrodonato. Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @DougMillerMLB and read his MLBlog, Youneverknow.


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If you want to see some truly bizarre "reasoning," look at this post by Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council. Marriage equality was 4 for 4 on election day earlier this month, but Sprigg somehow manages to pretend that this proves that marriage equality is still wildly unpopular. Take a look at these mental gymnastics:
Advocates of homosexual marriage will celebrate the outcome in these states as a breakthrough indicating momentum in support of redefining our most fundamental social institution. The irony, however, is that their narrow margin of victory in these four relatively liberal states may provide evidence that a solid majority of Americans nationwide still opposes same-sex marriage.
How can that be? The answer is simple. In a year in which the losing candidate for president, Republican Mitt Romney, won 48 percent of the popular vote nationwide, the one-man-one-woman marriage position strongly outpolled Romney in all four states where the marriage issue was on the ballot.
Yes, he thinks that the fact that the average percentage of votes for marriage equality in those states was less than the average percentage of votes for Obama proves that "a solid majority of Americans nationwide still opposes same-sex marriage." Here are his averages and his argument:
Adding the vote totals for all four states together, I came up with the following totals:
For same-sex marriage: 51.99% (for Obama 56.70%)
For natural 1M1W marriage: 47.18% (for Romney 40.95%)
Thus, in the four states combined, the pro-family position outpolled Romney by 6.2 percent…
It also, however, casts doubt upon the claims (from some recent public opinion polls) that a majority of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriage. How do I calculate that? Well, in these four states, the vote in favor of homosexual marriage was only 91 percent as large as Obamas vote, while the vote to defend the natural marriage of a man and a woman was 114 percent of Romneys vote.
If we extrapolate those figures to the popular vote for Obama (50.8 percent) and Romney (47.6 percent) nationwide, we come up with an estimate that 54 percent of Americans would probably still vote to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, while only 46 percent would vote to redefine it a solid margin of 8 percent.
Yeah. If you ignore all of the other polling data that shows a clear trend in favor of marriage equality nationally. this is pure desperation. I'd love to place a very large bet with Sprigg on how such referendums will go in 2014 and 2016. He'd lose.


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In the Matter of RANDALL W. WELLER,
In a letter signed on August 29, 2005, addressed to the Clerk of the Appellate Courts, respondent Randall W. Weller of Hill City, Kansas, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in the state of Kansas, voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in Kansas, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 296).
At the time the respondent surrendered his license, a panel hearing was pending on a complaint in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 211 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 275). The complaint concerns allegations of misconduct that Weller violated Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct 1.7 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 391), 1.8 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 396), 1.15 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 414), 4.1 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 460), and 8.4(c) (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 485).
This court, having examined the files of the office of the Disciplinary Administrator, finds that the surrender of the respondent's license should be accepted and that the respondent should be disbarred.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Randall W. Weller be and is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in Kansas and his license and privilege to practice law are hereby revoked.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Appellate Courts strike the name of Randall W. Weller from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be published in the Kansas Reports, that the costs herein shall be assessed to the respondent, and that the respondent forthwith shall comply with Supreme Court Rule 218 (2004 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 301).
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I related a lot to author Kim Brittingham as I read her new book, Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large. We both moved a lot as kids. We both had frizzy unmanageable hair that I have only recently learned how to tame. We both thought we might be having a heart attack at 23. We both have old "fat" photos from our teen years in which we don't appear fat at all. And after weight loss and weight gain we're both at places where we're basically cool with our bodies. (Well, cool with the weight thing, anyway. I have numerous complaints about the chronic headache, crooked teeth, bad vision, flat fleet, five wisdom teeth, etc., etc.)
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WATKINS GLEN — Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars finished atop the heap in the 27th annual New York Wine & Food Classic held here Monday and Tuesday.
The Finger Lakes winery's 2011 Semi Dry Riesling won the Governor's Cup trophy, the event's top honor, and the winery itself was named winery of the year.
The Governor's Cup recognizes the best of show, top prize of all 773 entries. The "winery of the year" goes to the enterprise with the best overall showing based on the level and number of awards in relation to entries.
This year's competition included 752 New York wines, nine hard ciders and 12 spirits from the Long Island, Hudson Valley, Finger Lakes, Niagara Escarpment, Lake Erie, and other regions of New York State.
En route to the top award, the Frank entry also was named best white wine, best overall Riesling and best medium dry Riesling, and its overall portfolio of entries earned one double gold, two gold and four silver medals, which contributed to its winery of the year designation.
The "Best of Category" awards, all eligible for the Governor's Cup, went to:
• Best Sparkling Wine: Atwater Estate Vineyards 2008 Cuvee Brut
• Best Blush Wine: Miles Wine Cellars Wisteria
• Best Red Wine: Miles Wine Cellars 2009 Lemberger
• Best Dessert Wine: Sheldrake Point Winery 2010 Riesling Ice Wine
• Best Specialty Wine: Baldwin Vineyards Trilogy
• Best Hard Cider: McKenzie's Hard Cider Black Cherry
• Best Spirit: Finger Lakes Distilling Seneca Drums Gin
• Best Limited Production Wine: Anthony Road Wine Company 2009 Riesling, Martini-Reinhardt Selection Series, Martini Vineyards
The "Best of Class" awards go to Double Gold (unanimous agreement of the judges) or Gold medal wines in classes of at least seven wines. Those awards:
• Best Oaked Chardonnay: Martha Clara Vineyards 2010 Chardonnay, Estate Reserve
• Best Unoaked Chardonnay: Paumanok Vineyards 2011 Festival Chardonnay
• Best Overall Chardonnay: Paumanok Vineyards 2011 Festival Chardonnay
• Best Gewürztraminer: Sheldrake Point Winery 2011 Gewürztraminer
• Best Dry Riesling: Lucas Vineyards 2010 Dry Riesling
• Best Medium Dry Riesling: Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars 2011 Riesling, Semi-Dry
• Best Medium Sweet Riesling: Belhurst Estate Winery 2011 Riesling, Semi-Dry
• Best Sweet Riesling: Wagner Vineyards 2011 Riesling Select, Estate Bottled & Grown
• Best Overall Riesling: Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars 2011 Riesling, Semi-Dry
• Best Sauvignon Blanc: Billsboro Winery 2011 Sauvignon Blanc
• Best Pinot Gris: Thirsty Owl Wine Company 2011 Pinot Gris
• Best Vinifera White Blend: Atwater Estate Vineyards 2011 Riewurz
• Best Vinifera/Hybrid White Blend: Silver Thread Vineyard 2011 Good Earth White
• Best Traminette: Goose Watch Winery 2010 Traminette
• Best Vidal: Long Point Winery 2011 Vidal Blanc
• Best Hybrid White Blend Tug Hill Vineyards Lake Effect
• Best Cayuga: Lucas Vineyards 2011 Cayuga White
• Best Diamond: Goose Watch Winery 2011 Diamond
• Best Catawba: Miles Wine Cellars Wisteria
• Best Cabernet Sauvignon: Kings Garden Vineyards King's Cab, Estate Grown, Produced & Bottled
• Best Merlot: Bedell Cellars 2008 Merlot
• Best Cabernet Franc: Ventosa Vineyards 2009 Cabernet Franc, Old Vineyard
• Best Pinot Noir: Osprey's Dominion Vineyards 2009 Pinot Noir, Estate Bottled
• Best Lemberger: Miles Wine Cellars 2009 Lemberger
• Best Vinifera Red Blend: Atwater Estate Vineyards 2010 Big Blend
• Best Other Red Vinifera Varietal: Bedell Cellars 2010 Malbec
• Best Concord: Coyote Moon Vineyards Fire Boat Red
• Best Mead: Earle Estates Meadery Cherry Charisma
• Best Fruit: Baldwin Vineyards Trilogy
• Best Spirit: Finger Lakes Distilling Seneca Drums Gin
• Best Late Harvest Wine: Anthony Road Wine Company 2011 Sweet Dream
• Best Ice Wine: Sheldrake Point Winery 2010 Riesling Ice Wine
• Best Vinifera Sparkling White: Atwater Estate Vineyards 2008 Cuvee Brut
The awards were based on blind tastings by 23 judges — four from California, 10 from New York, six from other states, one from France and two from the United Kingdom.
The Classic is organized by Teresa Knapp of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation, and is open to all 321 New York wineries from all regions.
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Corey Perry scored twice in the third period, and Francois Beauchemin added the winning goal with 1:21 left as the Anaheim Ducks rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Beauchemin fired a slap shot past goalie Viktor Fasth to give the Ducks their 50th win of the season (50-18-8). Perry and Ryan Getzlaf assisted on the deciding goal.
With the Ducks trailing 2-0, Perry scored his 40th goal just 37 seconds after Jordan Eberle doubled Edmonton's lead at 2:51. Perry then tied it with 8:35 left. It is the second time Perry has reached 40 goals in a season.
Rookie goalie Frederik Anderson (19-5) stopped 30 shots for the Ducks, 5-0-1 in their last six games.
Anaheim improved to 27-7-4 at home. Edmonton dropped to 12-22-6 on the road.
Fasth, who faced his former team for the first time since being dealt for two draft picks a month ago, made 23 saves but dropped to 2-2-1 for the Oilers.
In two seasons with Anaheim, Fasth was 17-8-3 with four shutouts and a 2.32 GAA.
The Pacific Division-leading Ducks are three points ahead of second-place San Jose with a game in hand. Anaheim trails Western-Conference leading St. Louis by one point.
The Oilers took advantage of a power play to grab a 1-0 lead. Philip Larsen drilled the puck into the upper-right corner of the net on the glove side with 3:56 left in the second period. Edmonton, which outshot the Ducks 24-15 over the first two periods, doubled its lead on Eberle's goal.


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Eight McDonald County and three Neosho players have been named to the Class 4 All-District 12 softball team.
Eight McDonald County and three Neosho players have been named to the Class 4 All-District 12 softball team.
A pair of outfielders made the team for the Wildcats as Morgan Rathmann was named a first-team selection and Hailey Geller honorable mention. Bailey Spence was named second-team utility player.
The Mustangs, meanwhile, were well represented with five players named first-team: Pitchers Sarah Rickman and Kali Hodson, infielder's Kelsy Reynolds and Macie Jones, and outfielder Courtni Smith.
Ashton Harmon made the second-team at catcher along with infielder Stormy Christerson. Sierra Clay earned honorable mention in the outfield.
Others named to the first team were pitchers Kaitlin Beason (Webb City) and Stephanie Eckoff (Republic); catcher Kenzie Goswick (Joplin); infielders Kelsey Gould (Joplin) and Racheal Michaelis (Republic); outfielder Lacy Resa (Webb City); and utility Quincy Charleston (Carthage).
Rounding out the second team were Webb City pitchers Kyra Parker and Alex Brake; infielders Morgan Baugh (Carthage), Tamerah Masher (Joplin), Megan Taylor (Carthage) and Amanda Wallace (Webb City); outfielders Emily Godfrey (Carthage), Angel Serlis (Republic), Morgan Lammey (Webb City) and Abby Norris (Republic); and utility Ashlie Green (Joplin).
Infielder Taylor Gotay (Carthage) and Mikaela Burgess (Webb City) finished out the honorable mention team.
Those same three Lady Wildcats also earned Central Ozark Conference Large Division All-Conference honors as well.
Rathmann joined Webb City's Resa and Beason (Conference MVP), Ozark's Hailee Vigneaux and Brittany Nimmo, Carthage's Charleston, Branson's Hannah Johnson and Nixa's Taylor Gibbs as unanimous selections for the first-team. Others on that team are Kaycee Dexter (Ozark), Eckhoff (Republic) and Michaelis (Republic).
Spence highlighted the second-team for the Lady Wildcats while Geller grabbed honorable mention.
Others on the second team consisted of Molly O'Dell (Branson), Angel Serles (Republic), Miki Andrus (Willard), Abby Clanton (Ozark), Desirea Buerge (Webb City), Emily Harris (Webb City), Asia Bemo (Webb City), Alex Leonhart (Nixa) and Brook Kroger (Ozark).
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Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World
A journalist enters the dystopian world of Franz Kafka in an attempt to journey to Gaza to study the local surf scene.
Excerpted Chapter Six, "Israel and the Gaza Strip: Two Opposed Ideas" from Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results by © Michael Scott Moore. Reprinted by permission of Rodale, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
"What was the purpose of your visit?"
"But there are no waves in Israel," the uniformed woman told me.
"Oh yes there are."
"Where else have you been?" she said, flipping through my passport.
"Morocco and Indonesia," I said, knowing she'd see those stamps.
"Also for surfing?"
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Publication Date: 2010-05
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Image: http://images.popmatters.com/columns_art/s/sweetnessblood-bookcvr.jpgShe was an airport attendant, not a government official, and I was trying to leave Israel, not enter it. But rockets had been flying along the Gaza border.
"Did you meet anyone in Morocco?"
"Of course."
"Who did you meet?"
I made up a name.
"And how do you know this person?" she said.
This line of questioning had to be repeated three times before I could put my luggage on the conveyor belt.
"This was months ago," I said. "What could it have to do with Israel?"
"We want to make sure you aren't being used by somebody. This person gave you nothing to carry to Israel?"
"Of course not."
I moved on to "primary inspection" -- bags through the conveyor belt -- and a humiliating secondary inspection, which involved a number of young women unpacking my bags to swipe every surface for explosive powder. I don't mind people rooting through my underwear, but it raised my hackles to watch them inspect my books. To Jerusalem and Back by Saul Bellow roused no suspicion. Neither did The Middle East, by Bernard Lewis. But A History of Modern Palestine, by Ilan Pappé, had the wrong title. The woman read the rear cover and sifted the pages. She read scrawls on one of my bookmarks. My heart pounded. No one, until then—no one in uniform—had ever scrutinized me for my ideas.
She showed the book to her boss and they talked in Hebrew while the other women wheeled my surfboard away for tertiary inspection.
"Okay. Thank you," the woman said at last. "Do you want to repack your bag, or should I do it?"
"What was that with the book?" I said.
"Nothing. We just have to be careful."
"I'm from America," I told her, as if that made any difference. "These things make me nervous."
"Would you have kept me off the plane if I had the wrong kind of book?"
She thought for a minute. "No. We just have to be careful. You understand."
"I'd rather not have someone say that to me in my own country," I said. "You understand."
The others wheeled my surfboard back and I was free to check in. There were three more passport inspections, two more wipe downs of the laptop, one more security line. Then I could sit for a while around a splashing circular fountain in the elegant marble atrium of Ben Gurion Airport.
"I find that no other question," Christopher Hitchens wrote about Israel and the Palestinians around this time, "so much reminds me of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his aphorism about the necessity of living with flat-out contradiction. Do I sometimes wish that Theodor Herzl and Chaim Weizmann had never persuaded either the Jews or the gentiles to create a quasi-utopian farmer-and-worker state at the eastern end of the Mediterranean? Yes. Do I wish that the Israeli air force could find and destroy all the arsenals of Hezbollah and Hamas and Islamic Jihad? Yes. Do I think it ridiculous that Viennese and Russian and German scholars and doctors should have vibrated to the mad rhythms of ancient so-called prophecies rather than helping to secularize and reform their own societies? Definitely. Do I feel horror and disgust at the thought that a whole new generation of Arab Palestinians is being born into the dispossession and/or occupation already suffered by their grandparents and even great-grandparents? Absolutely, I do."
Israel, we need to establish from the very start, exists. It's a modern, functioning, bustling state, with traffic jams and bureaucrats and public parks. For some reason people love to debate Israel's existence -- should it exist, can it exist, will it stop existing -- until the topic resembles a make-work program for journalists as well as politicians.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran made headlines by asking why the Middle East had to accept a state of Israel "because of " World War II. Why not put Israel in Alaska, he wondered, and the number of people who took him seriously -- I know this from reader mail we received at Spiegel Online -- is astonishing. As if Zionism hadn't existed before Hitler! So let's get a few things out of the way. Israel exists, and should exist, because even before World War II most societies on earth could turn suddenly lethal to Jews, not just in Europe. Israel also isn't going anywhere. No matter how often its conservatives, or its enemies, try to invoke the prospect of its destruction, the end of Israel would be a disaster as unthinkable as the destruction of fourteen cities the size of New Orleans, or the sudden collapse of an American state the size of Maryland. None of Israel's enemies can manage that disappearing trick, not without a nuclear bomb. But Israel's existence is still a deep contradiction, so understanding it requires a tolerance for paradox. "The test of a firstrate intelligence," said F. Scott Fitzgerald, in the aphorism Hitchens referred to, "is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."


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The latest chapter in the Micra story is set to open with the arrival of the Micra C+C coupé/convertible which was designed and engineered in the UK and will be built here, too. Thanks to its clever folding roof, Micra C+C allows owners the best of both worlds: fresh air when the weather allows and hardtop protection when it doesn't. But the Micra C+C has another trick up its well-tailored sleeve - a C-VIEW glass roof that allows the elements to be enjoyed even in the depths of winter, a first in its class. Just as well because sales start in time for Christmas.
The eagerly awaited Nissan Micra C+C coupé/convertible is almost here. Unveiled at the NMUK manufacturing plant in Sunderland, England, sales of the stylish 2+2 are due to start towards the end of the year. First shown as a concept at the 2002 Paris motor show, the production version brings new ideas to its market segment: the folding hardtop is made largely of glass to create an open-air feeling whether the roof is up or stowed away.
Development and production of the hardtop has been undertaken for Nissan by Karmann, specialists in the design and production of convertible models. In common with all European Micras, Micra C+C will be built at Sunderland so Karmann has established a small production facility within NMUK where the hardtop modules will be fitted to the Micra platforms.
The hardtop itself is a work of art. It can be raised or lowered with one touch of a button while the vehicle is on the move and takes just 22 seconds to fold clamshell-style beneath the double-hinged trunk lid. It is hinged at the bottom and opens front to rear when the roof is raised or lowered and at the top when opened conventionally to stow luggage.
Thanks to the Auto-Open Roof, just one button needs to be pushed when hydraulically raising or lowering the roof - an automatic latching system does away with the need to manually lock or unlock the roof's leading edge to the windscreen header rail.
But as well as having stunning looks, Micra C+C remains resolutely practical, enjoying class leading luggage space. With the roof lowered the boot area provides 221 litres of stowage space, which rises to an impressive 426 litres when it is in place. In addition the cabin has many clever storage areas, most of which are lockable allowing the car to be left unattended even when the roof is down.
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Scanning my stats, I realise that I've lost a substantial amount of my original readership, as often happens when you're the laziest blogger on the planet and stop updating for a few months (don't look at me like that okay? I had a life-changing event. Whaddya mean "No you didn't, you're just as lazy as before?" Am NOT! I'll give you proof, too. Right after *yawn* this nap... --Editor)
So to keep you reading, a taste of coming posts: Kazakhstan mourns the death of its national hero Borat! The Discworld mourns the Alzheimer's of its creator Terry Pratchett! The Island of Hot Half-Naked Amazons celebrates the return of their Sex God, the Angry Medic!*
Happy Holidays folks!
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Owner J. Paul Reddam and jockey Mario Gutierrez, who collected his first local stakes win, hope the result was a positive omen for Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
A 4-year-old Irish bred filly by Oasis Dream and the Sunday Silence mare Silent Heir, Quiet Oasis, who won by a half-length, had been idle since finishing sixth of eight in the Grade I Matriarch last Nov. 25.
After recording six drills since March 7, Quiet Oasis was ready to fire for trainer Ben Cecil, winning for the third time in eight starts. Two of her wins have come in four starts in this country. She's earned $122,379.
Completing the mile on turf in 1:34.63 in the Grade III, Quiet Oasis paid $33.20, $12.60 and $6.40. Briecat, the pacesetter, and Antares World, the longest shot in the cast at 46-1, finished in a dead heat for second. Briecat returned $4 and $4.60 while Antares World paid $19 and $12.
Nereid, the 6-5 favorite who was making her 2012 debut for trainer John Shirreffs, was fourth, one length behind Quiet Oasis.
It was the first loss in four tries over the Betfair Hollywood Park turf course for the 4-year-old daughter of Rock Hard Ten, whose biggest victory came when she finished in a dead heat with Cambina in the Grade I American Oaks last July 16.
Off the board in her previous two attempts at the Wilshire distance, Quiet Oasis tracked the pace for most of the journey, then wore down Briecat late while outfinishing Antares World.
The win was the third in the Wilshire for Cecil, one less than leader Bobby Frankel. The trainer credited Reddam with the decision to run in the Wilshire.
"I told him we should run in the 6 ½ furlong allowance (the seventh race May 4) because I thought first time off the layoff she'd be a little keen.
"I let him make the call and he made the right one to run here. He gets all the credit. We've always thought a lot of her. We're hoping next time she'll settle even more. How far she'll go is a question mark.''
John Shirreffs, who trains Nereid for owner Eric Kronfeld, was far from discouraged by her return. Nereid's most recent race before Sunday was a third in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, a Grade I, last Oct. 15 at Keeneland.
"She ran really well,'' he said. "I thought it was a very nice race first time back. We'll move on from here.''
Racing resumes Thursday. Post time is 1 p.m.
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I am not going into Videos. What I mean is that for the sake of serbian honour and survival as a Cross bearing people, we (Serbs) just have to admit some things. Only then we can ask others to admit their "things".We have to apologize for crimes and not pretend that some sons of Serbian mothers are not what they are, monsters!In doing so we as people will have a way and modus to return to God and operate as Serbs should do operate, in the "NAVE OF THE CHURCH" which is the Land of Serbs.It will be humble and good thing to do. For, by apologizing we will attain what we lost. In feeling the pain of other we will present our pain. By loving all we will kill the hate.Croats, Bosnian Moslems and Albanians are not animals, they are our brothers and neighbours. Might be of different religions, but neigbour is a neigbour no matter what cap he wore and what colour he flew.In order to return national pride and move forward, Serb have to negate what is wrong and accept what is right. St. Sava and his Testament to the Serbian people is not of hate but of love and struggle for and with all that surround us.Serbs are better than this.. All nations are.
My biggest fear about this "footage" is that it will be used as a pretext for Kosovo Independence.
Our Church is clearly becoming a favoured target for 'enlightened' western attacks.
Further, as I have said many times before, I believe Republika Srpska (Serbian part of Bosnia) will be the "reward" for Serbia, after Kosovo is stolen. An absolute tragedy as far as I'm concerned.
Seeing as I'm one of a "few" Serbs here, I figured it incumbent upon "us" Serbs to raise and discuss this topic.First and foremost, I'm not entirely sure I saw the entire footage of the apparrent assasination of Bosnian Muslims in 1995. From what I saw, it appeared as though Serbian Red Baret's, gathered approximately 6-8 Bosnian Muslims, hands bound behind their backs and shot them in a mass execution.I spent the better part of this weekend trying to get the full details of the video, although I've been unable to. I have heard (and it my only be B.S.) from some Croats that early in the video, the same soldiers were being blessed by a SOC priest. Needless to say, I've spent the better part of this weekend debating this (online) with Croats and Muslims.
To me (assuming everything I saw was what I'm told it was), it was very disturbing and certainly not very Christian. The reality is that many of my Serbian brothers (in Bosnia) went too far with their actions. Certainly, men of fighting age could have been taken as prisoners of war and afforded proper rights under Geneva, but it appears (especially in Srebrenica) that this was ignored.ÂÂ
Unfortunately, there remains a large segment of the Serbian population which still rejects religion outright (remnants of the communists).It saddens me that this type of stuff happens. I don't think the actions of some of the fringes of Serbia should condemn the entire populace, nor should it condemn our beloved Church.I also think it is important that everyone recognize the context. These were "purportedly" Bosnian Serbs (as opposed to Serbia proper and Kosovo Serbs). They may have possibly been a part of the group of soldiers from Arkan's Tigers.  I think the distinction is important because by in large, Serbs in Kosovo have been the "cleansed" group.
It also saddened my because it "appeared" from the video that I saw, that the men killed were actually Bosnian Muslims. That is to say, the weren't Mujahadeen imported from Saudi Arabia and Iran. In fact, what you really saw, was Soldiers killing Serbians who were forced to convert to Islam more than 500 years ago.... the continuing tragedy of the balkans.
I don't know why you feel the need to debate this with the very people we fought against, especially since you admit you haven't even seen the evidence. What possible facts can you then hope to counter them with? They will be able to put you on the back foot right from the start, and you will be on the defensive, having to apologise and denounce things you have no idea whether they happened or not.
For a start you seem to be ignorant of the possibility that these were not ordinary civilians, but fighters dressed in civilian clothing.  Furthermore they might have been guilty of atrocities and their punishment was being dealt to them. ÂÂ
assuming everything I saw was what I'm told it was
Secondly don't degrade yourself by talking about the geneva convention.  The whole of the western world united in pummeling and demonizing our nation, and you would like to afford our enemies rights under a convention which they did not allow us.  They showed absolutely no respect for international law, the geneva convention or any truth or justice.
And what difference is there between Bosnian Serbs and 'Serbia proper' Serbs, whatever that means.  It really would be criminal to try and wash Serbian guilt by trying to portray it as a Bosnian Serb crime, as if they were different to us.  We are all the same nation artificially split by unjust borders, do not try and distance yourself morally from them.
You are making error after error in your analysis, you would certainly be a liability were you ever to represent us in any capacity. ÂÂ
It saddens you that these men were bosnian muslims, not mujahadeen?  Well ive got news for you, the bosnian muslim army was not made up purely of arabs, it had bosnian muslims in it as well!!!  They all referred to themselves as mujahadeen, hence the headbands during parades proclaiming jihad is our path.  Just because they were bosnian does not make them innocent civilians!!!!
SP,I don't think your analysis is necesarily wrong, but there's a right way to state your opinions. You could have made all your points without attacking anyone else. For instance, in stead of "For a start you seem to be ignorant of the possibility that these were not ordinary civilians, but fighters dressed in civilian clothing," you could have said, "Brother, have you considered that these were not . . . " I think you will find that SouthSerb is with you on these points. When the video first came out it was difficult to tell what was actually there. If we don't learn HOW to tell people the truth then no one will ever listen, especially when the lies are so easy to believe.I am very happy to see more Serbs on this board!ÂÂ
Well, if you had read beyond this one subject you would see that the posters on this website almost universally support the plight of our people.  So I wasn't "debating" this with "anyone we fought against".  Everyone here disagrees with the bombing of Serbia, so I thing you need to get your facts straight.  In fact, we even have an Orthodox Albanian here who is a BIG supporter of Serbia.
No, I'm not ignorant to anything. ÂÂ
Well, this is the whole two wrongs make a right argument.  What you are really saying is that the "illegality of the NATO bombing of Serbia, the actions of the Mujahadeen in Bosnia and Kosovo justify any and all Serbian reaction".  Resepectfully I disagree.  I don't now, nor ever condone 14th century style barbarism.
Now... speaking of ignorance.  This is a vitally important point, the fact that you can't see it, is preposterous.  What the western powers seek to do with Serbia is paint EVERY Serb with a broad brush. ÂÂ
Thus when I separate Bosnian Serbs from Serbia proper, I only do so in a legalistic sense. ÂÂ
Again, if you had read anything or even looked at my screen name, you would have found out that my family (although originally from Kosovo) was forced out to Sar Planina and modern day FYROM.  Thus, we are not in "Serbia Proper", but we are no less Serbian.  Instead of laying judgment you should have been reading.
In the same spirit, I think all other Serbs in the region deserve the same right of self determination that was afforded to Slovenians, Croats, Bosian Muslims and Macedonians. ÂÂ
Well, if you ever find yourself in the Hague, you will have the right not to be represented by me.  Thus far, I've never been fired by any of my countrymen/women.
 BTW, how much of your time/life/money have you donated to help "YOUR PEOPLE"?
Obviously you miss the point again!  I was trying to convey the irony here.... that in the end, the video may have been Serbs killing Serbs.  Do you get that? ÂÂ
Lastly, if you've come here to support a position that every action committed by individuals is some how appropriate or justified, respectfully I disagree. ÂÂ
.  If you can't see that it is UNCHRISTIAN to shoot an unarmed shackled man, then you've come to the wrong discussion forum.
 Most Serbs are proud that many Jews (like Madelaine Albright) took refuge in Beograd during WWII.  Most Serbs are proud of their legacy and history of being noble fighters and protectors of the weak.
Brother SS99,our new serb brother is probably very "hot" and by nature things when hot make that hissssssing sound when tried to be cooled.Give him some time and do not take it to heart.Some of the serbs just do not see it the same way.Disregard and pray for him and for all of us.I was always afraid of PATRIOTS (of late), they tend to do things that are not very nice, say things that are not very pleasent and think the way that is not very Orthodox.Lord have mercy on us all.in ICXCstefan+P.S. I would go with what brother Cizinec thinks.
SV,  I agree and I regret and apologize to my Serbian Orthodox brother SP if I've offended him. Trust me, I don't take any joy in arguing with another Orthodox brother, let alone a Serbian Orthodox brother.  I just wish that if he had a problem with what I wrote, he would've pm'd me.
SouthSerb,He's new, so I figured I'd give him a break. He's probably used to going on forums where everyone, including Serbs, go on Serb bashing rampages without thinking. He's probably used to having to counter that. He just read a lot of his assumptions into what you were saying. Everyone here knows how much you have worked and appreciate your labors. Probably more than you know.
but look at how we have been repaid by allbright and indeed the whole jewish establishment running the US right now.
...The fact that an Orthodox Albanian is here is irrelevant, he's neither a Croat nor a Muslim, i don't know why you mention him. ...
Well racially yes i do agree with that.  But you well know that Muslims cannot be Serbs by definition.  I notice you use the word if, since you realise that i never said anything of the sort.
Im proud of our fighting legacy brother, but look at how we have been repaid by allbright and indeed the whole Jewish establishment running the US right now.  They know nothing of truth, honour or justice, as for gratitude you can forget it.
Why are you afraid of patriots? Patriots should be orthodox and visa versa. I indeed am orthodox, i don't know what i said that leads you to believe otherwise.
SP:Chill.  You are being very unpleasant.There are Orthodox Croatians- not many- but I'm one.  I don't like to hear this sort of stuff.  Go peddle it elsewhere.
Shows how well educated you are.  Mesa Selimovic, a very famous writer from Bosnia, and Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic (Znas li cuprija u Visegradu, znas li knjigu "na drinu Cuprija"?)- are just two of many.
Wow, you have something in common with Franjo Tudjman.  Whaddaya know, you both are antisemites.  Nice job.
Reminds me of an old joke, "...Yeah, he sure is Orthodox, but are you sure He's Christian?.."Why don't you cool off and say the Jesus prayer for a little while.
Its sad that the world media has done their job so effectively that when the the victim points out the aggressor there is a neat lable to throw at the victim which blackens him totally, and cleanses the aggressor of all guilt. You make a grave accusation against me, i am merely stating facts. Clintons administration and to a large extent Bushs is filled with members of the jewish lobby. If this statement of the obvious makes me an anti-semite, then I am incredulous.
Facts. Um, yeah.Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic was the brother of Makarije, who would later become the Serbian Patriarch. He was born in the small village of Sokolovici near Visegrad and was taken in the donat u krv. He was trained in the Janissary corps and rose in the ranks of the Ottomon hierarchy to grand Vizier.ÂÂ
It would make more sense to blame White Protestant men, since they are/were far greater percentage of each administration. Oh, wait,I forgot they add the "masonic" part to the Jewish-Masonic consipiracy to enslave all Serbians. I apologize, you are completely right.
Remind me of the point again?
How I can tell that you are from Sar Planina by looking at your screen name i don't know.
I think we have a fundamental disagreement here, are you implying that there should be a multitude of Serbian banana states?
God willing i will never enter that God-forsaken political circus trying to pass itself off as a court of law and justice.
Well racially yes i do agree with that. But you well know that muslims cannot be Serbs by definition. I notice you use the word if, since you realise that i never said anything of the sort.
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How is it the rule or the rule enforcer's fault?
I get so tired of excusologists.
No punishment is ever fair. All of these guilty guys want to excuse themselves by telling you how the rule they broke was a bad rule and how other people do worse things than they did.
Something tells me if they ever stood before a judge, instead of "guilty" or "not guilty," they would plead "not as guilty."
It's like the guy you hear complaining about a speed trap. "Why does the speed limit need to be 30 miles per hour right there, anyway?" he asks as though he is making a Supreme Court quality argument. But there was a sign that clearly marked the speed limit. The police officer's job includes writing tickets to those who don't slow down.
I just don't get it.
How is it the rule or the rule enforcer's fault?
That is similar to the argument some Texas A&M apologists are making now.
Johnny "Football" Manziel apparently noticed his name was making a lot of people a lot of money. According to about a half dozen sources, Manziel broke an NCAA rule by accepting money to sign his name in order to make sure he was one of those people making money off of his name.
Because of the number of people coming forward with stories, photos and video evidence about him taking money to sign his name, supporters of last year's Heisman Trophy winner have avoided the not guilty plea and fallen back on the excuse that the rule he broke is a bad rule.
Yes, the NCAA makes money off of the amateur athletes who compete under its umbrella. Yes, it may be hypocritical for the organization that says it is wrong for Manziel to earn money while playing football in college to actually make money selling Manziel memorabilia on its own website. The rule may not be a good rule.
But Manziel knew what the rules were and it appears that he chose to ignore them.
I doubt the NCAA has the backbone to suspend its reigning Heisman Trophy winner at a Southeastern Conference school. But if he is guilty, Manziel has as much business playing quarterback on Saturdays this fall as I do.
And now Pete Rose is making a bid not only to reinstated into baseball, but that he never should have been kicked out in the first place.
To Major League Baseball's all time hits leader's credit, at least he took some level of responsibility while excusing his bad behavior.
"I made mistakes. I can't whine about it," Rose said before continuing to whine about it. "I'm the one that messed up and I'm paying the consequences. And to be honest with you, I picked the wrong vice. I should have picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second chance.
Here's the problem, he knew gambling on baseball and especially his own team would cost him his career and he did it anyway.
I like how he says he made "mistakes."
It sounds like he tripped coming out of the dugout for the National Anthem. What got him banned from baseball was a mountain of evidence that indicated that he bet on baseball games – sometimes just minutes before the game. He bet tens of thousands of dollars at a time. Some of the records show he even bet on his own team.
In 1918, that was enough to turn the White Sox black. Rose knew that.
There is no excuse. Manziel had the same knowledge of the rules and the same examples of what could happen if a player broke the rules.
They made decisions – bad decisions.
Rose is paying the price for what he did. Who knows if Manziel will?
But don't blame the rules or the people who have to enforce them.
Blame the rule-breakers. They knew better. They just didn't choose to do better.
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I am linking up with Tara for Monday Made It over at 4thgradefrolics. I used a composition book last year with my small group students. I kept notes regarding their reading progress, any difficulties that I noticed while reading/working, and their progress. It worked out great to use during parent-teacher conferences. The only problem that I had was that it was not easy to flip through and I had a difficult time finding the pages for each student. I decided to re-vamp it this year and I came up with this.
After I had it all put together and bound, I punched out tabs from some coordinating cardstock for the tabs. I also stamped numbers on each tab for each student. I number my students, so these numbers will correspond with the student numbers. I divided the notebook by 5 pages since the composition notebook comes with 100 pages each. I am hoping that it will be enough for each student. If I need to, I can cut up more pages and add them later to the book.


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MONACO: Defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia raced into the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals on Thursday, dispatching Pablo Carreno Busta 6-0, 6-1 in just 47 minutes.
Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal also had little trouble reaching the last eight, beating Italian Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-3, while fourth-seeded Roger Federer shook off a slow start in a 6-4, 6-1 win against Czech player Lukas Rosol.
The second-seeded Djokovic had won his second-round match in 45 minutes and has not been tested this week, while the top-seeded Nadal has looked a bit sloppy at times.
Djokovic took only 22 minutes to win the first set, sealing it with a crisp forehand that glided past Carreno Busta. His Spanish opponent then received loud cheers, clenched his fists and grinned broadly when he won his first game to pull back to 3-1 in the second. Djokovic served out the match, tormenting him one last time with an exquisite drop shot.
Having looked a little rusty in the second round, where he trailed 3-1 against Teymuraz Gabashvili, Nadal was more clinical and raced into a 4-0 lead.
"I think today I played a little bit better than yesterday," said Nadal, who lost last year's final to Djokovic. "I was playing at a good level, changing the directions very well, playing with the right intensity."
He next faces sixth-seeded David Ferrer, who easily beat No. 12 Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2, while Federer will face ninth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Djokovic takes on either No. 5 Tomas Berdych or Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Nadal has a 21-5 career record against Ferrer, winning 10 of the past 11 meetings since Ferrer beat him in straight sets at the Australian Open in 2011 -- the year he also lost to Nadal in the Monte Carlo final.
"David is a tough, tough player on any surface," Nadal said. "But here on clay, always a big challenge."
Rosol, meanwhile, broke Federer in the third game and held for a 3-1 lead.
"I think it was a bit rocky in the beginning," Federer said. "I thought Rosol was going to play much more aggressive early on. I was expecting the rallies to be shorter. When they extended, I made too many mistakes."
But Federer broke back with a stinging cross-court forehand that landed at Rosol's feet, and then broke him to love -- clinching the set when Rosol's forehand sailed long.
Federer has a 10-4 record against Tsonga, who beat him in the French Open quarterfinals last year and in the Wimbledon quarters in 2011.
"I've seen Jo play different kind of quality matches lately, so not quite sure he's going to play, how aggressive, how passive," Federer said. "I'm going to have to have an open mind."
Third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, and eighth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada also advanced.
Having taken only 46 minutes to win his second-round match, Wawrinka didn't even need to lift a racket after Spaniard Nicolas Almagro pulled out because of pain in his left foot.
Wawrinka next faces the big-serving Raonic, who beat No. 11 Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-3, 6-4.
Tsonga won 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 against 10th-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy, who did his best to spoil the Frenchman's 29th birthday with his wild antics, including smashing rackets and shouting loudly.
"I lost a little bit my emotion," Fognini said. "I'm not the first one and only one (to) do that."
Nadal, however, thinks Fognini has to calm down or risk becoming a target for boos from the crowd.
"I know he's a good guy because I know him, but all the fans that are in the crowd saw him doing these things, probably they have a different opinion," Nadal said. "That's negative for him."


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Brad Ziegler Watch, #2
It is that time again for another Brad Ziegler Watch. If you're just now reading my blogs I will fill you in. When the Oakland Athletics came to town at the end of April, I hooked Brad Ziegler up with some U.S Army wristbands because he has an awesome foundation. Its called Pastime for Patriots. So read about it and help out if you can. Or you can get involved in the charity work that I do for the Seattle-King Co. Humane Society. Just a thought. Since I hooked Brad up with those wristbands and since they came from ME they will bring him and the Oakland Athletics some good luck this year. I gave them to him on April 24th 2011. Since then lets see how he has been doing…
On 4/26 Brad pitched against the Angels of Anaheim. He pitched two and a third innings and struck out one batter.
On 4/27 Brad pitched against the Angels of Anaheim. He pitched one inning and recorded his first save of the season. Thats also his 19th save of his career.
On 5/01 Brad pitched against the Texas Rangers. He faced one batter and gave up one hit. The Athletics win, 7-2.
On 5/02 Brad pitched against the Texas Rangers and faced one batter which he ended up walking. The Athletics win, 5-4.
On 5/04 Brad pitched against the Cleveland Indians and faced one batter. He gave up one hit. The Athletics win, 3-1.
So you see? The wristbands are giving him good luck. We will see you next time on another Brad Ziegler Watch.


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For Buck, it's a start
Storrs - At one point in the second half, Heather Buck got an offensive rebound, turned to look outside, then spun, drove, laid the ball in and was fouled, with senior teammates and fellow post players Tina Charles and Kaili McLaren cheering wildly from the bench.
It was something Buck has done a thousand times before, winning two straight Connecticut Gatorade Girls' Basketball Player of the Year awards at Stonington High School. But it wasn't something Buck had done as much recently.
Buck, a 6-foot-3 center/forward for the top-ranked UConn women's basketball team, had a nervous start to what is essentially her freshman season with the program, drawing some criticism from coach Geno Auriemma. Buck redshirted last year after developing mononucleosis early in the season.
Buck's collegiate debut, though, in Saturday's 105-35 season-opener against Northeastern, yielded 12 rebounds in 21 minutes. UConn was playing without McLaren, who had a protective boot on her right foot.
"Today was my first game," Buck said. "I just wanted to go out and play good defense and get some rebounds so I can prove to coach that I can do it, I can step up. … It does make me much more confident going on.
"… Usually I get nervous before games. I felt really good today."
Auriemma called this a starting point for Buck, who played mainly defense in practice last year for UConn.
"It's been a little bit of a rocky road there for Heather in the beginning because the game is just so physical and so fast and she's just not accustomed to that," Auriemma said. "It's gotta start somewhere. Today, on the defensive end, on the rebounding end, she was able to establish herself and do the things you have to do to get started."
Buck had four points, with her first career points coming on a putback with 2:13 remaining in the first half.
Welcome to cow country
Northeastern coach Daynia La-Force Mann, a Brooklyn native, remembers making a recruiting visit to UConn in 1991. That memory came back to her on Saturday before the Huskies' game at Gampel Pavilion.
"We were driving to shootaround today and I saw that red barn," La-Force Mann said. "That was one of the reasons I chose to go to Georgetown. … It wasn't comfortable to me, being a city girl."
UConn's players were then asked if they saw the barn on their recruiting visits.
"Yeah, I did," said Charles, who is from Jamaica, Queens. "It is, I don't know, different."
Auriemma, who hails from Philadelphia, said he didn't see the barn when he came to Connecticut to take the job.
"They brought me in the other way," he said with a laugh, then telling a story of another recruit who bypassed Storrs due to the rural landscape. "… Kids that come up here that make their decision based on that, there's nothing you can do about that."