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Sept. 17, 2007
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - MIT's water polo team nearly pulled off a pair of shocking upsets against nationally ranked Division I opponents on Sunday afternoon, but in the end fell valiantly to No. 15 Princeton University, 12-9, and No. 13 St. Francis College, 12-8. The Engineers - the nation's eighth-ranked Division III team - completed their weekend road trip with a record of 1-2, as they downed Queens College, 18-8, on Saturday.
MIT (5-3; 1-1 CWPA) was powered on the offensive end once again by standout freshman John Preis and sophomore Mike Smith-Bronstein, who each scored six goals combined in the pair of defeats.
The Cardinal and Gray traveled to Princeton, N.J., on Sunday morning for a non-conference match-up with the No. 15 ranked Tigers (6-1), and proved to be a staunch test for their hosts. After a hard-fought first quarter in which the teams traded goals, Princeton enjoyed a narrow 4-3 advantage, and the Tigers were unable to stretch their lead in the second stanza, as each team notched just a single goal. However, though the resilient Engineers were thoroughly in the match until the final whistle, Princeton added to its lead by one goal in each of the final two quarters to achieve the final 12-9 score line.
Preis led Tech with four tallies, while Smith-Bronstein followed closely with three of his own. Sophomore Devin Lewis and freshman Brian Gardiner each grabbed one goal to round out the scoring.
Sophomore goalkeeper Nick Souza made three saves in defeat.
MIT had virtually no time to rest following the game, as the team had to quickly board a bus and make its way to Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., for an afternoon Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Northern Division fixture with No. 13 St. Francis College. For the second time in a matter of hours, the Cardinal and Gray put a scare into its Division I opponent, this time actually taking a 5-4 lead into the halftime break. However, two days of travel and the earlier contest against Princeton ultimately took its toll, as St. Francis (6-2; 4-0 CWPA) outscored Tech 4-0 in the third quarter en route to the 12-8 victory.
Smith-Bronstein was MIT's top scorer with his second three-goal performance of the day, while Preis and junior Palmer Rosemond each struck twice for the Engineers. Lewis added Tech's final tally.
Souza put forth a noble effort in net, making nine saves and contributing five steals to the MIT cause.
The Engineers will return to the water on Thursday, Sept. 20, when they will travel to inner-city rival Harvard University at 7:30 p.m.

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As co-host of "The Chew"(a food and talk show on ABC), Daphne Oz gets to sample items like the Big Mike Burger (two patties, three buns and cheese), chicken and dumplings à la Gwyneth Paltrow and pizza by fellow host Mario Batali.
But the daughter of TV personality and health guru Dr. Mehmet Oz also penned "The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works" and helped found HealthCorps, a nonprofit that promotes nutrition, exercise and stress management.
Oz talked about fitness and her meat-loving co-hosts in a recent interview.
Have you been a good influence on some of your co-hosts on "The Chew" — or have they corrupted you? After all, chef Michael Symon is known for wearing a T-shirt that says "offal."
I didn't grow up eating meat — I was a vegetarian until I was 18. But being on the show, I've been able to try different preparations of it, and I have to tell you that Michael and Mario are making some wonderful meals.
What was it like being raised by Dr. Oz?
My dinner table was a pretty wild one; we covered topics ranging from the latest research on the effects of vitamin D and brain growth to minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery techniques.
Has health always been important to you?
I was a good 30 pounds overweight throughout high school, and it wasn't until I was going away to college that I really wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to feel as confident as I could.
Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle — and mine has come to mean making health a priority but not an obsession.
What's your approach to fitness?
Exercise is important, but exercise in a gym is not important. Go and take a walk outside. Skip the umpteenth coffee date and go for a hike instead. Take the stairs. Walk your errands.
I hear you're an avid indoor cyclist.
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Tom McCollum of Madison (right) and his son Cole of Starkville teamed up for a Father's Day weekend trip to the College World Series. It was a lifelong goal of the pair. They drove all night getting in around 3 this morning and will only get to see one game due to work commitments. Photo by: Scott Walters/Dispatch Staff
June 15, 2013 10:49:43 PM
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Cole McCollum has always tried to find time to spend with his father Tom on Father's Day.
It is a safe bet the 2013 Father's Day may be long remembered as the best one.
The duo left Friday on a 14-hour drive that brought them to their first College World Series on Saturday morning. With a desire to see the nationally-ranked Mississippi State baseball team play, the duo's trip become worthwhile Saturday afternoon as MSU knocked off Oregon State, 5-4 ,before a crowd of 24,473 at TD Ameritrade Park.
It was the Bulldogs first appearance in the College World Series since 2007 and their first win in the championship tournament since 1998.
"We have wanted to take this trip for a real long time," Tom McCollum said. "It was a really a spur-of-the-moment thing. The team wins (the super regional) and you talk about it. We decided this was going to be the year.
The pair won't be able stick around for MSU's next game, which will be played Monday night.
"We can only stay for one game due to work commitments, but trust me, it has been worth it, Tom McCollum said. " We will remember this trip for the rest of our lives."
Tom McCollum lives in Madison. Cole McCollum lives in Starkville and is a manager for Mossy Oak in West Point. The decision to make the 800-plus mile trip to Omaha took place hours after MSU knocked off Virginia, 6-5, to win the Charlottesville Super Regional Monday afternoon in Charlottesville, Va.
"I am a big baseball fan and I am friends with some of the guys," Cole McCollum said. "I have known (first baseman) Wes Rea for a long time. This is a special season, so we wanted to be a part of it. The decision to go or not go didn't take real long. We knew if the team ever got back (to the College World Series), we wanted to go."
The McCollums were not the only ones making last-minute travel plans. Conservative estimates have as many as 4,000 Bulldog fans tucked away in Omaha hotels to watch the school battle in this event for a ninth time.
The challenge is even greater with last-minute flights costing close to $1,000 and most hotel rooms looking at a minimum of $100 a night. If MSU is able to win and advance, the Bulldogs' participation could last as long as 11 days.
"Bulldog nation has turned out in full force," MSU president Dr. Mark Keenum said. "We have a fan-base that is passionate about baseball. When the team does well and plays in the big events, we are going to pack the stands."
For the Maroon and White faithful, the tournament began early. Opening ceremonies included a fireworks show and concert Friday night. About 2,000 Bulldogs jammed into the CenturyLink Center for a pre-game pep rally Saturday morning.
"The City of Omaha does such a great a job with this event," said Starkville resident Bob Anderson, who is attending the CWS with wife, Judy, and son, Colton. "Every time you come here, you feel like you are coming home. The last four times that MSU has played here, some members of my family has been able to attend.
"I have also come over a couple of times to the old stadium (Rosenblatt Stadium), even when MSU was not playing. There are a lot of memories here. You see friends every time you come here."
After more than 50 years at Rosenblatt Stadium, the tournament moved across town to TD Ameritrade Park in 2011. The new ballpark offered an increase in seating, as well as more fan interaction opportunities, sky-boxes and other technological advances.
"The stadium is incredible," Cole McCollum said. "You think it is going to be one way. Then when you get here, it is ever better than you have expected. They thought about all of the little things when they built the stadium. They turned it into an incredible place to watch a ballgame."
The fans were treated to a nip-and-tuck game. The Bulldogs battled back from deficits of 2-0 and 4-3 to knock off the tournament's No. 3 seed. MSU will now face either Indiana or Louisville in a winner's bracket game at 7 p.m. Monday.
MSU's second game will be on ESPN2, which is good news for the McCollums. After getting into Omaha around 3 a.m. Saturday, the return drive home takes place on Father's Day, so the pair can go back to work on Monday.
"Every minute of this trip has been worth it," Tom McCollum said. "I have two daughters who are in nursing school and finishing up degrees, so they couldn't come. They are mad about it. So hopefully (MSU baseball) coach (John) Cohen can us get right back here next year or the year after that. That way, we can bring everybody."
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VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A 4-year-old Vancouver boy died after what seemed like a routine dentist visit last week, and the Washington Department of Health is investigating the death.
Mykel Peterson was put under with anesthesia to fill a cavity, but never woke up. The dental office where it happened, Must Love Kids, was closed Monday, March 13. An employee who came to the door, told KGW it was out of support for employees and the boy's family after what happened Friday, March 10.
The health department has 170 days to complete the investigation.
"They're going to turn over every stone," said department spokesman David Johnson.
The Clark County Medical Examiner said the cause of death is pending until toxicology results are finalized in 6-8 weeks.
Photos of Mykel Peterson show he had a contagious smile. Family members say he liked to play little jokes and was always laughing. He was a favorite at his Vancouver pre-school, and a whiz on his bike. One thing most kids like Mykel didn't like, is the dentist.
"He didn't want to go, he was saying no. He was crying, not hysterically just whining," said his mother Thmeka Curry.
But Must Love Kids Pediatric Dentistry on Southeast 117th Avenue in Vancouver always saved the day. It's a very popular office for kids and parents, with glowing reviews on apps like Yelp.
Their YouTube video shows why kids love it: games, toys, Netflix playing on TVs in the ceiling while kids are lying in the dentist chair. It's an instant distraction to nervous kids.
Mykel's mother said he is on the autism spectrum. His speech and behavior had been making big strides this year. It's why he needed special attention at the dentist.
"He wouldn't keep his mouth open so they can actually see what's going on," Curry explained.
The website for Must Love Kids says they specialize in helping developmentally disabled kids, offering a board certified anesthesiologist MD.
Mykel had been slightly sedated before using a nitrous oxide mask, but Friday, his mother says Mykel got a shot of the common anesthesia drug Ketamine to put him totally under while the dentist looked at whether he needed fillings or a crown. The procedure went well, it's what happened afterward that's changed her life.
"The dentist was telling me everything she did with this teeth and she was going to check to see if he was awake yet," Curry said.
Minutes ticked by, and Curry says he was breathing. Then he wasn't. CPR started, 911 was called and Mykel was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
"Now I'm in this situation where I'm sitting here waiting to know what exactly his cause of death was," Curry said. "I never knew kids around the world are losing their lives because of being put to sleep by a dentist, until it happened to my son."
Just last year, two California children and a Texas girl also died while under dental anesthesia. Curry is begging parents to ask more questions.
"Make sure they clarify what's going on. If the doctors don't say anything, ask. Be the voice for your kids."
4yo Mykel Peterson died Fri after going under anesthesia at Vanc. dentist office. Cause of death pending. Family has warning for all parents pic.twitter.com/ibMiVxHXEk— Nina Mehlhaf (@NinaMehlhaf) March 13, 2017
Must Love Kids released a statement to KGW:
Statement from Drs. Prashant and Monisha Gagneja and Dr. Chelsea Zamudio
March 13, 2017
"As dentists and staff devoted exclusively to the needs of children, all of us at Must Love Kids® Pediatric Dentistry are heartbroken and devastated by this event. We ask the community to join us in thoughts and prayers for the family.
As to the specifics, outside medical experts will review what happened, so it would be premature to comment. We can say that we have always been passionate and taken the utmost care of our patients and their families, and provide the highest standard of care in a safe environment. We will continue our devotion to providing the best care to our patients.
There are times when the use of general anesthesia is necessary to provide quality dental care for children. We have performed dentistry for pediatric patients under deep sedation and general anesthesia more than 1,900 times without incident in the last three and half years in Vancouver. We contract with an independent, highly qualified and experienced board-certified anesthesiologist for anesthesia services who follow strict protocols, including a pre-operative checkup and clearance by the child's primary physician prior to the procedure.
Must Love Kids® is a Vancouver pediatric dentistry clinic founded to provide individualized, high-quality, state-of-the-art pediatric dental care for children in a fun,friendly atmosphere. The clinic founders, Drs. Monisha and Prashant Gagneja, are board-certified pediatric dentists and between them have 28 years in the practice of pediatric dentistry. Dr. Chelsea Zamudio previously was the Chief Resident at the Westwood Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."


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Joe Takash, a behavior strategist and author of the newly released Results Through Relationships: Building Trust, Performance, and Profit Through People, serves up five best practices for "managing up." They are:
- Choose Good Timing — Discover the best times in which to approach your boss by asking, "When are the best times to meet with you if I have questions?" This simple inquiry can build credibility because of the awareness and consideration of their busy schedule. An added benefit is that, when you meet with them, you're likely to have a more focused, less distracted listener.
- Prepare and Plan — Practice your approach vs. just winging it so you can succinctly explain up front why you're there and what you need from them. WARNING: Be solution-focused! Bosses want to know what you have thought of or would suggest about the inquiries you have. This is a crucial component for demonstrating leadership and initiative.
- Align Understanding — If your boss does not state his or her expectations or ask about yours, don't waste energy griping to others about it. Instead, rise above and ask them to be clear about what they need from you. Requesting the primary duties you should be focusing on or discovering the qualities that make up the ideal professional in your position not only impresses them, but it also provides you with a roadmap for success.
- Follow-up/Follow-through — One of the biggest barriers for positive change is lack of accountability. In managing upward, you can hold yourself and your boss accountable by agreeing on times/dates to follow-up at the conclusion of each meeting or communication exchange. Your boss may think, "These behaviors would be great in a client services or sales position," which may be a promotion you earn twice as fast as you may have.
- Own Your Results — A young lady named Karen once approached me after a keynote presentation I delivered to her company. With a pleasant, apprehensive smile, she said: "Joe, I really believe I'm equipped to be our marketing manager. I have experience, passion and knowledge, but I don't know what to say to my boss. I was wondering if you have advice." I said, "Karen, I have for you a magic formula and it can be described with one word: ASK!" I politely explained to her that the biggest success stopper is that cynical voice within each of us. Owning your results doesn't mean you won't experience fear as you navigate your career, it's the commitment to courageously ask for what you want and be prepared to state why and how all will benefit.
Results Through Relationships can be purchased at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com and ordered through any major bookseller.
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Toni Bowers is the former Managing Editor of TechRepublic and is the award-winning blogger of the Career Management blog. She has edited newsletters, books, and web sites pertaining to software, IT career, and IT management issues.


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Waiting for Johnny Depp is a new musical by the award winning team of Janet Cole Valdez, Bettie Ross, and Deedee O'Malley, and is choreographed by Zonnie Bauer. O'Malley delightfully stars as New York actress Rita Donatella. She takes the audience (quite willingly) along with her on her quest to land the role of a lifetime in a Johnny Depp film. Valdez, O'Malley, and arranger Ross have created a soundtrack of wonderful and addictive songs that continue to dance through your mind days after seeing the show. Luckily there is a cast album available. Standout hits are "Anything for My Craft" and "What Really Matters." Great songwriting…
O'Malley is fierce as Rita Donatella, this girl's got heart… We wince at some of her choices and care that she prevails as she constantly re-invents herself to be more perfect for the role. What would you do for your art? Anything? Rita fights the familiar financial and personal battles every artist wrestles with, with humor and chutzpah. Through demands of career, dating, and family she sells off her personal possessions sacrificing practically everything it seems before she realizes the meaning of what really matters in life.
Get the soundtrack…you'll want to sing along.
WAITING FOR JOHNNY DEPP, A New Musical
Waiting for Johnny Depp presented by K.I.S.S. Theatricals is playing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at The Secret Rose Theatre 11246 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601. For tickets go to plays411.com/johnnydepp or call (323) 960-7788.
Janet Cole Valdez is a gold record winning, former Motown songwriter, whose songs have appeared in numerous movies, television, recording albums, and stage musicals. She currently has two TV theme songs airing weekly throughout the US. Janet's rock musical Emerald Man debuted in the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival to rave reviews. Emerald Man was then chosen for the 2007 ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop. Other musicals include Cole and Porter, which was optioned by Jersey Boys producer John Osher and invited into the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival. She and her partner were commissioned by The Lion King producer Peter Schneider to create songs for a new musical.
Deedee O'Malley's awards include the Los Angeles Music Awards'Singer-Songwriter of the Year,Music Connection's Magazine's#1 Indie CD of the Year,and the Star 98.7Lilith Fair Contesthosted by Ryan Seacrest. The East Coast world knows Deedee as an award-winning actor. The West Coast knows her as an award-winning singer/songwriter. Finally a show that ties all of Deedee O'Malley's talents together in one platform. Upon graduating with a BFA in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University and winning best actress 3 years in a row, O'Malley quickly landed a starring role in the Off-Broadway children's musical Sneakers. O'Malley not only starred in the show but eventually added two original songs to the soundtrack. Deedee has composed music for three successful theatrical musicals. Her last musical No Time to Weep ran at the Matrix Theatre in Hollywood for 8 weeks in 2012. Deedee is a co-writer of the theme song for weekly TV series Live Life & Win!
Arranger Bettie Ross is an award-winning composer and keyboardist. She has 2 gold records for pipe organ performances on albums by Meat Loaf and Faith Hill. Her solo piano CD, won Best Solo Piano Album and Best Solo Piano Song at the 2009 Just Plain Folks Awards. Bettie composed the music for Nancy Cartwright's Dramalogue award-winning one-woman show In Search of Fellini,as well as Neon: a Vaudeville of Obsessions. For Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Bettie worked as part of the music prep team and assisted arranger/composer David Campbell.
Waiting for Johnny Depp is playing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at The Secret Rose Theatre 11246 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601. For tickets go to plays411.com/johnnydepp or call (323) 960-7788.


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Branches and hours
Mobile Library - Note: Mobile Library will not operate for the week commencing Monday 1 October 2018
Branches and hours
|Opening Hours
58 Brisbane Street
Tel: 07 5540 5142
Monday: 9am - 5.30pm
3 High Street
Tel: 07 5463 3064
Monday: 9am - 5.30pm
12 Kidston Street
Tel: 07 5543 5791
Monday: 9am - 1.30pm
Tamborine Mountain
Corner Main St & Yuulong Rd
Tel: 07 5540 5473
Monday: 9am - 5.30pm
Membership is free to all permanent residents of the Scenic Rim region. New members need to show proof of identity and residence such as:
- A Scenic Rim Regional Council (SRRC) rates notice
- A Queensland drivers licence showing an address within the SRRC
- A card showing that the applicant is enrolled to vote in a local electorate
- An occupancy lease for six months or longer for a residence within the SRRC
Scenic Rim Regional Council Library Service has full reciprocal borrowing rights with all Queensland councils under the terms of the State Library of Queensland Service Level Agreement. A separate library card is required for each council library service that a member uses. One of the following proofs of identity and residency will be required:
- A Queensland drivers licence
- A membership card of another Queensland library service
- An electoral enrolment card showing the applicant is enrolled to vote in a Queensland electorate.
Temporary membership is available to all non-residents, who do not meet the criteria for resident or reciprocal membership - please contact your local branch for further details.
Mobile Library
Note: Mobile Library will not operate for the week commencing Monday 1 October 2018
The Scenic Rim Regional Council Mobile Library Service regularly visits 8 different communities throughout the region. These communities are Beechmont, Harrisville, Hillview, Kalbar, Kooralbyn, Peak Crossing, Rathdowney and Tamborine. At most locations an all day service is available to facilitate easy access (includes wheelchair access).
The Mobile Library carries over 6000 items across all collections: fiction, non-fiction, large print, talking books, magazines, junior and young adult collections as well as CDs, DVDs and online e-resources.
The vehicle has 3 public computers with access to the library catalogue, Internet and MS Office programs; and if you have your own laptop or personal device, free wireless internet connection is also available.
We are now also able to offer residents a basic customer service facility which allows payment of rates, dog registrations and purchase of the local street directory plus more. Payments can be made by eftpos, credit card, cheque or money order only.
The Mobile Library is available for attendance at community functions or special events. It can be booked during the timetable-free days at the end of each month. A wide range of programs can also be provided on the day to meet the needs of your function.
For more information or to make a booking, please contact Mobile Library staff on 0418 984 064 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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It is Opening Day damn it, it should be one of the best days – if not the very best – of every sports year. Then how come it isn't? It's because the people running the sport have no concept of the treasure they possess.
Inside the grocery store in my town, there's a little bank that posts a trivia question every week. The current question is: When is Opening Day for baseball? And, it listed five choices.
Now, if that doesn't tell you about the state of the game, then what does?
Opening Day used to mean something. For years it opened in Cincinnati, home of the Reds, baseball's oldest team, and in Washington, the nation's capital. You never know when it is from year to year.
There's always Internet chatter at making the Monday after the Super Bowl a holiday. Why? So people can sleep off their hangovers?
Tell me, what are the best days in sports? The Super Bowl is one, a monster for sure. How about the NFL championship game Sunday? Or the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament?
The NFL has its Opening Weekend down pat with the Super Bowl champ starting on the Thursday before the first Sunday. Baseball's start used to be in the nation's spotlight, but it foolishly gave away that day, which is also part of Bud Selig's legacy.
We've had the first game of the baseball season start several times in Japan, with those teams returning to the United States for more spring training games. Yeah, they had the think tank working overtime for that one.
Baseball 2015 started Easter Sunday night in frigid Chicago at the construction site known as Wrigley Field, where there were only two restrooms on the main concourse. Nobody thought to order portable restrooms, of course. Did anybody notice those photos of cups of urine lined up?
It would have been great to get a comment from new commissioner Rob Manfred. Maybe he'll have something to say on the time of the game, which was over three hours.
The game, by the way, was broadcast on MLB Network, which much of the country doesn't have. Today's games include an interleague match-up with the Red Sox in Philadelphia. Interleague play is tough to stomach already, but under no circumstances should there be interleague games on Opening Day.
There are also three games that start at, or after, 7 p.m., EDT, that would be in conflict with the NCAA Championship. Two are to be telecast on ESPN. Who is the marketing genius behind that one?
Sports will conflict with each other, but can't anybody look at a calendar to see what they are up against? Why not give the NCAA the first Monday, and let baseball have Tuesday? Go wall-to-wall games starting at noon and running to midnight. Now, that should be a national holiday.
Baseball talks about the need to market itself better, especially for the next generation, but it doesn't get it. This little tweak can spark the imaginations of kids across the country.
My late father understood it on April 7, 1970, when he took my brother and I out of school for the day to watch the Indians on Opening Day against Baltimore. Dave McNally against Sam McDowell.
Despite his note, the school did not approve, but he took us out anyway. He reasoned we would take more from being at that game than anything we would have learned that day in class.
He was right. Baseball was very big in our home, and it still is in our family. That's how you cultivate the fans of tomorrow.
Looking back, he was right, and it is one of my fondest memories of him.
My dad got it 45 years ago. I wonder how many fathers around the country got it today, and will get it next Monday and take their kids to Citi Field.
What I do know, is the people running Major League Baseball don't get it.
ON DECK: What is with the Opening Day lineup?


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 28, 2012) – The 34th annual Niswonger Foundation Track and Field Invitational came to a close on Saturday inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center, with the ETSU men's and women's track and field teams putting together numerous top-five performances on their way to completing a quality weekend.
"This was by far our best meet of the year," ETSU assistant coach Eli Sunquist said. "We had more personal bests set than I can remember. It's very encouraging to see the amount of progress we're making meet after meet. It's also always nice to be able to perform at home, where we feel we compete at our best."
ETSU's best performances of the day came in the women's long jump, as three Buccaneers made the top-10, including freshmen Katerina Vodova (Humpolec, Czech Republic) and Taylor Story (Germantown, Tenn.) taking the silver and bronze in the event, respectively. Vodova, the reigning A-Sun Women's Field Athlete of the Week, leapt 5.68m to outleap her personal best of 5.58m, while Story marked a distance of 5.64m to crush her personal best of 5.43m.
Sophomore Chelsea Clark (Fairmont, W.V.) got the day started at 8 a.m., earning ETSU a top-10 bright and early by finishing ninth in the women's 5000m. Clark's time of 18:20.74 in the event was a new personal best, blowing by her previous mark of 19:34.84, set at last year's A-Sun Indoor Championships, by 1:14.10.
The distance events continued with the women's mile run, as ETSU junior Melissa Peters (Mesa, Ariz.) took third place in the event after completing her run in 5:22.43. The men's mile ensued with freshman local product Adam Chase (Kingsport, Tenn.) taking fourth place after completing the event in 4:27.18.
In the afternoon, senior thrower Justin Burton (Bastian, Va.) set a career mark in the shot put with a 15.23m toss. The mark bested his previous career distance of 15.00m, and earned Burton fourth place in the event.
Freshman Jadon Short (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) stepped up in the finals of the men's long jump, leaping 7.34 meters to take the bronze. Fellow classmate K'vonte Scott (Virginia Beach, Va.), who set the ETSU record in the heptathlon last weekend at the CNU Captains Invitational and Multis, finished the event with a mark a 6.65m to earn a new personal best.
Junior Tim O'Dell (Palm Coast, Fla.) continued his success from Friday, running in the 400m dash finals and finishing in third place to the tune of a 48.30 clip. O'Dell's time set a new indoor personal best, seizing his 48.90 mark set two weeks ago at the Virginia Tech Invitational.
The winner of the 400m, Manteo Mitchell (unattached), finished with a time of 47.28 to make history inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Manteo's time in the event put him at ninth fastest in the world, and qualified him for the USA Indoor Championships.
The Bucs then put together multiple top-fives in the men's and women's 60m dash, as sophomore Emani Harrison (Columbia, S.C.) and freshman Demetria Edgecomb (Spartanburg, S.C.) finished second and third with times of 7.65 and 7.87, respectively, with Edgecomb's time marking a personal best. Ifrish Alberg (Paramaribo, Suriname) added to ETSU's 60m success, finishing fourth in the men's final at a time of 6.86.
Edgecomb earned her second top-five of the day in the 60m hurdles, placing third in the finals with a new personal best time of 8.89. Freshman Nicole Alexander (Rock Hill, S.C.) also qualified for the finals with her time from Friday, and placed tenth with a personal best time of 9.27.
The final notable on the day for ETSU was freshman Filip Jalovy (Modrice, Czech Republic), who finished fourth in the mile run at 4:16.60. His time bested his previous career mark in the event of 4:24.30 by 5.70.
ETSU makes its final trip of the indoor season next Saturday, when it travels to State College, Pa. for the Penn State Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. The Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships will then take place at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center from February 17-18.
For more information on ETSU track and field, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the track and field links.


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Plan to attend the 19th Annual Science & Nature Conference on May 15, 2013 at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
Plan to attend the 19th Annual Science & Nature Conference on May 15, 2013 at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
The conference is for students in grades K-8 and will begin at 8:00 am with registration and conclude at 2:00 pm.
Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marias is the keynote speaker. He began his third attempt (in January 2013) to become the first person to summit Mount McKinley (also known as Denali) alone in the month of January.
After nineteen days he was forced, by several factors, to make the decision to begin descending the Alaska mountain.
During an arctic career spanning 25 years, Dupre has traveled over 15,000 miles throughout the high arctic and polar regions by dog team, ski and kayak. He will have many interesting stories and great photographs of his travels to share with conference participants.
Last year's conference drew over 1400 participants. Parents can register their children on their own. With many different topics, all students can find hands-on classes they're interested in attending.
A sampling of topics include kitchen chemistry, grossology, rockets, crime scene investigation, geocaching, mysteries of Egypt, minerals and rocks, zoo careers, stargazing, conservation exploration, engineering, emergency room activities, cryogenics, planetarium shows, and much more.
Students must be pre-registered and accompanied by an adult to attend the conference. The early bird registration deadline is March 27 with the final registration deadline on April 3. Register early for a better chance for your child to get the classes they're most interested in.
The conference brochure and registration form are available on SW/WC Service Cooperative's website: www.swsc.org/studentactivities. If you have questions, contact Andrea Anderson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 507-537-2257.


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HENGTSUN, Taiwan - Super Typhoon Usagi, the most powerful storm of the year, brought torrential rain and ferocious winds to Taiwan Saturday, leaving tens of thousands without power and throwing travel plans into disarray as it barrelled towards Hong Kong.
Southern Taiwan was battered by the storm, which rolled past the Batanes island group in the far north of the Philippines overnight - tearing coconut trees in half - and headed on towards the Chinese mainland.
By 1100 GMT Usagi was 610 kilometres (400 miles) southeast of Hong Kong, forcing local carrier Cathay Pacific to warn that all its flights in and out of the city will be cancelled from 6:00 pm (1000 GMT) on Sunday.
Usagi was packing maximum sustained winds of up to 195 kilometres per hour, the Hong Kong Observatory said, as people in the city reinforced windows in anticipation of the approaching storm's impact.
In Taiwan's southern Pintung county, storms flooded remote villages, forcing troops to evacuate dozens of people, the state Central News Agency said.
"I thought a tsunami was hitting... I've never encountered this before in my life," it quoted as saying a 60-year-old woman who was scrambling to safety with her pet.
Six people were injured in Kinmen, a Taiwan-controlled island off China's southeastern Fujian province, after they were hit by fallen trees, according to the Central Emergency Operation Centre.
The typhoon also left 45,000 homes powerless and more than 5,000 households without water, it said. Pictures showed overturned vehicles, fallen branches and rivers of muddy water flooding the streets.
A total of 77 domestic and five international flights were cancelled and ferry services suspended, with schools and offices in many parts of Taiwan closed, especially in the south and east, authorities said.
The defence ministry deployed more than 3,000 soldiers to "high-risk" areas and placed 24,000 others on standby.
Nearly 3,000 people had already been evacuated, officials said, as the Central Weather Bureau warned people to expect up to 1.2 metres (47 inches) of rain.
In the Philippines' Batanes island chain terrified locals spent the night in their houses as savage winds raged outside.
"This is the strongest typhoon to hit Batanes in 25 years," Dina Abad, the district's representative to Congress, told AFP.
"The howling winds began at midnight and they churned up to eight-metre waves that damaged the port and sank moored fishing boats," she said, quoting a mayor of one coastal town.
She said coconut trees were torn in half or were uprooted, while terrified residents couldn't sleep as the storm battered roofs above their heads. The aviation tower at the island's airport was also badly damaged.
"I think the estimate of the damage will be bigger tomorrow when have a clearer assessment on the ground," she said.
In Hong Kong, officials issued a standby signal number one, the first in a five-step tropical cyclone warning system with winds expected to strengthen later Saturday and on Sunday.
"It is anticipated that disruptions will continue on 23 September, Monday," flag carrier Cathay Pacific said in a statement.
Operators at the city's port, one of the busiest in the world, said they would cease work late Saturday.
China's National Meteorological Center issued a red alert - its highest-level warning - as it forecast gale-force winds and heavy rain.
It said Usagi would affect the coastal areas of the provinces of Guangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian as it moved northwest.
Nearly 23,000 fishing boats had earlier taken shelter in Fujian province ahead of the storm, state media reported, while more than 4,000 people living in coastal areas were evacuated.
The region is regularly pummelled by tropical storms. Typhoon Bopha left a trail of destruction in the southern Philippines last year, triggering floods and landslides that left more than 1,800 dead and missing and displaced nearly one million people.
In August 2009, Typhoon Morakot killed about 600 people in Taiwan, most of them buried in huge landslides in the south, in one of the worst natural disasters to hit the island in recent years.
Hong Kong rarely suffers major loss of life as a result of tropical storms, although Typhoon Rose in 1971 killed 110 people in the city.
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Beverage-Air Kegerator & Beer Cooler
Bev-Air kegerators come in sizes large enough to hold four kegs down to single-keg coolers, including the popular Beverage-Air BM23. Their insulated towers allow cold air to circulate throughout, so every drop of beer is kept cold until the moment it is dispensed. Bottle-coolers make a nice complement behind the bar for holding bottle and can beer. Their glass doors make an attractive display for bar patrons, too.


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On a side note, I have a audigy 2 zs in my core too, which I have trouble with spdif coax sound. in alsamixer, i only see spdif optical and if I turn it off, I get sound on coax, but trying dts for example gives me nasty hissing sounds. I know l3mce said he is working on it ( god knows, he is working on a lot of stuff).


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An illegitimate child is one who is born of parents who were not legally married to one another at the time of the child's birth, and who remain unmarried to one another.
By law and jurisprudence, the mother of an illegitimate child has sole parental authority and is entitled to keep the child in her company. This rule continues to apply even when the father of the child acknowledges filiation (paternity), although the court may order the father to provide support as a result of the acknowledgment, but not custody.
In one case (Briones vs. Miguel, GR 156343, Oct. 18, 2004), the Supreme Court upheld the illegitimate child's mother's custody even when the mother was working in Japan and eventually brought the child out of the country to live with her there.
True, there are exceptions to this rule but only when there are compelling reasons to deprive the mother of custody. Examples are neglect or abandonment, unemployment, immorality, habitual drunkenness, drug addiction, maltreatment of the child, insanity, and affliction with a communicable disease.
Merely working abroad while entrusting the child to the care of the maternal grandparents or other immediate family member does not seem to be one of the grounds for taking away custody from the mother. It cannot be considered as abandonment or neglect as well.


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ROCHESTER — Three people were taken to the hospital Monday after a head-on collision at the intersection of Highland Street and Eastern Avenue.
Around 1:32 p.m., a Jeep Cherokee, driven by Somersworth resident Linda Dodier, was in a collision with a Toyota Avalon, driven by Milton resident Joanne Wilson, who police say failed to yield at the intersection.
The two drivers, as well as Wolfeboro resident Walter Fisher, who was Dodier's passenger, were transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital for injuries not considered to be life threatening.
From the scene of the accident, police learned that Dodier was traveling east on Highland Street and had a green light as she drove through the intersection with Eastern Avenue. Wilson was traveling west on Highland Street, and, also having a green light, was making a left turn onto Eastern Avenue.
According to police, Wilson turned into the path of Dodier's vehicle and was therefore struck.
Wilson was issued a summons for alleged failure to yield as a result of the accident.


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Seize the Deal and Grab Some Rock the Gap Tickets
SweetKiss Momma and Massy Ferguson are blowing the roof off at one of Yakima's biggest open-air concerts of the year, Rock the Gap -- and if you Seize the Deal from the Kiwanis Club of Yakima you can pick up two tickets for $20.
Hey, the kids get a break in the summer, why can't you?
The May 31 event features local food, wines and beers, and the proceeds benefit a range of charity and children's causes that Yakima's Kiwanis support.
Gates are open from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Sarg Hubbard Park, 111 S. 18th St.
Here are the Seize the Deal details: No cash value. No cash/credit back. Not valid with any other offers. Photo ID required. No one under 21 will be admitted. Valid for May 31, 2014, at 7 p.m. only. Does not include dinner.


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Today's writer is Leigh Caron. She describes the genre as "humorous women's fiction", and I keep getting the giggles because I keep thinking it might be for humorous women, but I KNOW what she means!
IS IT NOW YET? by Leigh Caron
If hot flashes and a frigid marriage aren't enough to push Em to the brink, when she hires a rugged younger Mexican guest worker to rescue her Ohio native prairie garden from being plowed under, his tender ways not only thaw her broken heart but set her pants on fire! Unable to live the charade of her marriage anymore, Em must find the courage to follow her heart for the first time in her life. IS IT NOW YET? is one woman's coming of middle-age journey.
- It's admirably succinct.
- But we do need to know how it ends. It would be good for the blurb on the jacket but the pitch needs to give the agent or publisher more of a sense of how the journey goes and how it ends.


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Road Closed Promotions
Starting new this year is Road Closed Promotions. We are here to offer motorcycle events, track days and racing. While we may have a supermoto influence we are not exclusive to supermoto. This year we will be hosting events at DCTC and BIR for 2018 that are open to all road bikes. Our focus is to optimize your time on track and provide you with a fun easy going atmosphere to hang with your peeps, enjoy the day riding and learn something new. We will have on hand instructors to assist you with supermoto and sport bike techniques and skills training. We have a great group of friends who've been riding with me for years with various backgrounds from AMA, CRA, supermoto racers from NWGP to MSF instructors to skilled street riders with a passion to make your day the best it can be. More details will be released after the first of the year...so mark your calendars and come ride with us!!


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As customer satisfaction and peace of mind are very important to us we have decided to EXTEND our exchange/returns policy for Christmas Gifts ordered before the big day.
Our 14 Day Returns Policy will start on Christmas Day (25/12/14) rather than from the date of purchase, this means that you have until Wednesday 7th January 2015 for us to receive back any items purchased as Christmas gifts.
Please see below for details of our returns policy - and please remember not to remove any labels/barcodes or tags attached to the items or dispose of packaging until you are sure you are keeping the garment.
Any item(s) can be returned for an exchange, if it qualifies under the following terms:
The item(s) must be unworn and in unsoiled condition, complete with all attached labels/tags/barcodes, the original packaging and the invoice enclosed from the original order.
All items will be checked on receipt by our QC department.
Please note that we advise that ALL Returned goods should be sent by recorded delivery and the relevant insurance cover undertaken to cover yourselves against non delivery by your chosen courier.
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Gerard Butler & Kate Walsh: White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Pre-Party!
Gerard Butler suits up while attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Pre-Party held at W Hotel Rooftop on Friday (April 26) in Washington, D.C.
The 43-year-old actor was joined by Kate Walsh and Mad Men's Jessica Pare.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Gerard Butler
Earlier in the day, Piers Morgan tweeted, "BREAKING NEWS: My official guest for the White House Correspondents dinner is @GerardButler – I believe it's called a 'man-date'. #CNN."
The day before, Kate rocked a red suit while posing for a portrait outside of the U.S. Capitol.
FYI: Kate is wearing a Stella McCartney top and jacket, Erin Fetherston pants, Gianvito Rossi pumps, and Balenciaga clutch.


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Suri Cruise: Ice Skating with Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes!
Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes take their adorable daughter Suri, 5, around an ice skating rink on Saturday (November 19) in Pittsburgh, Penn.
Looks like one super fun family night out!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Suri Cruise
At one point during the evening, Tom planted a sweet kiss on Katie's forehead. And earlier in the day, the trio went window shopping around the area.
Just the day before on November 18, the happy couple celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary. Congrats Tom and Katie!!
FYI: Katie is wearing an Isabel Marant sweater.


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If the La Salle football team's body of work heading into this weekend hadn't yet made it the favorite to win the Division I title, Friday night's performance against Bishop Hendricken certainly did.
The Rams are the team to beat.
La Salle used the legs and the arm of All-State quarterback Anthony Francis to power past the Hawks 28-7 and clinch the No. 1 seed in D-I for the second consecutive season. The Rams are 7-0, with a Thanksgiving Day game against East Providence still remaining.
Hendricken lost for the second time in its last four games, falling to 6-2. While its D-I slate is finished, the Hawks won't know if they're the No. 2 or No. 3 seed until the regular season finishes up for other D-I teams on Thanksgiving.
They will either host Cranston East in the D-I semifinals on Nov. 27 or they will travel to Portsmouth.
The Rams, meanwhile, will host either East or Portsmouth in round one, and they'll be the favorites no matter who the opponent is.
"Listen, like I told these guys, I don't think you're going to get any debate from anyone that they're the best team in the state," Hendricken head coach Keith Croft said. "They have all the tools, all the weapons."
The most important of those weapons on Friday night was Francis. The senior threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, as he accounted for 274 yards of offense by himself.
In the first half alone he completed 15-of-19 passes for 165 yards, as he helped La Salle jump out to a 21-0 lead at the break.
"Anthony did a fantastic job," La Salle head coach Geoff Marcone said. "We give him two or three plays in that set, and he's got to find the one that works. And he did. Really, we don't have much control. We rep it all week in practice and then when we come to the game, it's on him."
Francis's favorite target on the day was senior Mitchell DaSilva, who hauled in nine passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
That connection got the scoring started midway through the first quarter, as Francis found DaSilva on a wheel route up the right side on third-and-11 for a 24-yard touchdown. Drew Chretien added the extra point for a 7-0 lead.
Francis threw an interception to Lee Moses in the end zone on La Salle's next possession, following a Hendricken punt, but another Hendricken punt gave the Rams the ball back with 5:27 left in the second quarter.
From there, Francis engineered a nine-play, 82-yard touchdown drive that culminated with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Francis to Tyneil Cooper on fourth-and-5. On the drive, Francis went 4-of-5 for 78 yards, including a 66-yard hook-up with DaSilva. Chretien's extra point extended the lead to 14-0 with 2:36 left in the half.
"Francis, he was just phenomenal throwing the ball tonight," Croft said. "Across the field, across his body, he was throwing the ball on a line."
On the kickoff, La Salle sent the ball out of bounds, and Hendricken took over on its own 36-yard line. But on the first play, quarterback Patrick Gill lofted a pass to the right that Cooper intercepted, and he returned it all the way to the Hawks' 19-yard line.
The Rams didn't waste the chance. They lost six yards on second down, but Francis found Keon Wilson for 12 yards on third-and-16, and then hit Josh Morris for 8 yards on fourth-and-4. On the next play, Francis plowed into the end zone from 5 yards away with 36 seconds left in the half for the 21-0 lead.
"That was huge," Marcone said. "We said that once we got that turnover, 'Hey, we've got to get points out of this. Let's get points, let's get a touchdown or even a field goal.' That pick was huge. It carried us into the second half."
In that first half, La Salle ran 38 plays compared to Hendricken's 20 and it out-gained the Hawks 246-59. The Rams had 11 first downs to Hendricken's four.
Gill completed just one pass in the first two quarters, and 42 of the Hawks' 50 rushing yards came on one play – a second-quarter rush by Remmington Blue.
"I think what we were seeing, the looks we were getting was what we were looking for," Marcone said. "What we saw, we made a lot of audibles, a lot of adjustments."
The second half was significantly better for Hendricken, as it still struggled offensively but saw its defense rise to the occasion. The Hawks, who have allowed the fewest points in D-I, forced La Salle to turn the ball over on downs on its first three possessions of the second half. All three of those times, the Rams were in Hendricken territory and twice they were inside the 10, but the Hawks held tough despite the score.
The 28 points La Salle scored actually tied its lowest output of the league season.
"I know the score is a little deceiving, but I think our kids played really well defensively," Croft said. "We put our defense in some bad spots throughout the course of the game, and you can't do that against a team like La Salle."
On the Rams' fourth possession of the half, they found the end zone again, as Francis hooked up with DaSilva from 17 yards out on a fourth-and-11 play, making the score 28-0.
"He's leading us in receptions," Marcone said of DaSilva. "No one really knows. Everyone talks about Keon and Tyneil because they make all the big plays, but he's quietly been one of our steady, strong guys. That's Mitchell. He quietly goes about his business and does his job."
Hendricken answered from there, putting together its best drive of the night. In just three plays it marched down the field. Gill completed a 34-yard pass to Michael Scarcella to start the drive and the two connected again soon after for a 39-yard score.
Scarcella quietly put together a strong game, as he had five catches for 177 yards and the touchdown. He also had another touchdown called back on a questionable offensive pass interference call.
Gill finished 5-of-11 for 177 yards threw the air, while Blue was Hendricken's leading rusher with 67 yards. Morris was La Salle's leader on the ground with 122 yards. Francis added 75, and 199 yards passing.
The Hawks will now wait to find out their playoff fate, with an eye on the Thanksgiving game between Cranston East and Cranston West. If East wins, Hendricken will be the No. 2 seed and it will host East. If West wins – which would drop East out of a three-way tie for second and into the fourth spot – the Hawks will be the No. 3 seed and will travel to Portsmouth.
Hendricken also has its annual Thanksgiving game with Toll Gate, which has been moved to Wednesday night this season. That game is now scheduled for Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.
And then its playoff time again, as the Hawks will try to win their third consecutive state championship.
It will be an uphill climb, but Hendricken needs only to look at last year to see that it's possible. A season ago, the Hawks lost 39-14 to La Salle during the regular season before upsetting the Rams 17-14 in the Super Bowl.
First, though, they'll need to win their semifinal game.
"I did bring up last year," Croft said. "But I cautioned my team. The difference was, we had a whole season to make a lot of improvement. The window is a lot smaller this year. That being said, we said we'd love to see them again, but you can't look past anyone. You can't talk about having another shot at them until you win a playoff game, and that's going to be a battle no matter who you play."


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Last year I committed to the challenge by pledging to write 250 words daily during the month of February. The word count was not the important part to me, it was the ability to do it daily and complete the challenge. I did it! I completed the challenge and posted my writing as blog posts every day in February.
This year I am doing the challenge in a different way. I plan to write 300 to 500 words per day but this writing will not appear as blog posts. I want to develop a story line more detailed that I would use for a blog. I will do several biographical portraits using a timeline as an outline. There will be additional research involved in adding details to the genealogical facts I have determined.
My first selection is my Grandfather Adolf Halfdan Hansen, who immigrated from Norway when he was 11 and one half years old.


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Four of Manchester City's title-chasing team and three Tottenham players have been named in the PFA's Premier League Team of the Year.
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Four of Manchester City's title-chasing team and three Tottenham players have been named in the PFA's Premier League Team of the Year.
England goalkeeper Joe Hart was selected between the posts while there were also places for defender Vincent Kompany and midfielders Yaya Toure and David Silva.
Tottenham had three players included, with England stars Kyle Walker and Scott Parker joined by last year's PFA Player of the Year Gareth Bale.
Wayne Rooney was the only representative from champions Manchester United with the league's top goalscorer, Arsenal's Robin van Persie, joining him in attack.
Champions League-chasing Newcastle have been the surprise package of the season and were represented in the XI by Argentina defender Fabricio Coloccini.
Everton full-back Leighton Baines was rewarded for another impressive season by being handed a place, meaning there were no representatives from Champions League semi-finalists Chelsea.
Premier League: Joe Hart (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham),
Vincent Kompany (Man City), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle), Leighton Baines (Everton), David Silva (Man City), Yaya Toure (Man City), Gareth Bale
(Tottenham), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Man Utd).


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I'm sure you have all heard the old saying, "never let facts get in the way of a good story", well Fox News has certainly done just that. During a report by Fox Five which is aired in New York, a reporter was telling the story of how lines were already forming outside of the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in anticipation of the iPhone 5 launch. Fox Five then inexplicably cut to a video showing an ultra-thin device which was actually a concept done way back in August 2011 and nothing like the iPhone 5 that we all saw announced last week. The report then goes on to explain some of the new features of the iPhone 5 and again they are all amazingly incorrect.
"Staring at $200, the iPhone 5 is sleeker, has a laser keyboard, holographic images and other cool new features."
The laser keyboard is again from the same concept video as the ultra thin iPhone and the holographic display ability just beggars belief. I really can't understand why a news network like Fox can't carry out some simple research on a product prior to reporting on it to a huge audience. All they had to do was read our fantastic iPhone 5 everything you need to know post and they wouldn't be looking quite so silly this morning!
You can see the news report from Fox in the video above, the misinformation starts to pour out around the 42 second mark, sit back, relax and laugh loudly!


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Landmark Vineyards' roadside mailbox in Kenwood, Calif. is a John Deere tractor facsimile. Deere is also a name on the mail.
Yep, it's the same Deere as in John.
Michael Deere Colhoun is the great, great, great grandson of the man who invented the steel plow. The former Stanford, Conn. commercial real estate executive who grew up on a dairy farm is the proprietor, along with his wife Mary, of Landmark, one of the Sonoma Valley's most recognized wineries.
A real, meticulously restored John Deere Model A sits at the entrance to Landmark on Adobe Canyon Road, an even bigger clue that the owner is an ancestor of the man who built the world's largest farm equipment manufacturer from that single steel plow.
The connection between Colhoun and his great, great, great grandfather runs far deeper than name alone.
Listening to Colhoun's goals for and the evolution of Landmark from just another winery to one of the premier wine houses on the North Coast is like hearing the echo from the past of John Deere who said, "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me."
Deere was the first to create the steel plow. Colhoun, however, has plenty of competition in the rarified world of ultra premium California and imported wines. On what seems like every corner of every main rural road in the valley, there are signposts with arrows pointing to dozen of wineries, all inviting Wine aficionados to tasting rooms.
The Colhouns are relative newcomers on the North Coast. They moved from the Northeast to California in 1992 at the invitation of Mike's mother, Damaris Deere Wiman Ethridge, who became a partner in Landmark in 1974 when it was in Windsor, Calif.
The partners sold the Windsor property and John Deere's great, great granddaughter bought 20 acres in Sonoma Valley and became sole owner of the Landmark name and wanted her son to run a new vineyard and winery in Kenwood.
"She worked on me for two years to move to California and take over Landmark," said Colhoun. She was subtle about it, never pushing too hard, he admits. After visiting several times, Mary and Mike and their two children traded the East Coast for California's North Coast.
"I talked to a lot of people who were successful, and they all encouraged me to come to California. Gradually I got the wine bug," he said.
The bug has bitten many and it has coined the phrase heard often in Napa and Sonoma counties; the North Coast wine business is where you can take a large fortune and make it a small fortune.
The Colhouns have been successful where many others have not. Landmark produces about 30,000 cases of wine per year, two-thirds Chardonnay. Landmark competes in the $25 to $60 per bottle market, the most rapidly growing wine market in the U.S. Landmark sales total $6 million annually with a 20-percent profit in a good year.
"Why have we succeeded where others have not? One reason is that we wanted to stay very focused from the beginning … to do one thing well ... make the best quality Chardonnay we can.
"We vowed to keep it simple and not try to make six or seven varietals right off the bat in hopes of maybe getting one or two right and let three or four go wrong," he said. "We also had no preconceived ideas about the business. We looked at Landmark with open minds. We listened to people." They hired a business consultant in the beginning to develop a plan for the winery. "We stuck with it and did not deviate. I think that was one reason we have enjoyed success."
The success comes with recognition of wine quality and value and that leads to sales. Landmark wines have won the praise of people like noted wine critic Robert Parker. The Wine Spectator ranks Landmark among the 100 top Chardonnays. Landmark's Grand Detour Pinot Noir has made Wine Enthusiast's editors choice. Magazines like House and Garden and Food and Wine have recognized Landmark wines as among the best. Its Damaris Reserve Chardonnay consistently draws scores of more than 90 in wine judging.
The climb to the top started when the Colhouns followed winemaker Eric Stern's recommendation to hire Helen Turley as consulting enologist, one of the most respected enologists on the North Coast. "She had made a little bit of a name for herself overall when we first arrived, but in the small circle of premium winemakers she was really respected. She brought to us credibility in helping our winemaking team develop style and methodology."
As their wines became recognized, the Colhouns took to the road to promote the acclaim.
"To be successful you have to have a great product, and we believe we do. However, you cannot come up here and be a gentleman farmer, even with a great wine. You have get out there and promote your product. You cannot be successful by people coming to you," he said.
Colhoun said only about 10 percent to 20 percent of the people who get into his style of winemaking make a profit. "The wine business is different from any other business," he said.
The Colhouns focus on selling their wine to people "who want something extraordinary in quality. The way we want to position our wine we cannot cut corners in terms of the vineyards and people who supply us with fruit."
For example, Landmark uses only French oak barrels. "With the imbalance between the values of the euro and the dollar, it costs us $1,000 per barrel for French oak when American oak is only $500. But, if you are going to be in the ultra premium world, you have to walk the walk, not just talk the talk," he said.
Landmark purchases Chardonnay grapes from as many as 28 different vineyards. Most (23) are Chardonnay vineyards. The remainder yields grapes for the winery's Syrah and Pinot Noir, Landmark's newest wines.
Head winemaker Stern said getting grapes from so many vineyards is Landmark's way of hedging its bet.
"The vineyards we deal with year after year provide consistent, high quality grapes. However, by dealing with more than two dozen growers, if one has a bad year for weather reasons or whatever, it would represent only about 4 percent to 5 percent of our crush," said Stern.
Landmark crushes only about 500 tons per year. It is all hand picked and delivered to the Sonoma Valley winery in 1,000-pound bins.
"As a winery, we are in the enviable position of not having to put inferior grapes into a bottle of Landmark wine. If it is not what we want to sell, we put it on the bulk market," said Stern.
Most all of Landmark's grapes for its flagship Chardonnay wines are from Sonoma County, primarily from four appellations — Sonoma Valley, Carneros, Sonoma Coast, and Russian River.
Landmark buys small lots of Chardonnay from vineyards in Monterey and Santa Barbara counties. Its Pinot Noir grapes are mostly from the Sonoma Coast with a small lot from Santa Barbara County. The Syrah is all from Sonoma Valley.
Stern and his assistant winemaker Greg Stach visit all the vineyards throughout the summer monitoring progress, tasting the grapes and suggesting vineyard management practices.
"We really like dealing with real professionals. They are usually way ahead in anticipating what needs to be done in the vineyard to ensure quality and doing it. It is much easier than dealing with growers who do not have technical background or years of experience in managing grapes," he said.
"We do not have to dictate how to produce great quality grapes; most of the growers we deal with have been doing it for years," said Colhoun, who has contracts with all of Landmark's growers. Most are evergreen contracts.
Like any business, there are those who stand out as grape growers. "It is really a small, coffee shop world up here. As we listen to different winemakers and taste a lot of different wines, you learn who is among the elite growers here," said Colhoun, who pays a 20 percent premium for grapes over recommended North Coast prices.
"A lot of times vineyards are looking at us as hard as we look at them. They want to know what does our label bring to their grapes?" he said.
Both Stern and Stach are California State University, Fresno enology graduates.
"I took a few viticulture courses in college, but most of what I learned about viticulture I learned over the past 20 years in the vineyards," said Stern. "Viticulture is more complex than enology.
"I have learned that good grapes make good wine. Perfectly balanced fruit from a vineyard means you do not have to do much in the cellar, and that is preferable."
Grape growing techniques continue to evolve with new technology like drip irrigation, narrower rows and vine spacing and ever changing trellising systems.
Stern said the biggest change he has seen in his 20 years on the North Coast is the matching of varietals with soils and locations.
In the 1970s and into the 1980s there was little consideration for matching environment with varieties.
"People would buy 20 acres and decide they wanted to make several wines so they would put in five acres of Cabernet, five of Merlot, five of Riesling, and five of Chenin blanc without regard to whether the area would produce quality grapes for the wines they wanted to make."
Stern said winemakers and viticulturists know much more today about matching location with variety, "but we still have a ways to go. The European model is 1,000 years old. We have been at it a little over 100 years," he added. "Having said that, we definitely do much better matching soils and locations to varietals."
Landmark is ranked among the elite on the North Coast. Colhoun said the challenge is to stay there by maintaining quality and tweaking a good thing.
"The big thing is to add new vineyard designates on the label to give people something new," said Colhoun.
Twenty percent of Landmark's sales are via its tasting room and wine club, and the Colhouns are working to increase that. "We think it can be 30 percent to 40 percent."
Another way to increase sales is to take the tasting room to the consumers.
Landmark has joined with eight other North Coast wineries to open a wine tasting room called the Press Club in the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco.
"It is a great opportunity for us. It will increase our exposure with the wine drinking world that comes to San Francisco, but never make it to wine country. Studies have shown 60 percent of the people who visit San Francisco plan to make a visit to wine country, but never make it. So we are opening an urban tasting room for them," he said.
Landmark sells every Chardonnay vintage, but Colhoun does not plan to expand production. "I do not want to lose the quality aspect of what we are doing and getting bigger might do that. I do not want to make us generic," he explained. "I think we are in a good economic environment for doing what we are doing."
"The premium and ultra premium markets are expanding. The young millennium group is drinking wine. Younger men are drinking more wine than beer. It is an exciting business we are in, and we must continue to market to the up-and-coming group with quality."
Stern is enthused that the 2007 crop will fit that goal.
"I tasted these 2007 wines as grapes in the vineyard, as juice and now in the malo-lactic fermentation process. What I have noticed is a broad pattern of Chardonnay wines evolving very dramatically in richness and complexity. In many ways they are more intriguing than any recent vintages, and we have had a string of good vintages.
"I think the 2007 Chardonnay is going to be extraordinary. I am excited about so many good wines. The 2007 blends will have a lot of good elements" said the veteran enologist.
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This year's flu season is shaping up to be a bad one and workers should take note of when it is time to call in sick.
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According to the Center for Disease Control Guidelines, people should stay home for 24 hours after running a fever, but many workers don't heed this advice and often to go into the still sick because they don't want to lose a pay day or waste hard-earned vacation or sick leave. The Center for American Progress reports 38% of employees in the private sector workers don't have one paid sick day—making it tough choice to stay at home in bed to recover.
Experts warn that ignoring an illness or returning to work too early can end up costing workers more in the long run. "If you go to work you could get sicker because you are at work not healing," says Trisha Torrey, About.com Guide to Patient Empowerment. "It can cost you more than a lost day of pay."
Here's a look at three reasons why employees should call in sick.
Going to Work Sick Can Cost More
In a perfect world, employer would pay you for sick days, but that often doesn't happen. This especially holds true for hourly workers, who come in sick over fear of having their pay docked. Working while still sick will make it harder for the body to recover and could lead to more intense illness that could keep a worker out of commission for a long time and racking up big doctor bills.
"It causes more damage if they do go to work," says Torrey. "If they get sicker it will cost even more because they will lose more time or lose more money."
Employers Don't Want Sick Workers
While a company doesn't want healthy employees calling out sick, it also doesn't want sick workers showing up and infecting co-workers. If enough people get sick it can impact the ability to run a department or an organization which is going to cost the company money, says Paul McDonald, senior executive director of staffing company Robert Half International.
Recently companies have been encouraging sick workers to stay home or, if they are up to it, to work from home to avoid contagion. "Many companies have a sickness plan in place," says McDonald, noting the responsible companies are encouraging and rewarding those employees who make the right decision not to come to work when they are sick.
Risking Social Consternation
No one wants to sit next to the person coughing all over the place, or sharing a conference table with someone constantly blowing their nose.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, people with some or all of the following symptoms: fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headache or chills may have the flu and should stay home to avoid spreading it around the office. The CDC also recommends people stay home for at least 24 hours after a fever breaks. "We've all gone to work and someone is coughing up a lung and touching the coffee pot and we're thinking how are we going to protect ourselves," says Torrey. "You can alienate your co-workers if you come to work sick."


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Carleton Exhibit Highlights Multi-Media Artist John Peña's "Daily Geology"
Submitted by Jessica Paxton on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 12:43pm
Jan 17 2013 4:30 pm
Location:Perlman Teaching Museum, Weitz Center for Creativity, Carleton College
Carleton College will highlight Pittsburgh-based, multi-media artist John Peña's "Daily Geology" in an exhibit in the Kaemmer Family Gallery of Perlman Teaching Museum, located in the Weitz Center for Creativity. Peña's two-year autobiographical project "Daily Geology" depicts one drawing a day to highlight a memorable if unremarkable moment or experience. Aiming to dramatize links between humans and nature, Peña defines his life as a slow accretion of experience; he offers small pencil drawings full of family dynamics, random encounters, personal hungers, and longings, to gradually tell the big story of a life.
Peña will appear at Carleton on Thursday, January 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Weitz Center Cinema, presenting a lecture entitled, "Silly Doodles Filled with Sorrow and Joy," followed by a 5:30 p.m. reception at the Perlman Teaching Museum.
Peña received his M.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008 then later traveled Colombia on a Fulbright Fellowship. He has attended The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Fine Arts Work Center and The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. He has also exhibited artworks at The Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh, Kevin Kavanaugh Gallery in Dublin, Kate Werble Gallery in NYC, and The Bumbershoot Arts Festival in Seattle, WA.
"Daily Geology" is on display through March 13, 2013. The Perlman Teaching Museum is located in the Weitz Center for Creativity at Third and College Streets. Hours are: Monday–Wednesday: 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; Thursday–Friday: 11:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; Saturday: noon–4:00 p.m.; and Sunday: closed. For more information, call 507-222-4342 or 4469 or visit go.carleton.edu/museum.


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GOJO Foodservice is awarding a three-day, two-night weekend getaway prize package for two to the show, which takes place May 18–21. The prize package includes hotel accommodations in downtown Chicago, airline gift card, meals and expenses, and passes to the show.
The winner will also receive free custom placement of a Purell Out Front Program for one year in his or her restaurant. The program is valued at $3,525 and makes Purell hand-sanitizing products available to restaurant customers.
"Our grand-prize winner will enjoy the getaway package to the show and will get lasting value for his or her business from the Purell Out Front Program," says Amy Stokes, GOJO Foodservice marketing. "Independent restaurant owners know the value of a clean restaurant and Purell Out Front projects 'clean' as soon as guests walk in the door."
Purell Out Front puts hand sanitizer within easy reach of restaurant guests in the front of the house. It's a flexible, easy-to-implement program that offers Purell hand-sanitizing products via manual or touch-free dispensers, individually wrapped Purell Sanitizing Wipes, canister dispensers, or pump bottles to accommodate the environmental and operational needs of all types of restaurants.
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- Neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light don't seem to exist, and
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- The Large Hadron Collider is still hunting down the elusive Higgs boson which might not exist at all. This sub-atomic particle has been nicknamed the "God Particle" -- but it looks like it's just a matter of time before people either find it or start re-writing modern physics. [url]
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SMITHFIELD, N.C. - Testimony at a recent Senate subcommittee hearing pointed out the economic "necessity of a tobacco buyout" as well as the political reality of what's riding on it.
"If we don't get it, I wouldn't want to be a politician that had to face election in November," said Keith Parrish, president of the National Tobacco Growers Association. "I mean no disrespect by that," he added, after applause from the audience died down.
Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness, organized the field hearing held at the Central Tobacco Marketing exchange in Smithfield.
Farmers, tobacco industry executives, bankers and a county commissioner all testified that, in effect, the way tobacco farmers go, so goes the fortunes of rural North Carolina. They testified that a buyout and reform of the tobacco program is the only way to save the rural economy.
A buyout would provide at least $9 billion to farmers and quota owners. North Carolina would get an estimated 40 percent of that total, going to 8,000 farmers and 80,000 quota holders. The buyout would also make American tobacco farmers more competitive in the world market.
After testimony from each group, Dole asked the witnesses what the effect of a 30-plus percent cut in quota would be on their particular segment of the industry.
This year, U.S. tobacco growers are planting the smallest crop in history. Blake Brown, North Carolina State University Extension agricultural economist, predicts that if the program is still in place in 2005, the crop could shrink by more than 30 percent.
Larry Wooten, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, said that without a buyout and an end to the current system more than the farm economy would be hurt. He specifically pointed to six counties in southeastern North Carolina that have already felt the pinch of reduced quota.
Bruce Flye, president of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation, says a cut of that magnitude would mean fewer farmers in business. Parrish made his comment about elections in response to the same question. "It affects everyone in their heart, their way of life," Parrish says. "Everybody's hanging on for a buyout."
Sam Crews, president of the Tobacco Association of North Carolina, pointed out that tobacco equipment is specific to the crop. "Unless sweeping changes are implemented many more (tobacco farmers) will unnecessarily succumb to the unprecedented and unpredictable increased pressures of simply trying to stay in business," Crews says.
On the leaf dealer side, Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.'s Todd Haymore pointed to his firm's investment of a new, multi-million dollar processing facility in North Carolina. Because of fewer burley pounds last year, Universal had to close its Danville, Va., facility seven weeks earlier than anticipated. "We are a volume-driven business," he said, "…the biggest question mark is, how long can we continue scaling back operations?"
Tommy Bunn, executive vice president of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association, says the situation with the tobacco program and the price of U.S. leaf is also affecting the export markets. "Foreign buyers are quitting doing business with us because of price," he says.
On the banking side, a 30-percent cut in quota would mean less available credit for farmers. That would have a "significant impact" on rural communities, says Gene Charville, president of East Carolina Farm Credit. More than 40 percent of the loans made by East Carolina Farm Credit are to farmers who rely on tobacco to pay their bills.
Wallace Herring, senior vice president of First Citizens Bank, says tobacco income plays a big part on the credit decision. "Reduction in tobacco has had an impact" on the ability of farmers to service debt. It's time to end the uncertainty and make the buyout a reality, while we still have the opportunity to help our farmers and their communities."
In his testimony, Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau president, said that the tobacco program is not working for farmers or the industry. "It was never designed for the current intense world competition that our farmers face today. It was never designed for large-scale farming operations. It was never designed to operate under the current marketing conditions, especially contracting. It was never designed to withstand the consequences of the Master Settlement Agreement.
"The program has run its course," Wooten says. "We have plowed this row to the cliff and can go no farther."
He called for a buyout that would adequately compensate farmers for their investment in the program and "allow many to exit the industry with dignity.
"However, there must be a stable future for those farmers who wish to invest in growing and selling tobacco," Wooten says.
This year, five buyout bills have been introduced in the House and one in the Senate. Their passage, however, is still uncertain.
Last year, efforts in the House and Senate failed to secure a buyout. Dole vowed to keep the issue on the "front burner" and take the hearing transcript with her to educate colleagues to the vital necessity of a buyout.
Two North Carolina congressmen, Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., opened the testimony.
Burr, who is running for the U.S. Senate, pointed to a recent bill, H.R. 4033, that would pay quota owners $7 per pound and growers $3 per pound. Pointing out that politics is "the art of the possible," Burr said, "I would rather get a buyout done for less money rather than lament that we couldn't get more."
Earlier bills had $8 and $4 for quota owners and growers. Food and Drug Administration regulation of cigarettes is still a contentious issue related to the buyout.
Etheridge, himself a tobacco farmer, asked, "Why can't we pass a buyout when we can send billions of dollars to Iraq?" The comment drew applause from the overflow crowd of farmers. "It's deteriorated so badly and for so long, we've got to have some relief."
Flye, the president of Stabilization, said, "Only the U.S. Congress has the authority and the power to set this right. We are pleading for our very survival.
As farm leaders, bankers and tobacco industry executives testified, many tobacco farmers in the audience wondered about their future. Some are looking at the buyout to pay off debts while others are looking at retirement or a way of staying in business.
"I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel," says Benny Collier, a Warren County tobacco producer. "If we don't get a buyout, there are going to be some mighty bad times for North Carolina."