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A helicopter, probably from Front Range Pipeline went down at approximately noon on Tuesday near La Junta near the intersection of County Road 32 and Sixth Street extended to east.
At approximately noon on Tuesday, a helicopter went down east of La Junta, near County Road 32 and the extension of Sixth Street in La Junta. At the time of this report, emergency vehicles were traversing the diagonal road across the prairie looking for the crash site.
Front Range Pipeline Manager Randy Duncan arrived at the scene about 12:30 p.m. and said, "I think it's one of mine." Further information will be forthcoming from the La Junta Fire and Rescue.
At 1:10 p.m. the wreckage was located and Engineer Josh Fieff said that injuries are being evaluated. There were no fatalities.


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A stunning bull elephant photographed in Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa by photographic safari host maestro Grant Atkinson/ Atkinson Photography & Safaris with expert guiding by Jacques Mathhysen Wildlife Photography To join him on a forthcoming photosafari/workshop, buy/licence prints and so forth, visit his website: http://www.grantatkinson.com
A male cheetah known as Kalahari is photographed on the move in Zimanga Game Reserve South Africa by professional wildlife photographer and photographic safari host, Grant Atkinson/Atkinson Photography & Safaris. Grant will be leading another exclusive Pangolin Photo Safaris workshop there in May 2015 with expert guiding by Brendon Jennings, where guests will using the amazing "bird bath" hides – Mkombe and Behjane – as well as spending time in the game viewer on the reserve. For enquiries & bookings: Click HERE
A super creche of 10 of 15 lion cubs huddle together as one of their moms lounges nearby in Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania by Thomas Mangelsen Website | Website | Website
A Southern Carmine Bee-eater photograped at sunrise at Kalizo Lodge-Zambezi River, Namibia by Frank Heitmuller during a Grant Atkinson led Pangolin Photosafaris trip. by LightNotions Photography by Frank Heitmuller
A leopard photographed just before he climbed further up a tree in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania by wildographer Thomas Retterath Link up with him: Website | Facebook Page | Flickr
Two lionesses approach C-Boy aggressively following his rough treatment of several cubs in the pride at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Picture: ©National Geographic Creative/Michael Nichols
Portrait of an African Wild Dog taken in the Khwai area in Botswana by Jos Van Bommel/Van Bommel Safaris
A gorgeous young leopard named uMhlaba photographed from a hide in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa by Nicky Classen/NickyBlue Photography Link up with her through:Twitter | Instagram
Dramatic clouds rumble over Johannesburg in a composite image made of dozens of photographs. Alexius van der Westhuizen, a 46-year-old real-estate agent, captured the dramatic thunderstorm that illuminated the night sky as hundreds of lightning bolt in full force. The image is a composition of dozens of photographs taken during three-hour sessions over the course of the summer. Lightning strikes are layered over each other to give the impression the sky is erupting with dozens of bolts at once. Picture: Greatstock / Barcroft Media
A stunning shot of a leopard mother and cub photographed high up a marula tree during a African Photographic Travel photosafari. by Andrew Schoeman Wildlife Photography Website | Instagram | Twitter | Google+
A cracking portrait of four cheetahs posing nicely for the camera by Hendri Venter Why don't you him on a trip and learn how to photograph stunning wildlife images. Website | 500px | Google+
Kings of the Masai Mara, Scarface and Morane by Laurent Renaud & Dominique Haution Website
A seal uses its flipper on the jaw of a great white shark to narrowly escape being eaten. David Baz Jenkins, spotted the near-death battle while on board a Great White shark tour boat off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. by TrackerBaz Wildlife Photography Website
A leopard sprawled up a tree in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania by Maggy Meyer Wildlife Photography To purchase this or any of her brilliant African wildlife prints just check her out via: Website | Facebook Page | Google+
A beautiful portrait of a serval taken in the Masai Mara, Kenya by Alison Buttigieg Photography Get in touch with her via the links below: Website | Twitter | Instagram | 500px | Google+
A stunning close up of a lilac breasted roller with a crunchy grub in the Kruger National Park, South Africa by Renata Ewald Wildlife & Nature Photography Website | Twitter | Tumblr
A leopard lounging up a tree by Alex Kirichko Website | 500px
Bloody and Beautiful Little Predator in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana by Bobby-Jo Clow Photography Website
This leopard got itself into a prickly situation when it tried to lunch on a porcupine. The feline was resting in a tree beside a road in Kruger National Park in South Africa when the unsuspecting rodent wandered underneath it. After the leopard was injured in its initial attack, it backed off from the porcupine and then went in for a second assault. The porcupine managed to make it across the road but was eventually taken down by the big cat. Photo by Yusuf Chavoos
A pack of African wild dogs chasing a warthog at Erindi Game Reserve, Namibia by game ranger Tim Smith. by Tim Smith/Lycaon Photography
A female leopard repositions her delicate grip on her cub before moving it to safety in Singita Game Reserve, South Africa by Ross Couper Photography Website |
African wild dog pups playing and bonding by Pascale Froment Photography
Leopard mother and cub branching out. by Michael North Imagery Website |
Baby snow monkey taking a selfie in Nagano, Japan by Jack Reynolds
A gorgeous leopard relaxing up a tree branch in the Serengeti, Tanzania by high flyer photographic safari leader Randy Hanna.Randy will be leading more trips to the Serengeti in May & September 2015. Details: http://www.randyhannaphotography.com/blog Randy Hanna Photography
A lion making his presence known in Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa by Jacques Matthysen Wildlife PhotographyJoin Jacques on a 5 days photographic safari to Kariega this May or September. Limited spaces available so book now. For the full itinerary & costs, follow link:: http://africageographic.com/expeditions/kariega-game-reserve-with-jaques-matthysen/
Lion standing in grassland of the desert in Namibia while the wind blows his mane.by Anette Mossbacher Photography.To buy or licence this or any other images, contact the links below:Website | Twitter | Google+
Leonine family gathering at the waterhole by Greg du Toit Website | 500px | Twitter | Instagram
Greater Striped Swallow at Pilanesberge National Park, South Africa by Martin Heigan Website | Facebook Page | Twitter
Evening at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia.by Fernando Quevedo
Kestrels on the hunt by Mike Seamons
Lion Family on a walk about in the Masai Mara, Kenyaby David Lazar
One of three Lion cubs found perched on a boulder along the Leopard Gorge made famous by BBC's Big Cat Diary documentaries. If you would like to join Mario Moreno on his next photo tour to Masai Mara with South Cape Images go to : Masai Mara Photo SafariFacebook Page | Website | 500px | Twitter
A leopard fixated on a herd of impalas in Zarafa Camp, Botswan by Kane Motswana, a specialist guide, photographer and San BushmanKane The BushmanWebsite
A lion in the spotlight and ready for the nights hunt at Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africaby John de JagerWebsite
A beautiful leopard spotted quenching its thirst at Zarafa Camp in Selinda Private Game Reserve, Botswana by Super Guide Lets Kamogelo.
Tree climbing elephant photographed in the Magical Mana Pools, Zimbabweby Giovanni Cassini
Cheetah mother and cub in Phinda Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africaby Richard Rothstein
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Violin Gets $96 Million to Tide It Over Till IPO
The new money reportedly comes from a flock of 126 private investors
By: Maureen O'Gara
Feb. 25, 2013 09:00 AM
Flash storage array start-up Violin Memory is storing up greenbacks.
According to an amended SEC filing made late last week it's gotten $96.3 million out of what may become $130 million in new funding.
All Things Digital reports hearing the financing was done at an implied valuation of $850 million to fund operations ahead of a delayed IPO that was supposed to come off late last year and is now supposedly targeted for early May. Granted that seems an awful lot of money for just a few months.
Violin reportedly filed to go public under that newfangled Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act that lets companies keep their financials hush-hush until close to going public.
As of last April Violin had raised $172 million, money that came from Juniper Networks, Toshiba, SAP Ventures, Highland Capital and GE Capital.
The new money reportedly comes from a flock of 126 private investors.
The Register toys with the idea that maybe Violin is using the money as a hex sign to ward off a would-be acquirer.
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Heart Build a 'Stairway to Heaven' in Ohio – Concert Review
It's not every day that the CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes time out of his busy schedule to introduce a band onstage, as Greg Harris did Monday night (July 22) at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Then again, when the band he's introducing is Heart -- a 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee -- and it's their first concert in Cleveland since the induction ceremony, the gesture makes perfect sense.
Heart proved once again why their induction was long overdue with a strong set of their own material and a raucous encore of Led Zeppelin covers performed with members of the tour's opening act, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience.
Tracklist-wise, Heart's 70-minute main set was similar to the one they've played on recent summer tours: Older singles ('Heartless,' 'Kick It Out') raged in between the band's '80s hits ('Alone,' 'What About Love'), classic-rock staples ('Barracuda,' 'Magic Man') and newer tunes (the ferocious 'Dear Old America').
Still, the set brought a couple of nice surprises. After a tranquil version of 'Dog & Butterfly' -- a song the band correctly singled out for causing plenty of "heartstring buzz" -- Nancy Wilson did a lovely solo acoustic folk version of Elton John's 'I Need You to Turn To.'
A version of 'Mistral Wind' began as delicately as these songs, but soon bloomed into a ferocious rocker; Ann Wilson screamed "Mistral! Mistral!" as a gnarly tornado of sound erupted behind her that was reminiscent of their Seattle pals Alice in Chains. And the country-tinged boogie 'Even It Up' -- introduced by Ann as "another song from the far-out '70s" -- had a playful tone that belied its pleas for equality.
Perhaps because Heart were the headlining act on this summer tour (or because they were warming up to cover/honor Led Zeppelin) their set had a little something extra. Little details during the night -- a heavier take on 'Magic Man,' the sisters hamming it up onstage during 'Kick It Out,' Ann ramping up the theatricality during 'Alone'; Nancy adding tension to her opening guitar shot on 'Crazy on You' -- elevated the performance.
The Led Zeppelin portion of the show opened with just Ann and Nancy (the former on acoustic guitar, the latter on mandolin) reprising the version of 'Battle of Evermore' they recorded as the Lovemongers. As with the main set, this familiar cover had extra oomph: Nancy's vocals boasted obvious shades of Robert Plant's emoting, and their alternating vocals were crisper and lighthearted.
After being joined onstage by drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Tony Catania, the expanded group did a barnstorming version of 'The Song Remains the Same,' as well as a mystical, psychedelic take on 'The Rain Song' and suitably heavy versions of 'Kashmir' and 'Immigrant Song.'
The encore ended with a goose bump-inducing version of 'Stairway to Heaven,' which was every bit as striking as it was when Heart played the song at the Kennedy Center Honors last year. The crowd cheered and sang along loudly as the tune unfolded and finally hit a crescendo with Ann belting out the song's climactic high notes with bluesy power. A perfect end to a satisfying night of music.


text: Art enthusiasts and budding interior decorators alike will find a lot to love at HiBid.com. We have thousands of online auctions offering works of art in a wide range of forms and styles. There are still life paintings and landscapes made in oil, watercolor, or pastels; original works as well as prints and posters, framed and unframed; plus sculptures, metalwork, plaques, needlepoints, wood carvings, tapestries, and much more. You may even see supplies up for auction to make your own works of art. If you don't find what you're looking for right now, check back again soon. Our website is continually updated, with new auction items in the Art category added daily.


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I frequently get posts on my Facebook page from a group called, "A Gathering For Kindred Souls Looking to Live Off the Grid." There is usually a swell picture of some tiny rustic cabin out in the woods, on the prairie, or on the shores of a lake. Right away the questions come to mind:
Where is your woodshed? Where is your workshop; your boneyard? Is your vehicle four-wheel drive? Does it have a garage? In your 15-by-15-foot cabin, just how big is your pantry? How often do you think you will be going to town for supplies? How far away is town? Do you have to commute to a job? Where is your garden? What are your power sources?
Call me jaded, but it is hard for me to look at a tiny home in the middle of nowhere and not think of how many things can go wrong—and of all the safety nets needed. Even after 28 years of living off-grid, my husband Bob-O and I are not immune to inevitable "adventures," as we like to call them.
When people ask me what it is like to live off-grid, I tell them it is wonderful—and it is. I describe our canyon—so small that we cannot see neighbors. Living off-grid means you do for yourself. You take the responsibility for your own life. Instead of writing a check for water, garbage, and power services, you do for yourself.
No water at the tap? Go find your plumber's wrench. You sustain your water supply. If water stops coming to your house, it is up to you to go find the problem and fix it. It's good to have an assortment of tools and spare plumbing parts on hand. That's where a well-stocked boneyard comes in.
Full trash cans and recycling bins? Load up the truck! Nobody comes to take away your trash. You have to haul it to the landfill or transfer station. Recycling is part of this life. The more you recycle, the less garbage you generate. We have a small shed lined with barrels for the various recyclables. Twice a year, a local recycling program hosts a plastic round-up, when we can take in all the odd-numbered plastics for recycling. When a container gets full, we load it up and take it to the recycling center in town. Sometimes we can get a little money for the glass or cans. Sometimes that money pays for the trip gasoline. Like recycling, composting lessens garbage and the payoff is excellent soil for your garden. Coin of my realm, you could say.
No electricity? Don your deerstalker, Sherlock, the mystery is yours to solve! By using solar, wind, and microhydro power, our electrical systems are honed to our microclimate and our lifestyle. Depending on the time of year, I could have excess energy every day or we could be running our generator to charge the batteries. When we have excess electricity, I play it fast and loose, doing laundry every day and using my new induction cooktop, with the TV on in the background to keep me company. On those days, I can be happy-go-lucky about my energy usage. But when the water and wind are gone and the sun is only peeking through the clouds, I can rein in my energy consumption to almost nothing
Unusually cold weather is another battle that off-gridders occasionally face. Even though the acorn crop was not abundant this year—the theory being that a plentiful crop means plentiful cold during the next winter—we got some really cold weather for an extended period of time. And that means potential freezing of our water supply, even though we have taken precautions.


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Friday, December 28, 2012
On 12/3/12, the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia entered an Order Approving and Adopting Revised Local Bankruptcy Rules. A copy of the Order and the new Local Bankruptcy Rules can be found under the link to Local Rules & General Orders. The Local Rules are effective on January 2, 2013.


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School Suspends Students For Finding 'Racy' Photo Teacher Accidentally Put On Their iPads
from the that-seems-backwards dept
It's also not entirely clear how it got onto the iPad, though the suggestion is that it may have had something to do with Apple's iCloud syncing across devices. It's entirely possible that the teacher used her own account for her own iPhone and the school iPad, leading to the images from her phone syncing to the iPad. No matter what, it makes no sense that the students are suspended and may face even more punishment:
Those students have been suspended and threatened with expulsion.The students, quite reasonably, are infuriated at this:
"It's not our fault that she had the photo on there," Troutt said. "We couldn't do anything not to look at it, if it just popped up when he pressed the button. It was her fault that she had the photo on there. Her iPhone synched to it. She had to have pressed something to make all of her photos synch on there."When asked about it, the school district's assistant superintendent Beth Clark told the media "the students' punishment will not be changed." Hopefully the students will seek to get the suspension overturned in some way, because based on the details this seems absolutely ridiculous.


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Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis met the media for the first of several times this week and he said his "hunger" to win another Super Bowl is "probably off the charts."
"I was 25 when I won my first Super Bowl. To be 37 and back here and have a chance to win another one in my last year, there's no greater hunger that I have," Lewis said. "I'm going to give my teammates everything I have and not just on Sunday. Starting today, I'm not going nowhere. I'm sitting in my room and I'm studying and studying and studying. I owe them something as a leader and that is to have myself totally prepared. My hunger is probably off the charts right now."
Lewis said that when the Ravens were in the Super Bowl in the 2000 season, he followed veterans like Shannon Sharpe and Rod Woodson. Now, he said teammates are approaching him to ask him questions about how to handle the week.
"All week I've heard guys talking like, 'Man, I can't believe we're here. We made it, we made it.' Today, I think it actually confirmed for a lot of people that it's really real," Lewis said. "Now, you have to really realize that there's only two teams left. There's no next week. Whoever wins this game will feel that confetti drop. It's one of the most ultimate feelings I've ever felt in my life and I would love to really experience that with these guys."
Lewis spoke of how special it is that all his family members, including his father who he's had a very complicated relationship with in the past, are planning to be in New Orleans this week. Lewis said that the one exception is his grandmother who he said is not doing good.
"Everything is complete now," he said. "My entire family will be here actually watching this game outside my grandmother who is very ill. Any time you can finish your career with your whole family by your side, I think that's the way you always should do it."
Lewis also was asked a couple of questions about his past, including one about his reaction to Facebook comments made by the wife of New England Patriots' wide receiver Wes Welker following the Ravens 28-13 victory in the AFC championship game.
Anna Burns Welker questioned why Lewis is looked at as a role model.
"I don't really get into that. Listen, I've always been a firm believer of the good book and the good book always confirms, even a fool is counted wise until he opens he or she mouth. Sometimes people just say silly stuff and they say it out of emotion," he said. "Sometimes, you need to let the game take care of the game. We lost last year up there and I didn't hear one teammate say anything about anybody there because we have respect for that team, that they won it fair and square. For her to come out and say what she said, look, I truly forgive her. I don't have no hard feelings against her at all but I believe that people just make mistakes and say stupid things at times."
Asked why he feels the public has forgiven him after his legal problems in Atlanta earlier in his career, Lewis said, "Honestly, I don't know nobody that has ever lived a perfect life. I have saw people that went through things before and realistically, most of the time what happens, when somebody goes through adversity, you really find out what their true character is. I think for me, people really now have taken time to find out who I am. They are really learning what my character is. My characcter is simply to make this world a better place, to encourage people that no matter what you're going through, it ain't really what you're going through, it's your mindset when you're going through it. SO when you see all the support that I'm getting right now, I'm in total awe of the respect that some people have of someone who has been through adversity but found his way out and really just shown what my true character is and who I am as a person."


text: iPhone, Apple PCs vulnerable to hackers-consultant providers/reuters By Reuters Tuesday July 24, 10:20 PM NEW YORK (Reuters) - The iPhone and Apple Inc.'s desktop computers may be vulnerable to hackers due to a flaw in their Web browser, according to a security firm, which said it found a way to hack into the iPhone. Baltimore-based Independent Security Evaluators, which tests its clients' computer security by hacking it, said on Monday that three employees found a way to take control of iPhones through a Wi-Fi link or by tricking users into going to a Web site. Charles Miller, principal security analyst at the firm, said a security weakness allows someone to take control of Apple's Safari Web browser and see other applications on the device at the same time, which could potentially make users of Macintosh desktop computers vulnerable to attacks. "The same problem actually exists on Apple's desktops," said Miller. But he added that while his firm had identified the risk for both desktops and phones, it had written only the code necessary to hack into the iPhone. The security consultants, who took about a week and a half to work out the move, said they were able to take control of an iPhone and make calls or send text messages, as well as access e-mails, voice-mail, address books and call and Web browsing history. Miller said his company gave details about the hack and a potential security patch to Apple, but did not publicly release the details. "We're looking into the report submitted by (Integrated Security Evaluators) and we always welcome feedback on how to improve our security," Apple spokeswoman Lynn Fox said. Miller said Apple could have avoided the risk by eliminating links between the browser and other applications. "It turns out that on the iPhone there are probably some basic things they could have done that would have made it better," said Miller. The claim comes more than three weeks after Apple and AT&T Inc. started selling Apple's first cell phone, which includes a music and video player as well as a Web browser. As many as 700,000 iPhones were sold on the first weekend after the June 29 launch, according to analyst estimates. Days after launch, a well-known hacker Jon Johansen, claimed to have overcome restrictions on the iPhone, allowing highly technical users to bypass AT&T's network to use the phone's Internet and music features. While cell phones have not historically been as vulnerable to attack as desktop computers, some experts worry that phones take on greater risks as they add more computer-like features. Miller said he had not looked into security on other mobile phones to see how they compare to the iPhone, but said the more complex a system is, the greater the likelihood is that it will have problems. ______________ Have a nice time! Regards, Rakesh Kumar Gupta skype ID: rkgd1964 Cell: 9968295921 LL: 0120-2611158 Email ID [only for personal contact]: lifetime2001 at gmail.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com


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These Ionix blocks come in a handy storage bag.
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This inflatable child-sized Roller Wheel is the perfect size for youngsters to climb through or roll around in
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Just had a thought as I was stuffing some extra "emergency" layers into my pack, mentally weighing each piece as it goes in...
Ever thought about forgoing emergency layers (if you even bring em) and just taking a nice lightweight sleeping bag and emergency bivy sack? My 20* sleeping bad and SOL emergency bivy bag together only weigh about 2.5lbs... I'd have to think, if stranded at altitude in the wind/precip with a broken leg waiting for rescue, or even just snow-graving bad weather, I'd probably be overall warmer cozying up inside those than throwing a bunch of layers on.
Obviously the bags won't help much if you're trying to egress crappy weather, but for spring/summer climbing, any totally unexpected weather that rolls in will be violent but quick- thunderstorms, basically.
Anyway... just a thought that crossed my mind. Yours?


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ColoradoThe Colorado River from the bottom of Marble Canyon, in the Upper Grand Canyon.
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Once great river struggles to reach the sea
The Colorado River, in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, is around 1,450 km long. It drains a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
The natural course of the river flows into the Gulf of California, but the heavy use of the river as an irrigation source for the Imperial Valley has desiccated the lower course of the river in Mexico such that it no longer consistently reaches the sea.
The lower course of the river, which forms the border between Baja California and Sonora, is essentially a trickle or a dry stream today due to use of the river as Imperial Valley's irrigation source. Prior to the mid 20th century, the Colorado River Delta provided a rich estuarine marshland that is now essentially desiccated, but nonetheless is an important ecological resource.
The Colorado River is a major and in some cases life-sustaining source of water for irrigation, drinking, and other uses by people living in the arid American southwest. Allocation of the river's water is governed by the Colorado River Compact. Several dams have been built along the Colorado River, beginning with Glen Canyon Dam near the Utah-Arizona border. Other dams include Hoover Dam, Parker Dam, Davis Dam, Palo Verde Diversion Dam, and Imperial Dam.
Almost 90% of all water diverted from the river is for irrigation purposes. The All-American Canal is the largest irrigation canal in the world - larger in volume than New York's Hudson River.
Several cities such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Phoenix, and Tucson have aqueducts leading all the way back to the Colorado River.
Current threats
Since the completion of the dams, the majority of the river in normal hydrologic years is diverted for agricultural and municipal water supply. The Colorado's last drops evaporate in the Sonoran Desert, miles before the river reaches the Gulf of California. Historically the flow of water in the river was much higher before water usage began in the basin and since the construction of massive dams on the lower course of the river, large floods are now rare.
Mexico & US
Basin population
> 17 million
703,148 km2
2,330 km
Key species
The Colorado River basin is home to fourteen native species of fish. Four are endemic and endangered: Colorado pikeminnow (formerly Colorado squawfish), razorback sucker, bonytail chub, and humpback chub.
Livelihood facts
The Colorado River's waters are used to irrigate the parched but fertile Imperial Valley, where several years can pass between measurable rainfalls
Related links
- Wikipedia contributors. 28 Jun. 2007. "Colorado River". Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_river (15 Jun. 2007).
- Atkins, William. "Colorado River Basin". Water Encyclopedia http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Ce-Cr/Colorado-River-Basin.html (15 Jun. 2007).


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Better grab a handful of napkins when you order the Pu-Pu Platter from The Islander, because you are going to need them. The Islander's Pu-Pu Platter is a flaming hibachi of egg rolls, fried chicken wings, chicken fingers, fantail shrimp, beef teriyaki, spare ribs and fried wontons that is FINGER-LICKING good and served up every day at this popular Chinese restaurant in Warwick. The Pu-Pu Platter joins an endless list of enticing appetizers at The Islander - including syrupy Sticky Chicken Wings, crunchy Coconut Shrimp and savory Scallion Pancakes - and this is just to get you started.
At The Islander restaurant, you will also find a lengthy and diverse menu of main dishes, fried rice, chow mein, chop suey, egg foo yong and special combination platters. You can choose from any number of meat entrees including beef, poultry, pork and seafood - all of which are accompanied by heaping portions of vegetables and rice. If vegetarian is your preference, you can enjoy many dishes such as the Cashew Vegetable Delight, Szechuan Spicy Green Beans and delicious Crispy Sesame Tofu. There is literally something for every taste here. For those with a fondness for American fare, there are even plenty of classic favorites to satiate your hunger such as Club and BLT sandwiches, and thick, juicy Delmonico Steaks. There is even a children's menu for your finicky tots and tweens.
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Pinter and Losey
I decided to start reviewing Pinter's film work with some of his earliest movies: the three directed by Joseph Losey. I own an old VHS tape of The Servant, and was able to borrow a now-out-of-print DVD of Accident and a VHS of The Go-Between. I watched them in the order they were made, and then read the scripts (in Five Screenplays). Each film is based on a book, but of them I have only read Nicholas Mosley's Accident.
The Servant may be the best introduction to Pinter that exists. Apparently, both Pinter and Losey had separately thought of adapting Robin Maugham's novella to the screen, and through various negotiations, were able to bring their efforts together and get the film produced. Michael Billington, in The Life and Work of Harold Pinter, says of the Pinter/Losey collaborations:
Both were natural outsiders, both were steeped in theatre, and both viewed the British class sytem, a constant factor in all their work, with a mixture of moral disapproval and grudging fascination. ... But Pinter and Losey were also sufficiently dissimilar to make a perfect team. Pinter's verbal economy checks and balances Losey's baroque tendencies, while Losey's visual stylishness simplifies Pinter's exactness and precision...Billington was discussing The Go-Between there, but his insights apply equally to all three films.
The Servant is the most disturbing of the films, the only one that delivers a visceral kick, the only one that lingers, for me, emotionally. The Go-Between is extraordinary in many ways, but it's an intellectual extraordinariness, and the emotional effect is to produce a certain wistfulness and melancholy in the viewer rather than the deep revulsion that comes at the end of The Servant. Some people have referred to the end of The Servant as tragic, but it's not -- the characters are repulsive, reprehensible, grotesque, pathetic. The ending is both the strongest part of the movie and its greatest failing, because it is entirely nihilistic: unattractive, self-absorbed people become debauched, debilitated, destroyed. It's fascinating to watch as it happens, but it leaves us with nothing. In some ways, this was a useful corrective at the time to certain sentimental aesthetics, and it was a logical extension of the sorts of things attributed to the "Angry Young Men", but now it can feel shallow. (I have similar, though stronger, reservations about Five Easy Pieces, but that's another topic entirely...)
Accident has a couple of exquisite scenes, but I don't particularly care for it on the whole, though many people consider it a masterpiece. There are plenty of misjudgments in Pauline Kael's review of the film, but she also hit some targets that needed hitting: "In Accident," she said, "it shouldn't be that difficult to make at least the accident itself relate to the characters and plot. Nothing in the movie would be much changed if there were no accident (the only revelation -- that the philosophy don would 'take advantage' of a girl in shock -- isn't convincing anyway)." This is exactly the opposite of the book, because in the book the accident presents the central moral problem. It's a philosophical novel with a melodramatic plot to move us from one speculation to another; the movie preserves the melodrama but dispenses with the philosophy. (And in the book the don doesn't "take advantage" of the girl at all -- and that he doesn't is an important moment, an important insight into his character. Mosley chronicles his discussions of this moment with Pinter in his autobiography, Efforts at Truth.)
Kael gets to the heart of the problems with the film's narrative by picking up on Pinter's response when asked what the movie "meant": "I have no explanation for anything I do at all," Kael reports him as saying, and then continues:
This might give the impression that the movie has been written out of the unconscious, but it is so carefully plotted that you can watch the preparations being made and chart how each event or reaction was led up to.Reading the script of Accident, it occurred to me that what I dislike most about the movie is how efficient it is: every line and image has a purpose. Of course, that might seem to be what good writing is -- no wasted material -- but good writing also needs to appear less mechanical, less determined to connect all its own dots. There needs to be more room for messiness, as there is in so much of Pinter's (and Losey's) other work, or else we end up with a hypothesis or a graph, not art. (Losey's messiness was often not to his benefit; Pinter's is usually the messiness of a conundrum, which is more palatable than the messiness of a mess.)
The Go-Between is far more satisfying, and is in many ways the best film of the three, even if I prefer The Servant for its shock value (and the way it plays with the overt homoeroticism of the relationship between servant and master). The ways the narrative, voiceover, and imagery upset the chronology remain interesting, even in these post-Pulp-Fiction-and-Memento days, because they are subtle, ghostly, and essential to the protagonist's development. The Go-Between also seems to have had an effect on Pinter's playwrighting -- there is a noticeable difference between his post-Go-Between plays and the earlier ones, both in their depth of situations and in their handling of time and memory. Indeed, Betrayal might not have been possible without The Go-Between. (The Go-Between works better as a film than the Betrayal movie, though, because plenty of techniques that are effective in live theatre feel arch and clunky on film, despite strong performances. I've found Betrayal to be both moving and funny on stage, but was less enamored of the backwards-chronology when I saw the film, because it felt somehow heavy-handed, while the chronological tricks in The Go-Between play upon both our senses of sight and sound [via the voiceovers, which don't match with the images] in a mysterious and unobtrusive way, and are therefore richly cinematic.)
The Pinter/Losey (or Losey/Pinter) films came in the beginning and early middle of Pinter's career as a writer, and the beginning of his career as a screenwriter. Later scripts, such as The French Lieutenant's Woman, are better crafted and more impressive, but I've not yet seen a film Pinter wrote where it felt like the director was as strong a collaborator with Pinter as Losey was.
For anyone interested in Pinter's screenwriting, Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process by Steven H. Gale is useful and illuminating, despite the author's occasional moments of fannishness, repetitive prose, unjustified assumptions, and superficial analyses -- these are weaknesses, but nonetheless the book is filled with research and information about Pinter's writing process, which can be enlightening with regard to some of the choices he made in the scripts.


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Jenna Wilson earned four varsity letters between Colony High and Rancho Cucamonga High ... Won a litany of awards in her senior season: Named All-Region player by The Desert Sun, All-Inland Valley, First Team All-Baseline League, Ayala Tournament MVP and Los Osos All-Tournament Team ... Set a Rancho Cucamonga High record by recording 22 kills in a three-set match ... Led the Cougars to CIF-Southern Section Division 1A quarterfinals ... Played for coach Brandon Blevins ... As a junior was a Baseline League First Team pick and an All-Region player courtesy of The Desert Sun ... While at Colony High, helped team to 2006 Mt. Baldy League title ... Also played basketball where she was named First Team All-Mt. Baldy League ... Helped team to 2006-07 CIF-Southern Section Division 3A finals ... As a junior and senior at Rancho Cucamonga, she was a Scholar Athlete of the Year nominee ... Was part of the 2009 National High School Scholar Society.
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Jenna Wilson was born on March 17, 1992 in Woodland Hills, Calif. to parents James and Fonda Wilson ... Has four siblings - Jessica, 20, Jade, 17, Jaelyn, 16 and James, 14 ... Goes by the nicknames "Jenna Bear," "The Jennarator" and "J-Bone" ... Roots for the Philadelphia 76ers and the University of Washington men's basketball team, although that might change now that she's at UCSB ... Her favorite movies are "Space Jam," "She's the Man," "August Rush" and "Avatar" ... Favorite book is the Bible ... Favorite author is Nicholas Sparks ... Enjoys listening to the music of Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Usher ... Calls winning the Baseline League title as a senior - the school's first in 17 years - her most memorable athletic moment ... In her free time she likes to hang out with her family, read, take pictures and do scrapbooking ... Favorite athletes are Philadelphia 76ers guard Jrue Holiday and Washington basketball forward Justin Holiday ... Favorite TV shows are "One on One" and "One Tree Hill."


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Recipe Roundup: Favorite Feel Better Soups
We've gotten our second dose of the annual winter cold and aside from being curled up on the couch watching movies all day, we need to make some solid feel better soup. Here are the ones we plan on making until this cold vacates our body.
When we're sick, we love the magical spell that hot soup seems to put on our body. Besides temperature hot, we also love heat (a great way to clear any head congestion) which is why we recommend Rutabaga Chipotle Soup and Hot and Sour Mushroom, Cabbage and Rice Soup.
Aside from heat, we also like hearty soups that are filled with seasonal vegetables. Fresh vegetables can work wonders on the common cold &mdash we recommend staying clear of canned soups when you're feeling under the weather (if not always), which is why we suggest Pomegranate Lentil Soup and Minestrone Soup, Full of Leafy Greens.
What are your favorite feel better soups?
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Shrimp & Avocado Summer Rolls, Salad in a Jar, The Classic Negroni Cocktail, Beet and Barley Salad & Summer Succotash
We've been all about salads this week — the only way we can deal with dinner once the temperature starts to climb! Happily, tomatoes, corn, green beans, and all sorts of other vegetables are at their peak right now so a good dinner salad is only minutes away. We have salad rolls with shrimp and creamy avocado, a cool soba noodle salad, a summery succotash that will make your mouth water, and many more salad-tastic ideas. Plus, see how to pack a perfect salad in a jar for easy lunches and how to make the world's best croutons. Pour yourself a negroni and peruse your dinner options right here.
- Shrimp & Avocado Summer Salad Rolls
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- The Classic Negroni Cocktail
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by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:15 amThis thread may only be of interest to Timberoo but I'll make it anyways.
This shit is confusing. You'd think these 3d modeling programs would have one guy and one girl base and then you'd twist them as you see fit. But nooooo...there's like 10 different ones:
David, Michael, Michael 3, Victoria, David, Hirsho, Freak, etc, etc.
And different bases have different wardrobes for them and wardrobe work for one but not the other. For example you can download a jacket that is designed to fit the David model and so it won't work on Michael. You can twist it all you want but it just won't fit. And the program doesn't even tell you which model it's for nor does it tell you if you got it wrong. Say you have a pair of boots downloaded and you try and apply them to the Michael model, the progress bar will go across the screen like it's doing something but nothing appears. And at first you're like WTF?? So you try and different models until you find the right one because no where does it label this stuff with names like "David's boots". No it calls it useless names like "Mat-DVS Boots". What the hell does that mean?? It means you better have a good memeory for who these go with. That's what it means.
My last beef: the install process. Okay, so everytime you get a new model package it comes with an installer. That's cool. Except the installer never tells you where it just installed to. So say you download a new belt or something. Now you have to go find it. Maybe it's under the Character section or Pose section. Yup, that's right. Clothing sometimes gets placed under the "pose" category. That makes a hell of a lot of sense.
This shit is rather fun except it takes too damn long to get to the fun part. You spent 90% of them trying to find what you're looking for and then trying to remember if it even works with this model you're using.
by Timbales » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:19 amIt does get a little confusing at first, but I've been doing it for so long I can tell the difference between the stuff just by looking.
After things install, do you look at the read me?
by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:11 am
I've read the read me files but although some of them will tell you the path location for the file you still have to know how that translates to in the application which can be confusing.
by Timbales » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:15 pm
true, the good ones will usually tell you where you can find the item in your runtime, whether it will be listed as a prop or character.
you can go in and manually rename folders so you know what goes with what character, like putting V4 or D3 in front of them.
by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:18 pm
That's essentially what I did last night. I made all new subfolders based on the figure's name and then filed each of their things like clothes and poses under that. It was the only way for it to make sense.
by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:24 pmI'll tell you something else that pisses me off: hair. I have like three different types of hair and none of them include the "fit to" option. It took me close to three hours to learn that you need to readjust the hair's place in the surfaces tab so that the hair tracks with the movements of the rest of the model and then you still have to use X, Y and Z to postion correctly on the head otherwise it floats like 2 feet above them like a flying toupee.
I can't believe they charge people money for these models when they have no standardization at all.
by Timbales » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:31 pm
If you have the figure selected before you add the hair, it should parent right to it.
by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:33 pm
Mine didn't.
And didn't I read somewhere that there's a "magnetize" feature or something that adjusts clothing to fit to the figure after you've changed morphs?
by Timbales » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:53 pm
which hair are you using and on what figure?
by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:13 pm
I think I tried Glyph Hair and Beach Hair and on the David body.
What's the deal with all the different bodies anyways? Is one newer then the other or something? It looks like Michael is more detailed then David so one would think he's the new and improved model. But David seems better for superhero stuff because his muscle morphs are more cut/exaggerated. Michael's are too realistic to be useful for superhero type stuff.
by Timbales » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:24 pm
The default for those hair styles is Michael 4. Beach Hair doesn't come with a fit for David. Glyn hair does, though. If you look in the poses folder, there should be a fit pose to have it conform to David.
The different figures have developed over the years. David 3 was probably the best male figure they made up until Michael 4. David is smaller in stature and can be made to look quite a bit younger.
The 3 generation figures are called Unimesh, because their skin templates are all the same. The way they are rigged makes a lot of distortion on the shoulder area, though.
The main male and female figures started with Michael and Victoria. They are on their 4th generation, now.
by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:20 pmAre there any forums that have free stuff?
Every Google search I do leads back to Daz3D's own forum.
by Timbales » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:22 pm
Quite a few. Most need you to register, but they are free.
are the better ones.
by Benderbrau » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:27 pm
Cool. Thanks.
There was no way I'm paying 15 to 30 bucks for these models, etc.
By the way, is it just me or is there way too much softcore porn stuff on their site? Half of the outfits are like S&M stuff.
by Timbales » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:31 pm
totally, but most of the male pants look like Ken Doll clothes in the crotch. They sell a special morph set for V4 - Natural Gravity Morphs - that are basically made to make her boobs look real - but the slightest bulge on a male figure is deemed inappropriate.
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I was just invited to a theme tasting you don't see very often - any wine from anywhere as long as it is from the year 2000. (I checked - I have 62 different wines that qualify, so hard decisions will have to be made).
I've done something like thsi before - 1985 and 1990 tastings as the vintage was good in many places - Italy, France, California, but it's been a long time since I did that. Anyone tackled this recently? BTW, it is a blind tasting, so you need to decide if you are dealing with an old seeming BC wine or a baby from Barolo.


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Taliban fighters firing from atop an unfinished mansion attacked the military side of Kabul's international airport early Monday, triggering a gun battle with Afghan security forces that lasted more than four hours before the attackers were killed.
Two civilians suffered minor injuries, but there were no casualties among the foreign troops on the base or the Afghan security forces, and the attackers never entered the base, said Afghan officials.
The military part of the base includes the operational headquarters for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the headquarters of the Afghan air force. It's also used by various NATO aircraft, but is separate from the civilian portion of the airport.
In an email, a Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attackers began by firing from the upper floors of the four-story house down into the north side of the airport about 350 yards away.
As the fighting raged, journalists taking cover behind a nearby house could see modest damage to at least one tent-like temporary hangar. Apparently, though, it didn't belong to ISAF: a spokeswoman for the coalition said there was no damage to its buildings, aircraft or equipment.
It was an ineffective echo of an assault last year on the main airfield used by U.S. Marines in restive Helmand Province. Those attackers, dressed in U.S. uniforms, breached a lightly-defended side of Camp Bastion and attacked a row of hangars. They killed two U.S. Marines , wounded eight others and a civilian contractor and caused about $200 million in damage to aircraft.
This time though, there were fewer than half as many attackers, security forces responded within minutes and the results were much different.
The fighters drove into the residential neighborhood in a car and a delivery truck before 4 a.m., and tried to enter a different house, but the gate was locked, said a witness, Berhannudin, who was walking with a friend to a nearby mosque for morning prayers. There were seven of them, all but one in the uniform of the Border Police, which has its national headquarters nearby.
The one in civilian clothes pointed a pistol at a local man outside the mosque and demanded his cell phone, before the attackers walked back to their vehicles speaking Pashto, said Berhannudin, who like many Afghans uses one name. They then drove about a block to the house they used for the attacks, a massive four-story home under construction about 350 yards north of the airport's security perimeter.
Next door, Sayed Maqbol, his brother, their wives and 10 children had just awoken and also were preparing for prayers when the attackers began shooting machine guns and what sounded like rocket-propelled grenades into the base.
As security forces from the base returned fire, Maqbol called police, who arrived within minutes and began exchanging fire with the militants. Reinforcements poured in, including dozens of Afghan regular and special operations soldiers and intelligence service commandos.
Maqbol's family hid in their house as the Afghan security forces fired grenades and hundreds of bullets over them into the house next door, and the Taliban fighters returned fire, he said.
Firing from the Afghan security forces grew so intense, Maqbol said, that attackers on upper floors were killed and the others were forced into the lower floors and basement, where they no longer had a clear shot into the airport or neighboring compounds. At that point, he said and police surged into the neighborhood and pulled his family and other civilians out of the nearby homes to safety.
The target may have echoed Camp Bastion, but the style resembled previous assaults in the capital in which Taliban attackers took control of the upper floors of a building to launch grenades and small arms fire into an objective. A similar attack took place on the U.S. Embassy in September 2011.
The fighting continued for hours, with dozen of explosions, several of them, as it turned out, suicide vests worn by the attackers. Two Afghan Army helicopters circled the scene for part of the battle, joined for awhile by a pair of the Black Hawks usually flown by the NATO-led coalition.
Early in the fighting, Kabul police chief Gen. Mohammed Ayoub Salangi said, a police officer fired an RPG that destroyed the attackers's small truck, which he said was loaded with explosives. The attackers may have intended to use it to blow their way into the base.
Reporters taking cover behind a nearby house as the battle raged could hear loudspeakers from the base telling personnel there to remain in bunkers and predicting that the fighters would be repelled "in an hour or two."
With the ongoing drawdown among the NATO-led troops, Afghan security forces now take the lead in fighting in nearly all of the country and appeared fully in charge of the response to the attack Monday.
Two U.S. troops were seen sticking close to Afghan police leaders, and at one point a Norwegian special forces operator pushed through the journalists to enter a house that Afghan security officials were using as a kind of command post. But the two Americans seemed only to be observing, and otherwise there was little sign of foreign forces.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who was traveling in Qatar, praised his security forces' quick and effective response in a statement released by his office. And Sediq Sediqi the spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, which includes the national police, said the failed attack "should be an example for those who dare to attack Afghans in the future.
The outcome of the fight was a confidence booster for the Afghan soldiers and police who were visibly cheerful when journalists were allowed into the neighborhood about an hour after the shooting stopped. Several casually struck heroic poses behind the machine guns on their trucks, others went from room to room in the house, gawking at the bodies of the attackers.
The remains of six were in various rooms of the house and it was clear that most or all of them had triggered suicide vests as the Afghan security forces closed in. It's unclear what happened to the seventh.
The concrete house was pocked inside and out with holes from RPGs and hundreds of bullets, with some of the heaviest damage on the side that was just a few yards from Maqbol's house. He could scarcely believe his family survived.
"They saved our lives," he said, standing in his front yard, a few feet from the body of an expended rocket. "I really praise what the police officers did for me and my family today and appreciate that they took this risk.
Also on Monday morning, another group of attackers hit provincial offices in Zabul Province in the southeastern part of the country. Six of them tried to enter Provincial Council building in the city of Qalat about 11 a.m., said provincial police chief, Ghulam Sarhi Roghlewanay, but police officers killed them.
Then a suicide bomber outside detonated the charge in his truck. No one was killed, at lest initially, but 20 people were injured, including police officers, provincial council members and their bodyguards, and several Qalat municipal employees, Roghlewanay said.


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PHOENIX – The former chief executive of an upscale Colorado-based grocery chain accused in a child prostitution case in Phoenix was sentenced Tuesday to four weeks in jail for his guilty plea to misdemeanor attempted pandering.
Authorities say then-Sunflower Farmers Market CEO Michael C. Gilliland agreed to pay $100 for sex in February 2011 in a police sting in which an undercover officer posed as a 17-year-old prostitute. Prosecutors say Gilliland showed up at a Phoenix hotel to meet the undercover even though she told the businessman during an earlier phone conversation that she was 17.
"I sincerely regret the mistake that I made that brought me here today. I understand the damage I have caused," Gilliland said in court, adding that he has taken responsibility for his actions. The 54-year-old was ordered to start serving his sentence late Tuesday afternoon.
The 54-year-old Gilliland, who founded Sunflower in 2002, resigned as chief executive of the chain after his arrest. He was originally charged with felony child prostitution, but pleaded guilty to attempted pandering in August. He faced a sentence ranging from probation to 18 months in jail.
Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Steven Lynch, who sentenced Gilliland, said the businessman had no previous criminal history and had donated money in the past to worthy causes. "It's clear that you have taken responsibility. It's clear that you have shown remorse," Lynch said.
Jean-Jacques Cabou, a lawyer for Gilliland, said the arrest cost his client his job, tarnished his reputation and overshadowed his philanthropic work. "This was a terrible choice," Cabou said.
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Lineup breakdown: Cards-Red Sox, Game 2
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One of baseball's most dangerous postseason hitters is back in the lineup for Game 2. Carlos Beltran exited Wednesday's game after two innings with a severe right rib bruise, but X-rays and a CT scan came up negative and he was medically cleared to play Thursday.
The right fielder, who has batted .337 with 16 home runs and 37 RBIs in 45 career playoff games, was injured crashing into the low right-field wall at Fenway Park, reaching over to rob David Ortiz of a grand slam in the second inning of Game 1.
At shortstop, manager Mike Matheny opted for Daniel Descalso's left-handed bat against righty John Lackey. Descalso, batting ninth on Thursday, hit .250 against righties in the regular season compared to the right-handed-hitting Pete Kozma's .232.
Matheny has primarily gone with Kozma's steady defensive presence at short in the postseason, starting him in nine games to Descalso's three. However, Kozma committed two errors in the first two innings of Game 1.
Falling in line with his typical regular-season lineup versus right-handed pitchers, Matt Adams was moved up to the cleanup spot and lefty hitter Jon Jay returned to center field, batting eighth. The move shifted righty Shane Robinson back to the bench after consecutive starts against left-handers.
In his first action since spraining his left foot Sept. 4, Allen Craig went 1-for-4. Craig is in the lineup again as the Cardinals designated hitter, batting sixth for the first time in 2013.
1. Matt Carpenter (2B)
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Wednesday's Game 1 marked just the third time this postseason that three of the Red Sox best hitters -- Dustin Pedroia, Ortiz, Mike Napoli -- each recorded a hit in the same game. Pedroia hit two singles and scored a pair or runs, Ortiz belted a two-run homer and had a near-grand slam plucked over the right-field fence, Napoli knocked a three-run double and, for the first time this October, the heart of the Boston lineup appeared in sync.
"Each guy has the ability to carry us," manager John Farrell said. "Anytime you get multiple guys that are swinging the bat as [Ortiz, Pedroia and Napoli were], it gives us the ability to put a crooked number up inside an inning."
Farrell stuck with nearly the same lineup for Game 2, inserting Jarrod Saltalamacchia behind the plate to catch Lackey in place of David Ross. Saltalamacchia will bat seventh, bumping Stephen Drew and Xander Bogaerts to eighth and ninth, respectively. Though Farrell's decision to continue pairing Ross with Game 1 starter Jon Lester was motivated by Ross's knack for handling Lester on the mound, Ross has also been the better hitter this postseason by a slight margin.
Saltalamacchia batted .273 in the regular season, but is 6-for-26 (.231) with five RBIs and a walk through 11 playoff games. By comparison, Ross is hitting 4-for-13 (.308) with an RBI and a walk in fewer opportunities this month after batting .216 in the regular season.
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (CF)
2. Shane Victorino (RF)
3. Pedroia (2B)
4. Ortiz (DH)
5. Napoli (1B)
6. Jonny Gomes (LF)
7. Saltalamacchia (C)
8. Drew (SS)
9. Bogaerts (3B)
Lackey (P)
Chad Thornburg is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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The Promoter was based on the Arnold Bennett novel The Card, which served as its British release title. Impoverished young clerk Alec Guinness works his way up the financial ladder until he has become a successful and highly respected loan officer. Actually, Guinness is not as above-board as the world perceives him.
Beginning with cheating on a high school exam, he has wheeled and dealed his way to the top, and ethics be damned. Balancing Guinness' cold-blooded business savvy is his comparative ineptitude with women, particularly the bewitching Glynis Johns. Only Alec Guinness could succeed at making his Sammy Glick character appealing from first scene to last.
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Brian McLaren, an emerging church leader said,
I don't believe making disciples must equal making adherents to the Christian religion. It may be advisable in many (not all!) circumstances to help people become followers of Jesus and remain within their Buddhist, Hindu or Jewish contexts … rather than resolving the paradox via pronouncements on the eternal destiny of people more convinced by or loyal to other religions than ours, we simply move on … To help Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, and everyone else experience life to the full in the way of Jesus (while learning it better myself), I would gladly become one of them (whoever they are, to whatever degree I can, to embrace them, to join them, to enter into their world without judgment but with saving love as mine has been entered by the Lord (A Generous Orthodoxy, 260, 262, 264).If McLaren believed that Buddhists, Hindus, and Jews were lost, he would lead them to Christ and not just try to improve their present religion. But you see, he doesn't think that what Jesus said in Scripture (Jn 14:6) is true or should be pressed on anyone. Emergents don't criticize, they connect. And how do they connect? By compromise, by disbelief in the one true way, and by accommodation to the world. There is "one faith" and only one faith. There is one Savior and only one Savior. To leave others in the domain of darkness is neither faithful to Christ nor loving to people.
Luke 9:23-24 says: "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?"
Christians who expect to be saved follow Christ and teach others to follow Christ. He is the way the truth and the life. There is no other way to heaven. Making a Buddhist a better Buddhist grants no access to the blood of Jesus. Jesus died for all, but he did not sacrifice himself to leave people in error.
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BOSTON -- The man in the corner office has too much work to do.
"Being the manager of the Boston Red Sox, I can't even imagine the things that are on his plate on a daily basis," catcher David Ross said of John Farrell. "So he has enough to worry about."
Clay Buchholz put it simply.
"We talk to John a lot, and I'm around him every day, but on the pitching side of things, [Juan Nieves] is the guy everybody goes to."
Nieves is the man who sits in the room behind the corner office, just past the clubhouse. He's the one who showed up to Fenway Park early Sunday morning to study more tape of a Twins offense the Red Sox won't face for more than a week. He's also the one now assigned with Farrell's old job, the pitching coach.
Farrell likes to delegate responsibility. He doesn't step on the toes of his other coaches. He puts faith in them.
In return, Nieves has helped turn around a pitching staff that ranked 27th in the Majors last season with a 4.70 ERA. Through Sunday, the Red Sox ranked seventh with a 3.39 ERA, as they owned the best record in the Majors at 18-7.
"One of the biggest things I've always said about this team is they've seen death in their own eyes," Nieves said. "It's been tough the last year and a half, but the way these guys come together, and they stick together, and they fight together, they work together -- it's amazing. You would think after going through tough times the bitterness would be very hard."
About 20 minutes had passed in the first official workout of Spring Training and Buchholz had injured his right hamstring while trying to cover first base during a drill.
Newspaper headlines brought a moment of fear back to Red Sox fans. Buchholz, though, felt little of that.
"When I was out for that couple weeks, [Nieves] would just send me little texts, like, 'Hey, just thinking about you. Hope everything is going well,'" Buchholz said. "Whatever we have on the schedule, if we're throwing a bullpen [session] the night before, he'll text me, 'Hey, just want to let you know it's a good step in the right direction. Can't wait to get to the field and get you off the mound a little bit.'
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Buchholz hardly missed a beat in Spring Training, while the confidence Nieves has helped him recapture has carried over to the season. Buchholz is off to a 5-0 start with a 1.19 ERA after posting a 4.56 ERA in 2012.
"He's one of the best, if not the best, coaches I've been around," Buchholz said. "With everybody, not just me. He's a real positive type of person. There's always something positive to take, even situations that it's hard to take good thing from, he finds a way to get positive information and make you feel good about different things. You don't get that with everybody.
"It's a tough job to do, especially when you have guys that have been in the big leagues for a little bit, to try to make them feel good about something that maybe was a failure."
Jon Lester doesn't seem to lose his temper with umpires as often as he used to, and he went four starts this season without having a problem.
Until his last outing, Wednesday against the A's, when he was finally ignited again. Lester walked two in the first inning and at least one batter in five of the six innings he pitched in. He was screaming from the mound and punching his glove as he walked off.
"I mean, once or twice, it's easy [to forget about]," Lester said. "After a while, it's frustrating.
"I'm an emotional person, always have been, and it's tough to control that sometimes."
For a pitcher with as much talent as Lester, his 4.82 ERA in 2012 was a surprise to many. A lot of it has been mental, but Nieves has helped with that.
"He's a competitor out there almost to the point where he gets mad at himself, and that's where Juan and John come in," Buchholz said.
"When [Lester] comes in the dugout, you can see his wheels turning, but [Farrell and Nieves] are able to go talk to him, just go, 'Hey, settle down and make a pitch. That's what you're going to do. You're going to get the outs and your stuff is going to play.'"
The six-walk outing was Lester's worst of the year, and yet he still finished 5 2/3 innings, allowed just three runs and picked up his fourth win. The Red Sox have won every game he's started.
With Nieves around, calmness often overrides rage for Boston's No. 1 starter.
"Juan is a very positive guy, so I think that helps," Lester said. "No matter what the situation is, he's going to find the positive out of it. That helps clear your mind so you can go back to doing the job you have to do."
Nieves credits esteemed White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper for giving him so much responsibility as the team's bullpen coach from 2008-12. The positive attitude and friendly smile, those are Nieves' trademarks.
"If guys have a bad game, it's OK. They're human," Nieves said. "I always say, if Pedro Martinez lost a game, anybody can lose a game."
Nieves doesn't ask for perfection. He asks that his pitchers do their best at what they can control: throwing strikes, fielding their positions and being prepared.
Even veteran starters are feeling the difference.
Behind Nieves, Lester, Ryan Dempster and John Lackey are enjoying success thanks in part to getting ahead of batters. All three of them are throwing first-pitch strikes more often than any other time in their careers.
Lester, Lackey and Buchholz, who have struggled at times with men on base, have set career highs this season while stranding 81, 86, and 90 percent of their baserunners, respectively.
The game plan starts early. Nieves begins watching video of opposing teams' at-bats weeks in advance. He showed up before most on Sunday morning simply to watch video of two players, Brett Lawrie and Munenori Kawasaki, who weren't on the Blue Jays' roster the first time the Red Sox faced them earlier this month.
Then Nieves sat down with Lackey, Sunday's starter, and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia to discuss a game plan for Astros hitters. After three games in the series, Houston hadn't had much success offensively, but Nieves wanted to be sure hitters weren't picking up patterns from Red Sox pitchers.
After the meeting, Nieves administered pitchers' fielding practice, typically something reserved for Spring Training. He said it wasn't punishment, but with the sun shining and the temperature in the 60s, it presented a good opportunity.
Lackey then tossed six innings of one-run ball to win Sunday's game and complete the Red Sox's four-game sweep against the Astros in which Boston pitchers allowed just 10 runs.
Nearly an hour after the final pitch, Nieves was still in full uniform, chatting with Farrell in the corner office.
He had yet to take a shower.
Jason Mastrodonato is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @jmastrodonato.