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Cornelis Melyn - Patroon of Staten Island
Corneille (Cornelis) Melyn, a son of Andries Melyn and of Marie Ghuedinx-Botens, was born at the house called The Sack in the Rue du Sac (Zak Straat or Sack Street), Antwerp. He was christened September 17, 1600 at the Saint Walburga Church, Antwerp (See map); died between 1662 and 1665 at New Haven, Connecticut.
Witnesses (godparents) at his baptism were Corneille Lobeyn and Sara Verreyken. Cornelis was orphaned at the age of six, and Jacques Melyn and Hans Salomons, his uncles, became his legal guardians. Cornelis was reared by his half-brother, Abraham Melyn. As a 12-year-old, he was apprenticed to Thierry (Dirk) Verschulder to learn the trade of tailor. Two years later, Cornelis was apprenticed to Artus van Hembeke. For the first four years of training, the masters are traditionally paid for providing training and room and board. Early in 1617, van Hembeke paid Cornelis 20 florins for his last year of working for the master tailor.
Cornelis left Antwerp in September 1618 with his baptismal certificate and testimonials of good character. He returned September 2, 1626 to settle his affairs and claim some inheritances from his parents, sister, and an uncle.
He was married April 22, 1627 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Johanne/ Janneken/Jannetje Adriaens daughter of Adriaen Reyerson. (See their signatures below)
The couple had eleven children: Baptized in Amsterdam - Cornelia, Feb. 27, 1628; Joannes, April 27, 1629; Cornelis, Jr., Sept. 6, 1630 (d bef Oct. 4, 1633); Cornelis, Jr., Oct.4, 1633; Abraham, May 27, 1635; Mariken, March 29, 1637; Yzaak, Nov. 21, 1638 (d before July 22, 1646); Jacob, April 17, 1640; and, Baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (now known as the Collegiate Church) - Sanna (Susannah), Jun3 14, 1643; Magdalena, March 3, 1644/5; and Yzaak, July 22, 1646.
Cornelis' occupation is listed as "dresser of fine and soft leathers" on his marriage license issued April 22, 1627. He was living on Elant Street, Amsterdam, at the time. The marriage license says Jannetje is "from Myert, 23 years, having no parents, living on the Lindegracht..." (Gracht means canal.) Myert is believed to be today's Hooge en Lage Mierde at Kempen Land in the Province of North Brabant, The Netherlands.
Cornelis made twelve known voyages across the Atlantic. His first was on his ship Het Wapen van Noorwegen (The Arms of Norway). He left his family in safety to sail from Trexel to New Netherland (today's New York) in May 1638. He arrived August 4, 1638 in the New World.
A fort had been built at the south end of Manhattan Island, and a small town, New Amsterdam, created for the farmers brought to supply a military garrison. Cornelis spent only ten days in New Netherland before he set sail, first to Newfoundland then to France. He arrived in France, where he sold the ship and its cargo in the spring of 1639.
Cornelis left for America again in May 1639 on the ship De Liefde (The Love). He arrived in late July and spent six weeks in New Netherland during that summer. In September 1639, he left for Holland, possibly on either Brant van Troyen or Den Harnick, arriving before December 9, 1639.
To increase immigration the Dutch West India Company had offered large land grants with feudal authority to wealthy investors (patroons) willing to transport, at their own expense, fifty adult settlers to New Netherlands. Impressed with his visits to the New World, Cornelis applied for and received a patroonship and Manoral rights for the domain of Pavonia Hall on Staten Island from the West India Company July 3, 1640. (See a brief history of Staten Island and New Amsterdam below.) A month later, he set out again for America, but lost everything soon afterward when his ship De Vergulde Hoop (The Guilded Hope) was captured by pirates. He returned to Holland before February 1641.
While Cornelis was in Holland, trouble was brewing in New Netherland because the Dutch colonists did not treat the native tribes well. Dutch farmers permitted livestock to forage freely in the woods where they often invaded unfenced native corn fields. In July 1640, Director General Willem Kieft sent 100 armed men to punish the Raritan Indians when some pigs disappeared on Staten Island. The expedition killed several Raritan, including a sachem (chief). On September 1, the Indians retaliated, killing four Dutch settlers and burning all the buildings, wiping out Staten Island's first settlement.
In 1641, before Cornelis ever took physical possession of his patroonship, he sold half of his interest in Staten Island to finance his next voyage. He then set sail with his family and about 40 colonists on the ship Den Eyckenboom (The Oak Tree). They departed about May 17, 1641 and arrived in New Netherland about August 14, 1641.
Cornelis immediately became involved in political affairs. He organized a group called The Twelve Men shortly after his arrival. On January 21, 1642, the group sent a petition to Kieft designating themselves as "selectmen on behalf of the Commonality of New Netherland," hoping to establish a voice in the affairs of the colony.
Despite the fact that Cornelis Melyn was a vocal political activist opposing Kieft's policies, Kieft asked him to build America's first whiskey distillery in what is known today as New Brighton. The settlers taught the local Indians to drink whiskey. Put simply, when the Indians got drunk, the settlers took advantage of them. The Indians became angry and killed many of the Dutch farmers and burnt their homes. Melyn's settlement was destroyed by Indians during this "Whiskey War" in 1642. Melyn and family fled to New Amsterdam.
From 1643 to1645, "Governor Keifts War" against about 20 tribes of local Indians rampaged around Manhattan and Staten islands. More than 2,500 lives were lost.
Kieft had decided to exterminate one tribe to set an example to the other Wilden (wild men) near Manhattan. On the night of February 25, 1643, his men made two surprise attacks on the sleeping villages near Pavonia and, without regard for sex or age, massacred at least 110. As word of the "Pavonia Massacre" spread to the other tribes along the lower river, they retaliated with continuous attacks on the outlying Dutch farms and settlements.
In October, the Staten Island settlement was left in "desolate waste" after an Indian attack. Melyn again took his family to Manhattan Island, where he bought a home to be used as temporary lodging during the troubled times. In that year, Cornelis received a patent for 62 English feet along the road to the north and 88 feet deep to the river shore (now the end of Broad Street) and built a modest home.
In August 1644, he bought another house, paying 250 guilders for it. In December 1644, he bought yet another house, this time paying 950 guilders. That year, Kieft offered 25,000 guilders to the English in Connecticut for 150 men to help put down the Indian uprising. The combined forces crushed the natives.
Cornelis assembled with most of the inhabitants of New Amsterdam to meet Petrus (Peter) Stuyvesant, the newly appointed director general, when he arrived on May 11, 1647. Melyn immediately brought charges against Kieft, which Stuyvesant refused to consider. In turn, Kieft charged Melyn with sedition. Fearing the worst, Cornelis deeded his house to his oldest daughter, Cornelia Melyn Loper, July 11, 1647.
On July 25, 1647, Cornelis was found guilty of treason, bearing false witness, libel and defamation. He was sentenced to seven years of banishment and fined 300 guilders. In August 1647, a few months after Stuyvesant's arrival, the Princess Amelia sailed for Holland. On board were Kieft, Dominic Bogardus, minister at Manhattan from 1633 to 1647, victims of Kieft's and Stuyvesant's persecution - Joachim Pietersz Kuyter and Cornelis Melyn. An eyewitness account says they were "brought on board like criminals and torn away from their goods, their wives and their children". The ship was wrecked on the coast of Wales on September 27, 1647. Kieft and Bogardus drowned along with about 80 others including Cornelis Melyns young son (believed to be Johannes). The survivors, including Cornelis Melyn, built a raft from the wreckage and used their shirts as sails to get to the English mainland.
Cornelis arrived in Holland in late October. He wasted no time getting to the States General at the Hague, where all proceedings against him were suspended. With a letter of safety from William II, Prince of Orange (also known as William III, King of England), he returned to New Amsterdam, leaving Holland in May 1649. The ship is believed to have been the De Jonge Prins van Denmark. Presented with the court orders from the Hague and the safe conduct from William of Orange, Stuyvesant's council permitted him to reside in New Netherland.
Cornelis again returned to Holland, leaving New Netherland (possibly on the Prins Willem) in August 1649 to further fight for his case against Stuyvesant. He arrived in Holland on October 4, 1649. In a letter of December 17, believed to have been written in 1649, Janneken Melyn wrote from New Netherland complaining to Cornelis Melyn that "poor people have scarcely enough to eat, for no supplies of bread, butter, beef and pork can now be had, except for beaver or silver coin." The letter went on to say Stuyvesant, "promised the people either beavers or silver coin, or cargoes in the spring." She ended the letter with a final descriptive sentence of the hardships endured in the new land. "It is so cold here, that the ink freezes in the pen."
Although his case was seemingly never settled, Cornelis set sail for his home in America August 10, 1650 on the Nieuw Nederlandtsche Fortuyn. This trip, he brought more colonists with him. On December 19, 1650, Melyn returned to Staten Island and built farms again. His colony on Staten Island finally began to prosper.
Melyn was beginning to recoup some of his financial losses when on August 22, 1651 Stuyvesant arrested him on trumped up charges and had him thrown into a dark hole in the prison. Stuyvesant confiscated about two-thirds of Cornelis' property and sold it. Because of the pleading of Jannetje and her children, Cornelis was released following an Indian attack on Manhattan. Cornelis went directly to Staten Island.
One fall day in 1655, a man named Hendrick VanDyke, who lived on Manhattan Island, looked out his window and saw an Indian woman take a peach from a tree in his garden. Without hesitation, he shot her.
Soon, Dutch settlers found they had 200 angry warriors tearing the island apart looking for the culprit. They eventually found and seriously wounded VanDyke. After deaths to both sides, the warriors retired across the Hudson River and burned Dutch farms at Pavonia, Hoboken, and Staten Island. The "Peach War" cost the Dutch about 50 lives. Melyn's colony was destroyed and several of his family members were among those killed and injured. Cornelis and his remaining family were among 100 colonists who were taken hostage by the Indians. Stuyvesant ransomed them.
After the hostages were released, Cornelis gave up his patroonship and left Staten Island. He then moved to New Haven, Connecticut, "to put myself under the protection of the English." He and his son, Jacob, took the Oath of Allegiance to the English April 7, 1657.
Cornelis and his two surviving sons, Jacob and Isaac, returned to Holland, leaving in December 1658 and arriving February 13, 1659. They returned to America on the ship The Love on March 5, 1660, to their new home in Connecticut.
Cornelis was in and out of court in New Haven continually until his death. His background did not mix well with the Puritan way of life. Jannetje's name appears in records until 1674.
Signature source: The New York Historical and Biographical Record, January 1937, Cornelis Melyn, Patron of Staten Island and Some of his Descendants, page 4.
Cornelis Melyn, the "Patroon of Staten Island," is mentioned in many of the early histories of New Amsterdam, as well as "The Documentary History of the State of New York" vol. 4, "First Families of America," and "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy." The "New York Historical and Biographical Record" vol. 67-68 gives a fairly complete genealogy of the family in its 1936-37 issues.
The brief history of Staten Island below is based on the book, "Staten Island: 1524 - 1898", Revised Edition by Henry G. Steinmeyer. Staten Island Historical Society., Staten Island, N.Y., 1987.
September 11, 1609 - Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch, sailed into the narrows on his boat De Halve Maen (The Half Moon) stopping briefly at Staten Island and then up the river that now bears his name. On his way back from the river he stopped at the Island again and called it Staaten Eylandt in honor of the States General of Holland. The local Indians soon gave him trouble so he left for Holland. The Dutch claimed the whole territory as theirs, naming it New Netherland.
Spring of 1623 - The Dutch West Indian Company's first permanent settlers landed at Manhattan Island from the ship New Netherland. Most of the earlier settlers decided not to settle on Staten Island, but they often stopped at the northeast tip of Staten Island called the "Watering Place" to fill their bottles with fresh water from a stream.
1626 -Director General Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for 60 guilders worth (about $24) of trinkets and cloth.
1629 -The Dutch West Indian Company, in charge of running the colony, saw that there were very few people coming to New Netherland, so they came up with the patroon system to get more people to come. The Patroon System works by one person getting a huge piece of land. The land was called a patroonship; the person was called a patroon. The patroon was required to get 50 people to come to settle in New Netherland. The patroon was lord of his land.
There were four Staten Island Patroons. In the summer 1630, Michael Pauw (a wealthy director of the Dutch West Indian Company) became the first patroon. His patroonship included all of Staten Island and parts of New Jersey (Bayonne, Jersey City and Hoboken). He did not settle a colony on Staten Island and on August 13, 1636, David De Vries (also a director of the Company) asked to take over Pauw's patroonship. De Vries landed at the "Watering Place" (today 's Tompkinsville), to build Staten Island's first colony, January 5, 1639. Many farms were started.
In July 1640, hogs owned by the patroons were stolen . The settlers blamed the Raritan Indians, attacking and killing some of them. On September 1, the Raritan Indians retaliated, killing many settlers and burning all the buildings down. Staten Island's first settlement was wiped out.
Cornelius Melyn became the third patroon in June 1642, when De Vries agreed to give him the entire Staten Island, except the De Vries plantation.
Director General Kieft of New Amsterdam asked Melyn to build America's first whiskey distillery in what is known today as New Brighton. The settlers taught the Indians to drink whiskey, but when the Indians got drunk the settlers took advantage of them. The Indians got angry, killed nearly all the Dutch farmers and burnt the homes down. Melyn's settlement was destroyed by Indian during the "Whiskey War". Melyn fled to New Amsterdam.
On Dec. 19 1650, Melyn returned to Staten Island and built farms again. Peter Stuyvesant replaced Kieft as Governor.
One day in 1655, a man named VanDyke, who lived on Manhattan Island, looked out his window and saw an Indian woman steal a peach from his tree. He shot her. Angered, the Indians started the "Peach War". Melyn's colony was destroyed, so he left Staten Island and returned to Holland.
Van der Capellen was Staten Island's last patroon, but he never tried to live on his lands because of the damage caused by the Peach War. On August 22, 1661, Pierre Billiou (a Walloon, a French-speaking person of Celtic descent who lived in Southern Belgium and France) and Walraven Luten requested permission to build colonies on Staten Island. This became the first permanent settlement on Staten Island. The settlers were mainly French people who were looking for religious freedom.
1664 - Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch Governor in New Amsterdam, was forced to surrender to the British, who attacked from the sea. New Amsterdam and Staten Island became part of the English Colony, now called New York.
To learn about the early Indian tribes in the Manhattan and Staten Island areas see: <http://www.dickshovel.com/meto.html> and <http://www.dickshovel.com/Mahican.html>


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MACON, Ga. (March 30, 2009) -After completely dominating its Atlantic Sun Conference opponents this season the ETSU men's tennis team continued that trend dropping league foe Mercer, 6-1 late Monday night at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center in Mercer, Ga.
Despite playing with a different lineup for only the second time this spring ETSU (8-7, 6-0) opened play winning all three doubles matches for the early 1-0 lead. In No. 1 doubles action senior Alex Ahlgren (Tyreso, Sweden) and freshman Robin Akser (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden) made quick work of Dave Barton and Victor Dias, 8-7, while the Buc team of senior Enrique Olivares (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela) and freshman Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) dropped Justin Wimpee and Mathew Poleon, 8-3.The final doubles match proved to be the most exciting as junior Daniel Isaza (Medellin, Columbia) and freshman Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium), outlasted Fernando Armendaris and Chapman Mitchell, 9-8.
With the momentum on its side the Bucs continued to roll as singles play began. No. 11th-ranked Olivares dropped Justin Wimpee in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, for his seventh straight singles win, while sophomore Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia), playing in No. 2 position, rallied after dropping the first set 3-6, by storming back to take the final two sets, 6-3, 10-8.
After sophomore Charles Bottoni (Bois Guillaume, France) dropped a heartbreaking three-set No. 3 singles match to Dave Barton, ETSU extended its advantage as Robin Akser continued his outstanding play over the past two weeks, defeating Chapman Mitchell, 6-2, 6-2. The Bucs followed that up as Danny (Daniel) Isaza gave the Bucs a 5-1 lead after dominating Victor Dias in straight sets 6-0, 6-1.
With the victory now in hand ETSU captain Alex Ahlgren closed out the scoring against Adam Hunt dropping Mercer freshman Adam Hunt 6-3, 6-2 giving the Bucs its 31st-straight A-Sun regular season win.
The nationally ranked Bucs will now look to extend winning streak as they travel to face both Florida Gulf Coast and No. 74-ranked Stetson this weekend.
Tennis Match Results
ETSU vs Mercer
Mar 30, 2009 at Macon, Ga.
ETSU 6, Mercer 1
Singles competition
1. Enrique Olivares (ETSU) def. Justin Wimpee (MER-M) 6-2, 6-2
2. Grega Teraz (ETSU) def. Fernando Armendaris (MER-M) 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
3. Dave Barton (MER-M) def. Charles Bottoni (ETSU) 7-6, 2-6, 11-9
4. Daniel Isaza (ETSU) def. Victor Dias (MER-M) 6-0, 6-1
5. Robin Akser (ETSU) def. Chapman Mitchell (MER-M) 6-2, 6-2
6. Alex Ahlgren (ETSU) def. Adam Hunt (MER-M) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Alex Ahlgren/Robin Akser (ETSU) def. Dave Barton/Victor Dias (MER-M) 8-7
2. Enrique Olivares/Sander Grille (ETSU) def. Justin Wimpee/Matthew Poleon (MER-M) 8-3
3. Daniel Isaza/Jeremy Bonnevalle (ETSU) def. Fernando Armendaris/Chapman Mitchell (MER-M) 9-8
For more information on the ETSU men's tennis team please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.

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Aviation safety officials investigating the recent Boeing (NYSE:BA) 787 problems visited the headquarters of the Dreamliner's battery maker on Monday probing the cause of a series of mishaps that led to an emergency landing in Japan last week.
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The manufacturer, GS Yuasa, said it is fully cooperating with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau probe.
The investigators toured GS Yuasa's plant in Kyoto, Japan and inspected how the batteries are designed and made. A more detailed search is expected to ensue on Tuesday that includes tracking battery batch numbers and production dates.
All 150 Dreamliners currently in operation around the world were grounded last week when the FAA issued an airworthiness directive pending further investigation into the safety of the aircraft and the cause of the this month's problems.
The 787 woes began on January 7, when the battery pack of a grounded Dreamliner caught fire leading to the minor injury of a firefighter. Last week, a lithium-ion battery issue prompted an emergency landing by an All Nippon Airways flight shortly after takeoff.
Boeing on Friday said it would stop delivering 787s until it gets the nod from the FAA, however a spokesperson confirmed that production of the new fuel-efficient carbon composite jet continues.
On Sunday, safety officials said excess voltage was not the cause of the Boston fire and that the batteries involved in both incidents were abnormal.
They have expanded their probe to also include the battery's charger and the jet's auxiliary power unit, including how it was designed and manufactured, which is why investigators were in Kyoto on Monday.
Shares of Boeing have fallen about 3% in choppy trade since the first incident in Boston on January 7.


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Convex Functions are Continuous
Yesterday we defined a function defined on an open interval to be "convex" if its graph lies below all of its secants. That is, given any in , for any point we have
which we can rewrite as
or (with a bit more effort) as
That is, the slope of the secant above is less than that above , which is less than that above . Here's a graph to illustrate what I mean:
The slope of the red line segment is less than that of the green, which is less than that of the blue.
In fact, we can push this a bit further. Let be the function with takes a subinterval and gives back the slope of the secant over that subinterval:
Now if and are two subintervals of with and then we find
by using the above restatements of the convexity property. Roughly, as we move to the right our secants get steeper.
If is a subinterval of , I claim that we can find a constant such that for all . Indeed, since is open we can find points and in with and . Then since secants get steeper we find that
giving us the bound we need. This tells us that within we have (the technical term here is that is "Lipschitz", which is what Mr. Livshits kept blowing up about), and it's straightforward from here to show that must be uniformly continuous on , and thus continuous everywhere in (but maybe not uniformly so!)
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Nice blog you have here!
Indeed, for a convex function defined on an open I it needs to be continuous. The crucial part of the proof seems to be the existence of a' and b', which can fail if we consider cl(I), in which case the function can have a discontinuity at the boundary of the domain. Although it would be a fairly funky function, it would still be one.
Comment by rasha | November 19, 2009 |
Not even that funky; it's just a step discontinuity. We should require the convexity criterion to hold over a (non-compact) open set.
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Sandy Rios Responds To Critics Upset With Her Comparison Of Gays To Kidnapper Ariel Castro
The Internet had a collective "... the fuck?" moment on Tuesday when Fox News contributor Sandy Rios compared gay men to convicted Ohio kidnapper/rapist Ariel Castro.
From the dark depths of her self-dug hole, Sandy wants us to toss her a shovel so she can dig out.
Today, Sandy devoted a portion of her radio broadcast to reach out to those who may have been offended by her remarks.
If what we're saying is not true, it should have no power over you, it shouldn't bother you. Because I think in time, what's true and what's right, what works, what comports with reality will be lasting. So, let's just see if your view of this is lasting. Let's just see if homosexual marriage is all that you think it is, if it's a pure and wonderful expression of love for two people.
Now, I would never say that homosexuals cannot love. They can, of course. Capable of great love. And I know there's been tremendous heartbreak in the homosexual community – and I've talked about this before – heartbreak when you lose a loved one, heartbreak when you break up. Because, you know, there aren't many lasting relationships – maybe among lesbians, but certainly not among gay men, that's not the norm.
So, there's a lot of heartbreak, a lot of rejection when you get older, so I know that you're capable and able. You're humans, you love. The point is, the right kind of love. The right kind of love is life-giving. And the right kind of love is love for God, love for your natural family, love between a man and a woman and a woman and a man in marriage. Not cohabitating. There's just some standards that God lays down.
There. Does that make you feel better?
Love is life giving... She is referring to procreation. She is right, but it is not limited to the context she puts it in. Love is life giving, I know that because I have been lucky to have such a pure love in my life. In the darkest most traumatic moment of my life, I met the purest person on this earth and his love saved my life. It breathed life back into me, my wounds healed, I moved on from the pain and learned to love myself and be truly happy. He is the most important person to ever come into my life and our love for each other is the purest love and is eternal. So yes love gives life.
The best response to this woman's opinion is simple. Find someone you love, whom loves you. Marry. Raise a family, if you so choose. Live a life together in happiness.
Marriage is work and marriage takes commitment. And it is not for everyone. But for those that are seeking it, those that love and devote themselves to another, whom merge into devoted partnership and caring commitment... no more beautiful thing can be imagined. So do not fall to this woman's level, don't drag yourself through the mud with her. Rise above her ignorance and show her (and all the nay-sayers) that we are better than you believe us to be. Show her by living your life, with dignity and with the person you love.
So since words don't mean anything and comparing gay men to a guy who held a bunch of women prisoner in his home against their will doesn't have any power, then calling Sandy Rios a small minded slaggy gash with the i.q. of a turd should not mean a thing. I could say so much more mean mean mean things about and to her, but I believe words do hurt. Her parents should be proud they raised such an ignorant daughter. What a horrible person, but there again she works for FOX NEWS...they will all have a special place together in hell, no doubt about that! I still don't get the connection between the marriage of 2 men and a guy who kidnapped and tortured women. Oh, now I get it! She is stupid and doesn't know anything!!!!! I assume someone has to dress her in the morning because the buttons are to much of a challenge for her to work alone.


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Raburn's clutch hit, sturdy 'pen deliver win
CHICAGO -- Terry Francona has always liked to employ an oversized bullpen and talked about its importance before Saturday's game. The Indians are carrying eight relievers, which is not one too many for this series.
After they took their lumps in the first two games of the four-game set with the White Sox, the 'pen put up nothing but zeros to bail out starter Justin Masterson and give the Tribe a 12-6 win on Saturday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Terry Francona has always liked to employ an oversized bullpen and talked about its importance before Saturday's game. The Indians are carrying eight relievers, which is not one too many for this series.
After they took their lumps in the first two games of the four-game set with the White Sox, the 'pen put up nothing but zeros to bail out starter Justin Masterson and give the Tribe a 12-6 win on Saturday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.View Full Game Coverage
"The biggest thing was our bullpen. They were able to shut the guys down," said designated hitter Ryan Raburn, whose two-out, two-run single in the seventh turned out to be the deciding blow. "We haven't been able to do that the first few games, so for them to be able to come in there and shut the door, that was the biggest key right there."
Indeed, Cleveland relievers had surrendered six runs in 7 2/3 innings the previous two contests, but they shut down the White Sox from the fifth inning on. Josh Outman picked up the win by escaping a two-on, two-out jam in the fifth after Masterson's exit, following that with a scoreless sixth. Bryan Shaw notched a 1-2-3 inning for the Indians in the seventh, Cody Allen tossed a scoreless eighth and John Axford came in to seal the win in the ninth.
The Indians had hoped for a deep outing from starter Masterson after neither Danny Salazar nor Carlos Carrasco could make it through the fifth in the first two games, taxing an already heavily used bullpen. But Masterson was pulled in the fifth for Outman, who retired Adam Eaton on a weak dribbler in front of the plate.
The Tribe bullpen came into the game leading the American League with 38 2/3 relief innings and was forced to shoulder the burden once again. After Masterson allowed six runs (five earned) in 4 2/3 innings, the starting staff's ERA ballooned to 5.52.
"We just haven't been able to get deep into the ballgame," Masterson said. "I think we've all had glimpses of great things, and then we've kind of gotten unraveled ever so slightly as we've gone along. Again, and you look at it, too, been some tough breaks for other guys. You look at certain plays that go this way or that way and it could be a lot different story.
"There's no one to blame but ourselves, because then we continue to hurt ourselves and get in trouble. But I think after getting a couple starts under our belts, getting our feet wet, I think you're going to continue to see better things. As the weather heats up, I think we're going to heat up, too."
While the bullpen did its thing, Raburn cashed in during the winning rally to bolster his reputation as a Sox killer. With the game tied at 6 entering the seventh, Nick Swisher singled and Carlos Santana and Michael Brantley walked to load the bases. One batter later, Raburn delivered on a 2-1 fastball from reliever Daniel Webb with a bullet up the middle that scored Swisher and Santana to give the Indians the lead for good.
Raburn, a career .301 hitter against the Sox, now has 72 RBIs in 97 games against the division rivals, but he gave the credit to his teammates.
"Oh, nah, it was a team win," Raburn said. "To be able to be in that position to help us out, that's a tribute to our team putting us in that position. We kept battling and were able to pull that one out."
The Indians added four runs in the ninth for good measure, courtesy of David Murphy's three-run triple and Mike Aviles' RBI single. It was part of a 12-hit day for the Tribe, which finished 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
"We swung the bats very well. We got on the board early, and then we let them right back in it, but we swung the bats and we stayed after them," Francona said. "We took our walks, we swung the bats, we hit the ball out of the ballpark. I thought we actually hit some balls to left field that were really well hit. Those weren't going to go anywhere today. It was a long day of good at-bats, and we needed them."
The Indians jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first on Brantley's two-run single, but the Sox fired back with four runs in the bottom half, helped by Aviles' throwing error on a botched double play.
That first inning was simply a sign of the seesaw battle to come. Both teams scored a run in the second -- the Indians on Murphy's leadoff homer -- to give the Sox a 5-4 lead. Swisher and Jason Kipnis put the Tribe back on top in the fifth with back-to-back one-out homers to right off Sox starter Felipe Paulino.
The lead was short-lived, though Masterson limited the damage in the bottom of the fifth. After loading the bases, Masterson induced a weak hit in front of the plate from Adrian Nieto, and Santana stepped on home plate for the force out.
Jordan Danks followed with a chopper to Swisher, who stepped on the bag for one and fired home, but Ramirez slid in just ahead of Santana's swipe tag, tying the game at 6.
"They're grinding out at-bats, Justin is very tough, we got him in some tough spots and he found a way out of it," Sox manager Robin Vetura said. "He's extremely tough on righties, so it was nice to get some lefties in there and be able to counteract that somewhat, but they battled enough to get somebody a win."
Said Masterson: "The guys have been great putting runs up on the board. Even our losses, they're putting up five or six runs, and I think that's a testament to where we're at. I mean, last year, we were a little streaky ... and there's going to be that time this year where us as starters are getting our feet a little wet, we're struggling a little bit, but I think we'll be OK."
Joe Popely is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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On July 6, 2004, the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., became the first Catholic diocese in the history of the United States to seek the protection of the bankruptcy court. On Sept. 20, 2004, the Diocese of Tucson became the second. Both of these filings resulted from the wave of lawsuits brought against the church because of the sexual abuse of minors by members of the Catholic clergy. Other dioceses are reported to be considering filing. Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code is uniquely suited to address some of the issues raised by the sexual abuse crisis. I offer here some of the history, philosophy and policies underlying Chapter 11 and point out some of the issues that are likely to arise in the pending cases.
Debt in the Scriptures
The sources of American bankruptcy law are many and varied. They include Hebrew, Christian and Arabic Scriptures and customs, Roman law and the laws of England. The Hebrew Scriptures contemplate the sale of ancestral lands and of persons in payment of debts but provide for remission of debts and release from slavery at the end of every seven years (Dt 7:15). In addition, every 50th year was to be a jubilee year, in which lands were returned to their ancestral ownership (Lev 25). The Christian Scriptures include a number of references to debts and debtors. The Lord's Prayer includes a petition for forgiveness of indebtedness. The parable of the two debtors in Matthew 18 indicates that slavery, imprisonment and torture were possible remedies for debt under the Roman occupation (Mt 18:23-35).
There are some interesting differences between the treatment of debt in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures and in the Roman Empire. The Hebrew people and the early Christians were more likely to be debtors than creditors. So, it is not surprising to find that the emphasis in Scripture is upon relief from indebtedness, rather than enforcement of obligations. As Christians moved into positions of power and wealth, however, greater emphasis was placed upon the nonpayment of debt as a form of dishonesty rather than as a misfortune. Imprisonment for debt was abolished in the United States in the 1830's and 1840's. Even today, however, it is not unusual to find people who believe that bankruptcy is at least a quasi-criminal proceeding and that debtors are (or should be) punished. In this climate, it is very difficult for the manager of any business entity, generally a person who has been successful and expects always to be successful, to face the prospect of financial failure. In fact, in my experience, it is one of the most spiritually trying events that anyone can face.
The Development of the Bankruptcy Code
The forerunner to the present Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, the chapter that deals with reorganization, arose in response to the financial crisis in the railroad industry in the late 19th century. State remedies proved inadequate to deal with the problems of interstate railroads. The solution at that time was court-supervised receiverships, called equity receiverships, which remained the predominant means of corporate reorganization until the Great Depression. The court-appointed receiver was empowered to run the troubled railroad until a buyer could be found for its assets.
Another predecessor to modern reorganization was the composition agreement. A debtor proposed to repay a portion of his debts over a period of time while retaining his property. The plan was approved, provided that the debtor was able to obtain the consent of a majority in number and three-fourths in value of his creditors. The best interests test protected dissenters, as it required that all creditors receive as much as they would have received if the debtor's assets had been liquidated.
The modern reorganization case is a combination of features from the equity receivership and the composition agreement. It permits a debtor to maintain its property and business while repaying some portion or all of its indebtedness over time. Unlike the old equity receivership, however, the goal is not always the sale of the business enterprise. Many entities have emerged from reorganization to continue in business for years thereafter as a reorganized debtor.
The Bankruptcy Code Today
The present Bankruptcy Code, which became law in 1978, combines three previous reorganization chapters into one, Chapter 11. Chapter 11 is designed to be a flexible tool for the reorganization of the business and debts of corporations, partnerships and individuals. The goals of the reorganization process are many: to maintain the going concern value of the enterprise; to protect workers, their jobs and their retirement benefits; to realize greater value for creditors than a straight liquidation of assets would make possible; to avoid the ripple effects of a failed enterprise. In exchange for opening its books and records, a debtor obtains an automatic stay of any action to commence or continue civil litigation, or to collect an indebtedness, by any creditor in any court anywhere in the United States. Upon the filing of a petition, the previous entity or person becomes a new legal entity, called the debtor in possession, which is charged with fiduciary responsibility for the proper administration of the case for the benefit of creditors and equity holders. A trustee is appointed in a Chapter 11 case only if the debtor in possession is found to have engaged in fraudulent activities or gross mismanagement. The goal and purpose of the reorganization process is the filing of a plan of reorganization that will provide for the repayment of claims on a fair and equitable basis while at the same time permitting the debtor entity to continue its operations.
A reorganization plan must be accompanied by a disclosure statement that has been approved by the bankruptcy court as containing adequate information to enable a creditor to make an informed decision to vote to accept or reject the plan. As in the old composition agreements, confirmation of the plan requires that the majority in number but only two-thirds in amount of creditor claims in each impaired class must vote to accept it. If a debtor is unable to achieve the requisite number of votes to obtain acceptance of its plan by the acceptance method, it may ask the court to confirm the plan over the objections of creditors. The court must evaluate whether the plan is fair and equitable and does not discriminate unfairly with respect to each class of claims impaired under the plan. Upon confirmation of a reorganization plan, property of the estate vests in the reorganized debtor, and the plan becomes a new contract between the debtor and its creditors.
Chapter 11 reorganization has come to be seen as the vehicle of choice for addressing mass tort claims. Cases have been filed, for example, by manufacturers of asbestos-containing building materials, Agent Orange, and the Dalkon Shield birth control device. The focus of these cases was the development of a process that would permit all interested parties, including victims, lenders, debtors and shareholders, to come together to develop an equitable method of compensating victims while permitting the debtor to continue in operation. The formation of various official committees, each with its own advisers, facilitates the process.
Chapter 11 and the U.S. Catholic Church
These are the principles that have led to the filing of the diocesan reorganization cases. In each case, the bishops have cited the need for a process that permits equitable and compassionate treatment of victims while permitting the diocese to return to its role as a church. From its first pages, the disclosure statement in the Tucson case emphasizes that the purpose of the filing was to fairly, justly, and equitably compensate the victims of sexual abuse by clergy or others associated with the Diocese and bring healing to victims, parishioners and others affected by the past acts of sexual abuse committed by clergy and others while allowing the Diocese to continue its ministry and mission. The proposed plan provides for the creation of two trusts to be funded by settlements from insurers and the liquidation of certain diocesan assets, exclusive of parish and school property. Trustees for each of these trusts are to be given responsibility for resolving all pre-petition tort claims, investing and managing settlement funds, and making payments to holders of allowed claims.
One issue that has received much attention in these cases is whether the assets of the parishes are assets of the bankruptcy estates. While it does not define property rights, the Bankruptcy Code does prescribe which assets become property of the bankruptcy estate upon the filing of a petition for relief. Property of the estate is very broadly defined to include all legal and equitable interests of the debtor in property as of the commencement of the case. There are certain exceptions to this broad definition. Property of the estate does not include property in which the debtor holds, as of the commencement of the case, only legal title and not an equitable interest. Pursuant to canon law, all clerics and lay persons who take part in the administration of ecclesiastical goods are bound to fulfill their functions in the name of the church according to the norms of law. But the Code of Canon Law does not specify how title to the temporal goods of the church is to be held, and the practice varies from state to state.
It has been argued that pursuant to canon law, the bishop's interest in parish assets is a bare legal title and that parish assets are therefore not property of a diocese's bankruptcy estate. This is far from clear, however, and trial and appeal of this issue could take years. But through the plan negotiation process, it may be possible for interested parties to agree upon an adequate amount to fund a plan in lieu of liquidating parish assets. Victims and parishes, through their representatives, may fully participate in the plan negotiation process.
Other questions have arisen about the role of the bankruptcy judge in supervising diocesan activities and the administration of diocesan assets, and whether this would impermissibly interfere with the free exercise of religion. In point of fact, the bankruptcy judge has no responsibility for case administration under the present Bankruptcy Code. That role is placed upon the trustee. While it is possible under the Bankruptcy Code for a judge to appoint an operating trustee for a nonprofit debtor in the event of gross mismanagement or fraud, it is more likely that a judge would first address specific creditor concerns through the appointment of an examiner. An examiner may be a lawyer or an accountant, but need not be, and is charged with investigating allegations concerning fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, misconduct, mismanagement or irregularities in the management of the affairs of the debtor, and with making a report of his findings to the court and other interested parties. If the report of the examiner reveals the need for the appointment of a trustee, a person is elected to serve as trustee by non-insider creditors holding allowable, undisputed, fixed and liquidated unsecured claims.
In a Chapter 11 case, however, there ordinarily is no trustee. Rather, the debtor in possession is clothed with the rights, duties and powers of a case trustee. So long as a diocese remains in possession of its property, the bishop of that diocese, together with his consultors, will continue to make decisions concerning the operation of the diocese. While a debtor may not use, sell or lease property outside the ordinary course of its business without the approval of the bankruptcy court, this approval is routinely given where there are no objections to the proposed action by affected parties. Whether in connection with obtaining confirmation of a plan or during the administrative phase of a case, the role of the bankruptcy judge is limited to deciding whether a proposed action does or does not meet the requirements of the Bankruptcy Code. In deciding that question, the judge generally has no power to compel an alternative action.
Bankruptcy law is certainly not the solution for all problems, and I am not urging a rush to the bankruptcy courts. But more Catholics need to become familiar with the reorganization process and value it for the creative solution it can provide for some very difficult problems now being faced by the church in the United States.


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Stylish Storage: 10 Best Ways to Organize Your Entryway
Oh, the entryway! The first thing you see when you get home, the last space you walk through before you leave... and a magnet for jumbles of jackets and piles of dripping boots. Here are ten ways to ensure your entryway gives you a proper welcome home.
- Locker Room I was searching and searching for the perfect image of lockers used in a fabulous entryway, and it turns out I didn't need to look any further than my own backyard. In 2011, Apartment Therapy's A Bachelor Pad Landing Strip featured hooks, a message board, the essential bench, and the greatest orange lockers ever.
- All The Hooks If you have a large entryway (and perhaps a lack of closets), why not make room for all of your stylish jackets? This approach from Skona Hem magazine via High Street Market is particularly guest-friendly, since they won't have to ask where to put/find their things.
- Business Time Ooh, we could really use an entryway filing system to deal with bills, magazines, and outgoing mail, as well as the usual entryway paraphernalia. Teal & Lime put together a fantastic version using an old filing cabinet, a basket, a bulletin board, and a file holder.
- The Sweet Spot Many apartments don't have any sort of entryway at all, so a little space set aside for exits and entrances is essential. Design*Sponge featured a shelf just large enough to hold keys-wallet-sunglasses, and a wall full of art to welcome you home.
- Upcycle Young House Love converted IKEA's Retur recycling bins into entryway shoe storage — but they could easily hold gloves, leashes, and pocketbooks.
- Wine Crates This entryway from A Beautiful Mess is one of my favorites because it's modular. If you have any wine crates left over from making under-the-bed storage, use them to hold boots, umbrellas, outgoing mail, and more.
- Boots Under Bench I swear I've spent half the winter taking off and putting on boots. A bench is necessary for long lace-ups, and storing bulky boots like Real Simple did is super smart.
- 1 Bin + 2 Hooks I love Martha Stewart's idea of giving each member of the household a bin to hold hats, mittens, sunglasses, and so on, along with hooks on which to hang purses, backpacks, scarves, and umbrellas.
- The Right Height Teach little ones the joys of "A place for everything and everything in its place" with hooks just for them. Martha Stewart used custom-painted knobs, but any hooks would do.
- Notes and Quotes I can't abide chalkboard (with or without fingernails upon it), but I can appreciate how handy it is. I've seen it used well in many entryways, like this one from The Yellow Cape Cod, allowing household members to easily leave notes for each other.


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Oh, it was a pleasure. I had no idea that you also enjoyed sacred music. Of course you don't have to be religious to enjoy it, the St. Matthew Passion was wonderfully written.
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Thanks, you have no idea how much I appreciate that. She is going to be in some pain for probably over a year now and I have moved in with her. It's a long process but we enjoy the company well enough anyways.
Just caught in a moment of really appreciating a quality opponent. I hope all has been well with you, also hope you got some of that Kingcake last time you were down.. I have been craving some and it is out of season.
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Yea it's seasonal, after the Mardi Gras season they are gone. If you get one stop at a local Rouses, they have the best IMO. We love the Bavarian creme, if you are in the mood for a filling. I also like mine with a glass of milk. But you can hardly go wrong with sugar covered goodness. Safe trip to you.
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North Korea's First Lady Appears Pregnant
(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Is a fourth generation Kim in sight for North Korea's ruling family?
In film footage released this week, first lady Ri Sol-Ju appeared for the first time in two months with a visible baby bump. Ri and her husband Kim Jong Un were filmed together at a musical concert to mark the 60th anniversary of the Kim Il Sung Military University.
Kim is the grandson of the communist nation's founder Kim Il Sung. He took power following his father Kim Jong Il's death in December.
Speculation had been swirling that Ri was either pregnant or put under house arrest for her excessive cheerful attitude in public. The rumor was that the state elders preferred a more conservative wife for their young leader who is believed to be 29 or 30 years old, according to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo.
Ri had been seen on North Korean media during the summer with her husband in state events. Her sense of fashion -- colorful suits, polka-dot dresses, heels and even a Christian Dior bag -- and public display of affection, like holding hands or walking arm-in-arm with the leader, had surprised North Korean watchers.
But just when all were wondering where the ex-singer-turned-first lady had gone, she came back wearing an elegant knee-length cream jacket with matching strap covering her belly bump. It may be her second child as there are rumors that the couple already have a son or daughter.
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Ok, so this is a dead simple post about a great BBQ Rub, but it can be used as a regular flavor boost for about everything imaginable. This "Original Recipe" was invented by Mike Mills, and he called it "Magic Dust". This recipe isn't mine, and has been relentlessly copied and modified. This is a pretty basic rendition that anyone cam make simply at home and have around.
- 1/2 cup paprika
- 1/4 cup kosher salt, finely ground
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons mustard powder
- 1/4 cup chili powder
- 1/4 cup ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup granulated garlic
- 2 tablespoons cayenne
Make it this way first, but it you prefer a bit more heat, add slight amounts of both Black Pepper and perhaps the mustard powder. Easy on the additions, as in most spices – a little either way can completely change how you mouth tastes the rub.


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We are a car care products marketer and distributor in California. We build car care kits for auto dealers. Our products are positioned in Sales, Parts and Finance departments. Our car care products are packaged in plastic car wash buckets and given to new car buyers.
I need a private label designed for a car care kit. The label will be a dealership branded. It will feature a stock photo of the vehicle make (Lexus), the auto dealers name, and will be called the "Spring Clean Car Care Kit."
Label size - 8"h x 9"w / vinyl decal
I envision a label featuring a Lexus vehicle in motion, which can be the main image or template foundation.
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- Kit name: "Spring Clean Car Care Kit"
Lexus owners will be receive this car care kit at delivery. The dealer wants to enhance the delivery with an eycatching, beautiful, upscale kit. Both male & females will be targeted, well educated, high household income. 70% of new car buyers vow to maintain the appearence of their vehicle.
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Over the weekend, the Sun City Synchronettes participated in their annual show. Synchronized swimming is a labor of love for 45 women and two men who showcased their talent to the theme, Swim the USA featuring patriotic and popular songs from many areas of the country.
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Eat a di#k hotshot. No idea who she is. I doubt she is a bigname model. She could be any desperate chick looking for work trying to make it big. Welcome to Hollywood.
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Gwen Yearwood, Trisha Yearwood's Mother, Dies at 73
Trisha Yearwood has never shied away from an opportunity to brag about the strong relationship she has with her mother, Gwen Yearwood. She was the inspiration behind the singer's two best-selling cookbooks, but also an example of how to be an independent woman and a loving, caring wife. Gwen Yearwood died early Saturday morning after a long battle with cancer.
"Mrs. Gwen Yearwood ended her long battle with cancer early Saturday morning with her two daughters at her side," a statement at Yearwood's official website reads. "The family is deeply appreciative of the care and concern they've received throughout this journey. As a long-time supporter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Trisha asks that expressions of sympathy be directed to Komen's research, in her mother's name."
Just recently, Yearwood told GAC how influential her parents — including the late Jack Yearwood — were in her life. "I'm very lucky. I'm one of those kids who has a mom who everybody loves. So when my mom comes to Oklahoma and visits and she's gone, everybody's like, 'When's your mom coming back?'" she said.
Gwen Yearwood was the cook in the family, and played a large roll in grooming her daughter to be a recognized kitchen expert. Along with Yearwood's sister, the two co-authored two cookbooks, 'Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen' and 'Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood.'
Gwen Yearwood was a retired school teacher, and she encouraged her daughter to pursue education before chasing her dream in Nashville. The singer credits her degree from Belmont University for helping her maintain a long career in Nashville.


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Chris Brown was charged Tuesday with hit-and-run and driving without a valid license, both misdemeanors stemming from a May fender bender — and he promptly hit Twitter to proclaim his innocence.
"It's not a hit and run if u get out the car, exchange information (who has NO DAMAGE to either cars). This is really ridiculous," the singer said in a series of tweets. "I have a valid drivers license and I gave the woman the right info. She saw cameras and wanted to make a scene. She contacted the cops thinking of a payday from Chris Brown when I followed the proper procedures.
"My lawyers will be contacting you. I will not stand for this bullying and yellow journalism!"
DOCUMENT: Read the complaint filed against Chris Brown
Breezy also changed his Twitter avatar to a picture of himself with the woman outside her Mercedes after the tap and made his profile background a shot he'd taken of the car's rear bumper.
"My profile pic is the pic I took of the persons car after 'the hit and run'. NO damage. Just a dirty car.once again, I gotta clear my name," he wrote.
Prosecutors allege Brown didn't produce a valid driver license because he didn't have one at the time and didn't swap proof of insurance with the other driver at the time of the accident, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney's office told L.A. Now.
If convicted, Brown faces up to six months in jail on each offense. Also, with the singer on probation for assaulting Rihanna in 2009, the city attorney will refer the case to the L.A. County district attorney's office for review. If Brown were found to have violated his probation in the assault case, he could be looking at up to four years in prison.
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Dylan Lauren, daughter of Ralph Lauren and owner of Dylan's Candy Bar on Third Avenue, is "furious" with competitor Sugar Factory for wooing away her employees — and has been sneaking around taking photos of her rival. Las Vegas-based Sugar Factory has made a splash with its Couture Pop, a bejeweled lollipop enjoyed by a series of celebrities including Rihanna, Katy Perry and Eva Longoria. A source tells Page Six, "Dylan was livid when her brilliant store manager, Abel Horner, left to go open Sugar Factory's Vegas store." Lauren was spotted last week in Vegas at Sugar Factory in the Mirage Hotel. A spy says she was intently looking around the store and "whispering with another woman." The candy queen was said to be in Vegas scouting a location for a potential outpost there. Lauren couldn't be reached. A Sugar Factory rep said, "We are flattered Dylan's looking to us for inspiration."
Candy showdown isn't sweet
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Yesterday my younger brother was here and we had a small but fun brikwars battle. Five minifigs and a hero per team and the battleground was the large set grocery store (or whatever it's called) where I put some evil animals, some random weapons and a yellow crystal wich we agreed posession of would grant victory. I placed the items, he got to choose where to set up. Let me present the forces:
My team consisted of four manly spartans, a ninja with crossbows and my hero (not very visable here) a vampire with a golden trident. My brother (ever the powergamer) opted for my vermacht troops but with a twist, apparently they got infested with brickthulian influences and his hero is the officer with the indian headgear.
My brothers setup. He choose to position his troops with great firepower covering all entrances and sides. Not in this picture but Klaus covered the right side of the building.
My setup. My ninja leads the charge, hero following and then the brave spartans. Now, my brother was counting on going first and just staying with delayed actions to shoot me when my troops turned up. However, I won the roll for first round not giving him the first actions to keep. And that house is not all that wide actually...
Sorry for the extremely bad picture! My ninja charged the hallway, shooting Gunther dead with a crossbowbolt. Spartan nr 1 followd behind the ninja. The vampire, with greater move, ran around the building and stabbed Klaus with his trident, killing him. Also seen are some battlepigs. Spartan nr 2 entered the store, nr 3 climbed the stairs and nr 4 waited.
The chief turned on my vampire, charging. He hit with his rapier but didn't kill. Vampire critfailed with returning strike, trident stuck on lamppost. The chief then shot him dead with his gun. My vampire tried to use his feat to turn into mist but failed, so he became really dead.
Hans followed his chief, grabbed Günthers machinegun and shot the ninja with a well placed salvo.
Sharky ran up and opened fire with his gun. As seen, thanks to his eye-configuration we ruled he could actually fire from cover... he splattered spartan nr 2s head over the wall. But there were angry squeaks heard...
...though the charging battlepig was shot by response-fire from Squidhead (not in picture). Next turn.
Spartan nr 1 charges over the dead ninja and makes a fantastic leap, plunging his spear into Hans neck though sadly only scoring two points of damage. Everybody was not laughing, I can tell you. Spartan nr 3 entered the top floor and found (and picked up) a bazooka with one shot. Spartan nr 4 also started to climb the back stairs. Here I argued that my vampire should be able to revive on a "10" on a d10. I won the "what-I-say-goes" but there was some grumbling from the other side of the table... (notice how I have lousy pics of my own turns).
The chief then turns on spartan 1 but inflicts measly damage. The return strike actually would kill the chief, but Hans, sensing an opportunity to serve his leader, valiantly leaps between the chief and impending pointy doom and dies with a smile on his face.
Squidly then shoots Spartan nr 1 in the back. Very unsportsmanlike. sharky starts to climd the facade of the building.
I don't quite remember what happened on my turn but I did roll a 10 for the resurection-roll but after some argument I dropped the matter and continued to have fun.
Spartan 3 with the bazooka decided to rocketjump out from the top floor, and in a rare coincidence shot Squidly into red paste on the sidewalk. Sharky and the chief had by now both entered the second floor. Spartan 3 was confident that the shockwave would slow his decent and allow him to land safely to pick up a new weapon, but...
...a failed "what-I-say-goes" later he discovers that in this house we follow the rules of gravity (and thermodynamics..).
The last spartan (nr 4) charges from the top floor at the same time as a ravenous kitten and wild dog attack the chief. He throws his spear at Sharky but misses, sharky misses response fire, the Chief kills both the dog and the cult and then
Triumpfantly shoots Nr 4 in the back (it took some stabbing too). Victory for the brickthulian wermacht who conquered the crystal for use in some nefarious experiment, no doubt.
All in all I had good fun. Hopefully more battles ahead.


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DALLAS — Dallas Stars centre Cody Eakin skated the length of the ice, got around a sliding defender, closed his eyes and shot just before his stick got ripped out of his hands.
The top-seeded Anaheim Ducks can clearly see they are in quite a fight now.
Eakin scored on Dallas' first shot of the third period, Alex Goligoski scored on the next one 1:22 later and the Stars beat the Ducks 4-2 in Game 4 on Wednesday night to even the best-of-seven series.
"Once I came around that D-man … I saw a guy and there was a lane," Eakin said. "So, I just closed my eyes and shot."
Even without captain Ryan Getzlaf, a surprise late scratch with an upper-body injury, and healthy scratch Teemu Selanne, the Ducks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead.
"It's not often we get outworked," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "But I thought after that, the last 40 was as hard as the boys could go. They emptied the tank."
The Stars, who got physical at home after a pair of one-goal losses in Anaheim to start the series, are assured of playing another home game in their first playoff appearance since 2008.
"All year we've been good at putting stuff behind us. Things haven't been going well, we've been able to put periods behind us," Goligoski said. "We just stuck with the plan, kept going, kept getting in their zone and it paid off."
Game 5 is Friday night in Anaheim, and the series returns Sunday to the American Airlines Center for Game 6.
Stars captain Jaime Benn scored unassisted, his third goal of the series, off a faceoff 27 seconds into the second period. About 6 minutes later, Vernon Fiddler managed to get the puck in a small gap between the post and rookie goalie Frederick Andersen to tie it at 2.
Getzlaf took a puck in the face in the series opener and played the last two games with a half-cage to protect the stitches just below his mouth. It wasn't clear if the upper-body injury was related to that, or was a different issue for the captain, and coach Bruce Boudreau wouldn't elaborate despite being asked about it several times.
"It was a previous injury aggravated, but that's all I'm going to say," said Boudreau, who downplayed the captain's absence being deflating. "In the first period, it made us come out and do whatever we had to do."
Bryan Allen scored on a shot from just inside the blue line with 7:43 left in the first period.
Anaheim led 2-0 after Matthieu Perreault's shot that hit Kari Lehtonen's glove and fell over the goalie's shoulder behind him. The puck trickled in with help from Patrick Maroon, the left wing who got the goal after talking about retaliation against Dallas after what the Ducks had perceived as over-aggressive play.
Just like Game 3, there were plenty of scrums Wednesday night.
With 2:10 left, Anaheim's Corey Perry and Antoine Roussel got in some big blows before being separated and given 5-minute majors for fighting. It was Roussel who punched Getzlaf in the previous game.
There were also five 10-minute misconduct penalties in that closing stretch, and referees had to separate several groups of players when the game ended.
"That's the type of stuff that's their pushback, it's our pushback," Ruff said. "I really feel like we're in a playoff series now."
Eakin hit the post in the opening minute of the third period, but didn't' miss the go-ahead goal with 13:38 left. The raucous crowd was still in a frenzy when Fiddler backhanded a pass to Goligoski for a wrist shot that made it 4-2.
"I felt a little bit off. It was a shock on the first one, and the second one snuck by me. I was expecting (Fiddler) to pass," Andersen said. " They came out of nowhere in the second. We weren't ready for their push."
Andersen was then pulled in favour of Jonas Hiller, the veteran goalie who won 29 games during the Ducks' best regular season in franchise history before a late slump that left him on the bench until that point. Hiller faced only one shot in his 10 1/2 minutes, and Boudreau said he would discuss the goalie situation his assistants before deciding who starts Game 5.
Lehtonen, who was 0-4 in post-season games before stopping 37 shots in Dallas' 3-0 win on Monday night, had 21 saves Wednesday night.
"Being able to tie this series, it's huge," Lehtonen said. "I think we're a confident group. … And even more so now."


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Chinese Wind-Turbine Giant Stumbles Overseas
One of the largest Chinese wind-turbine manufacturers, Sinovel Wind, is significantly reducing its presence overseas. The WSJ's Wayne Ma talks about what led to Sinovel's recent troubles.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... sign the bill when group confirmed the disclosing for international subsidiaries ... just days after the U S Justice Department filed charges against a Chinese company ... accusing him of stealing trade secrets ... for Asia Today o Michael Arnold joining me from Beijing is Wall Street Journal and reporter Wayne Ma ... when ... is there a connection between the legal Proms this on a bill spacing in this decision to close its international units ... I don't think there is ... one one reason is because those for markets ... worse or maturity markets where ... allow for an international up when wind turbine manufacturers and a lot of market share in its obelisk and it struggled to sell turbines into those areas ... I see them both up a little bit about the case of United States ... basically the Justice Department saying that sun will ... still software from Umpqua Massachusetts ... company ... this comes also is the Chinese authorities are investigating Somerville over its accounting ... it is facing ended up discussing a host of problems ... um wondering um you know with the U S charges now does this indicates ... a unit of a stepped up stance but United States on the ... ledge of economic espionage by the China ... I think it does ... this isn't the first case where economic espionage is in use against China at Chinese companies ... however late last year the Obama Administration strengthened ... on ... the economic espionage Act ... and lawyers have been saying that we may see more of these cases ... use the file or the stress of just because the China increasingly is becoming ... um are being blamed for it ... I keep that in United States ... now the son of all cases not the only problem confronting China's clean energy industries ... we've seen um you know both for for wind turbines also First Solar Chinese companies of basically you know coming out of almost nowhere couple years ago ... to become world leaders but some business in the solar energy of referring to Suntec ... of these Proms are facing these these companies are facing a lot of problems when wondering did did did these companies has grown too fast or me what's behind these the setbacks of his market leaders are facing now ... at the lodge is rooted in the two dozen eight financial crisis which slashed financing ... for a clean power projects globally ... however at the same time Chinese companies want to continue to grow and expand their production so they borrow heavily ... a sentence of six case it ... came under the strain of debts ... of because of the expanded without a new young Mr for profits ... I've ... that resulted from that ... some of those cases the look that different Senegal ... also expanded its time in as much debt however it has high inventories ... and data as those that come with the company and its when the reasons why oh ... is struggling now ... this is the case that has not been the result quickly is probably gonna play out ... the over coming months and perhaps even yours ... will stay on top of it on them is to dot com for Asia Today o Michael Arnold when mom thanks for joining us ...


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I try to explain it as good as I can.
Okay, I have a HTC Desire and an UHV Prem (VW), it works well.
Yesterday I bought a HTC Desirce X (DX for short) for someone else and I tried to install the RSAP app (personal stake - DX could be my next phone).
First of all I successfully rooted my DX. Then I installed the booth apps and choose "generic" files.
First try:
- turn on BT (visible)
- search for phones, select the "HTC Desire X" and then I should confirm the code
- I did it and after a few seconds there was an error message -> can't connect (analogous) - don't know why
- I did that 3 times, but always the same message
- and now the miracle: I did nothing. In the meantime the car tried to connected to known profiles and *BING* my DX was connected as user "Desire" - my old profil. I was able to do a call and there was no reception on the phone GREAT.
I turned off my car and my phone did nothing to cancel the connection to the car öÔ
Reception: none
Status: connected to VW UHV PREM
So I turned my car on but it want connect to my phone again. I switched BT at DX off and on again. Nothing.
Car off - on - nothing.
Tried the regular way to connect the phone - not possible.
All off, all on - automatically connection as "Desire" - works.
So it is a lottery if phone connects to the car and in every case the phone didn't notice that the connection to the car is already dead if I turn my engine off.
Any idea?
I did activate the log function - where/how to upload?
"The extension txt is not allowed."
Don't know why my FSE thinks my DX is my old Desire
Greetings from Germany


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NASA is sending a rover to a remote frontier on harsh terrain that's unfriendly to humans. But it won't be to the moon or Mars -- it's headed for Greenland.
From May 3 to June 8, the Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research will travel to the highest part of the ice-locked landmass to examine the record of changes contained in the ice sheet's frigid layers.
The 6-foot-tall GROVER weighs in at 800 pounds and rolls around on modified snowmobile tracks at an average speed of 1.2 miles per hour. Because it's powered by solar panels, it doesn't pollute the air -- and because the summer sun doesn't fall beneath the horizon, the rover can operate day and night.
Human explorers often search such extreme environments in person, said Lora Koenig, a Goddard glaciologist GROVER science adviser, who has crossed "hundreds of kilometers" of western Antarctica doing similar research. But unlike humans, robots don't need to take a break on the ice.
"We have to make camps, take time out to eat, make water -- and all the living on the ice sheet takes a lot of time," Koenig said in an interview shortly before boarding a plane to Greenland. "The robot, even though it'll go slower, should be able to gather more data because it can operate 24 hours a day."
Research with a rover is less expensive than most other methods, including human exploration and aircraft surveys.
The rover will send radar waves through the ice, which will bounce off buried features and give the scientists a picture of the story contained in its layers of compacted snow. For scientists studying climate change, this is crucial data: Greenland began making the news last summer when scientists realized that higher temperatures were causing melting across 97% of the ice sheet.
GROVER was designed by teams of students in 2010 and 2011 at an engineering boot camp at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
One of the graduate students, Gabriel Trisca, said that GROVER could be a useful platform for all kinds of science instruments, not just radar.
"It would be just a matter of getting one instrument and plugging it in," Trisca said as he and fellow Boise State University graduate student Mark Robertson headed to the airport. "I hope there are other projects that can benefit from an autonomous vehicle like this, that can be controlled via satellite from anywhere in the world."
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In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sergeant John Basilone prepares to ship out and confront the enemy in the Pacific while budding journalist Robert Leckie enlists in the Corps. Eugene Sledge, unable to enlist because of a heart murmur, says farewell to his best friend, Sidney Phillips, who is about to leave for boot camp. Exactly eight months after Pearl Harbor, the 1st Marine Division, including Leckie and Phillips, lands on Guadalcanal to secure its strategically vital airfield.
A look at the biographical information of the real people behind the main characters featured in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific." John Basilone is described by Colonel Jon T. Hoffman, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired). Robert Leckie is described by Lieutenant Colonel Brendan Greeley Jr., U.S. Marine Corps (Retired). Eugene Sledge is described by Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired). Basilone is a Medal of Honor recipient, Leckie war experience were captured in Helmet for my Pillow and Sledge's written accounts of his war experiences were the foundation for the book With the Old Breed.
Richard B. Frank describes the events and highlights of the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II. He features the 1st Marine Division led by Major General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, the same unit focused on by the new HBO series "The Pacific." He looks at both sides of the battle, the U.S. and Japanese forces, and the precipitating factors that resulting in the final outcome, to include the Battle of Midway.
Richard B. Frank tells the story of Sydney Phillips, a member of 1st Marine Division in World War II, how be came to enlist, his experiences during the war, and life after it. Phillips recalls how seeing 25 stretcher cases at Cape Gloucester and not being able to do anything caused him to become a doctor, and how morale during Guadalcanal was better than could be expected because nobody knew quite what to expect.
An interview with Platoon Sergeant John Basilone of 1st Marine Division, after the Battle of Henderson Field where he earned the Medal of Honor. He describes his experiences during the battle, and the men that he served alongside.
Following the battle at Guadalcanal, General Vandegrift sent scouts to find a place where the 1st Marine Division could go to recover and unwind, and further their training & preparedness. He picked Melbourne, Australia. When the Marines arrived, they were greeted as heroes. They bonded with the Australians, many moving in with locals during their stay, and some getting engaged or married. Many of the relationships forged during the visit lasted a lifetime. Richard B. Frank tells a compelling story of peacefulness during a very violent time in our history.
An officer on board the cruiser Chicago recalls an August night 60 years ago, when the Japanese sink four Allied ships and damage his severely.
Naval History's guide to the campaign for Guadalcanal.
While the U.S. victory at Midway put the Japanese Navy on the defensive, it took the long, grueling Guadalcanal campaign to stop its army.
The Guadalcanal slideshow is from the Naval Institute Photo Archive Collection. The Naval Institute preserves the world's largest private military photo collection, with more than 450,000 photos.
The Guadalcanal gallery contains photographs from the Naval Institute Photo Archive Collection, the largest private military collection of its kind.
Benjamin Carson has been to hell and back. He fought in some of WWII's bloodiest battles including Midway, Guadalcanal, Bougainville and Iwo Jima. His riveting story is about what it was like to be on the "point" at Guadalcanal.
The Guadalcanal Collection is from the U.S. Naval Institute's Oral History program. The program captures and preserves the reminiscences of key Navy and Coast Guard personnel and contains over 230 bound volumes.
Watch a preview of HBO's new miniseries, The Pacific.


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'Atlas Shrugged' Sequel Banks on Election Fever
The first part of the film version of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel came out last year and flopped. Now comes Part Two, with a bigger budget, an entirely new cast and director, and a huge buzz boost from Paul Ryan. Don Steinberg has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Atlas Shrugged Part 2 Productions LLC.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... I ... get ... to the new Apple is in an e installment ... tricky question with s Don Steinberg he's joined us right now he's in Chicago made on ... ay ay ay ay ... I've said this is the second installment to live this epic book by Ann Rand and the first installment ... did three D orally so what what's the future for the second one ... well today I went back to the drawing board it that data on new cash ... aam and and down there ... on you but you get bigger but you show up ... on having to take a good thing that ... I think the second highest look you were to print ... books ... let's talk a little bit about them and making it out he is the chief executive the exercise equipment makers side backs ... this is one of the long running saga ... Heidi nuts and bolts what if you put into this particular project the second installment ... on the ad he's put him on ... a ... no money in the first one in and in the ... sector was ... key in with that he bought the rights than with the nineteen ninety two winter on twenty years to get her roommate ... Hollywood is less interest in you know there is an uptick attached to the Top ... chorus sch and so um he was unable to get some investors come in ... with his current movie are too ... and of but it is bigger ... I'm not buying the superhighway standards but a ... new piano I read a book signing when ... avenues hitting ... theaters on October twelve what what is behind the thing keen ... on long he end and others of all the committee over whether the election law help their case will the fact that Paul Ryan has been known to the other is downplayed a bit in the election ... I have yet I'm and ran the fam could do they expect this to give them a boost ... well I know it's somewhat euro Paul Ryan and ... just into the atmosphere ... you mention coming out of the debate going on ... well well ... charity me distribution in ... a news there's a lot of people who are thinking about the topic ... in this movie so ... AMD has been widely condemned ... the action ... and they think that there are these the core audience that message is going he is going to be there and very quickly donned did they think that this this and some of the movie will resonate with people be on to sort of the of the disciples of and grand appearance today that they plan a love story portion of that was five more weeks and ran away said that ... at the heart of the Alice right does the love story ... she did um ... you know movie that did the production budget year this year ... excluding crashes I think they're trying to extend ... we have to extend beyond that work political climate it's all right Don Steinberg thanks Mr Joinus the movie comes out October twelve percent of being here on Lunch Break


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Youth Movement: Custer Makes History
Custer Unphased By G-W-C Finish in NA Power 100
Cole Custer figured the best way to avoid trouble at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was to drive away from it. The pole-sitter for Saturday's K&N Pro Series East race survived an accident-filled affair to become the youngest driver to win a NASCAR sanctioned race in Magic Mile history, taking the checkered flag in the North American Power 100.
"This one was a lot more hectic and all my guys are from up here so I really wanted to win this race," said Custer, who was making his NHMS debut. "It is awesome to win at New Hampshire."
It was the second victory of the season for Custer, who also won from the pole at Iowa Speedway on Aug. 2. Custer, one of 15 drivers under the age of 21 to start the race, now has five top-10 finishes in 12 starts this season.
Daniel Suarez, Cale Conley, Ben Rhodes and Dylan Presnell round out the top-five finishers.
The runner-up finish marked the fifth podium trip in the last six races for Suarez. His previous best finish at the Magic Mile was seventh back in 2011.
"I felt good with 10 laps to go," said Suarez, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, who was driving the No. 6 Visit Acapulco Toyota. "I wish I could have won this race for everyone in Acapulco, but I want to say thank you to everybody."
For Conley, it was his first top-10 finish in four career starts at NHMS and the fifth in 12 K&N Pro Series East races this season.
"We were tight in the first half, and we overshot a little bit on restarts - we would lose a spot every time," said Conley. "That was my fault with shifting, but overall it was a solid run."
Series points leader Dylan Kwaskiewski finished 24th, falling victim to one of the five accidents involving a total of 11 cars in a race that featured at total of eight caution flags.
For more details and ticket information on events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, or to purchase tickets to the SYLVANIA 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, please stop by our Ticket Office, visit the speedway website at www.nhms.com, or call our Ticket Hotline at (603) 783-4931.


text: Although there is no shortage of cool gadgets here in the U.S., it certainly seems like sometimes Japan gets some pretty intriguing exclusives. NTT DoCoMo just announced that they will begin selling the world's lightest Android tablet. Their svelt little 7-inch tablet is called the Medias Tab UL N08-D and is built by NEC. The tablet weighs a minuscule 249 grams. To put that in perspective, the Kindle Fire HD weighs 400 g and the Nexus 7 weighs 345 g. Needless to say, the tablet is also pretty thin, coming in at a slender 7.9mm thickness. The tablet is able to achieve this design because it uses a special carbon fiber material that is normally used in aircraft construction. Interestingly, despite the light construction, the tablet isn't "light" on specs, and actually packs some decent firepower. Here's a breakdown, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor 7-inch 1280 x 800 LCD display 8 megapixel Exmore R back-lit camera plus secondary 2 megapixel shooter on the front 3100 mAh battery Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich 75 Mbps downlink The super-light tab also includes some unique software features apparently. It has a web browser that lets you actively view two tabs at the same time, and an "HD haptics" vibration feedback mechanism that's applied to just about every on-screen element. What do you guys think? Would you like to see this imported to the States? Source: AndroidTablets.net via AndroidCentral


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Next week Jason and I arrive in Taipei. We're there consulting with a client and attending the IDF.
We're also meeting and riding with Dahon, and I'm bringing the Flyby. Considering that Taiwan is a leading manufacture of bikes, I thought that many of our readers have probably been there before.
So tell us: what must we do? What's to see? And where to ride?
Like the trip to Beijing, we'll blog Taipei by bike.


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YWCA Spinsters Dance
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- YWCA South Gym
- 1310 Ralph Rogers Rd, Sioux Falls, SD 57108 United States
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A 75 year tradition of the YWCA continues with local high school students selecting the royalty court for the YWCA Spinster dance," says Macy Meyer, WHS student on the Spinster publicity committee.
The student bodies from Lincoln, O'Gorman, Roosevelt, and Washington High Schools named the 2013 Royalty Court for the YWCA Spinster dance. On Saturday, March 23, 2011, a king and queen will be crowed from each high school.
Lincoln High School Royalty are: Kyle Hallberg, Tanner Hoffman, Caleb Kjose, Ravan Kott, Nermin Krdzalic, Ethan Landon, Cera Ledbetter,Tucker Miller, Morgan Nelson, and Sydney Torgrude.
O'Gorman High School Royalty are: Bridget Adcock, Maria Anderson,Aimee Bannwarth, Andrew Conemac, Benjamin Czarnecki, Nikki Dosado,Pierce Edman, Brooke Gebhart, Tyler Pals, and Austin Pharis.
Roosevelt High School Royalty are: Brooke Baumgartner, Jeremiah Clark, Jeremy Eich, Lauren Kunz, Seth Pederson, Sonja Pederson, Chase Potas, Hayley Warren, Lucas Wilber, Ashley Wilson
Washington High School Royalty are: Jordan Determan, Nate Gerry, Tony Hail, Jon Hander, Andrea Loundeback, Macy Meyer, Reid Nachtigal, McKayla O'Connor, Amber Sigler, and Danica Understock.
To purchase a ticket or for more information call the YWCA 336-3660.
Spinsters" is a 75 year tradition of the YWCA where four junior girls and four senior girls from each of the Sioux Falls high schools work to make a difference in their community through volunteer service.
The Spinster program provides life-skills learning for the 32 participants. In addition to the training, the Spinster committee helps to organize an all high school dance where the girls ask the boys to the dance. Over 1200 high school students will attend the dance to raise money for programs and services for youth in our community.


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Developer - SoundHound Inc.
Website - houndify.com
Home page - soundhound.com/houndify
Developer - SoundHound Inc.
Website - houndify.com
Home page - soundhound.com/houndify
Houndify espresso machine demo
Published on Dec 14, 2015
In this video, the SoundHound Inc. team has Houndified a real espresso machine to showcase the platform in action.
The video uses a few examples of 'domains' or programs that provide users with relevant information or actions related to their queries.
We believe that speaking to connected devices should be like how we speak normally - this shows that it's now possible.
The technology underpinnings of Houndify, all built in-house at SoundHound Inc., include the company's Speech-to-Meaning engine. The company has built the Houndify platform, for developers to leverage the technology and build smart, interactive voice interfaces to their own products, services, and experiences. Almost anything that is 'connected' can become Houndifed.
The first application to showcase the Houndify platform is SoundHound Inc.'s own voice search and assistant app, Hound. Hound launched in June and is currently live on Android and iOS through an invite-only private beta program.
Houndify is here
Published on Dec 14, 2015
Now it is possible for anyone to seamlessly create a smart, voice-enabled, conversational interface using our Houndify developer platform. We aim to empower developers everywhere to create entirely new experiences by integrating with our Speech-to-Meaning technology, combining voice recognition and natural language understanding for the fastest, most accurate results on any platform.
Today, we offer you access to numerous published domains, relevant to specific use cases, from home automation, to car control, to local search, to weather, to sports and beyond that can be customized for your clients.
Houndify: Collective AI from SoundHound Inc.
Published on Jan 31, 2017
Collective AI is our vision for a powerful architecture for contribution and collaboration among developers, where they can easily add a voice-enabled AI to anything.
Collective AI offers comprehensive knowledge, that is always learning, is crowdsourced to domain experts, and is larger than the sum of its parts.
The Houndify platform enables the integration of voice and conversational intelligence into your products through an independent platform that is always learning.