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The founder of Elbow Swing Golf Inc. is a medical doctor who is a pain specialist. He also loves golf. He has invented a golf swing for golfers who have pain. Allowing golfers to play the sport they love pain free and with better scores.
Currently 60% of the golfers over the age of 40 play with back pain. Many have had to stop playing golf because the traditional or modern golf swing puts a huge amount of pressure on the lower spine which causes pain. Unfortunately, this means that many golfers have to stop playing the sport the love. This is what happened to Dr. Al 8 years ago. He had to stop playing golf because he was in too much pain.
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Ok granted we've had a little snow & frost & it's a bit early in the year but maybe it's just me but the majority of my breeding hens are being buggers at starting to lay. I accept their rare breeds but their on layers pellets & oyster shell, in nice clean pens, some are still free ranging, all have good access to daylight & the cocks - not all are treading, some of my layers are laying - we're getting about 4-5 eggs off them a day & my ducks I'm getting 1 maybe 2 every few days out of 8 ducks, my calls also aren't laying, but I think their still in a strop after being penned up & not being allowed on the river. The only things that are laying well are my 2 geese. Maybe it's just me but am I doing something wrong or is it them or wrong time of the year still, yet I'm there seeing loads of other people with hatching eggs galore - Just a bit confused so ideas would be appreciated. (Their also all around 1.5-3 years old so theres not many old birds atm.)
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The day started off as any normal day in Trinidad; Klotz singing his catchy "morning song" and the team refusing to get up because of the soreness that we have from the game Monday night. After some complaining and the occasional whining, the team came together after some delicious breakfast and talked about our highlights of the day before and our goals were for the day ahead. The responses were relatively short since we had quickly discovered that you never know what is going to happen during a day in Trinidad.
We then hopped into the maxi taxis and traveled to a park in Port of Spain to hang out with some teens that were in a program called Life Sport that aides teens to build character and to keep them out of trouble. To be honest, we didn't know what to expect from these guys but much to our surprise they were just like us. We then proceeded to sit down under the shade of two mango trees and talk, play a little bit of soccer, and chow down on the occasional mango.
Sadly, it came time for us to leave so we loaded the buses and continued on to a fun time at a mall for lunch and exploration followed by our drive to the swamp, I mean soccer field. However, perhaps the coolest thing happened on the drive there, some of the guys on my maxi taxi began to talk amongst each other. What started out as small talk quickly turned into a deep conversation about our faith and what it means to be a Christian.
Because of that simple conversation, our small little group became closer and found out things about one another that we never would have known if we had not had that conversation. When we finally arrived at the field, we played Trinidad's National U17 team that consisted of much sliding in the five feet of mud that engulfed the field and a couple of goals that included two outstanding headers from our own Josh Russell and Cameron Botes.
Later on that night when we came back together to share about the game, the guys really started to open up. Grendel surprised all of us when he was moved to share his testimony to us, and personally it really fired me up to hear his story. Overall, the day was a huge success both for the Kingdom of God and for us as a team.


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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
You Won't Have to Wait for Kelly Johnson
That Aaron Hill would be shipped off after another in a series of underwhelming seasons is not a great surprise. We now have nearly two years worth of evidence that he's simply not the player that he once was, and at the age of 29, he was unlikely to recover those former glories.
Oddly, we'd been sketching out a post that observed some stats through 127 games, and had included this:
Aaron Hill Is Second Best at Second
It was completely within the realm of the possible that Aaron Hill would continue to struggle this year after a sub-par 2010. What we never would have imagined is a year that was worse. Hill's OBP is around the same as last year's (.271 in '10, .270 in '11 so far), but he's dropped 81 points of slugging. His fWAR sits at -0.5, which essentially puts him into a category where any minor-league callup would be an upgrade.
Speaking of which, Hill (429 plate appearances) trails John McDonald (182 PAs) this season in OBP, SLG, isolated power, and wOBA, and WAR. And if you need more context, you can roll in the 2010 numbers, and Hill still trails Johnny Mac in all of those categories.
With both Hill and McDonald gone, we turn our attention towards Kelly Johnson, whose own disappointing year (.209/.287/.412/.699) still sees him with a wOBA (.310) better than the two players for whom he was traded. Johnson posted an .865 OPS last year with 26 homers, and has posted positive UZR/150 numbers at second over the past two seasons. In terms of what gets pencilled into the lineup each day from here through the end of the season, the Jays came out ahead.
Johnson's name had long been the focus of alleged interest by the Jays, with a notion that he would possibly be at the top of their offseason shopping list when the time came to replace the incumbent Hill. Jumping the gun on this likely means that the Jays will be able to get a better look at Johnson in the proper context in the short term, with a view towards a deal heading into next season.
Add to this the fact that all three players are free agents, but that Johnson is the most likely to net a compensatory draft pick if he leaves, and you see how this deal works now and in the future.
There's more to write about this deal, and we'll double back tomorrow to consider the two veterans who now leave the organization (at least temporarily.) In interim, here's the thought that's been running through our mind so far: There's likely to be as many tears shed over John McDonald's departure as there are over Hill's, and we're not sure that we can entirely disagree with the thought.
If we were offered one or the other back for some unknown reason, we'd likely choose McDonald, and not because of any abiding affection for his gritty scrappiness. It would be because we think he might be the better player.
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another shrewd move from AA. I do get a kick out of everyone crying over Johnny Mac leaving...really? Yes he's a fan fave but he's a career .240 hitter and we should all just be happy he has a chance to contribute for a (possible) playoff team - great for him! Plus...he'll probably be back next year as Mr. Sub Sub again.
KJ adds another lefty bat and lets se what he can do for the rest of the season before decision is made for 2012.
- August 23, 2011 at 4:40 PM
Aww man. None of the other trades hurt like this one. Johnny Mac is the PMoD and by all accounts a great person. Aaron Hill was a Silver Slugger. I know they're not great players, but I feel like I know them and that's got to count for something.
Well, welcome to the faceless whasname coming in from Arizona.
- August 23, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Peter DeMarco said...
This deal slightly makes up for the Jays not trading Hill when I suggested they should have.
- August 23, 2011 at 4:53 PM
- Ian - BJH said...
Peter, and AA regrets it every day. Imagine what the Blue Jays could have gotten when Hill was at his peak?
Oh well, Kelly Johnson is a fine substitute in the meantime!
- August 23, 2011 at 5:29 PM
Jokes; two crappy 2B changing teams.
- August 23, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- BBFANTO said...
At first blush a confusing trade. Under achieving second baseban for under achieving second baseman and utility man all of whom are likely free agents at the end of the season. Dig a little deeper and it makes a bit more sense.
AA gets to see what KJ can do in TO for a month and half. If he doesn't like he can not resign him and get a draft pick. If he does then maybe he has inside track on sighning him if he likes TO. We can always resign Johnny Mac in the off season if we want him back.
Not losing much of anything here.
- August 23, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- MG said...
If you take Mr Unappreciated Mike McCoy into consideration Hill is actually third best, Hill .265 wOBA, Johnny Mac .270 wOBA, McCoy .301 wOBA
- August 23, 2011 at 6:22 PM
- Dexx said...
A great trade with absolutely no downside for the Jays.
You know... unless Aaron Hill plays well enough over the last month of the season to justify picking up his $8 million options.
Just sayin..
- August 24, 2011 at 12:09 AM
- Alex said...
Aaron Hill would have to hit a homerun every at bat to justify taking those options.
- August 24, 2011 at 12:27 PM
@BBFANTO - you're close. AA will decide whether to negotiate a contract or offer arbitration. There no simple not re-sign=draft pick compensation.
This is such a sick move on so many levels. Like the Olivo move but sicker. AA has put the Jays in a total no-lose situation IMO because if they don't negotiate a contract, I don't think he cares whether Johnson accepts or declines arbitration. Johnson would have been the best 2B free agent option but there was still a risk of type A status and there was 0 chance AA would give up the 1st rounder compensation which would have meant 0 chance he would have been a Jay. But if Johnson's type A he will probably go for arbitration and the Jays keep the best option on the market.
Once you accept the Jays did not want Hill back next year and would have preferred Infante - heck even McDonald or McCoy - if Johnson was not an option, there is no way to look at this deal as anything but awesome on the deepest level.
- August 24, 2011 at 1:40 PM
Yes, brill move by AA but losing the PMoD actually hurts a bit.
- August 25, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- www.palencia-3d.com said...
Well, I do not actually imagine it is likely to have success.
- November 4, 2011 at 3:46 AM
- Michaelqcib said...
A great trade with absolutely no downside for the Jays. You know... unless Aaron Hill plays well enough over the last month of the season to justify picking up his $8 million options. Just sayin..
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Architect and community activist Ron Hendrickson died at his home in Newport Beach last month after battling esophageal cancer. He was 85.
Hendrickson and his identical twin, Don, were born July 3, 1928, to Harvey and Sophia Hendrickson in Glendale. The twins graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Architecture in 1951.
After graduation, Hendrickson worked in facilities engineering at North American Aviation Co. for two years, and then began his architectural career with Van Dyke Associates, Architects & Engineers in Los Angeles.
He met Novella DuVardo, a UCLA graduate and teacher at Venice High School, and they married in 1955. Ron became a licensed architect and was installed into the American Institute of Architects during a ceremony at the home of renowned architect Paul Williams.
In 1960, Hendrickson designed and built the couple's hillside home in Studio City, where they lived with their children, Scott and Nancy. In 1973, the family moved to Newport Beach, and Hendrickson began his career with the Irvine Co. He rose to the position of senior director of urban planning and design, responsible for the planning and design for all Irvine Co. projects.
During this time, he served as facilitator of the city's Bridge Action Team, where he built consensus on the height of Back Bay Bridge at Coast Highway. The state built the six-lane bridge, which opened in the early 1980s.
Hendrickson also served as president of the Newport Hills Community Assn. He chaired the Architectural Design Review Board. He retired from the Irvine Co. in 1991.
After retirement, he had ample time to devote to his four grandchildren, along with learning Italian, remodeling his home, finishing the tracing of the family genealogy, visiting Italy to find Novella's relatives, and participating in community issues. Hendrickson studied Italian at Orange Coast College, and subsequently helped form Gruppo d' Italiano with fellow students. He studied the language for 21 years and was fluent in the spoken and written word.
Hendrickson was on the building committee for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, where he helped plan the youth center in 2005. He was also a Sunday school teacher for grades three and four, greeter and usher, and he served on the congregational care committee.
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Hendrickson was preceded in death by his father, mother and older brother, Harvey. He is survived by his wife, Novell; son, Scott Hendrickson (Deana); daughter, Nancy Antonoplis (Robert); grandchildren Lisa and David Hendrickson and Alexandra and Melissa Antonoplis; twin brother Don (Jaimee); as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and family.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Think Together, 2100 E. Fourth St., Santa Ana, CA. 92705. Donations will benefit Shalimar Learning Center, where Hendrickson tutored elementary school children every Monday afternoon for 13 years.
A celebration of his life will start at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 600 St. Andrews Road in Newport Beach.


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Your options really depend on how well you can tolerate the medications and whether or not you have resistant virus. It sounds like you have never been on a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor such as efavirenz (EFV, Sustiva) or nevirapine (NVP, Viramune) so you still have options there. Depending on whether you developed resistance while on nelfinavir (NFV, Viracept), you may have a couple of combinations with protease inhibitors. Your doctor and you chose kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) which is a very potent protease inhibitor. If you are able to tolerate the meds and maintain good adherence (taking your medications every day), this combination potentially could result in complete suppression of your virus for years. There are new medicines in the pipeline so I expect you will have more options years to come.
As far as lipodystrophy (fat accumulation), we do not have any treatments that are effective. There are multiple studies trying to understand why this occurs and how to treat it but at this time, nothing has been shown to work including a prolonged drug holiday like you did.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Another great loss
It's with deepest regret and profound sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of my dearly beloved Laza. Just a few weeks after his 16th birthday, he died peacefully by my side this morning, after blessing me with happiness for so many wonderful years.
His sister Ruza died in October and after that he began to deteriorate rapidly. They were closely bound to each other and I guess he couldn't cope with life without her. He was hardly eating anything recently, as if he decided it was time for him to leave.
But still it hurts. We've not only shared so many moments together – playful, tender, difficult and joyous – he loved me deeply and when the times were hard he was always here to comfort me. The sorrow of losing him I have to face alone.
I'll miss him always and love him forever.
May he rest in peace.
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- Jan's Funny Farm said...
We are very sad for your loss. It does sound as if Laza wanted to go home with his sister Ruza. How wonderful you had them for so many years, but the years are never long enough. We send you comforting purrs and woofs.
- January 6, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Sending comfort and peace to you at this difficult time. R.I.P. Laza, run free over the rainbow bridge alongside Ruza.
- January 7, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Оh, how this sad story.:( R.I.P. sweet Laza.
- January 7, 2012 at 4:20 PM
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In the universe of Samsung's Galaxy S phones, Sprint's Epic 4G, may be the brightest star, and not just because it's the only 4G model of the bunch. The Epic is shockingly light, considering it's a third thicker than the other also abnormally lightweight Galaxy S models, because of its slideout horizontal keyboard. But that keyboard elevates Epic's superiority over not only its Galaxy S siblings but over Sprint's first 4G phone, the EVO 4G, to which it is more appropriate to compare.
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At the end of August, Sprint subscribers (especially those in the 48 4G-enabled cities) will have a choice in 4G phones: HTC's EVO and the Samsung Epic. What are the differences?
Physically, the EVO is a hair smaller all around, but weighs a half ounce more. In fact, the Epic is shockingly light considering its girth – you'll teeter between thinking it feels cheap, and happy it's not sagging your shirt's breast pocket. Despite their near identical area and mass, the EVO sports a 4.3-inch LCD, while the Epic has a 4-inch super AMOLED. It's smaller, perhaps (even though both measure 800 x 480 pixels), but certainly more colorful and brighter – except, enormously, in sunshine. Regardless of our brightness settings, in daylight, while surfing the net or framing photos, the Epic's screen appeared to have a blue-gray filter over it. The Motorola's Droid 2's display, by comparison, outshined both the sun and the Epic in side-by-side comparisons. In every other lighting condition, the Epic's AMOLED outshines all but its Galaxy S siblings.
The Epic's primary physical advantage over the EVO is its slide-out, four-line horizontal QWERTY keyboard with a dedicated numeric row, which you get without physical cost considering the scant size and weight difference between the two phones. The EVO does have an HDMI output jack lacking on the Epic, but it's hard to see how a cellphone lacking HDTV connectivity would be a negative deciding factor.
No, the Epic doesn't include a kickstand.
Feature-wise, both the EVO and Epic use 1GHz processors, and offer Android 2.1 (both will be upgradable to 2.2 at some point), although the Epic often annoyingly lagged in processing execution. Samsung's Android implementation is slightly different, but not necessarily better than the EVO, with none of the implementation differences amounting to an advantage for either. For instance, the EVO's applications are arrayed in Android's original vertical screen drawer, while Samsung arrays apps across the Epic on separate horizontal screens, ala Apple's iOS. Six of one, half a dozen of another.
Both the Epic and EVO include mobile hot spot connectivity in 4G, with the Epic offering connections for up to five devices while the EVO offers eight. The difference is unlikely to be a huge consideration. Both feature 720p HD video capture, and while the EVO shoots 8-megapixel stills compared to the Epic's 5-megapixel imager. This is also not a difference maker. Despite the megapixel war waging in digital camera land, 5 megapixels is plenty for anything other than shooting posters or billboards, and the cheap plastic lenses on cell phone cams severely curtail the EVO's resolution superiority.
Both feature a front-facing camera for self-portraits and Qik video chatting. Again, the EVO's lens, at 1.3 megapixels, is statistically superior to the VGA imager on the Epic, but a megapixel imager for cell-based video chatting is overkill since you're seeing the image on such a small screen. It might matter in the future if Qik capabilities are extended to the desktop, however.
Stylistically, the EVO is a stern, squarish black slab while the Epic has softer curves with a sleek silver perimeter ribbon between its two black halves. Did we mention how light it feels?
The Epic is $50 more, but includes a pre-installed 16GB microSD card, where the EVO comes with just an 8GB card. So, is a QWERTY keyboard and 8 additional gigabytes worth an extra $50?


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Mrs. Ida Ann Layman-Weir, who died Nov. 9, 1921 at her home in White Rock township, brief mention of which was made in last week's issue, was born in Grundy county, Illinois, and came to Kansas in 1879, with her parents, locating in White Rock township, Republic county, Kansas, where she lived at the time of her death at the age of 54 years and 3 months. She was married Jan. 10, 1892 to Chas. C. Weir, and they were blessed with two children, Roy Weir, at home, and Mrs. Ethyl E. Thomas of Union Valley, Republic county, Kansas. Her father and mother, John and Eliza Laymon, living at Hardy, Nebr., also survive her as does also one sister, Mrs. Clara R. Pecht, of Hardy, Nebr., and four brothers, Geo. W. Layman, of Hardy, Nebr., T. S. Laymon, of Fairfield, Nebr., and Frank and Herbert Laymon, of Sheridan, Wyoming. Three grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends also mourn the death of a noble woman in the death of Mrs. Weir. Elder W. P. Jewett of Courtland, conducted the funeral, which as under the direction of A. Haskett, of Courtland. A mixed quartette of singers, made up of old neighbors of the deceased, Messrs. Myres and Curtis and Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Osborne, sang impressive hymns and she was buried in the Mount Pleasant cemetery.
Source: Belleville Telescope and Belleville Freeman, Belleville, Kansas, November 24, 1921, page 8.
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NEWPORT BEACH — For those who live in Newport Beach Wednesday's weather and scenery appeared to make for another day in paradise.
The breezy conditions made it ideal for the sailors in the 47th annual Governor's Cup. You could say it was a perfect day for sailing. It was definitely a perfect day for Balboa Yacht Club, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club of Australia and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, as each went 7-0 during the opening day of the 12-team junior match racing series.
The attention will no doubt be on the three teams Thursday, the second day of round-robin action. They'll compete against one another for the first time and try to gain an advantage as the teams vie for the quarterfinals.
It is natural to assume BYC is at an advantage because it is the host of the event. But BYC skipper Ryan Davidson said any advantage is only good for the first few races. That could be seen Wednesday. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron both improved with each race.
"Our boat handling really helped us out," said Davidson, who is BYC's skipper in the Gov Cup for the fourth straight year. "Both my crew did a fantastic job getting the sails up and down and getting around the marks."
BYC is trying to end its 33-year drought to win the prestigious Gov Cup. Jack Franco was the last to win it for BYC in 1980.
This year's BYC team of Davidson, along with Brandon Folkman (middle) and Gregg Kent (bow), likes its chances of ending the drought.
The trio sailed in the Gov Cup last year when they finished sixth. They fell short of reaching the semifinals after being edged in a tiebreaker.
Davidson, as well as Folkman, said familiarity within their boat is an asset for sure.
"We've been sailing with each other and against each other since we were kids," Folkman said.
The same can't be said for Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Skipper Chris Steele said Wednesday was just the third time he sailed with Scott Barnes and George Brasell.
They looked just fine earning seven wins on Wednesday.
"It's been a short time period for us," Steele said. "We're still learning, but we all come from a sailing background. They know my style. We are getting better and better with each race. Hopefully we can keep it going."
Sam Gilmour, the skipper for Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, said his team gained confidence by going undefeated on the first day.
Gilmour said it helps that he has sailed with Chris Smith and Adam Negri for over a year. They sailed together in the Gov Cup last year when they finished fifth.
Gilmour said he enjoys competing in the Gov Cup.
"We love coming here especially because it's winter back home," Gilmour said.
Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and Chicago Yacht Club both earned four wins.
San Francisco Yacht Club, Portland Yacht Club from Maine and Newport Harbor Yacht Club each recorded three wins.
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, skippered by Claudia Pierce, and Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club of Australia both grabbed one win.
San Diego Yacht Club didn't have a win.
Thursday's races begin at noon.


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DCC + sound decoders are a bit more sensitive to good power pickup, and some shorther wheelbase locomotives are extra sensitive to it.
I've recently installed some additional power pickups to one of my Athearn RTR SW1500 locomotives. The SW 1500 is fairly sensitive, and there are a few issues that are easy to fix and result in a better running loco.
Here's what I did:
After removing the truck side frames, and wheels, use a small file to sand away the chemical blackening of the contact strips in the openings where the brass wheel bearings drop in, and on the underside of the frame in the middle (see picture where I point at this area).
Additional pickups by Koos, on Flickr
After applying some flux I tinned the areas in the middle, and then soldered a small phosphor bronze wire (0.010" dia) and cut to length.
Additional pickups by Koos, on Flickr
Bend them outwards and downwards when the loco is upside down (upwards if you have the loco in a normal upright orientation). This will ensure some additional contact pressure and will result the wheels stay in place . It is a bit fiddly to place the wheels in , and you carefully need to lift the new contacts over the wheels and on top of the wheel bearings/against the back of the wheel. Exact location isn't that critical.
After placing the wheels back etc it should look like this:
Additional pickups by Koos, on Flickr
you may experience a slight increase in wheel friction, and therefore a slight retune of your decoder settings may be needed, but running should be improved due to more reliable power pick up.
Improved power pickups
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I'm rebuilding a Blue Box Athearn SD40-2 and thought I'd try this trick. Had no luck due to steel frames. I did manage to fit the wires to them though. Maybe it's because the wire has a bigger area for the solder to grab. Just waiting for drive shafts then I can test run prior to fitting DCC.
I used to be indecisive,but now I'm not sure.
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I just twist the steel frames a bit to make better contact to the axle boxes.
I do solder wires to the flat plate on top of the trucks to bypass the kingpin contact and to a cut down part of the side to avoid the long top spring of the old locos.
I do solder wires to the flat plate on top of the trucks to bypass the kingpin contact and to a cut down part of the side to avoid the long top spring of the old locos.
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I am an artist with studios located in Retford, Nottinghamshire, and London Docklands and specialise painting large floral portraits.Born in 1935 near the village of Thorn, in Yorkshire in what my father called a converted railway carriagethird in line of an eventual family of ten kids.Being brought up in a mining village where almost every one worked as a coalminer, it was inevitable and expected that I should follow suit and also become a miner upon leaving school.Old school reports indicated that I was a poor scholar but excelled at art. A large lump of my working life was wasted as an underground coalminer. I filled my spare time with drawing and painting dreaming that one day I would escape the pit and become an artist. I clearly remember the underground blackness and the contrasting blinding dazzling colours, which shouted at me upon surfacing. I am quite sure this regular explosion of colour has influenced the way I try to portray the vibrant colours into my floral images.Most of my time is now spent splashing lots of paint on large areas such as backcloths for the theatres painting large colourful childrens murals drawing cartoons for newspapers and painting flowers. I have had several exhibitions of my floral paintings, the most recent one was held at the Space Arts Centre in London docklands, where I sold seven of my paintings. Four of my paintings are published as limited editions and two were published as open editions in Canada. Many of my pictures have been used as greetings cards. At the SAA artist of the year competition in London I was awarded Best Professional Artist for years 2001 and 2002.A recent commission was for a sunflower, which was used as the logo for the University of Leicester Inst.of L.L.Learning.Floral painting is my speciality. I try to make my flowers jump out of the picture and shock. I paint in acrylic colours as they have a definite boldness, which enables me to create the brilliance of colour and contrast, which I want to capture. I paint on 100% rag surface board, which supports the volume of paint I use.I emphasise the colours, and by designing the shapes of the subject and using prominent highlighting and shading I try to make the subject appear to jump out of the frame. A client recently rewarded me by saying that she likes to look at her painting early evening when the acrylic paint seems to glow and the flower looks three-dimensional. I always paint larger than life and my flowers can be up to twenty times larger than real. This not only enables me to be bold but also enables me to paint in great detail. My more recent work has a contemporary modern background which is created using colours which contrast and enhance the floral subject. These colours are laid on the board an allowed to run and naturally mix to create various effects. When dry, the subject is painted on top in great detail.


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Here's an exciting mystery.
French designer Philippe Starck said on radio that he's working with Apple on a "revolutionary" project that will be released in 8 months, Le Figaro reports. (Translation via our French reporter Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry.)
Starck didn't say anything else, because of Apple's "religious cult of secrecy." Clarifying the revolutionary statement, he said what he's working on is a "pretty…if not very revolutionary project."
UPDATE: Apple says it's not working with Starck on anything, and has no clue what he's talking about. The speculation is that Starck was working with Steve Jobs on a custom yacht. It should be done soon. That might be what he was talking about, and there could be some confusion.
He also says he met with Steve Jobs regularly in California. "For 7 years I came to Palo Alto to see him once a month, and I'm going back Monday, because even though he's dead now I visit his wife. We liked to talk about interesting things."
We have no clue what he's working on. If you know, email us at email@example.com, or drop a hint in the comments.
9 to 5 Mac, which first picked up on the story, points out that Starck has designed Apple-compatible products like speakers. Maybe that's all he's working on? Some new third party hardware?
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by Clark Groome
Perhaps to understate the obvious, the last couple of weeks have not been happy times for Philadelphia sports fans.
The Eagles have lost eight in a row. To put that into perspective, the Phillies have won more recently (an Oct. 1 2-0 victory over Washington) than the Eagles (a Sept. 30 19-17 win against the New York Giants).
In addition to the continuing collapse on the field, the Eagles made news off when they put DeSean Jackson on the injured list and released defensive end Jason Babin. Apparently he was let go because of some high school-like mistakes that led to a critical offsides penalty. The sense in many quarters is that he was also not the most congenial teammate and that his presence, as good as his numbers were last season, was a net minus.
Across 11th St. in the Wells Fargo Center, the 76ers highly touted off-season addition, Andrew Bynum, continues to suffer from knee problems that seem to be getting worse rather than better. No one seems to know, or is even willing to guess, just when he might make his debut with the team that, despite his absence, is off to, as of last Sat., very respectable 10-7 start.
While we're at the Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia Flyers continue not to be. They, like the other 29 NHL teams, continue to be locked out. All games through Dec. 14, the Jan. 1 Winter Classic in Detroit and the Jan. 27 All Star Game in Columbus, Ohio have been canceled. More cancellations are likely this week. The entire season could be lost.
While there were periods of optimism over the past couple of weeks, the parties are so far apart that federal mediators, called in to see if they could help get things going, left feeling the two sides were nowhere close to serious lockout-ending negotiations.
The mediators, whose ideas are non-binding, said they'd come back when the players and the owners wanted to get on with serious negotiations. The feeling is that we shouldn't hold our breath.
And then there's Chooch.
Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz flunked a drug test and will miss the first 25 games of the 2013 season. Apparently he had the banned substance Adderall, a stimulant, in his system. The baseball drug policy gives stimulant users a second chance, unlike those who are caught with steroids. That means that Ruiz tested positive, was warned, and then tested positive again.
Adderall is widely prescribed for and exemptions given to Major Leaguers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). What Ruiz did was ignore the rules. He is – maybe now "was" – one of the most respected and beloved players on the team. His reputation took a major hit and added to a two-week period that was just brutal for sports fans in the City of Brotherly Love.
For all that distressing news, the last two weeks reminded me what is, or should be, sport's most important element: its ability to bring generations together and to forge bonds that are as hard as any to break.
I spent Thanksgiving week with son Rob and his family in California. His eight-year-old son, Tobey, has fallen in love with soccer. He's a talented young player who loves to play the sport on the field or on his Xbox.
Rob and he spend hours together at Tobey's practices and games, competing in the video game or watching the pros play in televised games from Europe.
Rob says that what he enjoys most about soccer is the opportunity it gives him to share time with his son. I know what he means.
Rob was four when the Flyers beat the Bruins to win their first Stanley Cup in 1974. Ever since then watching hockey, talking about it and sharing a love for the sport has been a real bond for us.
Each of the years we've been together for Thanksgiving – except this one – we've gone to an Anaheim Ducks matinée on Black Friday. Like most people who love the sport, we're both angry that the owners and the players can't work out a solution and get back on the ice.
What I miss the most is those four hours I spent each year with Rob.
My guess is that most sports fans have similar stories. Anytime you hear people talk about going to a game you almost always hear personal memories.
"I loved it when my Dad and I would go to a baseball game and keep score." "I've had Eagles tickets since I was a kid and now my kids go with me." "My Mom and I always went to the Athletics' Ladies Days games back when that was not politically incorrect." "We always get the family together to watch the Flyers when they're in the playoffs." How many times have you heard comments like those?
My proposition – and again I may be understating the obvious – is that sports is fun to watch, it's great when the team you're rooting for does well, it's maddening when your favorites screw up, but most of all, like most good things in life, it's at its best when it is a shared experience. Ask Rob. Ask Tobey. Ask almost anyone.
Which raises the question: Why don't the people who run our teams and play on them know that and make it their top priority?


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Inbox: What's in store for Cards' rotation in 2013?
As for these Inboxes, keep in mind that because I receive dozens of questions each week, I cannot answer many of them in this forum. Those that aren't selected are kept for potential future inclusion. Also, a lot of the questions are answered in other everyday content on the website. Yes, consider that a plug to stay tuned in while you wait eagerly for Spring Training.
What will the 2013 rotation look like? What are the Cardinals' plans with Trevor Rosenthal and Shelby Miller? Will Carlos Martinez see Major League action?
-- Steele O., Ames, Iowa
Starters Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Jake Westbrook and Jaime Garcia will be returning to anchor the rotation. Assuming Garcia does not have any lasting shoulder issues, that would leave one rotation spot vacant. Lance Lynn is a favorite to grab it, but he'll have to show up in Spring Training slimmed down and pitch as if he deserves to move back into the rotation.
Rosenthal, Miller and Joe Kelly will also arrive at Spring Training with the intention of building up their arms to start. Any of the three could break into the rotation if there is a need or if one has a spectacular spring. For any who don't, the Cardinals will have to decide whether to put them in the Major League bullpen or to start them in Triple-A.
Martinez had another strong Minor League season in 2012, but don't plan on him cracking the rotation at season's start. He's likely to begin the year in Memphis.
Is there any way the Cardinals will re-sign pitcher Kyle Lohse? I felt St. Louis committed a major blunder when it re-signed Westbrook. Lohse is by far the better pitcher.
-- David R., El Dorado, Ark.
Nope, not going to happen. Lohse has the numbers to back up your assertion that he is a better pitcher than Westbrook. But that also means he'll command more in salary and will ask for a longer contract.
The Cards extended Westbrook's contract through 2013, when he'll be due $8.75 million. Lohse is seeking an annual salary close to double that and for multiple years. That's a commitment the Cardinals did not want to make, particularly after seeing a number of young starters crack the Major League roster this year. Also to be considered is the risk a club takes when offering a multi-year deal to a pitcher who recently turned 34 years old.
St. Louis made Lohse a qualifying offer -- a one-year deal worth $13.3 million -- though there's no indication Lohse will forgo the opportunity to sign a multi-year deal elsewhere by taking it. Assuming Lohse turns it down (his deadline to decide is 4 p.m. CT on Friday), the Cards will at least secure a Draft pick as compensation for Lohse's departure.
Several times, Lynn appeared to let adversity get to him. He seems almost unbeatable much of the time, but when something goes a bit wrong, he seems to fold. Am I just imagining things, or does the club need to work with him on mental aspects of the game?
-- Gary M., Redondo Beach, Calif.
You were hardly alone in making this observation. This was a point of emphasis during the season, with Carpenter among those who pulled Lynn aside to talk to him about his body language and propensity to be negatively affected by something going against him.
This was particularly evident in August, when Lynn hit his longest sustained rut of the season. And much of the instruction from Carpenter and coaches came during Lynn's brief move to the bullpen. When Lynn returned to the rotation, he seemed in better control of his emotions, but this issue is certainly one still in progress. Lynn will need to show that he has matured before the Cardinals hand him a rotation spot for 2013.
I have always liked Kyle McClellan. Is he fully recovered from his injury, and do you expect the Cardinals to keep him next year? I think he would be a welcome addition in middle relief.
-- Glenn J., Chicago
McClellan, who underwent shoulder surgery in July, said near the end of the regular season that he was about two to three weeks ahead in his rehab schedule. That had him on track to begin throwing in early November. His intention is to throw for a month, rest his arm in December and then resume his throwing program at the start of 2013. That schedule, he hopes, will allow the Cardinals (and other clubs) enough time to see that he is fully recovered.
McClellan is again arbitration-eligible but is a candidate to be non-tendered by the Cardinals, who likely won't want to pay him the guaranteed money he'd be assured if the parties go through this process. In arbitration, a team can offer no less than 80 percent of the previous year's salary, meaning that the Cardinals' lowest offer to McClellan would have to be $2 million.
If the Cardinals opt not to tender McClellan a contract, the right-hander will become a free agent. That does not preclude the Cards from trying to then negotiate a contract with him that includes a lower base salary and, perhaps, appearance incentives. The catch, of course, is that the organization would have competition.
Do you see Matt Adams finding his way onto the 40-man roster, or do you foresee him being used as a trade chip?
-- James W., Sacramento, Calif.
Adams is already on the 40-man roster; he had to be on there in order to spend time on the Major League roster in 2012. The question is whether he'll break the 25-man roster again in 2013. Adams' biggest obstacle in denting the roster won't necessarily be his ability. With Carlos Beltran returning to play right field, Allen Craig is projected to be the Cardinals' starting first baseman in 2013. That would seem to leave little opportunity for Adams to earn playing time.
The Cardinals could use his left-handed bat on the bench, though there will be a debate as to whether that's the best way to help Adams continue to develop. He would also provide depth should the Cardinals deal with a key injury. Or, as you mention, he could be a trade chip. With Craig secured for several more seasons and Oscar Taveras expected to push his way into the outfield soon, the Cards might not see a long-term fit for Adams.
Trading him would allow the Cardinals to address another area of need.
I know that Lance Berkman and Lohse are free agents this year. What players are potential free agents after the end of the 2013 season?
-- Jeff H., Elkville, Ill.
While the Cardinals weren't in position to lose several players to free agency this offseason, it'll be a vastly different dynamic in a year. The list of to-be free agents in 2013 include: Beltran, Wainwright, Carpenter, Westbrook, Rafael Furcal, McClellan, Edward Mujica and Skip Schumaker.
Westbrook has a mutual option that could be exercised for 2014, which would take him out of the free-agent pool. McClellan and Mujica are both arbitration-eligible for the final time this winter, which would make both free agents after another year. If the Cardinals do not tender McClellan a contract this winter and he goes elsewhere, he'll obviously come off this list.
What can you tell us about Brian Fuentes? Will he be back with the Cards next year? I haven't heard him mentioned when discussing the team's lefty reliever options.
-- Kris K., Des Moines, Iowa
No, Fuentes is a free agent and the Cardinals will not pursue re-signing the left-hander. Fuentes left the club, due to personal reasons, after making only six appearances. Whether Fuentes, 37, even intends to pitch next year is an unknown.
The Cardinals will, however, pursue other left-handed relievers, as this is certainly an area of need that the club never entirely addressed in 2012.


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An informal workshop on LHC Search Strategy, organized jointly by Perimeter Institute and CMS, will be held from August 2-4, 2012 at Perimeter Institute. This time was chosen by Joe Incandela and Greg Landsberg to confront post-ICHEP results with the first 5-8 fb-1 of 8 TeV data and to discuss the search program for 2012/13.
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- To gather critical feedback on the search program and post-ICHEP results that can potentially impact fall 2012 running and analyses going into 2013.
- To help connect people engaged in physics efforts inside CMS with expert theorists in the broader community.
The program will include a review of public LHC results and invited presentations by theorists, with ample time dedicated to discussion of the search program, ideas for possible extensions thereof, and the associated challenges, including:
- Lessons from the Higgs searches, and what continuing studies are most promising to learn more about electroweak symmetry breaking
- Implications of existing BSM (SUSY and Exotica) searches for TeV-scale physics, and for particular theoretical models
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- What search opportunities depend sensitively on operation plans over the next year?
- In light of findings so far, what opportunities should be considered in developing longer-term detector upgrade plans?
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Helen Clark: Speech on Adaptation to Climate ChangeJun 1, 2013
Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
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Fifth Summit of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development side event:
Africa on the Move: Stories of Climate Resilient Development from the Japan-funded Africa Adaptation Programme
Yokohama, Japan, 1 June 2013, 3-4.30pm
I am pleased to join you at this important side event which highlights the achievements of UNDP's Japan-funded Africa Adaption Programme (AAP).
I acknowledge His Excellency Masaji Matsuyama, Japan's Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and thank the Government of Japan for hosting us here at the Fifth Summit of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development. I also thank the Government of Japan for its generous contribution of $92.1 million to UNDP's Africa Adaption Programme. Through the programme, twenty African countries have been supported to integrate climate change considerations into their national policy and planning priorities. We will hear of some of their experiences today.
The Climate Change Challenge to Development
In the twenty years since the TICAD process began, it has played a critical role in raising global awareness of Africa's development challenges and in providing strategic leadership on development assistance to Africa. One of those major challenges is climate change. Adapting to it and mitigating it requires considerable funding.
Africa is already experiencing the impacts of climate change – and they are expected to become more severe. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted crop yield reductions of up to fifty per cent in some countries as soon as 2020 – as a result of shortened growing seasons and more land becoming unproductive.
The World Bank projects the value of agricultural production in Ghana will decline by between three and eight per cent by 2050, unless there is adequate adaptation to extreme climate events. In Mozambique, where seventy per cent of the workforce is employed by agriculture, projections suggest the agricultural sector would suffer losses of between four and 9.8 per cent by 2050.
Resilience to these climate risks needs to be incorporated into development planning. Building capacity for that has been a key objective of the Africa Adaptation Programme, created under the Japan-UNDP Joint Framework for Building Partnerships to Address Climate Change in Africa, which was founded at TICAD IV.
The Africa Adaptation Programme
Through the UNDP Africa Adaptation Programme, funded by Japan, countries have been supported to identify, design, and implement comprehensive climate change adaptation initiatives, and to align them with national development planning and priorities. Participating countries are now better able to access and analyse data to assess their vulnerabilities and risks. For example:
- in Lesotho, the national meteorological service is now generating climate models which are being used to inform national policies;
- in Mozambique, the Programme helped create the National Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Centre; and
- in Senegal, a Climate Change Multidisciplinary Working Group, has been created to assess internationally-sourced climate predictions and communicate them in meaningful ways to local farmers.
Many countries in the Africa Adaptation Programme are also incorporating gender in their climate-related planning. In Kenya, for example, comprehensive national strategy and guidelines for gender mainstreaming in climate change policy and programming have been developed.
Overall, the adaptation capacities being developed with the support of the Africa Adaptation Programme, are helping to secure food and agricultural production, strengthen development planning, and formulate the policies needed to attract climate finance. These are important foundations for climate-resilient development.
The ongoing climate change negotiations are producing new global mechanisms to support adaptation.
For example, the Cancun Adaptation Framework, agreed in 2010, sets out a process for formulating and implementing National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) as a means of identifying medium- and long-term adaptation needs.
Financial mechanisms were already in place to support implementation of adaptation activities and plans. The Global Environment Facility has been prominent in this area.
The emerging Green Climate Fund has the potential to provide funding for implementation of strategic and comprehensive plans on adaptation, including the National Adaptation Plans.
Initiatives like the Africa Adaptation Programme featured here today also work to strengthen country capacities to access climate finance.
Building on the momentum with TICAD V
The Yokohama Declaration is expected to reference Japan's Strategy for Low Carbon Growth and Climate-Resilient Development, which takes further Japan's commitment to work with Africa to address the present and impending impacts of climate change.
Japan committed to work on this new strategy at the Ministerial Level Meeting following up on TICAD IV which was held in Dakar. The proposal was endorsed by African ministers there. UNDP has actively contributed to the development of the strategy, and we look forward to supporting Japan in taking it forward.
Looking beyond 2015
In 2015, it is hoped that there will be agreement not only on a renewed development agenda and sustainable development goals, but also on a new climate treaty. These processes can and should be complementary.
Under the current UNFCCC process, parties have increasingly emphasized the importance and the urgency of adaptation action.
With the adoption of the Cancun Adaptation Framework in 2010, Member States committed to accelerate action on adaptation. Under the Framework, Member States are working to put in place national adaptation plans and address loss and damage, supported and guided by global adaptation committee. Discussions on the Green Climate Fund have also highlighted the need to provide financing for both mitigation and adaptation.
In the ongoing UNFCCC processes, the focus is now on implementation. A work-plan for the Adaptation Committee has been established. Guidance for National Action Plans has been developed for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and is currently being discussed for Non-LDCs.
It is important that implementation of the climate change agreements and a post-2015 development agenda takes into account lessons learned from programmes like the AAP which have led on building resilience to the impact of climate change – so that development gains can be sustained.
One of the lessons learned is that while traditional stand-alone technical projects are important, they are not in themselves sufficient to bring about the transformational changes needed to tackle climate change. Comprehensive approaches, encompassing institution– and capacity-building and integrated approaches to sustainable development are needed.
In support of such approaches, UNDP, in partnership with Japan, is preparing a further project, the Africa Climate Adaptation and Food Security Initiative. It will seek to strengthen climate information systems developed under AAP and scale up climate risk management measures, including weather index insurance and community based adaptation. It will also work to build participating countries' capacities to access and manage climate finance.
It is important to build on the momentum and progress achieved by the Africa Adaptation Programme. With the leadership of African governments, support of development partners, and the necessary resources, climate-resilient development is possible.
UNDP is committed to playing its part – through support for capacity building, provision of strategic and technical assistance, and by facilitating strategic partnerships. We are grateful that TICAD V provides a platform for advancing climate-resilient development.


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by Tom Utescher
Last weekend, Norwood Fontbonne Academy's 39th annual Snowball Tournament held the interest of the home team's fans until the very end, as the NFA boys won Sunday's championship game, 49-41, over Andorra's Immaculate Heart of Mary School (IHM). Receiving a 22-point effort in the final from eighth-grader Liam Nester, the Bears captured their first Snowball title since 1999.
Earlier on Sunday, the girls' crown was claimed by St. Philip Neri of Lafayette Hill, which rallied from a halftime deficit to knock off the middle school varsity team from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, 40-30. A day earlier, SCH had ended the tournament run for the Norwood girls in a 29-15 semifinal game.
At halftime of each game in the four-day tournament, ace marksmen (and women) from the various teams participated in foul shooting and three-point shooting contests. For the girls, the free throw competition ended with a tie for first between Allison Marino of St. Philip, and Sabrina Forti of Epiphany of Our Lord (Plymouth Meeting). Meckensie Smith of Holy Family (Phoenixville) won the three-point contest and second place went to Molly Dugan, from St. Genevieve's in Flourtown.
On the boys' side, the most accurate shooter from three-point land was Epiphany's Alex Mellon, while Kyle Chandler of St. Philip's took second. Conshohocken Catholic's Luke Mascio had the hottest hand from the foul line, and right behind him was Nester, of Norwood.
In the girls' tournament bracket, SCH started out by beating Epiphany of Our Lord (Plymouth Meeting), 37-20, behind 16 points from Mikaela Watson and 12 from Marissa Pownall. Nester notched nine points and Cole Storm scored seven in the Norwood boys' 44-11 defeat of Lafayette Hill's St. Philip Neri, while the NFA girls rode a 16-point effort by Kara Celano to a 33-22 victory over IHM.
In other opening-round girls' games on Thursday and Friday, St. Genevieve conquered Conshohocken Catholic, 29-14, and St. Philip felled Holy Family, 30-15. On the boys' side, IHM rolled up a 48-30 win over Conshy Catholic, Epiphany overcame Holy Family, 40-28, and St. Gen's jolted Holy Cross, of Mt. Airy, 52-20.
In the first of Saturday's girls semifinals, 16 points from Marino, 14 from Jenny Murphy, and seven from Lizzie Bolger powered St. Philip past St. Gen's, 44-30. Dugan rang up a game-high 18 points in the losing cause.
Norwood's seventh grade center, Chloe Burns, turned an ankle in the Bears' tourney debut, and her absence affected the other semifinal. Springside Chestnut Hill's post presence, Watson, had her way in the paint. Six field goals and a free throw by the Lions eighth-grader helped SCH carry the first half, 20-7.
A Celano lay-up was the lone NFA field goal in the second half, so the Bears were unable to generate a comeback. Watson wound up with 13 points, Pownall with seven, and Singley Risico with three for the victors, while Celano scored nine points and Gabrielle Dunning had three for Norwood.
There was considerably more drama in the semifinal game for the male Bears. After three buckets by Nester helped NFA enjoy an 11-9 edge at the quarter, Norwood spread the score to 23-15 by the end of the half. Coming on strong out of the halftime huddle, St. Gen's pulled within two points of the leaders, 25-23, with 3:51 still to go in the third quarter. The defenses took over and the score remained 25-23 until the end of the period.
Norwood went up 29-25, but St. Gen's came back again and made it a one-point game at 29-28 thanks to a free throw by Eamon Corcoran and a short jumper by Kane O'Connor. Dominic DiCinque, Norwood's compact but feisty point guard, helped the Bears play a savvy ball possession game down the stretch. He also provided the rest of the scoring in the 34-28 victory, shooting five-for-seven from the foul line and finishing with 11 points.
Norwood received 14 from Nester and seven from Cole Storm, while O'Connor had eight points and Steve Bell had seven for St. Gen's.
IHM advanced to the boys' championship game much more easily, downing semifinal rival Epiphany, 56-28, as Ryan McTamney and Phil DiWilliams rang up 15 and 14 points, respectively. Jake Winterbottom scored a team-high 11 points for the Epiphany Wildcats.
In the girls' final on Sunday, Risico made an impact with her jumpshooting as her SCH squad led 6-5 at the quarter and still had a one-point edge late in the first half. Near the end, Brenna Isackman banked in a short shot from the lane to put the Lions up 14-11 at the interlude.
The Saints pulled even at 14-14 early in the third quarter, and pressured the Lions all over the court to create turnovers. After a final tie at 18-all, a lay-up and free throw by Marino moved St. Philip's in front for good. Saints guard Angela Gervasi did a good job of penetrating to the hoop, scoring 13 of her game-high 15 points during the second half.
Starting the fourth quarter up 27-22, the Saints pushed their lead up into double digits in the final frame.
SCH received eight points apiece from Watson, Risico, and Pownall, and six from Isackman. Murphy ended up with nine points and Marino with seven for St. Philip, which also got four from Nicolette Vogelman, three from Bolger, and two from Grace McCullough.
The Norwood boys, who had come into the Snowball bash with a record of 2-6, surprised even some of their own fans as they rolled to a 10-0 lead in the first five minutes of the title bout. Nester stuck two short field goals and hit three of four foul shots in an 11-1 opening quarter.
Scoring off of an offensive rebound early in the second period, Tommy Sparacino gave IHM its first field goal of the day. His teammate John Coppinger followed up with a baseline jumper and it looked like IHM might make a quick comeback, but NFA soon put down the uprising. Nester notched eight more points to lead the Bears to a 24-11 halftime bulge.
With Norwood riding a 34-17 lead late in the third quarter, the contest was threatening to turn into a snoozer. IHM grabbed everyone's attention in the final minute of the period, when McTamney and Tyler Zwicharowski each dropped in a lay-up and two free throws, bringing the gap down into single figures (34-25) to start the fourth quarter.
NFA's DiCinque began the final frame with a three-pointer from the top of the key, but IHM kept battling. The Andorra hoopsters never got nearer to the leaders than seven points (41-34 with 4:02 left), but the contest seemed closer than that due to the frenzied activity on the court.
With under three minutes to go the Bears led 43-35, and they would score nothing but free throws the rest of the way. DiCinque went two-for-two and Sean Sehn was four-for-four at the line. Later, it looked like the game would end with a 10-point gap when IHM missed a pair of free throws with three seconds left, but on the second errant toss Sparacino got the put-back at the buzzer for a 49-41 final.
DiCinque registered all of his eight points during the second half and NFA's Sehn did all of his scoring on six-for-eight foul shooting. Luke Forrence made all four of his free throws and added a lay-up, and rounding out the winners' total were four points from Tanner Visco and three from Storm.
For IHM, all but one of McTamney's team-high 12 points came after halftime, while Coppinger came away with 10 points and Sparacino with seven. Filling in around them were Zwicharowski and DiWilliams with four points each, and Jarred Cruz and Billy Gillard, with two apiece.