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Dominican Republic reach World Baseball Classic final
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After two World Baseball Classics dominated by Japan, this one is coming down to a pair of proud Caribbean nations.
When the undefeated Dominican Republic plays Puerto Rico on Tuesday night in a rematch only three days after they last met in Miami, two island countries with years of baseball success will give the world another version of a Caribbean championship.
"Whoever wins the Classic is really the Caribbeans," Dominican manager Tony Pena said after his team's 4-1 win against the Netherlands on Monday. "It could be Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic, but it will belong to the Caribbeans."
Tuesday's winner will earn the distinction of world champion for the first time in the three-event history of the WBC.
Fernando Rodney surprised his teammates in the middle of the game when he pulled out a lucky plantain, sent from a family member back home in the Dominican just in time for Monday's semifinal.
The quirky Tampa Bay closer sure found the perfect motivational prop.
Late lineup addition Moises Sierra hit a tying RBI double in the fifth and Jose Reyes added a go-ahead single two batters later as the spirited Dominicans reached the WBC final and avenged an early exit at the hands of the Dutch in the last Classic four years ago.
The banana will be around for another day.
"Keep it, why not?" winning pitcher Edinson Volquez said. "It's like we have this one mission as a team, winning and winning."
Edwin Encarnacion had an RBI single as the undefeated Dominicans survived a rocky start from Volquez, who benefited from Sierra's catch over the left-field wall in foul territory to end a first-inning threat.
The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico will play for a third time this tournament after the Dominicans (7-0) won Saturday in Miami before each club flew West.
One will get to throw quite a party.
Puerto Rico eliminated two-time defending Classic champion Japan 3-1 on Sunday night. Rodney finished Monday's game for his sixth save as dozens of seagulls swirled right above the field.
"The platano said, 'If you keep me close to you, you're going to get the win,'" Rodney joked after briefly putting it on display during pregame introductions.
Players rushed out of the dugout as fans chanted "Dominicana! Dominicana!"
This time, the Dominicans didn't let the Netherlands interfere with their road to the WBC championship.
They were still fuming four years after the Netherlands beat them twice in the 2009 WBC's first round for a stunning early exit. They were a pair of one-run games played in San Juan, Puerto Rico, including an 11-inning victory in an elimination contest.
"We kept it in the past," Volquez said. "We're just focused on our game."
And Pena certainly didn't mind Rodney's spontaneous dugout contribution.
"In a game like this, you have to have a little bit of fun and find a way to loosen up," the skipper said. "I'm glad he did it."
Former Oakland and San Francisco shortstop Miguel Tejada earned a start at third base and singled twice and scored a run. He drew cheers from the Bay Area fans during pregame introductions.
Andruw Jones hit a two-out single in the fourth for the first Dutch hit against Volquez, who yielded Wladimir Balentien's first-inning RBI groundout before settling in to earn the win.
Carlos Santana hit a one-out double in the fifth and Sierra followed with an RBI double as the Dominicans tied the game at 1 and later chased Netherlands starter Diegomar Markwell.
The Dutch lefty, who came in at a 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA in his two previous WBC outings, didn't allow a runner past first base through four innings. But his pitch count quickly went up in a four-run fifth as the Dominicans tagged him for five hits, so that was it considering the WBC pitch limit is 95.
Tom Stuifbergen replaced Markwell with two outs in the fifth and threw a wild pitch on his first offering to Robinson Cano, allowing Reyes to score from third for an insurance run.
Cano — batting 15 for 29 (.517) this tournament with two home runs, six RBIs, five runs scored and two doubles — went 1 for 2 with two intentional walks.
The second baseman and Yankees star made a pretty stop on Roger Bernadina's sharp grounder in the sixth in which he lunged left then spun and threw to first.
Now, Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens will head back to the Arizona desert for his other gig: hitting coach of the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants. The Dutch-born Meulens' mother is Dominican, so he had fans on both sides for this one.
About half of the Dutch roster is from Holland and the others from his native island of Curacao. He warned his team that the Dominicans had all the big names and the major league experience, but not to let it affect the Dutch doing what got them this far: playing solid, fundamental baseball.
"I'm proud of our guys," Meulens said. "I thanked them for playing with a lot of heart."
This game drew only 27,527, compared to 33,363 a night earlier as Japan went down to the surprising Puerto Ricans.
While hardly as festive without the favored Japanese, some sections of fans stayed on their feet and danced to music and the beat of drums and horns. One man cheered "Let's go Giants!" in the top of the fourth inning.
Volquez, the Dominican right-hander, had a pair of walks and a wild pitch — with two mound visits by Santana, the catcher — through the first two batters of the game.
He threw nine balls among his first 11 pitches, but got out of it with minimal damage after allowing Balentien's run-scoring grounder. And the Dominican Republic's reliable bullpen did the rest.
Pena made a lineup switch after consulting with his coaches, going with Sierra in left field and in the No. 8 hole instead of the slumping Ricardo Nanita.
On a night countryman Felipe Alou threw out the ceremonial first pitch to get things started, the Dominicans got it done for their baseball-crazed homeland.
"Of course when you're representing your country and you're making your country proud, that's amazing. That's awesome," Volquez said. "It's not something that you can do every day."
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DOG ISLAND, Florida — Bradlee Shanks sat on the porch of his Dog Island home Wednesday morning reading "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving while the winds from Hurricane Michael knocked at his doorstep.
Shanks, who boasted about designing his home to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, said he decided to ignore the county's mandatory evacuation orders to witness the strength of his house firsthand.
"I built everything myself," Shanks said. "I've always wanted to come out here and see what it's like to go through a storm. I wasn't thinking it was going to be such a strong storm, though. If I knew it was going to be a Cat 4 I probably wouldn't have stayed."
A barrier island located 3 miles off the Carrabelle coast, Dog Island is accessible only by boat. Shanks, one of two individuals who stayed behind on Dog Island Wednesday, have no escape route if conditions become severe.
Terri Cannon, another longtime resident of Dog Island, left with her husband Randy for Tallahassee Tuesday.
Cannon said before evacuating by boat, Dog Island residents spent Monday and Tuesday moving vehicles and equipment to the higher ground areas of the island. The Cannons also made sure their boats were secure.
Hurricane Dennis, according to Cannon, dumped a lot of water on the island in 2005. Some portions of the island, an unincorporated part of Franklin County that lacks emergency services, were spared.
"The storm surge was pretty big in Dennis, but it was not the whole island," Cannon said.
Shanks said although he was he was a bit nervous alone on the island, he was choosing to remain calm despite Hurricane Michael's imminent arrival.
"I'm not worried about my safety," Shanks said. "The house is vibrating a bit, but not like other houses here. My house is already proving to be pretty strong."
Shanks said as far as passing time as the storm passes Wednesday, he has a few ideas in mind.
"If you want to know the truth, I made a big batch of spaghetti," Shanks said laughing. "I still have power and I have a generator. I'm just going to read and watch the news."
"I'm kind of an adventurer and, what would you call me, a bit of a thrill seeker," he continued. "I'm also very cautious and know what I'm dealing with, having built the house myself. I wouldn't recommend it for those who don't know anything about their homes."

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Literary Scholars as Sleuths
An IC English professor and his onetime student stumble upon literary treasures. by George Sapio
Researchers love a mystery. After all, sleuthing through history is what they do, many times without ever uncovering what they're looking for. But sometimes they get lucky.
Recently, in a remarkable coincidence, both IC English professor Michael Twomey and his former student, Steven Hartman '87, now an English professor in Sweden, were presented with rare finds.
Twomey, the Dana Professor of Humanities and Arts, uncovered a letter from the early 14th century that seems to satirize the relationship between England's King Edward II and Piers Gaveston, the king's court favorite. And Hartman, during research at the Swedish National Library in Stockholm, came across a lost letter written in 1843 by Henry David Thoreau to his mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
These were exciting finds for the medievalist and the American literature scholar, yet both letters presented their discoverers with challenges. The letter referencing Gaveston not only was written in the margins of an existing (handwritten) book, but was also written in the voice of Morgan le Fay, a legendary character. The satire does not actually mention Gaveston by last name, referencing only a "Piers the Fierce" who is engaged in behavior the writer dislikes.
Twomey thinks all three points have simple explanations. First, he says, "Writing material was very scarce and expensive, so if you had access to discarded books you'd use their pages as scrap paper."
Second, Twomey believes the author deliberately wrote his satirical missive in the voice of Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's legendary half-sister, on la page containing lunar charts. Morgan was female, associated with water, and a reputed shape-shifter; in astrological terms the moon also represents both femininity and water, and changes shape itself through its cycle. "That the letter was written on a page containing lunar charts," Twomey muses, "may have been a mnemonic device for the author to remember where he wrote it."
Third, Gaveston, a wealthy and powerful knight, was referenced as someone who's "reaching for the moon," which, Twomey says, alludes to his rapid and much-resented rise to power in Edward II's court. "The placement of the phrase on this particular page, containing lunar charts," Twomey points out, "is too coincidental to ignore."
Twomey thinks the letter was probably never intended for publication; it might even have been written more as a private journal than as something meant for sharing. The identity of the author so far remains a mystery, but Twomey has ideas based on people who had both the education and the political motives.
While Twomey was presented with a new puzzle, Hartman found the answer to another while writing an article for the semiannual journal The Concord Saunterer marking the sesquicentennial of the publication of Thoreau's Walden.
He requested a volume from a 20-volume 1906 edition of Thoreau's collected writings from the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm. When he received the volume he realized that it was not as it had been catalogued. "I recognized from the deluxe format and binding," Hartman recalls, "that it was in fact a rare manuscript edition from the same year" — one that contained additional writings from the author.
Soon after that, Hartman found a further "tipped in" manuscript in another volume in the edition; this turned out to be one of the three known lost Thoreau letters to Emerson (and had no relation to the first manuscript found). "This is something that happens in fiction, not reality," Hartman says.
The six-page missive, dated June 8, 1843, describes Thoreau's initial encounter with the writer Henry James Sr. and attests to his disapproval of life in New York City. The letter was known to have existed, but the clues as to where it might be had dried up.
"In all likelihood," Hartman explains, "one of the set's [various] owners added the letter to the set. We know that the manuscript edition was purchased from a London antiquities dealer by the National Library of Sweden, so this leaves the question open as to when exactly the letter was added to the set and by whom."
An associate professor of English and American literature in the English department of Växjö University, Hartman has lived in Sweden most of the time since 1991. He and his wife, Jenny, have a five-year-old son, Dylan, and two-year-old daughter, Elise; they are expecting their third child in February. Hartman has just begun a five-year position as senior research fellow in American literature at Uppsala University, funded through a grant from the Swedish Research Council to carry out a major study of environmental consciousness in modern American literature — one of his passions as an "eco-critic."
Twomey teaches medieval literature and English language arts courses at Ithaca College, where he has worked since 1980. His wife, Paula, taught at Ithaca High School until retiring two years ago; they have two grown daughters, Laura '01 and Christina.
Hartman was a student of Twomey's at IC, taking his Medieval Literature and Shakespeare classes as well as an independent study of medieval Germanic and Norse literature.
"Michael was a passionate and tough teacher who encouraged me and made the work interesting and exciting," Hartman recalls. "The quality and effectiveness of his teaching were at a level I had rarely encountered before."
Twomey returns the compliment. "Steve distinguished himself by his desire to learn, as well as by his voracious reading," he says.
The two stayed in touch after Hartman graduated. "I couldn't tell you how or when it happened," Twomey says, "but somewhere along the way, our relationship grew from teacher and student into equals and friends."
The friends keep each other abreast of their work and personal lives, and Hartman combines visits to his family in Elmira with visits to Ithaca to see Twomey and other former teachers. Their friendship remains dynamic — perhaps because they specialize in different eras and traditions of literature, but also perhaps because it's based on mutual respect, and a shared love of mysteries.


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Wednesday, February 02, 2011
real housewife? you bet...
40 comments:
- Kristin said...
Oh girrrrl I knew nothing of this so called "ocd theif". And you think I am private. I am so glad that nothing was taken but I would have been all eewww too! :)
Love it that you and your man go on dates! I love that!
Lastly, I opened my office drawer this morning only to have little sticky notes revealed to which I went huh...what is that?...sweetness...sticky notes from years ago from each of your girls when they came to visit. Love them!
- 9:00 PM, February 02, 2011
- Darby said...
Raiger... You are so funny, glad your stuff was still there! Love the pic of you and Dan.. and I LOVE Morocan Oil and have been using it for a couple years. I've not tried it on my face but I loveit on my hands!!!
- 9:07 PM, February 02, 2011
- Amy said...
Sounds like the perfect day to me. Minus the ocd handbag sorter. Love love love Moroccan Oil for my girl's post swimming hair. Mmmmmm.... And that date? Yep - would be my kind of date too. Also much loving Caroline's skirt - and of course - you! xxxx
- 9:13 PM, February 02, 2011
- Bravehearted Beauty {formerly LLH Designs} said...
I don't know what it is about this post, but I love it! You're so good at pulling back the curtain and giving us a peek at real life...in a way that's enjoyable and refreshing!
Your idea of a perfect date night is very similar to mine. My husband proposed to me in a book store (post latte)! :)
- 9:19 PM, February 02, 2011
- Tiffany @ Another Pie In The Sky said...
The ocd theif would freak me out! I had someone get into my car one day, too, looking for money and took nothing. It wasn't an ocd theif though. They also took my backpack (i was going to college at the time) and carried it to right outside the woods! My checkbook and my ipod was in the front pocket. They took nothing but some loose change and not even all of it! It was so creepy!!!
- 9:19 PM, February 02, 2011
- Kat said...
Paige, your stay at home life sounds all kinds of awesome. I spend most days in my gym gear too. Love it. That is super freaky about the OCD thief... maybe they never steal anything, but rather just break into people's cars and organize their stuff.
- 9:31 PM, February 02, 2011
- Urban Farmgirl said...
Ok, that is mightly bizarre that they would lay all your things out, but not take anything. Hmmmm...interesting.
And Moroccan Oil, you say...I *LOVE* it! I use it every single day! Doesn't it smell fantastic? It tames my wild mane, and that is no easy task!
I have a giveaway going on, girlie! $100 in Target gift cards are up for grabs! Stop by!
- 9:38 PM, February 02, 2011
- traci said...
that's kind of scary that you car was ransacked in your driveway. yikes. i am glad nothing was stolen. i had my yoga pants on all day today to. still do in fact. love days like that. i love morocan oil too. so great for my thick, slightly unruly hair.
- 9:41 PM, February 02, 2011
- Between You and Me said...
loved your day.
hate that someone went through your stuff....violation!!!!
love your date night outfit.
love that you take pictures of hard boiled eggs.
love the pictures of your youngest with the umbrella....she's so photogenic. is that how you spell that?
thanks for the peep into your day...I OFTEN have my black yoga pants on when my husband returns in the afternoons...usually, I'm showered...but why, WHY would I ever get dressed up on the days that I don't leave home?
- 9:43 PM, February 02, 2011
- Jodee said...
Sounds like the perfect "stay at home" day to me!
Sorry to hear about the thief! So glad they didn't take your lipstick or CDs!
Cute picture with the hubs!
- 9:56 PM, February 02, 2011
- Dana said...
I super LOVE stay-at-home days!! Never get bored..nope, not once! :-) Our kids make fun of us for our favorite date....Dinner then Barnes and Noble!! Seriously, does it get any better??? Love all of your beautiful photos!
- 9:56 PM, February 02, 2011
- leigh ann said...
i can't wait to try my moroccan oil on my face!!! thx for the tip girlfriend! now i can just sit around with oil on my face, eat chocolate (raw, organic chocolate, or course), and watch my soaps. what a life us 'stay at home moms' have!
- 9:59 PM, February 02, 2011
Glad nothing was stolen.
Paige I am an esthetician, I do not know about the oul you are using on your face, but I do worry it might be pore clogging (again, I don't know, I haven't checked the ingredients) but I will tell you that organic jojoba oil IS WONDERFUL for the skin. I don't believe there is a better oil available. You can find it in any health food store, very is inexpensive and you only need a drop.
It is the oil MOST like the oil in our own skin in structure, so it is highly compatible. It will not clog your pores and it hydrates wonderfully. Jojoba oil is one of the best skin care products out there, in my opinion. Use it for hydrating and soothing dry skin (excellent for those with rosacea) and it is even wonderful for balancing oily skin, even acne. It doesn't cause skin to break out.
Nope, I don't sell it and am not affiliated with any manufacturer in anyway (we don't even use it in the spa I work in) . . .I just think it is excellent, and always tout its wonderful properties to anyone I have half a clue might be interested!:-)
- 11:22 PM, February 02, 2011
- Tiffany said...
Haha! That last one cracked me up! :)
Sorry about your car.
- 1:01 AM, February 03, 2011
- Seawashed said...
There is so much to do at home. I've been applying for part-time jobs but really I do not know how I will do it all. I've been a full time homemaker for 22 yrs. to four children and hubby. It's still full-time work but since my hub was laid off work this year I need to try and find a job too. I live in yoga pants...
and I like that your hubby wears jeans with holes...mine does too!
You are very lucky about the car break in. Our honda was stolen out of our drive way a week ago...we got it back. The 18 yr. old thief was arrested...he drove it thru two backyards. The damage is not severe...we are lucky.
- 1:08 AM, February 03, 2011
- Jen Kershner said...
Love it! So funny to me, the idea of being a bored housewife. I would love to be bored some time! Super Creepy about someone being in your care bit thank goodness there was nothing of true value in there. Aside from your lipstick.
- 7:09 AM, February 03, 2011
- {A*very} Blessed Life said...
Paige, You rock the real housewife life! Again, I love reading your posts. Always makes me smile and say "Amen Sister!" and "You Go Girl!" I am reading Whistling Dixie in a Nor'easter too. My mom gave it to me for my birthday last March and I am just now getting to it. I love it! You have another rockin' day as a Super Cool Housewife, my friend. I'll be right there with you!
- 7:11 AM, February 03, 2011
- Privet and Holly said...
You've just
described my
most favorite
kind of day ~
and it's my
daughter's favorite,
too....Oh yeah,
we are the "Beths"
of Little Women ~
love being home : )
xx Suzanne
- 7:35 AM, February 03, 2011
- Ashley Eiler said...
yeah sure...sitting around...LOL...drinking coffee with your favorite "would be" neighbor!!
- 8:18 AM, February 03, 2011
- Our Rural Life (aka Cornbread Fed) said...
I love your bedazzled phone case! :)
- 8:29 AM, February 03, 2011
- Number 6 and no more counting! said...
sounds like a perfect day to me!
Hope today is another.
- 8:32 AM, February 03, 2011
- mom of the year said...
excuse me...but i do believe someone famous just commented on your blog....the one..the only...Darby;-0
Anyhoo.....just wanted to let you know i'm homeschooling today.
yes ma'am.
- 8:57 AM, February 03, 2011
- Sheri said...
Paige - I love your post. They are so heartfelt and entertaining. Scary about your car but glad nothing was taken - especially the lipstick :) Be blessed.
- 9:11 AM, February 03, 2011
- Farmgirl Paints said...
isn't it amazing that the day just flies by when phone calls are being made with girlfriends!! too bad about your car. it happened to me one. felt so violated!
- 9:25 AM, February 03, 2011
- Susan R said...
I remember my older sister asking me what I do with my time all day. I had 4 children at the time, she had none and I worked part time in the ER as well as taught Sunday School every week. She said I must have a lot of free time on my hands. I was offended and angry, so I decided to document my entire day for a week and send it to her and kindly wrote on the last page:
"This is what I do with my time."
She never asked me the same question again.
- 10:13 AM, February 03, 2011
- Leslie said...
So sorry you were violated, it is a scary feeling, glad nothing was taken, what a nice little thief! We have moved this week and I am behind on my blogging, miss your posts and need to catch up! You are like a cozy little part of my day, feels like home when I stop by here! Great photos! You guys look so adorable on your date! Love Dan's ripped jeans! I love keeping my home as well, lots of nesting going on here!
- 10:48 AM, February 03, 2011
- Kelli said...
I am SO glad to hear that nothing more happened with your car and that you are safe. Your days don't sound boring at all...they sound like they are full of joy. You are where you are supposed to be. My hubby and I have a date tonight and I couldn't be more excited!!!!
- 10:54 AM, February 03, 2011
- Wendy said...
What a fun post - a day in yoga pants. So sorry about the car break in however. I'm glad they didn't take anything, but it's still unnerving, huh?
- 12:58 PM, February 03, 2011
- Shannon said...
You are very lucky they didn't take anything from your car but still how yucky they went through your things :(
I think your real housewife life sounds like fun! I can never understand how many people say being a stay at home mom would be so boring. It is far from boring that is for sure :)
- 2:32 PM, February 03, 2011
- christina said...
so glad all your stuff was safe.
loving on the egg photos.
- 3:59 PM, February 03, 2011
- deb said...
I just want you to know this gal in Kokomo, Indiana just loves reading about your life! You make me feel so good and so normal! Thanks!!
- 4:42 PM, February 03, 2011
- Shell in your Pocket said...
Your day sounds wonderful!
sandy toe
- 7:36 PM, February 03, 2011
- Unknown said...
i end up in the same clothes often so when i actually put something nice on the kids notice, it's pretty funny! i love the picture of you and your hubby you look so cute! have a great weekend! susan
- 8:39 AM, February 04, 2011
- Courtney Walsh said...
First off, the last line on this post made me laugh. :)
Cannot believe someone got into your car and went through your stuff!! So crazy and a little scary! I need to remember to lock my doors more. ugh.
Hope you're doing well, Paige! :)
- 5:04 PM, February 04, 2011
- carissa... brown eyed fox said...
housewife who does it right! :O)
and... THOSE pictures... eeeeeks...
they are all so beautful...
those eggs!
so great how you can make something so simple... so pretty!
how in the world to pick just one. so funny!
good problem to have though... too many great pics. :O)
happy friday btw! :O)
hugs from wy
- 6:02 PM, February 04, 2011
- meg said...
Have i told you how much i love your blog?!
You are a rock star!
p.s. I really want you to come to my next craft weekend!!!
- 7:09 PM, February 04, 2011
- Derenda said...
Wow! My thanks to Pearls and Grace for introducing me to you! Your family is so beautiful!
I love that God is in control of everything! Even OCD theives!
- 8:35 AM, February 05, 2011
- Teresa Sheeley said...
Hey sister, are you kidding me Moroccan oil is like my perfume!!! It has the best scent ever!! I wear it like lotion somedays!!! :)
- 10:42 AM, February 05, 2011
- Julie said...
Wow! I've never heard of an ocd thief. So glad nothing was taken!
I love that completed thoughts was on your list. I love when I get to have some of those. :)
68 degrees and a date with your hubby?! I'm jealous! So ready for it to warm up here.
- 11:27 PM, February 05, 2011
- Lemonade Makin' Mama said...
I totally chose that book for my bookclub and it was wonderful!! Love your sweet photos.
- 1:52 AM, February 06, 2011


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Residents complain of dirty, smelly well water
A large canning company said leaking valves have caused a creek and several wells to be contaminated with dirty water.
Allen Canning, in Siloam Springs, released a statement Thursday saying the dirty water was caused by leaking valves in its irrigation system, but the problem has been fixed. However, residents said it doesn't look or smell like it.
Resident Marian Bearden relies on well water in Siloam Springs, which is why she's now relying on other people for even something as simple as a shower. Bearden said she hasn't been able to use her own shower since July.
"I tried, but I'd smell like sewer when I got done," Bearden said. "It turned my washing machine black. I tried to put bleach on these clothes, but it made it worse."
Bearden's neighbors' well water is also contaminated from the creek, and they said it is costing them.
"We have to buy drinking water; I don't even know how much (money) a week we spend on drinking water and water for dishes. We also have to take my kids into town to give them a bath every day," Bearden said.
Allen Canning said it's been cooperating with environmental inspectors since last week. Officials said they fixed some irrigation valves that were leaking two weeks ago.
Company officials said there are no other maintenance issues, and they are working with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to make sure they are following environmental policies.
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The ADEQ said their inspectors sampled the water and found vegetation waste. They will take more samples to conclude if the waste is the cause of the contamination.


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And yes, it was named after the Oasis song. This is a special, mysterious kind of stellar explosion that shouldn't, technically, exist. Learn all about the strange supernova, that was cause for such celebration that it was christened, both literally and figuratively, with champagne.
Here's how supernovas work. Inside a collapsing star, subatomic particles exert outward pressure on the material around them, keeping the star from complete collapse. If there's enough mass, about 1.4 solar masses, the outside material overcomes that pressure and collapses inward, hitting center and rebounding in the biggest explosion in the universe: a supernova. If the total mass of the star is below 1.4 solar masses, the balance holds and the star simply leaks off its heat and energy over the next few billion years with no nova.
This limit of 1.4 solar masses is called the Chandrasekhar Limit, after the brilliant astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who determined it. For a long time, this limit was the last word in which stars went supernova and which didn't. The limit works from both sides. If a large star is whittled down below the 1.4 solar masses before its final collapse, it hits up against the Chandrasekhar Limit and doesn't collapse at all. On the other hand, if a too-small white dwarf suddenly comes into some mass, it will explode as soon as it hits the 1.4 solar mass limit.
The problem is, with enough mass, time, and material, there are all kinds of ways to break limits. Astronomers observed a white dwarf of two solar masses explode and noticed that it had added mass, going from well below the Chandrasekhar Limit to well above it before exploding. That shouldn't be possible. Science being what it is, new puzzles and insights are to be celebrated, and so David Branch, a professor at the University of Oklahoma, dubbed this type of mysterious explosion a "Champagne Supernova," as a way of toasting a new way to look at the workings of the universe.
Why did the supernova hold off on exploding until well past the 1.4 solar mass limit? No one knows, exactly. There are a few speculations. Some think that the white dwarf was spinning so fast that centrifugal force thrust some mass away from the center and kept the whole thing from collapsing until it hit two solar masses. Others think that two white dwarfs merged and exceeded the limit for only a moment before the nova occurred.
But the mystery of these strange novas remains. Pop the cork of a champagne bottle, dust off that old Oasis CD, and think about it for a while.
Image: ESA/NASA
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James Pritchett is all for goal-line technology as he gears up for his fourth FIFA Club World Cup with Auckland City. The 30-year-old, who has four senior New Zealand caps to his name, believes FIFA's pioneering of goal-line technology is the way forward.
"If the technology is there, I think it should be used," Pritchett told FIFA.com. "But it's important that the way the technology is implemented is short and sharp and doesn't disrupt the flow of the game. It could only be an issue if there are starts and stops that continually break up the flow of the game."
Auckland City lost 2-0 to Japanese side Kashiwa Reysol in the play-off match last year, though it could have been better for the Oceania representatives had an Ivan Vicelich header not been brilliantly plucked off the line by goalkeeper Takanori Sugeno. Pritchett believes Auckland could have done better on that occasion..
"We could have started the game better," he reflected. "We were a bit nervous coming out of the blocks, even though we knew what to expect. But we defended well, though maybe we could have pushed a lot higher up the pitch too."
I played Al Ahly six years ago and my outstanding memory of that game was how good Aboutrika was. He scored from a free-kick in the second half and was everywhere.
Not one to dwell too much on the past, Pritchett prefers to focus on 6 December, when Auckland meet Sanfrecce Hiroshima for a place in the quarter-finals. "We only have a 14-game domestic season, and the Oceania Champions League has been rescheduled to the start of next April, so that is something we have to try to overcome playing on the international stage," he said.
Family ties
The influence of Pritchett's family both personally and professionally has rubbed off on him. His father Keith was the New Zealand coach between 1996 and '97. James's affection for Auckland City also runs deep. "This is my fourth FIFA Club World Cup and my main aim is to do well for the club, myself and my family," he said. "I've spent an enjoyable nine years with the team and played 170 games for Auckland City, so I'm happy to keep going for as long as my legs will allow me to do so."
But Pritchett knows that earning success against a quality side like Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a big ask, and talk of a re-match with Al Ahly is limited to memories of Auckland's last game with the Egyptian champs in 2006. Only Pritchett and fellow veteran Riki van Steeden remain from Auckland City's 2006 squad at the FIFA Club World Cup.
Pritchett said: "I played Al Ahly six years ago and my outstanding memory of that game was how good Aboutrika was. He scored from a free-kick in the second half and was everywhere. However, our focus is very much on the game in front of us, and that is Sanfrecce Hiroshima."
With a testimonial season with Auckland looming next year, the right-back is clear on the qualities required for such longevity. After a short stint at Aberdeen under Ebbe Skovdahl, then Cambridge United earlier in his career, Pritchett eventually returned to New Zealand and joined Auckland City under Allan Jones. But the man Pritchett credits with having the biggest influence on his career is his dad, whom he played under for his country.
"My dad has been a huge influence on my career so I've always been a pretty loyal guy, but I never expected to be at Auckland City for so long," Pritchett said. "Ever since I was four or five years old, I was at training with dad and always kicking a ball around, but dad has never been one to push me into things. I've always been able to do exactly what I wanted to do with my football. With dad being involved in top-level football as a coach, he's been a huge influence on my career."


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Microsoft may not see the Xbox 360 as a tool for the military, but as an essential part of your hospital room? Sure.
Desney Tan, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research, shared how Microsoft thinks the Xbox 360 could fit into hospitals. A low-cost PC, the 360 could be networked to share medical records with an in-room screen, filtering such information depending who is in the room - your doctor vs your family vs that random guy who stopped by from work.
Sensors could make these distinctions automatically. (I imagine a scenario in which all doctors and nurses have RFID tags, and the Natal camera counts the number of bodies in the room. If the two don't match up, you available personal information becomes more conservative.)
Of course, this 360 could be used play games, too. Microsoft isn't, like, looking to torture the paediatric ward.
PCWorld has more about Microsoft Research plans to take on healthcare, including some interesting ideas with mobile phones - really neat stuff. [PCWorld via Kotaku]


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With an elevated, coarse vellum texture, this matte white dial was specifically designed to highlight the refined printing of the numerals and indices. Features include a calendar aperture at the 3 o'clock marker, microtracking and Super-LumiNova hands in silver tones.
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Grand Theft Auto V starts the week with a new batch of screenshots.
Omg, seriously anything remotely new in GTA V news, I freak out!
This looks phenomenal, fighter jets!! dude this is insane.
can't wait for the trailer, although they're usually kinda short and they bring up hype torture and some more questions.
I am afraid
it Looks like a PC Version
i wish its a Ps3 version
Looks crazy. best game of this generation so far by looks of it. if other developers put this much time and effort into their franchises they would be amazing too. everyone instead releases yearly franchises and milks it. Rockstar knows quality beats quantity every time and thats why they make the big bucks every release and are respected.


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Mike Ballantyne owns under-the-radar Kiwi internet business Online Republic, a stable of 3500 travel booking websites with a staff of 100 and a turnover of $170 million predicted this year.
1. Who taught you the business of online marketing?
I was an experienced marketeer after 15 years in the ad business. But when I started this business with my brother Paul in 2004, neither of us knew the first thing about search engine marketing. After being taken for a $9000 ride by an SEO [search engine optimisation] company, I bought a $40 book, Google Adwords for Dummies. I put up some ads on Google and the bookings started flowing in. Then we hired our first online marketing expert.
2. What were the childhood lessons that aided your success?
I learned I could compete with my two older brothers by playing cricket in the driveway. I remain fiercely competitive in my business life and have an inherent belief that we can compete and outperform any competitor in our vehicle rental and cruise holiday categories, even the bigger multibillion-dollar US travel businesses. I learned from Mum and Dad the importance of giving. Dad didn't have a big income but Mum and Dad spent significant amounts of time helping others and gave a portion of the family income away.
3. Do you think Kiwis make better or worse entrepreneurs than other nationalities?
Better and worse. Better in the sense we are resourceful and innovative with the little that we often have - we think outside the box and do incredible things on limited budgets. We are unafraid of giving an idea a crack, even if the odds are stacked against us. Where we often fall down is we get something good going, but lack the big vision. Most business owners are happy to cash in and go fishing when the turnover's a few million. In the United States, entrepreneurs aim for a billion.
4. Can you teach entrepreneurship?
Well, I believe being entrepreneurial starts with a drive to better yourself and a dissatisfaction of spending your life working for someone else. Can you teach that? I'm not sure. My advice is, if you have the desire to start a business, don't obsess over finding the right idea in the early days. Start something small, see if there is a market for it, learn from your mistakes. Gather skills so you know how to make the right idea succeed when it comes along.
5. What's the most exorbitant thing you have spent your money on?
A Colin McCahon painting which looks like a smeared white blob on a large black canvas. It's enormously special to my wife and I. It's one of McCahon's Comet series, and is a constant reminder of my late brother Paul, who was described by a friend as a comet shooting through this world in a hurry but leaving a long lasting impact. When my oldest daughter saw the painting she said she could do a better picture.
6. What will you teach your children about money?
Although they are only 9 and 6, we are already teaching them about money. You can't have something until you save for it with your pocket money. You get pocket money for work. Work isn't always enjoyable, but it contributes to the success and happiness of the family.
7. Your brother Paul, who was your business partner, died in 2011. How did that affect you?
I felt a profound sense of loss when he died. I had watched my mum battle cancer for 28 years. Paul died within six months of being diagnosed with melanoma. I miss him every day. Outside of my wife and kids, he was my best friend, and a hugely talented business partner.
8. If you could change one thing about New Zealand today, what would it be?
Well I can't do much about the hole in the ozone that is killing so many Kiwis like my brother, so I would pass a law that put a limit on interest-free offer advertising. Buying a TV with five years' interest free is ludicrous. We need to stop spending what we don't have.
9. How's your work/life balance?
I don't get to work till 9.30am or 10am, so I can help my wife get the kids ready. I mostly turn my phone off when I get home at 6.30. I have taken the family on two business trips to the UK. Family is much more important to me than work.
10. You first studied fashion design ... how are the threads these days?
I was a lousy pattern maker, so I haven't been near a sewing machine in more than 20 years. I enjoy well-made, well-cut garments, unlike the kind I could make.
11. What are the most enjoyable trappings of your success?
I like nice things but ultimately they don't mean much to me. I learned this from my brother. In his final days, he wanted little more than to lie in a field with no worries or pain and watch the clouds, but he was too ill to get out of bed. He had money and nice things, but what he wanted was not available to him. I'm not saying the nice house and car aren't satisfying benefits of success, but they need to be kept in perspective.
12. Kim Dotcom. Please explain.
I think he's a brilliant marketeer. He really knows how to get the media agenda and he's won over the people of New Zealand and I respect him for that.


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EDF Energy is the latest of the Big Six energy companies to pay out millions after an investigation by watchdog Ofgem found it had breached complaint handling rules.
The £3million payout will go towards benefiting "vulnerable customers", the regulator said.
The probe into EDF Energy followed an increase of more than 30% in the levels of complaints recorded by the company during the mass migration stages of introducing a new IT system in 2011.
Ofgem found that, between May 2011 and January 2012, EDF Energy did not have appropriate procedures in place to properly receive, record and process all customers' complaints in accordance with complaints handling rules.
Many customers experienced unacceptably high call waiting times, with many deciding to hang up due to the company encountering a number of unexpected technical problems, Ofgem said.
When customers did get through, there was evidence that the supplier failed to record all the required details for the complaints received.
These included the date of receipt, a summary of the complaint and action taken, which could have led to difficulties in tracking progress of consumer complaints.
At times when the new systems were down, complaints were not logged until some time after they were actually received.
The regulator said staff at the energy company took action quickly to rectify the problems and to mitigate the effects on consumers.
The company has acknowledged that its customers were caused significant disruption and has publicly apologised for this.
Sarah Harrison, Ofgem's senior partner with responsibility for enforcement, said: "EDF Energy failed to have sufficiently robust processes in place when they introduced a new IT system and this led to the unacceptable handling of complaints.
"Their commitment to putting things right and paying £3 million to the Citizens Advice Energy Best Deal Extra scheme and the Plymouth Citizen Advice Bureau's Debt Helpline to benefit vulnerable customers is a step in the right direction to rebuilding consumer trust."
Meanwhile, other notable payouts from the Big Six include E.ON agreeing to pay £12million to vulnerable customers in May after Ofgem's investigation found it had broken energy sales rules.
In May 2013, Ofgem confirmed SSE's £10.5 million fine for numerous breaches of its obligations relating to telephone, in-store and doorstep sales activities.
The regulator found failings at all stages of SSE's sales processes, from the opening lines on the doorstep, in-store or over the phone through to the confirmation process which follows a sale.
After a probe into how it handled last winter's storms, SSE also paid out £4.6million.
In October last year, Scottish Power agreed to pay £8.5 million to consumers following Ofgem's investigation into how it carried out its sales approaches.
In April, Ofgem's investigations found that British Gas Business had incorrectly blocked business customers from switching to other suppliers and failed to notify customers when their contract was due to expire. In recognition of these failures, British Gas Business was set to pay £5.6 million in redress and penalty.
In December last year, npower agreed to pay a £3.5million package to help vulnerable consumers following an investigation which found it had breached marketing licence conditions.
Today's £3 million payout follows Ofgem's announcement in June that a full investigation is to be held into the UK's energy market in a bid to "rebuild" consumer trust.
The watchdog said the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe should ensure "once and for all" that competition works effectively.
The inquiry, expected to take around 18 months, is set to look at the relationship between the supply businesses and generation arms of the Big Six energy firms.
The Big Six, which dominate the energy market, are British Gas, SSE, E.ON, EDF, npower and Scottish Power.
Earlier this year, Ofgem said soaring household bills and intensifying public distrust highlighted the need for an investigation which will determine whether the Big Six companies are making excess profits, after they quadrupled to more than £1billion in three years.
Ofgem also said the number of customers switching suppliers had fallen in recent years, while consumer trust had also slumped, with 43% saying they did not trust energy suppliers to be open and transparent in their dealings with them.
The regulator noted that the average retail profits for the Big Six had increased from £233 million in 2009 to £1.1billion in 2012, while profits for supply and generation rose from £3billion to £3.7billion in the same period.
In May, npower was found to be Britain's most complained-about major power supplier.
The German-owned firm, which imposed the highest price hike last winter, received 10 times as many complaints as its best performing rival.
Data from the Citizens Advice Bureau showed that, between October and December last year, npower was inundated with 306 complaints for every 100,000 customers.
That is three times as many as the second worst performing supplier, Scottish Power, which attracted 100.5 complaints per 100,000 customers.
Energy firm EDF was the third lowest scoring of the Big Six suppliers, receiving 62 complaints for every 100,000 customers, while E.ON came fourth with 55.8.
Scottish and Southern Energy was the best performing of the firms, attracting 31.5 complaints per 100,000 customers, while British Gas came second, receiving 53.7 complaints.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Six Rays players -- Chris Archer, Wil Myers, Logan Forsythe, Brandon Gomes, Brandon Guyer, and Jake Odorizzi -- experienced their first Opening Day on a Major League roster Monday.
Myers, who was the 2013 American League Rookie of the Year, said he wanted to approach the special day like any other game.
"The feeling is a lot like the postseason last year," Myers said. "Everybody's excited to get going again. I just want to stay calm, not try to do too much, stay within my approach."
Guyer said he had difficulty putting the experience into words.
"I've been up to the big leagues before, but to have my first Opening Day, and experience it," Guyer said. "You hear so much from the veterans. They've been through a lot. But the first one is in their memories and stuff."
Archer called the day "special."
"For me, personally, it's always been a dream to not only be in the Major Leagues, but experience everything that comes with it," Archer said. "So Opening Day, Jackie Robinson Day and the fact on my first Opening Day, I get to see David Price pitch. He's been my favorite pitcher before I even came over here. I'm getting chill bumps thinking about it."


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