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Hello Fellow Atheists: So here's a question. It's been bothering me for some time now and I just want to get your perspectives. When I first became a believer I was handed the book "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel. I read it and at the time it made sense to me. I didn't question it much at the time. Now that I am an Atheist I'm curious what others think about it. There are only three options given in this book. Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic, or the true son of God. Of course I know some of you believe that he never existed at all, (I do not). So I want to explore this further.
Which is it?
Is it none of the above?
Why? (back yourself up with evidence)...
I hope this discussion can be educational in nature for those of us who are still learning. Thanks!
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Sure, and perhaps the 'mystic' value of 12 was just an extra validation for cutting the thirteenth apostle out of the picture.
While I agree that many of the elements of the Horus story may well have been regurgitated and applied to Yeshua, some of the Horus elements depicted in the comparison above, have in turn been modified from the original, to fit the Yeshua story.
Actually, Mithra comes closer to paralleling the Yeshua story than Horus.
How about only a few guys getting together and concocting a story? Doesn't it seem a bit of a coincidence that Jacob/Israel had 12 sons, who became the 12 tribes of Israel, that there are 12 signs to the Zodiac, and 12 apostles of Yeshua? Twelve was a religious, mystical number. 72 scholars were chosen to translate the Torah into the Greek Septuagint, 72 is a multiple of 12 - 12 was a very important number then, and it has survived, present in a dozen eggs, a dozen donuts - why not 11? 13?
It's hard to say anything was "documented," unless the person doing the documenting was actually there, and it's hard to find someone who was.
Which guys? What was their purpose if they weren't planning on starting a religion? Why didn't they write their 'gospel' from the start to help them keep their stories straight? Did these guys claim to be some of the twelve apostles, or did they come earlier and manage to indoctrinate 12 apostles, getting them to go around claiming they met Jesus when they never did?
If/when I hear a convincing explanation for the genesis of Christianity from pure fabrication I'll hop right on board. To date, however, all I've heard are either extremely contrived or rather laughable conjectures.
How about 12 was a great mystic number, just the number of apostles that a mystic of the time would have chosen?
Assuming Jesus existed and he believed he was going to be resurrected to continue his teaching, one has a very simple explanation as to why nothing was ever written down during his life, or even shortly thereafter. His apostles, being rather shocked by the horror of his execution and failure to Hulk out and defy death, began fabricating the resurrection story we now know, just to buy time as they figured out how they were supposed to proceed. The rest was simply filled in by later generations because of the lack of contemporary documentation.
Heather, I'm not saying he didn't exist, but Belle has asked if he was a liar or a basket-case, and I'm saying that either conclusion proceeds on the assumption that he did.
I prefer not to base conclusions on assumptions - isn't it better to investigate and amass evidence that he did, before proceeding to such a conclusion? Isn't that the scientific method? I'm simply asking Belle to produce eye-witness testimony - accepting the fact that the witnesses are dead - and examine whether or not we have a case for his existence. I see nothing inappropriate about that.
I wouldn't call it a stalemate exactly, I just don't see how we can decide if a man was a liar or a lunatic without first demonstrating that he even existed. We may as well ask the same questions of Superman or Wonder Woman, or possibly Mickey Mouse - I've always had my suspicions about him, what with those beady eyes and running around with ducks with no pants, it's shocking!
Ok, I get it. I was just a little surprised by what seemed to be your position. In terms of better defining the issue it makes perfect sense.
Normally, my position is prone.
Did Paul Bunyan exist, along with Babe, his big blue ox? If not, where did the story come from? The fact that he once walked along, dragging his giant axe behind him, and in the process, carved out the Grand Canyon is a perfect explanation - you can't make that kind of stuff up, can you?
And there's the railroad worker, John Henry, with his hammer, and Pecos Bill, who roped and rode a tornado - tide comes in, tide goes out, you can't explain that --
Then there's Davy Crockett, who rode lightening bolts and killed bears just with his terrifying glare (amongst other things). Oh, I forgot, he actually existed.
Are you kidding? I'm feeling guilty because I appear to be picking on YOU!
I'm really not, I'm simply advising you to learn more.


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"World War Z" — Might there be a real zombie apocalypse one day? The way zombies have invaded our pop culture the last several years, it's maybe a bit less implausible than it once was. What IS increasingly quite plausible, alas, is a global pandemic, and "World War Z," the long-awaited Brad Pitt thriller, cleverly melds that real-life threat into the more fanciful zombie premise. Talk about more bang for your buck: Once you've settled back into your seat after a good snarling zombie chase, there's nothing like the thought of a SARS outbreak to get the blood racing again. Despite the much-discussed production delays and budget overruns, this movie, based on the 2006 novel by Max Brooks (son of Mel), is pretty much what you'd want in a summer blockbuster: scary but not-too-gross zombies, a journey to exotic locales, a few excellent action scenes, and did we mention Pitt? As Gerry Lane, a former U.N. investigator called upon to save the planet, Pitt is a calm, intelligent presence amid the insanity. The most impressive scene is at the beginning, as the streets of Philadelphia are suddenly overrun by packs of wild, raging zombies. For an hour, the action is swift: North Korea, Israel, a harrowing plane crash. The final act takes place on a dramatically smaller scale, and at a slower pace. Oh, a reminder: Turn off those cellphones. After all, it's not just your movie-going partner you'll annoy here. Cellphones also happen to awaken zombies. Consider yourself warned. PG-13 for intense frightening zombie sequences, violence and disturbing images. 116 minutes. Three stars out of four.
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"Monsters University" —Pixar's prequel to 2001's "Monster's University" is neither a bold return to form nor another misfire following "Brave" and "Cars 2," but a charming, colorful coming-of-age tale that would be a less qualified success for all but Pixar. The profusion of sequels is indeed dismaying for a studio that so frequently has prized originality. But this is nevertheless pleasant, amiably animated family entertainment. Our expert "scarers" to be — the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike Wazowski (the perfectly paired Billy Crystal) and the burly James B. Sullivan (John Goodman) — are college freshmen with high aspirations in Monster University's prestigious Scare Program. Wazowski is a lime green ball of wide-eyed idealism, a bookworm oblivious to his total lack of fright-inducing menace. Sully is a naturally talented legacy, a lazy jock and son of a famous scarer. Director Dan Scanlon, a veteran Pixar storyboard artist, populates the collegiate life with rich detail and sly but not forced references. The film ultimately makes a surprisingly sharp lesson on the hard truths of limited talent: Giftedness remains a continuing Pixar theme. Rated G. 103 minutes. Three stars out of four.
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The Siena Heights University women's basketball team had control for most of Wednesday's Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference showdown with NAIA Division II No. 4-ranked Davenport University.
Then last year's national runner-up hit another gear in the final minutes.
Davenport used a 16-0 run late in the second half and closed out the game scoring 20 of the final 26 points, stunning Siena Heights 55-51 before 632 fans at the SHU Fieldhouse.
The Saints (5-4, 2-3 WHAC) missed out on their first victory over Davenport since the 2006-07 season. Davenport (9-1, 4-1) found a way to win despite shooting 5-for-18 from the free-throw line, including 2-for-9 down the stretch.
Siena Heights, which received votes in the latest Division II poll, led by 14 early in the second half and built a 46-35 advantage with 8:32 remaining.
The Panthers took their first lead since 5-4 when Linnea Brandholm nailed a 3-pointer to make it 49-46 at the 4:47 mark. Siena Heights missed two shots on its ensuing possession, and after Davenport missed two free throws, Kia Frazier converted a layup to give the Panthers a five-point lead with 3:15 to go.
Sierra Calhoun's free throws trimmed the deficit to three at 51-48. The Saints immediately caused a turnover, but then turned it over right back, and Davenport capitalized with an Alex Law layup for a 53-48 lead with 54 seconds left.
The Saints missed a 3-pointer on their next trip down the floor and were forced to foul. Law split her free throws to bump the Panther lead to six with 37 seconds on the clock.
Calhoun split two from the charity stripe, and following two missed Davenport free throws, she made a layup with nine seconds left to pull the Saints within 54-51. A Davenport free throw with eight seconds remaining created the final margin.
The Panthers shot 50 percent (14-for-28) from the field in the second half, compared to 25.9 percent (7-for-27) for Siena Heights.
The Saints took control in the first half with a 12-0 run capped by Mackenzie Tomasik's layup to make it 16-5. Davenport cut the lead to seven late in the half, before Najee Brazzle hit a 3-pointer and Grace Howrigon connected on a shot to give Siena Heights a 31-19 lead at halftime.
The 12-point halftime deficit was the biggest for Davenport since November 2011.
Sierra Calhoun scored 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting to lead Siena Heights. Morgan Warfield scored seven, while Howrigon had six points, five assists and three steals. Tomasik added six points and eight rebounds.
Siena Heights will travel to face WHAC opponent Indiana Tech on Saturday.
Siena Heights women push No. 4 Davenport to the limit
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Pay Pedroia
Dave D'Onofrio's Sox Beat: Pay PedroiaBY DAVE D'ONOFRIO
Special to The New Hampshire Union Leader
July 22. 2013 9:33PM
BOSTON -- DUSTIN PEDROIA stood in front of his stall on Friday night, having just a few minutes earlier clinched another Red Sox win with a pretty, ranging play at second base, and fielded questions about his contract.
He referred reporters to the agent he's entrusted with negotiations, and didn't get into any real detail. But that coming on the heels of the team owner saying Pedroia might be a singular exception to the team's evolving policy on long-term deals, plus multiple reports that a serious offer was presented to the player last week, and we needn't yet see the fire to know what the smoke is telling us.
The Red Sox are going to sign Pedroia to a contract extension. Possibly soon. Probably for a ton of money. Potentially for the most money a second baseman has ever been annually paid.
And it will be a wise decision.
Reportedly the talks have focused on a deal worth somewhere around $100 million for five or six years, which on the surface seems a bit steep — particularly the Sox could do nothing now and still have Pedroia's services for 2014 and '15 at the bargain rate of $21 million total. The contract the Sox gave him in 2008 bought them that luxury in exchange for the team giving him long-term security, and typically they look to exercise those types of advantages in order to maximize value.
But in this case, if the Red Sox have already determined they want Pedroia to be a part of their club beyond the next couple of years, it makes sense to get a deal done. And to do it now. There's no sense waiting if the decision has been made, because timing isn't necessarily everything — but it's absolutely a factor in a few of the five reasons this would make sense for the Sox:
The numbers
Critics will question the wisdom of potentially paying $100 million to a No. 3 hitter who may not even hit his 100th career home run before the end of this season. (He entered Monday with 94.) But it's not about power; it's about the package.
With Pedroia, that includes not only a .304 lifetime average, but gold-glove caliber defense as well as plus baserunning, and when it's all factored in he's consistently one of the most valuable players in baseball. Every year in which he's played at least 140 games he's finished among the American League's top 11 position players in wins above replacement (WAR), including second in '08 and fourth in '11.
This year, he ranked 12th in the majors through Sunday, and what's notable there is that not a single player ranked ahead of him was acquired via veteran free agency. In other words, if a team wants a player of Pedroia's impact, it's not as easy as opening the checkbook.
So they're smart to keep them while they can.
The Cano factor
As good as Pedroia is, Yankee Robinson Cano is the best second baseman in the game. When he is a free agent at the end of this season, he and new agent Jay-Z will be out to wring every penny out of the open market.
Obviously, if the Sox can get Pedroia locked up prior to that, Cano's contract won't become a benchmark for Boston's negotiations. And maybe there's another bonus to that factor, too.
If Pedroia winds up making $20 million per year, it probably pushes Cano's starting price to nearer $25 million. At the least, it might force the Yankees to pony up more than they'd like — though maybe, considering the money it still owes to Alex Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia and Mark Teixeira, New York would play hardball. And maybe Cano would get his money elsewhere.
His age
Pedroia turns 30 next month. So he'll be 32 when his pre-existing deal expires. Again, if the Sox know they want him for 2016 and beyond, it's sensible to give Pedroia his money now, so at least they've got a better chance of paying him like a star while he's actually within his prime. There's a greater chance of the team getting its moneys' worth if the contract runs from age 30-35 than it would from 32-37.
Think about it this way: If the Sox give him a five-year deal that supersedes the contract in place, they'll probably wind up paying Pedroia around $19 million more than they had to for the '14 and '15 seasons. However, that proves a solid investment if it saves from the risk of enduring two over-the-hill seasons, and paying roughly $40 million for it, when Pedroia is 36 and 37.
Market value
Perhaps the gaudy roundness of $20 million per year has blinded some people. But, in truth, that wouldn't represent a dramatic overpayment for a player of Pedroia's caliber.
This season, 20 players are making at least $18 million. Thirty are making $16 million or more. Including pitchers, Pedroia ranks 16th in WAR, and he's consistently been in that class for almost six seasons. The going rate for that is pushing $20 million — especially for a Sox team that gleefully gave Shane Victorino, Mike Napoli and Ryan Dempster all around $13 million a year last winter, despite being older and more limited as players.
Value to Red Sox
Among the most overblown storylines emanating from the Bobby Valentine era was the suggestion that Pedroia lost credibility as a leader by saying "that's not how we do things around here" when the manager publicly chastised Kevin Youkilis. Pedroia was a leader then, he is a leader now. He's accountable. He takes his job as seriously as anyone in the clubhouse. He is a player who teammates like. And he is someone whose example all should follow.
He's an asset both on the field and off. And he openly embraces everything that entails. Let Carl Crawford be a lesson, and respect the value in knowing a player can handle Boston.
"This is all I know," Pedroia said Friday. "These guys are my family. If it got to that point, it would be great."
Yes, it would be.
Dave D'Onofrio covers the Red Sox for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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Hockey India League postponed to Jan 17
New Delhi - The governing council of the Hockey India League (HIL) deferred its players' auction by a fortnight to Dec 16 and the start of the tournament to Jan 17.
The league, earlier scheduled between Jan 5 and Feb 3, will now conclude on Feb 17.
Hockey India (HI) secretary general and HIL chairman Narinder Batra said the decision was made in the best interests of hockey since some franchises are new to hockey and most of the coaches they were hiring were tied down with the FIH Champions Trophy in Melbourne and would not be able to take part in the players' auction set for early December.
The auction was earlier supposed to be held Dec 1.
"After the HIL franchise workshop on Saturday, the governing council decided that it would be in the best interests of all concerned to defer the auction so that all teams could have the best minds available to them at this important stage of team formation. It became inevitable that the start of HIL also be deferred by a few days," Batra said.
This change of date will also enable HIL to invite the six marquee players to be present at the auction and assist their respective franchises in team formation after they are selected through the auction process.
"We are grateful to the International Hockey Federation for accepting our request to reschedule HIL," he added.


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For Andrew Kitzenberg, late Thursday was a night of routine as he settled on his couch on the second floor of his three-story walkup in Watertown to watch a hockey game.
Early Friday morning was anything but routine.
"It sounded like fireworks or firecrackers — you know, 'pop-pop-pop-pop,' " Kitzenberg said on Tuesday, recalling the gun battle outside his door.
Kitzenberg ran up to his bedroom on the third floor, lay on his bed stomach-down, and peeked out of his window, taking pictures with his phone. Kitzenberg, who has lived on Laurel Street in Watertown for three years, had landed an unexpected front-row seat to a shoot-out between the two Chechen brothers identified as Boston Marathon bombing suspects and police.
As events unfolded, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, would be killed, shot by police then run over by his younger brother, Dzhokhar, 19, in his desperate attempt to escape. Dzhokhar was arrested the next evening in a boat parked behind a house on Franklin Street.
Kitzenberg tweeted his photos, and has now doubled his Twitter followers to nearly 30,000, he said. The New York Times called him immediately, and by 3 a.m. Friday, other media outlets were hoping to interview him. Kitzenberg recently put his photos in a blog to better describe what he saw.
Shortly after the gunfire began, Kitzenberg said, he watched the two suspects hurl explosives at police. He said they threw two smaller explosive devices, then reached into a backpack — Kitzenberg said he saw up to three backpacks at their feet — and pulled out a larger device, which police later identified as a bomb in a pressure cooker.
"I saw them light that one — I saw the spark," Kitzenberg said. He pointed to a black spot on the street about 15 feet away to show where the bomb detonated. "I heard and felt it go off."
Kitzenberg noted that he dropped down to his floor once he saw the spark. "The walls were rattling. At that point, I absolutely knew these were the guys who did the Boston Marathon bombs."
Kitzenberg said the two brothers were using a black SUV in front of them for protection, as the officers opened fire at the other end of his block. The brothers also had a green sedan behind them, but Kitzenberg said he did not see any police coming from that direction.
During the shoot-out, Kitzenberg said, a bullet pierced the wall of another bedroom on the second floor, went through a calendar, and lodged in a desk chair.
After the pressure cooker bomb, one of the brothers — now known as Tamerlan — began walking through the smoke toward police, shooting his handgun at them, Kitzenberg said, until he went down.
Kitzenberg said it was hard to tell if a bullet or a tackle by an officer took Tamerlan down, but what happened next stunned him.
"I saw the other guy get into the black SUV, turn it around, and just charge toward the police barricade," Kitzenberg said. "I was so shocked he would do that move. I felt like I was seeing something right out of a movie."
Dzhokhar drove the vehicle through two police cars, side-sweeping them as he barreled through, Kitzenberg said.
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ORMOND BEACH — A group of local investors has purchased 156 acres of wooded land at the northeast quadrant of the Airport Road overpass at Interstate 95 for $1.25 million.
The undeveloped tract, known as the Pineland subdivision, was zoned in 2008 as a residential planned unit development with a city-approved development agreement permitting up to 192 single-family homes in a five-phase development plan.
The property is located east of I-95, south of the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport and west of the existing Ormond Green and Pine Trails subdivisions.
"We have seen a lot more interest in 2012 in land for future homes," said Chris Butera, an investment associate in Volusia and Flagler counties for NAI Realvest, a Maitland-based real estate firm. "The days of homebuilders stealing already developed lots are fast disappearing.
"Investors and developers are looking at land now on which they can build homes in three to five years."
While the property is almost administratively ready for the construction of roads and other infrastructure to begin, the new owners have no immediate development plans, said Fred Share, a Holly Hill attorney and the managing member of Ormond Pineland LLC, the new property owner.
"We have no present plans other then to hold on to it for resale. We don't have plans to develop it at this time," Share said Friday.
Share was part of Funcoast Holdings LLC, which bought the property in 2005 for $5.3 million, according to Volusia County property records. The company went through the process to have the property rezoned and secured a St. Johns Water Management District stormwater drainage permit. Others involved in the project were Harry Black, James McMahon and Peter Zahn, all of Daytona Beach, according to state corporate records.
The company lost the property when Florida Capital Bank foreclosed and took possession early this year after winning a $6.6 million foreclosure judgment.
Because the tract is zoned residential, has a development agreement and a drainage permit, it might be easier to sell to a developer or homebuilders, Share said.
"It's nicer than raw land because of the permits," he said.
Although the permitted density is 1.2 homes per acre, nearly one-third of the land is wetlands and conservation. Most home lots are about 9,600 square feet, just shy of a quarter acre, Share said, and none of the planned lots back up onto another lot.
Construction cannot begin on the property for roads or homes until preliminary and final plat and a site plan are filed with the city of Ormond Beach and approved.
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The regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Louisville, Kentucky, has a metal detector at the entrance and a sheet of paper taped on the door that says, 100% I.D. Check. No Exceptions. Two floors higher in the same building is Humana Veterans Healthcare Services. The front door is decorated with stenciled glass, and people meet in a conference room with phrases like Increase Utilization written on a dry-erase board. These two offices represent vastly different cultures: one is corporate and clean, smelling of fresh paint; the other is battered and scruffy-looking, funded by taxpayer dollars. Yet despite the difference in style and approach, both offices are working together on Project HERO, an ambitious "public-private partnership" that allows Humana staffers to help "manage the quality and cost of health care" provided through the federal agency.
Project HERO, which stands for Healthcare Effectiveness Through Resource Optimization–"an attempt at a catchy acronym," says Gary Baker, chief business officer of the VA's Veterans Health Administration–was launched quietly in 2007. According to its critics, the $915 million program represents a major shift in priorities for the VA, a vast expansion of private-sector involvement that could threaten the agency's ability to honor veterans with top-notch service. But VA officials say it is not designed to hand veterans' healthcare over to Humana. Project HERO, they argue, is simply an effort to help the strapped federal agency run more smoothly.
The VA is a mammoth organization, serving 7.9 million men and women across the country. There are 153 VA medical centers, where patients have surgery and are treated for serious illness; 755 community-based outpatient clinics; and 232 counseling centers, which provide assistance to soldiers readjusting to life after wartime. Yet despite the outlay of resources and facilities, there are some services the agency cannot provide, particularly in rural areas. In order to avoid delays, veterans may visit a private healthcare provider in a "fee basis" program that allows them to receive care outside the VA system. The veteran makes an appointment with a private physician or diagnostician, and the VA pays for the visit. The fee-basis system is limited in scope, a small piece of a massive, full-service organization. In 2007, according to Baker, it represented $2.5 billion of the $33 billion in veterans' healthcare costs.


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Wilson enjoys time with Rangers
Russell Wilson has enjoyed spending time with the Texas Rangers. Yet the Seattle Seahawks are never far from the young quarterback's mind.
While Wilson sat in the Texas Rangers dugout Monday, fans yelling "Seahawks" filled the spring training stadium.
"I couldn't expect anything less," Wilson said. "The 12th man fans were unbelievable today. They're everywhere. The 12th man fans are out in the outfield, they're on third-base line, first-base line, chanting "Seahawks' the whole way. Hopefully the Dallas fans didn't get too mad."
Wilson threw for 3,357 yards and 26 touchdowns and helped the Seattle Seahawks rout the Denver Broncos 43-8 in the Super Bowl last month.
He also happens to be a pretty good baseball player, drafted three times and hitting .229 with a .350 on-base percentage in 93 games in 2010-11 in the low minors in the Colorado Rockies system. But he's had instant success in the NFL.
"You never say never," Wilson said. "I've always had the dream of playing two sports. If somehow it was a miracle that it could work out, I'd consider it. At the same time, my focus is winning the championship with the Seattle Seahawks and hope to be playing for a long time.
"For me, it only being my second year, yeah I won a Super Bowl and all that, but that's not enough for me. It really isn't. My goal is to be one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game, if not the best. I've got a long ways to go. I make sure I get up earlier than Tom Brady and Drew Brees and they're on the East Coast."
The Rangers picked Wilson for $12,000 in the Rule 5 minor league draft in December. He was in the Rangers' camp Monday, took ground balls in morning drills and brought the Rangers' lineup to the umpires before the game, but did not play in the 6-5 loss to Cleveland.
"How much did I want to play an inning?" Wilson said. "How much did I want to play the whole game is the question."
He spoke at a Rangers' dinner on Sunday night for sponsors, suite holders and players and addressed the minor leaguers Monday night.
He said he would leave Tuesday for Seattle and "turn my focus back to football."
So what is most difficult, hitting a curveball or being hit by a 300-pound defensive end?
"Hitting a curveball," Wilson said. "The ball is so small. It looks like a pea."
Pirates 7, Red Sox 6
Pedro Alvarez and Russell Martin hit two-run homers off Brandon Workman, who started in place of injured Jake Peavy, and Pittsburgh beat the Boston on Monday.
Pittsburgh leadoff batter Starling Marte reached on an infield single in the first that stopped an 0-for-9 start, and Alvarez homered to right off Brandon Workman with two outs. Marte singled in the third and Martin followed with a drive to left, his second homer in two days.
Pirates starter Francisco Liriano strick out three and walked one in two hitless innings.
Mike Carp, trying to win a bench job with the Red Sox, hit a two-run homer against Bryan Morris in the eighth.
Workman gave up five runs and five hits in 2 1-3 innings in place of Peavy, the right-hander who accidentally cut his left index finger with a fishing knife Saturday.
"Just getting ready to go fishing," Peavy said. "I promised my little boy I would take him fishing, so we went to Bass Pro and we bought us some rods and reels that were comboed.
Peavy said he was "trying to cut the wire tie that was holding them together, using the knife with my right hand and holding the rod with my left, and when I broke the wire tie, it struck the knuckle pretty good."
Since Peavy didn't want to disappoint his son they drove to teammate John Lackey's house. But while pulling the knife out of his hand, Peavy said he struck a vein and got a good amount of blood on his shorts.
Peavy said he threw away the shorts at Lackey's house and changed. Lackey told Peavy he should get the wound examined.
Peavy then went fishing and didn't catch anything.
"I couldn't tell my 5-year-old I didn't want to go fishing anymore," Peavy said. "It was his last day here. I couldn't say, "We'll go tomorrow.' It wasn't the biggest deal in the world. Not much we could have done except - the biggest thing was, they were freaking out, thinking I was cleaning fish with the knife."
The 32-year-old Peavy, acquired by Boston last summer, was 4-1 with a 4.04 ERA in 10 starts for the Red Sox last season and 0-1 with a 7.10 ERA in three postseason starts. He received several stitches Sunday to close the gash.
Red Sox manager John Farrell said on Sunday that Peavy will not throw for three days.
Yankees 4, Nationals 2
David Robertson pitched a scoreless fourth inning in his first appearance as the Yankees' new closer in a victory.
Robertson hit his first batter, Danny Espinosa, then induced a double-play grounder by Tyler Moore to shortstop Derek Jeter, who fielded a tough-hop grounder. Robertson is replacing career saves leader Mariano Rivera, who retired after last season.
Jeter went 0 for 3, including a double-play grounder. He is hitless in seven at-bats over three spring training games. The Yankees captain broke an ankle in the 2012 AL championship series and played in just 17 games last season.
Zach Walters hit a solo homer for the Nationals.
Mets 6, Braves 2
Freddy Garcia ran his streak of perfect innings to five in his bid to earn a spot in the Braves' rotation, Mets' top prospect Noah Syndergaard pitched two scoreless innings in his Grapefruit League debut, and New York beat Atlanta.
The 21-year-old Syndergaard struck out leadoff hitter Jason Heyward on a 98 mph fastball and fanned Evan Gattis on three fastballs to start the second. The right-hander allowed just one hit over two scoreless innings.
In contrast, Garcia, 37, used an assortment of mostly slow stuff to retire nine straight Mets, three on strikeouts, after retiring all six Detroit batters he faced while fanning two in the spring opener.
Heyward, Atlanta's right fielder, threw out a runner at the plate to preserve a scoreless fifth inning for closer Craig Kimbrel, but the Mets scored five times off minor leaguers in the ninth for their first spring victory.
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() MUMi analysis between W1481 and other spp. The initial result showed that W1481 has the closest value (0.64) when compared to subsp. . () Comparison between the MUMi values among W1481 and the groups of five existing subspecies of The MUMi results of each subspecies are summarized and compared. The upper value of the box and whisker box showed the highest MUMi value, whereas the lower value showed the lowest MUMi value while the value in middle showed the average MUMi value when we performed comparison. A clear separation of W1481 from the rest of the known subspecies is able to be performed at the threshold of 0.6342. (Note: FNA denotes subsp. ; FNV denotes subsp. ; FNN denotes subsp. ; FNP denotes subsp. and FNF denotes subsp. ).
() MUMi analysis between W1481 and other spp. The initial result showed that W1481 has the closest value (0.64) when compared to subsp. . () Comparison between the MUMi values among W1481 and the groups of five existing subspecies of The MUMi results of each subspecies are summarized and compared. The upper value of the box and whisker box showed the highest MUMi value, whereas the lower value showed the lowest MUMi value while the value in middle showed the average MUMi value when we performed comparison. A clear separation of W1481 from the rest of the known subspecies is able to be performed at the threshold of 0.6342. (Note: FNA denotes subsp. ; FNV denotes subsp. ; FNN denotes subsp. ; FNP denotes subsp. and FNF denotes subsp. ).
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UCLA didn't end its football season on the highest note, but it's more than making up for that on the recruiting trail.
Nearly a month after a blowout loss to Baylor in the Holiday Bowl, the Bruins landed two huge commitments on Tuesday – both in the secondary, arguably the team's greatest area of need.
First was Rancho Cucamonga's Tahaan Goodman, a four-star safety who hinted strongly at his intentions with a news conference decked in blue and gold.
With USC, UCLA and Oklahoma hats on the table, he stood up and announced his commitment – taking off his jacket and pants to reveal blue Bruins gear from head to toe.
Later in the evening, his friend Priest Willis committed in a news conference at Marcos de Niza High in Tempe, Ariz. Willis is rated a four-star safety by Rivals.com and a five-star cornerback by Scout.com. The two had been thought to be a package deal, particularly after Goodman's plans to visit LSU last weekend fell through.
With that trip canceled, the pair were both in Westwood over the weekend.
Goodman said he wouldn't have decided so quickly had he also visited Louisiana State, but he conferred with Willis and made his choice.
"Actually, it was literally yesterday," Willis said during his Wednesday news conference. "He wasn't even going to commit. His was last-minute, it was last night. He felt it, we felt it, and we said `Let's do it."'
Both should figure into the defensive backfield rotation immediately, especially given that UCLA graduated three starters from its secondary. The Bruins were ranked eighth in the conference in pass defense this past season.
"I just hope that I exceed my expectations going in there," Willis said.
The defending Pac-12 South champions also reeled in four-star defensive backs Tyler Foreman and Johnny Johnson over the weekend.
With four-star defensive end Kylie Fitts and five-star defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes still on the horizon, UCLA could easily have a top-five class nationally by Signing Day on Feb. 6.
Willis said he will try to talk both into joining him and Goodman in Westwood.
If UCLA's late recruiting push continues, the Bruins could have their highest-rated class in over a decade. The Bruins reeled in Scout.com's No. 5 class in 2009, but Rivals.com had that haul at No. 14.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. - The old baseball saying, "If you're going to win one game of a three-game series, make it the last one," rang true for UC Santa Barbara in Sunday's series finale at Blair Field, as a gutsy effort from senior southpaw Chuck Huggins helped the Gauchos beat No. 26 Long Beach State, 5-3. UCSB jumped out to an early lead, as Huggins (8-2) earned his eighth win of the year pitching 7.2 innings, while striking out four and walking only two.
UCSB improved to 31-19 overall, and 10-8 in BWC play, while the Dirtbags fell to 30-18, 11-7.
First baseman Eric Oliver helped the Gaucho's jump out to an early lead in the bottom of the first inning, thumping a hanging breaking ball high over the left field wall. Oliver's fifth home run of the year gave UCSB a 1-0 lead after one-half inning of play.
A lead off base hit from shortstop Shane Carlson, followed by a five-pitch walk to Patrick Rose, put runners on first and second for the Gauchos to start the second. Designated hitter Gunnar Terhune was asked to sacrifice the runners over, and did so beautifully, placing a perfect bunt down the third base line. With runners on second and third and one out, senior backstop Matt McColgan delivered an RBI single into shallow right, allowing Carlson to score from third. The Gauchos would strand runners on the corners, taking a 2-0 lead into the bottom half of the second inning.
Dirtbag clean-up hitter Shane Peterson ripped a triple into the right center field gap to lead off the bottom of the second. Shortstop Danny Espinosa followed by lacing the first pitch he saw up the middle, driving home Peterson for the first Long Beach run of the game. Huggins was able to get out of the inning with minimal damage, inducing Jason Tweedy to ground into an inning-ending 4-6-3 twin killing.
The Gauchos mounted an attack in the top of the fifth starting with Robby Cumming's lead off infield single. Brian Gump then laid a sacrifice bunt down the first base line, to advanced Cummings into scoring position. Fox made pretty in the next AB, lining an RBI single through the left side. Oliver kept the hits coming in the ensuing plate appearance, dumping a single into shallow left. The first baseman's second hit of the day chased Dirtbag starter Jake Thompson. With runners on second and third, Mike Zuanich found a hole through the right side, allowing Fox to score from third, but that would be it, as Oliver was gunned down at the plate by Dirtbag right fielder Jason Corder. At the end of five and a half, UCSB held a 4-1 lead.
Terhune single-handedly reached third base to put the Gauchos in fabulous shape to begin the sixth inning. Terhune hit a ball into shallow right then turned on the after burners, sliding safely into second base. A wild pitch in the next at-bat advanced Terhune to third. With Terhune on third, Cumming's hit a dribbler to the shortstop Espinosa. Inexplicably, Terhune broke for the plate, as Espinosa gunned down the sophomore by a good four feet. Terhune's miscue marked the fourth time in the series the Gauchos made an out with less than two outs at home. Fortunately, Fox picked up his teammate two at-bats later with an RBI single to right field. Fox's second hit and second RBI on the day scored Cummings to put UCSB in front, 5-1.
Long Beach inched closer in the eighth with Peterson's RBI double in right center field. Then, with the bases loaded Huggins gave up a one-out sacrifice fly to Godfrey to bring the Dirtbags within two, 5-3. After walking Taylor Krick to reload the bases, Huggins gave way to junior right-hander Jason Roenicke. Roenicke made quick work of Tweedy to get the Gauchos out of the eighth inning jam.
Roenicke disposed of the Dirtbags in the bottom of the ninth, earning his second save of the year with a game-ending 4-6-3 double play.
UCSB resumes play on Friday, May 16 against UC Riverside. The three-game weekend set kicks off at 2:00 p.m. at the friendly confines of Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.


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Companies Feast on Cheap Money
Market for 30-Year Bonds, Priced at Stark Lows, Brings Out GE, UPS and Other Once-Shy Issuers
Companies are taking advantage of investors' appetite for yield—and fear of riskier bets—by issuing more long-term bonds, aiming to reduce their refinancing needs in coming years, when interest rates are likely to be higher.
Investment-grade companies have sold more 30-year bonds in the U.S. so far in 2012 than in any full year since 1995, according to data provider Dealogic.
The $91.9 billion of 30-year bonds sold in 166 offerings this year, is about 26% more than the $73.2 billion sold in 145 deals during all of 2011.
Issuers are being drawn to the longer maturities by low interest rates, the result of the Federal Reserve's loose monetary policy and the global economy's continuing weakness.
For investors, the longer maturities provide better returns than shorter-term debt without the default worries associated with the high-yielding debt of some of Europe's troubled economies.
However, more long-term debt issuance now could limit the supply of bonds in the future, meaning investors will need to find other places to put their cash.
For corporations, there is a sense that now is as good a time as any to raise debt, particularly as the near-term economic outlook dims.
That view helped make September the second busiest month for 30-year issuance this year, with 24 companies raising $12.3 billion.
"No treasurer or CFO wants to be the one treasurer or CFO who didn't get cheap long-term money when it was available," says Mark Gray, an analyst with Moody's Investors Service.
Among those tapping the market was United Parcel Service Inc. UPS 1.48% On Sept. 24, UPS refinanced $1.75 billion of five-year bonds coming due in January 2013 through a three-part bond deal, including $375 million of 30-year bonds that paid 3.625% annually.
The timing of the deal "was a combination of the current credit market and looking at avoiding fourth-quarter uncertainty," said UPS spokeswoman Susan Rosenberg.
Ms. Rosenberg said that there was seven times the demand for the bonds than the amount available.
She added that the company wanted to raise the funds ahead of any disruption to the economy caused by government negotiations over tax and spending cuts.
The corporate-debt market is enticing many companies that haven't issued long-dated bonds for years. General Electric Co. GE -0.41% jumped in on Oct. 1, selling $7 billion of bonds, including $2 billion of 30-year bonds.
Although GE's finance arm, GE Capital, is a frequent bond issuer, the recent offering was the first by the parent company in five years.
The company plans to use part of the proceeds to refinance $5 billion of debt coming due in February 2013.
A GE spokesman said the issuance was consistent with its strategy of being "opportunistic in accessing markets and prefunding maturities, particularly with interest rates at historically low levels."
On Sept. 28, Comcast Corp. sold $1 billion of 30-year bonds for its NBCUniversal subsidiary, with a 4.45% rate, compared with rates ranging between 6.5% and 7% for 30-year bonds Comcast sold in past years.
That difference represents an annual interest-payment savings of roughly $20 million on $1 billion of debt.
Investor demand for corporate bonds has narrowed their spread with benchmark 30-year U.S. Treasurys.
The spread measures how risky investors consider the bonds relative to U.S. Treasurys, which are considered among the safest investments.
On Thursday, the spread between 30-year Treasurys, which yielded 2.89%, and 30-year corporate debt was 1.83 percentage points, the lowest since Aug. 10, 2011, according to S&P Capital IQ's Leveraged Commentary & Data unit.
The tighter spread suggests investors see less risk in corporate bonds.
The low yields present a problem to investors, because they are buying bonds at historically high prices that will fall if the Fed begins raising interest rates. Bond prices move in the opposite direction of interest rates.
However, bond-fund managers have little choice but to buy the debt, if they can, especially when highly regarded issuers like GE re-enter the market.
Investment-grade companies have been very stable lately. Moody's Mr. Gray said that only four companies have suffered ratings downgrades since July, "which speaks to the fact that things are pretty stable out there."
He added that the long-term issuance is a positive for companies.
"If a company can lock in cheap long-term money for a refinancing, it takes maturity risk out of the equation for a long time. Over the near term it gives a company breathing room," Mr. Gray said.
The demand is making it easy for companies to come to market, particularly those with the higher ratings. "Whether you're mid-BBB or mid-A, if you're a solid, large market cap company in a noncyclical industry, you've got very, very good access," said one investment-grade bond banker.
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The pictures released by Ralph Lauren show the athletes sporting the outfit along with black leather boots and a winter cap with braided tassels.
Ralph Lauren's son David told USA Today the design philosophy was to hark back to that most American of crafts, the patchwork quilt.
Lauren was under fire when it was revealed that the uniforms worn by American athletes at the 2012 Olympics in London were made in China.
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MIAMI (AP) — The so-called "young invincibles," are so important to the success of the Affordable Care Act that supporters and detractors are spending millions to reach them with racy ads, social media campaigns and celebrity endorsements.
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Harvard's Institute of Politics recently polled about 2,000 young adults. The survey shows about 40 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 are on the fence about whether to sign up, with the rest split fairly evenly between those likely to enroll and those who probably won't.
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ok, here's the thing. my tama turned 6 today, and the matchmaker showed up this morning. i haven't heard of her coming this early...not that i'm complaining, cause now my tama has an adorable baby boy! has this happened to anyone else???
my tamagotchi!
colour: orange with yellow bursts
name: Kitts
gender: female
age: 6 yrs
type: masktchi
training: 5/9
generation: 1st, soon to be 2nd with little Miko's arrival!
news to me...
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Started22 Sep 2004
Last Post22 Sep 2004
Posted 22 September 2004 - 10:01 AM ( #2 )
forgot to say this...do the types of parents have anything to do with what the child will evolve into? if so..my masktchi mated with a male tarakotchi and produced a boy...any ideas?
Posted 22 September 2004 - 12:02 PM ( #3 )
no the parents have nopthing to do with what the sex of the baby is its totally random. how you care for your baby (once the parent has left) will determine what character you get, just like on your first generation (although you can only get certain characters on the second generation.)
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(unless your gen 1 tama has low disipline in which case you will get maruchi child and have the same character possibilities as gen.1)
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828
Friar Pedro Binds El Maragato with a Rope, c. 1806
Oil on panel
11 1/2 x 15 5/8 in. (29.2 x 38.5 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1933.1076
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Spanish Painting, 1928, cat. 7–12, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 166-f.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 69-f.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Goya, April 9-April 21, 1934, cat. 21.
Columbus, Ohio, Gallery of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Spanish Art, 1936.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Goya, 1941, pp. 46–49, cat. 76 (ill.)
New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Goya, For the Benefit of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, November 9–December 16, 1950, cat. 34.
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Goya Drawings and Prints, May 3–30, 1955, cat. 183.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Goya: Truth and Fantasy: The Small Paintings, March 17-June 12, 1994, cat. 89.
Publication History
Zeferino Araujo Sánchez, Goya (Madrid, 1895), p. 100, no. 96.
Paul Lafond, Goya (Paris, 1902), p. 110, no. 69.
V. von Loga, Francisco Goya, 1903, p. 215, no. 485, pl. 53.
Albert Frederick Calvert, Goya, 1908, pp. 152–153, no. 24–29.
Hugh Stokes, Francisco Goya (New York, 1914), p. 351, no. 501–506.
A. de Beruete y Moret, Goya: Composiciones y Figuras, vol. 2 (Madrid, 1917), no. 158-163.
L. Estarico, Francisco Goya, trans. R. West, 1924, pp. 65, 177, no. 597, pl. 185–190.
A. P. McMahon, "Spanish Painting: Greco to Goya," The Arts 13 (1928), pp. 183 (ill.).
X. Desparmet Fitz-Gerald, L'Oeuvre Peint de Goya,Catalogue Raisonné vol. 1 (Paris, 1928-1950), no. 220, pl. 171.
The Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin 27, 1 (1933), p. 10.
Daniel Catton Rich, "Five Centuries of Early Painting in Chicago," Pantheon 12 (July-December 1933), pp. 93, 381.
"America Sees First Big Goya Exhibition," Art Digest 8 (April 15, 1934), p. 6 (ill.).
J. Gudiol, Goya (New York, 1941), p. 88, (ill.) 78-83.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpiece of the Month (June 1940), pp. 127, 128.
R. Hilton, Margato y El Ocaso del Bandalerismo Espanol (New York, 1946), pp. 1–10 (ill.).
Eleanor Sherman Font, "Goya's Source for the Maragato Series," Gazette des Beaux-Arts (November 1958), pp. 289, 291 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 201.
Rodolfo Pallucchini, "L'Art Institute di Chicago," L'Illustrazione del Medico 33, 218 (February 1966), pp. 12, 14, fig. 6.
Pierre Gassier and Juliet Wilson, The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya (New York, 1971), pp. 156 (ill.), 374, 381, no. 869.
Nigel Glendinning, Goya and His Critics (London, 1977), pp. 219,
John D. Morse, Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York, 1979), p. 144.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1988), p. 45 (ill.).
Jeannine Baticle, Goya d'or et de sang (Paris, 1994), p. 95.
Janis Tomlinson, Francisco Goya y Lucientes 1746-1828 (London, 1994), p. 173, fig. 136.
Ownership History
One of a series of six small paintings in an inventory of Goya's collection, Madrid, taken in 1812 for the division of property between the artist and his son Javier following the death of the artist's wife; the group of small paintings marked X8 being allotted to the son: "Seis quadros del Maragato señalados con el número ocho, en 700 [reales]" (the inventory mark has been removed from the painting and is no longer visible) [see Gassier and Wilson 1971]; presumably Javier Goya after 1812. Lafitte collection, Madrid; sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 7, 1861, bought in together with other paintings from the series for 590 francs [see Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes (Paris, 1914), vol. 3, p. 360 and Despartment Fitz-Gerald 1928-1950]. Julius Böhler, Munich by 1911; sold to Martin Ryerson (died 1932), Chicago in May 1911 [see purchase receipt dated May 13, 1911]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.


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BERLIN, Germany — February 14, 2011 — Leading PV manufacturers are getting ready to face their challenges head on at the fifth PV Fab Managers Forum in Berlin, Germany from March 20-22. Hosted by the CTM Group (crystalline cell technology and manufacturing group) and the SEMI PV Group, the forum focuses on improving customer-supplier relations across the entire PV supply chain. The PV Fab Managers Forum is unique because it is the premier collaborative event where critical supply chain and manufacturing issues, including roadmaps and standards, get addressed.
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